Oct 14, 2020 Metropolitan Council

THE PUBLIC BODY THROUGH THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE 10:00 AM CAN SET FORTH REASONABLE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS.

SO WE HAVE, BEFORE WE START, UM, WITH THINGS THAT MAY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON IT, I'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE EMAILS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF HAVING THESE MEETINGS WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUBMITTING A PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL WORRIED ABOUT THE PANDEMIC POTENTIAL EXPOSURE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMORBIDITIES AND ALSO, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE CARETAKERS.

SO WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE OUR PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COME AND POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN TO US WHAT, WHAT THE RULES ARE WITH REGARD TO THAT? SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, PLEASE, ANDY ARE IN THE HOT SEAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

SORRY, SORRY, MR. DODSON.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

Y'ALL KNOW THEY GOOD ANSWER.

NO GOOD TO SEE.

EVERYONE'S HALF FACES COME TO BEAT THE MASK.

TIMMY AGAIN, COUNCILMAN MOROCCO WITH THE EXACT QUESTION, I THINK SHE'S ASKED ABOUT THE EMAILS, WHY THEY CAN'T EMAIL IN, IN PARTICULAR.

ONE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT PRIOR TO ALL OF THE PANDEMIC HAPPENING, THERE WAS, UM, COMMENT CARDS THAT PEOPLE COULD FILL OUT AND THEN HAVE THEM READ, UM, IN OUR OPEN MEETINGS.

AND IF THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME INTO PODIUM OR DIDN'T WANT TO WALK UP IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE SAME THING, BUT PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT VIA EMAIL.

SO THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS AND I'M, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT BEFORE WE GET THIS STARTED AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY HAVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN, UM, THAT THIS IS IN FACT LEGAL AND MAYBE THE ORDINANCES THAT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, I DON'T RECALL SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE'VE EVER FILLED OUT A CARD, WE READ IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO COME UP.

I'VE NEVER, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOUR LADY.

I'M A LOUD COORDINATOR TO COME UP CAUSE SHE'S KIND OF TAKEN THE LEAD IN THEIR OFFICE REGARDING THIS ISSUE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COMPLIANT.

THE WAY THAT WE READ THE LAW IS THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A COUNCIL IS TO, FOR PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

UH, AND DURING THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE WE'RE DOING MEETINGS VIRTUALLY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US FROM EVERYTHING THAT WE READ, EVERYTHING WE EVER DANCED ATTAIN AND THROUGH THE AGS OPINION, WAS THAT DOING, ALLOWING THE COMMENTS BY EMAIL WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND BENEFICIAL WAY TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.

NOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION MADE A DECISION FOR US TO COME BACK INTO CHAMBERS, THE WAY THAT WE FACILITATE COMMENTS IS BY PEOPLE APPEARING IN PERSON AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

WE'VE A COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR HAS FACILITATED THAT ABILITY BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE LIBRARY BUILDING, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR AND A FACILITATOR ALLOWS THEM TO SEE THE REAL TIME, UH, MEETING THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY AND ALLOWS THEM TO PROVIDE COMMENT IN REAL TIME.

SO WHEN THE MATTER COMES UP, THAT'S SPECIFIC THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT TIME FIRST TO DO BOTH OF THEM, WE THINK CAN CAUSE SOME REDUNDANCY BECAUSE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SENT US EMAILS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO TALK AS WELL.

AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE METHOD BY WHICH WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE HEARD.

AND SO SNYDER WENT BACK HERE IN PERSON.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THE MEETING LIVE AND COMMENT IN LIVE.

I HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME IN LIVE TO THEIR PARTICULAR MATTER ITEM.

IT'S OUR OPINION THAT IT MEETS ALL THE RECORDS, REQUIREMENTS SOUND LIKE AND ANYTHING I MISSED DITTO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS.

SO BASICALLY THAT'S IT.

AS LONG AS YOU ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD, THEY ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

UM, HOW IT'S DONE IS WHERE THE LAW IS SILENT.

THEY DON'T TELL US HOW TO DO IT.

SO EVERY PARISH IN THIS STATE THAT ARE TRAILBLAZERS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY POC PROCLAMATIONS, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, UM, WITH THE LAW PROVIDES, IS THAT

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AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE MEETING AND THEY CAN, UH, THEY CAN GET THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA VIDEO, EMAIL, FAX, TELEPHONE, OR OTHER MEANS FOR A PERIOD PROCEEDING THE MEETING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO DO.

UM, COURTNEY, CAN YOU LOWER YOUR MASK A LITTLE BIT SO HE CAN HEAR YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE MUFFLED JUST SO YOU CAN HEAR I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALL OF, UM, SO BASICALLY THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S IT, I MEAN THAT, WHERE WE'VE ALLOWED THEM AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU GUYS WERE DOING IT VIA TELECONFERENCE, WE ALLOWED THE PUBLIC AND OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL.

NOW THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU ALL, CAUSE IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF YOU ALL BEING PHYSICALLY TOGETHER.

THAT'S THE BIG DEAL.

UM, WE'RE ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS.

UM, I GUESS IN LIFETIME, WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW THIS GOES, BUT, UM, IN LIFETIME VIA, UH, I GUESS, UH, THROUGH VIDEO AND THAT'S WHAT THE LAW PROVIDES THAT AS LONG AS WE AFFORD THEM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, ONE OF THOSE WAYS THEY CAN DO THAT.

I THINK COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN, WHERE YOU FINISHED OR WERE YOU FINISHED? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I JUST, I THINK COUNSEL ON CARL'S LEWIS QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW, IS THIS ON, IS THIS ON, I GUESS SO I HAD THE SAME CONCERN AND LOOKING AT SOME EMAILS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALLOWED THE PUBLIC, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET IN THE LIBRARY, THERE ARE STILL CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DOING THIS FROM THE SAME WAY THAT THEY WERE DOING IT BEFORE ABLE TO SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD ONLINE, A ONE PERSON I'M SURE ALL OF US GOT THAT EMAIL WHO TAKES CARE OF A ELDERLY PERSON.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF ELDERLY.

PEOPLE STILL DON'T WANT TO BE IN A ROOM BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE'RE TAKING OUR MASK OFF TO TALK AND WE'RE PROJECTING.

SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT ARE CONSTANTLY SPEAKING AND THE DROP WAS IN THE AIR.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A SCIENTIST, BUT I'M JUST REPEATING.

WHAT'S BEEN HER.

SO SOME PEOPLE STILL ARE NOT FEELING SAFE IN TERMS OF BEING IN A SETTING LIKE THIS OR IN THE LIBRARY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SET SOMETHING OR CAN WE AS A BODY PUT SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW, AS LONG AS THIS PANDEMIC IS SUCH THAT IT IS THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD ELECTRONICALLY THAT WILL BE READ AND ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BODY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO? SO AS LONG AS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, THAT IS AN OPTION.

AGAIN, THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS BODY RECEIVES PUBLIC COMMENTS IS PRETTY MUCH UP TO THE PUBLIC BODY, THROUGH THE COUNCIL ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE.

WE DO NEED TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PLACE ELECTRONICALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SUBMIT ONE.

BUT THIS BODY CATALOG WITH ELECTRONIC COMMENTS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUPS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE LARGER SCOPE OF THINGS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THOSE, THOSE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS IN.

BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO FEEL LEFT OUT OF THIS PROCESS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO AN ELECTRONIC.

AND BECAUSE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING INTO SETTINGS LIKE THIS OR THE SETTING AT THE LIBRARY, THEY STILL DON'T FEEL SAFE.

AND I THINK THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT A COMMENT IN PUBLICLY AND HAVE THAT COMMON READ.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN RECOMMEND THIS AS A BODY TO ASHLEY OR STAT OR HOW WE NEED TO DO THIS AS A BODY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THAT PROCESS STILL IN PLACE.

UH, LOOKING AT NUMBER OF STATES ARE TRICKLING BACK UP IN TERMS OF COVID NUMBERS.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE PROCESS OPEN, AT LEAST FOR NOW, FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL PEOPLE FELT MUCH SAFER GOING OUT, OR IF I'M NERVOUS, WE WENT DOWN TO WHERE TEXAS NUMBERS ARE, SOME OF THE OTHER STATES, BUT FOR NOW I THINK OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL AS THEY ARE.

AND PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT COMFORTABLE BEING IN SETTINGS.

AND GOING BACK INTO THE SETTINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING THERE WITH ELDERLY CHILDREN ARE A VULNERABLE POPULATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THAT PROCESS, BUT HE'S SAYING IT'S OUR DECISION AS A BODY.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AS A BODY THAT WE LOOK AT, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO STILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT, UH, ELECTRONICS, THE ONLY CAVEAT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, THE COORDINATOR SAID THIS, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS DURING THE TIME THAT THE EMERGENCY IS DECLARED.

YOU KNOW, IF THE LORD IS WILLING TO, WE COME OUT OF THE EMERGENCY, DECLARATION IS GONE, THEN THAT CHANGES THE SITUATION.

AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WILL NOT BE WELL.

I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE TIME THAT WE COME OUT OF THIS, BUT AS LONG AS WE ARE STILL IN THIS AND WE ARE STILL IN IT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SITTING UP HERE WITH MASK ON.

SO I STILL FEEL LIKE AS LONG AS WE'RE IN IT, WE COULD DO IT FOR 60 DAYS REVISITED IN 90 DAYS OR WHATEVER, OR THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN THE NEXT COUNCIL CAN COME ON AND DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO KEEP IT IN PLACE.

BUT I THINK FOR THE TIME BEING,

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UH, I KNOW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WILL MAKE COMMENTS, SO YOU DON'T MESS WITH ME.

UH, COUNSEL, YOU WANT TO GO BACK VIRTUAL? YES.

UH, LAMA, LET ASH, I KNOW COUNCILMAN, YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND I KNOW CASPER, HUDSON WANTS MY COMMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO LET ASHLEY, SHE WANTED MAKE A COMMENT.

AND I THINK IF WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT BY THE COUNCIL, POSSIBLY TEMPORARY UNTIL THIS IS OVER, BUT I'M GONNA LET ASHLEY SPEAK, UH, ON THIS ISSUE.

YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY.

UH, COUNCILMAN BANKS HAS AN ITEM BEING TONIGHT, ITEM 59, UM, THAT WOULD AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SO THAT Y'ALL CAN DECIDE IF, WHAT KIND OF PROCEDURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE OR UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS.

SO THAT'S ITEM 59 ON YOUR AGENDA.

UM, AND IF, UM, I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S PARTICULAR, UH, PROCEDURES THAT Y'ALL WANT TO SEE IMPLEMENTED THAT COUNCILWOMAN BANKS, UH, I'M SURE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH Y'ALL TO MAKE THE PROCEDURE SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT THE PARENT'S ATTORNEYS INDICATED IS TRUE, BUT THOSE ARE THE MINIMUM, UM, OPEN BEETLE REQUIREMENTS BY LAW.

WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT REDUCE THAT OVER AND TO IT.

AND SO, UM, CAUSE I DID CALL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE CONSTITUENCY STAFF MEMBERS.

AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN STATE LAW THAT SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS ELECTRONIC PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT THE ABSENCE OF THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS EXPRESSLY FOR BIG LEGALLY ENTITIES CAN BE MORE EXPANSIVE THAN STATE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC.

UM, THEY JUST CAN'T BE MORE RESTRICTED, MEANING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS FOR THE SCRATCH THING TO ADD ANY POLICIES THAT GRANT MORE ACCESS LIKE ADOPTING THAT ELECTRONIC COMMENTS, POLICY, AND CHOOSING TO READ THE COMMENTS A LOUD SO THAT THEY OFTEN OBSERVED AS A RECORD.

THIS IS A CHOICE.

UH, OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

SO I GUESS WHEN WE GET TO 59, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT IT AROUND ME.

I DON'T WANT TO BE WHERE IT CAN MISS SOMEBODY.

I DO WANT TO PROVIDE THAT.

MA'AM I WAS JUST GOING TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HER ITEMS YOU SPEAK ABOUT.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I THINK WE NEED LEGAL CLARITY ON THIS.

IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND THEN WE CHANGE IT LATER, IS THAT GOING TO VITIATE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TONIGHT BY RE INSTITUTING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE FUTURE? ARE WE GOOD? YEAH.

[Condemnations]

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONDEMNATIONS AND I'M GOING TO READ THE, UH, COMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE THE FOUR ITEMS FOR TWO WEEKS, 61 THROUGH 96 COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE HAD TO DEFER THESE FOR TWO WEEKS.

IF YOU WANT TO DEFER AN ITEM OR DELAYED ITEM, YOU CAN, BUT THERE'S NO ITEMS THAT CAN PROCEED.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 61 THROUGH 96? I'M 61 THROUGH 96.

COUNCILMAN, IS THAT LOOK, HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE'S ANYONE THAT YOU NEED TO DEFER AN ITEM FOR LATER OR DELETE AN ITEM COUNCIL MEMBERS QUICKER.

ITEM, I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY GOING INTO PART, SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO, BUT OUT OF 95 FOR 30 DAYS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL? YES.

I JUST NEED TO DELETE ITEMS. 61 67 AND 84.

ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE EITHER BEEN BOARDED UP OR BRING BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO COMMERCE.

AND THEN IF I CAN JUST DEFER

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MA'AM ITEM NUMBER 69 DEFERRED UNTIL THE 10 28 THAT'S TWO WEEKS.

AUTHORIZE A MAYOR PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARISH OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTIES WITH MONIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PEARS AND TO EXECUTE ALL SUCH SALES AND OTHER DOCTORS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTIES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LADY JANE WAS A PUBLIC.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE ELSE GOING ONCE? OKAY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL DPW RECOMMENDATIONS AND STATED CHANGES.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS ITEMS 62 THROUGH 66, ITEM 68 THROUGH 83 AND ITEMS 85 THROUGH 94 AND 96.

WE'RE GOING TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, ITEM 95.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DELETE ITEMS 61 67 AND 84.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL DPW RECOMMENDATION STATED CHANGES COUNSEL BY WICKER SECOND BY ROCK OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE CONDEMNATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELORS ARE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC

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HEARINGS AND MEETINGS.

I'LL GO TO ITEM 97 AUTHORIZED THE MALE PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY OF BATON ROUGE TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTIES AND MONIES PROVIDED THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE, THE 2018 GRANT MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND TO EXECUTE ALL SUCH SALES AND OTHER DOCTORS NECESSARY FOR REQUIRED SET PROPERTIES BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAYS DOWN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE PICK ON ITEM 97 SAYING ON A PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILMAN WAS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE? AND ITEM NINE IS SEVEN MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

AND SECOND BY ROCK.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 97 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM 98,

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CAN WE SPEAK ON ITEM 98 SAYING NONE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 98 MOTION BY HUDSON.

SECOND BY ROCCA.

ARE THEY ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE ITEM 98, IT'S BEEN APPROVED ITEM 99

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AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESENT EXCEPT THE GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,990 AND 14 CENTS ON HIS STATE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION IN STATE HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

EQUIPMENT TRAINING EXERCISE NEEDS TO PREVENT, PROTECT AGAINST MITIGATE, RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM THE ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS BY HOMELAND SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR LAYS AND JOHN WITH THE PUBLIC.

HERE WE SPEAK ON ITEM 99.

AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT THE MATTER ENTITLED ANNIE CHUTES VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE AT ALL IN AMOUNT OF $150,000.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 99, MOTION BY BANKS.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 99 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 100,

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BUT OF COURSE COSTS AND AMOUNT OF $100 PROBABLY TOTAL AMOUNT OF $150,100 AND APPROPRIATING $150,100 FOR SUCH PURPOSE BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAYS JONES, A POKEMON WERE SPENT ON ITEM 100 SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 100 MOTION BY HUDSON SECOND BY ROCKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM 100 HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE OH ONE

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AUTHORIZED TO SELL.

WHEN THE CLAIM OF DANIELLE MITCHELL FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A SEWER BACKUP IN THE CLAIMANT'S HOUSE WHERE HE TOLD AMOUNT OUT OF $22,082 AND 64 CENTS, WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE GENERAL LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAYS.

AND JOHN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE.

SEEING THE ONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILOR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH ONE AND BY ROCCA SECOND BY THE HUDSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HERE, NONE ITEM ONE OH ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO AUTHORIZE THE SELMA,

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THE CLAIM OF PERETTI JAGUAR LAND ROVER, BATON ROUGE FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE BATTERY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER IN AMOUNT OF $59,072 AND 55 CENTS, WHICH AMOUNT SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE ACCOUNT DESIGNATED INSURANCE AUTO LIABILITY BY THE PARISH ATTORNEY LAYS AND JOHNS, A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE SPEAK ON 102 HERE.

AUTHORIZED MERE PRESENCE, MEN AND APPLICATION OF GRANT, EXCEPT THEY GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES FOR ADMINISTRATION, FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, OFFICE

THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH TWO MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY HUDSON RUNNING OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE OH TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM 100, THREE

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OF HEADSTART IN AMOUNT OF 2,978,000 ANNUALLY, PROBABLY TOTAL AMOUNT OF $14,890,000 BY THE HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR LAYS IN GENERAL.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE WITH THREE SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

CALCIUM AREA IS MOTION TO PROVE ATTENTION ON CONTINGENT ON GRANTS, GRANTS, REVIEW APPROVAL MOTION BY ROCCA.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE TO THREE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE OH FOUR

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RESENDING DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL DECISION ORDER OF RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2020 IN A MATTER OF CITY OF BATON ROUGE VERSUS BRIAN NOBLE IN TONYA NOBLE 22, 76, 68 AVENUE.

REASON FOR RESCISSIONS.

THE WRONG ADDRESS WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE NOTICE AND CONDEMNATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT LADY, JANET WAS A PUBLIC.

CAN WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH FOUR? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILORS OF ITEM ONE OH FOUR.

MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES, A LITTLE SECOND BY HUDSON.

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

I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE FIVE AUTHORIZED

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THE MAYOR.

PRESIDENT EXECUTE A CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH FORTE AND TABATA INC FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE.

BE OUR CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, NORTH 22ND TO AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND A MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED $1,939,362 AND 95 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LAYS.

AND JOHN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH BEGAN ON ITEM ONE OH FIVE, SAY NONE.

PUBLICANS CLOSE.

COUNCILMEMBER MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OH FIVE MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE OH FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE OF SIX

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CERTIFYING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AGREED TO CERTAIN STIPULATIONS REQUIRED BY LOUISIANA DLT.

DOTD BUYS PREREQUISITES FOR PARTICIPATION, CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARIS OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM BY TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LATE IN JUNE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE OH SIX.

EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH LIGHTING DESIGN SERVICES WITH INFINITY ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, LLC, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR CAPACITY PROJECT JONES CREEK ROAD TIGERMAN ROAD TWO AIRLINE HIGHWAY IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 100, $109,300 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR, DREAM DIRECTOR LAYS.

COUNSELOR'S NOTION.

PROVE ITEM ONE OH SIX MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NINE ONE OH SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED ON A ONE OH SEVEN AUTHORIZED MAYOR.

PRESENT

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AND JOHN'S A PUBLICAN, WHICH THEY GO OUT.

ITEM ONE OH SEVEN SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE OF SEVEN MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO HEARING NONE ITEM ONE OH SEVEN HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'M ONE OH EIGHT

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AUTHORIZED MAYOR PRESIDENT'S FUSE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT.

NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BAR CAPACITY, PROJECT MIDWAY AND A MOUNTAIN.

I'VE SEEN $82,520 BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LAYS.

AND JOHN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE JUST PICK ON ONE OH EIGHT, SAY NONE.

THE MAYOR PRESIDENTS GET A CONTRACT PROFESSIONALS ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH EVANS GRAVES, ENGINEERS, INC, OR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH MOVIE BR CORRIDOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT NORTH BOULEVARD.

COUNCILMAN MOTION, APPROVE ITEM ONE OH EIGHT MOTION BY LUPE.

SECOND BY WATSON.

ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM ONE OH EIGHT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ITEM ONE OH NINE, AUTHORIZING

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I WANT 10 TO FOSTER, FLORIDA AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $854,585 66 CENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION DRAINS DIRECTOR LAYS IN JAIL WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE OH NINE, SAY NONE.

ITEM ONE OH NINE.

MAYOR PRESENT TO SUBMIT SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE SYDNEY PARISH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIONS PLANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 16 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 18 FISCAL YEAR OH SEVEN THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 14 FISCAL YEAR 99 FISCAL YEAR 19 FISCAL YEAR 92 THROUGH 94 AND THE YEARS 2010 THROUGH 2014 AND 2015 THROUGH 2019 BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION PROOF MOTION BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING ON ITEM ONE OH NINE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND A ONE 10 AUTHORIZED

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PUBLIC HERE, WHICH BIG ON ITEM ONE 10 SAYING ON THE PUBLIC CASE, CLOSE COUNCIL TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 10 COUNCILWOMAN CALL.

YOU GOT A QUESTION.

CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TELL ME WHAT THE AMENDMENT WILL? SURE.

SO THESE AMENDMENTS WERE PUT IN FOR THE AREAS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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DEVELOPMENTS AND HOMELESS DIVERSION PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE A GRANTS REVIEW AND THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR ANY OF THE SUBSTANTIAL DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

SO THESE PROJECTS ARE PAST PROJECTS, BUT WE NEED TO FORMALIZE THE AMENDMENT IN THE COMP PLAN FOR THOSE YEARS FOR HUD.

SO THAT MEANS ADDITIONAL MONEY.

IT DOES NOT MEAN ADDITIONAL MONEY.

THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED AND EXPENDED.

THIS IS JUST THE PLAN, FORMALLY BEING DOCUMENTED THAT THAT'S WHERE CITY PARISH SPENT THOSE DOLLARS.

AND HE GOT THE CALIFORNIA ONE SPEED MOTION FREE BY COLLINS LEWIS.

SECOND BY WATSON WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE 10 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THEM.

ONE 11

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AUTHORIZATION WITH THE MAYOR, PRESIDENT EXCEPT EXECUTING APPROPRIATE GRANTS FUNDS AWARDED ON THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT.

IT'S MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH A SECOND ALLOCATION FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $18,024.

EXCEPT NONE OF THESE AWARDS WAS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ADOPTION OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET BY MEETING THE FISCAL YEAR 19 ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO INCLUDE CARES ACT AND GRANT FUNDS BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PUBLIC HEARING, WE SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11.

SEEING ON THE PUBLIC HERE, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED TO MEMBERS, CUSTOMER, MS. HUDSON, COURTNEY.

I KNOW WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TODAY AND YOU WERE GOING TO SEND ME AN EMAIL.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT MY EMAIL YET, BUT RUN ME THROUGH WHERE ARE THESE DOLLARS GOING TO BE GOING? SURE.

SO THERE IS A MEMO THAT SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET AS WELL, THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL.

BUT INSIDE OF IT, YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL LAYERS OF PAIRS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY CITY PARISH.

ON THE 22ND, THERE WAS A FIRST ALLOCATION THAT WAS PUT IN THAT YOU ALL APPROVED ON.

THE 24TH WAS THE SECOND ALLOCATION AND THIS IS THE THIRD ALLOCATION FOR $2 MILLION.

THIS THIRD ALLOCATION IS BEING POINTED FOR THE SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY INITIATIVE.

WITHIN THAT WE HAVE NOT SET UP THE PROGRAMMING OF WHERE THE DOLLARS WILL GO AND BE EXPENDED.

WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH TRUCE.

WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH RPD AS WELL, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE TO ALLOW COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO STEP IN WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, TO SUPPORT PLANNING IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARENA.

SO UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THESE DOLLARS, YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTING THE PROGRAM.

YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE DOLLARS INTO CITY PARISH.

AND AS USUAL, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AGAIN, WITH ANY RFPS OR PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET APPROVED.

THIS IS JUST TO ACCEPT THE DOLLARS INTO CITY PARISH AS YOU'VE DONE THE OTHER TWO TIMES.

SO, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, WILL THERE ACTUALLY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A SAY ON PROGRAMMING OR WILL WE ONLY BE DEALING WITH RFPS? SO I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION AROUND COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY.

FOR SURE, BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS HAPPENS WITHIN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS, SO WE CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

BUT, BUT FORMALLY BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A BODY, THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S YOUR WISH WE CAN SET THAT UP.

BUT YEAH, SO THIS IS WISH TAKEN, BUT THIS, THIS, UH, ITEM THAT'S ON RIGHT NOW IS TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE DOLLARS.

SO WHICH OF COURSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROGRAMMING THAT'S THERE, BUT IT'S TO ACCEPT THE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN, BUT IT IS OUR INTENTION.

AND WE AL UH, PUT THAT INTO YOUR PACKET AS WELL, TO USE THIS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, HUD DOES PROVIDE GUIDELINES ON WHAT THE DOLLARS CAN BE USED FOR AND PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE DUE TO INCREASES IN THE, UH, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC ARE A PART OF THAT.

AWESOME.

SO I KNOW A MAJOR PUSH THAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S BEEN LOOKING FOR IS, UM, HAZARD PAY DOLLARS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT CANNOT BE USED WITH THESE DOLLARS.

IS, IS THAT MY THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THESE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESPONSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, THIS GOES SPECIFICALLY TO OCD AND THE ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS USE IT FOR CITY PARISH WOULD BE TO OCD STAFF OR ANY MANAGING PARTNERS.

SO OF COURSE, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT THE FIRST RESPONDERS.

WHERE ARE WE ON THE PROGRESS OF GETTING HAZARD PAY? ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT REGARD? OR SO THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU DEFINITELY HAD TO REACH OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR THAT ONE, BUT FOR THESE DOLLARS SPECIFIC, JUST TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE MIKE'S UP THERE.

I GUESS WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

WE CAN PROBABLY HEAR A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

OH, OKAY.

CAN YOU TURN THEM OFF? GO AHEAD.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, CALIFORNIA.

TO BE AROUND THE ALLOCATION.

SO JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH DEVICES, SO PROGRAMMATICALLY, WE CAN RECOMMEND PROGRAMS, UH, FOR THESE DOLLARS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS, BUT IT HAS TO BE AROUND WITH THE ALLOCATIONS, CORRECT? IT HAS

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IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS BEFORE ANY OF THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WORK GROUPS, UM, THE DA'S OFFICE AND BR PD, AS WELL AS TO SEE WHAT THE FOCUS AREAS ARE AND HOW THEY SEE SOME OF THIS PROGRAMMING BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT.

CAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THAT VOICE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.

UM, BUT WHEN WE SET UP THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

AND SO WILL THESE DOLLARS BE ALLOCATED TO SPECIFIC DISTRICTS BASED UPON STATISTICAL DATA THAT HAS NOT BEEN SET UP YET TO SAY THAT THAT WILL BE THE ANSWER.

UM, BUT WE ARE GOING BASED OFF CRIME DATA SPECIFIC FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO SOMETIMES THERE'S CROSSES BETWEEN DISTRICTS, OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO ZIP CODES AND THAT DATA, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.

BUT THERE WILL BE RFPS ONCE THAT'S ALL JUST ABSOLUTELY.

MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY ANYONE ELSE? SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M REALLY UNDERSTANDING, CAUSE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE DOLLAR.

SO THESE ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS.

AND I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW YOU COURTNEY ABOARD.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY WERE GRANTED SPECIFICALLY FOR C FOR, UM, SECURITY ISSUES OR NO? MA'AM THESE ARE, THESE DOLLARS WERE PRESENTED THROUGH THE CARES ACT, RIGHT? SO IN THE CARES ACT DOLLARS WITH THE SAME ALLOCATIONS, YOU CAN RESPOND AND BE PROACTIVE TO ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE WITHIN YOUR PARISH DO TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO THIS IS THE THIRD ALLOCATION THAT HAS COME IN.

AND THEN WITHIN THAT WE, AS AN OFFICE HAVE PEGGED IT TOWARDS RESPONDING TO PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT YOU'RE ACCEPTING RIGHT NOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE DOLLARS.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS FOR.

SO THE ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE A DECISION THAT THESE CARES CARE DOLLARS WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE PORTION OF IT.

SO THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THEM THAT YOU'VE ACCEPTED IN THE OTHER, UM, WITHIN THE OTHER TWO MEETINGS THAT WERE SET UP ALL HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO VARIOUS AREAS.

SO THERE'S A MEMO WITHIN YOUR PACKET, BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHARING THE AREAS THAT IT CAN BE SUPPORTED FOR.

UM, SO WITHIN THAT YOU CAN HAVE ANY FINANCIAL AID AND ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES IN THE FORM OF SMALL BUSINESS MICRO-GRANTS WHICH WE'VE DONE, INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SUPPORT VIA RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE THAT WAS DONE AS WELL IN THE, UH, APRIL 22ND ALLOCATION ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR COVID-19 TESTING CENTERS OR ANY COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THOSE BOXES HAVE ALL BEEN CHECKED EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS THIS LAST ONE THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE ALLOCATION.

AND SO YOU'VE ALREADY PRE USED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

SO THOSE, I GUESS, FUNDS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS WILL COME OUT OF THIS 2 MILLION FOR WHICH PROGRAM, THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY DONE? NO MA'AM IT WAS ON THE APRIL 22ND WEEK.

SO THERE'S A TOTAL THAT'S BEEN SET UP ACROSS ALL PROGRAMMING AREAS OF 6 MILLION, $930,595.

ON APRIL 22ND, YOU ACCEPTED CDBG, ESG AND HOPPER DOLLARS.

THEN ON THE 24TH, YOU ALSO ACCEPTED A SECOND ALLOCATION OF ESG DOLLARS AS WELL.

ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS WENT TO THE PRO THE AREAS THAT WE MENTIONED, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT AND RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE TESTING CENTERS.

THE LAST AREA THAT WE NEEDED TO CHECK OFF WAS THE COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THAT IS THE ALLOCATION THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

GOT IT.

SO THOSE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED NATIONAL CAME OUT OF THE 6 MILLION ORIGINAL, THE 6 MILLION IS THE TOTAL, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE 2 MILLION.

BUT YES, MA'AM SO 60 MILLION, SOME OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.

NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR ALLOCATED NOT SPENDING IT BECAUSE IT HAS COME TO ME FOR APPROVAL, BUT YES, JOB DONE THE PROGRAMS. RIGHT.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE ALL PENDING APPROVAL.

THEY'RE ALLOCATED.

IT'S JUST ALLOCATED TO GO WITHIN THOSE SPACES.

WE JUST RECEIVED.

I'M SO SORRY.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SIMPLE MINDED HERE.

I'M REALLY JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

CAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING US QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND ALLOCATION AND EVERYBODY'S WATCHING HOW THESE ARE GOING.

SO JUST SLOW ME DOWN FOR JUST A SECOND.

I'M PROBABLY NOT TRYING TO BE SLOW HERE.

SO WE GOT AN OVERALL ALLOCATION OF THE $6 MILLION.

AND SO YOU MENTIONED AT LEAST THREE PROGRAMS, THE BUSINESS PROGRAM, AND SOME OTHERS THAT YOU SAID THAT Y'ALL ALREADY DONE, THOSE ARE AREAS OF FUNDING, NOT SPECIFICALLY PROGRAMS, BUT AREAS OF FUNDING THAT HUD HAS DESIGNATED.

RIGHT? SO WE HAVE DONE.

AND WHICH WITH YOUR APPROVAL FROM APRIL 22ND AND JUNE 24TH, THAT WAS THE FIRST SET OF DOLLARS.

THE, SO THE PROGRAM THAT, I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

CAUSE I KNOW MY TIME THING.

SCOTT'S GONNA BE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR IN A MINUTE.

BUT UM, SO THE DOLLARS THAT YOU, THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ALREADY DONE, YOU'VE ALREADY EXPENDED THOSE DOLLARS LOCATED.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED.

PARTNERS WILL BE, BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WITH THE OCD DOLLAR, THOSE ARE REIMBURSED.

THEY'VE BEEN ALLOCATED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED YET.

SO THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE NOT STARTED NOW WITH THESE DOLLARS AROUND COPING RIGHT THERE YOU SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T STARTED.

CAUSE I HEARD YOU A FEW MINUTES AGO AND SAID THAT THEY WERE THOSE PROGRAMS WHERE YOU SAID WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS.

THEY'VE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THOSE PROGRAMS. THE RFP PROCESS WENT THROUGH AND THEN THE AWARDEES HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

SO WITHIN THIS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, COVID TESTING CENTERS AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE

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SO YES, I ALREADY DONE THE PROGRAM.

CAUSE YOU SAID WE'VE DONE IT, RIGHT? YEAH.

THE PROGRAMMING WITHIN THERE'S TWO LAYERS TO IT.

AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S CONFUSING, BUT SOMETIMES A LOT OF LAYERS WHEN IT COMES TO OCD THROUGH THE SET OF THESE DOLLARS, AS THEY WERE APPROVED, DEPENDING UPON THE AREA THAT THEY WENT IN, IT MAY BE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, RESPONSE TO COVID AND TESTING SITES, THEY'VE BEEN TESTING SINCE MARCH.

SO BEFORE THESE DOLLARS WERE EVEN ON THE TABLE, ANY OF THE FAITH, THE HEALTHCARE CENTERS HAVE BEEN TESTING WITH THAT.

THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT TO THEM, BUT IT HAS ONLY BEEN ALLOCATED BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO BRING THOSE CONTRACTS TO YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED.

BUT THE ALLOCATION AND THE AWARD, THE CONDITIONAL AWARD LETTER HAS BEEN SENT.

SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE THOSE AND THEY WON'T GET REIMBURSED.

SO WE'LL BE NOT REIMBURSING PEOPLE FOR THE HEALTHCARE THAT'S RADIATING, BUT YES MA'AM, BUT THAT WAS THERE IN RESPONSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE WAY THAT THAT COMES UP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S THERE YET.

ANY PARTICULAR REASON WE DIDN'T GET THAT BEFORE? WELL, THIS IS THE, THESE PROCESSES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, DUE TO COVID-19, UH, HUD CAME IN AND SAID, WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN USING THE MUNICIPAL DOLLARS.

THEY'VE BEEN USING MUNICIPAL DOLLARS TO RESPOND.

HERE ARE DOLLARS THAT YOU HAVE TO REIMBURSE FROM THIS STATE OR TO GO FORWARD.

RIGHT.

I LOOK AND I GET IT.

MY MOM WOULD POINT AND ALL THAT.

AND IT'S, IT'S NOT EVEN RELEVANT AT THIS POINT, BUT IF WE KNEW THAT WE WERE DOING THAT.

AND SO WE WERE OUT THERE ALREADY PUSHING PROGRAMS FORWARD AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE THEM.

MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS, COULD WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD OF TIME? SO IT'S RIGHT.

AND I UNDERSTAND, AND THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT.

THAT'S THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PORTION WHERE WE'RE USING THESE DOLLARS TO REIMBURSE OUR HEALTHCARE PARTNERS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CITY PAIRS WOULD SUPPORT.

SO ONLY FOR CARE ZACK THOUGH.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS WITH HUD ONLY WITH CARES ACT DOLLARS.

CAN YOU GO BACK OKAY.

AND REIMBURSE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.

IF THIS WAS OUR TRADITIONAL ALLOCATION, YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

YOU COULD NOT DO THAT, BUT HUD HAS A SPECIAL SET OF GUIDELINES THAT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR COVID RESPONSE TO THE 2 MILLION.

SO NOW WE'RE EXTRAPOLATING ABOUT 2 MILLION OUT OF THAT.

OVERALL SIX TO DO THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT IS TO CHECK OFF THE BOX FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DETERMINED WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO OR THAT WE HAVE NOT, WE'RE COMING TO THE TABLE FOR YOU TODAY TO ACCEPT THOSE DOLLARS.

AND THEN WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNERS, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN CONTRACTED.

NOTHING HAS BEEN SET IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE JUST INDICATED WHERE WE WANT TO USE THE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARENA.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE ANYTHING IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION.

A COUNCIL WOMAN BRING COURTNEY.

UM, THE LAST OR SECOND TO LAST SENTENCE SAYS THAT OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION BILL BATON ROUGE, WHO ADMINISTER THE GRANT FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

UM, WHEN, UH, I MEAN, CO KOBE JUST STARTED CARES THAT DOLLARS HAVE JUST BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

SO WHEN YOU SAY OUR, OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION, UM, ARE YOU JUST SAYING THIS PARTICULAR ALLOCATION OR WE WILL ANNUALLY FROM NOW FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, HOWEVER, THIS GOAL.

SO WE, OF COURSE WE DO HAVE THE, UM, COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH BILL BATON ROUGE TO ADMINISTER DOLLARS THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THAT YOU ALL HAD, BUT SPECIFIC FOR CARES ACT, THEY'RE ADMINISTERING ALL FOUR.

SO WE'RE JUST ADDING IN ADDITION THAT ESG AND HOPWOOD DOLLARS WILL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH BILL BATON ROUGE.

SO WE CAN HAVE THAT EFFECTIVE PROCESS AND BE EFFICIENT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE USING.

BUT THIS AGREEMENT WITH THEM HAS ALREADY BEEN, UH, PLACED AND APPROVED BY YOU ALL FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND THEY ALREADY HANDLE HOPPA HAAS, HOPPER, AND ESG IS HANDLED WITHIN CITY PARISH.

THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH BILL BATON ROUGE IS FOR CDBG AND HOME.

I KNEW THEY HANDLED SOMETHING CDBG AND HOME.

NO PROBLEM.

UH, THE 2.8 MILLION, I MEAN THE $2 MILLION AND 18,000.

HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING? AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALL THAT GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALLOCATED FOR IT.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN YOU WERE GETTING THIS $2 MILLION? OH, WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION IN, HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.

THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY.

I'M SORRY, SEPTEMBER AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER FROM HUD.

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S GOING TO BE 90 DAYS BEFORE, 90 DAYS BEFORE THE RFPS ARE ACTUALLY IN PLACE TO DO THE WORK.

BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS OPEN UP THE RFP PERIOD FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS.

THEY'LL HAVE TO BE SCORED.

WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OF GETTING THAT DONE AND THEN ALSO PRESENT THEM IN FRONT OF YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL

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AS WELL.

NOT THAT I'M COUNTING, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY 13TH.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE.

I GUESS THE PROBLEM I GOT IS IF, IF WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHAT I'VE HEARD IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE DOLLARS AND THE PROBLEMS WE GOT IN THIS CITY AND THIS PARISH, IT AIN'T GONNA WORK.

SO I GOT TO BE ON RECORD RIGHT NOW AND THE PROBLEMS WE GOT GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS.

IF ONE BAR I'M HEARING IT AIN'T HAPPENING.

SO NOT, NOT VOTE.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FORWARD TO PLAY WITH $2 MILLION, JUST SPREAD IT AROUND AND DO IT LIKE THAT.

THE DA'S AND TRUTHS.

I THAT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S FINE.

I AIN'T VOTE FOR NOTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.

WHAT MORE FROM WHAT I'M SAYING? OKAY.

Y'ALL ADMINISTRATION.

THESE GET, GET THE ACT TOGETHER.

GO AHEAD, COUNSEL.

IN THIS AND HOW, UM, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES WERE HEMORRHAGING MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BEAT THE LEAD AND IT WAS WASN'T ON THE FRONT.

SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE GRANT PROCESS, 90 DAYS IS REALLY NOT A LONG TIME.

IT'S, UH, FOR, TO PUT OUT AN RFP TO GET YOU GIVE PEOPLE AT LEAST TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO RESPOND, YOU GET IT BACK YOUR SCORE AND YOU ALLOCATE IT.

YOU BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND YOU PUT, IF YOU PUT OUT AN RFP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES PUBLIC SAFETY IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, THEY SUBMIT AN RFP AND IT'S SCORED ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES.

THEN IT'S PRESENTED TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL.

I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

I KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY COULD USE THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY.

AND ALSO WITH THE ESG MONEY, I KNOW THAT BILL BATON ROUGE PUT OUT AN RFP FOR, UH, TO, TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

CORRECT.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT, BECAUSE I'M AN INTIMATE PART OF OTHER GRANT MONEY, THAT'S ESG MONEY.

I KNOW THAT WITH THE LOUISIANA HOUSING CORPORATION, THEY RECEIVED THIS MONEY.

THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY PULL THEIR MONEY BACK THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO PROGRAMS WITH BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING HOMELESS SITUATION.

SO THEY HAD MONEY FOR HOMELESS SITUATION.

THEY WERE GOING TO DO A RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT WHEN PEOPLE GOT TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR RENT FOR MONTHS, THEY DIDN'T PAY IT.

AND SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WAS ALREADY OUT THERE, NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS.

SO I KNOW A LOT OF THIS MONEY SHIFTS IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S USED AND HOW YOU USE IT AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT.

AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT NOT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE IT'S THIS, THAT, AND IT'S FLOATING AROUND.

IF PEOPLE SUBMIT FOR AN RFP ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES, AND IT JUST SCORED ACCORDING TO GUIDELINES, AND IT'S PRESENTED TO THIS BODY AS A LEGITIMATE SCORE PROJECT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THEN THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK AND SAY, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY, NO, YES WE DO.

BUT THERE IS NO REASON FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT LEGITIMATE PROJECTS THAT ARE SCORED ACCORDING TO GOD.

SO WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE RFP LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE SCORING CRITERIA IS.

AND IF PEOPLE SUBMIT AND THAT'S THE PROCESS AND SO ABSOLUTELY CASE, AND I'D LIKE TO REMIND EACH OF YOU THAT THE ACCEPTANCE TODAY IS NOT FOR THE PROGRAM.

THE ACCEPTANCE TODAY IS SO CITY PARISH CAN RECEIVE THE DOLLARS FROM HUD.

SO THE PROGRAM IS NOT ON THE ITEM AT THIS MOMENT TO BE IN QUESTION, IT IS TO RECEIVE THE DOLLARS.

AND THEN TO ADD TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN LEWIS, THERE ARE ESG DOLLARS THAT ARE RESERVED FOR THE HOTELS THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING WITH LHC TO DO RAPID REHAB HOUSING AND PERMANENT HOUSING AS WELL TO PUT THOSE STRUCTURES IN PLACE.

SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE STILL SITTING ON ALLOCATED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE REMEMBER, ALL OF THESE DOLLARS ARE REIMBURSEMENT BASED, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'D HAVE TO SPEND THEM FIRST IN ORDER TO GET IT.

BUT THE ITEM ON TODAY FOR YOU ALL IS TO RECEIVE THE DOLLARS TO CITY PARISH.

I WILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, TO PRESENT ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMMING WHATSOEVER.

THIS IS JUST AN ALLOCATION TO SAY, YES, THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WILL ACCEPT $2 MILLION AT ALL.

AND THIS IS STILL MY, MY FIVE MINUTES, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BEFORE THEY HIT IT THIS YEAR, THAT WE WILL NOT AS A BODY VOTE ON.

WE ONLY HAVE WHAT THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS LEFT.

THAT'S JUST MY FIVE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M DONE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK SO ON SOME LEVELS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING OF COURSE, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF COUNCILMEN PERSON.

WE'VE GOT HER, UM, THAT WILSON AND I WAS DOING.

AND IT'S JUST THE COMMUNICATION PART, NOT THE FIRST PART AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE TESTING YOU JUST HAD.

I MEAN, NOT TESTING, UM, YEAH, YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, AND I ACTUALLY HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHERE I WOULD CALL BECAUSE I HAVE A, UM, UFC OUT HERE, PLAYED IT AND THEY NEEDED TO START THE TESTING.

SO I WAS AWARE THAT ALSO THROUGH EMAILS WITH, UM, FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO MUNICIPALITIES.

SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT FROM ALL THOSE LEVELS, BUT, UM, I GUESS I MISSED THE PART AND I KEPT SEEING EMAILS AND AGAIN LIKE IT, AND I GUESS I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

SO THE MAYOR WOULD SAY, SAY, UH, SENDING OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT ALL THE TESTING SITES AND IT WOULD HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES AND MENTIONING CARROTS THAT I THINK IT WAS STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO.

UM, BUT, UM, SO I DIDN'T WANT, BUT I THINK IT SCARED US FOR NOW, BUT I, I KEPT HEARING CARE THAT I KEPT HEARING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, IN THAT I HAD A MEDICAL PLAN THAT, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A CONGRESSMAN GRADES ALLOCATED SOMEBODY, YOU LISTED THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN THE CITY OF PARIS.

AND I ASSUMED THAT MONEY WENT THROUGH THE CITY.

YOU MADE THE PIN.

SO THE CARES ACT DOLLARS IS SET UP FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE STATE LEVEL AND LOCAL.

AND THERE'S SEVERAL TYPES OF DOLLARS THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE THIS ONE SPECIFIC.

AND WE'VE SEEN CARERS THAT COME IN BEFORE.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT CONGRESSMAN GRAVES MAY HAVE DONE BECAUSE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM HIS FEDERAL OR FROM THE STATE.

BUT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE LOCAL DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.

BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CARE'S ACT DOLLARS THAT ARE SET UP TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE.

IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO START TO LIKE, COME UP, SAY LOOSELY, THIS IS WHERE THE ORIENTATION.

I THINK WE DESERVE TO HEAR THAT.

YES MA'AM BECAUSE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TALKING TO OFFICERS TO A CONSTITUENT THAT CALLED ME AND SAID, THEY CALLED THE POLICE AND GOT NO SAYING THOSE ARE ISSUES TO BE ON CAMPAIGN FOR THEM.

AND THEY WANT ME TO COME TO MY DISTRICT MEETING FOR MORE COPS FOR MORE SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S ON EVERYBODY'S BRAIN.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NEED TO, I I'M A SOCIAL SERVICES PERSON, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING SO THEY WON'T UNDERSTAND.

AND, UM, WHAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THAT THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING COMING UP WITHIN WEEKS.

BUT OF COURSE, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR LEGISLATORS HERE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT THE DOLLARS.

SO ONCE, ONCE THEY'RE ACCEPTED, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WILL BE COMMUTED TO SEE YOU VERY FAST.

I CAN EMAIL YOU THE DATE AS SOON AS I SIT DOWN, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS APPROVED FIRST, BUT YOU ALL CAN ABSOLUTELY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY BANKS.

IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? IS THERE A SECOND COLLINS LEWIS.

WE STILL GOT A, YOU FAVORED COUNSEL ON THE BANK.

UH, COUNCILMAN WATSON'S NEXT.

HI, I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU TO MAKE SURE THIS IS ON, AS I READ THIS, YOU'VE GOT AN ADOPTION OF A LINE ITEM BUDGET IN THE ITEM.

ONE 11 SAYS EXCEPTIONS TO THESE AWARDS ARE CONTINUED UPON APPROVAL OF THE GRANTS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE ADOPTION OF A LINE ITEM BUDGET.

WHO'S GOING TO THAT LINE ITEM BUDGET IS GOING TO BE PRODUCED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, CORRECT OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THERE'S BEEN NO DECISION EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WITH THESE DOLLARS, BUT YOU WANT TO IT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT SETS UP MEANS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO GRANTS.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE A DATE SET UP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EMAIL TO ALL OF US.

IF THIS PASSES RIGHT NOW TO KICKS FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING, OKAY.

AS COUNCILMAN HUDSON ASKED EARLIER, AND YOU SPOKE TO HIM THAT YOU'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH NOT JUST THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL TIMEFRAME YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO TAKE BEFORE WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THIS BODY IS EVEN LOOKING AT APPROVING AN RP PROCESS.

SO IF THIS IS APPROVED TODAY AND WE HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS DEPENDING UPON SCHEDULING AND HOW FAST WE KNOW THAT YOUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS,

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FIRST, WE HAVE TO OPEN UP THE RFP CARES ACT HAS ALLOWED THAT THIS RFP PROCESS CAN BE OPEN FOR FIVE DAYS.

MEANING THAT'S THE TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT.

TYPICALLY IT'S 30 WITHIN THOSE, AFTER THOSE FIVE DAYS, WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT PROPOSALS, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IF YOU ALL WANT IT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, WE'D HAVE TO REVIEW THEM AND HAVE TIME TO DO THERE.

SO THAT'S 30 DAYS BY FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND OUR LOCAL GUIDELINES.

SO THEN AFTER WE HAVE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE TO PRESENT THE AWARDEES TO GRANTS REVIEW, TO BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED THAT WE'VE COME BACK TO YOU ALL TO APPROVE IF GRANT REVIEW APPROVED.

SO 30 TO 45 DAYS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SHORTEST TIME JUST DUE TO CONSOLIDATE A PLAN OF GOVERNMENT, GO BACK TO, WHO'S GOT FIVE, JUST FIVE DAYS.

YOU'LL GO BACK AND RE AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AGAIN.

INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS, FIVE DAYS, THAT SEEMS AWFUL.

AND HE PROCESSES A 30 DAY PROCESS, BUT DUE TO THE CARES ACT, HUD HAS ALLOWED A PROCESS AS SHORT AS FIVE DAYS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST FALL, RIGHT? AS SHORT AS FIVE DAYS, OR IS IT GOING TO BE FIVE, BUT AS SHORT AS WE WOULD INTEND THAT IT WOULD BE FIVE, BUT I'M GIVING YOU THE GUIDELINES THAT HOOK IT.

UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND WHAT EACH, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER FEELS THEY NEED IN THEIR DISTRICT.

WHAT WE, AS A BODY FEEL WE NEED GOING FORWARD.

AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND COUNCILMAN BANKS AT PUBLIC SAFETY IS AS FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A HUGE PART.

BUT WHEN WE MAY, I MAY I ANSWER.

SO WITHIN THAT HUD DOLLARS THROUGH GUIDELINES HAVE TO BE OPERATED IN A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA.

AND IT HAS TO BEAT WHICH OF COURSE IT IS, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA TO SUPPORT AND BACK IT.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, BRP D WILL PROVIDE THE DATA OF WHERE THOSE HOT ZONES ARE AND THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED WHAT THEY ARE.

AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM.

SO WE CANNOT DICTATE THE LOCATION, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU WOULD ALL WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE HIS, BECAUSE IT'S, COVID RELATED, THIS WOULD BE DATA THAT WOULD BE GIVEN BY BRP D CURRENTLY.

OR ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S REPORT FROM BRP TO THE FBI? IT HAS TO BE OKAY.

UH, COUNCILMAN HUTSON, COURTNEY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT VAN FIVE DAYS SEEMS LIKE A REALLY QUICK TURNAROUND, LIKE ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY HAS GOT IN MIND AND GET INVOLVED IN THE RFP PROCESS TO HURRY IT UP THAT FAST.

DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT EVERYONE CAN GET INVOLVED, THAT WE CAN OFFER THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OFFER? UH, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE, BE INVOLVED IN THIS, A PERSONAL ASSUMPTION THERE, BUT DUE TO THE HUD PROTOCOLS THAT'S BEEN GIVEN, WHICH I DON'T MIND SHARING TO YOU AT ALL, IT CAN BE AS LITTLE AS FIVE DAYS OR LONGER.

SO THAT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL CAN BE INVOLVED IN AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS SHEET HERE.

IS THIS THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING TO EARLIER WHEN I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS? YES.

AND IT GOES ON A LITTLE BIT THERE.

UM, FIRST I DON'T SEE TRUCE NAMED IN HERE, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TRUCE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE A COMPONENT OF THESE DOLLARS.

IT WILL BE A PART OF THE EVENTUAL.

WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AROUND IT TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

THE SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE PROPOSED AREAS OF SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST LINE AROUND COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC STRATEGY, WHERE IT SPEAKS ON INTERRUPTING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE WITHIN THAT, THAT FALLS UNDER THE WORK THAT TRUES DOES.

SO THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE SHARED OF THE WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN BATON ROUGE WITH HUD TO GET THE APPROVAL FOR COMMUNITY BASED DOLLARS.

SO THAT ENCOMPASSES WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CITY PARISH IS DOING IT OR NOT.

THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE WORKING WITHIN THAT.

SO TRUCE FALLS WITHIN THAT SPACE AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE DA'S OFFICE.

AND AGAIN, IF APPROVED WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALRIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE FOR PROGRAMMING, UM, BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY STREET TEAM, A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERED INITIATIVE WITH THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING IN THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME AND BATON ROUGE THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP BASED MENTORING, A CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL, THE OUTREACH WORKERS ENGAGE AND RECRUIT FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES THAT SERVE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING EITHER VICTIMS OR PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE.

I READ THAT AS, UM, THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER MODEL.

IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I LIKE THAT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY DEPEND ON THE FOLKS THAT WE GET IN THERE THAT ARE DOING THAT.

UH, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M ALL FOR THEM.

UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY THAT EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS IN LOW AND MODERATE INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO AID PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO ACCESS RESOURCES AND OTHER HEALTH NEEDS.

THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE TRAINED TO PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS HELP, UH, WITH SNAP AND WIC APPLICATIONS, ADVOCATE FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN HEALTH SETTINGS.

[01:05:01]

I WILL TELL YOU, AND MAYBE I'M WRONG.

MAYBE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN CORRECT ME IF YOU FEEL THAT THAT I'M OFF BASE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT TO OUR CRIME PROBLEM, UH, TO PEOPLE WITH THEIR WIC AND SNAP APPLICATIONS.

UH, I SEE PEOPLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY THROUGH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT CITY PARISH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THOSE RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THAT.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE BEST USE OF THE DOLLARS NEIGHBORHOOD.

COULD I, COULD YOU WAIT TILL AFTER? SURE.

BUT NO, I DO.

I WOULD SINCERELY LIKE A RESPONSE FROM THAT.

UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER STRATEGY THAT THE RESIDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WILL BE MADE UP OF 25 EMERGING RESIDENT LEADERS WHO SHOW A DEMONSTRATED INTEREST IN LEADING NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE, UH, TO GO OUT AND FIND BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE'VE GOT CITY AFFAIRS EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING THAT.

UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY IN OUR DISTRICTS THAT WILL GO AND DO THAT.

WE HAVE 5,000 LIGHTED PROPERTIES ALREADY REPORTED TO US.

I DON'T SEE THAT AS AN AREA OF NEED.

I THINK THAT THERE, THERE HAS TO BE OTHER ALLOCATIONS ALLOWABLE WITHIN THE CDBG DOLLARS THAT CAN LET US GO IN AND DO THAT.

UM, SCHOOL-BASED OUTREACH SCHOOL-BASED OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO PARENTS AND LOW INCOME AND MODERATE, MODERATE INCOME AREAS.

THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM WILL EMPLOY FOUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND FOUR FEEDER, MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO ASSIST PARENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE QUALITY CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

UM, ON THAT ONE, I'M, I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE COMES FROM ME.

I I'M GONNA VOTE YES TONIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TURN AWAY FEDERAL DOLLARS.

RIGHT.

I GET IT.

UH, BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING CDBG DOLLARS.

DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE FUNDING SOURCE IS, WHATEVER DOLLARS WE'RE GETTING AS A CITY PARISH, WE'VE GOT TO PUT THEM TO THE BEST USE.

UH, SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION BEST TO POSE TO DARYL.

UM, I WOULD LIKE IN THIS ITEM WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ACCEPTANCE OF THESE AWARDS ARE CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL BY THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND AN ADOPTION OF A LINE ITEM BUDGET.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT LINE ITEM BUDGET.

AND THAT'S MY QUESTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION IS WILL YOU PUT THIS LINE ITEM BUDGET BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE ON RESPECTFULLY? YES, WE WILL.

AND I'M THERE.

I'M SORRY, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, YOU CAN.

BUT NUMBER ONE, 10 IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH.

SO, SO, BUT, BUT, BUT ITEM ONE 10 IS HAPPENING AFTER, BUT YOU ACCEPT, YOU DID ACCEPT THAT INFORMATION BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

THE NUMBER ONE 10 IS TO DOCUMENT IT IN THE HUD DOCUMENT.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DOCUMENT IT, YOU DID HAVE TO APPROVE IT FIRST TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH.

BUT, BUT ON ITEM ONE 10, WE, WE APPROVED THE INDIVIDUAL RFPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE DID NOT GET A TOTAL PROGRAMMING.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL THEM WHEN I'M DONE.

I JUST NEED DARRYL AS YOU ANSWER THAT, I THINK WITH QUARTERLY STATE IS CORRECT.

I MEAN, SHE WANTS TO GET EVERYBODY'S BUY IN.

UM, BUT THE RFPS OR THE INITIAL AGREEMENTS HAD TO COME BACK TO THEM ON THE INITIAL AGREEMENTS HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE CONSULT, RIGHT.

SO ARE CONSTANTLY NUTS.

SO EVEN IF IN THE DISCUSSIONS, LET'S SAY SOMETHING COMES BACK THAT YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE THE SCOPE, THEN IT CAN BE REJECTED TOO.

AND THE MONEY CAN BE REPURPOSED.

NOPE.

WE'LL FIND OUT A BUDGET.

NEXT STEP IS A COUNCILMAN.

LUKE HAD A QUESTION FOR TARA.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS? AND I'LL DEFER MY TIME TO HER.

THAT'S OKAY.

I, I JUST NEEDED TO.

AND I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY EXPLAIN IT.

UM, I'M SITTING HERE GOING THROUGH PAPERS COORDINATOR.

I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BECAUSE WHAT'S BEING DONE AND WHAT'S BEING EXPLAINED NO DISRESPECT TO ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THAT'S JUST, NOW I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT'S JUST NOT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

AND I'M REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT BACKWARDS.

AND I KNOW SOME THINGS WE'VE DONE BECAUSE OF COVID AND I GOT ALL OF THAT AND I'LL, AND I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT MY CONCERN IS.

SO YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, THE MONEY THAT WAS, OR THE ALLOCATION, THE PROGRAM THAT WAS DONE FOR THE BUSINESSES.

YOU MENTIONED TESTING, YOU MENTIONED THE THIRD ONE.

WAS IT THE HOTELS OR WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE? YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS HAD DONE THE PART THAT I READ OFF WHEN FAMILY SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SAID THAT WE WERE DOING THE QUESTION IN MY HEAD ALWAYS WAS WHERE DO THEY GET THE MONEY TO DO THAT? WHERE DO THEY GET THE MONEY TO DO THAT? SO I HAD NEVER HEARD CARE.

SO THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING, AND BACK TO COUNCILMAN BANGS HIS COMMENT, AND MAYBE I JUST SLEPT THROUGH THAT PART, BUT I'VE WATCHED TRY TO VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANTLY WATCH PRESS CONFERENCES AND ALL THAT BECAUSE AS THE PROGRAMS WERE ROLLING OUT AND THINGS WERE BEING

[01:10:01]

ZACK, I DIDN'T HEAR CARE ZACK UNTIL THIS WAS ON OR WAS UNVEIL.

SO I DIDN'T, YOU GOT MISSED IT OR SOMETHING, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THAT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU JUST LISTED WERE BEING ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH AN ANTICIPATED GRANT FROM THE CARES PROGRAM.

AND MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT.

SO, AND I'M GLAD THAT DWIGHT SAID EXACTLY WHAT MY CONCERN WAS BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THE PLAN, THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN A SENSE, FLESHED OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE $2 MILLION ON THIS CAUSE THIS LIST AT THE SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY BR INITIATIVE.

UM, AND I TO JUST HAVE SOME ROLE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS, CAUSE WE KIND OF BEEN DOWN THAT AISLE BEFORE WE'VE HAD THE, THE FELLOWS PROGRAM WE'VE HAD MONEY ALLOCATED AND IT JUST LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WAY OF HAVING A VERY, VERY LARGE WORKFORCE.

AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THE DELIVERABLES.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

CAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE ALLOCATION OR THE APPROVAL OF THIS CAUSE IT'S LISTED, GOES FOR THIS.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN FLESHED OUT.

SO YOUR, UM, IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR CITY PAIRS TO RECEIVE THE DOLLARS.

CAN WE DO THAT WITHOUT THE ASSOCIATION WITH TIP PASS PROGRAM? IT'S JUST IN THE MEMO FOR YOU TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, BUT THEN ALSO YOU ALSO APPROVED CARE'S ACT DOLLARS ON APRIL 22ND AND ON JUNE 24TH AS WELL.

YEP.

I KNOW WE APPROVED THE DOLLARS.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL AND IT WAS THE SAME, THAT SAME PROCESS.

EVERYTHING'S EXACTLY THIS I GET YOU.

THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN IS I WASN'T AWARE MAYBE AGAIN, I COULD HAVE BEEN SLEEP, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T.

I SEE THE USE OF THE DOLLARS.

AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ACCEPT THESE DOLLARS WITHOUT IT BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAFE, HOPEFUL, HEALTHY? YES.

MA'AM, IT'S WRITTEN IN THE LEGISLATION AS THAT WAY.

IT'S ONLY TO ACCEPT THE $2 MILLION.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION CAUSE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY WORKING AT AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL FOR KIDS WHO, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FIT THE PROFILE OF, YOU KNOW, JAIL.

MA'AM.

I CAN TAKE ALL THE SNAP MONEY AND PUTTING PRETTY GOOD REVITALIZATION ON THIS, THERE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THIS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE AREN'T DOWN IN A SHOW ME, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

MA'AM I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND SO FOR ME, AND I GUESS THAT GOES BACK TO CONSTANT WOMAN AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS WITH WAYNE AND WORN DOWN.

AND SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW I WANT.

WHEN I SEE A NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, I WANT TO SEE A DUPLEX WHEN I SEE A SNAPPING WITH DHA AND THE STATE SHOW.

SO THAT'S MAXIM SAID WHATEVER IT TAKES, I WANT IT 2 MILLION.

I'D ALREADY MADE MY MOTION, BUT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW COMMITTEE ABOUT IF THAT'S THE SECOND PORT, BOTH THAT THAT USUALLY REFERS TO THE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVIEW COMMITTEE, BOTH THE CONTINGENCY AND THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION APPROVED BY BLANKS AND A SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, SUBSTITUTE MOTION, ANY OBJECTIONS TO SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, AFTER, AFTER ADOPTION OR AFTER APPROVAL OF THE LINE OUT OF BUDGET BY THE COUNCIL MENTIONED, PROVE ITEM 11 WITH THE ADOPTION OF A LINE ITEM WITH THE APPROVAL OF A LOT OF JULY OUT OF BUDGET BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, A BUDGET BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

THAT'S WHAT I SAY, MOTION BY THE COTSEN.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR FOR CLARITY, I GUESS.

UM, IT SAYS IT'S CONTINGENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M EVEN ASKING THIS QUESTION TO.

LET'S GO WITH DARYL MAYBE OR COURTNEY.

UM, IT SAYS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF GRANTS, REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ADOPTION OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET.

SO IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE SAME? IS IT A SUBSTITUTE THE SAME? MOST GENERALLY THAT IS THE LINE ITEM BUDGET AS APPROVED BY THE

[01:15:01]

BUT IF THAT'S, IF Y'ALL INTENDED FOR THAT TO MEAN THE METRO COUNCIL ADOPTION, I THINK METRO, IT JUST REMEMBERS IT.

THE ABILITY THAT IT WILL COME BACK, THE PROGRAMMING DECISION WILL COME BACK BEFORE US.

THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY HUDSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

ANY, ANY OBJECTION? SO WHEN YOU SEND THE STUFF WITH IT, ONE VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION AS A TECHNICAL QUESTION, THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IS IT GOING TO HOLD UP THE FUNDING? WOULD IT BE MORE ADVISABLE? JUST TO SAY THAT WE ACCEPT THE FUNDING WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO APPROVE THE, THE SCOPE, UM, BUT ACCEPT THE FUNDING SO WE CAN GET THAT PROCESS IN PLACE.

ALSO TECHNICALLY DUE TO THE PROCESS AND THE WAY THAT IT ALREADY STARTS, YOU ALL DO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FIRST TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT BECAUSE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS DO HAVE TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL.

SO IT'S NOT THE INTENTION TO CHANGE, BUT JUST TO STATE THE PROCESS THAT ALREADY HAPPENS, ONCE YOU RE ONCE CITY PARISH ACCEPTS THE DOLLARS THAT ALLOWS US TO OPEN UP AN RFP OR OPEN UP COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, DOCUMENTED PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE PUT OUT OR NOTICE.

THEN WE COME BACK INTO THE INFORMATION, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW.

THERE'S TWO, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR US TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

LET'S VOTE ON THAT PLEASE.

ACTUALLY, HAVE YOU READ THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? WE'LL VOTE ON IT.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE LINE ITEM BUDGET BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

UM, MOTION BY MR. HUDSON, SECONDED BY MR. WILSON, GIVE ME CLARITY.

SO IT MAKES IT SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND AGAIN, TO RECEIVE THE MONEY.

I'M STILL CONFUSED ON WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

DOES IT ASK, CAN RESPOND.

SO A GUY THAT MADE IT OKAY, SO WE'LL PUT THE SONG OUT.

LET'S LET'S GO.

LET'S KIND OF MOVE ALONG.

GO AHEAD AND ANSWER IT.

I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION.

SO COUNCILMAN LEWIS, UH, I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULD DELAYED IN DOLLARS.

WE'RE STILL ACCEPTING THE MONEY.

UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A PROVISION IN THE, IN THE ITEM AS IT'S WRITTEN, UH, FOR GRANTS REVIEW TO DO THEIR APPROVAL.

SO THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN HAVING GRANTS REVIEW OR ANYONE ELSE, UH, DO THE APPROVAL.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO DELAY.

IF SOMEBODY FROM PURCHASING WANTS TO CORRECT ME, THAT'S FINE.

BUT, UM, LOOK, THIS IS SIMPLY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE PROGRAMMING.

WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THE DOLLARS.

WE'RE, WE'RE ACCEPTING THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

WE SIMPLY WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A FORMAL INPUT, NOT JUST COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

WE WANT THE ITEM TO COME BACK TO THE PROGRAM TO COME BACK BEFORE US AS A BLOCK.

OKAY, LINDA, THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING IS IS THAT IN ORDER TO PUT OUT AN RFP OR, OR A REQUEST TO BID SOMETHING OUT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATION IN PLACE PRIOR TO THAT PROCESS HAPPENING.

SO IT'S JUST THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT BUDGET APPROVED AND THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE PRIOR TO DOING ANY RFP.

SO IF THAT, IF THAT WORKS IN THE PROCESS AND MY MOTION ACCOMPLISHES THAT OBJECTIVE.

LET'S VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

ASHLEY, ON THE MACHINES WE'LL VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

THE MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF A LINE ITEM BUDGET BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

DWIGHT'S MISSION.

I CAN DO IT BUMPS UP OR DOWN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS GO TO ITEM ONE 12.

YOU HAVE TO COUNT.

I'M GONNA COME BACK TO MS. BANKS FOR YOU.

HOW ABOUT FOR THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION? NO, YOU HAVE A VOTE.

HI ITEM ONE.

11 HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM ONE

[112. 20-01059]

12.

I MEAN THE SALES AND USE TAX ORDINANCE ONE OH ONE, TWO SEVEN DROPPED IN DECEMBER 14TH, 1994.

SO AS TO ADD SECTION 4.1 ADDITIONAL LIMITED EXEMPTION IN ORDER TO EXEMPT DIAPERS AND FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS PURCHASED FOR INDIVIDUAL USE FROM ALL OF THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ORDINANCE BY COUNCILMAN ERICA GREEN LAYS AND GELS THE PUBLIC HERE.

WE'LL SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12.

[01:20:03]

CAN YOU JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? HI, MY NAME IS KARISHA CARTS GLOVER, AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BATON ROUGE.

SO I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THE SALES AND TAX ORDINANCE ONE ZERO ONE TWO SEVEN AS PRESENTED BY COUNCILWOMAN, ERIC GREEN, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BATON ROUGE.

WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM, DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN AND APPROVES THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EFFECTIVE ACTION AND LEADERSHIP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.

AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JULIE IS THAT WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION OF 1700 MEMBERS AND WE HAVE SIX SIGNATURE PROJECTS AND THE COMMUNITY, ONE OF WHICH IS THE PROJECT.

WE MADE SURE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY DISTRIBUTING DIAPERS, TO PARTNER AGENCIES WITHIN BATON ROUGE.

JUST LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED 500,000 DIAPERS TO THESE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO THEN IN TURN DISTRIBUTED TO CLIENTS WHO THEY SERVE.

WE INTEND TO CONTINUE SERVING THESE AGENCIES, UM, WHO OFTEN ARE WORKING WITH CLIENTS ON A COMPANY WITH PAPERS BECAUSE THEY ARE A PART OF THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

BUT ALSO FOR THOSE CLIENTS WHO COME IN BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO TURN MY TIME OVER THEN TO JESSICA SHARON, WHO IS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND CHAIR OF THE DIAPER BAY THAT THEY SHARE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, UM, OF STARVING THESE FAMILIES AND WHAT THE ORDINANCE, THE SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT DO FOR FAMILIES AND BAD GRADES.

MY NAME IS JESSICA SHARON.

AND IN ADDITION TO BEING A JUNIOR LEAGUE MEMBER AND CHAIR OF AGRIBANK THIS YEAR, I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL OUTREACH FOR COLLEGE.

AND IN MY EVERYDAY WORK, WE HELP FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET FROM MONTH TO MONTH.

THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

AND SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT FAMILY ARE HAVING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON DIAPERS, GOVERNMENT AID PROGRAMS, SUCH AS SNAP, COVER DIAPERS, AND MANY FAMILY AREN'T ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED FAMILIES ACTUALLY FALL SHORT ABOUT 25 DIAPERS AND 57% OF FAMILIES.

THAT EXPERIENCE DIAPER NEED ALSO AROUND FOUR DAYS OF WORK BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE EXTRA DIAPERS.

YOU DON'T HAVE DIAPERS TO DAYCARE.

YOU DON'T HAVE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE BACKUP ASSISTANCE, A DAYCARE THAT YOU CAN'T GO TO WORK.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING IMPACT THIS ORDINANCE, AND IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT BY ELIMINATING THE MUNICIPAL SALES TAX, IT WAS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY MAYBE 20, MAYBE $30 A MONTH ON THIS, ON DIAPERS AND FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

AND THEY USE THAT MONEY TO BUY THE DIAPERS THAT AMY, SO THEIR CHILDREN AND GO TO DAYCARE.

THEY CAN GET INTO A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND PRODUCTIVE AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR THINGS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MEASURE.

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE OR COUNCIL WHEN WE AGREE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL, THE IMPACT THAT THIS CAN HAVE.

IT MAY NOT BE A LARGE, UM, TOO PRETTY.

IT'S A HUGE IMPACT.

MA'AM NEXT SPEAKER.

IF YOU'D PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.

DIAPER, BEEN DROPPING OFF DIAPERS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO SINGLE MOTHERS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THE NEED FOR DIAPERS.

MY NAME IS DIANA PEYTON.

I SERVE AS THE CEO OF THE WIDE WCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, WHERE OUR MISSION IS TO HELP ELIMINATE RACISM AND EMPOWER WOMEN.

I COME TODAY TO PROUDLY SUPPORT, UM, MINUTES, ONE TO SEVEN WITH ONE WCA.

OUR WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO HELP GIRLS AND WOMEN.

UM, WITH BASIC NECESSITY MEANS, UH, WE PROVIDE TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION WORK.

WE ALSO HELP YOUNG TEENS UNDERSTAND THE FIVE AND PREPARE FOR HYGIENE ITEMS AND HOW TO USE THEM APPROPRIATELY.

I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, UH, THE WOMEN AND THE GIRLS THAT WE SERVE, UH, FROM HOMELESS WOMEN TO WOMEN, TO OUR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM, WHERE WE SERVE ZERO TO THREE ROOMS, THIS ORDINANCE WILL NOT ONLY HELP OUT WITH THE NECESSITY OF TYPER THAT ARE QUITE COSTLY.

UM, DURING COVID YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDING A

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UM, WE PARTNERED WITH GROUP FITNESS AND GIVING THE LEAD WHO ALSO PROVIDE DONATIONS TO LOVE, TO HELP OUR PARENTS AND OUR CHILDREN.

WE SERVE A TOTAL OF 200 CHILDREN A YEAR AND 28 PREGNANT WOMEN.

AND WITH THAT WORK, I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, UM, YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT DIAPERS A IS SUCH A NECESSITY, BUT HAVING THE CHANCE TO NOT PRIORITIZE THIS SERVICE.

UM, AND THESE PRODUCTS WOULD GO A LONG WAY.

LAST NIGHT.

I MENTIONED WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS WOMEN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WOMEN, AND EVEN SOMETIMES OUR TEEN GIRLS WHO MADE IT IN A HOME WHERE THEIR PARENTS COULD NOT AFFORD HYGIENE.

I THINK THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED, BUT THEY ARE ACTUAL ESSENTIAL ITEMS THAT EVERY WOMAN MUST HAT, UM, IN ORDER TO BUILD A PRODUCTIVE LIFE.

UM, AND SO I HOPE WHAT REAL BEHALF OR OTHERWISE GAIN THE, THAT WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE REGION, THE CAPITAL REGION, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MA'AM LATE IN JAN WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ONE WISH GO ON ITEM ONE 12.

COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN GREEN.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

FOR MY COLLEAGUE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND BOND COUNCIL.

MAYOR PRO TEM AND EVERYONE ACROSS THE PARISH THAT IS CALLED EMAILED AND SENT SUPPORT A SPECIAL THANKS TO REPRESENTATIVE AMY FREEMAN, THE AUTHOR OF THE BILL ON THE STATE SIDE THAT STARTED THE CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION.

THIS YEAR, THERE ARE 38 OTHER COAUTHORS, SOME INCLUDING A STATE LEGISLATURES REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA FIBER, WHICH YOU RECEIVED IN A BLUE FOLDER, A LETTER FROM HER REPRESENTATIVE, BARBARA CARPENTER, WHO ALSO SENT A LETTER.

UM, AND MY COLLEAGUE FROM ACROSS THE WATER COUNCILWOMAN HALINA MORENO IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, THESE LADIES HAVE SUPPORTED AND GUIDED MY OFFICE THROUGH THIS PROCESS UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SOME YOU HEARD FROM TODAY.

UM, BUT OTHERS THAT ALSO ARE IN THE PACKET, LIFT LOUISIANA POWER PUMP GIRLS.

WHY WCA JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BATON ROUGE, PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL NETWORK, NEW ORLEANS ABORTION FOUNDATION, RE REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ACTION COALITION, AND THE CITIZENS OF BATON ROUGE THAT SENT IN EMAILS, UM, JUST FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTANDING.

AND I KNOW IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT LET'S TALK NUMBERS AND NECESSITY NUMBERS 115,314 TAXPAYERS ARE WOMEN.

THAT'S ABOUT 52% OF OUR POPULATION LOOKS LIKE YOUR MOTHERS, YOUR DAUGHTERS, YOUR NIECES, AND EVEN YOUR COLLEAGUES.

UM, 31% OF BATON ROUGE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE CHILDREN AND 10% LIVE IN POVERTY.

AN AVERAGE FAMILY SPENDS ABOUT $1,400 PER CHILD EACH YEAR ON DIAPERS.

THAT'S ABOUT $70 OR A HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.

AND THAT'S JUST THE CHILDREN'S DIAPERS.

REMEMBER FOOD STAMPS, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DON'T PROVIDE DIAPERS AND DAYCARE IS REQUIRED THEM.

IN ADDITION, THIS TAX DOESN'T TAX EVERYONE, IT ONLY TAXES WOMEN WHO PURCHASED THEM, WOMEN WHO WANT TO AVERAGE USE MORE THAN $16,000 OF TAMPONS OR PADS IN A LIFETIME.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BURDEN ON US.

AND ONE IN FOUR GIRLS, WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, HAVE MISS CLASS DUE TO THE LACK OF ACCESS.

I EVEN GOT A CALL FROM A MAN TODAY IN MY OFFICE WHO WANTED TO HELP AND PURCHASE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

BUT HE, HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BUY THEM.

I'LL SIR, IT'S OUT ON THE, IN THE STORE, THE STATE ALREADY EXEMPTS THINGS LIKE EYE GLASSES AND BREASTFEEDING ITEMS, EVEN LAND YAP, LIKE MARTY GO ITEMS. WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC AND MANY HAVE EMPLOYMENT ISSUES.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A NECESSITY.

WE EVEN RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CFO SHOPPERS VALUE, MS. DANIELLE SINALOA, WHO CHIMED IN BY SAYING SHE HAS SEEN THE IMPACT IN HER STORES.

AS PEOPLE OPEN DIAPERS ON A REGULAR ON THE SHELVES, JUST TO TAKE ONE OR TWO DIAPERS AS A CAREGIVER IN THE PAST FOR AN ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBER.

MY FAMILY LEARNED FIRSTHAND THE NECESSITY FOR ADULT DIAPERS AND SPEAKING WITH THE COUNCIL AND AGENT AND DURING THE FLOOD, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR OUR ELDERLY POPULATION, WHICH THIS TAX EXEMPTION DOES ADDRESS

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AND THIS SALES TAX ONLY COMES FROM CITY AND PARISH GENERAL FUNDS.

THE ESTIMATED IMPACT.

AND I STRONGLY SAY ESTIMATED, UM, IS ABOUT 100.

AND I THINK 70 SO THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM OUR GENERAL, UM, FROM THE 2% TAX SALES TAX THOUGH, THE STATE COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT.

WE CAN.

AND MANY OF YOU CAN LEAVE A LEGACY OF SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND ISSUES.

AND WE TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

UM, LESS BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.

AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF WOMEN EVERYWHERE, AND EVEN ON BEHALF OF THE FELLA THAT DID KNOW WHAT AISLE TO FIND THOSE, THOSE PRODUCTS ON.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF THESE PASSIONATE, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, STATE LEGISLATURES, AND CITIZENS THAT EMAILED YOU GUYS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER AND AMY FREEMAN STATED THAT THEY DID WANT TO BE HERE, BUT THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

AND I MOTION TO APPROVE PROOF.

YOU GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY GREEN LETTER SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I JUST WANTED TO HEAR A MAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.

GO AHEAD.

CAUSE YOU GOT TWO BABIES.

YOU HAD TWO GIRLS AND ONE WIFE.

OH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT MR. LUKE, I TRUST THEM.

I DO, BUT NO, I THINK THIS ISN'T A WONDERFUL ITEM.

A COUNCIL, WOMAN GREEN AND A IN SUPPORT OF ALL WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE AGE.

CAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A TON OF GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE OUT HERE SUPPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING FORWARD AND GREAT JOB AND I SUPPORT IT.

COUNCILMAN WATSON HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON DIAPERS, COUNCILMAN WATSON.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN COLE JUST SAID, ERICA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

HAVING A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL THAT WE'RE ONLY 15 MONTHS APART.

I WAS HIT WITH BOTH OF THEM NEEDING DIAPERS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND EVEN IF YOU JOIN COSTCO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE STILL SPENDING A KING'S RANSOM ON DIAPERS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITH GETTING DIAPERS TO FOLKS WHO NEED THEM.

WE HAD A MOTION BY GREEN AND SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS.

COUNCILMAN, WOULD YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I JUST WANTED TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS AND SAY, HUH, GIRL.

AND I HAVE LOOK, ERICA, THANK YOU.

UH, WITH BEING A MOM OF FOUR DAUGHTERS AND ALSO TAKING CARE OF AN AGING MOM, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

I THINK WILL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND, UM, AROUND OUR CITY.

AND EVEN THOUGH DONNA MAN MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT UNDERSTAND, I ASSURE YOU THEIR WALLETS DO.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF MIKE WICKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU SAID SOMETHING.

WE HAD A MOTION BY GREEN SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS OR ANY OBJECTIONS.

I'M SORRY, ERICA.

I GUESS I'M GOING TO BE YOUR LOAN.

OBJECTION.

NO PROBLEM.

SHOW ME OBJECTING PLEASE.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, I NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM ONE 10.

WHAT IS THE MOTION BY WATSON? SECOND BY LOOP.

ANY OBJECTIONS? CAN WE VOTE ON THE MACHINES PLEASE? RECONSIDER ITEM ONE 10.

CAN WE, CAN WE HEAR THE REASONING FOR THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S WORKERS REQUESTS? YEAH.

AND IT'S NOT TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE.

IT'S JUST TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM.

I HAD A QUESTION THAT WE DIDN'T GET ANSWERED.

THAT'S ALL.

I DON'T WANT TO IT INSTEAD OF THE BOAT.

THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT COMES FROM HUD TO HAVE A, THIS IS A LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN FROM HUD TO SAY IN OUR FIVE-YEAR COMP PLAN.

ALRIGHT.

MOTION.

WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON MACHINE AND MOTION RECONSIDER.

WAIT, WE GOTTA GO BACK TO THE ITEM.

YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

SHE CAN.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

AND DO WE TO DO A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE PLEASE, TO ASK A QUESTION ON ONE TEAM THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I GUESS COURTNEY OR DARYL, WHOEVER FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

I JUST ANOTHER, I LOOKED AT THE END OF THE ITEM AND IT SAID, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RE WISING THE PLAN TO REALLOCATE HUD FUNDING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN HOMELESS DIVERSION PROGRAMS. SO I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THESE, THESE PROGRAMS OR THESE FUNDS THAT WERE, WERE, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED.

AND SO I'M CONCERNED.

AND I DON'T, I JUST NEEDED A EXPLANATION ABOUT THE REVISING OF THE PLAN AND REALLOCATING THOSE DOLLARS.

ABSOLUTELY.

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SO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS WE BRING THE PLANS, RIGHT? YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THE PLAN IS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT ALLOCATES WHERE DOLLARS WILL GO AND WE SUBMIT BUDGET.

SO EVERY TIME YOU APPROVE THEM, WE SUBMIT BUDGETS.

WHEN WE HAVE PHONES THAT ARE LEFT OVER, THOSE ARE REALLOCATED.

AND IF THEY'RE REALLOCATED IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM WHAT THE ACTUAL PLAN SAID, THEN WE HAVE TO GO IN AND DOCUMENT THAT.

SO THIS IS TO ACCEPT THE DOCUMENTED PLAN FROM FISCAL YEAR 16 THROUGH 18 SEVEN THROUGH 14, UH, 99, 90, 92 94.

SO THESE ARE BASICALLY DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN REPURPOSED.

AND THE PLAN THAT WE SUBMIT TO HUD HAS TO DOCUMENT WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL FUNDS ALREADY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN REALLOCATED.

YES AND ALREADY BEEN SPENT YET ALLOCATED, VOTED ON, SPENT AND INSIDE OF THE ITEM, INSIDE OF THE ITEM, IF YOU CLICK TO THE COMM PLAN LETTER INSIDE OF THE AGENDA, IT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED ON OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BEFORE FROM PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE'RE JUST DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR HUD TO STAY COMPLIANT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE A POT OF MONEY THAT WAS THERE THAT HAD NOT BEEN USED, THAT WHEN I'M OUT REVISING THE PLAN OR REALLOCATING THOSE DOLLARS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THIS IS FROM ALL OF THOSE FISCAL YEARS ALREADY DONE, ALREADY SPENT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER, A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE COUNSEL, WOMAN BANKS.

MMM.

UM, FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS SINCE MAY 9TH.

NO YOU ARE.

SO THOUGH, WHAT DO YOU, SARAH? WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU AND THAT'S THE FACT THAT YOU NOT JUST ANSWER WHAT YOU HAVE THE OPTIMIST OF THE, OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORICAL AND INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE THAT I JUST WANT TO COME MEET YOU IN FOUR MONTHS.

IT THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, INTRODUCTION ITEM, A AUTHORIZATION WITH A MAYOR, PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN AIRPORT COMMISSIONED TO FORMALLY REQUEST LUNA DOTD DIVISION OF AVIATION TO PROVIDE FUNDS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BATON ROUGE, METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, APPLICATION, STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEARS, 2021 THROUGH 2026 AND TO PROVIDE $20,000 FOR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT VIRTUAL.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU GOT IT.

IT WAS GONE COUNSELOR.

[Administrative Matters]

EACH OF THE A HUNDRED PERCENT STATE FUNDED PROJECTS LISTED IN THERE BY THE AVIATION DIRECTOR.

REASON FOR THIS I'M BEING REQUESTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER AS PART OF THE AIRPORTS, 2021 THROUGH 2026 FUNDING REQUEST ON THE STATE OF LOUISIANA CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE AIRPORT EVERY YEAR ON NOVEMBER ONE, THE STATE REQUIRES A REALIZATION TO FORMALLY REQUEST THE FUNDS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE BATON ROUGE, METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THIS RESOLUTION IS NEEDED FOR CONSIDERATION OF ANY PROJECT, LOCAL DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION OF $20,000.

EACH PRODUCT PROJECT PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS WHEN THE STATE PRIORITIZES PROJECTS ITEM B MEANING 2020 CURRENT EXPENSE BUDGET.

SO WITH APPROPRIATE $800,000 FOR DEBRIS COLLECTION AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE DELTA, THE REASON FOR THIS, I AM BEING INTRODUCED AS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

THE STORM DEBRIS ASSESSMENT IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENT THAT COULD NOT BE DONE DURING, UNTIL HURRICANE DELTA MOVED THROUGH THE PARISH.

AND AFTER THE COUNCIL AGENDA DEADLINE, THIS BUDGET SUPPLEMENT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER WILL ALLOW DES TO PRE-PROCESS SUPPLEMENT TO THE SUPPLEMENTS, THE DEBRIS COLLECTION AND MONITORING CONTRACTS QUICKER.

COUNCIL MEMBERS ON AN EMOTION TO WAVE THE WAVE, THE RULES MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY WATSON COUNCILMEMBER.

THIS WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION.

THE WAY THE RULES PUBLIC EMOTION, THE WAY THE RULES SAY ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES.

SAY, I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER IONS MOTION BY LUPE SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTIONS HERE IN ITEMS A AND B ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED.

ITEM ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, EMERGENCY ITEM ITEM C 20 DASH ZERO ONE ONE SIX FIVE EMERGENCY ELEVATOR REPAIRS ESTIMATE $250,000.

THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM BEING ACROSS EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE MERIT PERFORMANCE BOND RECEIVED.

AFTER THE DEADLINE COUNSELING, I NEED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY LOOP.

THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION TO WAIVE THE RULES ST.

PAUL CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ANY OBJECTIONS.

MOTION RULES SAY NON ITEMS SAY HAS BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY ITEM.

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THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION ON ITEM C PUBLIC ITEM C SAYING ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MATTERS EMERGENCY ITEM C MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY ROCKER.

ANY OBJECTIONS SAY ON ITEM C, THEN APPROVED COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING TO GO TO APPOINTMENTS.

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ITEM ONE 13 IS MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE AND CIVIL SERVICE BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING GAIL.

JOSEPH WHO RESIGNED HIS TERM WAS EXPIRED.

JULY 23, 2021 CURVE BOUND IS JAMES GILMORE AND BRANDON WILLIAMS. I THINK FROM THE FLOOR, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. GILMORE, PLEASE? THERE'S A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. GILMORE BY ROCCA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION SECOND BY LOOP.

ANY OBJECTIONS? I OBJECT I OBJECT.

CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, PLEASE? MR. BRANDON WILLIAMS, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? ANY SILVA? SECRETARY CONVENIENCE.

VERY CIVIL SERVICE.

MA'AM OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WE'RE JUST GONNA VOTE ON THE MACHINES.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR? SAY NON FLOORS CLOSED.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MACHINES ARE FIRST GOING TO BE OPEN FOR JAMES GILMORE.

IT'S BANKS.

THAT MACHINES ARE FIRST GOING TO BE OPEN FOR JAMES GILMORE.

TWO VOTES COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE MACHINES ARE NOW GOING TO BE OPEN FOR BRANDON WILLIAMS. MACHINES ARE OPEN.

YOU WANT TO VOTE? YES, YES, YES, YES.

TO ITEM ONE 14 PERSONNEL BOARD CONSIDERATION OF REPLACING OR SALE PLUS SEAT WHO WAS DESIRED.

WITH MS. COLLINS LEWIS VOTE, THAT IS SEVEN FOR MR. WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS IS OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO GO

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AND THIS TERM EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2023.

CURRENT BOWEL IS LESLIE AUSTIN AND MONICA FOIL.

ACTUALLY, YOU WANT THEM? UH, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MONICA SPRUILL, RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING.

SHE REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW HER NAME FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT LESLIE AUSTIN MOTION BY WATSON SECOND BY AND MARISSA.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SAY NONE.

LESLIE AUSTIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE PERSONNEL BOARD ITEM ONE, ITEM ONE

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15, THAT'S FINE.

ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ACTUALLY GO AHEAD NOW.

APOLOGIES.

UM, WHEN WE FIRST PLACED THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE, UH, HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ACTUALLY NEEDED TO BE A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER AND FURTHER RESEARCH.

UH, THIS IS SIMPLY A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.

THE RESOLUTION DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT IT BE A MEMBER OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATION COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT TYRA WICKER.

SECOND.

I HAVE QUESTION THOUGH.

SO IT SAYS APPOINTED METRO COUNCIL MEMBER AS A REPRESENTATIVE.

CAUSE I THINK I HAD THE, HAD THE SAME CONFERENCE WITH ASKED ME ABOUT ANOTHER BOARD.

SO SHE WOULD NOT SAY THE COUNCIL APPOINTED THEIR REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE IT WAS A METRO TO ME, THE LANGUAGE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

TODD SAID, I'VE BEEN TOLD HER AFTER I, MY TERM IS UP IN DECEMBER.

I CAN'T SERVE ON BOARDS OF THE COUNCIL AS A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE I WOULD NO LONGER BE ON THE COUNCIL.

YES MA'AM FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, THE RESOLUTION ONLY SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE.

IT DOES NOT SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER.

THERE ARE SOME BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT REQUIRE THE REPRESENTATIVE BE A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS JUST ISN'T ONE OF THEM.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HEY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO, BUT THIS SAY AS A POINT OF RIVERBEDS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO THAT IS OUR MISTAKE.

AND SO IT SHOULD ONLY SAY APPOINTING A REPRESENTATIVE, A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'VE TRIED TO QUESTION THAT THAT WAS THE SAME THING IN BED I COULDN'T SERVE AFTER, AFTER LEAVING THE COUNTER.

SORRY.

NO, IF IT'S THE WORDING OF IT, I THINK NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

APPOINTED MR. BROWN, A COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE ONCE YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER ANYMORE, THEN YOU'RE NOT THE COUNCIL

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REVENUE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO APPOINTING THE COUNCIL, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

I NOMINATED COUNCIL AND TAR WICKER.

IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION APPROVED COUNTY COUNCILWOMAN TARA WICKER MOTION APPROVED BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY HUDSON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON THIS WORKER HAS BEEN APPOINTED? COUNSELOR

[Items 116 & 117]

IS GOING TO ITEMS CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE 16, ONE 17 TOGETHER I'D HAVE ONE CHANGE ON NINE ONE 16 JONES CREEK LIBRARY, RENOVATION CONTRACTOR LINCOLN BUILDERS OF BATON ROUGE, INC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT OF $54,086 AND 13 CENTS.

I AM 17 ONE 17 EAST BATON ROUGE COUNCIL ON AGING CONTRACTOR, BLUNT GENERAL CONTRACTOR, THE LLC CHANGE ORDER AMOUNT, $73,855.

LADIES IN JAIL IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'LL SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE 16 AND ONE 17 SAY NONPUBLIC HEARINGS, CLOSED COUNSEL MEMBERS, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 16 AND ONE 17 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU THAT THIS IS NOT CHANGE ORDERS THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED.

THESE ARE, THIS IS, THIS IS THINGS THAT POPPED UP DURING DESTRUCTION.

UH, THAT IS CORRECT.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT POPPED UP.

WE OWN THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING WAS FUNDED BY CDBG FUNDS.

AND ONCE Y'ALL PASS THIS AND WE DO THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE, WHICH IS AN ITEM ON HERE, THEY WERE PURCHASED.

THE BUILDING BACK IN THE FUNDS WILL GO BACK INTO THE CDBG.

SO WE'LL ACTUALLY GET REIMBURSED FOR THESE DOLLARS.

AS WOMAN WE WILL GET WHEN THEY SELL THE BUILDING WILL GET REIMBURSED.

WHEN THEY BUY IT, THEY'LL BE OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD THEIR SHOW THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF A CHANGE ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL ON AGING.

HAS GOT A FINAL ACCEPTANCE IS GOING TO TAKE ITEM ONE 18 THROUGH ONE 19 TOGETHER.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON SECOND BY COLUMN LEWIS AND ASTERICK BILE COUNCILMAN HUDSON AS APPROVAL ON ITEMS. ONE 16 THROUGH ONE 17 COUNSELOR

[Items 118 & 119]

ITEM ONE 18 IS CITY HALL, GENERATOR INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS, WALTER J. BARNES ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

FINAL COST IS $1,308,937 ITEM ONE 19 EIGHT ROUGE COUNCIL ON AGING CONTRACTOR.

BUNCH OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS LLC.

FINAL COST IS 3 MILLION, $258,685.

LADIES AND JAILS, A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH PICK ON ITEM ONE 18 AND ONE 19 SAY NONE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED COUNSELORS.

A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 18 AND 19 MOTION BY ROCCA.

SECOND BY WATSON OR ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE.

I AM ONE 18 AND ONE 19 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNSELOR'S GOING TO GO TO ACCEPTANCE

[Items 120 - 123]

OF LOW BIDS.

WE'LL TAKE ITEMS ONE 23, ONE 23 TOGETHER.

ITEM ONE, TWENTIES, CARVER BRANCH LIBRARY, DAMAGE REPAIRS AND LUSTER GROUP LLC, $7,000 ITEM ONE 21, LOUISIANA HIGHWAY NINE 64 FORCE MAIN REMOVAL BOOM SERVICES, LLC.

ONE 49, $149,865.

ITEM ONE 22 AS A CAITLIN THREE-WAY LARGE DIAMETER SEWER REHABILITATION INSTITUTE FORM TECHNOLOGIES LLC.

1 MILLION, 230, $2, $254 AND 25 CENTS.

AND ITEM ONE 23 IS MODEL LOUISIANA BOULEVARD, PHASE TWO, CLEARING OMEGA FOUNDATION SERVICES INC $68,392 AND 86 CENTS.

LATE IN JUNE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS BIG ON ITEMS. ONE 23, ONE 23.

SEEING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? ONE 23, ONE 23 MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY HUDSON SHOW.

COUNCILMAN WILSON, OBJECTING TO ITEM ONE 21 MOTION TO PROVE IS ON ITEMS ONE 20 OR ONE 23.

I'VE BEEN APPROVED.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND BY AMA ROSA.

I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT ON, WE HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT AT THE CHARLES R. KELLY COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE DATE IS OCTOBER 24, SORRY.

YEP.

OCTOBER 24TH.

THAT AFTERNOON.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A TRUCK IN THE TRUCK OR TREAT AS A DRIVE THROUGH TRUNK OR TREAT DUE TO COVID.

UM, PLEASE CONTACT, UM, KESHA JACKSON AT OUR OFFICE FOR ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE'D LIKE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND IN GENERAL BATON WOODS AREA TO COME OUT FOR A SECOND HALLOWEEN DRIVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, LOCATED AT THE MULTICAM COMMUNITY CENTER, 4,000 GUS SHUNG AVENUE.