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[Call to Order]

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WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.

YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER ASHLEY, A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILMAN WELCH AIR HERE.

COUNCIL, WOMAN BANKS HERE.

COUNCILMAN LOOP HERE.

COUNCILMAN WILSON, PRESIDENT COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, PRESIDENT PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN COLLINS LEWIS.

HERE IS THAT COUNCILMAN COLE HERE.

COUNCILMAN MRSS HERE, HERE, COUNCILMAN HUDSON HERE.

A COUNCIL WOMAN WICKER HERE, HERE, COUNCILMAN WATSON HERE.

THAT'S A WOMAN ROCKET HERE.

YOU HAVE A FORM.

OKAY.

COUNCIL

[Adoption and Approval of Minutes]

MEMBERS NOT NEED AN OPTION AND A PORTAL ALL THE MINUTES PUSHING BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND SECOND BY LOYALISTS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

[Introductions]

ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT? SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.

NUMBER TWO, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SITTING AS THE BOARD, WHEREVER YOU ON PARISH ASSESSMENTS THAT A COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURE NUMBER THREE, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND MILLER RIDGE SUBDIVISION GROUP ONE, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBERED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS IS CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR.

AND A MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS ARE CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OF LAND IN THE, UH, IN THE LAND PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I REVISED STATUTE 33, COLON ONE 70 2:00 AM A SECTION 1.9 OF A PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURE NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED IN A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN WILLOW RIDGE SUBDIVISION GROUP TWO, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER OF AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS.

THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR AND A MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS AS CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OF THE LAND PROPOSED TO THE ANNEX IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 33, COLUMN ONE 72 AND SECTION 1.09 OF THE PLANET, GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT BY COUPLE ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURE, NUMBER FIVE, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA DESCRIBED IN THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND WILLOW RIDGE SUBDIVISION GROUP THREE, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS.

THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR AND A MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS, A CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OF LAMP HAS TO BE AN ACCIDENT.

ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE, 33 COLUMN ONE 72 AND SECTION 1.9 OF THE PLANET GOVERNMENT, THAT COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR NUMBER SIX, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND INCLUSION OF THE AREA EXTRA IN THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS AND WILLOW RIDGE SUBDIVISION GROUP FOUR, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY AND NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF PROPERTY OWNERS.

THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE PARISH ASSESSOR AND A MAJORITY OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS.

THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OF WILLIAM PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOUISA AND OUR BOSS SAT SHEET 33, COLUMN ONE 72 IN SECTION ONE POINT AND OUT OF THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURE, NUMBER SEVEN, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INSTITUTE EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS AND OR TO TAKE SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, WATER WATERSHED, FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT, PROJECT VALUE, FOUNTAIN CLEANING AND SNAGGING WARDS CREATE CLEANING AND SNAGGING JONES CREEK CLEANING AND SNAGGING BLACKWATER BY YOU CLEANING AND SNAGGING AND BEAVER CREEK CLEANING AND SNAGGING BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE.

NUMBER EIGHT, ESTABLISHING HEALTH INSURANCE RATES AND PLAN DESIGN FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2021 BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, NUMBER NINE, AMENDING AND REENACTING ORDINANCE ONE SEVEN EIGHT, EIGHT, FOUR, WHICH ESTABLISHED VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN WARD ONE, TWO AND THREE, AND HE'S BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND DESIGNATED POLLING PLACES.

SO AS TO CHANGE THE POLLING PLACE FOR WARD ONE PRECINCTS 46, A AND 46 B AND WORD ONE PRECINCTS 95, A AND 95 B AND REESTABLISHING DESIGNATED POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ALL OTHER PRECINCTS WITHIN AEROSPACE BATON ROUGE BY REGISTRAR BED OR CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS.

NUMBER 10, WELLS FARGO BANK SEVEN TWO EIGHT ONE PRESCOTT ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT BOB GREEN, NUMBER 11, FORMAL AUGUSTUS SR SIX THREE THREE FOUR BLACKBERRY STREET HOUSE IN REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, COLLINS LOUIS NUMBER 12, VITALY ON ESKY ONE, TWO, FIVE EIGHT, SEVEN WARFIELD AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, COLLINS LOUIS NUMBER 13, LILY MAY FRANKLIN HAYES, TWO ONE FOUR FIVE BATEMAN CIRCLE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLUMN NUMBER 14, LETHA TURNER HAMILTON TURNER COOLEY AND CLARENCE TURNER THREE NINE SEVEN FIVE PHILLIP STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 15, RICHARD COLEMAN FOUR ZERO TWO EIGHT CHIPPEWA STREET, HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE

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NUMBER 16, SELLING D JONES, JACQUELYN JONES, GREGORY JONES AND HAROLD JONES, THREE NINE 61 GOCHUJANG AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 17, WELDON CLEANING SERVICES LLC.

FOUR THREE EIGHT EIGHT LAVARO STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 18, ROSALEE JONES, TWO SIX 77.

MICHELLE LEE JOB COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 19, WILLIE LEAD BROWN HARRIS ONE FIVE TWO SEVEN NORTH 44TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 20 VERNON JACKSON JR.

AND SUAMICO CAESAR JACKSON, ONE ONE THREE NORTH 48TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 21 RHINO VENTURES, LLC, THREE SIX SEVEN EIGHT ONTARIO STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 22, THE ESTATE OF NATHANIEL LOLIS AND THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA STAR.

JUST LOLA'S FIVE, THREE, THREE SIX RENDERMAN AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN KOHL'S NUMBER 23, ABRAHAM K CODER AND JERRY CAR FOUR EIGHT ONE ONE SHERWOOD STREET, CONDO DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 24, KATIE CHARLOTTE EVERETT THREE NINE ONE ZERO WAYNE DRIVE, REAR SHED ONLY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLD NUMBER 25, THE ESTATE OF CLAUDE WASHINGTON, FOUR ONE TWO ONE PROVOST STREET ALSTROEMERIA SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLE NUMBER 26, JAMES PATRICK FERRY, ONE FIVE FIVE SEVEN, EIGHT SPRINGWOOD AVENUE, HOUSE AND NEAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT MRO.

SO NUMBER 27, MARTHA FORT, NO GWENDOLYN COLEMAN AND LOU BERTHA CAMPBELL, ONE TWO FOUR NINE FIG STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 28, JIMMY SCOTT AND CARRIE ALLEN SCOTT, SIX SEVEN TWO ALICE STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 29.

LEON, VALERIE JR.

JONATHAN LAURICE, VALERIE AND ELLA DAVIS, VALERIE WHERE? ZERO TO FIVE ALIQUIPPA STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER, NUMBER 30 DAVID DUNBAR AND BEVERLY PARKER DUNBAR 1-823-ARKANSAS STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER, NUMBER 31, ARTHUR AT TN AND LOUISA LANDS AT TEN THREE NINE FOUR, I'M SORRY, THREE 49 BRYCE STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 RIGGER ONLINE IN BOAT, CAR READINGS, AND READ AND A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS IN ORDER.

OKAY, COUNSELOR TO BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE INTRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

COUNCIL

[Condemnations]

MEMBERS GO TO PAGE SEVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO CONDEMNATIONS.

THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 50 OF THEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE CONDEMNATION RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, THE PROCEED IS GOING TO BE ITEMS 41 THROUGH 49, 51 THROUGH 55, 59 THROUGH 62 63, FOUR THROUGH 72, 74 THROUGH 87, 89 AND 90 DIFFER FOR 30 DAYS, ITEM 58.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THE ITEMS 50 56 63, 73 AND 88.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AID.

WHY WANTS TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEMS 41 THROUGH 90? WE HAVE SEVERAL CONDEMNATION COMMENTS.

THE FIRST IS ON ITEM 54 BY LOWEST VENDOR.

UM, FOUR ONE FIVE SEVEN THREE THREE WOODWORK AVENUE.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS WORKED VERY HARD SINCE WE FLOODED TO REBUILD OUR HOMES, THE STRESS AND FATIGUE AND FINANCIAL COST AS PROPERTY IS A HEALTH HAZARD WITH RODENTS AND AS AN EYESORE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT IS NOT ATTENDED TO BY ANYONE.

NEXT COMMENT ON ITEM 54, CRAIG S WINCHELL.

UM, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS HEMACHANDRA ASSOCIATION.

I'VE MADE A NUMERABLE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROPERTY.

THE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED SINCE THE 2016 FLOOD AND IS A HAVEN TO RODENTS AND OTHER ANIMALS LIVING THERE.

IT'S AN EYESORE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD AND BRINGS ALL OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES DOWN.

THE CITY'S INSPECTION WAS DONE OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND THE INSPECTOR RECOMMENDED DEMOLITION.

THE PROPERTY HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE SINCE THEN.

THE OWNER HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TAKE CARE OF THIS.

AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF ITS CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION.

NEXT COMMENT IS ON ITEM 54.

SANDY WINCHELL IS PROPERTY AS A HEALTH HAZARD DUE TO RODENTS AND OTHER ANIMALS LIVING THERE.

THE INSPECTOR'S REPORT WAS AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TWO YEARS AGO.

AND IT HAS DETERIORATED SINCE THEN.

THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY REDUCES THE VALUE OF ALL OF THE HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I SUPPORT CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY.

NEXT IS A COMMENT ON ITEM 66 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY HOUSE, THAT ADDRESS TWO ZERO ONE FIVE POCAHONTAS STREET.

I HAVE MULTIPLE PICTURES TO SHOW THAT MY PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE CONDEMNED.

THE ROOF IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD.

THE BUILD IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED AND NO ONE CAN GET IN INSIDE THE WALLS ARE NOT DETERIORATED.

ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OR COMPLAINTS ARE NOT TRUE.

I WANT TO ENTER INTO EVIDENCE, THESE PICTURES OF WHAT I AM SAYING INSTEAD OF HAVING MY HOUSE TORN DOWN, UH, ALLOW ME TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TO BRING THE HOUSE UP TO CODE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR.

THAT WILL BE A FAIR JUDGMENT.

I JUST

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WANT A LITTLE CONSIDERATION AND THE, UH, NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.

I COME AT YOUR MERCY, ROBERT HIGGINBOTTOM THIS ISN'T DISTRICT 10, UH, ITEM 69, JAMES FERGUSON.

UM, THIS, UH, I AM ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION TO GET THIS MATTER RESOLVED.

I KNOW THAT THE HOUSE IS NOT LIVABLE AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO HAVE SOMEONE COME AND DEMOLISH THE HOUSE.

I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CONTACT SOMEONE DUE TO COVID-19 AND MY AGE I HAVEN'T LISTED MY DAUGHTER TO ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER.

NEXT IS ITEM 87, ANITA COLLINS, UH, LILIANE B COLLINS WAS SET TO SELL THIS PROPERTY AT EIGHT, SEVEN, EIGHT ONE SCENIC HIGHWAY.

UNFORTUNATELY SHE PASSED BEFORE THE PAPERWORK COULD BE COMPLETED.

WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CALLS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY.

THE FAMILY AT THIS TIME CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY, TO HAVE THE PROPERTY TORN DOWN.

UH, ANITA AL COLLIN'S DAUGHTER TO LILLIAN B COLLINS HAS SOMEONE TO CUT THE GRASS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND THERE IS NO PAPER OR DEBRIS AROUND THE HOUSE.

THE HOUSE GETS CHECKED ON FREQUENTLY.

THE FAMILY PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSE BY 2021, THE SUCCESSION AND SELLING PROPERTY OR TEARING THE PROPERTY DOWN.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON YOUR CONTENT.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONDEMNATIONS.

ANYONE, UH, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES, UH, NUMBER 81 60 DAYS, PLEASE.

81 60 DAYS, SCOTT.

YES.

MA'AM YES.

MA'AM ON NUMBER 43.

I NEED 30 DAYS.

AND THEN ON NUMBER 54, OR I NEED 90 DAYS PLEASE DEFER SCOTT.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

IT, IF I'M ON NUMBER, UM, PARTY ONE TO TWO, CALL THAT AS BEING ONCE WE PROCEED.

OKAY, LET ME, LET ME, UM, LET ME DEFER THIS FOR W W W HOW LONG HAS IT BEFORE I'LL CONSTANTLY MEETING IN DECEMBER.

YOU GOT A, HEY THAT'S THE DAY I'M LOOKING FOR? 90 DAYS, DECEMBER THE NINTH.

OKAY.

LET ME DO 90 DAYS.

I'M 41 90 DAYS.

YEAH.

AND ACTUALLY, I'M TRYING TO FIND A LADY WITH THE EMAIL AND COLLINS LADY THAT YOU READ THE COMMENT ON SCENIC HIGHWAY.

YES MA'AM.

WELL, WHICH ONE IS IT? I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.

LET'S SEE COLLINS.

IT CAME FROM THE NEVER REPLY I'M AT CIVIC.

PLUS SHE PUT THAT UP A COMMENT.

OKAY.

EDDIE SEVEN, LET ME GET 90 DAYS THAT AS WELL.

NONE OF IT IS ON THE 87.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? I'M SORRY, ERICA.

YEAH.

GREEN.

THIS IS NUMBER 57 PROCEED.

58 DELETED AND 90, 30 DAYS.

90, 30 DAYS.

YES, BUT I'M SORRY, BASICALLY SEVEN DAYS TO BE PROCEED, WHICH I THINK YOU SAID IS PROCEEDING EIGHT IS DELETED AND 58 DELETE YES.

30 DAYS.

OKAY.

YES, SIR.

YES.

MA'AM.

I KNEW HE WAS THERE.

YEAH.

I NEED TO, UM, I KNOW OF A COUPLE OF THEM.

I NEED TO ACTUALLY GET, UM, 90 DAYS ON ITEM 45, WHERE, UM, THEY'RE BEEN WORKING WITH ONE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES TO TRY TO GET THAT PROPERTY RESTORED ON ITEM 45 ON ITEM 55.

I JUST NEED, UM, TWO WEEKS UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON ITEM 64 AND EIGHT 30 DAYS.

THEY HAD BOARDED THE PROPERTY UP AND SOMEONE CAME IN AND MOVED A COUPLE OF BOARDS.

SO THEY'RE GOING BACK IN TO REDO IT AGAIN.

SO I'M GIVING THEM 30 DAYS JUST TO GET THAT DONE.

ITEM 64.

YES, SIR.

30 DAYS.

UM, ON ITEM 66, I WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM 60 DAYS.

I KNOW THAT THEY EAT IN A LETTER ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY WANTING TO DO? AND I DO NEED TIME TO LOOK BACK AT THE MO MOST RECENT PICTURES.

SO I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM 30 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE ITEMS. WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER, UM,

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AND THEY ARE WORKING, UM, THROUGH SUCCESSION ON THIS PROPERTY AND GETTING IT TAKEN CARE OF.

UM, IT SAID HISTORICAL PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE WANT IT 60 DAYS ON THAT PROPERTY POLICE, 66, 67, 67, 60 DAYS.

YEAH.

30 DAYS ON 66 AND 60 DAYS ON 67, 30 DAYS ON 66, 30 DAYS ON 66? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

YES.

60 DAYS ON 67 AND THEN 68.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TWO WEEKS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET IT ALL BOARDED UP.

OKAY.

AND ON 16 NINE, WE NEED 30 DAYS ON 69.

OKAY.

AND THE LAST ONE IS 76.

WE NEED 30 DAYS ON 76 PLEASE.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH.

ANYONE ELSE? I'M SORRY, SCOTT.

I DID HAVE ONE MORE 84 NEEDS TO BE 60 DAYS.

THE CHURCH JUST GOT THAT PROPERTY DONATED TO THEM AND THEY NEED SOME TIME TO BOARD IT UP.

THAT'S ITEM 84 NEEDS 60 DAYS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ELSE? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO READ THE CONDEMNATIONS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STATE OF CHANGES.

WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH 44 46, 47, 49, 51 THROUGH 53 57, 59 THROUGH 60 TO 65, 70 THROUGH 72, 74 OR 75, 77, 80 82, 83, 85, 86 AND 89.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS ITEMS, 55 AND 68.

THE FAIR FOR 30 DAYS ITEMS 43 48, 64, 66, 69, 76 AND 90.

AND A FAR FOR 60 DAYS, ITEM 54 67, EIGHT ONE AND 84.

THE FAR FOR 90 DAYS, ITEM 41 42 45 AND 87.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DELETE ITEM 50 56, 58, 63, 73 AND 88.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AND STATE OF CHANGES.

THERE ARE MOTION, MOTION BY HUDSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ROCKER AND ANY OBJECTIONS HERE AND NONE OF THE CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED COUNSELORS.

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YOU GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.

AND LET ME TAKE ITEM 93.

FIRST LITTLE QUICK ITEM THREE IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT, INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE AND LOVING AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT IS SENDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PLEDGE AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF SUCH TAXES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY AND THE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PLEDGE.

AN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT CAN BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT, REVIEWING THE FORMS OF COOPERATIVE, DEBRA AGREEMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENT TO BE APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE POOR GOING BY COUNCILMAN CHANNEL OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 93.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE'S ONE HOLDEN I'M 93.

THIS IS FROM PHILLIP THE LORD.

I WAS AGAINST THE CREATION OF THIS SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND WAS ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF THE PAST SPECIAL TREATMENT GIVEN TO THE SAME DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HARVEST AND WASTEWATER DISTRICT, WHICH I DID NOT BELIEVE EVER WAS REALLY DEVELOPED.

THERE ARE TOO MANY SPECIAL DISTRICTS ALREADY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A CASE OF SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR AN ALREADY WELL OFF LANDOWNER AND DEVELOPER.

I QUESTIONED WHY SPECIAL FAVORS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND AWARDED BY THE CITY PARISH FOR THE HARVEST AND DEVELOPMENT.

IN MY OPINION, THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED.

THEREFORE I'M AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION.

I CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM 93, NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, UH, ITEM 93.

I FINISHED COUNCILMEN THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 93 BY LOOP.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WATSON? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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COUNCILORS WOULD GO TO ITEM 91, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE AN OFFER OF A JUDGMENT.

SO IT'S AT LEAST ON A CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.

ARTICLE NINE, 70 AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION, INCLUSIVE OF COSTS, INTEREST ATTORNEY'S FEES AND ANY OTHER AMOUNT IN THE EYE AND DRINKER WILLIAMS AT ALL VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL MATTER OF APPROPRIATING $5 MILLION FROM INSURANCE RESERVE PHONES COMMITTED FOR CLAIMS AND JUDGEMENTS FOR SAID, PURPOSE DESIGN MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY COUNCILWOMAN CHARNEL BANKS, COUNCILWOMAN ERICA GREEN COUNCIL, WOMAN, DOG, KENNEL LEWIS, COUNSELOR LAMONT, COLE, AND COUNCILMAN GENERAL.

LUPE.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 91 COUNCIL MEMBERS? THE FIRST COMMENT FROM, UM, IS FROM JOSEPH PICU ON ITEM 91.

I OPPOSE THIS SETTLEMENT.

SECOND COMMENT IS FROM DWAYNE BELONG.

THIS

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PROCESS SHOULD GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM UNTIL ALL FACTS CAN BE CONSIDERED.

ALTHOUGH I FEEL GREAT.

SORRY FOR THE FAMILY, MR. STERLING WAS AT FAULT RESISTING ARREST AND IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON ACTUALLY FOR A SECOND STOP.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO I'VE READ SOME OF THESE COMMENTS AND NOT THINK SOME OF THESE COMMENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT, BABY MOM LOOKS RIGHT INTO THE RECORD, BUT I'M WONDERING, I THINK THAT THERE ARE, I DON'T WANT TO BE SAID ABOUT MISSISSIPPI.

OKAY.

YOU BROKE UP A BIT.

I MEAN A LITTLE BIT.

SO YOU WANT SOME OF THE COMMENTS BEING READ.

THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS THAT YOU SAID SOME OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS AT NEGATIVE AS IT RELATES TO MR. STARLING CHILDREN.

AND I THINK THAT THOSE COMMENTS ARE OFFENSIVE.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE DIDN'T GO TO THE CHAMBER, THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE, SHOULD NOT STEAL TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET A ROUNDED EIGHT WAIT, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE HAVING OPPOSITION, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEMORALIZING THIS FAMILY AND TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND OTHER THINGS, I THINK THAT THAT'S A PRINCIPLE.

THAT'S MY COMMENT AND MY FEELING ABOUT SOME OF THE COUNCIL WOMAN.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMMENTS AND BELIEVE ME, THERE'S BEEN TIMES AT EACH END OF SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THIS COUNCIL AND MY KID IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN COMMON AS TOWARDS THAT.

AND APPRECIATE, SO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN ASK ANDY, BUT I'M NOT ABOUT TO SIT THERE AND OPEN A COMMENT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS I'M HAVING EXACTLY AN EXAMPLE, JUST LIKE PHILLIP, THE LORD, WE GOT TO GO BACK AND WE GOT TO RECONSIDER AND HEAR EVERYTHING AGAIN, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS CALMING YOUR BREATH, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING ANDY, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE ANDY, MY, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

I GET IT.

IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE HERE.

YES, THEY WOULD BE, I WOULD OBJECT TO THEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND KEEPING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF DIFFERENT WHERE WE HAVE, BUT HE'S ON THE LINE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU REAL QUICK, ANDY.

YES, I'M HERE.

SO MAYBE SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND IF YOU WANT TO MAYBE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHE MAY HAVE.

YES, SIR.

SO SANDY, I HAVEN'T READ PRIOR TO AND, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE TO THE MOTHERS OF THIS PUBLIC CIVIL OFFICE THRONE.

I JUST THINK THAT IF WE'RE IN THIS TIME WOULD NOT BE ALIVE AND THEY HAVE TO BE READY FOR THE RECORD.

I DO WANT TO STAY IN, I JUST WANT SOME TO KNOW PUBLICLY.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPOSITION THAT DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT TO RELATE TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE SAID IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE GREAT.

I'D LOVE TO STAND IN THIS.

YES MA'AM AND UH, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION, BUT ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THEY HAVE TO BE READY AND THEY DO A, AND I'M GOING TO ALLOW COURTNEY WHO DOES A RECENT RESEARCH ON THIS TO COME IN AND CHIME IN IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

BUT AS FAR AS EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE READ IN.

YES.

YESTERDAY.

THAT'S FINE.

I CAN APPRECIATE, I RESPECT THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IS DIFFERENT, BUT THANKS SCOTT POINT OF ORDER.

UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE COMMENTS THAT WE KEEP A GERMANE AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STERLING IN THE, UH, OUT AND STARLING SPECIFICALLY, AND ARE WE ABLE TO, TO LEAVE OUT THE EXTRANEOUS ABOUT THE CHILDREN, ASHLEY, I THINK HE'LL DO THE BEST SHE CAN, BUT FROM WHAT I GOT YOU.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

I, I BELIEVE I GET IT.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

YES.

MA'AM YEAH.

I'M OKAY.

I, YOU KNOW, I DON I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, UH, WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT THIS IS A PREVIEW OF WHAT A TRIAL WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT REALLY WILL SHOW A LOT OF THE COMMENTS WILL, UH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, INDICATE THE CLIMATE PEOPLE ARE.

AND I THINK ALL OF AMERICA NEEDS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

BAD NEWS.

I WANT TO HEAR EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.

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GO AHEAD.

I'M GOOD.

LET'S GET THEM TO PULL THE COMMENTS.

I THINK THERE'S ONLY ABOUT MAYBE 30 COMMENTS.

LET'S SEE.

I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE, RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SOUNDS MEMBERS.

THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM PHILIP EHLERS, $5 MILLION IS A LUDICROUS AMOUNT OF TAX PAYER MONEY TO WASTE ON A CONVICTED FELON WHO WAS SHOT FOR FAILURE TO CONDUCT COMPLY WITH LAWFUL ORDERS.

REJECT THIS SON, LINDA HUDNELL.

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE WE AS TAXPAYERS DO NOT OWE 1 CENT TO THE FAMILY OF ELGIN STERLING.

JANET WROTE US.

THIS IS AN ATROCITY TO USE TAX DOLLARS TO FUND THIS SETTLEMENT.

WAYNE MARTIN, I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED ANY MONETARY SETTLEMENT OUTSIDE THE COURT SYSTEM.

IN THE STERLING CASE, ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS ELTON STERLING GIVING TO HIS KIDS BEFORE DEATH? DOES ANYBODY THINK HE WOULD HAVE THE MEANS OR MOTIVATION TO EARN AND PROVIDE A MILLION DOLLARS TO EACH OF HIS ILLEGITIMATE KIDS? SO, SHOULD WE ENRICH AS ATTORNEYS AND THESE KIDS BECAUSE A COMBATIVE FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM RESISTING ARREST WAS SHOT BY A POLICEMAN THINKING HE MIGHT BE KILLED IF HE FAILED TO ACT AS HE DID LEN TUCKER, NO WAY SHOULD $5 MILLION BE GIVEN WHO SET THAT ABSURD FIGURE THE LAWYERS, WHAT IS THEIR PERCENTAGE DO NOT AWARD BAD BEHAVIOR THAT RESULTED IN DEATH.

RANDALL CASIO.

THIS LEGAL MATTER IS NO, I'M SORRY.

THIS LEGAL MATTER IS NO LONGER A LEGAL ISSUE.

RATHER IT'S JUST RAW POLITICS.

THERE IS NO $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IT PASSED THE COUNCIL SHOULD DISBAND THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THE SAME MEETING AND LET THE COUNSEL REPRESENT ITSELF IN FUTURE LITIGATION.

BUT THE LEGAL EXPERTS DO THEIR JOB KIMMER AND JOHN HENNINGER AS MEMBERS OF DWIGHT HUDSON'S DISTRICT NINE, WE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED SETTLING THIS MATTER AND REQUEST THE MATTER, GO TO TRIAL.

SO THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED.

OKAY? JAMES RILEY, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED FOR GENERATIONS.

WHEN MR. STERLING WAS MURDERED, ALL WE ASKED FOR WAS JUSTICE.

WHAT WE RECEIVED FOR EXCUSES, HIS CRIMINAL RECORDS RECORD WAS PLASTERED ACROSS EVERY MEDIA OUTLET.

WHILE THE IDENTITIES AND RECORDS OF THE OFFICERS WERE HIDDEN.

ALL THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR WERE ANSWERS.

WHAT DID WE RECEIVE? EXCUSES POLICIES ARE JUST WORDS ON PAPER.

IF THEY ARE NOT ENFORCED, IF THERE IS NO PENALTY, NO RETRIBUTION.

THE INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED TO MR. STARLIN COULD ONE DAY HAPPEN TO ME OR MY SON, MR. STARLING'S LIFE WAS TAKEN.

HIS CHILDREN HAVE NOTHING TO HOLD ONTO, BUT MEMORIES, YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM A BETTER FUTURE IN THE SYSTEM THAT FAILED THEIR FATHER AND EDUCATION THAT THEIR FATHER COULDN'T AFFORD.

THEY'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH AND IT'S TIME TO HELP THIS OPEN WOUND BEGIN THE HEALING PROCESS.

JANE DOE I STAND IN SUPPORT OF PARISH ATTORNEY ANDY DODSON, A $5 MILLION PAYOUT TO THE STERLING FAMILY IS EXCESSIVE.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS RIGHT FOR ALTON STERLING TO LOSE HIS LIFE, BUT TO GIVE HIS FAMILY $5 MILLION, IF HE WOULD HAVE PULLED A GUN AND SHOT THOSE TWO OFFICERS, WE WOULD, WOULD WE STILL BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION? AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES? AND THE ONE THAT WILL BE DISABLED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE, FROM THE SHOOTING AT VINNIE'S CARWASH ON AIRLINES, THAT WAS THE OFFICERS' FAMILIES.

DIDN'T GET NEARLY AS MUCH, NOT EVEN HALF.

AND THEY HAD FAMILIES TOO.

I THINK THE STERLING FAMILY IS JUST SEEKING DOLLAR SIGNS IN THEIR EYES, SEEING DOLLAR SIGNS IN THEIR EYES.

AND DIDN'T HIS SON GET ARRESTED.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THAT.

UM, I THINK THAT THE NEXT SECTION IS NOT GERMANE TO THE ITEM.

UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WAS HIS DAD A GOOD DAD WHO TOOK CARE OF HIS CHILDREN? DID HE HELP THEM GET READY FOR SCHOOL, DROP THEM OFF, PICK THEM UP, PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK.

IF SELLING BOOTLEG DVDS PAID FOR ALL OF THAT THAN I AM IN THE WRONG BUSINESS ARE ALL OF THEIR MOTHERS RECEIVING WELFARE BECAUSE HE WASN'T PAYING CHILD SUPPORT.

AND IS THAT MONEY HONESTLY, GOING TOWARDS THE CHILDREN, WHATEVER HIS CHILDREN GET.

IT SHOULD GO INTO A TRUST FUND FOR WHEN THEY REACH THE AGE OF MATURITY, WHICH I BELIEVE SHOULD BE AROUND 25 YEARS OLD.

BECAUSE IF NOT AFTER ATTORNEY'S FEES WERE PAID THERE GOING TO BE A HUGE SHOPPING SPREE FOR EXPENSIVE PHONES, CARS, CLOTHES, PURSES, ET CETERA, LAST BUT NOT LEAST DID ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THE CALLER WHO REPORTED HE WAS SELLING THE DVDS AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE.

IF THE OWNER HAD NO PROBLEM WITH IT, THEN WHY DID THE COLOR, IF THE COLOR WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT DREADFUL AND FATAL CALL, THEN MAYBE EVERYONE WOULD STILL BE HERE TODAY.

STEVEN MERIT, ONE STERLING HAD ALREADY THREATENED A PERSON WITH A GUN.

THE NIGHT HE WAS KILLED.

THIS IS WHY THE OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO.

HE WAS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, SELLING A PIRATED, CDS, THREATENING A CUSTOMER OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE EARLIER THE NIGHT WITH A FIREARM AND ILLEGALLY CARRYING STOLEN FIREARM.

HE WAS RESISTING ARREST AND ATTEMPTING TO PULL A FIREARM TO CAUSE BODILY HARM TO THE OFFICERS FOR HE WAS ON NUMEROUS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ILLEGAL DRUGS.

ALL OF WHICH COULD AFFECT HIS BEHAVIOR.

NUMBER FIVE, HE HAD ALREADY SERVED JAIL TIME FOR RESISTING ARREST AND TRYING TO SHOOT A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ON ROSENWALD ROAD AT ANOTHER CONVENIENCE

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STORE.

AMY RODRIG I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE ALTON STERLING SETTLEMENT OF $5 MILLION FOR ONE ARTHUR TOLD HER, MR. STERLING WAS A CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A CONCEALED HANDGUN.

THE SAME OFFENSE FOR WHICH HE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM PRISON.

HE RESISTED ARREST AND DIED FROM HIS OWN ACTIONS.

THE TAXPAYER MONEY WOULD BE MUCH BETTER SPENT ON THE POOR OF THIS PARISH.

DONNA KELLY, YET ALTON STERLING WAS A CAREER CRIMINAL AND KNOWN FOR YEARS OF STANDING AROUND AT NIGHT, SELLING ARTISTS, COPYRIGHTED, CDS, THE OWNER OF THE STORE, THE CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS ALTON STERLING KNEW IT WAS ILLEGAL.

IF POLICE OFFICERS KNEW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.

WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, HE WAS IN COMMISSION OF A CRIME, HAD ILLEGAL DRUGS IN HIS SYSTEM AND AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST, HAD A GUN ON HIM AND WAS ON PAROLE.

HE DID NOT COME FORWARD TO TURN HIMSELF IN AND WAS TAKEN.

HE CASHED.

HE HAD MULTIPLE MAYBE MAMAS AND WAS NOT SUPPORTING ANY OF THEM.

HAS DNA BEEN DONE ON ALL OF THE CHILDREN? HIS DEATH DIRECTLY CAUSED THE DEATH OF SEVEN GREAT OFFICERS.

ONE WILL NEVER LEARN WHAT A NORMAL LIFE IS.

AND THE POLICEMAN WHO FIRED THE SHOT WASN'T CHARGED, SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CHARGED, BUT HIS LIFE IS RUINED.

HE DID HIS JOB AND PREVENTED HIS OWN DEATH BY ACTING AS HE WAS TRAINED.

THE OLDER CHILD WHO'S 18 WAS A VISITOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

RECENTLY WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUPPORTING HIS CHILDREN, BUT TO MAKE THEM EACH MILLIONAIRES DUE TO THEIR FATHER'S CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

AS A SLAP IN THE FACE ABOUT NURSE TAXPAYERS, I, ALONG WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TAXED OFF DUTY PATROLMEN SO THAT OUR POLICEMEN AND WOMEN CAN WORK HIGHER CRIME AREAS AND OFFICERS CAN WORK EXTRA AS THEY AREN'T PAID A LIVABLE WAGE.

THERE SHOULD BE, THEY SHOULD BE THE MILLIONAIRES.

WE SHOULDN'T REWARD CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR CONCERNING THE MONEY.

HOW MUCH OF IT IS DESIGNATED TO GO TO THE CHILD? HOW MUCH OF IT IS GOING TO THE ARTIST WHOSE COPYRIGHTED MERCHANDISE, MR. ELTON STILL AND SOLD AND STOLE.

THEY WERE DENIED.

WHAT THEY WERE RIGHT WAS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS.

HOW MUCH OF THE SALES WILL BE TAXED LOCALLY STATE AS WELL AS FEDERALLY.

HOW MUCH OF THE MONEY WILL GO BACK TO THE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT HAS CHILDREN AND BABY MAMAS RECEIVED? THE MONEY SHOULD BE RETURNED.

HOW MUCH IN COLLECTIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES DID THIS GROUP OF RELATED PEOPLE GET IF THERE'S A SETTLEMENT, WHICH AS A TAXPAYER, I'M SAYING THAT NOT AS DO I AM.

HOWEVER, ASKING THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE CONSIDERED PLEASE SAY NO, ALREADY HIS OLDEST SON IS STARTING IN A CRIMINAL PATH.

STACY WATTS.

YEAH.

I FEEL THE $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT IS FAIR TO THE FAMILY AND PUNITIVE FOR THE DEPARTMENT WHO SHOULD HAVE NEVER HIRED SALAMONI WHO HIRE SOMEONE FOR SUCH A RESPECTED POSITION WITHOUT A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK.

THERE WAS NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND UNFORTUNATELY LED TO ALTON.

STERLING'S UNFORTUNATE.

PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY AREN'T JUDGES, JURORS AND EXECUTIONERS.

THIS WOULD SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO POLICE LEE JOHNSON.

THE AMOUNT IS EXCESSIVE AND INAPPROPRIATE.

PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE REWARDING.

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

I'M AARON .

MY NAME IS AARON HARD-WON AND I SUPPORT YES.

IN FAVOR OF STERLING SETTLEMENT.

VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS ELECTION YEAR TO SHOW WHO SIDE OUR POLITICIANS ARE REALLY ON.

UH, DEQUINCY GLEN, THE ALTON STERLING SETTLEMENT IS ON THE AGENDA.

THE CASE NEEDS TO BE SETTLED FOR NO LESS THAN $5 MILLION.

JASON, I'M SORRY.

JAMISON ALLSTON.

PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR.

PAY THE SETTLEMENT TO ALTON STERLING STANLEY KEITH RASHARD.

I OPPOSE SETTLEMENT WITH THE STERLING FAMILY AND BELIEVE THAT THIS MATTER SHOULD PROCEED TO TRIAL BY EITHER A JUDGE OR JURY.

IT SHOULD NOT BE DECIDED BY THE METRO COUNCIL.

AND CERTAINLY NOT WITHOUT COMMENT.

UM, JUDY COLLINS, $0 SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE STERLING FAMILY FOR HIS DEATH OR CRIMINAL RESISTING ARREST DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE KILLED, BUT HIS FAMILY DOESN'T DESERVE COMPENSATION FOR HIS DEATH EITHER AS HE WAS BREAKING THE LAW, GEORGE JACOBS OR CRIMINAL SHOULD NEVER REPAID.

HE HAD A GUN.

YOU ALL NEED TO WALK IN A L E O SHOES AND TAKE A SHOOT.

DON'T SHOOT WORSE.

WAYNE ANDERSON.

HE RESISTED ARREST, HAD A WEAPON AND HIS FAMILY SHOULD BE PAYING BATON ROUGE MONEY INSTEAD OF THE POSSIBILITY OF TAXPAYERS HAVING TO PAY FOR THIS CRIMINAL.

NICOLE C. DAVIS IS AGAINST THE SETTLEMENT.

CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM 91.

OKAY.

COUNSELORS THAT CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANY DISCUSSION, ANYBODY UP TO BAT FIRST? HELLO? YEAH, I'LL GO FIRST.

I'M SORRY.

I'LL GO FIRST.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR.

WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOOD EVENING.

AND I LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR TAKING THE ITEM, UH, EARLY IN OUR AGENDA.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS NOW FOR FOUR YEARS, AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH,

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NO MATTER WHAT DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT, UH, NONE OF US ARE GOING TO BE 100% SATISFIED WITH THE DECISION THAT IS MADE.

AND I DO THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE.

UH, WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, PUT THIS BEHIND US AND BEGIN A PROCESS OF HEALING.

WHAT HAS PLAYED AND WHAT HAS BEEN HANGING OVER OUR HEAD FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, UH, THERE WERE MANY MISTAKES MADE ON THE EVENING OF JULY 5TH OR THE MORNING OF JULY 5TH, 2016.

AND UNTIL WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE MISTAKES, I BEGAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IN A WAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BEGIN TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.

ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS? AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE ISSUES ARISE AROUND RACE ISSUES, ARISE AROUND CRIME ISSUES, ARISE AROUND HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THINGS.

AND SO I'M JUST READY TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD.

I PERSONALLY THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF CASES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WRONGFUL DEATH, UH, INCIDENTS ALL OVER THE NATION, UH, THE NUMBERS RANGE BASED ON THE PARTICULAR SITUATION, AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMENTS OF WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE OFFICER USE A PROPER POLICE PROCEDURE.

I THINK ALL OF US KNOW FOOTBALL TACKLING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT A THREAT TO YOU IS NOT PROPER POLICE PROCEDURE.

AND MANY, MANY THINGS MAY HAVE OCCURRED THAT EVENING, BUT THAT IS THE ONE IMMEDIATE INCIDENT THAT LED TO SOME OF THE STRUGGLE, UH, WHEN THE OFFICER'S A FOOTBALL TYPE WITHOUT 10.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT AS WE MIGHT TAKE A SIDE, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT SITUATION OBJECTIVELY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE WERE ONE OF US IN THE SAME SITUATION WHO WERE NOT POSING AN ACTUAL THREAT AND WE WERE FOOTBALL TACKLE, WE'D ALL FEEL THAT WE WERE WRONG IN TERMS OF HOW POLICE HANDLED US USING POLICY AND PROCEDURES.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM.

AND I MOVED, UH, WE SETTLED A CASE OF $5 MILLION WHEN YOU MAKE AN EMOTION TO APPEAR FOR THE 23.

I'M SORRY.

ITEM 91.

YES, SIR.

MOTION BY COLE.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY BANKS? THERE ARE I'M SURE.

I DON'T KNOW THEIR OBJECTIONS.

I OBJECT YOUR OTHER OBJECTIONS.

WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? THAT'S A WOMAN.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS THAT MOM MADE.

UM, I ALSO, UH, MAKE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING CERTAIN COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, SHOULD NOT BE REFERRING TO THEM AS BABY MAMAS.

THAT'S NOT A PROPER TERM FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

TO ME, THAT'S A TERM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH RACIALLY IN TONE ABOUT BABY MOMS. IT'S ALL THE MOTHERS OF OFFICERS IN SILVER, ILLEGITIMATE.

UH, THEY ARE SEALED THIS SHIT.

UH, I THINK THAT WOULD PEOPLE ARE, IF PEOPLE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO FROM THE NIGHT THAT THIS HAPPENED, UH, OFFICER HOLLY, RIGHT, HAD THE SITUATION SINCE THINKING ABOUT THE CONTROL WITHOUT THE CEILINGS COMPLYING.

AND TO ME, THE SCENE EXPLODED WITH MINE.

SALAMONI ARRIVED ON SCENE, WHICH HIS METHODS, HIS TACTICS AND HIS PROCEDURE TO TRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING, BUT IT WAS NOT PROBABLY PROTOCOL HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE THAT HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE GOT A CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WAS NEVER DEAL.

I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT HIS PAST, ABOUT THE RECORD THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD BEFORE, BUT IT IS WELL KNOWN ATTACK.

IT'S NOT NATIVE.

NO, WE'RE NOT PROPER ABOUT THIS POLICE OFFICER.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION.

WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR COUNSEL TO RESOLVE THIS SETTLEMENT AND I WOULD SECOND.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM THANKS.

YOU MEANT TO PUT ON YOUR MIC.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANDY, ANDY.

YES.

ARE YOU THERE ANY? YES, SIR.

YEAH.

UM, I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE UNION CONTRACT AND UNDER ARTICLE 21, IT SAYS, UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CAP.

IT SAYS THAT THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE SHALL PROVIDE A LEGAL DEFENSE AND IN DIMITY AND DEMYSTIFIED ANY OFFICER, HE IS WHO IS SUED IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIVITIES OCCURRING

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DURING THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CITY IS ON THE BOOK FOR THERE'S AN, A JUDGMENT AGAINST SALAMONI AND, UM, POWER LATE? AND OR DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THAT JUDGMENT? THAT'S A YES OR NO.

ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN? CAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE CONTRACT THAT PROVISION THE CONTRACT.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR PAYING, UM, PAYING THE LEA, PAYING THE JUDGMENT IT'S IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A YES OR NO QUESTION, MAN.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN LITIGATION AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED YET WHETHER THAT IS APPLICABLE OR WHETHER THAT WILL BE CALLED INTO PLAY OR WHETHER THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE.

AND THEN LISTEN TO THE QUESTION, LISTEN TO THE QUESTION.

THE CONTRACT SAYS, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE SHALL PROVIDE A LEGAL DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY AND DOMINIC FACT IN OFFICER WHO IS SUED IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIVITIES OCCURRING DURING THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT.

SO THE QUESTION IS BASED ON WHAT THIS WORDING SAYS, DOES IT'S ME THAT IF THERE'S AN OFFICER AND THERE IS A CASE WHERE THERE IS A JUDGMENT, IS THE CT ON THE DEPENDENT.

MY ANSWER HAS NOT CHANGED.

THAT'S WHAT THAT DOCUMENT SAYS, BUT IT'S UNCERTAIN AS TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THAT PROVISION.

THAT'S STILL PART OF THE LITIGATION.

WHAT WOULD BE SOME FOR WHAT, FOR WHAT CASE? CAUSE I'M JUST TALKING IN GENERAL IN ANY CASE, AND SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, IT'S UNCERTAIN EACH COUNTRY, BUT IN THIS CASE IS UNFAIR.

SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHO IS PROVIDING THE LEGAL DEFENSE SINCE WE WANT TO BE IN SPECIFIC JOB SPECIFIC OR OUT, OR HOW IT LIKE AND BLAMED SALAMONI, WHO IS PAYING THAT LEGAL DEFENSE? THE CITY OF PARIS AT THE CONCEPTION OF THE LITIGATION MADE THE CHOICE TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL CONFLICT COUNSEL FOR MR. SALAMONI AND MR. LAKE.

AND AT THIS TIME THE CITY OF PARIS IS PAYING THOSE BILLS BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUTSIDE CONFLICT COUNSEL.

OKAY? SO SINCE THIS SAYS, AND THAT ALONE SAYS THAT THERE IT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE OTHER CONTRACT, AND I'M SURE WHEN THIS SOUND, IF WE SELL IT FOR $20 MILLION, GO TO TRIAL, SETTLE FOR $20 MILLION, THEN THIS IS THE CONTRACT PART THAT THEIR COUNSEL IS GOING TO BRING UP.

SO THAT'S WHY AT, AND TO SEE THE FACT THAT WE PAID, WE WERE PAYING FOR THE LEGAL DEFENSE AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ARTICLE 21 SAYS.

AND INDEMNITY THEN BASED ON EVERY LAWYER THAT I HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS, OTHER THAN YOU HAVE SAID, 100%, THE CITY WILL BE LIABLE BASED ON THIS STATEMENT.

SO IF THEY'RE, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT THE CASE NAME ONE, UM, SITUATION ON HOW IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE COURT WOULD NOT APPLY THIS NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL, WOMAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ASKED THAT TOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT LAWYER IS OR WHAT EXPERIENCE TO HAVE, BUT MY ANSWER HAS NOT CHANGED.

LISTEN TO THE QUESTION, LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL WOMAN.

I CAN ONLY, I CAN ANSWER IT AS, AS I CAN ANSWER IT IN THE WAY I'M ANSWERING IT IS SEND ME THE QUESTIONS, BUT YOU'RE NOT ANDY.

YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

I'M NOT ASKING THAT ANYMORE.

I'M ASKING A NEW QUESTION.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING YOU DON'T LISTEN.

WHAT 24 SECONDS LEFT.

YOU DON'T WANT YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME.

I CAN DO UP TO A MUCH OF MY TIME.

WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE SITUATIONS BY WHICH THE COURT WOULD NOT APPLY THIS WRITTEN SIGNED CONTRACT COUNSEL, ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.

YES.

COUNSEL THEM.

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO GET INTO HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW TO MAKE THE STATEMENT.

CAUSE THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS DID.

W WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, YOU CAN ANSWER, BUT THEN WHEN YOU, THEN YOU GIVE UNCERTAINTY.

YES, IT DID WRONG ADVICE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT DON'T LET US GET IN A SITUATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS CONTRACT THAT, THAT, THAT, AND WE DON'T KNOW THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, WHICH FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS IT'S

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HORRIBLE REGARDING US BLAINE.

SALAMONI, WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A $20 MILLION LAWSUIT JUST BASED ON THIS INDEMNITY.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

WE'RE NOT OUT TO STERLING IS NOT ON TRIAL.

IF IT WAS ON TRACK, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HERE TODAY.

HE DID NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF THE TRIAL, WHO WAS THE ON TRIAL OR THE LAWYER.

I'M SORRY, ARE THE, ARE THE POLICE OFFICERS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE CHILDREN WHO FOR FOUR YEARS, THEY'RE NOW TWINS, SIX YEARS OLD, EIGHT YEAR OLD, A 12 AND AN 18 YEAR OLD, FOUR YEARS AGO.

THEY WERE MINORS.

I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE, GO TO GO TO TRIAL AND MAKE IT A SPECTATOR SPORT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE GONE BACK TO THE TIME WHERE A BLACK AMERICAN WAS THREE FIFTH.

I'M A PERSON.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO HEAL OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN A CHANCE THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE.

ALL THE COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE ABOUT THIS MAN IN.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW, AND WE HAVE TO DO STOP DOING WHAT THE BIBLE SAID, BEING ACCUSERS OF THE BROTHER.

AND I, I SUSPECT THERE'S NO ONE THAT COULD NOT HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO CAUSE YOU POSSIBLY TO GO TO JAIL IF YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT.

BUT WE'RE LIVING ALSO IN A TIME WHERE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE, UH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE NEVER QUESTIONED THE POLICE BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE AN ENTIRE RECORD THAT NOT, THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TRUE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT THE OFFICERS SAID THAT THE OTHER, THE LAST COMMENT IS OFTEN STERLING HAD NOT HAD AN ODD SITUATION WITH THE POLICE SINCE JUNE 21ST, 2015, FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT WAS A RESISTING AND DISTRIBUTING SUPPOSEDLY.

BUT IN ALL THESE KIDS WERE FINDING OUT THE POLICE OFFICERS DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH.

YOU COULD GET AN EVERYWHERE WHERE HE HAD POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, THAT'S NOT EVEN AN ARREST ANYMORE.

SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

WHAT WERE THE ACTIONS OF THE POLICE OFFICER? HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT ON TRIAL, ANYONE WHO HAS EVER LOST A RELATIVE WHO'S EVER BEEN KILLED CAN TELL YOU, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BLAME THE VICTIM.

IF ANYONE ON HIS COUNCIL HAS EVER HAD ANY TRAGIC THINGS HAPPENED TO THEM OUTSIDE PEOPLE GO ON TO SAY WHAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE TO CHANGE THAT.

AND THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL TO THAT.

SO I'M ASKING MY COUNCIL TO ALLOW OUR CON OUT AS TO HAVE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, ALLOW THESE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN THEIR FATHER HAD.

AND LET'S SHOW EVERYONE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COME TOGETHER AS A BETTER COUNCIL.

AND THEN WE WOULD EVER WANT TO COME THIS WAY AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE THIS KIND OF TRAUMA BROUGHT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND NO OTHER FAMILY NOR THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO FACE THESE PROTESTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO.

SO I'M JUST ASKING MY COUNSELOR TO PLEASE VOTE THAT WE SELL THIS FOR 5 MILLION TODAY.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM COUNCILWOMAN.

BRIAN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NO DELTA WOMAN ROCCO.

THAT'S A WOMAN.

PETER PROS.

MY APOLOGIES AS EVERYONE HERE KNOWS, BUT SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE I AM NEW.

SO I DIDN'T GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING THROUGH ALL THE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BASED UPON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT I'VE JUST HEARD AND LISTENING TO, I FIND IT EXTREMELY ALARMING AFTER ALL THIS TIME, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL ISSUES ARE IN THIS CASE.

IT APPEARS THAT MS. WATTS WAS MAYBE THE ONLY ONE THAT EVEN CAME CLOSE TO TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY NEGLIGENT HIRING AND FIRING ALL THE OTHER ISSUES.

UM, ARE THEY ARE NOT RELEVANT AT THIS POINT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR GREG ROAM OR ANDY DOTSON, UM, TO GET THIS MATTER OUT OF THE WAY.

UH, CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT MINORITY SETTLEMENTS AND BY MINORITY? I DON'T MEAN BLACK OR WHITE.

I MEAN, MINOR CHILDREN.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME, UM, ARE YOU GUYS THERE? YES, SIR.

I'M HERE WITH REGARD TO THE CHILDREN IN THIS CASE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT A MINORITY SETTLEMENT IS? YEAH.

ESSENTIALLY A MINOR IS NOT ABLE TO COME INTO POSSESSION OF ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO, UH, IN A JUDGMENT OR A SETTLEMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

UH, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS, UH, THE ATTORNEYS

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FOR THE PARTICULAR CHILD WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE JUDGE AND HAVE A JUDGE AGREED THAT THE SETTLEMENT IS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE MINOR AND THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, A TRUST OR SOME OTHER, UH, METHOD BY WHICH THEY ENSURE THAT THAT MONEY GOES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILD.

AND IN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THE CHILD ATTAINS THE NECESSARY AGE, UH, AND TODAY, ANY MONEY THAT'S TAKEN OUT OF THAT CHILD'S ACCOUNT HAS TO BE FOR THE, OF THE CHILD, WHETHER IT BE FOR SCHOOLING FOR A VEHICLE AND MUST BE ONLY DONE BY THE CONSENT OF THE JUDGE AND NOT JUST MERELY BY THE CONSENT OF THE PERSON WHO HAS AUTHORITY OVER THAT CHILD.

THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CLIFF NOTES OF WHAT MINORITY SETTLEMENT IS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY.

SO NO SHOPPING SPREES FOR THE MOTHERS.

NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, CAN YOU PLEASE WALK ME THROUGH THE SETTLEMENT PROCESS? YOU MEAN AT THIS MATTER OF PASSES? NO.

I'M MEANING TODAY.

CAN YOU WALK OVER HERE IF THIS MATTER PASSES TODAY? YES.

SO CAN, CAN WE SETTLE THIS MATTER TODAY? CAN WE VOTE ON THE SETTLEMENT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I MEAN, THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

UH, I, WE'RE NOT VIOLATING A STATUTE BY VOTING ON THIS TODAY.

I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT STATUTE REFERRING TO COUNCILWOMAN.

ANDY, ARE YOU, UM, IN SUPPORT OF US PASSING THIS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU RECOMMEND THE $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT? I THINK I MADE CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT I THINK WE'RE IN LITIGATION AND LITIGATION NEEDS TO PROCEED.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A SETTLEMENT IS WARRANTED, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONSULTED IN ANY WAY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT $5 MILLION FOR THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT FOR THE SEDIMENT IN MY OFFICE.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

UM, CAN I TALK TO GREG? ROME IS ON THE PHONE, HAVE A LITIGATION, RIGHT? GREG, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I KNOW MY TIME TO GO, BUT HE REFUSED TO MEET WITH US.

WELL, COUNSEL, WALK OUT THE FLOOR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I'LL HEAR HE'S OUT.

HE'S ON THE LINE JUST TO BE COUNSEL.

I CALL ANDY, I CALL ANDY ANDY ASKING HIM TO MEET WITH ME AND THE COAUTHORS ON THIS CASE.

SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET TO THE SETTLEMENT.

AND HE FLAT OUT REFUSED AND SAID, I COULD HAVE IT, BUT HE WOULD NOT BE THERE.

I, YOU KNOW, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, YOU ARE ALL COUNTY TOLD HIM I WAS ONE OF 12 THAT I DON'T HAVE TO.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO JUST MEET WITH ME.

I THINK.

UM, COUNCILMAN LUKE TRIED TO MEET WITH HIM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROMAN.

I DON'T WANT TO USE UP ALL MY TIME TO SHIP SAID YOU HAVE, YOU GOT 30 SECONDS.

AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT A SECOND FIVE MINUTES, MR. RON, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SETTLEMENTS AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? WELL, I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SETTLEMENT.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND I KNOW PEOPLE KEEP USING THE WORD SETTLEMENT, THIS IS AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT.

THIS IS A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY.

IF YOU WANT TO SETTLE A CASE IN EXCESS OF $10,000, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT REVISED STATUTE, 13, COLON 51 NINE, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION C, WHICH DOES REQUIRE THE ADVICE AND CONCURRENT TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND WE DO THAT BY CLAIMS REVIEW, WHICH IS BY RESOLUTION, THE CLAIMS REVIEW PROCESS.

SO THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

MR. WANT YOU TO FIVE MINUTES.

OKAY? IF YOU LOOK AT ITEM 91 SPECIFICALLY, IT SAYS AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO MAKE AN OFFER A JUDGMENT.

YOU DO NOT SEE THE WORD SETTLEMENT ANYWHERE IN THAT AGENDA ITEM.

AND I'M NOT PICKING ON COUNSEL, WOMAN, BANKS, UH, COUNSEL, A WOMAN, COLLEGE LEWIS, COUNCILMAN COLE.

I'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF THEM.

I KNOW THEM TO BE VERY SMART.

I'VE HELPED THEM IN THEIR DISTRICT ON ISSUES.

THIS IS NOT A SETTLEMENT.

THIS IS A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY.

SO YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

IF IT WAS A SETTLEMENT, I COULD TELL YOU, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE.

THIS IS AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT.

IF IT PASSES THAT I IT'S MY OPINION, THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE JUDGMENT PAYMENT POLICY.

AND THAT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A BUNCH OF TIME.

CAUSE YOU ASKED ME ABOUT A SETTLEMENT QUESTION.

MY OPINION IS THIS IS NOT A SETTLEMENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY THAT HAD A COMMENT REFERRED TO SETTLEMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T READ YOUR AGENDA ITEM.

ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT COMMENTED DID NOT READ YOUR AGENDA ITEM.

THIS IS AN OFFER, A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY.

IT'S NOT A SETTLEMENT.

SO WHERE ARE WE AT? ARE WE,

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ARE WE DOING THINGS PROPERLY? ARE WE ON WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? IF YOU WERE TO PASS THIS ITEM, MY THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS HANDLED IT FOR US TO PAY A JUDGMENT, OUR OFFICE THEN HAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL OR WHETHER OR NOT Y'ALL SHOULD PAY THIS JUDGMENT.

I HAVE A DISCUSSES WITH MR. DOTSON BECAUSE THIS ISN'T OUR ITEM.

SO IF Y'ALL PASS THIS ITEM, I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO TALK TO ME.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT UP AT CLAIMS REVIEW AND DECIDE IF IT'S GOING TO BE OUR OFFICE, HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MAKE THIS OFFER A JUDGMENT, BECAUSE ONCE THIS IS ACCEPTED, IT'S A JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY.

SO YOU COULD PASS WHATEVER YOU WANT.

THIS IS NOT A SETTLEMENT ITEM.

THIS IS AN, I KEEP SAYING IT, BUT THIS IS AN OFFER OF A JUDGMENT.

SO YOU GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IT.

SO YOU HAD AGAIN, ANOTHER MISUNDERSTANDING, CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.

YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAME TO TOWN TO ASK ME ABOUT IT.

SO, AND, AND I, AND I, I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, IF, IF NOBODY WOULD TALK TO HER, I DON'T REMEMBER HER CALLING ME IF SHE DID.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SPEAKING TO HER IN ADVANCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALRIGHT.

YOU GOT TO, YOU GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT, TWO AND A HALF OF THIS.

JAMIE FINISHED HER.

I WOULD JUST LIKE, SAY I SAT ON MY MAT ON THIS CASE MAY PROVIDE HER AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT AND MAY PROVIDE SOME CLOSURE.

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT'S A BANDAID.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME DEEPER ISSUES.

THERE'S SOME DEPARTMENTAL FAILURES.

AND IF WE SETTLE THIS CASE, WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE DEPARTMENTAL FAILURES.

UM, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAD A DUTY TO RESEARCH THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS THAT THEY WERE REVIEWING IT.

UM, I COME IN LATE.

I'VE TRIED TO DO MY HOMEWORK.

THERE'S SOME SERIOUS ISSUES.

THERE ARE SERIOUS LEGAL QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, LAW THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE AT, IF WE CAN DO THAT HERE.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT CONVINCED YET.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN.

UM, I JUST VERY BRIEFLY.

I JUST, UM, IF MR. ROME CAN COME BACK TO THE PHONE, I JUST HAPPENED TO PULL UP THE COTA ARTICLE.

HE JUST REFERENCED AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND AS WELL.

YOU'RE THERE, GREG, SIR? YES, SIR.

ARE YOU COUNCILWOMAN GREEN? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE? ARTICLE NINE SAID FIVE ONE ON NINE, CORRECT? YEAH.

CONCERNING SETTLEMENT.

PARAGRAPH C? YES.

OKAY.

SO YOU IN PARAGRAPH C BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED READING FIRST, THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT MY COLLEAGUE.

THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT, ARE WE DOING IT THE PROPER WAY? IS IT YOUR STATEMENT THAT THE PROPER WAY WOULD BE JUDGMENT THEN RECOMMENDATION? NO, I'M I'M I GOT TO ASK, I THOUGHT I GOT ASKED A QUESTION CONCERNING.

ARE WE DOING A SETTLEMENT A PROPER WAY? I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SETTLEMENT COUNSEL WOMAN.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, BUT NO, I HAVEN'T FINISHED.

OKAY.

I THINK MY JUDGMENT.

YEAH.

IF YOUR STATEMENT THAT WE DO JUDGMENT, THEN WE GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, FROM THE PARISH OF TURN OFFICE.

NO, MA'AM OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

YOU WERE, YOU WEREN'T SAYING NO.

MA'AM IF YOU VOTE TONIGHT TO DO AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT AND OUR OFFICE DOES THAT AND THE, AND THE PLAINTIFF'S EXCEPT THAT, AND I KNOW YOU READ NINE 70 AND YOU'RE A LAWYER.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY ACCEPT THAT IT'S A FINAL JUDGMENT.

AND IN MY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S A NON APPEALABLE JUDGMENT.

IN MY EXPERIENCE HERE AT THIS OFFICE, OUR OFFICE MAKES A WRECK.

LET ME FINISH, MAKES A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER Y'ALL SHOULD PAY A JUDGMENT OR NOT.

I HADN'T EVEN TALKED TO MR. DOTSON ABOUT THAT.

I HAVEN'T.

OKAY.

SO YOU HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION YET, BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVEN'T REACHED THAT POINT IN THIS PROCESS, CORRECT? OKAY.

WHAT RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL, WOMAN, I'M SORRY, YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

YOU SAID I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECOMMEND ANYTHING BECAUSE I HAVE NOT TALKED TO, I'M NOT MAKING, I'M NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY? I'M NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE WORDS I HEARD WAS THIS IS NOT A SETTLEMENT.

A SETTLEMENT RULE REQUIRE A JUDGMENT, THEN THE JUDGMENT OR, OR AN OFFER.

NO, A SETTLEMENT

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DOESN'T REQUIRE A JUDGMENT.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

SO WHEN I ASK THE FIRST QUESTION, THE AGENDA ITEM IS FOR AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT.

IT'S NOT FOR A SETTLEMENT.

I'M LISTENING TO YOU.

YES.

MA'AM.

THAT'S WHY MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO DO A RECOMMENDATION, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE, THAT YOU NEEDED A JUDGMENT, YOU TOLD ME NO.

NO.

YOU CAN DO IT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

IF, IF WE DO IT BOTH WAYS, WE RECOMMEND SETTLEMENTS TO Y'ALL AND WE RECOMMEND PAYMENTS OF JUDGEMENTS TOO.

DON'T WE DO BOTH.

THAT'S OKAY.

I THOUGHT YOU DID RECOMMENDATIONS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT YOUR STATEMENT AND THE STATEMENT OF THE PAST ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY RECOMMENDATION.

CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD WHAT, THE ABILITY TO DO IT.

OR WE JUST FELT THAT WE WOULD PROCEED IN TRIAL.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU ARE.

YOU ASKED TO WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS.

AS A PARENTS ATTORNEY MEMBER, A PERSON THAT WORKS FOR THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE PERSON WHO HANDLED LITIGATION.

WELL, I HAVEN'T HANDLED THIS CASE.

MR. DODSON'S HANDLED IT.

IT'S NOT A CASE OF HIM.

THANK YOU, GREG ANDERSON.

DIOXIN, CAN YOU GET BACK ON? YEAH.

YES.

MA'AM I'M HERE.

YES, SIR.

SO THE LEAD PERSON FOR LITIGATION SAYS HE HAS NOT HANDLED THIS CASE AT ALL.

ONLY YOU HAVE HANDLED THIS CASE IN COURTNEY HUMPHREY.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE GAP IN PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION? I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT A GAP.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE ISSUE WITH PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION? I KNOW YOU, WELL, COUNCIL WILL.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

SO I I'LL ANSWER IT IN THIS MANNER.

THE FIRST NOTICE THAT WE GOT THAT THIS MATTERS EVEN BEING PUT ON THE AGENDA IS FROM LOOKING AT IT ON THE AGENDA.

NO ONE CAME TO MY OFFICE AND ASKED ME, MR. DODSON, WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING THIS? DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S FEASIBLE? DO WE HAVE A BASIS FOR DOING IT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH IT? NOT ONE PERSON CAME AND ASKED ME THAT OR ASKED THE PATH WHERE, OR HOW COULD IT OCCUR? I DIDN'T SUGGEST THE OFFER ADJUSTMENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I SUSPECT MR. LOOP AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN LOOP AND COUNCILWOMAN BANKS CAME UP WITH, BUT I HAD NO SAY IN THAT.

UH, SO I, I HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE DISCONNECT, IF THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU ASKED IN COUNCILWOMAN GREEN.

YEAH.

THAT'S I JUST I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

I'M SORRY.

I COULDN'T HEAR IT.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD BETWEEN THE PAST TURNS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND LIKE, LIKE EVERYBODY'S SAYING, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO EVERYBODY CAN SAY THAT.

NOPE, NO ONE HAS TALKED TO OR ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO.

I THINK AT THIS POINT IT WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHERE'S THE PASTOR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME STATEMENT.

AND I GUESS WHAT I WAS GATHERING AT FIRST WAS THAT THERE COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.

UM, BUT IT WAS MORE SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECOMMENDATION.

NOT THAT THERE COULDN'T BE, IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SETTLEMENT AT THIS POINT.

RIGHT? A FORM OF RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT? YES MA'AM WE DID.

AND LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

WE DID A LOT OF WORK, COURTNEY AND MYSELF, AND TRYING TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AS YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE REACHED OUT TO YOU AS WELL AS EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, TRYING TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST IN SETTLEMENT, TRYING TO COME TO A CONSENSUS NUMBER THAT WE COULD WORK WITH TO TRY AND GET THIS MATTER.

SETTLED.

WE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR PLAN IN FEBRUARY LEADING INTO THE BEGINNING OF COVID WAS TO DO OUR BEST TO GET THIS RESOLVED WITH THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, BUT THAT WAS THWARTED BY COVID.

AND THEN THE NEXT THING WE KNOW THAT THIS NEW MATTER CAME ACROSS.

OKAY.

AND SO THEN THE QUESTION IS ABOUT, IS IT A SETTLEMENT OR ARE WE AT THE STAGE OF SETTLEMENT? YOU JUST USE THE TERM SETTLEMENT, WHATEVER THE TERM IS.

I THINK WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RESOLVE.

AND SO THOUGH WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON, IS IT THE PROPER TIME IN THE LITIGATION TO HAVE, YOU CAN SELL IT ANYTIME YOU WANT.

YOU CAN MITIGATE ANY TIME YOU WANT ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S DIRECTED BY A JUDGE AND DIRECTED BY THE ATTORNEYS THEMSELVES.

SO WE'RE PAST THAT POINT AND I DON'T WANT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET DISTRACTED BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE USING TERMS THAT SEEM LIKE LEGAL LEADS THAT WE CAN NOW MAKE UP LAYMAN'S DECISION TO MAKE A D MAKE A VOTE AND THE VOTE IS ALREADY BEEN CALLED FOR.

AND SO I THINK WE OWE IT TO OUR CITY TO JUST MAKE A AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT.

WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RESULT IN TRIAL, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US FROM PERSONAL

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INJURY CASE, ALL THE WAY UNTIL, YOU KNOW, UH, POLICE BRUTALITY CASES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED TO SETTLE.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T NEED TO GET CAUGHT UP.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AND ALL I NEED TO THINK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL TAKE THEM OFF MY SECOND FIVE MINUTES.

OKIE DOKIE.

SO QUESTIONS, I GUESS IT WOULD BE TO ANDY THE COST TO DATE, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE THE COUNCIL SPENT TO DATE? UH, HOW MUCH DID WE POTENTIALLY PAY? IF WE GO TO TRIAL, WHAT'S BEEN THE COST OF MONEY, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN USED TO DEFEND THAT THE OFFICER'S IN THIS SITUATION, HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON POLICE OVERTIME DURING THE SITUATION.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D HAVE ANSWERS TO THAT TONIGHT, BUT IF, IF WE, IF WE, UM, AND WE'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE'VE ALL MET, WE'VE ALL HAD CONVERSATIONS.

WE ALL WERE ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO TO SETTLE OR AUTHORIZE A JUNKIE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

BUT WE WOULD BE STAYING THE SAME.

WE MADE A USING THE WRONG TERMINOLOGY, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL AT THE SAME POINT IN TERMS OF REACHING SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE THIS CHASE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, IF IT'S, UH, ON THE COUNCIL GENDER, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE ON IT.

YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE AGENDA AS AN AGENDA ITEM IF WE DID NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, ANDY, IF YOU CAN GIVE AN IDEA ON THE COST, UH, IF WE POTENTIALLY WOULD GO TO TRIAL AND CAUSE IT WAS APPEAL, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT VERSUS WHAT WE'RE OFFERING? WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WE HAVE THIS $5 MILLION AMOUNT ON THE AGENDA.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTED OR REJECTED OR IF THIS WILL STILL END UP GOING TO TRIAL.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE WITH TALKING ABOUT IT, TALKING ABOUT IT, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, COLBY CAME.

SO NOW WE USE THAT AS A REASON NOT TO, BUT ANDY, IF YOU COULD KIND OF GIVE ME A QUICK ANSWER AND VERY, VERY QUICKLY, THE ONLY HARD CORE NUMBER I CAN GIVE YOU IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SPENT TO DATE ON THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THE CONFLICT COUNSEL, AND TODAY BETWEEN THE COUNSEL FOR MR SALAMONI AND MR LAKE, WE SPENT A TOTAL OF $179,102 AND 1 CENTS.

AND IF I HAD TO ESTIMATE FOR THEIR PREPARATION TO, AND THROUGH TRIAL ONLY IT WOULD BE UPWARDS OF 200 DEPOSIT, $250,000 COMBINED THAT WE WOULD PAY THEM TO GET THROUGH TRIAL AND THAT EXCLUDES ANY COST OF APPEAL.

OKAY.

AND SO WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY THAT HE KEPT SPENT NOT.

AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I'M SORRY, COUNSELING.

THAT'S 250 ADDITIONAL, NOT ANOTHER, NOT 250 FROM ONE 79.

THAT'S ONE 79 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL TWO 50.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 500,000, I GUESS THE IT'S ESTIMATED PRIOR TO APPEAL.

OKAY.

AND SO WHAT HAVE WE SPENT, UM, WITH THE, UH, TWO OFFICES? THAT'S THE TWO OFFICERS.

YES, MA'AM THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WAS IT WAS SPENT ON THIS CASE WITH THE ALSO STERLING CASE ON THIS CASE ALONE.

AGAIN, WE SPENT 179, OH A LITTLE BIT OVER 179,000 ON THE TWO OFFICERS, THE OFFICERS, BUT WHAT ABOUT, OKAY.

YEAH, THE CASE ITSELF, I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU THAT FILING FEES.

THAT'S EXPERTS AND WE HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID GET THE HARDCORE CALLS FOR THE CONFLICT OFFENSE FOR YOU.

OKAY.

SO IT WAS AROUND ABOUT $500 AND THEN IF IT APPEALS, WE COULD STILL BE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

YES MA'AM.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT IN POLICE OVERTIME AFTER THIS CAPITAL WITH WIVES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING OVER.

I KNOW THAT THIS HAS COST THE CITY OF REGULAR MONEY ALREADY POTENTIALLY COULD COST MORE.

THE OTHER THING WE SETTLED TO POLICE OFFICERS ON THIS ACCOUNT ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, UH, IN A MOUSE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF VIEWS AND WAS.

WE SPENT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, SETTLING POLICE CASES WITH CAR ACCIDENTS, UM, AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS INVOLVED WITH CITY POLICE.

AND I'VE NEVER ONE TIME HEARD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, WHY ARE WE PAYING THIS OR ANYBODY MAKING THE OBJECTION THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA.

AND THEY JUST ASKED, UH, HIGHER FROM THAT SPEAKING IS, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE US CONTINUING TO PUSH THIS OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO TO COURT.

I'M PRAYING THAT WE CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF A RESOLUTION TONIGHT TO RESOLVE THIS, TO MAKE SOMETHING AND SETTLEMENT OFFER A JUDGMENT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

UH, I TRIED TO MOVE BEYOND THIS.

I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO DO IT, TO DO IT NOW.

UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPENED BEFORE, AT LEAST IN CALIFORNIA.

SO THAT'S MY NOT TO SET IT PROBABLY LAST FIVE MINUTES.

SO THANK YOU, ROSA.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO? YEAH, I DO.

UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ASK THE QUESTION AND EVEN HAVE IT ANSWERED.

UM,

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AND HOW DID THE 5 MILLION, HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THE 5 MILLION JUDGMENT, $5 MILLION JUDGMENT COUNCIL WOMAN? YES MA'AM AS I WAS TELLING COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, I HAD NO IDEA.

YOU'D HAVE TO ASK COUNCIL, WOMAN BASIN, COUNCILOR, LUPE.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

UM, OKAY.

WELL WHAT I'M I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH THING TO FACE.

UM, I ALWAYS THOUGHT ANDY, THAT JUDGEMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WERE DECIDED UPON, UH, WHAT IS IT POSSIBLE FUTURE EARNING THAT KIND OF THING.

THAT'S PART OF IT.

YES.

MA'AM THAT COULD ALWAYS BE PART OF IT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I THINK TO PUT $5 MILLION ON THE BACK OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR CITIZENS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISHES, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH JUST LISTENING TO WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING AND ALL I JUST, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.

ALRIGHT.

COUNCILMAN WATSON, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK GREG ROME? ARE YOU ON THE LINE, SIR, GREG? UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE WHO IS TUNING IN RIGHT NOW AND WATCHING YOUR ROLE IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU HANDLE LITIGATION.

COULD YOU TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE OF YOUR ROLE IS AND WHAT OTHER THAN THIS CASE, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT ARE YOU NORMALLY EXPECTED TO DO IN YOUR ROLE WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? MY TITLE IS THE DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND LITIGATION.

AND WHAT, ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO DO WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS FROM A LITIGATION STANDPOINT, ALL THE LITIGATION GOES THROUGH ME.

SO IF THE CITY SUED, THE LAWSUIT COMES TO ME, GENERALLY I ASSIGN IT.

BUT MR. DOTSON IS INCLUDED ON ALL OF THOSE EMAILS.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I CALL HIM AND I SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU COACH ME UP ON THIS? THIS IS WHAT I'M THINKING.

AND ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME HE SAYS, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT.

BUT YOU OUGHT TO CONSIDER THIS.

SOMETIMES HE'LL LOOK AT A CASE AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE THIS LAWYER TO HANDLE THIS BECAUSE OF THIS REASON.

AND I SIGNED IT TO THAT LAWYER.

I DO HANDLE SOME LITIGATION CASES.

MY ROLE IS MORE ADMINISTRATIVE NOW, BUT I DO SAY, GREG, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE BREVITY.

YOU SAY YOUR ROLE IS MORE ADMINISTRATIVE NOW, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T BEFORE, WHEN DID THAT CHANGE AND WHAT CAUSED THAT CHANGE TO HAPPEN? WELL, SORTA TOWARDS THE END OF MISS BATSON'S TENURE, I DID MORE OF HELPING THE LAWYERS WITH THE CASES RATHER THAN HANDLE AN INVENTORY OF FILES.

BUT NOW OCCASIONALLY MR. DOTSON ASKED ME TO HANDLE AN INDIVIDUAL FILE.

I STILL DO HANDLES.

I HANDLE ALL THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR THE CITY AND ALL THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LITIGATION PERSONALLY, BUT HE STILL OCCASIONALLY ASKED ME TO HANDLE A FILE.

HE DID NOT ASK ME TO HANDLE THIS WHEN HE ASKED ME AT THE TIME HE AND MR NIESHA WERE HANDLING THIS ONE AND I WAS TO HANDLE THE LIBRARY LITIGATION, WHICH I STILL AM, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BUT MR. DOTSON IS NOW HANDLING AND HAS HANDLED OUT AND STERLING CASE, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME WITH TEDRICK GONE, I GUESS, MEMBER, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? I MEAN, ADOPTIVE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE ASKING JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE WE TRIED TO, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE UP AND MOVE ALONG THE IMPRESSION IT'S NOT A SETTLEMENT.

IT'S A JUDGMENT, WELL, A JUDGEMENTAL OFFER, BUT WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS? I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IN JOB.

OKAY.

I'LL GET TO IT RIGHT NOW, GREG.

YES.

IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS IT'S THOSE DECISION BY MR. DOTSON? I MEAN, IF HE ASKED ME TO HELP, I'M GOING TO HELP, THEN LET ME, LET ME ASK ANDY.

ANDY, WHY IS GREG ROME WHO OUTSIDE OF, UH, TEDRICK KNIGHT'S HEAD, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN LITIGATION, WHY IS WISEBERG NOT BEEN BROUGHT IN TO HELP OUT, UH, IN THE ABSENCE OF TED COUNCILMAN? TYPICALLY? I DON'T KNOW.

I'M POINT OF AUDIT, MAN.

I THINK, MAN, I THINK WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE GETTING WAY OFF.

I MEAN, IF YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE $5 MILLION, ALRIGHT, I'LL CUT TO THAT.

THEN I'LL CUT TO THAT.

I THINK THE FAIREST THING IS A FAIR TRIAL.

I THINK HAVING

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THE BEST OF THE ATTORNEY WE'VE GOT INVOLVED WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR US GOING FORWARD.

I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS COUNCILMAN ROCCA BROUGHT UP EARLIER.

AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION BROUGHT OUT BY A FAIR TRIAL THAT THE JUDICIAL BRANCH IS DESIGNATED FOR IN THE CONSTITUTION.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR A SETTLEMENT OF $5 MILLION WHEN I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.

IT'S OBVIOUS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS OR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT INDEED IS THE CORRECT PATH FORWARD FOR US, UH, IN RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THE $5 MILLION, UH, OFFER OF JUDGMENT.

THAT'S THE, AS THE ITEM READS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO TO A FAIR TRIAL AND I'M DONE COUNSEL PRO TIM.

I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT ONE QUESTION IF I CAN.

EXACTLY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SIT THERE, ANSWER THE QUESTION AS TO WHY MR. WARREN WAS NOT ON THIS CASE.

AND IT'S A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER, MR. ROME, VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW FROM THIS CASE.

AND I ASKED HIM TO STAY ON AND HE'S STILL VOLUNTARILY.

OKAY.

LET'S SAY WE CAN JUST MOVE ON BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME OTHER AREAS AND THAT'S SIDEBAR STUFF I COUNSELED.

THERE WAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM 91, ONE LAST COMMENT, MR. MR. GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN COLE.

THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED WHERE I DID THE $5 MILLION NUMBER AND I GUESS ANYONE IN PARENT'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, WITHOUT BREAKING ANY PRIVILEGE OF ANY TIME, WAS THERE A NUMBER SUGGESTED TO US BY ANY ATTORNEY ANDY? YES, SIR.

THERE WAS NOT A CONSENSUS NUMBER YET.

THAT'S WHERE WE WERE WORKING TOWARDS WHEN COLBERT HIT COUNCILMAN COLE.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS AS TO WHERE THEY WERE IN TERMS OF A POSSIBLE SEDIMENT, EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I THINK, UM, I WANT TO APPROACH THIS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, SCOTT, JUST FROM IT, FROM, FROM THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE RELATIVE TO WHAT, WHAT IS OLD TO HIM OR HIS FAMILY OR WHAT PERHAPS IS NOT OLD TO HIM OR HIS FAMILY.

I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION RECENTLY WITH SOMEONE WHO HADN'T VISITED NORTH BATON ROUGE IN A LONG TIME.

I KNOW MANY OF US WORK IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.

UH, AND SO WE VISITED EVERY DAY AND WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC ILLS THAT EXIST, UH, IN NORTH BATTLEFORD, PARTICULARLY IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH AND HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR CENTURIES IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THE CITY, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT SOME FAMILIES ARE SIMPLY DOING THE ABSOLUTE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR THEM.

WE HAVE A FRACTURED SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE A FRACTAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN THIS CITY WHERE MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR EARN LESS WEIGHT, LESS THAN OTHER RACES IN THIS CITY.

WE HAVE A FRACTURED COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT AS A COMMUNITY.

AND SO THEREFORE WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IN THE CITY.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, THERE'S NO REASON WHY A MAN DOING THE VERY BEST HE CAN WITH WHAT HE HAD PROVIDED BY THIS CITY, GIVEN TO HIM BY THIS CITY TO BE KILLED IN ANY CAPACITY.

I DON'T CARE IF HE WAS BREAKING A CRIME.

I DON'T CARE IF HE WAS DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE INDIVIDUALS BREAK THE LAW AND THEY ARE NOT KILLED.

AND FOR THAT REASON ALONE, WE SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ALTON STERLING.

AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN TO HIS CHILDREN AND THAT THEY GREW UP WITH A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY THAN HE HAD.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD.

ECOMMERCE.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 91 BY COLD, SECOND BY BANKS.

AND WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE.

ASHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 91.

PLEASE VOTE.

YES OR NO WELSH.

NO THANKS.

YES.

LUPE ABSENT.

WILSON.

NO, NO BRING, YEAH.

LET'S CALL THEM SLOS.

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I SAID YES.

YES.

MR. COLE.

YES.

YES.

MS. SAN MOROSA MR. HUDSON.

NO, NO.

MS. WICKER.

YES.

YES.

MR. WATSON.

NO, NO.

MS. ROCCA, PLEASE SHOW ME, IS IT STANDING? YOU HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR? HOW THE POSE AND TWO, ONE ABSENT.

ONE ABSTAIN COUNSEL.

HE'S TRYING TO SAY.

YEAH.

YOU TOLD ME, HE'S TRYING TO SAY YES, COUNSELOR.

HE'S NOT HOME.

HE'S NOT ALL.

HE'S NOT.

YEAH.

HE'S TRYING TO GET IN.

HE'S TRYING MR. LEE.

YES.

YES, YES.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE SIX DAYS, FIVE DAYS AND ONE ABSTAIN.

OKAY.

OKAY.

COUNSELOR.

AFTER 91 DENIES IT DOESN'T APPROVE

[92. 20-00850]

THE ITEM.

92 AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION DELIVERY OF LOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BY THE, THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA CITY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AND VISIT BATHROOM.

MAKE AN APPLICATION LOUISIANA STATE BOND CONVENTION, PROVIDING THE NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING THE ADOPTION.

THIS REGULATION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SHOULD BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY THE BOND COUNCIL.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 92? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON I'M SORRY.

OTHER COMMENTS ON I AND MONEY TOO.

HOW ABOUT COMMENT ON 92 FROM MR. PHILLIPS BOULEVARD? UH, I AM AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION.

I SEE NO GOOD REASON FOR THE CITY PARISH TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR VISIT BATON ROUGE, BONDS OR NOTES.

I BELIEVE THAT VISIT BATON ROUGE NEEDS TO CUT EXPENSES, INCLUDING POSSIBLY EVEN DECREASING SOME VISIT BATON ROUGE LEADERS OR STAFF MEMBER SALARIES, OR EVEN LAY OFF SOME EMPLOYEES INSTEAD OF POSSIBLY ADDING OR NOT DECREASING EXPENSES AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY PARISH, GOVERNMENT AND BOND ON IT.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEM 92.

OKAY.

COUNSELORS THAT CLOSES THE PUBLIC.

WAS THERE ANY, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, COUNSELING NOTES? I HAVE A COMMENT.

I WANT TO GET A COMMENT.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

I THINK ANDREW IS ON THE LINE.

I WANTED TO GET A QUICK UPDATE FROM ANGIE AS, SO WHAT THIS WILL MEAN FOR THE CITY PARISHES, UH, FINANCIALLY BEING ON THE HOOK.

IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM FINANCE THAT, UM, THIS, THIS ITEM DOESN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT.

SO ANDREA, IF YOU WOULD CATCH US UP, ANGIE, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THIS CALL HAS NO ADDITIONAL LIABILITIES TO THE CITY, THE PARISH, OR IMPACTS THE GENERAL FUND IN ANY WAY.

THE CITY PARISH SERVES AS THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE OCCUPANCY TAX THAT IS DEDICATED TO VISIT THAT AND ROCHE, UM, VISIT BATON ROUGE IS IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING A LINE CREDIT WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN CASE THERE'S A SHORTFALL OR NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR THEIR OPERATIONS.

IF FOR SOME REASON, BATON ROUGE VISIT BATON ROUGE DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY THEIR DEBT.

THIS AGREEMENT ENSURES THE DEBT HOLDERS AT THE CITY PARISH WILL REMIT VISIT BATON ROUGE, JUST DEDICATED TAX DIRECTLY TO THE BOND HOLDER.

IF THERE'S A DEFAULT AND PAYMENTS SO THAT THERE IS THERE'S A SURETY BOND HOLDER.

GOTCHA.

OH, SOME OF THE TIME.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED AND I THINK THE WAY THIS ITEM IS NOW WRITTEN, IT IS DONE CORRECTLY.

NOW THE EMOTION IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

YOU'VE GOT A MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER? ANY OBJECTIONS MATT YOU'RE IN AND OUT? YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

LET'S SEE HERE.

NO OBJECTION, HONEY.

TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'VE DONE ITEM 93.

[94. 20-00646]

WE'LL GO TO ITEM NINE AND FOUR AUTHORIZE A MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WITH COMMUNITY NETWORK ALLIANCE, LLC, NOT TO EXCEED $80,000 BY THE POLICE CHIEF, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 94 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAVE ONE COMMENT ON ITEM 94 FROM PHILLIP BOULEVARD DUE TO THE RECENT SEVERAL MURDERS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND OTHER RECENT CRIME ISSUES ON NOW QUESTION THE OVERALL VALUE OF THESE TWO CONTRACTS AND SIMILAR CONTRACTS AND REQUEST THAT THESE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED FOR OTHER NEEDED PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE EXISTING METHODS ARE WORKING AND MURDERS AND VIOLENT CRIMES AND CRIMINAL GANG ACTIVITY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

FOR THE RECORD,

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I DO SUPPORT THE POLICE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THE RECENT PUSH IN THE USA TO DEFEND POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS FEASIBLE OR REASONABLE INCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NINE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS? ANY COMMENTS? I GUESS I GOT SOME COMMENTS FIRST THERE.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN, UH, I GUESS ANYBODY FROM THE POLICE AS THE CHIEF ON OR CHIEF ITEM 94.

HAVE, DID WE HEAR EVER HEAR ANYTHING AS FAR AS FROM ETHICS, ANYBODY COUNSEL APPROACH? YES, SIR.

AND ADOPTION.

I HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MY OFFICE THAT COULD SPEAK TO THAT DOG.

YEAH.

OKAY.

YOU THERE, THERE YOU GO.

HI, UH, DAWN, GET WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I RENDERED AN OPINION TO MS. BECK.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHE SHARED THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE OPINION FROM OUR OFFICE WAS THAT THE, UH, CONTRACT WAS NOT PROHIBITED BECAUSE THE FORMER EMPLOYEE DID NOT PERFORM SIMILAR DUTIES AT THE TIME OF HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, NOR WAS THE CONTRACT WITH THE SAME AGENCY, WHICH WOULD BE UNIFORM PATROL OF WHICH HE WAS THE PRIOR COMMANDER.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY QUESTION WAS IS I WANTED SOMETHING FROM ETHICS, NOT FROM, NOT FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MY QUESTION IS HE MAY NOT KNOW, BUT IS HE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS? WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? WHAT MAKES HIM QUALIFIED TO DO THIS THEN IF HE WAS HEAD OF UNIFORM CONTROL.

YEAH, I CERTAINLY CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

I CAN SPEAK TO, IF IN FACT, WE WISHED YOU HAVE A FORMAL OPINION FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION, WE CAN REQUEST THEM TO DO THAT.

AND IN MY MEMO, I PUT THE D THE DEADLINES ON THEM.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED FOR DAWN WHEN THIS FIRST CAME, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I SAID THIS BEFORE, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE, THE $200,000 CONTRACT PLAY ON DON'T LIKE IT EITHER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT THIS CONTRACT WAS REGISTERED AS AN LLC ON JULY 16, 20, 20.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE IN CON YOU KNOW, CONTACT ETHICS, WHY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHOEVER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DIDN'T CONTACT ETHICS BEFORE THIS WAS EVEN SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN OR GET ON THE AGENDA.

AND THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I, TO KNOW, FROM ETHICS, I UNDERSTAND HE WAS HEAD OF UNIFORM PATROL, BUT I DON'T LIKE IT.

SOMEBODY RETIRING THERE WERE THROWING AN $80,000 CONTRACT TOOL.

I MEAN, THE COUNCIL CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, BUT I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT.

I DON'T SUPPORT IT.

AND I DON'T LIKE IT.

HEY, IF ANYONE WANTED TO REQUEST AN OPINION, THEY COULD ASK FOR IT TO BE AN EMERGENCY MATTER ON THE OCTOBER 2ND ETHICS AGENDA, OR THEY COULD ASK FOR IT TO BE ON AS A REGULAR MATTER ON THE NOVEMBER SIX ETHICS COMMISSION MEETING.

WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT, WHETHER IT, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, THAT KNOWS THE COMMENTS.

I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS.

OKAY.

SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DON ABOUT THE SAME ITEM, AND I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT SCOTT ON THIS VENDOR.

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU.

THIS IS MY ISSUE.

AND THIS IS THE COMPETENCE OF THE PAIR WITH DAWN FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY.

IT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CANNOT CONTRACT CITY PAIRS.

WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN FORWARD WITH CITY PARENTS UNTIL TWO YEARS AFTER YOU HAVE A POSITION WITHIN THE CITY, OR FOR US AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE SAME THING.

YOU CANNOT GET A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.

AND EVEN THOUGH DON IS EXPLAINING IT TO ME THAT HE'S NOT STILL DOING THE JOB THAT HE WAS DOING, UH, HE'S STILL WORKING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A FINE LINE THAT WE'RE WALKING.

I ASKED FOR AN OPINION FROM DON.

IF I WERE TO TRY AND GET A CONTRACT WITH CITY FAIRS, I HAD JUST CAME DOWN SESSION WITH ASHLEY.

AFTER I LEAVE THE COUNCIL, I CAN NOT GET A CONTRACT WITH CITY PARIS GOVERNMENT FOR TWO YEARS.

UH, DOG'S UH, EXPLANATION TO ME WAS BECAUSE I'M CONSIDERED AS SOMEBODY WHO IS OVER ALL OF SEAFARERS AND GOVERNMENT.

NEVERTHELESS, I THINK WE'RE WALKING A FINE LINE.

IF WE ALLOW THIS OFFICER WITH RESIDE TO COME BACK AND DO A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHEN I LEAVE, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET ME AN $80,000 CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BECAUSE I WANT TO BE DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT I'M DOING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT WOULD BE THE SAME THING.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE SERVING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I STILL CAN'T GET A CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS.

AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WALKING A FINE LINE.

I THINK THAT ETHICS NEEDS TO WEIGH IN, OR SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO GIVE AN OPINION OF THIS, BUT I DO NOT AND CANNOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM EITHER.

NOT TONIGHT.

[01:30:01]

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

CAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FROM ETHICS.

THAT'S WHAT I'D ASKED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND HERE WE WENT AROUND AND JUST GOT FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY AND IT WAS LIKE I'M BEING IGNORED.

AND THIS BE THE FIRST TIME.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN IGNORED.

I'LL SECOND.

THE MOTION I'VE BEEN IGNORED FOR TOO SOPHIA BAD FOR 30 DAYS A SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS OR ANY OBJECTIONS.

SCOTT SMART.

GO AHEAD, TROY.

SO, UM, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, IF IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE RENDERED BEFORE AN EMERGENCY ITEM IN OCTOBER, IF IT'S BEING ASKED FOR BY THE ETHICS IS 30 DAYS, I MEAN, LET'S GO SEE NOVEMBER SIX WOULD BE THE REGULAR MEETING THAT HE COULD BE CONSIDERED AT.

OKAY.

SO I WAS DRAWING MY MOTION AND DONNA, YOU WITHDRAW YOUR SECOND AND I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS.

OKAY.

I'LL SECOND TO 62ND BY COLLINS, LOUIS, TREY, YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 94? SCOTT, QUICK QUESTION.

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE MONEY? IS THIS A BRAND AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU? UH, NEIL, ARE YOU ON THE LINE, NEIL? I'M GONNA, I STILL WANT THE DEFER.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO TO THE DATES OF THE GRANT, BUT I STILL SUPPORT THE, UH, THE 60 DAYS.

YEAH.

WE HAD A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY CALLING LAWS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 94 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM

[95. 20-00839]

95 AUTHORIZED PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OFTEN REQUIRED TO THE PERSON HE COULD ON OUR INSTITUTE OF EXPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDINGS.

AND IT TAKES SUCH OTHER ACTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AS SURROGATE BOB PENNETT BOULEVARD, BRIDGE OVER BY YOU FOUNTAIN BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 95, NO COMMENTS ON ITEM 95 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, A LOT OF MONEY, FIVE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 95 MOST APPROVED BY A SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS, THEY ARE NOT NINE 95 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[96. 20-00857]

ITEM 96 AUTHORIZED TO SELL IN THE MATTER ENTITLED IS ELLA SMITH VS MICHAEL JONES, BATON ROUGE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY BY ROUGE PARISH, $125,000.

PLUS COURT COSTS AND AMOUNT OF $422 AND 32 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $125,422 AND 32 CENTS AND APPROPRIATE $125,422 AND 32 CENTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES.

THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 96, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMIZED SIX COUNCILORS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 96 MOTION APPROVE ITEM 96, MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 96 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[97. 20-00858]

ITEM 97 AUTHORIZED TO SELL IN THE MATTER ENTITLED THE SAME WITH JUNIOR VERSUS CITY PARISH AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $23,577.

PLUS THE COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $580 AND 50 CENTS WHERE HE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $24,157 AND 50 CENTS, WHICH SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNTANTS THEY INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY.

THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 97.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EMOTIONAL ITEM 97 MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCCA, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 97, IT'S BEEN APPROVED

[98. 20-00887]

ITEM 98, AUTHORIZED A SETTLEMENT.

THE MATTER ENTITLED ACACIA CAME VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,710 PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $94 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $20,804 WITH SHELL, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATE INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY.

THIS MATTER MAY BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 98, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 98, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 98.

COUNSEL, VERA, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 98 THERE MOTION MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM 98 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 99,

[99. 20-00841]

AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT, EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH POSTS, ARCHITECTS, GOULD EVANS, A JOINT VENTURE WITH SUB-CONSULTANTS AS JB GROUP BOX NEXT BUT ENGINEERING LLC, AST ENGINEERS, APS ENGINEERING AND TESTING, LLC CARSON BLOCK CONSULTING, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW EAST BATON ROUGE AIR SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $527,431 BY THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.

[01:35:01]

ANY COMMENTS? AN ITEM? YEAH.

ITEM 99.

THE COMMENT FROM, UM, ANY LANDRY.

WHAT IS THE BUDGET TOTAL FOR THIS NEW LIBRARY? WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE ON CONTRACTS? WHERE WERE EACH OF THE NAME CONTRACTORS VETTED? YES.

OR NOW THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM 99 COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANY, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 99 COUNCIL MEMBERS? ANY COMMENTS I'VE GOT IT.

THAT IS ABOVE AVAILABLE.

BOBBY, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I'M HERE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME, MATT? I CAN.

NOW I CAN.

NOW ASHLEY, GIVE ME A FUNNY ROUND READ SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT MS. LANDRY SENT IN.

SO I HAVE A, RATHER THAN ME TRY TO READ THEM BACK, UH, ASK THEM IF YOU COULD TAKE EACH ONE, WHICH IS APPLICABLE AND JUST GIVE ME A QUICK ANSWER TO EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

THE FIRST QUESTION, WHAT IS THE BUDGET TOTAL FOR THIS NEW LIBRARY? FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 5.775 MILLION.

OKAY.

NEXT QUESTION PLEASE.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT HIS HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE ON CONTRACTS? NOTHING WE'RE JUST STARTING TO DO THE DESIGN WORK ON THIS IS TO DO THE INITIAL CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN WORK AND HER LAST QUESTION WHERE EACH OF THE NAME CONTRACTORS THAT HAD YEP.

BUT ON OUR CONTRACTORS, BECAUSE THE PROJECT HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED OR BE IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BYE BYE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MA'AM I'M DONE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM 99, MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY WELCH.

IS THERE A SECOND BY ROCCA? ANY OBJECTIONS CARRY NON ITEM? 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[100. 20-00908]

I DON'T WANT A HUNDRED AUTHORIZED MERRITT PRESIDENT.

SHE HAD A CONTRACT SPECIAL ENGINEERING SERVICES DESIGNS, ANCIENT T V FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATE THE PLANK ROAD, NICHOLSON BUS, RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT, AND THE MOUNTAIN NOT EXCEED 6 MILLION, $900,000 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 100, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, ITEM 100.

THE FIRST COMMENT IS FOR PHILLIP BOULEVARD.

I SEE NO NEED FOR THIS RAPID TRANSIT BUS PROJECT AND OUR QUESTION WHO WILL EVEN ACTUALLY RIDE RAPID TRANSIT BUS, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS GOING ON.

IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THIS PROPOSED PROJECT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ADDRESSED ANY MORE OR STARTED UNTIL AFTER THE UPCOMING ELECTION FOR MAYOR PRESIDENT TAKES PLACE.

THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY AND NEW MAYOR PRESIDENT WILL BE ELECTED WHO WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT OR THE VERY HIGH COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, KATZ COULD PROVIDE A STANDARD BUS ON THE PROPOSED RAPID TRANSIT BUS ROUTE TO STUDY HOW MANY CITIZENS WOULD ACTUALLY EVEN RIDE A BUS ON THE PROPOSED ROUTE.

I'M AGAINST THIS VERY EXPENSIVE CONTRACT WITH H AND TB.

NEXT COMMENT FROM PENNY LANDRY.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DESIGN STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL RELATING TO BUS RAPID TRANSIT FOR THE TIME PERIOD, JANUARY 1ST, 2019 AND SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020.

AND WHAT IS THE SUM TOTAL AMOUNT OF THOSE APPROVED STUDIES? HOW MANY YEARS HAS FRED RAYFORD BEEN IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM 20.

I'M SORRY.

ITEM 100.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 100.

GOT A QUESTION FOR FRED.

UH, COUNCILMAN WATSON HAS ONE FOR FRED.

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

OKAY, GO AHEAD COUNSEL.

I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE MUNICIPALITY ON OFFER A LONG TIME, SO I DON'T NEED TO ASK YOU THAT.

MY QUESTION ON THIS ONE IS HOW MUCH OF THE TOTAL COST OF THIS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE SHARED BY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S ALREADY A DEDICATED TAX FOR BUSING.

HOW MUCH IS CATS GOING TO SHOULDER SOME OF THE BURDEN FOR COST AND THIS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE $6.9 MILLION COMING OUT OF, UH, THE MOVIE VR PROJECTS, MATT, THANK YOU ENOUGH TO SHAKE YOUR ASS FOR THAT QUESTION.

NUMBER ONE, KATZ HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE OVERALL COST FOR DOING THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

THERE WERE FEDERAL FUNDS ALSO THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, ACQUIRE THROUGH, UH, CAPITAL REGION PLANNING, COMMISSION ACCESS FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION.

THEY ALSO HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE SET ASIDE

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AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AS FAR AS FROM THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT, BUYING THE BUSES.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THOSE ARE, THE ELECTRIC BUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AT JUST POINT, BUT THEY PARTICIPATED IN THIS OVERALL COST.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A $1,500 BILL GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO TO DO THIS BUS RAPID TRANSIT TO FROM THE FRONT OF THE LSU AREA, ALL THE WAY UP TO AIRLINE HIGHWAY, I LADY I LAKE HOSPITAL.

SO I MEAN, TO ME, UH, I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO RIDE THE BUS, BUT THAT'D BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE GONNA WANT TO RIDE.

IT'S A QUESTION WAS, IS THIS HAVING THE SERVICE AVAILABLE? AND I THINK THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY.

SO WHAT IS IT YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S PROBABLY MY TELEPHONE.

I'M USING THIS SORT OF ONLINE MEETING, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY USED ON THIS.

SO I CAN GET A SENSE OF PROPORTION OF WHAT THE $6.9 MILLION IS.

HE SAID, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY A $15 MILLION GRANT.

THE OVERALL PROGRAM COSTS INCLUDE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE AROUND 52 MINUTES, 52 MILLION ANTS.

AND THIS IS THE SOUL, THE SOUL, UH, SOME OF WHAT'S COMING OUT OF MOVIE BR IS 6.9 OR ARE WE LOOKING AT MORE MONEY TO THIS? NO, SIR, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ALL OUT OF POOPY YARD, SOME MONEY, SOMETHING FROM OUT OF, UH, THE, THE GRANT ITSELF.

WE ALSO HAVE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, ALLOCATED OUT OF THE BUDGET UNDER THE ROAD TRANSFER CREDIT.

WE ALSO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, DEALING WITH CATS AND YES, AND THERE WILL BE MONEY THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATED.

SOME PHONES OUT OF MOVIE ARE OUT OF THE PLANE FROM A PROJECT AND ALSO THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD PROJECT.

SINCE THAT ROUTE ALSO INCLUDES PARTS OF THOSE ROADWAYS.

OKAY.

SO THIS $6.9 MILLION IN ITEM 100 IS NOT GOING TO BE THE END OF WHAT MONEY COMPRISED BY MOVIE VR.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, MATT, YOU HAD A TIME.

DO YOU WANT YOUR ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES? OH YES, PLEASE.

I DON'T THINK I'LL USE IT.

I DON'T THINK I'LL NEED IT ALL, BUT I'LL NEED SOME FRED, GO AHEAD.

UH IT'S YOU KNOW THAT? NOPE, THAT'S GOOD.

PARTLY BY MOVIE VR.

SO HOW MUCH OF THESE DOLLARS IS COMING OUT OF MOVIE BR WE HAVE SOME MONEY, UH, ABOUT $12 MILLION IN TOTAL BETWEEN, UH, FLORIDA, FLORIDA BOULEVARD ENHANCEMENT AND ALSO THE PLANK ROAD AT HANSMAN TOTAL.

LOOKING AT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO NOT TO EXCEED 6.9.

SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN JUST ITEM 100, WHICH SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 6.9 MILLION GOING TO H AND TB FOR THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT TRANSIT SYSTEM COMPRISED PARTLY BY A MOVIE VR ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS TO NOT TO EXCEED 6.9.

SO IF IT'S COMPOSED, PARTLY BY MOVIE VR, THAT'S GOTTA BE OTHER MONIES HELPING COME UP WITH 6.9.

HOW MUCH OF THE 6.9 IS COMING OUT OF THE MOVIE BR FUND? TOTALLY WITH A WOULD PROBABLY ABOUT OUT OF, WELL, PROBABLY CLOSE TO THREE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

FRED.

I'M DONE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, THERE WAS A PUBLIC QUESTION AND I JUST WANT TO ANSWER IT.

UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ROADS THAT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL ADDRESS.

AND ONE OF, AND ONE OF THEM IS THAT WE HAVE FLORIDA PLANK ROAD, AIRLINE HIGHWAY.

AND THOUGH WE DON'T THINK ABOUT PAPA RIDING THE BUS IN THAT AREA.

YOU GUYS ALLOW ME TO SERVE ON THE CAT'S BOARD.

SO I FIT THROUGH THESE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME AND THAT'S ONE OF, UH, CLANK IS ACTUALLY THE MOST TRAVELED, UH, BUS ROUTE FOR OUR CITY.

AND SO, UM, I WANTED MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNEW THAT THAT PARTICULAR HIGHWAY, WHEN HE SAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T RIDING, UM, THAT THAT'S NOT TOTALLY TRUE.

AND THEN, UM, JUST TO KIND OF ADD TO THE QUESTION THAT MY COLLEAGUE MR. WATSON HAD IS THAT, UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE GOT SOME FEDERAL FUNDING ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, UM, UM, WHICH HELPED WITH THE FLORIDA AREA AND IT AND AREA, AND THEN KAT, UM,

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WILL UTILIZE THE FEDERAL FUNDING WAS 5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOCATED TO CATCH ITSELF THAT GOES TO PURCHASE OF BUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT THE OTHER FUNDING, MOVIE VR AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR ARE GOING TO THE ROADS ARE READY.

SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY STARTED WITH ALL THE VR, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING THE TRANSIT SYSTEM ATTACHED TO IT, FORGET THAT GRANT.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS KINDA CLEARED UP WITH THE CONVERSATION.

I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.

I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION.

SO I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION COUNCIL IN THE WICKER.

THANK YOU.

I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO, TO JUST IN TERMS OF FURTHER CLARIFICATION, DOES THAT SEE AS A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL THINGS AND AS I APPRECIATE THE ORIGINAL DOLLARS THAT WERE, WERE AWARDED FOR THE, UM, I GUESS THE TRAM ORIGINALLY AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK THERE WAS A REALLOCATION, IF I APPRECIATE CORRECTLY THOSE DOLLARS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW IDEA OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY THAT WAS ADDRESSED.

AND WE ALSO, I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT'S, HOW WE WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE $15 MILLION BILL GRANT AUDIT THAT IMPROVEMENT IS WHAT YOU KNOW, VERY WELL IS.

WE DO ALSO INCLUDE NICHOLSON DRIVE, WHICH IS PART OF THE ROAD TRANSFER CREDIT THAT WE RECEIVE.

WE ALSO HAVE IN, GOSH DOTD SO THIS IS A MAJOR, UM, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CITY AND I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAT PHILLIP, I ASKED ME, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH 35 YEARS GOVERNMENT, AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES YOU HAVE TO WITH THAT.

I'VE NEVER HAD A PROJECT WHERE I COULD GET EVERYBODY ALL ON BOARD AT THE SAME TIME, BUT FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, DOTD HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION KATZ AND, AND, AND THE CITY PARISH ALL IN AGREEMENT ON HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT, HOW WE FUND IT, IT'S UNHEARD OF TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.

OKAY.

SO, AND SO AS I APPRECIATE IT AGAIN, WE TOOK MONEY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THE TRAIN AND REPURPOSED THOSE FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT, AND THEN SPREAD IT OUT TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE NICHOLSON, BUT THEN SOME VARIATION OF ANOTHER COMBINATION OF FUNDS OF DOLLARS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO USE ON PLANK ROAD.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM ASHLEY, IT'S A 10 MILE.

IT'S A 10 MILE TRACK.

IT, IT GOES FROM, YOU KNOW, THE NICHOLSON FROM DOWN FROM L TIGER STADIUM.

IT WILL GO UP INTO DOWNTOWN, GO ON FLORIDA, TAKE FLORIDA TO 22ND, TAKE 20 SECONDS TO PLANK.

PLANK ROAD GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO AIRLINE, AND THEN IT WILL GO UP TO, UH, THE, THE NEW TRANSFER STATION THAT, UH, THAT CAT'S IS GOING TO BE PURCHASING AND BILL.

OKAY.

AND THIS PROJECT WAS PART OF MOVE VR AS WELL.

UH, YES, MA'AM THOSE FOUR COMPONENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT THE PEOPLE NEEDED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TO GET PEOPLE TO, AND FROM WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO ALONG THIS ROUTE.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S ALL I WANT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS QUESTIONS ABOUT, AS THESE PROJECTS ARE ROLLING OUT, WHETHER OR NOT, AND I THINK IT'S, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN WE ARE ALLOCATING DOLLARS FOR PARTICULAR PROJECTS, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT DONE HERE, BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

PEOPLE ARE WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY VOTED FOR AND WHAT WE SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND FOR MOOD BR VERSUS WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING SPENT.

SO EVEN WHEN WE ARE COMBINING OTHER DOLLARS LIKE WE DID WITH THE ROAD REHAB AND ALL THAT STUFF, I THINK IT'S FINE.

I JUST THINK THAT WHEN WE ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS IS A MOVIE OR A PROJECT, I GET THAT, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPEN, HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL MMM MMM.

FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE GOING TOWARDS DOLLARS.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE PUTTING, PULLING FROM DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT AS OPPOSED TO THINKING, IT'S JUST COMING FROM ONE POT.

I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THAT GOING FORWARD.

SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR ON WHAT DOLLARS WE'RE ACTUALLY USING.

I THINK THAT WE JUST OWE THAT TO THE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.

COUPLE MINUTES, A HUNDRED.

I'M SORRY, MATT, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? MATT? WAS THERE A MOTION TO, I JUST ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, TREY AND MADE A MOTION.

OKAY.

I'M I'M SORRY.

TROY MOTION BY THE WELCH'S THEIR SECOND I'LL SECOND IT TO ERICA.

SECOND IT GREEN.

SECOND.

IT YES.

OR THEY SHOW SCOTT WILSON.

UH, JACK,

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ANY OTHER ITEM? 100 IS APPROVED

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ONE OH ONE AUTHORIZED AMERIPRISE ACCEPTED FYI 2020 ASSISTANCE FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM.

THE AMOUNT OF $66,650.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS DEPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE RELATED SUPPLIES, INCLUDING REIMBURSEMENTS TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, AND RESPOND TO CORONA VIRUS BY ED SMITH, FIRE CHIEF.

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

COUNSELORS ARE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH ONE MOST PROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS.

THEIR SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE OH ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNSELORS.

NO ADJUDICATED PROPERTY, NO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

WE GO TO APPOINTMENTS ITEM ONE

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OH TWO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE, ADVISORY BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING ELLA JOHNSON.

HIS TERM EXPIRES AUGUST 23RD, 2020.

TRY.

DO YOU HAVE A, I DO, UM, MR. DAN WALLACE, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM.

UH, MIKE AT MOTION FROM THE FLOOR, THESE A LONG TIME, UM, FIREMAN, HIS HE'S COMES FROM A LONG HISTORY OF HIM.

UM, I WOULD HAVE LOVED MISCARRY OLA TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, BUT SHE, UH, MOVED OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE GIVEN HER JOB WHILE SHE WAS THERE.

OKAY.

I GOT A MOTION BY WELSH TO APPOINT DAN WALLACE TO THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE ADVISORY BOARD.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR, OR THEY'D BE OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

MR. WALLACE HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

COUNSELOR, GO TO ITEMS, GO TO CHANGE.

ORDERS.

ITEM

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ONE OH THREE IS CAPITOL LAKE PUMP, STATION IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACTORS AND MCLEOD ELECTRIC LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT AS A CREDIT OF $3,200.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OF THREE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM.

100, THREE COUNSELORS ARE MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM ONE TO THREE BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTION HEARING ON ITEM 103 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE GO TO

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FINAL ACCEPTANCES ITEM ONE OH FOUR IS CAPITAL LIGHT PUMP STATION IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACTOR MCLEOD ELECTRIC, LLC.

FINAL COST $189,800.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH FOUR, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH FOUR COUNSELOR.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH FOUR MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY ROCCA.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM? 104 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'VE GOT ACCEPTANCE OF LOW

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BID ITEM, ONE OH FIVE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR MOWING OF LOTS AND FIELD AT THE BATTERY'S METRO AIRPORT WP ENTERPRISE LLC, $71,677.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH FIVE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH FIVE.

COUNCILORS ARE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OF THE FIVE MOTION BY WICKER.

SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS, VERY NON ITEM ONE OH FIVE TO APPROVED.

[106. 20-00928]

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SIX SALES TAX STREET AND ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM STREETS IN OTTOMAN TERRORISTS MORNING BLEND COUNTRY CLUB, WEST HIGHLAND CROSSING, HIGHLAND RIDGE FAIR OAKS, A STATES, AZALEA LAKES, PORTRAYAL, A LAKE AT WHITE OAK SUBDIVISIONS BEING HER WHO SHOULD TOOT SEVEN POUNDS OF WALMART.

MY RJ DAIGLE AND SONS CONTRACTORS, INC 3 MILLION, $369,139 AND 3 CENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, I DON'T WANT HIM SIX, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH SIX COUNSELOR.

ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? PROVIDE A 106 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY WICKER OR ANY OBJECTIONS? THEY'RE NON ITEM ONE OH SIX.

BEEN APPROVED COUNSELOR, GO TO OTHER

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ITEMS, GO TO ITEM ONE OH SEVEN DISCUSSION ABOUT ACCESS BRIDGES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY PAIRS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY PARISH BY COUNCILMAN TREY WELCH.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 107, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SEVEN TREY.

YOU WANT THE FLOOR ON ITEM ONE OH SEVEN? YEAH.

YEAH.

JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES.

UM, SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ACCESS BRIDGES TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND, AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

UM, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE KEEP COMING UP WITH IS THAT THERE IS NO PAPERWORK THAT WAS DONE.

I KEEP TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS AND THEY TELL ME THAT THE REASON THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS, AND IT'S BEEN 50 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE REASON THAT DO DRAINAGE AND IMPROVED DRAINAGE IN THE PARISH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS NOW ALL, NOT ALL, BUT MOST OF THOSE BRIDGES THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY PARISH.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY PARISH ARE NOW BEGINNING TO FALL INTO THE SAME DRAINAGE AREAS THAT THEY ONCE BRIDGE.

AND SO WE'RE CAUSING A BY NOT MAINTAINING OR NOT.

UM, GOING BACK IN WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CAUSING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS FAR, THAT, THAT THE ORIGINAL DRAINAGE WAS INTENDED TO IMPROVE.

UM,

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I THINK THAT I WANT US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED AS FAR AS REMOVING THE BRIDGES THAT WERE PUT IN BY THE CITY PARISH AND ARE REHABBING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE IS NOT IMPACTED BECAUSE PART OF THE, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS ALSO WHEN THOSE BRIDGES WERE CONSTRUCTED, THAT THERE WASN'T A SERVITUDE THAT WAS GIVEN FOR IT, UM, TO BE CONSTRUCTED, TO BEGIN WITH.

SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO CAUSE OURSELVES A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE BY IGNORING THESE BRIDGES AND JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO BECOME DAMS. SO I'D TO GET AND GET TOGETHER WITH, UM, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH DRAINAGE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE NEED TO, I'D LIKE TO BRING US BACK TOGETHER AND, UH, PUT THIS OFF UNTIL, UM, 60 DAYS FOR US TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION DPW AND LOOK AT THOSE BRIDGES FROM THE CONTEXT OF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO.

AND IN SOME CASES HAVE ALREADY BEGIN TO SEE HAPPENING.

SO LIKE TO DEFER IT FOR 60 DAYS.

SO WE CAN HAVE THAT MEETING.

I'M SORRY, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY WELSH TO DEFER ITEM ONE OH SEVEN FOR 60 DAYS SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE OH SEVEN HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS.

ITEM ONE OH EIGHT IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT GRASS CUTTING AND SPRAY PROGRAM EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH BY COUNCILMAN TREY WELCH.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH EIGHT, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT COUNCILMAN.

ALRIGHT.

SO JUST TO, TO BE VERY CLEAR, KYLE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND ANYTIME THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE HAS CONTACTED KYLE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO, TO, TO GET HELP IN AREAS, UM, HE'S BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE.

SO THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS NOT A KYLE ISSUE.

THIS IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY A DPW ISSUE TO BEGIN WITH, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I THINK WE'RE BACK INTO THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE INITIALLY STARTED WITH, WITH THE, UM, INTERSTATES BEING MA MODE.

AND IT CORRECT IF THERE'S SOMEONE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN CORRECT ME.

UM, BUT I'VE NOTICED OUR, UM, MOWERS OUT ON THE INTERSTATE.

IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT CAN TALK TO THAT? YEAH.

YOU OWN THE LINE.

YEAH.

I'M ON THE LINE AND, AND, AND, UH, COUNSEL WELSH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TOPIC UP BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TELL FOLKS WHERE WE'RE AT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT YES, RECENTLY WE'VE HAD TO, UH, PICK UP, UH, MOWING SOME OF THE INTERSTATE OR THE INTERSTATE WHILE, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BID PROCESS, THE, UH, CONTRACT EXPIRED.

AND, UH, WE TRIED TO EXTEND IT WITH THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR TO GET THROUGH THIS GROWING SEASON.

AND OF COURSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T AGREE TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING, PUTTING IT OUT FOR BID.

UH, WE, WE PUT IT OUT ORIGINALLY AND WE HAD TO, UH, WE HAD SOME CALCULATION ERRORS IN OUR, TO WHERE THE BID NUMBERS CAME AT BACK OVER WHAT IS BUDGETED FOR MY ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THAT CONTRACT.

SO, SO, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE CORRECTED THAT AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT BACK OUT FOR REBID.

UH, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF PICK UP, UH, THE, UH, TASK OF, OF MOWING IT WHILE THAT'S BEING DONE.

UM, THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR AS WELL, WITH GROUP 12, WHICH WE AWARDED, UH, A PORTION OF THAT CONTRACT THIS YEAR.

ALSO THOSE ROADWAYS ARE BACK ON CONTRACT, UH, WHICH, WHICH ALLOWS OUR FOLKS TO FOCUS BACK ON OUR, OUR, OUR ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING, UH, WITH OUR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON CONTRACT.

SO, SO YES, WE HAVE, UH, HAD TO DO SOME MOWING ON THE INTERSTATE, BUT WE, WE PLAN TO GET THAT BACK ON CONTRACT AND TO WHERE WE CAN, UH, GET BACK ON, ON OUR ROADWAYS AND FOCUS ON, ON OUR WAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE CAUSE, CAUSE THE THING IS, IS THAT THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPRAY PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED UNFORTUNATELY HAS CREATED, UM, TALL BROWN GRASS, AS YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ASPECT OF THE, THE GRASS AND THE SPRAIN PROGRAM

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IS THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT BEING CUT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY I THINK THAT IN SOME CASES THERE'S BEEN SOME OVER RAIL.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME OVER-SPRAY IN YARDS THAT HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED AND NOW THEY'RE BROWN YARDS, UM, ON THE, IN THE DITCH AREA WHAT'S BEING DONE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS DON'T HAPPEN.

WELL, IF YOU GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY, I PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE POWERPOINT SLIDE.

IF, IF I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO SEE, UH, AT YOUR LOCATION, BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF DISCUSS SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR ROADSIDE, UH, HERBICIDE PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO TO, IF ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR DRAINAGE, UH, CANAL SPRAY PROGRAM, BUT, BUT, UH, AND YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THIS FIRST SLIDE.

THAT'S JUST MY COVER SLIDE, JUST SHOWING THE THREE DEPARTMENT DIVISIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT, OKAY, SO OUR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE IS EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE CUTTING GRASS, UH, AND, AND, UH, MAINTAINING OUR ROADWAYS.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT'S AGAIN, JUST, UH, SO, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, COUNCILMAN ROUSE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A HERBICIDE ROADSIDE HERBICIDE PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THE YEARS, OUR ROADWAYS, NOT JUST IN THE RURAL AREAS OF DISTRICT ONE AND SOME OF THE WHO SHOULD TWO AREAS AND DISTRICT NINE, WE SEE IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AND SOUTH BATON ROUGE, UH, WHERE WE HAVE INVASIVE WEED SPECIES, UH, JOHNSON, GRASS, IT'S GRASS, JUST TO NAME A FEW THAT ARE GROWING IN THESE, THESE ROADWAYS ALONG OUR ROADWAYS.

AND WE CAN OVER THE WE'VE CONTINUED TO SPREAD THIS, THIS INVASIVE WEEDS TO ROADWAYS THAT DON'T HAVE HAVE THE WEEDS ON THERE.

SO, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS IMPLEMENTED A BERMUDA RELEASE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS A TOOL THAT IS USED FOR, BY ALL MOST MUNICIPALITIES STATE AGENCIES, AS, AS A MANAGEMENT TOOL TO, UH, CONTROL INTO, UH, UH, NATE, THESE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE GROWING ALONG OUR ROADWAYS.

THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS IS OUR, WHY WE'RE GETTING THE PHONE CALLS THAT WE GET IS BECAUSE THESE GRASSES CAN GROW WITHIN A TWO WEEK PERIOD UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURES.

AND A LOT OF RAIN CAN JUMP UP THREE FEET IN A WEEK TO TWO WEEK PERIOD JUST BASED ON, ON CONDITIONS.

AND SO IF WE CAN ELIMINATE THESE WEEDS, AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WHERE WE'RE SPRAYING THE HERBICIDES THAT WE NEED TO, TO CONTROL THESE INVASIVE SPECIES.

AND SO AS WE'RE DOING THAT, A LOT OF THEM, AS YOU SEE, MAYBE ALONG SOME OF THE ROADWAYS, ALONG A PRIDE PORT HUDSON ROAD AND OUT THAT WAY, THAT IT THERE'S A LOT OF BARE SPOTS.

SO, SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT AREA THAT WAS WEEDS, THAT WAS NOT A, UH, GRASS THAT WE PREFER TO GROW ALONG OUR ROADWAYS.

SO, SO YES, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF KILL BACK RIGHT NOW DURING THIS FIRST PHASE.

BUT THE FIRST PHASE IS TO ELIMINATE THESE WEEDS SO THAT THE BERMUDA GRASS CAN SPROUT AND START TO GROW.

NOW THERE, YES, YOU MENTIONED SOME AREAS WHERE PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED, UH, THE GRASS TURNING BROWN.

WE'RE USING A SELECTIVE HERBICIDE, WHICH IS, IS ONLY TARGETING THESE INVASIVE SPECIES.

NOW IT MAY BURN THE GRASS.

IT MAY TURN THE GRASS BROWN AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF THEY CUT THE GRASS, THE GRASS WILL, WILL GREEN BACK UP AND RECOVER, AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY KILL OR OUR BACK ON SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SPRAYED THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE SPRAYED, UH, THE TALL BROWN GRASS.

AGAIN, THE ROADWAYS ONCE THE, UH, THE GRASS BEGINS TO DIE, WHEN OUR CREWS GET OUT THERE AND CUT IT, IT, IT, UH, UH, LOOKS REAL NICE AND IT ELIMINATES THAT THAT DEAD BROWN, UH, TALL GRASS LOOK THAT, THAT EVERYBODY MAY BE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

SO UNTIL THE, THE, UH, BRUCE CAN GET OUT THERE TO MOW IT, YES, YOU'LL SEE SOME BROWN, TALL GRASS, BUT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN THE, UH, UH, TALL GREEN GRASS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO GROW WHERE WHEN IT'S SPRAYED WITH A HERBICIDE, IT STOPS GROWING.

AND, UH, UNTIL WE CAN GET OUT THERE TO CUT IT.

SO, SO AGAIN, WE'RE USING A BERMUDA RELEASE PROGRAM AND IT'S ALLOWED TO REMOVE THE UNWANTED, UH, YEAH.

BASIS SPECIES.

AND SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A GOOD TURF GRASS OR A GOOD GRASS GROWING ALONG OUR ROAD WAYS, WHICH WILL BE EASIER FOR OUR, OUR CREWS TO MAINTAIN A BERMUDA GRASS ONLY GROWS IF IT'S, IF YOU DON'T GET TO CUT IT FOR TWO MONTHS, IT MAY ONLY GET A FOOT TALL, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GRASS, IF IT'S ONLY A FOOT TALL.

BUT LIKE I SAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT GROW THREE TO SIX FOOT TALL, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE START GETTING, UH, FOLKS CALL THEM.

SO WE CAN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU, IF YOU LIKE.

AND, AND SO, AGAIN, I JUST, IN THIS SLIDE, I'M SHOWING TWO OF THE MAIN,

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UH, INVASIVE SPECIES THAT WE SEE ALONG OUR ROADWAYS.

UH, THE JOHNSON GRASS, LIKE I SAY, CAN GET UP TO SIX FEET HIGH WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE CALLED ICH GRASS, WHICH RESEMBLES, UH, UH, JOHNSON GRASS.

AND, AND AGAIN, IT CAN GET UP TO ALMOST 10 FEET TALL.

SO IF WE DON'T USE THIS PROGRAM OR HAVE A PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS ROADSIDE APPLICATION PROGRAM, UH, W THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST CONTINUOUSLY FIGHT THIS FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS AND INTRODUCE IT TO OTHER ROADWAYS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE IT.

SO, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A TOOL IT'S NOT GOING TO REPLACE OUR MOWING.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO MOW THESE ROADWAYS.

UH, IT'S JUST, LIKE I SAY, ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP US MANAGE IT.

UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AND, AND I JUST USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, CAUSE I KNOW, UH, JUST, I DISCOVERED THIS GOING THROUGH SOME PAPERS, BUT, BUT BACK IN 2016, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU, UH, WANTED TO DISCUSS THIS.

THIS IS BEFORE I WAS DIRECTOR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOWING SOME EXAMPLES OF GRASS ALONG THERE.

SO, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN, IN, IN THE, UH, PICTURE FROM, FROM, UH, 2016, THAT'S WHAT THE ROADWAYS LOOK LIKE THEN, AND AGAIN, WITH NO HERBICIDE OR ROADSIDE SPRAY PROGRAM.

AND THEN THAT PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, UH, 20, 20 THAT'S THAT'S, UH, AFTER IT'S BEEN TREATED WITH THE HERBICIDE AGAIN, NOW THAT THE WEEDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE BERMUDA GRASS TO START GROWING ALONG THE EDGES OF THE ROADWAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD, UH, UH, GRASS ON OUR ROADWAYS, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE, JUST KIND OF THE SAME EXAMPLE OF BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, USING, UH, HERBICIDES AND NOT USING HERBICIDES.

SO, SO AGAIN, IT'S A TOOL THAT WE'VE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED.

AND I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, UH, UH, HAVE SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE GONNA BE MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE.

UH, WE MAY ALSO SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE TO CUT IT BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, THESE WEEDS CAN GROW UP IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UH, BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A COMPLETE ROTATION TO GET BACK IN MODE, UH, AND SO FORTH.

SO NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF THE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WERE USING CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ADDING AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK AND MAYBE A TRACTOR TO OUR, OUR, OUR FLEET, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SPRAY SOME OTHER AREAS OF, AND HELP US MAINTAIN SOME OTHER AREAS, NOT ONLY WITH THE ROADSIDE, BUT MAYBE EVEN SOME WITH OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND OUR DRAINAGE, NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS IS JUST GOING INTO THE MAINTENANCE OF, I MEAN, THE DRAINAGE PROGRAM.

AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME DRAINAGE CANALS THAT WE CAN GET IN WITH A EQUIPMENT LIKE THE CONCRETE LINE CANALS AND DO SOME MORE CLEANING AND STUFF.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL, THE HERBICIDE PROGRAM, AND REALLY ON SOME OF THESE, THESE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, LIKE A JONES CREEK AWARDS CREEK, DAWSON CREEK, UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAINTAIN AND CONTROL THE VEGETATION IS WITH A HERBICIDE PROGRAM NEXT SLACK.

AND SO AGAIN, WITH THE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, DRAINAGE HERBICIDE SPRAY PROGRAM, AGAIN, UH, WE'VE HAD THAT PROGRAM FOR, FOR 15 PLUS YEARS, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A TIMELINE OF, OF, OF HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON.

BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD ONE VENDOR THAT HAD THE CONTRACT FOR PRETTY MUCH THAT ENTIRE TIME.

HE, UH, THAT COMPANY WAS THE ALWAYS THE LOWEST BIDDER.

AND THEN THEY HAD THE OPTION TO RENEW AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH THEY DID, WHICH SAVED THE CITY MONEY, UH, OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE YOU, YOUR PRICES DIDN'T GO UP IF YOU HAD TO REBID IT EVERY YEAR.

UH, AGAIN, UH, CONTRACTOR LAST YEAR, RIGHT? APRIL SOMEWHERE THE TIME IT WAS TIME TO START SPRAYING THE CANALS.

HE SOLD HIS BUSINESS AND THE NEW COMPANY, UH, DID NOT WANT TO RENEW THE CONTRACT.

SO THAT FORCED US TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND PUT TOGETHER A BID PACKAGE TO RESUBMIT, TO TRY TO GET A CONTRACTOR.

NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, WELL, WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO COME IN? THERE'S THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES THAT ARE EQUIPPED THAT DO THIS TYPE OF WORK THAT HAD THE INSURANCE AND THE LIABILITY AND THE LICENSE TO DO THIS.

UH, WE, WE REACHED OUT TO A FEW, BUT WE WENT AHEAD WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT.

WE DIDN'T FIND ANYBODY AT THE TIME AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO WE WENT THROUGH AND WE PUT OUT A BID PACKET.

WE HAD TO UPDATE THE PACKET.

THEN WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT OUR MAPPING SYSTEM, THE MAPPING SYSTEM THAT WE HAD WAS, WAS, WAS AN OLD SYSTEM OF A SPREADSHEET AND THE METRO KEY WITH REFERENCES AND SO FORTH

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LIKE THAT.

SO WE WORKED WITH OUR, OUR GIS DEPARTMENT AND DEVELOPED OUR CURRENT MAP THAT WE HAVE NOW PUT AS OUR BID PACKAGE, WHICH, UH, GIVES ALL THE INFORMATION OF EACH DITCHES ON THE PLAN ON THE PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UH, AGAIN, WE PUT HAD EVERYTHING READY TO GO OUT FOR BID, UH, EARLY THIS YEAR.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WHEN THE ONSET OF THE CORONAVIRUS HIT, UH, THE, THE STATE, UH, MANDATED, UH, SOME BID RESTRICTIONS, UH, WHICH SLOWED DOWN THE PROCESS AND CAUSE SOME DELAYS.

SO WE DIDN'T GET THE CONTRACT AWARDED UNTIL THE END OF MAY, UH, AFTER GOING THROUGH COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THE CONTRACTOR STARTED JUNE, JUNE THE NINTH ON OUR SPRAY PROGRAM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT LIE NEXT TO I BELIEVE.

OKAY.

AGAIN, HERE'S JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT THE OLD SYSTEM HAD, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE CONTRACTOR THAT HAD THE PROGRAM FOR 15 PLUS YEARS, UH, HE KNEW WHERE ALL THE DITCHES WERE.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS HOW, WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.

AGAIN, WE, WE, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS INFORMATION, THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR AND, AND WORK WITH OUR GIS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP OUR MAPPING SYSTEMS, GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT LINE.

AND AS THIS IS THE MAP THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, IS ONLINE, THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO.

UH, WHEN YOU, UH, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW, UH, YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM OR FOR THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS MAP FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO THIS IS THE CURRENT MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DITCHES THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT SPRAY PROGRAM, THE DIFFERENT COLORS, UH, DELINEATE WHAT TYPE OF, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEM IT IS.

IF IT'S A CONCRETE LINE CANAL, IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD BITCH, IF IT'S A, UH, EARTHING CANAL.

SO AGAIN, IT GIVES ALL THAT INFORMATION WHEN YOU CLICKED ON IT.

NEXT, NEXT SLIDE.

AND NEXT SLIDE SHOWS IF YOU CLICK ON THAT SEGMENT OF THE SH THE, THE, UH, THE CANAL OR DITCH, IT'LL TELL YOU, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION LINKS WITH MILES ACREAGE AND SO FORTH.

AGAIN, THIS IS CRITICAL INFORMATION.

IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT OUT A BID PACKAGE, YOU WANT TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION, SO THAT YOU'D GET A GOOD SOLID BID.

SO A CONTRACTOR DISTRICT DOESN'T THROW A HIGH NUMBER, UH, AT, AT, AT THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF A LOT OF UNKNOWN.

SO, SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, A, A, A, A VERY, UH, DETAILED SYSTEM.

A LOT OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT CAME TO THE BID OPENING, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE, UH, SHOWED THEM THIS MAP THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR BIDS.

UH, THEY, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED AND SAID THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

SO, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ERIC MARROW AND WARREN CHROME AND THEIR GIS TEAM FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UH, TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER.

UH, ALSO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, LIKE I SAY, HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THE, UH, UH, DIFFICULTIES OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, DO BIDS AND OPEN BID IT'S AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'M HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT ONLINE AND, AND OVER THE PHONE.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK OF GETTING THIS, THIS PACKET TOGETHER ON NEXT LIE.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO, MAYBE A FEW MONTHS AGO, JUST TO, BEFORE THE HERBICIDE.

AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE VEGETATION THAT'S GROWING UP IN, IN SOME OF THESE DRAINAGE CANALS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING ABOUT IS, IS, UH, UH, UH, UH, BLOOD WEED OR RAGWEED THAT CAN GROW REAL TALL, REAL FAST.

AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

UH, BACK IN APRIL, MAY, IT, IT STARTED GROWING AND IT GREW UP BEFORE THE CONTRACTOR COULD GET, UH, THE CONTRACT YOU'D GET AWARDED AND CONTRACTOR COULD START, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER THEY SPRAY A CANAL, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, AFTERWARDS.

SO IT'S JUST A BEFORE AND AFTER SHOT OF, OF WITH HERBICIDE VERSUS WITHOUT HERBICIDES NEXT LIE.

AND THAT'S IT.

AND LIKE I SAY, THAT WAS JUST A KIND OF A BRIEF, UH, RUN THROUGH OF, OF OUR TWO SPRAY PROGRAMS THAT DEPARTMENTS UTILIZING TO HELP MANAGE AND CONTROL OUR VEGETATION ALONG OUR ROADWAYS, AND ALONG OUR DITCHES AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN WELCH.

I, UM, AGAIN, KYLE, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE.

UM, I JUST NOTICED THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THE BROWN GRASS THAT THE ROADSIDE MUST HAVE JUST STARTED THEN, UM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

HUH? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

I, IF LET'S

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JUST GET TOGETHER, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK OUT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE CAN CUT IT, THEN SPRAY IT INSTEAD OF SPRAYING IT AND THEN CUTTING IT.

AND I AGREE, AND WE CAN DO THAT.

OKAY.

YES, SIR.

WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES, DOTD, UM, ASCENSION PARISH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE, THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS ARE USING THIS SAME PROGRAM.

AND SO AGAIN, WE DID JUST START OUR ROADSIDE PROGRAM AND THIS YEAR, UH, AGAIN, I, I REALLY THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG GAME CHANGER IN HOW WE GO FORWARD, MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU, IF YOU DRIVE.

AND, AND I WISH I COULD'VE, I SHOULD'VE STOPPED WHEN I WAS, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, DRIVING THROUGH A WEST FELICIANA PARISH INTO NEW ROADS AND TO SEE THE BERMUDA GRASS GROWING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAYS WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE USING THIS, THIS PROGRAM AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE WE GET TO THAT LEVEL, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THE FIRST STEP IS TO, TO GET RID OF THE INVASIVE WEEDS AND, AND HOW LONG BEFORE WE CAN START SEEING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE ROADSIDE GROWTH.

OH, I MEAN, I I'VE, I WOULD SAY BY THIS TIME, NEXT YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND AGAIN, BY US GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, CAUSE WE JUST HAD ONE, ONE TRUCK FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW.

AND UNTIL WE COULD GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED.

AND THEN NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL TRUCK AND A TRACTOR, LIKE I SAY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS AT DPW IN A SANCTIONED PARISH AND THEY DO A LOT OF SPRAYING IN THAT PARISH.

AND THEY SAY THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO MAINTAIN HALF OF THEIR STUFF IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT AS A TOOL FOR THEM TO UTILIZE AND MANAGING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ROADWAYS.

SO, SO AGAIN, UH, IT, THE FIRST STEP IS TAKE OUT THE INVASIVE WEEDS.

THEN THE BERMUDA GRASS IS GOING TO START TO GROW BECAUSE IT'S NATURALLY THERE AND IT'S GOING TO GROW ALONG THE ROADWAYS AND SEE THE BERMUDA GRASS IS RESISTANT TO THE, THE, UH, HERBICIDES, BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A, NOT A BROAD LEAF.

IT'S A FINE BLADE GRASS.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I SAY, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE BERMUDAGRASS USED IN YOUR GOLF COURSES, UH, IN YOUR, UH, FOOTBALL FIELDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS IS BECAUSE, UH, THEY CAN CONTROL THE WEEDS AND THOSE TURF GRASSES WITH HERBICIDES.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY LOOK SO NICE.

WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU PLAY GOLF OR WHEN YOU, UH, PLAY FOOTBALL.

HI BROTHER.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE? GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN KYLE YOU IN STEW.

HELLO.

I CAN'T TURN MY MIC ON, BUT I CAN HEAR YOU NOW RIGHT NOW.

NOW I GOT YOU.

OKAY.

I SEE IT'S LIT UP, KYLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU'RE YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH.

UH, I WANT TO ADD MY, UH, 2 CENTS AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT COUNCILMAN WELD SAID OF GETTING YOU TO CUT FIRST AND THEN SPRAY IT BECAUSE WHAT I SEE ALONG THE ROADWAY, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONSTITUENTS CALL ME UP ABOUT THE DEAD GRASS ALONG THE ROADWAY, BEING A GRASS, FIRE DANGER, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO ACT, RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO THROW CIGARETTE BUTTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUT THE WINDOW.

AND I'VE HAD ONE CONSTITUENT TELL ME THEY HAD TO STOP THEIR CAR AND GO STOMP OUT SOME, SOME GRASS THAT IT STARTED ON FIRE.

SO PERHAPS WE CAN AVOID THAT IS AND DO IT INEXPENSIVELY BY MOWING FIRST AND SPRAYING.

SECOND, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD WORK? YEP.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

YES, SIR.

THAT, THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE DONE.

AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT, UH, UH, TO CONSIDER BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING FIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER PLACES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OCCUR HERE.

SO YES, SIR.

WE CAN, WE CAN CUT FIRST AND THEN COME BACK AND SPRAY AND THAT'LL WORK JUST AS WELL.

SO WE WILL DEFINITELY PUT THAT AS PART OF OUR, UH, UH, OPERATING PROCEDURES GOING FORWARD AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT TAKES PLACE.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YOU WANT TO, EXCEPT THE REPORTER.

YOU WANT ME TO COMMENT? I WANT THE SECOND BIOPSY.

OKAY.

COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS, LEWIS, UM, UH, KYLE, WHAT IS THE ABANDONED, UM, THE SPRAY

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FIRST AND THEN SPRAY A CIGARETTE AND IT READS THE DARKNESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA PICK THEM UP.

SO WHETHER WE PUT THEM OVER THEM, BUT IS THERE SOME ADVANTAGE, SOME MEANING TO SPRAINING A NEEDING SOME OF THAT, UH, WE USE IS THAT HELP ME WITH THE EROSION PROBLEM? OPPOSITE.

SO YOU GOT ME CLICKED ON.

YES.

OKAY.

SO YES.

SO YES.

UH, JUST, JUST TO, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, THAT'S WHY THE HERBICIDES THAT THEY USE THAT THEY'RE USING IN THE SPRAY PROGRAM IS NOT DOING A TOTAL KILL.

UH, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT KILLING THE VEGETATION, UH, TO, TO THE DIRT.

WE'RE, WE'RE SPRAYING IT TO KILL THE TOPS INTO, TO, UH, HOLD THE, THE ROOT SYSTEM INTACT AS TO NOT CAUSE SOME EROSION ISSUES.

NOW, AGAIN, UH, JUST LIKE WITH THE ROADSIDE PROGRAM ON SOME OF THESE INVASIVE WEEDS, LIKE SAY THAT RAGWEED AND THE JOHNSON GRASS, CAUSE THE JOHNSON GRASS IS GROWING IN OUR DRAINAGE DITCHES AS WELL.

WHEN WE SPRAY THOSE SELECTIVE HERBICIDES THAT ARE GOING TO TREAT AND KILL THOSE, THOSE WEEDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IF, IF WE CAN GET THE BERMUDA GRASS ESTABLISHING THE BERMUDA GRASS, LIKE I SAY, IT'S THERE, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KILL THE TALL WEEDS FIRST AND GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY.

SO THE SUNLIGHT CAN GET TO THE BERMUDA GRASS SO IT CAN GROW.

AND, AND AGAIN, UH, I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT SOME SMALL TREES AND SAPLINGS GROWING IN SOME OF THE DITCHES.

AGAIN, PART OF THE PROGRAM IS THEY THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME TREATMENTS ON SOME OF THOSE LITTLE SAPLINGS WHERE THEY, THEY CUT AND SPRAY A HERBICIDE, THAT'LL KILL THE SAPLING.

AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK LATER, UH, AND, AND TRY TO REMOVE SOME OF THAT WITH SOME EQUIPMENT.

BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR DITCHES ARE GOOD, MANY OF OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. IT'S JUST NOT THAT SIMPLE TO DROP A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THERE AND DO, DO A TOTAL CLEAN OUT LIKE, LIKE WE DO MAYBE WITH THE CONCRETE LINE CANALS, BUT SOME OF THESE, UH, MITIGATION FEDERAL DOLLARS, THAT'S GOING TO DO SOME OF THIS.

WHAT I THINK I HEARD HIM INTRODUCED, UH, EARLIER ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS, IS, UH, THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO HELP REMOVE SOME OF THOSE, THOSE TREES AND VEGETATION THAT ARE GROWING IN THE CANALS.

AGAIN, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF WHAT THEY CALL THE CLEAN AND SNAG A PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO, SO AGAIN, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, TO KEEP THEM IN, IN THE BEST SHAPE WE CAN, UNTIL WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO, LIKE I SAY, MANAGING CONTROLLABLE, THE INVASIVE GRASSES AND WEEDS, THE BEST WE CAN, AND THIS IS THE BEST METHOD.

OKAY.

SO I'M HAVING TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.

I JUST HOPE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENTS AROUND AREAS IN TERMS OF THE SOMETHING.

SO, AND THEN I GOT A LOOSE FROM ABOUT PICKINESS AND KEVIN HATES THAT AREA IN THE STREETS TO INFORM CONSTITUENTS AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE GRASS , BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TRACK WITH THAT, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THANKS FOR THE THANK YOU, COUNCIL, WOMAN AND COUNSEL COUNSEL.

YEAH, I DID JUST REAL BRIEFLY.

THANKS KYLE.

AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A REAL GOOD CONVERSATION YESTERDAY ABOUT THE BROWNING OF THE GRASS, AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT VERY WELL.

SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I DO HAVE JUST TWO QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE IMPACT OR IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE HERBICIDES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S BEING RELEASED OUT INTO THE AIR.

AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, AS THE RAIN HITS THAT HERBICIDE AND IT'S KIND OF WASHED DOWN THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW, KIDS OUTSIDE PLAYING IN THE RUNNING WATER OR WHATEVER, ARE THERE ANY ISSUES AT ALL IN TERMS OF AIR, WATER CONTAMINATION AS IT RELATES TO THESE HERBICIDES OR ARE THEY'RE ALL SAY, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT QUESTION.

AND Y'ALL HEAR ME.

OKAY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN WICKER, AH, AGAIN, YES, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE USING FOR BOTH PROGRAMS HAS BEEN TESTED AND APPROVED BY EPA DEQ.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS, IS, UH, ON THE HERBICIDE, UH, DITCH CANAL, SPRING PROGRAM, EVERYTHING IS, UH, APPROVED FOR, UH, AQUATIC USE.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON, ON FISHER OR WILDLIFE, UH, ANIMALS, THAT KIND OF THING.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S ALL APPROVED.

UM, THESE, THESE HERBICIDES, UH, WHEN USED AS DIRECTED, AND AGAIN, YOU

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HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL LICENSE TO, TO, UH, DO THESE, UH, SPRAY THESE PRODUCTS.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE, ARE SAFE, UH, UH, TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THAT QUESTION, UH, AND AGAIN, UH, THE, THESE, THESE CON AND THE CONTRACTOR WE CURRENT HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

UH, I THINK THEY, THEY'RE, UH, MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE, UH, AND STRUGGLING THROUGH THIS FIRST ROUND, BUT WHEN, WHEN THEY GET THIS THING UNDER HAND AND, AND, AND MOVE FORWARD, UH, I THINK WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE MOVING, GOING FORWARD.

AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PESTICIDES AND, AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE DID WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH OUR BID PACKET IS WE WENT BACK THROUGH ALL THE CHEMICALS AND MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THEM WERE UPDATED AND ANY NEW ONES ON THE MARKET THAT WE WERE USING, THE PROPER CHEMICALS AND THE MIXTURE RATES, UH, ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS AND AS DIRECTED BY THE LABELS.

AND AGAIN, THIS CONTRACTOR IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

HEY, MY QUESTION IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT ROADSIDE, BUT UH, ABOUT THE CANALS IN PARTICULAR, IS THERE GOING TO BE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND YOUR OFFICE, BUT WHEN THIS GRASSES IS NOW KILLED INSIDE OF THE CANALS, ARE Y'ALL FOLLOWING UP TO GO GET THAT STUFF BEFORE IT GOES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM? OR ARE WE CLEANING THAT STUFF OUT A LOT? A LOT OF IT IS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I JUST, I SEE THE LIGHT LIGHTENING UP ON MY MONITOR.

UM, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT THE GRASSES AND THE WEEDS THAT, THAT THEY'RE SPRAYING, UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISINTEGRATING AND SOME OF THE JUST GRASSES, NOT NECESSARILY THE BLOOD WHEAT, UH, IT'S LAYING DOWN AND ACTUALLY CREATING KIND OF LIKE A MAT, WHICH, UH, IS HELPING TO, UH, UH, PROTECT AGAINST ANY EROSION ISSUES.

UH, AGAIN, THIS STUFF IS GONNA GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, DETERIORATE THE DISINTEGRATE OVER TIME.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA WASH DOWNSTREAM AND, AND CAUSE ANY, UH, BLOCKAGE OR OBSTRUCTIONS, UH, UH, BLOOD WEED IS A, IS A KIND OF HOLLOW STEM, ALMOST LIKE AN OAK REPLANT.

AND WHEN YOU SPRAY IT WITH A HERBICIDE AND IT DIES, IT'LL JUST BRITTLE AND CRUMBLE UP INTO SMALL PIECES IN YOUR HAND.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO WASH DOWNSTREAM AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILD UP TO WHERE IT WOULD CAUSE ANY BLOCKAGES.

UH, SO, SO, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE GOING FORWARD.

UM, SO, SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.

I GOT YA.

SO I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE ROADSIDE ISSUE AS WELL.

THE DISTRICT NOT IS, IS MOSTLY CHARACTERIZED CHARACTERIZED BY JUST YOUR TRADITIONAL ROADSIDE, RIGHT? NOT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS, THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT WHAT I'M FINDING IS IN THE AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHEN, WHEN THE GUYS ARE OUT THERE CUTTING, THEY DON'T ALSO EDGE THE, UH, EDGE OF THE SIDEWALK.

THEY DON'T BLOW OFF THE SIDEWALK LIKE THEY DO IN THE REST OF THE CITY.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST FEEDBACK TO YOUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THERE'S A SIDEWALK, UM, IF YOU GUYS CAN TREAT IT JUST LIKE IT'S A SIDEWALK IN DOWNTOWN OR IN THE CITY OR WHEREVER IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE SOMETIMES WE'RE SIDEWALKS, YOU ARE TOTALLY COVERED WITH, UM, WITH DEAD GRASS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

AND IT JUST, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

SO IF WE CAN DRESS THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS TO, UH, TO, UH, GO OVER TECHNIQUES AND GO OVER PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AGAIN.

UH, WE WERE GETTING SOME OF THOSE FOLKS TRAINED, UH, AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO USE A BACKPACK SPRAYER BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF TRAINING, UH, ON, ON HANDLING THE, THE, THE HERBICIDES AND, AND, AND, AND APPLYING THEM.

SO, UH, WE ARE, WE DO A LOT OF SIDEWALK WORK WHEN WE GET BEHIND, WE TRY TO CATCH UP IN THE WINTER TIME WHEN THE GRASS STOPS GROWING.

WE'VE ALSO PULLED IN SOME ADDITIONAL SEASONAL WORKERS, UH, TO, TO HELP US WITH THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE WE USUALLY USE A LOT OF OUR PART TIME SEASONAL WORKERS TO HELP US CATCH UP WITH, WITH, UH, DETAILED WORK LIKE SIDEWALK.

SO WE CAN, WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY.

KYLA, I THINK YOU AND I HAVE KIND OF DISCUSSED THE GRASS ISSUES IN MY DISTRICT.

AND, UH, I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE SOME HELP.

UH, I HAVEN'T MADE MY FLANNERY, BUT I'M HOPING YOU GOT THAT DONE.

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YES, SIR.

IT'S BEEN OKAY, BUT I DO.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I DO, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A TOUGH JOB TO DO AS FAR AS WITH THE GRASS CUTTING AS FAR AS THE PARISH AND KEEPING EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT I'M JUST GIVING THESE CONCERNS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.

I THINK DONNA AND I SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THE DITCHES AND A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DITCHES WERE.

AND I KNOW YOU SENT ME SOME PICTURES OF THE CENTRAL THREE-WAY, WHERE Y'ALL MAKING SOME HEADWAY AS FAR AS WORKING IN, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE, WE WON'T BEAT THIS HORSE ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, SIR, COUNSELOR AND MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY KNUTSEN COUNCIL GOING TO GO TO OTHER ITEMS ADOPTED, UH, EMERGENCY.

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YOU GO TO ITEM ONE OH NINE AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT AND OUR CHAIRMAN AIRPORT COMMISSIONED EXECUTE AMENDMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, AT LEAST 26,000 SQUARE FEET OF AIR CARGO SPACE AT A RUN RATE OF $5 AND 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR A TOTAL OF $11,917 PER MONTH BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR COUNSELORS IN THE CORNERS WITH 16 FOUR 42 IN ROUGH DECLARE ITEM ONE OH NINE IN EMERGENCY WITH THREE THIRDS VOTED METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION TO DECLARE ITEM ONE OH NINE AND EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIRS THERE A SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH NINE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE OH NINE COUNCILORS OR MOTION.

ANY COMMENTS, OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I DON'T WANT TO NINE MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND.

MY AMA ROSA OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 109 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 10 RECONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM OF AUGUST 12, 20, 20 METROPOLITAN COUNSELING AUTHORIZATION, AND THE MAYOR PRESENT DELEGATES AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION, TOURISM, OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

EXACTLY LIKE CHOCTAW DRIVE LOB, DALE BOULEVARD, FOLLOW BOULEVARD, ARDEN WOOD AND FOSTER DRIVE, WHERE THE CREATION OF A STATE CERTIFIED CULTURAL DISTRICT BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OUT OF COUNCIL, ADMINISTRATOR, TREASURE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED TO DECLARE ITEM ONE 10 ORDINANCE 1640 42, WHERE ITEM ONE TENANT AND EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WATSON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM ONE 10 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 10 COMMENT ON ITEM ONE 10 IS THIS IS FROM PHILLIPS BOULEVARD.

I AM AGAINST THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT.

GENERALLY, THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY SPECIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING TIF DISTRICTS IN EBR PARISH, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH BATON ROUGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

WHEN COMBINED WITH RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENTS, ITEP PROJECTS, TIF DISTRICTS, ET CETERA, THERE ARE TOO MANY SPECIAL FAVORS BEING GIVEN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR TAX ABATEMENTS, TAX CREDITS, GRANTS, TAX SUBSIDIES, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE TOO MANY TOTAL TO LIST HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH TOTAL AND RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT WAS AWARDED TO BOND CARAY BUSINESS CENTER BEFORE THE APPROXIMATE $36 MILLION LOAN WAS DEFAULTED ON BY THAT DEVELOPER.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE, 10 ITEM, 10 COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 10 MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON SECOND BY HUDSON ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM ONE TENS HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

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ONE 11 RECONSIDERATION ITEM OF AUGUST 12, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNSELING AUTHORIZATION BY THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF BOUNDARIES, POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT HE DIDN'T DO A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH CLAY YOUNG ENTERPRISES, LLC.

THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $200,000 BY THE POLICE CHIEF BY THE COUNCIL MINUTES STRAIGHT OR TREASURER, ALLISON PLAYER'S WRITTEN IT.

ITEM ONE 11 NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT AUDIT IS 1644, FOUR 42, ITEM ONE 11 AND EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIR TO CLEAR ITEM ONE 11 AND EMERGENCY ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON? ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ITEM ONE 11 MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECOND BY HUDSON? ANY OBJECTIONS? VERY NOT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 11 COMMENT ON ITEM ONE, 11 FROM PHILLIP LARD, UM, DUE TO THE RECENT SEVERAL MURDERS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND OTHER RECENT CRIME ISSUES.

I NOW QUESTION THE OVERALL VALUE OF THESE TWO CONTRACTS AND SIMILAR CONTRACTS AND REQUEST FOR THESE FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR OTHER NEEDED OBJECTS AND EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT EXISTING METHODS ARE WORKING TO END MURDERS AND VIOLENT CRIME AND POSSIBLY COMMIT GANG I'M SORRY, CRIMINAL GANG ACTIVITY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

FOR THE RECORD, I DO NOT SUPPORT, I DO SUPPORT THE POLICE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, INCLUDING

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THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THE RECENT PUSH IN THE USA TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FEASIBLE OR REASONABLE.

ONE 11, ONE MORE COMMENT FROM 20 LANDRY WAS CLAY, YOUNG ENTERPRISES, LLC VETTED.

AND HOW WILL THE COUNCIL DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CONTRACTOR AND DELIVERING $200,000 IN SERVICES? ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, THEY WILL BE HOSTING A SERIES OF PURPOSEFUL SESSION, MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, INFORMING GROUP MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE TARGET AREA THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL NOT TOLERATE VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS BY NOTIFYING COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF KNOWN GROUP ACTIVITIES IN THE TARGET AREA, AS WELL AS IT'LL LISTEN TO A ELICITING ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WITH WARRANTS, HOW MANY POSTS WILL BE MADE AND HOW WILL THIS BE MONITORED? WHAT ARE THE TARGETS? WHAT PROCESS WILL BE USED TO ELICIT ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WITH WARRANTS WILL THE BRP DE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE BE INVOLVED? IS THIS A VIOLATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, CIVIL RIGHTS? WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF THIS $200,000 GRANT THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON, I JUST WANT TO LET US, OKAY.

COUNCILORS CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMONS ON ITEM ONE 11.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 11? ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS MOTIONS TO RIGHT? I'M SORRY, DANI.

UH, I GUESS IF NEIL'S NEIL ON THE LINE.

YES, SIR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

SO, UH, THIS IS PART OF OUR 2019 STRATEGIES FOR POLICE INNOVATION AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT.

UH, IT'S AN AWARD FOR THREE YEARS.

SO THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAKE PLACE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

OKAY.

MORE PERSONNEL.

I COULDN'T HEAR YOU DOWN.

ARE YOU? OR I ASKED THE COURT ANOTHER QUESTION.

I WAS ASKING THEM A SEAT WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PANELISTS OR TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE WE SUPPORT.

SO THAT IS A PERSON THAT WILL BE ALSO PAID, PAID FROM THE GRANT ALSO.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

MA'AM SO, SO AGAIN, THE $200,000 IS THAT IS THAT $200,000 IS PAYING FOR TWO CONTRACTUAL DECLARED INTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYST.

THE TOTAL SUM OF THE 200,000 IS SALARY.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.

I HAD A MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM ONE 11 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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ON ONE 12 RECONSIDERATION THE ITEM OF THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING.

I MEAN THE 20, 20 ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE $300,000 FOR EAST BATON ROUGE, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE ON THE SIGN, ON THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRESENT BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ITEM ONE 12 WITH AN ORDINANCE 16, FOUR 42 NEED DECLARED ITEM ONE 12 AND EMERGENCY ITEM MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY ANYONE BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 12 MINUTE DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEMS. I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM ONE 12 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY HUDSON OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS.

VERY NONE.

I'M SORRY.

I NEED TO SUCK A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

AND BY THE, BY THE CHAIRS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NONE ITEM ONE 12, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 12, ADAM, ONE 12.

UH, THIS IS FROM PHILLIP BOULEVARD.

I'M AGAINST THE ADDITION OF $300,000 TO THE RDA.

I BELIEVE THE RDA HAS ALREADY, ALREADY HAS PLENTY OF TAX FUNDS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EBR CITY PARISH BUDGET THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM THE CURRENT CORONA VIRUS CRISIS.

I BELIEVE THAT $300,000 CAN BE USED FOR MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FROM CHRISTOPHER TYSON, A BILL BATON ROUGE IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR BRIM AND THE METRO COUNCIL AND ADDRESSING OUR 2020 BUDGET SHORTFALL.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED SECURE $30 MILLION IN HUD

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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS RAISE OVER $250,000 FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMAGINED PLANK ROAD PLAN FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSIST THE CITY PARISH WOULD PUT THEM PROVING 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 BATON ROUGE.

THIS INCLUDES THE COMMENTS THAT ITEM ONE 12, SORRY.

SORRY.

THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 12.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 12 MOTION BY THE CHAIR SECOND BY ROCCA OR IN ANY OBJECTIONS? THE ONE 12 HEARING ON ITEM ONE 12 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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COUNSELOR'S GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 1331 21 TOGETHER.

ITEM ONE 13 IS RICK CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST, 1220 20 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING, AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESENCE.

AND I'M IN THE SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR AN INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF $577,895, $894 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 719,868 AWARDED ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURE ITEM ONE 14 RICK'S DURATION.

THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT MAY THE SUPPER SEPARATE CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $81,928 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $102,410 WATER UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM ON A HUMAN SERVICE DIRECTOR, COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE TREASURER ITEM ONE 15, RECONSIDERATION THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT IN SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH THE FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE OR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF $673,180 FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $833,350.

WATERED ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR THAT A COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ITEM ONE 16 RECONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM WITH THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT TREMENDOUS SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT OR HIV AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 900, $3,118 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,148,318 ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM AT ACCOUNT MATA HUMAN SERVICES, DIRECTOR AND COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ITEM ONE 17.

RICK DURATION, THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST, 1220 20 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRESENT TO MEN SUFFER SEPARATE CONTRACT HIV AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO AND AMOUNT OF WARREN SUNDAY POP THOUSAND $912.

I TOLD THEM I HAVE $214,390 ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ITEM ONE 18 RECONSIDERATION THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, ME AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESENT MEN, THE SUPPER CYPRIAN CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TASKFORCE AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 WHERE I TOLD THEM NOT A $186,400 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR FREDERICK, I AM ONE 19 RECONSIDERATION FOR THE ITEM WILL AUGUST 12, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT TO MEN SUBURB.

TEMPORARY CONTRACT OF OUR LADY OF LAKE EAT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF $380,701 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $481,311.

THE WAR ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR ABOUT A COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ITEM ONE 20 THE CONSIDERATION ITEM FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO AMEND THE SUMMER SPECIFIC CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY LAKE EAT AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF $55,959 FOR HE TOLD THEM HOW $72,115 AWARDED ON THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM.

MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE OUT OF HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR AT THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER ITEM ONE 21 WRITTEN RECONSIDERATION ON THE ITEM.

THE AUGUST, 1220 20 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT SOME IN SUMMER SLIPPERY CONTRACT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, GREATER BATON ROUGE, INC.

THEY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR A TOTAL NOW $60,000 AWARD UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM.

HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WHEN YOU NEED TO BUY CORES 16 FOR 42 ITEMS, ONE 13, ONE 21 DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEM, A TWO THIRDS OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MOTION DECLARED ITEM ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 21 EMERGENCY ITEMS, NOT MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS, THERE ARE NON ITEMS, ONE 13TH OR ONE 21 BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEM.

I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEMS. ONE 1331 21 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 21 COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON ITEMS, ONE 1321 FROM PHILLIP BOULEVARD.

UM, THE HIV AIDS VIRUS HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS AND THE OVERALL COST FOR THE ASSOCIATED RYAN WHITE PROGRAM SEEN IN KOREA.

I HAVE SEEN INCREASE OFTEN.

I REQUEST THE OVERALL EXPENSES FOR ALL OF THE RYAN WHITE PROGRAMS BE STUDIED IN MORE DETAIL

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AND SOME OF THESE FUNDS BE DIRECTED TO THE RELATIVELY NEW CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THIS.

AND THE BIG PICTURE RELATED TO GOVERNMENT BUDGETS IS THE FEDERAL NATIONAL DEBT THAT IS STILL INCREASING AND IS NOW AT ABOUT $26 TRILLION.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT LOCAL OR FEDERAL TAX FUNDS ARE BEING USED WISELY, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE INCREASED EXPENSES AND POSSIBLE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEMS. ONE 13 STATE COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSE.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON IS ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 21.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? YOU GOT TO COMMENT ON THAT.

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

IF WE'VE GOT THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT, I WANT TO HAVE IT CLEARED THAT RYAN WHITE HIV AIDS PROGRAM MONEY, CAN'T BE REDIRECTED TO ANOTHER PURPOSE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF WE'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO CAN ANSWER THAT? YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MA'AM.

THIS IS GRANT FUNDED.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT TO GRANT THEM A BOX SPECIFIC SERVICE.

THEY CAN'T FIND IT CANNOT BE WEIGHED.

THE RECORD ARE USED FOR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. ALRIGHT.

I MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'VE I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN WELCH.

YES.

MA'AM SHOW YOU.

CAN'T BE REDIRECTED.

IS THERE A MATCH ASSOCIATED WITH EXPERIENCE? NO, SIR.

OKAY.

THANKS.

ANY COUNCILMAN WICKER QUESTION? CAN I GOT A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE? AYE, ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 21 BY WATSON.

SECOND BY WICKER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.

I'M ONE 13 THROUGH ONE 21 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE

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22 RECONSIDERATION FOR THE ITEM FROM AUGUST, 1220 20 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEANS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION ADMISSION OR THE APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM OFFICE OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DOES DESIGNATE HARDING BOULEVARD, PLANK ROAD, EVANGELION STREET, AND SEEING THE CAR AWAY FOR THE CREATION OF THE NORTH TOWN, BATON ROUGE CULTURAL DISTRICT, MY CALIFORNIA CHARTER BANKS BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ORDINANCE RECORDING WHERE ORDINANCE 16, FOUR 42 MUST DECLARE ITEM ONE 22, AN EMERGENCY ITEM, MOTION TO DECLARE ITEM ONE 22 EMERGENCY ID BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY BANKS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM ONE 22 BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY BANKS.

ANY OBJECTIONS, HEARING NONE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 22 COMMENT ON ITEM ONE 22.

I'M AGAINST THE CREATION OF THE ABOVE TWO SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR THE SAME REASONS DESCRIBED FOR THE ABOVE ITEM.

I'M AGAINST THE CREATION OF THIS DISTRICT.

GENERALLY, THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY SPECIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING TIF DISTRICTS IN EBR PARISH, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH BATON ROUGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

WHEN COMBINED WITH THE RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT, I TAP PROJECTS, TIF DISTRICTS, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE TOO MANY SPECIAL FAVORS BEING GIVEN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR TAX ABATEMENTS, TAX CREDITS, GRANTS, TAX SUBSIDIES, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE TOO MANY TOTAL TO LIST HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH IN TOTAL RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT WAS AWARDED TO BOND CARAY BUSINESS CENTER BEFORE THE APPROXIMATE $36 MILLION LOAN WAS DEFAULTED ON BY THAT DEVELOPER, I WAS LIKE COMPLETED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS. OKAY, COUNSELOR.

I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 22 COUNCILWOMAN BANK'S MOTION TO APPROVE MOST IMPROVED BY BANKS.

ONE 22 SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 22 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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ITEM ONE 23 RECONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEANS IMPORTANT APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION, AUTHORIZED SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION.

SO HE'S ON DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM, ALSO CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND DOES LIKE WHAT ROAD PLANK ROAD, PARTING BOULEVARD AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER, OR THE CREATION OF SCOTLANDVILLE CULTURAL DISTRICT BY COUNCILWOMAN SHONA BANKS BY THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR TREASURE COUNSELOR IN THE COURTS WITH SIX ORDINANCE 16, FOUR 40 TUNE WHAT'S CLEAR ITEM ONE 23 AND EMERGENCY ITEM MUSH, DECLARE ITEM ONE 23 HAD MERCY ON HIM BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY BANKS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.

I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM ONE 23 BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY BANKS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 23 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE COMING ON, I DIDN'T WANT TOO THREE.

HIS NAME IS AUTUMN ONE 22.

I AM AGAINST THE CREATION OF THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

I AM AGAINST THE CREATION OF THIS DISTRICT.

GENERALLY, THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY SPECIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING TIF DISTRICTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH BATON ROUGE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ANY HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

WHEN COMBINED WITH THE RESTORATION TAX ABATEMENT, I TAP PROJECTS, TIF DISTRICTS, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE TIFFANY SPECIAL FAVORS BEING GIVEN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR TAX ABATEMENTS, TAX CREDITS, BRANDS, TAX SUBSIDIES, ET CETERA.

THERE ARE TOO MANY TOTAL TO LIST HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH IN TOTAL RUSSIA CONTACTED ME AND WAS AWARDED TO BONK RAY BUSINESS CENTER BEFORE THE APPROXIMATE $36 MILLION LOAN WAS DEFAULTED ON BY THE DEVELOPER.

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WHAT IS THE COMMENTS? OKAY.

COUNSEL THAT CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 23.

ANY COMMENTS OR ANY MOTIONS, MOTIONS TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 23 BY BANK SECOND BY WICKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 23 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A

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MOTION TO RECONSIDER CONDEMNATION ITEM 79, MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WICKER OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING CON COUNCILWOMAN.

WE NEED A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

ITEM 79, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

MOTION BY WICKER.

SECOND BY ROCK ARE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING DONE? ITEM 79 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY MR. ROSA.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

BYE BYE.