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WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND,

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SPECIAL

[Call to Order]

MAPLE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER ACTUALLY, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCILMAN WELCH.

THAT'S ONE BANKS, COUNCILMAN LOOP.

OKAY.

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

PRESENT COUNCILMAN CALL ABSENT THAT'S WOMAN MRI CENTER HERE, RESIDENT COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

YEP.

PRESENT COUNCILMAN WICKER HERE, PRESENT COUNCILMAN WATSON, RESIDENT COUNCIL, WOMAN ROCCA THAT HERE YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE EMAILING YOU A COPY OF THE PROOF OF MEETING.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE MAILED YOU AN AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING AND THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS SPECIAL MEETING.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS

[Introductions]

WOULD GO TO INTRODUCTIONS AND ASHLEY, IF YOU PLEASE DON'T BREAK THE INTRODUCTIONS.

SECTION 2.12 INTRODUCTIONS.

NUMBER ONE, AUTHORIZING THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ACQUIRE THROUGH PURCHASE EXCHANGE AND OR INSTITUTION OF EXPROPRIATION PROCEEDINGS.

AND TO TAKE SUCH OTHER AUCTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER BY YOU FOUND BY TRANSPORTATION DURING HIS DIRECTOR.

NUMBER TWO, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A LOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE PARISH CITIES THAT NOURISH STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND VISIT BATON ROUGE, MAKING APPLICATION TO THE LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION, PROVIDING NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL SHALL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER NINE, 2020 AT 4:00 PM BY BOND COUNSEL, NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZED AND SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ROSELY SMITH VS MICHAEL JONES, BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY OF BATON ORANGE PR SHOULD BE SPAT NOURISHED IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000.

PLUS COURT COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $422 AND 32 CENTS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $125,422 AND 32 CENTS.

AND APPROPRIATING THAT, UH, THAT SUM FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD IS MICHAEL REMEDY OF JOHNSON AND RENTED IT.

AND ERIC AND TATA OF THE TATA LAW FIRM, A PARISH ATTORNEY, NUMBER FOUR, A RESOLUTION OF THE HARVEST AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT, INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE LEVINE AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT, CONSIDERING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF SUCH TAXES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY IN THIS DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT, REVIEWING THE FORM OF A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENT TO BE APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING.

HI COUNCILMAN CHANDLER, LOU CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS THE ESTATE OF JOYCE E. MASON, ONE EIGHT ZERO FIVE NORTH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, WICKER NUMBER 13, ROBERT L HIGGINBOTHAM TWO ZERO ONE FIVE POCAHONTAS STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT IN WORKER NUMBER 14, AGNES TARVER PATTAN, JOSEPH CARNEY, PAUL TAN, MELBA TAN, UH, JULIAN, UH, ST.

JULIAN, BETTY KAY, POT, TAN AND GLORIA P. SMITH.

ONE FOUR, TWO NINE.

THOMAS H DELPIT DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, WICKER NUMBER 15, DAVID NEWMAN AND SHIRLEY GREEN ROLL EIGHT ONE ZERO SOUTH 17TH CAMPBELL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 16, JAMES FERGUSON, ONE NINE THREE SIX 68 AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT IN REGARD NUMBER 17, KATIE HICKMAN (247) 024-7070 FIRST AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT IN WICKER NUMBER 18, CIVIL BRANDON THREE ZERO THREE THREE HOLLYWOOD STREET, CANDLE DISTRICT FAB GREEN NUMBER 19 ROLAND PAUL FALSE ONE NINE SIX FOUR.

THOMAS H DELPIT DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT IN WICKER.

NUMBER 20 KATIE CHARLOTTE EVERETT EIGHT I'M SORRY, FOUR EIGHT THREE THREE JACKSON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE NUMBER 21.

THOMAS LEE DANGERFIELD JR.

SANDRA DANGERFIELD, MOSES, THEN MIKA DANGERFIELD THAN THE, THAN THE EAST DANGERFIELD JOCKEY, DEIDRE DANGERFIELD, DEIDRE DANGERFIELD, CHRISTY TAYLOR SMITH, SHANNON TAYLOR CHERRY, AND THE ESTATE OF JOANNE HAMPTON GREEN ONE 49 EAST WASHINGTON STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 RECUR NUMBER 22, GENERAL CHARLOTTE AND SUSAN CHARLOTTE, ONE SIX SEVEN FIVE THREE SOUTH AMIT DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, WILSON NUMBER 23.

EDDIE MAY ROGERS, TWO ONE, ONE TWO CONVENTION STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER NUMBER 24, BRIAN NOBLE AND TONYA NOBLE, TWO, TWO SEVEN, SIX 68TH AVENUE HOUSE NEAR SHED COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WORKER, A NUMBER 25 ALVA LEE MCCRORY, ALVIN LEONARD MACQUARIE JR.

RALPH LEON MCCRORY, THE ESTATE OF NAOMI I GALLARD MACQUARIE

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AND THE ESTATE OF ADRIAN MCCRORY THOMAS FOUR SEVEN TWO FOUR CROWN AVENUE, CAPITOL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN NUMBER 26, MARJORIE HOMES, ONE EIGHT TARA STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 17, DAVID WAITER STERLING FOUR FIVE THREE EIGHT SHELLEY STREET, HOUSE GARAGE, APARTMENT AND REAR SHED COUNCIL, DISTRICT FAB GREEN NUMBER 28, CARVIN WINSTON BLAKE SEVEN TWO FOUR FIVE KENT DRIVE HOUSE IN REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WELCH NUMBER 29.

TOW-IN BEING WIND AND TAM T WHEN ONE 42 83, OUR THORN DRIVE HOUSE AND REAR SHED COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, WILSON, NUMBER 30, JOANNE BERRERA HARRIS, TWO ONE ZERO THREE MARYLAND STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 31 FE BUREAUS AREN'T RATE BURNS BARNES SIX ZERO TWO FRANCE SEEK FRANCE STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WORKER NUMBER 32, CAROLYN ELAINE ROBBINS, CAROLYN ELAINE ROBBINS OF NINE 35 ATLANTA AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER 33.

TRY THIS EARL RANDALL AND RENEE WALKER RANDALL ONE, TWO, ONE FIVE, TWO, LEANNA LEONARDO STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 34, ROSEMARY BIRCH GRIMES, A NEEDLE LYNN FABRY WILLIAMS AND THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ARCH COLLINS, EIGHT SEVEN EIGHT ONE SCENIC HIGHWAY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 35.

AMANDA CHARLOTTE TRUST CLEAR ONE FOUR, THREE ZERO STILT STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, NUMBER 36 AND C L O PROPERTIES.

UH, FOUR, FOUR EIGHT, I'M SORRY, FOUR 49 CLAYTON STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, GRAIN NUMBER 37 LEE, A MITCHELL JR.

AND DIANE PARKER MITCHELL FOUR SEVEN FOUR FIVE LORRAINE STREET HOUSE FROM YOUR SHED.

COUNCIL.

DOES YOUR CROP GRAIN NUMBER 38 BENJAMIN ROOSEVELT, TAYLOR AND BRIDGETTE, DIANE TAYLOR, THREE EIGHT ZERO EIGHT MOHICAN STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT.

CALL COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.

CALL NUMBER 39.

CALL US BEAT TEMPLE AND SONDRA T JOHNSON, SEVEN 42 NORTH 18TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER NUMBER 40 PATRICK LYGON TSEA CHARLES ROBERT TESSIE AGATHER TARRA TESSIER JEFFERSON T TESSIER JR.

ROBERT LAWRENCE TESSIER CHAVON T DAVIS, ELLA, VIRGINIA TESSIE.

WAKELEE THE ESTATE OF JOHN THE ESTATE OF THOMAS S TESSIER AND THE ESTATE OF STEVE SEVEN SIX, FOUR LAKELAND DRIVE COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WICKER, ALL ITEMS THAT WERE PROBABLY READING, THEN READ AND EMISSION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS. MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE.

ALL ITEMS. THAT'S OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO I'M OBJECTING TO NUMBER 40 BEING INTRODUCED TO THEY'VE ALREADY DONE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IN TERMS OF THIS PROPERTY.

SO I WANTED TO ASK THAT IT NOT BE, UM, INTRODUCED ITEM 40.

YES, SIR.

THERE'S AN, ANY WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY DELETE IT WHEN WE COME BACK AROUND ON THE NEXT MEETING, IS THAT POSSIBLE? SURE.

THAT'S FINE.

MEAN, IS THAT OKAY? OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT OR WE CAN DELETE IT.

I MEAN, MATT Y'ALL WANT TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTIONS.

I'M ALEX DRAMA MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS. OKAY.

MOTION TO INTRODUCE HIM TO SET BY HIM 40 BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY WICKER MOTION.

SECOND BY WICKER AND ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING, NONE INTRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED COUNCIL.

CAMERA'S

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GOING TO GO TO ITEM 64.

IT'S A SUPPLEMENTAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION TO BE GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, FOUR SIX ZERO NINE IN AUTHORIZING PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE AND THE SALE OF ROAD AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS, TAX REVENUE, REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2020 FOR THE PARENTS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STAY IN LOUISIANA PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION PAYABLE PER 70% OF THEM.

THE PROCEEDS OF ONE HALF OF 1% SALES AND USE TAX LEVY BY THE PARISH AND AUTHORIZED BY AN ELECTION HELD ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2005, PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS, PROVIDING THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON SUCH BONDS FOR THE RIGHTS OF REGISTERED OWNERS.

THEY'RE UP AND FILING THEREFORE MATTERS RELATED TO THEIR TO BUY THE BOND.

ASHLEY, THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 64 COUNCIL MEMBERS? NOPE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 64.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR IS THERE A MOTION MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NON ITEM 64 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 65

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SUPPLEMENTAL SALES TAX, BOND RESOLUTION, MEANING AND SUPPLEMENTING GENERAL SALES TAX BOND RESOLUTION NUMBER FOUR, FOUR, SIX ZERO NINE, PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A CERTAIN LOAN AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 1ST, 2020 BY AND BETWEEN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, LOUISIANA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ACTION WITH THE SUBORDINATE LIEN REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT PROVIDING THE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS ARE THE PAIRS OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE LOUISIANA UNDER THE SAID LOAN AGREEMENT, PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS AND CONNECTION THERE WITH, BY THE BOND COUNCIL.

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ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS? 65, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I AM 65 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION APPROVED MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 65 BUCKS WATSON THERE.

SECOND SECOND BY ROCKER, THE OBJECTIONS, EVERY NINE ITEMS, 65 MINUTE ITEM

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66 AMENDING THE 2020 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET AND CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO AS TO APPROPRIATE THE, NOT TO EXCEED 118,500,000 ROTARY STREET REFUNDING SERIES 2020 AND 2020 LOUISIANA, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SOME MORNING LEAN REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, EAST BATON ROUGE, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT CLOSE BOND PREMIUM GENERATED BY THE TRANSACTIONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF CURRENT REFUNDING, 2008 AND 2009, A ROAD AND STREET SALES TAX BOND, A TERMINATION PAYMENT AND TERMINATION WITH A SWAP TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE PARISH AND CITY BANK AND A AND THE, BETWEEN THE PAYERS AND MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.

AND TO ADVANCE REFUND A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL MOUNTED TO THE PAIR OF SERIES 2012 REFUND REVENUE, BONDS, PAYERS OF EAST BATON ROUGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT AND PAYING THE COST OF ISSUANCE AND RELATED DEPTH SERVICE BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 66, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 66 COUNSELORS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM SIX, THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 66 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 67.

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WE'RE SENDING THE RAKING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL THE DECISION TO ORDER RECORD ON MARCH SIX, 2019, THE MAYOR OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS STATE OF BELMONT LANA'S BROWN 31 35 SHARE WITH STRAIGHT REASONABLE RESCISSIONS, THE HOMEOWNER BOARDED UP THE HOUSE AND CUTS THE GRASS AND WEEKLY TENDED TO REPAIR AND RENT THE HOME BY COUNCILMAN TARA WICKER.

ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM 67, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 67 COUNCILMEMBER IN DISCUSSION MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 67 MOTION BY WICKER SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 67 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 68

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AUTHORIZED THE SELMAN THE MATTER ENTITLED DEREK WILLIAMS OR THE BRP D ON THE DOCKET OF 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 PLUS COURT COSTS THE AMOUNT OF $85 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $50,085 OR THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON COMMENTS ON ITEM 68, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 68 COUNSELORS, ANY DISCUSSION I AM 68.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 68 MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE ITEM 68 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I AM 69

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AUTHORIZED TO SELL THEM THE MATTER ENTITLED CHARLES BEAN AT ALL VERSUS STEVEN JONES AT ALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000 PLUS COURT COSTS AMOUNT OF $55,085 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $55,085.

ATTORNEY OF RECORDS, HESTER DORN UPON PETER SCHWARTZBERG AND BOUTWELL BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 69, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS I'M 69 COUNSELORS OR ANY DISCUSSION OR THEIR EMOTIONAL ITEMS. 69 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR ON ITEM 69 OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 69 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 70

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AUTHORIZED THE SELDOM THE CLAIM OF ARCO ELLIS FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATTERY FLEET DEPARTMENT, OFFICER AND AMOUNT OF $15,000.

TURN YOUR RECORDS, DENNIS W. BERRY JR.

LAW FARMER, SPENCER H CALAHAN, LLC, BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 70, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 70 COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR EMOTION OR DISCUSSION OR MOTION TO PROVIDE THEM 70 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM SEVEN HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M 71

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERIES POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INC, AND TO TRY AND CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT EMPHASIZE RESEARCH AND ANALYTICS, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,040 BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 71, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 71 COUNSELORS, ANY DISCUSSION MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 71 BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 71 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 72

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT, EXCEPT THAT GRANT FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT FUND OR THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION AND AMOUNT OF $17,419 BY THE POLICE CHIEF.

ACTUALLY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 72, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 72 COUNSELORS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 72 OR THERE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION PROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY HUDSON ARE ANY OBJECTIONS AIRING ON ITEM 72 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 73

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AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTED A COOPERATIVE DEBRA AGREEMENT WITH THE SHERWOOD FOREST CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY CAMERA SHARE PILOT PROGRAM BY THE POLICE CHIEF, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 73, THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNSELOR, ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND FOR ITEM 73 FROM DEBRA SEMINARY, PRESIDENT SHERWOOD FOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, WE SUPPORT OUR SECURITY CAMERA INITIATIVE.

THIS WILL HELP PREVENT CRIME, IMPROVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND GENERALLY HELP US FEEL SAFER IN OUR HOMES.

THANK YOU.

I CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

I CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 73.

YOU GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY COLLINS

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LEWIS.

IS THERE ANY DIRECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 73 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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74.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOTION TO LEAVE REQUESTED BY THE BATTERY'S FILM COMMISSION AND BRP D IS ITEM 74 IS AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT, ENTER AND ACCESS LICENSE AGREEMENT, FILM, TAPE, ACTIVITIES OF PERSONNEL AND RELATE ACTIVITIES FOR A SERIES OF TELEVISION PROGRAM WITH A WORKING TITLE OF FIRST 48 BY THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM 74, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 74 COUNSELORS, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 74, A MOTION, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET EITHER THE RPD OR, UM, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE BOUNDARY FILM COMMISSION THAT SAID BECAUSE OF COVID CONCERNS, THEY HAVE DECIDED TO DELAY THIS INITIATIVE AND SAID THEY WILL BRING IT BACK WHEN THEY ARE READY TO START FILMING.

OKAY.

MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS, SECOND NIGHT WICKER OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 74 HAS BEEN DELETED ITEM 75

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AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT ACCEPT THE GRANT AWARD FOR THE FF Y 2021 HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT IN AMOUNT OF 98, UP TO $98,500 ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT FROM THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE BATHROOMS CITY COURT, DWI SOBRIETY COURT, A CORPORATE COURT JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 75, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 75 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON HOW YOU SUNDAY FIREARM EMOTION, MOTION IMPROVED BY WATSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY A WICKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 75 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 76

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AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH YOU, EUGENE WADIS AND JR.

LET'S DO A PROB UM, YOU PROVIDE SERVICES AS A SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR FOR THE BATTERY CITY COURT SOBRIETY COURT FOR A TOTAL OF $33,000 BY THE CLERK OF COURT JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 76, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 76 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 76, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 76 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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77 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE RECAST GRANT CONTINUATION AWARD AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT EXCEPT THE RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES AFTER STRESS AND TRAUMA PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION, RIGHT TERM COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND TERMINATING UPON THE COMPLETION OF SEPARATORY SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 71, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 71 KILLS THE DISCUSSION ON STUDY ONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION APPROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS AIRING? NONE ITEM 77 HAS BEEN APPROVED

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ITEM 78 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR A CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORT COMMISSION EXECUTE AUTHORIZATION.

NUMBER FIVE TO THE CONTRACT, THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC, OR THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF THE BATTERIES METROPOLITAN AIRPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER ONE, 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 AND MOUNTAIN ARCTIC EXCEED 2 MILLION, $318,053 AND 10 CENTS CONTINGENT ON ADEQUATE FUNDS, AVIATION DIRECTOR AND HE PUBLIC COMING I'M 78, NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 78 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON 78, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON ON ITEM 78, SECOND BY WATSON? ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 78 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 79

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AUTHORIZATION BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN AIRPORT PERMISSION TO EXECUTE AT LEAST AGREE WITH ATC INDOOR VAS LLC, OR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS WITH TWO, FIVE YEAR OPTIONS TO RENEW AT A MINIMUM RENTAL RATE OF $6,000 PER YEAR.

AVIATION DIRECTOR, ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 79, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 79 COUNCIL MEMBER.

WAS THERE A DISCUSSION ON ITEM 79 AND THERE MOTION, MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON.

IS THERE A SECOND BY THE CHAIR OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE OR SEEN NONE? NONE OF THEM BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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80 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT INDRA THREE-YEAR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY ONE 2020, JUNE 30TH, 2023.

ON BEHALF OF THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES WITH A STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE FOR TITLE FOUR DASH E ENHANCEMENT, REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS AND AMOUNT OF $760,289 82 CENTS.

AND TO SIGN ALL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THERE WITH, AND YOU'VE NOW SERVICE DIRECTOR, ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 80, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 80 COUNCILORS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON IDA ITEM, 80 MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING AN ITEM 80 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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81 ALTERATION BY THE MAYOR PRO ROSCOE TO EXECUTE SOMETHING TO AN AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE, THE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 64 REGIONAL PUMP STATION AND A MOUNTAIN.

I CAN SEE $28,240 TERMINAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 81 COMMENTS ON ITEM 81 COUNCILORS, ANY DISCUSSION ON 81? IS THERE A MOTION

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MOTION APPROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING AN ITEM

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81 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 82 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT, OR A ROSCOE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE WITH THE MCLEOD ELECTRIC LLC FOR THE COP STATION MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SERVICES RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION OF $300,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 BY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND HE FELT WITH DISCUSSION ON ITEM 82, NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON ITEM 82 OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN WITH ANY DISCUSSION ON 82, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 82 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCKER, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEN ON ITEM 82 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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83 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT ROSCOE TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

NUMBER THREE TO THE CONTRACT COMPOSITES AND ROBOT INVIRO SYSTEMS LLC, AND SERVES A CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL PARISH WIDE SEWER CLEAN AND PHYSICAL INSPECTION SERVICES INCLUDE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING O AND M SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT, NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF $600,000.

MY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM, MAYBE THREE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AUDIO MEETING THREE COUNSELORS, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 83 OR IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY HUDSON THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ROCCO, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING AN ITEM 83 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 84 AUTHORIZED

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MAYOR PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT WITH A CONTRACT WITH H AND T B CORPORATION WITH INJURY SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY PARIS PROJECT OF EAST BATON ROUGE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN IN THE MOUNTAIN, 19 SEED $620,000 PERFORM ADDITIONAL SURVEYING AND DATA COLLECTION SERVICES ON THE CITY PAIRS FROM BRIDGES BY THE PARIS TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 84, ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AUTOMATED FOR, FROM PHILLIP ALARD BECAUSE THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS APPARENTLY ALREADY HAS PLANNED PROJECTS.

AND THE EDR CITY PARISH ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE ACTUAL PLAN PROJECTS FOR IMPROVING STORM, MODERATE STORMWATER CONDITIONS IN EBR PARISH.

I SEE NO REAL REASON TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $620,000 JUST FOR ADDITIONAL SURVEYING AND DATA COLLECTION SERVICES.

THE FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO ACTUALLY CLEAN OUT AND IMPROVE EXISTING DITCHES CREEKS AND RIVERS AND EBR PARISH OR FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NEEDED MUCH MORE IN EBR PARISH, OTHER THAN THESE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL SURVEY AND DATA COLLECTION SERVICES AND CLOSE THE COMMENTS ON ITEM MAYBE FOUR.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS ON ITEM 54.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANYONE ITEM 84.

SO IT MIGHT BE A AHEAD AND LET MATT GO.

I'M SORRY, DONNA.

AND MY HANDS HERE, RIGHT.

IS RICK SPEAR AVAILABLE? IS RICK AVAILABLE? RICK, ARE YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW, RICK, UH, PLEASE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT, UH, WERE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PHILIP.

LRD JUST MADE PLEASE.

OKAY.

UH, THIS IS FOR I, THIS IS A BREAD PROJECT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I KNOW IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO A MODEL OF THE STORM WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM.

AND IT IS REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OREGON ENGINEER PROJECT, BUT IT FRED'S ON, YOU COULD ASK HIM THAT QUESTION FOR THAT.

ARE YOU THERE? UM, HERE I'LL GO TO THE MARKSMAN PAST.

YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND.

I HAVE INDICATED THAT'S TRUE.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO DO IS GATHER AS MUCH DATA WE CAN AND WHETHER PEOPLE BRIDGES ARE IMPORTANT OR NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT AT THE RIGHT ELEVATION DURING CERTAIN EXPANSIONS AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WEAK, IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON ACTUALLY WATERFLOW.

AND IT WOULD AS MUCH AS I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO DO CLEANING, IT'S A SEPARATE, UH, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FOR GENERAL DATA COLLECTION.

AND THEN WHAT THE CORPS HAS PUT OUT, WHICH IS PART OF THE PLAN IS THE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT, WHICH WILL ADDRESS THE FIVE CHANNELS THAT NEED TO BE CLEARED AND SNACK.

UH, I GET WHERE PHILIP'S COMING FROM, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS HAS DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, BUT WHAT WE GONNA TRY TO USE AS MONEY FOR US TO BE REALLY EVALUATE, UH, BRIDGES.

AND IT ALSO DOES A LOT OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY THAT WE NEED THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE FUTURE DATA ON SPRINT AND SAVE SOME MONEY ON ENGINEERING COSTS IN THE LONG RUN FOR DOING NEW DESIGNS FOR BRIDGE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO AT, AT, AT, AT THE PROPER TIME, MATT MUTE YOURSELF, MAN, I CAN HEAR YOU FRED.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THIS IS NOT DUPLICATE WORK.

NO, SIR, WE WE'D DONE SOME

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GENERAL INFORMATIONAL, UH, SURVEY STUFF.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GET THE REAL TECHNICAL EVALUATION.

YOU DON'T LOOK AT EVERY PEER.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY FOUNDATION THAT'S IN THERE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION JUST FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT, IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO DO A BETTER EVALUATION WRITING OF OUR BRIDGES, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE A CON UH, AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE ALSO.

SO NO, WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING SERVICES.

IT WILL HELP US MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAM, BUT IT WILL ALSO DICTATE US AND TELL US A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR FUTURE EXPANSIONS OF THE BRIDGE OR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHANNEL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU FOR YES, SIR.

UH, THERE WAS A MOTION BY WATSON.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON? DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION? I'M DEFINITELY.

I DO.

SO I HEARD WHAT FRED SAID, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE IN 2016 OR MAYBE IT MAY HAVE BEEN, I'M NOT SURE THE DATE, BUT THERE WAS A SURVEY OR SOME WORK DONE TO EVALUATE OUR BRIDGES AND THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY WERE IN AND TO WRITE THEM, THERE WAS SOME DISASTER MONEY THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN THE PAST.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THIS MONEY COULD BE USED FOR.

I UNDERSTAND YOU CANNOT BE USED FOR WHATEVER KENDRA IS GOING TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

AND DID WE NOT JUST HAVE SOME KIND OF A SURVEY IN THE RECENT YEARS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR BRIDGES WITH THE PEERS, THE PILLOWS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO.

ARE YOU ASKING SOMEWHAT TO DONALD, TO FRED OR SOMEONE? YEAH, THAT QUESTION TO SOMEBODY I KNOW THAT WAS AN EVALUATION OF OUR BRIDGES BECAUSE WE WERE PUTTING DOWN AN ORDER IN TERMS OF BRIDGES BEING REPAIRED, THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGES APPEARS, UH, FOR THE BRIDGES.

UH, SO IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT'S BEEN DONE TO THIS ALREADY.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK, UH, MS. LEWIS, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T GET TO THE DETAIL AS FOR REPAIRING THE BRIDGE.

IT DOES NOTHING TO DO WITH, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, DOES THAT BRIDGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR ELEVATED OR, OR A POINT, HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THE MAXIMUM FLOW THAT WE CAN GET EACH CHANNEL? AND THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THAT WAS DONE IN 16, BUT NOT TO THE DETAIL THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THIS, UNDER THIS MASTER PLAN AND ALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION KIND OF OVERLAP IN SOME CASES.

YES, BUT NOT EVERY BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CHANNEL HAS BEEN LOOKED AT THOSE CHAMPS, THOSE BRIDGES, THE ONES THAT WE KNOW HAS SOME STRUCTURAL CONCERNS WHO WILL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH THIS.

WE'LL DO A TOTAL EVALUATION OF OUR 325 BRIDGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARISH.

OKAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS DONE ON THE BRIDGES PRIOR TO THIS, AND WHO DID THAT? WHO DID THAT SEARCH OR WHATEVER THIS IS FOR WHO DID THAT WORK? WELL, I KNOW FOR A FACT, I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT WAS DONE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ENGINEERING GROUPS THAT WE LOOKED AT, THEY DID SOME GENERAL INFORMATION OF CONSTRUCTIONAL CONDITION OF MOSTLY THE PILES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ALSO.

OR DO WE HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE APPROACH? WHEREAS THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT IN THE CONDITION, AND THEN WRITE IT SOMEWHAT TO TELL US HOW LONG, HOW MUCH LONGER WE THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM WITHOUT DOING THE LOAD POSTING OF A BRIDGE.

SO THAT WAS DONE JUST ON THAT MS. LEWIS AND, UH, BUT IT'S NOT DETAILED.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR THE BIGGER PICTURE FOR WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN A FUTURE ON MAINTENANCE OF OUR CHANNELS AND WHAT OBSTRUCTIONS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE WAY.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S A DUPLICATION OF WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY THAT I REMEMBER EVERY DETAIL, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE AROUND THE CONDITIONS OF OUR BRIDGES.

IT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MONEY W WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE PLACED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BRIDGES THAT WERE CLOSED.

UH, SO AGAIN, THIS JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S A DUPLICATION OF WORK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THAT REPORT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE REDONE IN THIS REPORT.

SO THAT CONCERNS ME.

I'VE DONE STUFF.

OKAY.

UM, FRED, I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT AND THIS IS NOT DIRECTED TO YOU.

AND IF SOMEBODY SAYS I'M OFF TOPIC, JUST TELL ME, AND I'LL SHUT UP THESE, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE THROWING AT H AND TB, THE PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THESE DITCHES AND EVERYTHING.

I'M LOOKING AT THESE CANALS WHERE THERE'S JONES CREEK CREEK, AND I GOT TREE.

YOU GOT TREES GROWING UP ABOVE THE BRIDGES.

I MEAN, ALL THE CENTRAL THRUWAY, I GOT TREES GROWING OVER THE BRIDGE.

I MEAN, WHAT'S BEING DONE.

I MEAN, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE PRE 2016.

CAUSE IF WE GET A RAIN LIKE WE'VE HAD BEFORE,

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WE'RE DONE, THERE'S NO WAY WITH A WATER IN SOMEBODY'S CANALS.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT POINTING AT YOU.

IT GOES UP HIRING YOU.

SO EITHER SOMEBODY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR THEY DON'T.

SO, I MEAN, I GOT SOME CONCERNS AND PEOPLE GOT CONCERNS BECAUSE WHEN THEY SEE ROADS, THEY SEE ROADS GETTING BUILT AND THE MONEY THEY'RE SPENDING.

I SEE IT.

AND WE'RE THROWING THIS MONEY AS FAR AS STONEWALL, AND WE'RE DOING ALL THIS AND SEEING WHAT THE TREES ARE GROWING IN THESE DITCHES DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY'S WORTH AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO EXPLAIN IT.

CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WE'RE WE'RE AS FAR AS POLICY, WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION, WHAT THEY'RE GOING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT DON'T LIKE, WE'RE GOING ANYWHERE.

I'M NOT POINTING THE FINGER AT YOU.

I'M JUST MAKING A GENERAL COMMENT.

BUT IF I'M OFF BASE, THEY CAN TELL ME AND I'LL SHUT UP.

LEMME JUST SAY, SAY THIS.

I MEAN, NUMBER ONE, I KNOW THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IN THE CENTRAL THRUWAY WHERE WE'RE GRINDING UP A LOT OF THE TREES DOWN THROUGH THE MAJOR CHANNEL OF SOME OF THE TOP OF THE BRIDGE, BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO OPEN.

THERE'S A LOT OF AREA IN THERE WHERE THAT WATER RUNS THROUGH.

AND CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN THAT ALLOWS WITHIN THE CHANNEL ITSELF, IN REGARDS TO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, I WILL TELL YOU THE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS EVERY LINEAR FEET OF JONES CREEK WATCH CREEK KARCHER DAWSON CREEK.

ALSO GOING TO DEAL WITH BAYOU FOUNTAIN AS AN AREA.

AND ALSO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CENTRAL TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ON BEAVER, BY YOU, AND ALSO THE BLACKWATER BY YOU.

THIS IS $255 MILLION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE.

AND, AND WE'RE GOING IN AND DO DECLARING IN SNAGGING, WHICH WILL GET PLACED.

AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE READY TO MOVE ON THREE OF THESE PROJECTS STARTING IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IN THAT RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I WANT TO ALSO, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS GONNA PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, PULL A KNIFE AND STAB IT, BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU, NOT EVERY CHANNEL NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT BECAUSE IT WILL WORK AND IT WILL FUNCTION.

BUT IF YOU DON'T ADDRESS YOUR MAJOR OUTFALLS, WHERE 90% OF THE WATER RUNS TO THE START WITH THE REST OF IT, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

CAUSE IF IT CAN'T GET OUT, NO MATTER HOW CLEAN THE DITCHES BEHIND YOU, IF HE CAN'T GET OUT, IT'S AN ISSUE.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

I KNOW WHAT I'VE HEAR THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HEARING COUNSELING ABOUT.

WHY, WHY IS IT TREES GROWN WISE, WEEDS A BLOND? I KNOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SPRAYING A LOT OF THIS STUFF AT THIS POINT.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND IT STARTS THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU AT THIS POINT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEADING.

THAT WAS JUST MY COMMENTS, BUT LIKE TRYING TO GET OFF, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON HALL.

I JUST WANT TO ADD COMMENTS.

I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH FRED AND H AND TB EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THIS ITEM AND JUST ABOUT THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN ALTOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL POINT TO OUT IN MY AREA, UH, THROUGH DOING SOME OF THIS RESEARCH AND STUDYING, UH, WHICH THIS ITEM WILL FUND, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE BRIDGE THAT, UM, UH, SEEING LIGHT WE'RE SEEING LAND GOES OVER WARD'S CREEK AND IDENTIFY THE OLD STRUCTURE OF THAT BRIDGE AND HOW IT CAN BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO THE FLOW AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS MORE THAN JUST LOOKING AT OUR BRIDGES.

THIS IS LOOKING AT HOW OUR BRIDGES, UM, MAY IMPEDE OR HOW WE CAN CHANGE OUR BRIDGES TO BETTER HANDLE THE FLOW OF WATER.

I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

UM, WE TOOK A TOUR OF BAYOU MANSHACK, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

IT WAS THE TRAIN TRUST LINE THAT GOES ACROSS IT, UH, THAT TRAIN TRESTLE, THE WAY IT'S POSITIONED ACROSS THE, UH, CROSS BY YOU MAN SHACK, UH, MAKES A HUGE IMPEDIMENT TO DEBRIS AND STUFF THAT COMES THROUGH BY YOUR MAN SHACK.

UM, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE LOOK AT THIS, THAT WE HAVE THE DATA TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, AND IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR THEM OVER THE LONG-TERM.

UH, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DATA TO POSITION THE CHANNEL THE WAY IT NEEDS TO GO, WHERE EXACTLY IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND THAT SORT OF THING, UH, TO SPEND OUR MONEY THE MOST WISELY.

SO, UM, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO SCOTT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND THAT KIND OF THING.

I'M WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THAT.

UH, BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A GOOD ITEM, UH, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY.

SO THANK YOU, MATT.

YOU HAD SOMETHING IN THE COMMENT.

YOU STILL THERE.

YOU'RE HERE.

YEAH, I'M SURE.

FRED, I HEARD YOU LIST OFF A NAME, A NAME OF A BUNCH OF OUR WATERWAYS.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY CLAY CUT BY AND TO ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN WILSON SAID THERE ARE, WE HAVE A PORTION FROM BLUEBONNET ROAD TO FLOYD

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L THAT'S A CONCRETE CANAL THAT COULD BE CLEANED OUT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT FUNCTIONS, BUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF BOTH ENDS OF THAT CONCRETE SECTION, YOU DO HAVE SIZEABLE TREES THAT ARE GROWING IN THERE THAT WILL CATCH ANYTHING THAT FLOATS DOWN AND CREATE A DAM FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE.

SO I NEED YOU TO TELL ME THAT CLAY CUT BY WHO WAS INCLUDED IN THAT IF AN INDEED IS INCLUDED IN THAT, CAN YOU DO THAT? WELL, IT'S NOT QUITE CUT BY YOU AS NOT PART OF THE TRIBUTARIES PROJECT FOR THE 255 MAIN AREAS OF OUR OVERALL ONE TO PASS THE PLAN.

AND WE'RE JUST, AND WE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE ENTIRE EVALUATION.

AND THEN WE WILL LOOK TO THAT AND MAKE SOME DETERMINATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO BESIDES TURN IN SNAGIT THAT WHAT WE COULD DO AND THE FUNDING SOURCE TO GET THAT ADDRESSED.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A BRIDGE ON PLANK ROAD BY HURRICANE, BY THAT THE WAY IT'S BUILT, I'M SURPRISED AT ANY WATER GETS THROUGH IT AT ALL, WITH ALL THE PIPES AND THE, THE, TO ME, A VERY FOOLISH DESIGN UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.

SO I UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON CLAY CUP BY YOU, AND I REALIZE THIS IS KYLE OF STICKLERS DEPARTMENT AND MAINTENANCE, BUT WHEN WE HAD CRYSTAL BALL, THEN WE HAD THE HURRICANE COMING AND NOT A DARN THING HAS BEEN DONE OUT THERE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING ME SCARED TO DEATH.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT.

SO MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

CAUSE I AM, I GET ALL THEIR EMAILS.

SO, SO DO I, PARDON SOTO? WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU DO AS WELL.

SO THEY DON'T THINK THAT THAT I'M NOT GETTING THEM TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THIS, THIS, THIS MONEY IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON, UH, LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE OF BRIDGES, RAISING BRIDGES, AND CAN'T BE USED AT ALL IN A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT FROM A MAINTENANCE.

I'M SORRY.

I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT WE CAN, UH, AARON PHOTOGRAPHY THAT WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT.

WE DON'T WANT A FLAT AND GOT SOME DRONE PHOTOS.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THE BRIDGE PACKAGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

I GOT YOU.

WELL, YOU DON'T NEED A DRONE TO GO STAND ON BLUE BONNET ROAD AND LOOK DOWN IN THE STREET IN THERE AND SEE THE TREES.

BUT YES, MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY WATSON.

THE SECOND BY HUDSON.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER I DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS TOO.

I, I GOT TO GO BACK TO WHAT SCOTT SAID.

UH, WHEN RESIDENTS ARE CALLING THEIR TREES AND DITCHES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE THEY ARE CONCERNED, THEY DON'T WANT TO KEEP TELLING THEM ABOUT A SURVEY AND A STUDY TO GO LOOK AT A BRIDGE.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT THESE BRIDGES HAD BEEN DONE AGAIN.

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO PULL IT IN FRONT OF ME, MAYBE GOOD WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN TERMS OF CANALS AND FLOODING IN PEOPLE'S COMMUNITIES.

A LADY SENT ME A PICTURE OF A CANAL BEHIND HER HOUSE, UH, LIVED ON VICKERS DRIVE, WHERE TREES ARE GROWING IN THE CANAL.

AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT FRANCIS AND ABOUT, UH, WATER BEING BACKED.

AND I CAN'T SEE WATER FLOWING FROM OUT OF THESE TWO MALES WITH ALL THIS DEBRIS IN IT.

AND ALL THESE TREES AND STUFF HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE CANAL BEFORE THEY KEEP TELLING US THEY'RE GOING TO SPRAY.

I SENT SOMEBODY OUT, LET'S SUPPOSEDLY SOMEBODY'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT THE WEEK BEFORE THE STORM.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I'M TIRED OF TELLING RESIDENTS THAT PEOPLE OUT AND WE'RE BEHIND IN THE CONTRACT.

I'LL UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.

BUT AT SOME POINT WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER IN TERMS OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR WORKFLOW AND OUR FEMALES IN DITCHES BRIDGES.

I UNDERSTAND.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST REMEMBER THE BRIDGE STUDY BEING DONE TO THE BACK AND FORTH THE BRIDGES AND WHO WAS GOING TO DO THIS, AND I'M NOT PICKING ON H AND TB, BUT I'VE HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER WITH ASHLEY ABOUT HOW MANY CONTRACTS WITH HTB HAVE WITH THE CITY OF BATHROOM TO DO WORK.

AND SO THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME ALSO.

AND, UM, IF THEY'RE GOOD AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY ARE, THAT'S FINE.

BUT I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GET SO MUCH WORK TO ONE COMPANY, ONE FIRM WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY OR SAY THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY THEY DO.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

WHAT IS THIS? WE GOT STARTED TO GET THINGS MOVING.

WE JUST HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO, YES.

MA'AM.

I UNDERSTAND THIS AS LOW AS SHOW ME AS ABSTAINING ON THIS ONE, SCOTT.

OKAY.

COUNSELOR, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON SECOND BY HUDSON AND SHOW COUNCILWOMAN DOLLAR COUNCIL LEWIS ABSTAINING.

ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE ITEM 84 HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNCILORS AND

[85. 20-00812]

WE'LL GO TO ITEM 85.

THAT'S AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT'S CUTER, FULL SIGNALS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2030, JUNE 30TH, 2021 POINT.

THE PAYER SPACE BATON ROUGE AND THE STATE LOUISIANA TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 85, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 85 COUNSELOR.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 85? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 85 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE ITEM 85 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM

[86. 20-00813]

86 AUTHORIZED THE

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MAYOR PREGNANCIES, CUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT OR TO APPRAISAL REVIEW SERVICES WITH JACKIE INC OR ADDITIONAL REVIEWS ASSOCIATED WITH ME, IT'D BE OUR CAPACITY PROJECT.

OH, HAMMOND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

SEGMENT TWO SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL $23,760 TO THE EXISTING CONTRACT AS A MAN.

THE COMPENSATION FOR THE APPRAISAL REVIEW SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED ON THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED $62,260 BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINAGE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 86, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 86, COUNSELOR OF ANY DISCUSSIONS, IF NOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON, ANY OBJECTIONS ITEM 86 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

GUZMAN WOULD GO TO ITEM

[87. 20-00818]

87, AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THEIR AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE CONTRACT WITH LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION INCLUDES CARES, ACT STUFF, MOVING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $194,375 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $829,612 ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS, 87, NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 87 COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.

ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 87, YOU NEED DISCUSSION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 87 MOTION PROVIDE MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 70 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELOR'S GOING TO TAKE

[Items 88 - 92]

ITEMS 88 THROUGH 92 TOGETHER.

I AM 88, THREE 92 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT ITEM 88 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT MEN, THE CURRENT SUB-RECIPIENT THE HIV AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 86,500, $1 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM 89 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT, AND THEN THE CURRENT RECIPIENTS SUB RECIPROCATE CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY LAKE EA IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,000 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM 90 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT.

YOU MEAN THE CURRENT SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY, FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC AND AMOUNT OF $60,000 ITEM 91 AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESENT MEN.

THE CURRENT SUB SEPARATE CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES, A GREATER BATON ROUGE AND AMOUNT OF $15,500 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, ITEM 92 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR PRESENT AMEND THE CURRENT SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH THE NO AIDS TASK FORCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 88 THROUGH 92, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS 88 THROUGH 92 COUNSELOR.

ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 88 THROUGH 92 MOTION BY LOUIS? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BILE HUTSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEMS? 88 THROUGH 92 HAD BEEN APPROVED ITEM 93

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TO AMEND THE 2020 ALUMNA POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE.

SO THAT'S A CHANGE THE ALLOTMENT OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS FAR AS ALLOWS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 27TH, 2020 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ELITE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST TO JOD CODE 2020 AND ADD ONE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY ON CLASSIFIED JOB CODE 35 TO 12 BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 93 COUNSELORS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 93.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 93 MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER? ANY OBJECTIONS? NO OBJECTIONS.

ITEM 93 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING

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TO GO TO ADJUDICATE OF PROPERTY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 94 THROUGH ONE OH NINE TOGETHER ITEM 94 IS LIGHT TRACK X DASH TWO DASH EIGHT DASH FOUR, SUBDIVISION JOBY LEWIS, A STATE METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR WILSON HIGH BIDDER, CHRISTOPHER ROBBINS, $22,600 ITEM 95, LOT 60 AND 62 POINTS.

SQUARE 12 SUBDIVISION SOUTH BATON ROUGE, METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 WICKER HIGH BIDDER WILLIAM L TRASK $2,000 ITEM 96, LOT TO SQUARE.

45 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE BITTERS, ELLA M MORGAN, $200 ITEM 97, LOT 27 SQUARE 46 SOUTHERN SOUTH BATON ROUGE.

METRO COUNTIES, 10 WICKER, UH, BITTER SHEILA CHARLO SAY EAST SIDE DINGO.

I'M SORRY.

ON OUR DOLLARS ITEM.

98 LOT D SQUARED 23 SUBDIVISION NORTH BATON ROUGE.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.

I BETTER JAMES AND ANNIE TAKE $100 ITEM 99, LOT 22 DASH A SQUARE 51 SUBDIVISION BANK.

METRO COUNTY DISTRICT 10 WICKER.

HI BEAR IS JACKIE CLAYTON.

$100 ITEM.

100 IS LOT 24 DASH A SQUARE 51 SUBDIVISION BANK, METRO COUNTRY.

THEN WHAT? 10 WICKER.

I BET HER JACKIE CLAYTON, $100.

I DON'T WANT TO ONE LOT 19 PLUS SQUARE.

EIGHT SOTHEBY'S PARADISE PARK.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS, HIGH BIDDERS, ALICIA B EVANS, $100.

ITEM ONE TO TWO LOT TWO SQUARE 23 SUBDIVISION PROSPERITY.

METRO COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 WICKER.

I BITTERS FREDERICK D EDWARDS AND ROSE IN EDWARDS.

$500 ITEM ONE OH THREE LOT 26 SQUARE 23

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SUBDIVISION EAST FAIRFIELD, METRO COUNSELOR, DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDERS, STACY RUSSELL, CLAY AND HAROLD J. CLAY.

$2,000.

ITEM ONE OH FOUR LOT.

NOT FOR SQUARE.

29 SUBDIVISION BAKER TOWN SITE, FEDERAL COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.

I BET IS RICKY SINCLAIR AT $30,000 ITEM ONE TO FIVE LOT 11 SQUARE ONE SOUTHERN RICHMOND PARK, METRO COUNTY DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGHBURY, A C L A ENTERPRISE IS $16,200.

ITEM ONE OH SIX, LOT 38 SQUARE 29.

SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.

COLE I'D BETTER IS TREY TREY UP TRAVIS DAY, $200.

I DON'T WANT TO A SEVEN LOT 39 SQUARE 29.

SO THE VISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE.

HI BITTERS TRAVIS DAY, $200 ITEM ONE TO EIGHT LOT 40 SQUARE 29 SUBDIVISION GREENVILLE EXTENSION METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BITTER TRAVIS DAY $200 ITEM ONE OH NINE, LOT 54 AND 55 SQUARE FOUR.

SO THERE'S AN EATING PLACE.

METRO COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE HIGH BIDDERS, DOMINIC PLAIN, $12,000.

ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS? 94, THREE ONE OH NINE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 94, THREE, ONE OH NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? 94 THROUGH ONE OH NINE.

THERE ARE MOTION APPROVE ITEM 94 THROUGH ONE OH NINE MOTION APPROVED BY GREEN SECOND, A WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEMS 94, THREE, ONE OH NINE.

I'VE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBER GOING

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TO GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE 10.

ASHLEY.

YOU WANT TO TAKE ON ONE 10 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, A CHAPEL TRACE COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OR REPLACING MICHAEL PROCTOR.

THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM.

THE CURRENT BALLOT IS CHRISTINE DEMEYERS AND AMANDA TALK US.

UM, WE CAN EITHER ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT ONE OF THESE TWO APPLICANTS OR I CAN RUN THE BALLOT.

UM, MR. HUDSON, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINTED AS CHRISTINE DEMEYERS.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPOINT CHRISTINE DEMIRA.

MR. HUDSON, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY MS. ROCCA? UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTING MISDEMEANORS SEEING NO OBJECTIONS? MR. MYERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

OKAY.

COUNCIL

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MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS, UH, ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 14 TOGETHER AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REAPPOINT EACH ONE AND I'LL READ THEM AS ITEM ONE.

11 IS FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, BOARD CONSIDERATION RE-APPOINTING OR PLACING CHARLE HALL, ART BALLAST, CHARLES HALL, MICHAEL KIMBALL, JESSE MILAN AND LARRY POLINSKY ITEM ONE 12, OUR PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE, ADVISORY BOARD CONCERNS, RIO REAPPOINTING REPLACING MICHAEL KIMBALL ITEM ONE 13 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE ADVISORY BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTING OR REPLACING JESSE MILAN, AN ITEM ONE 14, THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THERE'S A REAPPOINTING REPLACING LARRY LEWINSKY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEMS? ONE 11 THROUGH ONE 14 TO APPROVE MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS OR NONE ITEMS? ONE 11 THREE, ONE 14.

THEY HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED COUNCIL

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MEMBERS ITEM, UH, ONE 15.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLICANTS.

SO WE PROBABLY, UH, TO DEFER ITEM ONE 15, CAUSE WE JUST APPOINTED THE FOUR APPLICANTS AND THERE WAS A FIFTH SPOT.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE A, A, UM, A RADON, ONE 41 CUSHION TO DEFER FIRE PROTECTION, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, ADVISORY BOARD CONCESSION RE REPLACING AREOLA JOHNSON COUNSELORS.

I NEED A MOTION.

WE DEFER TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, SCOTT.

EXCUSE ME.

DID SHE NOT? DID SHE NOT WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED? I SEE THAT HER, SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE REAPPOINTED.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING BY COLLINS LEWIS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 15 HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 9TH OUTSIDE.

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REMEMBER CHANGE ORDERS.

ITEM ONE 16 IS HANGS DRIVE, LANDERS DROP PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT, CONTRACTOR AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

CHANGE OUR MOUNTAINS OF CREDIT $6,904 AND 31 CENTS.

ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE, ONE 16, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 16 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ONE 16, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVE ITEM ONE 16 BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 16 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY

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ALL ACCEPTANCES ITEM ONE 17 IS THANKS.

DRIVE LAND IS DRY PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CONTRACT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

FINAL COST US $498,712 AND 60 CENTS.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 17, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 17 ITEM ONE 17 FIRST APPROVED BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY ROCK.

OUR ONLY OBJECTIONS HERE, NONE ITEM ONE 17 HAS BEEN APPROVED COUNSELING.

WE'VE GOT TO ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS.

GO TO ITEM

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ONE.

18 IS EMERGENCY REPAIRS FOR CHARLO OR KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER, JW GRANT LLC, $94,800.

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ACTUALLY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 18, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE, 18 COUNCIL RAINY DISCUSSION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 18? THERE'S IMPROVED BY GREEN SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 18 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM

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ONE 19 NORTH LANDFILL, FIRE PIT DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES INC $427,900.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 19, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM ONE 19 COUNSELOR.

ANY DISCUSSION ON ONE 19 OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 19 LOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON THERE.

SECOND, SECOND BY GREEN, ANY OBJECTIONS AND ON ITEM ONE 19 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELOR

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WOULD GO TO OTHER ITEMS. ONE 20 IS RECEIVING THE DATE FROM THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE ON THE PLANNING FOR RETURNING AND PERSON METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TEAM BY THE COUNCIL OR STATE OR TREASURE ASHLEY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL OPEN UP FOR ASHLEY, LET HER MAKE HER COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATED REPORT ON OUR PLANS THAT, UM, WE HAVE MADE SINCE THE JUNE 24TH MEETING WHEN I GAVE THE LAST REPORT ABOUT RETURNING TO IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE REPORT THAT I EMAILED TO YOU AND THAT I ATTACHED TO THE ITEM, UM, IN, ON THE PAPERLESS AGENDA ONLINE.

SO I WILL NOT READ IT TO YOU, BUT, UM, UH, AGAIN, OUR UNDERLYING, UM, AND GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR TRYING TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS IS SAFETY.

UM, BUT ALSO ENSURING THE PUBLIC'S ACCESS TO, UM, THESE, UH, MEETINGS.

SO WE EXPLORED A FEW OPTIONS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, SINCE, UH, NO, SINCE, UM, JUNE 24TH, WE EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF MEETING OFFSITE OF MEETING EITHER AT THE RIVER CENTER, UH, BREAKFAST , UH, EAST BATON SQUARE SCHOOL BOARD FACILITY.

AND JUST TO BE FRANK WITH Y'ALL THE, UM, LOGISTICS AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO RELOCATE THE ENTIRETY OF THE METRO COUNCIL, PUBLIC STAFF, TECHNOLOGY, AUDIO VISUAL, UM, IT MAKES IT AN UNAPPEALING OPTION FROM A, UM, RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT FINANCIAL AND TIME.

UM, SO THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT OFF THE TABLE.

WE, UM, HAVE SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE FURTHER IF, UM, OUR NEXT OPTION DOES NOT, UH, DOES NOT PROVE FRUITFUL, BUT, UM, WE ALSO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A HYBRID MEETING.

I MENTIONED THAT IN THE LAST REPORT THAT, UM, POSSIBILITY WOULD MEAN PERHAPS SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT IN CHAMBERS, SOME WERE PRESENT VIRTUALLY, UM, SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT IN PERSON AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT VIRTUALLY.

UM, WE DO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE WEBEX, UM, IS NOT SET UP TO, UH, FACILITATE THOSE TYPES OF MEETINGS.

UM, UH, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CHAMBERS SINCE, UM, UH, SINCE MARCH, UH, ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AND IT, IT PRODUCES, UM, THAT SOUND AND, UM, JUST, JUST SOME, UM, TECHNOLOGICAL HURDLES THAT, THAT MAKE IT NOT, UH, AN APPEALING OPTION EITHER.

SO IT IS NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.

WE ALSO REALLY DIDN'T GET A SOLID ANSWER.

UM, AND WHERE ARE THE OTHER ABOUT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF HOLDING SUCH A MEETING? SO, UM, SO, BUT, UH, WE KIND OF, UM, CONTINUE TO BRAINSTORM AFTER WE LOOKED INTO HOLDING AN OFFSITE MEETING ABOUT HAVING THE ENTIRETY OF THE METRO COUNCIL PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UM, ALONG WITH STAFF AND PRESS AND, AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, UM, HAVE THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE PRESENT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UM, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GATHER IN A, IN AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.

UM, WHAT WE ARE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW IS THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.

UM, THERE'S A THIRD FLOOR MEETING ROOM THAT HAS A CAPACITY TO HOLD AT LEAST 50 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMENT FROM THAT LOCATION.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, I S AND OUR AUDIO VISUAL CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD, UM, ENABLE THE, UM, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE AT THE LIBRARY TO BE STREAMED DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE COUNCIL MEETING, OBVIOUSLY TO BE STRAINED, UM, WHAT WAS HAPPENING INSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO BE STREAMED TO THE LIBRARY AS WELL.

SO, UM, THAT WOULD PROVIDE AT LEAST A STEP CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROVIDE FOR LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL WOULD NOT BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THE SIZE AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS JUST DOES NOT PROVIDE A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS FOR US WITH RESPECT TO MAINTAINING DISTANCE, UM, AND, UM,

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HAVING MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION BY THE PUBLIC.

SO, UM, I'VE WORKED WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, BATON ROUGE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, BATON ROUGE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TALK TO, UM, INFORMATION SERVICES HAS BEEN IMMENSELY HELPFUL AND KEY, AND KIND OF HELPING US BRAINSTORM THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

UM, AND ALSO JUST CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP Y'ALL SAFE, TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE, TO KEEP THE REST OF OUR STAFF STAY.

SO, UM, UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THE UPDATED REPORT THAT I PROVIDED SOME OF THE, UM, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.

IT'S THE SAME STUFF THAT WE WENT OVER, UM, IN JUNE, THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED.

UM, BUT AS Y'ALL ALL KNOW, UM, THINGS CHANGE, UH, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SAFETY AND BEST PRACTICES.

SO, UH, I, I'M COMMITTED TO STAYING ON TOP OF THAT.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, ENSURING, UM, SAFETY TO THE EXTENT IT IS POSSIBLE.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, OR IF I CAN CLARIFY ANYTHING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ANYONE.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, DONNA.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, AFTER I ASKED YOU ALREADY PLANNED TO DO THIS, JUST TO KEEP US POSTED AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE CHECK OUT, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THIS, IF IT'S GONNA WORK, OR IF WE HAVE TO GO TO PLAN B OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO JUST KINDA KEEP US, OF COURSE, AS WE GO ALONG, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANKS.

AND, UM, AND, AND I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RUN.

I WAS HOPING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN A TEST OF THIS, UM, PROPOSAL LAST WEEK, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE CLOSURES, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT, UM, IT IS ON THE AGENDA TO DO IT NEXT WEEK.

AND I'VE HAD COMMITMENTS FROM, UM, THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE TO HELP US KIND OF, UH, SIMULATE AS MUCH OF A COUNCIL MEETING AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO WORK OUT ANY KINKS THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT.

UM, AND SO I HAVE A, UH, UH, Y'ALL HAVE SOME TREMENDOUS STAFF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE MORE THAN COMMITTED TO TRYING TO GET THIS TO WORK.

UM, AND I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED IF, UM, IF WE ENCOUNTER ANY HURDLES OR IF WE THINK WE CAN GET IT IMPLEMENTED, UM, FOR EITHER THE LAST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER OR THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER IS, UH, THE GOAL, UH, IS THAT, IS THAT IT DONNA? ANY COMPS? YES, I'M GOOD.

I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

THANKS.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING ONCE? OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, GO AHEAD, MATT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ASHLEY AND EVERYONE ELSE.

WHO'S TRYING TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED AND BEING CRAZY AS THE PLANET GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED THAT THEY SHOULD BE.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

UH, HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COLLINS LEWIS SECOND BY THE CHAIR AND Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

BYE-BYE EVERYBODY BE SAFE?