Jul 26, 2023 Parish Council Grand Isle

IT IS 11:00.

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[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]

WE ARE IN THE GRAND ISLE MULTIPLEX 3101 LOUISIANA HIGHWAY ONE IN GRAND ISLE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SPECIAL MEETING FOR US EVERY YEAR.

WE LOVE GETTING DOWN HERE AND SEEING EVERYBODY AND MAKING THE PARISH A BIG PART OF GRAND ISLE FOR AT LEAST THIS DAY AND THEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR THE TARPON RODEO.

WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

AND IF I LEAVE ANYBODY OUT, THEN STAND UP AND TELL ME I LEFT YOU OUT.

BUT I THINK WE GOT EVERYBODY, SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE JOINED US, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BILLY NUNGESSER IS HERE.

HE'S GOT A PRESENTATION FOR US IN A MOMENT.

ASSESSOR TOM COPPOLA, SHERIFF JOE LOPINTO.

CLERK OF COURT JOHN GUGGENHEIMER HARAHAN.

MAYOR TIM BODIE. GRAND ISLE MAYOR DAVID CARMADELLE, OF COURSE, AND SENATOR PAT CONNICK.

AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOUR COUNCIL WHEN YOU GET UP.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW, YOU CAN INTRODUCE EVERYBODY.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY I LEFT OUT? ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THINK WE GOT THEM ALL.

ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN EDWARDS TO INTRODUCE HIS GUEST TO LEAD OUR INVOCATION THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST THIS MORNING.

FATHER MARK TOUPS IS A CATHOLIC PRIEST OF 22 YEARS FOR THE DIOCESE OF HOUMA-THIBODAUX IN SOUTH LOUISIANA, WHERE HE SERVES AS THE PASTOR OF OUR LADY OF THE ISLE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GRAND ISLE.

IN ADDITION, FATHER MARK IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF MINISTRY FOR PRIESTLY SUPPORT, WHERE HE WORKS WITH PRIESTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BOTH IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP MONITORING.

HE IS THE AUTHOR OF 11 BOOKS AND FOUR EIGHT WEEK VIDEOTAPE SERIES.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TO WELCOME HIM HERE THIS MORNING.

FATHER TOUPS RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM NICHOLLS STATE AND HIS HIS DIVINITY MASTER'S OF DIVINITY FROM NOTRE DAME.

FATHER TOUPS, WELCOME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.

THE COMMUNITY HERE, NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO WHO LIVE HERE, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THIS LITTLE SANCTUARY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS OUR PARISH LEADERSHIP AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO REBUILD OUR ISLAND AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SOUTH LOUISIANA, GULF COAST.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THE MEETING TODAY.

MAY ALL THAT IS DELIBERATED HERE BE TO YOUR GREATER HONOR AND GLORY.

MAY YOU CONTINUE TO USE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AS YOUR INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEM IN THEIR OWN PARTICULAR WAYS.

MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE.

AND WE ASK ALL THIS THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.

AMEN. AMEN. LOOK TO THE LEFT.

THANK YOU BOTH. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MADAM PRESIDENT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

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PB CANDIES HERE.

PB, YOU KNOW, HERE.

BACK FOR THE TARPON RODEO.

FRANK BENSON I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE PRESIDENT LAST YEAR, SO FRANK BENSON IS HERE.

HE WILL BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE RODEO THIS YEAR.

SO I WISH HIM AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND.

AND WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WONDERFUL WEATHER.

IS HE STILL IN THE ROOM? HE WAS JUST HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

PB AND FRANK, THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST STEPPED OUT.

OH, THERE WE GO. THERE'S FRANK BENSON.

HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE RODEO.

THIS YEAR. SO JUST WANT TO WISH HIM AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND.

I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE LAST YEAR, SO I HOPE THAT.

OH, I HOPE THAT'S AHEAD OF YOU FOR THIS WEEKEND.

LIKE, I HAD SO MUCH FUN.

UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND START MY REMARKS.

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE IDA.

THE ISLAND LOOKS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO SO MANY OF OUR TEAMS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

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I WANT TO THANK OUR PUBLIC ASSISTANT GRANT PROGRAM, PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION, WHO CURRENTLY STILL HAS 11 PROJECTS PROCESSING THROUGH FEMA'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS PORTAL SYSTEM.

AND WE WATCH THAT.

AND REALLY KUDOS TO THEM BECAUSE OF ALL THE PARISHES IN THE STATE, THEY HAVE GOTTEN REIMBURSEMENTS QUICKER THAN ANYBODY.

SO THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF THAT, AND THAT'S DUE TO THEIR WORK.

IN TERMS OF OUR WATER DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION ON GRAND ISLE WATER SYSTEM BECAUSE OF HURRICANE RELATED DAMAGES.

THE CHÉNIER PUMP STATION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY WATER SOURCE TO THE TOWN OF GRAND ISLE AT A COST OF $6.2 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE, INCLUDING THE LOWERING OF THE GRAND ISLE WATER LINE, WHICH WE'RE HOPEFUL TO GET ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM FEMA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT.

THAT IS A HEFTY PROJECT AT 66 TO $70 MILLION.

THE GRAND ISLE WATER LINE LOOP, WHICH IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR A CONSTRUCTION AT A COST OF 6 MILLION.

THE GRAND ISLE VALVE PLATFORMS, WHICH IS FULLY FUNDED AND WILL MOVE FORWARD ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

THAT'S AN $8 MILLION PROJECT AND OUR WATER DEPARTMENT IS ALSO CONDUCTING A CHEMICAL AND FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH WILL PROVIDE A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO TREAT THE WATER IN GRAND ISLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE STUDY WILL DESIGN A SECOND WATER LINE ALONG LA ONE TO DIRECTIONALLY DRILL A WATER LINE FROM CHENIERE TO BRIDGESIDE, INCREASING THE WATER CAPACITY TO THE ISLAND AND THEN WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE PARISH BECAUSE OF THE THE THE INCREASE IN THE FEES AND BEING ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR ECONOMY AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING METERING AND ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PARISH AND WE HAVE PUT GRAND ISLE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT PHASE.

ONE OF THAT WILL BE ON GRAND ISLE AND THAT'S GOING TO START IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THE COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY HIRING THE PROFESSIONALS TO DO THAT WORK IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FROM MAY TO JUNE, WE HAD A LOT OF TEAMS DOWN HERE DOING WORK, SWEEPING AND CLEANING OVER 20,000 LINEAR FEET OF OPEN DITCHES.

DITCHES CLEANED MORE THAN 9000 LINEAR FEET OF DRAINAGE CULVERTS, HAULED NEARLY 3000 OF MATERIALS TO DEBRIS SITES AND PROVIDED OVER 3400 HOURS OF MAN HOURS OF SERVICE.

ADDITIONALLY, A HYDRAULIC HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY IS BEING PERFORMED IN THE WATERS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF GRAND ISLE, AND THE SURVEY IS GOING TO IDENTIFY UNDERWATER DEBRIS THAT MAY CAUSE NAVIGATIONAL HAZARDS BETWEEN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY ONE BRIDGE EAST TO PORT LANE AND NORTH, APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE OFF THE COAST.

IN TERMS OF PUMP STATIONS, THE ORANGE LANE PUMP STATION IS COMPLETE.

AND JEFFERSON, THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE.

AND WE'VE COMMITTED OVER $1 MILLION IN GOMESA FUNDS FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION ALONG ORANGE LANE.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP, OBVIOUSLY, DURING STREET FLOODING, HEAVY RAIN EVENTS AND THEN OUR ECOSYSTEM AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT GROUP PARTNERED WITH THE GRAND ISLE INDEPENDENT LEVEE DISTRICT AND THE COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AUTHORITY ON THE CHENIERE CAMINADA EMERGENCY BREAKWATERS PROJECT.

THE PARISH ASSISTED WITH $850,000 IN GOMESA FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS $9 MILLION PROJECT WAS COMPLETE BY JUNE 1ST, 2023, AND THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FIVE ROCK BREAKWATER STRUCTURES AT VARIOUS LENGTHS ALONG THAT SHORELINE.

SO ALSO OUR FLOODPLAIN AND ECOSYSTEM TEAMS REVISITED 260 SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED STRUCTURES IN MAY OF 2023, DOCUMENTING MORE THAN 100 STRUCTURES THAT HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED BY THE OWNERS.

THE REMAINING STRUCTURES ARE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AND PERIODICALLY MONITORED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEMA RULES IN THAT POST-DISASTER ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF GRAND ISLE, DOING THE DEBRIS MONITORING RELATED TO STRUCTURAL DEMOLITION DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE IDA, A TOTAL OF 81 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

31 PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SINCE OPTED OUT OF THE PROGRAM, AND THE REMAINING 50 APPLICATIONS ARE GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS THROUGH FEMA.

IN TERMS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE GOTTEN THE THE PAVILION BACK UP AND OPERATIONAL.

ALL THE PAVILION LIGHTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED OUT TO LED LIGHTS.

FENCING HAS BEEN REPLACED AND OUR RECREATION TEAM HELPS WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PAVILION YEAR ROUND.

AND THEN I JUST VISITED AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND ISLE LIBRARY, WHICH IS HAPPILY NO LONGER IN THIS BUILDING, BEAUTIFUL NEW LOCATION, JUST VISITED THEIR GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS A LOT OF BOOKS THERE.

THAT LIBRARY RIGHT BEHIND US ALSO HOLDS THE NEW LIBRARY OF THINGS.

SO NOT ONLY CAN YOU CHECK OUT A BOOK OR A DVD, YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THINGS WHICH.

FOR GRAND ISLE REVOLVES AROUND NATURE BIRDWATCHING, BACKPACKS, BINOCULARS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, FIELD GUIDES, METAL DETECTORS, FAMILY BOARD GAMES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE LIBRARY OF THINGS PROJECT AND GLAD THAT THE GRAND ISLE LIBRARY IS ONE OF THOSE PILOT PROJECTS FOR THE LIBRARY OF THINGS.

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THE JEFFERSON PROTECTION AND ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE I CALLED OUT THEIR NAMES.

THESE RESIDENTS HAVE HELPED US AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS TRAP AND SUCCESSFULLY SPAY AND NEUTER OVER 150 CATS ON THE ISLAND SINCE JANUARY.

SO LINDA GOLDMAN, SANDRA TOWNSEND, HELEN TABER AND DARLENE TAYLOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR OUR PAWS.

AND THEN THE WORK CONTINUES FOR THIS WEEKEND'S TARPON RODEO PREPARATION.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ISLAND IS IN GREAT SHAPE.

WE KNOW IT'S A BIG, BIG WEEKEND FOR US IN JEFFERSON PARISH.

OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT HAS MILLED ASPHALT FOR ALL THE BEACH ACCESS ROADS MOVED AND SPREAD THE SAND AND CONTINUE TO SEND TEAMS TO TO THE BEACH AND THROUGH THE RODEO.

OUR ENGINEERING SIGN SHOP IS PROVIDED, INSTALLED OVER 250 STREET NAME SIGNS, OVER 100 BEACH CROSSING SIGNS, AND 167 STOP SIGNS ARE SKATED. DIVISION HAS INSPECTED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AT THE PAVILION AND PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT THROUGH THE RODEO.

OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, TENTS, BARRICADES, MAN LIFTS, HANGING BATTERS, DUMPSTERS, PICNIC BENCHES AND PA SYSTEMS, GENERAL SERVICES, PROVIDING FLAGS AND WATER AND PREPARATION FOR THE WEEKEND.

AND THEN OUR PARKWAYS DEPARTMENT HELPED GET THE GRAND ISLE SIGN REFURBISHED LAST MONTH THANKS TO THE FUNDING FROM DISTRICT ONE.

SO A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, STREETS DEPARTMENT HAS PEOPLE DOWN HERE AS WELL.

SO, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM WORKING WITH US.

WE KNOW THIS IS THE PASSION OF YOUR LIFE, THE BEAUTY OF THIS ISLAND AND GETTING THE ISLAND BACK UP, BACK UP TO SPEED.

AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU IN THAT EFFORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT A GREAT WEEKEND.

SO I WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER ITEMS. NUMBER SIX, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS REGARDING INSURANCE.

AND IF ANYBODY ASKS ME WHAT I THINK THE BIGGEST THREAT IS IN JEFFERSON PARISH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU INSURANCE.

I GOT CAUGHT UP IN IT MYSELF.

WE HAD INSURANCE COMPANIES JUST LEAVE THE STATE.

I GOT A NOTICE SAYING, WE'RE DROPPING YOU.

YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO FIND ANOTHER INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOUSE, FOR YOUR DWELLING.

AND IT WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PREMIUM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THIS ON THE SYSTEMS, ON THE STATE'S SYSTEM OF LAST RESORT, WHICH IS CITIZENS INSURANCE.

SO THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SAW THE CRISIS THAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND WHAT WHEN WE HAVE TO COMPETE, REMEMBER, NONE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE TO BE HERE IN LOUISIANA.

SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN TOTAL COLLECTED 2 BILLION WORTH OF PREMIUMS AND HAD TO PAY $14 BILLION IN DAMAGES.

SO THAT IS NOT A BUSINESS MODEL THAT WORKS FOR ANYONE.

SO WE IN LOUISIANA, WE CAN'T FORCE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE TO BEG FOR THEM TO WRITE POLICIES IN LOUISIANA.

AND THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION REALIZED EARLY ON THAT THIS WAS A CRITICAL SITUATION FOR US.

WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO OTHER STATES, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WORKS IN OUR FAVOR IS GOOD DATA.

AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR BIGGEST RISK IS IF THE ROOF CAN STAY ON YOUR HOUSE AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES REALIZE WE DON'T HAVE GOOD DATA HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH OR IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, IF A HOMEOWNER SAYS THE ROOF IS FIVE YEARS OLD, IT'S JUST THE HOMEOWNER'S WORD BECAUSE WE DON'T PERMIT IT.

AND SO THERE'S NO OFFICIAL DATA ON THAT.

IT'S NOT CAPTURED.

SO THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN JANUARY PASSED A RESOLUTION ASKING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO START PERMITTING THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AFTER A HURRICANE OR AT ANY TIME, WHICH WE NEVER DID BEFORE, BECAUSE WE NEVER WANTED TO HINDER THE RESTORATION EFFORTS.

IT WOULD HAVE REALLY HINDERED IF EVERYBODY HAD TO GET A PERMIT FOR THE PARISH AFTER A STORM TO GET THEIR ROOF REPLACED.

LEGISLATION WAS PASSED THIS SESSION TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT GEOTAGGED AND GEO LOCATION VIDEO OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE.

AND ONCE THAT WAS PASSED, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THIS NOW AND WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND WE CERTAINLY WANTED JEFFERSON PARISH TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST PARISHES READY FOR THIS.

SO THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE UP THIS MEASURE TODAY.

IT'S IT'S NUMBER SIX, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT IF YOU NEED OVER 50% OF YOUR ROOF REPLACED.

AND WE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO RESTORATION EFFORTS WILL BE HINDERED, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DELAYING THIS PROCESS AT ALL. SO WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT EASY.

OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE PERMIT ONLINE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FLAT $50 FEE AND THEN YOUR CONTRACTOR AND THIS ALSO PROTECTS THE CONSUMER, THE CONSUMER FROM WORKING WITH A REPUTABLE CONTRACTOR.

THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO HAVE AN APP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, GEO TAG TO YOUR LOCATION SO WE CAN CONFIRM IT. AND WE WILL LATER ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETENESS FOR THAT PERMIT.

SO WE DO BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ELEMENT, ELEMENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR THE INSURANCE CRISIS AND IN TERMS OF LOOKING MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INSURANCE AGENCIES.

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ALSO, I WANT TO TALK AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICES AND A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COYOTE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.

WE ACTUALLY WERE THE CHAMBER HOSTED A SESSION FOR BUSINESS AND ELECTED LEADERS TO GO TO AUSTIN LAST WEEK.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE DEALING WITH THIS VERY SAME ISSUE.

THE COYOTE PROBLEM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO JEFFERSON PARISH.

COYOTES, BY NATURE DON'T WANT TO INTERACT WITH HUMANS.

THEY WHEN THEY SETTLE NEAR SUBURBAN AREAS, THEY ACTUALLY CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIORS AND BECOME NOCTURNAL.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INTERACTION WITH HUMANS.

BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THEY COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR FOOD, SMALL CATS, MICE, PEOPLE WHO FEED CATS AND LEAVE FOOD OUT AT NIGHT, PEOPLE WHO DON'T SECURE THEIR GARBAGE CANS PROPERLY.

AND ONCE THEY ARE ABLE TO GET FOOD IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY HAVE A POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT THEY WANT TO COME BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FIND MORE FOOD AGAIN.

SO THE COUNCIL AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES FOR PUTTING UP.

WE CAN'T TRAP OUR WAY OUT OF THIS, BUT I THINK A STRATEGY OF TRYING TO HAVE TRAPPERS THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF TARGET THESE COYOTES THAT HAVE BECOME FRIENDLY OR THINKING THAT HUMAN INTERACTION IS OKAY, WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO WORK ON THAT.

BUT THE COYOTE PROBLEM IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAP OUR WAY OUT OF.

ACTUALLY, A COYOTE HAS A HOME RANGE OF ABOUT 2 TO 5 MILES.

AND IF YOU KILLED ALL THE COYOTES IN THE AREA, IT WOULD SOON BE REPLACED WITH OTHER COYOTES TAKING OVER THAT HOME RANGE.

SO THAT REALLY, IF YOU READ ANYTHING OR YOU TALK TO ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND COYOTE BEHAVIOR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAP YOUR WAY OUT OF IT.

BUT CERTAINLY THE TRAPPERS THAT WERE HIRING THAT ARE BEING NUISANCES TO US OR GOD FORBID, YOU KNOW, A CHILD GETS HURT.

OR OUR PETS GET HURT NEEDS TO COME WITH AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THAT IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN OUR FOOD, MAKING SURE OUR PETS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS IF THEY END UP USING SNARES THAT SOME OF OUR PETS WOULD ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT UP IN THOSE SNARES.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO ONCE THE TRAPPERS ARE HIRED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE EAST BANK AND THE WEST BANK TO TALK MORE FULLY ABOUT THIS.

BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE COYOTE PROBLEM.

NOW. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR PAWS TEAM WAS WORKING AT GOING OUT AND TRYING TO HAZE COYOTES WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE SIGHTINGS.

SO ANYBODY WHO HAS SEEN A COYOTE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US SO WE CAN KIND OF DOCUMENT THIS HAZING IS TRYING TO REVERSE THE THE LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT THEY HAVE, THAT IT'S OKAY TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BY SCARING THEM AWAY AGAIN.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS AND OUR CODE TEAM GOING OUT AND KIND OF PUTTING FLIERS ON HOUSES THAT ARE MAYBE DOING CAT FEEDING AND KEEPING THE FOOD OUT.

SO WE HAVE MANY TEAMS WORKING ON THIS ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN BONANO.

I JUST WANT. EXCUSE ME.

I JUST WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT XIANG AND HER STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS COYOTE ISSUE.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE EMOTIONAL ON BOTH SIDES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS SHE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A DUAL APPROACH OF EDUCATION AS WELL AS TRAPPING THOSE COYOTES WHO HAVE BECOME DESENSITIZED TO HUMANS.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO MENTION TWO PEOPLE I'VE MET.

SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED TO ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT THE COYOTES THEMSELVES, AND I'VE TOLD THEM I'VE STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST THAT, AND I'M GOING TO FIND THEMSELVES ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW.

YOU CANNOT SHOOT A COYOTE IN JEFFERSON PARISH UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY A CASE OF SELF DEFENSE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT OUT THERE.

YOU CANNOT LEGALLY SHOOT A GUN WITHIN THE PARISH LIMITS OF JEFFERSON PARISH.

AND ALSO ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, I WANT TO THANK SHERIFF LOPINTO.

HE'S DONATING FOUR HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLES TO OUR FIRE TRUCKS.

SO THANK YOU, SHERIFF, FOR THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED THEM THIS HURRICANE SEASON.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.

I'M SORRY YOUR MIC WAS ON. I THOUGHT YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LONGEST ADDRESSES I'VE EVER GOTTEN FROM YOU AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT THANK YOU, BECAUSE. BUT THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY HOW MANY THINGS WE DO AND CARE FOR HERE ON GRAND ISLE.

AND MOST OF THAT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT WE TAKE CARE OF AND TRY TO HELP OUT OUR PARTNERS HERE ON THE ISLAND.

YOU KNOW, FROM FROM WATER TO SIGNAGE TO DRAINAGE TO HEALTH CARE TO ANIMAL CONTROL.

WE'RE HERE FOR THE ISLE AND EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY, MAYOR, TO YOU AND YOUR COUNCIL AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE ISLAND COMING BACK LIKE IT IS.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAME TO THE MEETING LAST MONTH AND STATED THAT YOU ROUGHLY HAVE ABOUT 165 NEW BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE ISLAND.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE FOR ANY COMMUNITY.

BUT TO HAVE A BARRIER ISLAND HAVE THAT TAKING PLACE IS PHENOMENAL.

AND HATS OFF TO YOUR TEAM HERE ON THE ISLAND FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE INTO WHAT'S TAKING PLACE TO INVEST OUR DOLLARS.

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WE ALL KNOW IN THIS ROOM ON THE ISLAND HERE THAT MITIGATING PROPERTY AND THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IS A HINDRANCE OF DEVELOPMENT HERE ON THE ISLAND AND AREAS OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM.

HALF OF YOUR PROPERTIES NEED TO BE MITIGATED OF WETLANDS MITIGATION TO TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.

AND AS A COST TO THAT, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO HAVE A PROGRAM TO HELP WITH THAT MITIGATION.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE BIGGEST WATER ACT THAT ACTUALLY IS OUT THERE THAT THAT DICTATES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WETLANDS DESIGNATED AREA, THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO MITIGATE LAND THAT IS CONSIDERED WETLANDS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

IT'LL BE COMING SOON TO BRING TO YOU ALL TO LOOK AT OPTIONS TO WHERE MAYBE WE CAN'T CHANGE IN CONGRESS THE BIGGERT-WATERS ACT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S WAYS WE CAN DO GRANTS THAT WOULD GIVE INCENTIVES TO HAVE PEOPLE REINVEST INTO AREAS LIKE GRAND ISLE AND HELP COVER THAT MITIGATION COST. THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, LOTS OF EXPENSIVE, BUT WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERED WETLANDS, THEY'RE NOT.

IF WE CAN PUT THOSE PROPERTIES ON THE TAX ROLLS AT A HIGHER VALUE LONG TERM, IT BENEFITS GRAND ISLE AND IT BENEFITS THE PARISH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP WITH THE THE MITIGATING MITIGATION OF WETLANDS.

THAT BEING SAID, ONCE AGAIN, PROUD TO BE BACK HERE ON GRAND ISLE FOR THE TARPON RODEO.

IT TRULY IS SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHINE THIS WEEKEND AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW OUTSIDE OF GRAND ISLE WHAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE.

AND THANK YOU.

HEY, WHAT ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MAYOR CARMICHAEL, TO YOU, YOUR COUNCIL, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CONGRATS ON THE JOB YOU'VE DONE SINCE IDA.

I KNOW IT WAS A TOUGH CLIMB AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A TOUGH CLIMB.

BUT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE SINCE THEN TO TODAY IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

AND I KNOW THE FIGHTING YOU'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND THE THE BATTLES YOU'VE HAD TO TACKLE.

BUT NICE WORK.

I KNOW YOU ALWAYS SAY AS LONG AS THERE'S A GRAIN OF SAND ON THE ISLAND, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO PLANT THE FLAG AFTER ISLAND, AFTER IDA.

SAND WAS A PROBLEM.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SAND ON THIS ISLAND.

AND YOU CAN'T TELL NOW.

I MEAN, IT'S TWO YEARS LATER AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO KUDOS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE WITH YOU AGAIN FOR THIS MEETING AND FOR THE TARPON RODEO.

ON THAT NOTE, BEFORE WE GET TO YOU, MAYOR CARMADELLE, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS HERE, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME HIM TO THE PODIUM FOR A SHORT PRESENTATION AND SOME COMMENTS.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.

AND AND I WANT TO THANK JEFFERSON PARISH AND GRAND ISLAND, ALL THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW SINCE MOVING KEEP LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL UNDER MY OFFICE.

I WAS DOWN HERE SUNDAY WITH THE MAYOR AND ALL THE WAY DOWN YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW CLEAN IT IS CONSIDERING WHAT EVERYONE'S BEEN THROUGH.

SO THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND YOUR EMPLOYEES AND AND MAYOR, YOU AND EVERYBODY IN GRAND ISLE FOR TAKING SUCH PRIDE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MEANS YOU MENTIONED INSURANCE RATES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO LEGISLATORS ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP US IN THE SHORT TERM IS IF WE COULD DEDUCT THE FLOOD INSURANCE FROM YOUR STATE TAXES. I EVEN TALKED TO STEVE SCALISE ABOUT PASSING SOMETHING ON THE FEDERAL, EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY FOR 3 OR 4 YEARS, TO GIVE US A REAL BREAK TO EVERY HOMEOWNER.

THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN EVERYONE'S POCKET.

AND SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS ARE LOOKING INTO LEGALLY, CAN THAT BE DONE AND CAN SOME OF THAT FEDERAL MONEY BE USED FOR THAT? SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT IDEA.

ANOTHER THING I'LL MENTION QUICKLY WITH THE WEEKEND AND ALL THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HERE, WE JUST UNVEILED A NEW CAMPAIGN TO TELL PEOPLE TO TAKE A NOODLE THAT CAME UP WITH A LADY WHO LOST HER FIANCÉ IN THE RIP CURRENTS IN FLORIDA.

BUT WE'VE LOST OVER A DOZEN LOUISIANANS LAST YEAR IN THE RIP CURRENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO PUT UP SIGNS ALONG ALL THE BEACHES AND STATE PARKS IN LOUISIANA.

AND WE'RE DOING SOME BILLBOARDS AND RADIO SPOTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO FLORIDA TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE A FLOTATION DEVICE IN THE WATER AND HOW TO SURVIVE THOSE RIP CURRENTS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN TOO MANY LIVES OF LOUISIANANS.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATE PARK.

AND MAYOR, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR HELPING US GET IT BACK OPEN.

IT OPENED BACK UP MAY 31ST.

WE STILL HAVE 14 FAMILIES FROM THE ISLAND LIVING THERE, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO STAY THERE AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO TO THEN GET BACK IN THEIR HOME.

WE ALSO SECURED $6.5 MILLION PRIOR TO THE STORM.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE LONGEST PIER FISHING IN THE WHOLE GULF ALONG THE COAST.

AND AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE ONCE IT'S REBUILT.

IT WILL EXTEND OUT TO ABOUT 40FT OF WATER.

SO THE FISHING WILL BE BETTER.

THE PIER WILL BE SOLID CONCRETE.

IT WILL BE LIT ABOVE AND UNDERNEATH IT.

IT'LL HAVE RESTROOMS HALFWAY DOWN.

THAT WAS A BIG COMPLAINT.

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SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY TO GET THAT BACK OPEN.

AND ALSO, WE'RE OUT TO BID FOR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AT ALL OF OUR STATE PARKS THROUGH OCTOBER 27TH.

AND WE SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME LOCAL INVOLVEMENT AND THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THIS STATE PARK TO LURE MORE PEOPLE TO THE ISLAND, MORE ACTIVITIES.

WE'LL GIVE THEM THE LAND AS LONG AS IT MAKES GOOD SENSE.

AND IT'S GOOD FOR GRAND ISLE.

WE WANT TO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO INVEST.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY.

I SEE DEAN HERE IS REALLY SUFFERING.

TWO YEARS AGO, I GOT EVERY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO SUPPORT A RESOLUTION TO ASK CONGRESS TO PASS A BILL 5 TO 10 $0.10 A POUND, INSPECTIONS ON IMPORTED SEAFOOD.

WE WE INSPECT LESS THAN 5% OF THE IMPORTED SEAFOOD, AND WE REJECT THE LONG PORTION OF THAT FOR BEING UNSAFE.

WE COULD GET THAT INSPECTION UP TO 50%.

IT WOULD SURELY GIVE OUR FISHERMEN A LITTLE BIT FAIRER PLAY AND FEEL I'M GOING TO IOWA IN THREE WEEKS TO REINSTATE THAT RESOLUTION AND HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE CAN GET THAT BILL INTRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS.

BUT WE ALSO ARE ROLLING OUT A CAMPAIGN TO ASK ALL LOUISIANANS TO ASK BEFORE YOU EAT, ASK IF IT'S FROM LOUISIANA THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESTAURANTS, MORE RESTAURANTS TO USE LOUISIANA SHRIMP.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN ON THE ISLAND THIS WEEKEND FILMING THE RODEO FOR A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THE GRAND ISLE IS BACK OPEN.

AND WE'LL PUT SOME MONEY BEHIND THAT VIDEO.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING THE LOCAL FISHERMEN TO RUN A SERIES OF COMMERCIALS SO THE PEOPLE CAN SEE FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S NOT JUST THE SHRIMP AND THE CRAWFISH AND THE CRABS AND THE OYSTERS.

WHAT IT MEANS TO GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT BUSINESS.

AND I'LL SHARE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL WE DID WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, IF I COULD.

THANK YOU. LOUISIANA SEAFOOD IS THE BEST BECAUSE IT'S FRESH OUT THE GULF, AND IT'S THAT LOVE AND PASSION THAT GOES INTO PREPARING IT.

IT'S A SONG THAT IS TAUGHT THROUGH GENERATIONS AT HOME.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT TO DO AND THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, WE FEED, WE FEED AMERICA, WE FEED THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS AROUND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

WE ALL NEED TO GET INVOLVED.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE OUR SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.

ASK BEFORE YOU EAT.

DEMAND LOUISIANA SEAFOOD.

SO THEY'LL BE DOWN THIS WEEKEND FILMING SOME OF THE LOCAL FISHERMAN, DAVID AND DEAN, AS WE PUT THESE COMMERCIALS OUT ALL OVER LOUISIANA.

SO IT TOUCHES THE HOMES AND PEOPLE REALIZE THE IMPORTANT THAT INDUSTRY IS TO HALAVA.

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

HAVE A GREAT RODEO.

THANK YOU. A SOFT FORMER COUNCILMAN JACK RIZZUTO HAS WALKED IN SINCE THE BEGINNING.

WHEN I INTRODUCED EVERYBODY AS ANYBODY ELSE COME IN SINCE THEN.

ALL RIGHT. IF ANYBODY ELSE POPS IN, GET MY ATTENTION.

NOW LET'S HAVE A MAYOR CARMADELLE.

COME ON UP. AND IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOUR COUNCIL, PLEASE.

ABSOLUTELY. FIRST OF ALL, I GOT BRIAN BARTHOLOMY COUNCILMAN.

I GOT MELISSA PISANI AND PETE BASILONE JUST GOT A CALL.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE HAD TO RUN OUT.

I GOT OUR CHIEF OF POLICE SCOOTER WEST WEAPON AND AGAIN, LANCE IS NOT HERE.

AND ALSO L.G.

ON BEHALF OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF GRAND ISLE AND THE RESIDENTS OF GRAND ISLE.

I'D BE SO EXCITED IF YOU HEARD THE LIST THAT YOU GAVE THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER ALL THESE TIMES, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE TWO YEARS.

IT'S TWO YEARS THAT WENT THROUGH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING LOBBYING IN WASHINGTON AND WORKING THROUGH THE COUNCIL, WORKING WITH Y'ALL AND KNOWING OF ALL THE ANGLES THAT WE HAVE TO JUMP OVER TO THINGS JUST HIT ME A WHILE AGO JUST LISTENING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MITIGATION.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING OUR RESIDENTS BACK.

AND THE LAST MEETING I WAS IN JEFFERSON PARISH TELLING YOU THAT WE WANTED TO BRING OUR RESIDENTS BACK.

SO I MIGHT LOOK AT Y'ALL AND TELL YOU THAT THERE'S AN OPENING, THAT MAYBE I HAVE SOME OF MY LCD BOARD MEMBERS I MET WITH LAST NIGHT.

AND OVER 25 HOMES WERE BUILT IN BATON ROUGE ALL OVER LOUISIANA.

AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IF HE'S ON THE MOVE.

WE'RE GOING TO BEEN TO WASHINGTON SEVERAL TIMES.

IT'S WAY BACK IN THE 80S.

AND I KEEP ON BRINGING THIS UP.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN A HURRICANE HITS IN THE CARIBBEANS, PUERTO RICO, WE AMERICANS, WE GOT FEMA SHIRTS ON.

WE GO IN THESE ISLANDS.

WHAT DO WE DO? AMERICANS, WE REBUILD THEM AND 90% OF THEM BUILD ON THE GROUND.

IT'S OKAY. WHATEVER THEY GOT TO DO.

BUT SOME KIND OF WAY WE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER.

START WITH THE PARISH PASSING RESOLUTIONS.

GET WITH THE GOVERNOR. WE BELONG TO AMERICA, TOO.

WE WANT TO BURY OUR ISLAND. WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE FEMA CODES.

WE WANT TO BRING OUR RESIDENTS BACK.

WE WANT TO BRING OUR RESIDENTS BACK.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE COAST GUARD STATION IS UP FOR SALE.

I TALKED WITH FRED. I TALKED TO STEVE SCALISE OFFICE.

I THINK THERE'S 14 OF THEM.

THAT'S THEIR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE HOMES.

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MAYBE THE COAST GUARD SAVES 2 OR 3 OF THEM.

WE COULD GET TEN OF THEM. THAT'S TEN MORE FAMILIES WE CAN BRING.

THEY ALL ELEVATED.

THERE'S DIFFERENT ANGLES.

BUT LISTENING TO THE LCDR BOARD, LISTEN TO ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATES, COMING TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS, WE MEET EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AND THEY BUILT OVER 2500 HOMES IN LOUISIANA.

I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND.

WE WANT 40 OF THEM.

HERE WE HAVE THE DIAGRAMS. AND YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME WE LIVE IN A V ZONE? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT NO MORE.

SOME KIND OF WAY WE GOT TO GET TO THE GOVERNMENT AND SAY LET'S LET'S GET TOGETHER.

AND THESE GUYS IS HERE TODAY.

I MET WITH THEM AGAIN YESTERDAY EVENING.

THEY LOOK AT EVERY AVENUE THEY CAN ON THE BOND COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

WE WANT TO BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME.

THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS, REALLY.

THREE THINGS WILL MAKE A LIVING OUT OF THE OIL FIELD, WHICH IS GRASS.

IN THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY.

IT'S HORRIBLE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAS GAS, WATER AND GAS AND THEY'RE FISHERMEN.

IF I'D BE A MEAN MAYOR ON A FRIDAY AT 12 NOON, I'D CUT HIM OFF.

THAT'S SOMETHING I NEVER DID DO.

SOME NEVER TO DO BECAUSE I KNOW HOW THEY'RE MAKING THEIR LIVING.

SO IF SOMETHING'S WRONG, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KNOW IF WE BELONG TO AMERICA OR NOT.

AND I'M TIRED GOING TO WASHINGTON, RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

I JUST WANT YOU TO STAND AND I WANT THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE WANT TO ELEVATE OUR HOMES, FOLLOW ALL THE FEMA CODES.

YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I THINK WE WERE CLASS B OR CLASS C WITH THE FEMA REGULATIONS.

WE GOT VIOLATIONS THAT WE GIVE TICKETS EVERY DAY.

PEOPLE SNEAK IN. THEY WANT TO BUILD WHAT THEY WANT.

THEN THEY GET MAD AT US.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME HOME.

EVERY ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HERE IS HARD TO FIND EMPLOYEES.

THEY WANT TO COME HOME AND GO TO WORK.

WE GOT PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN COMING HERE.

SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE I NEED TO CUT THE BRIDGE IN HALF AND MAYBE GET ALL THE ASSISTANCE I WANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I JUST. WE GOT TO START SOMEWHERES.

WE GOT A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL.

BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY.

HAVE NO CRIME. WE GOT ALL THESE RODEOS GOING ON.

WE HAD THE MOST MOST PEOPLE YOU COULD PUT ON THE BEACH THE LAST THREE WEEKENDS.

IT WAS PACKED. EVERYWHERE WE WENT, EVERYWHERE WE WENT, PEOPLE SHOOK HANDS.

WE WERE COMING BACK. AND WE BELONG TO THE BEST PARISH IN LOUISIANA.

YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT TO US.

IT'S NOT EASY, BUT WHEN YOU SEE A MAMA COMING AND COME BY MY SNOWBALL STAND, SAID MR. DAVID, I WANT TO COME HOME.

IT'S HARD. IT'S HOME.

WE GOT TO GET THIS DONE.

THERE IS NO CRIME. ABOUT THE ISLAND.

IT'S CLEAN. PEOPLE LOVE THIS PLACE.

ITS POPULARITY WAS HERE.

I BROUGHT ALL MY LITTLE POSTERS THERE.

I GOT TWO OF THEM RIGHT THERE.

IT'S THE LITTLE CANDIES RIGHT THERE.

AND I GOT MR. HARRY LEE ON IT.

IT'S US. IT'S ALL FAMILY.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THINGS.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT A YOUNG WOMAN THAT COME FIND ME, THERE'S NO BALLS.

I DON'T WANT TO COME HOME. SOMETHING'S WRONG.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THE HOOD.

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

CHANGE THE LAW AND LET'S PASS A RESOLUTION SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD EVERYTHING RIGHT THEN THE SHRIMPING INDUSTRY ALWAYS WITH DEAN, WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

TWO DAYS AGO, GUY FROM THE FEED UNLOADED.

HIS DADDY WAS AN OLD FISHERMAN, ALL FROM THE FEET.

WHEN I HAD MY SHRIMP BOAT, KNEW HIS DADDY VERY WELL.

YET? $0.80 A POUND HE HAD.

I DON'T KNOW. 100 BOXES.

ABOUT 100 BOXES.

HE HAD TWO OF HIS SONS ON THE BACK DECK.

SHAKING THE HEADS.

HE'S GOT HIS CREW. AND THESE PROBABLY BEING IN THE RED RIGHT NOW.

WE USED TO HAVE EIGHT SHRIMP SHELLS OVER HERE.

THE WHOLE COMPANY WAS BOOMING.

SO NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CORE.

HERE IT IS, HURRICANE SEASON.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME PATCH UP A FEW ROCKS.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND TRY TO PATCH THINGS UP.

THEY HAD TWO YEARS TO GO THROUGH.

I'M SO WORRIED RIGHT NOW.

ALL OF US RIGHT HERE FOR THE STORM COMES IN THE GULF, IS GOING TO CUT THE ISLAND IN HALF.

THAT'S BULLSHIT TO TAKE TWO YEARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COME HERE AND DECIDE TO PUT SOME ROCKS.

AND THEN WE GOT TO DESIGN.

WE GAVE THEM THREE WEEKS AGO TO PATCH IN THE MOST VULNERABLE SPOTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 2500FT.

TWO DAYS AGO, I GOT A PHONE CALL.

WE STILL GOT TEN MORE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, THANK GOD I HAVE ALL OF Y'ALL.

BUT WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE CONGRESSMEN, THE SENATORS, THEY ALL BEEN GOOD TO US.

BUT IT'S SITTING ON SOMEBODY'S DESK.

THE HIGHER UPS. AND IT'S JUST UNREAL.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE TOP UNREAL.

YOU SEE THE PICTURES? WE GOT A NATIVE BOY.

HIS DADDY WAS THE PRESIDENT, MR. PICCOLPASSO, IN 1989.

FRANK BASSO WAS THE NATIVE YOUNG BOY RAISED HERE.

HE'S THE PRESIDENT.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO ENJOY OURSELVES.

PEOPLE LOVE THE ISLAND.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL.

Y'ALL GOT A HEART FOR GRAND ISLE.

AND YOU CAN HEAR OUR PEOPLE.

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THEY TRIED TO CLOSE THAT.

THAT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.

I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. Y'ALL DO THAT.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, LISTEN TO ME.

IF I CAN BRING THEM YOUNG KIDS BACK.

WE GOT ONE OF THE FINEST GYMS, ONE OF THE BEST COACHES, THE BEST SCHOOLTEACHERS, THE BEST PRINCIPALS.

EVERYTHING THAT'S PUT TOGETHER.

WE DON'T WANT TO BOTHER NOBODY.

WE JUST WANT TO PUT THEM KIDS IN A SCHOOL BUS.

THE MAMA KISSED HIM.

REMEMBER? IF I BUILD 40 LITTLE UNITS, THEY ELEVATE IT, PUT AN ELEVATOR, PUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN WHATEVER I GOT TO DO TO PUT IN HOUSING.

BUT THE MOTHER GOES, I WANT THAT MAMA TO KISS THAT CHILD.

GO TO WORK. AND I WANT THE HUSBAND TO GO TO WORK, SHRIMPING, ALL FIELD, WHATEVER YOU GOT TO DO.

CARPENTER WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.

THERE'S NO CRIME. THERE NO CRIME? JUST HELP THE STICK TOGETHER.

YOU'RE STRONG. WE'RE ALL TOGETHER, BUT A LOT OF PRAYERS.

WE WANT TO BRING OUR PEOPLE BACK HOME.

AND WE LOVE YOU ALL.

AS LONG AS THERE'S ONE GRAIN OF SAND TO PLANT THE AMERICAN FLAG.

WE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

NOTICE I DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO PUT A TIME LIMIT ON YOU THIS YEAR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS. THANK YOU.

AND WE TOOK YOU OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL PUBLIC COMMENT SO YOU'D HAVE TO ABIDE BY TIME CONSTRICTIONS.

NOW, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA OR YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE THE NORMAL.

THE NORMAL. I DON'T HAVE MY STUFF IN FRONT OF ME.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK MAYOR CARMADELLE COUNCILMAN BARTHOLOMY, COUNCILMAN BESSON, WHO WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE.

WE'RE HERE EVERY YEAR FOR THE TARPON RODEO AS THIS ROOM IS FILLED.

BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE AND ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING THIS IS THAT THE ISLAND IS BACK.

THE ISLAND, I MEAN, WE WERE HERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF YOU GUYS TAKING MY FAMILY AROUND AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

I THINK IT BEARS NOTING THAT THE ISLAND IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL.

THE RESTAURANTS, THE ENTERTAINMENT SPOTS, THE FISHING, THE BEACH LIFE.

I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

WHEN WE WERE DOWN HERE, I KNOW THIS FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE PACKED AT THE PAVILION.

BUT TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE ISLAND FEST, YOU COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T SQUEEZE ANOTHER PERSON IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK MY SON HAD TO HAD TO CRAWL BETWEEN PEOPLE'S LEGS TO GET TO GET INSIDE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, THAT'S THE TOURISTS WANT TO BE HERE.

THE ISLANDERS WANT TO BE HERE.

AND SO THIS THIS IS A CRITICAL PLACE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.

AND I READ THE ARTICLE THAT THAT EMANATED FROM OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE WATER LINE.

AND MAYOR COLEMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT, BUT I MEAN, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT THE PARISH, JEFFERSON PARISH, BE THE PROVIDER OF THAT WATER? I MEAN, IT'S BEEN DONE BY LAFOURCHE IN THE PAST, HASN'T IT? AND I MEAN, WOULD I GO BACK? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A MOVE BACKWARDS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS JEFFERSON PARISH DO THAT FOR YOU.

AND I THINK I CAN STAND ON BEHALF OF THE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE IN THE PARISH.

PRESIDENT, YOU SEE OUR COMMITMENT.

YOU SEE THE MONETARY COMMITMENT, THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

AND THAT WEEKEND, THE ISLAND FEST WAS FULL OF PARISH EMPLOYEES MAKING SURE THAT THAT EVENT GOES ON.

AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO AS I'VE TRIED TO DO AND BE PRESENT, BE HERE AND NOW THIS WILL BE MY THIRD WEEKEND IN A ROW ON THE ISLAND, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS MAKING IT FEEL LIKE HOME.

AND FOR Y'ALL RECOVER THIS YOURSELVES.

YOU PICK UP YOUR BOOTSTRAPS, YOU PICK UP AND YOU PUT YOUR BOOTS ON YOURSELVES AND DON'T LOOK FOR A HANDOUT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT'S CRITICAL. AND THAT'S WHY THE ISLAND IS SO RESILIENT FOR THE LAST HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL. COUNCIL PEOPLE.

AND ALSO COUNCILMAN WALKER, I THINK WITH MISTER RIZZUTO'S, FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, KENNER COUNCILWOMAN MARIA FRANCAISE.

I THOUGHT I SAW.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, MY FRIEND? GOOD TO SEE YOU. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN CHRIS ROBERTS WITH THE OLD SCHOOL HIT IT'S PUSSYFOOTING AROUND.

THAT WAS FIRST. OBVIOUSLY PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT.

HE'S A REALLY GREAT DAUGHTER. AND.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. NOW, ANYBODY WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA CAN DO SO.

NOW YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.

HAND IT IN TO OUR CLERK ON THE SIDE.

HERE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO GRAND ISLE.

MY NAME IS WELDON DANOS AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION.

THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION HAS A PORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT CONSISTS OF REPAIRING THE EXISTING BULKHEAD PIERS AND COMMERCIAL BOAT SLIPS ALONG BAYOU RICO ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE COMMERCIAL DOCK.

THIS COMMERCIAL DOCK HOUSES OUR COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS.

THE EXISTING BULKHEAD PIERS AND COMMERCIAL BOAT SLIPS WERE DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE ISAAC BACK IN 2015 AND ARE CURRENTLY

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WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR THIS AREA DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THE NECESSARY FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO SO.

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR EIGHT YEARS IN THIS AREA, CONTINUES TO INCUR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANES DUE TO THE EXISTING CONDITION.

TIDAL SURGES AND FLOODING ARE OCCURRING, DAMAGING THE INLAND PORT PROPERTY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION IS LOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUES BECAUSE WE CANNOT USE THESE BOAT SLIPS.

WHEN WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT IN 2015, THE TOTAL COST WAS $2 MILLION.

FEMA GAVE US 1 MILLION AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDING IN 2018 OF 500,000.

JEFFERSON PARISH GAVE US $500,000 IN 2021.

BUT AT TIME, DUE TO FEMA DELAYS, THE PROJECT COSTS INCREASED FROM $2 MILLION TO 3.5 MILLION.

SO WE WERE SHORT AGAIN IN FUNDING.

IN 2022, WE REQUESTED 500,000 FROM CAPITAL OUTLAY BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FUNDING THIS YEAR.

IN 2023, WE REBID THE PROJECT AND THE COST INCREASED AGAIN FROM 3.5 MILLION TO 4.2 MILLION.

SO WE WERE SHORT AGAIN OF $2.2 MILLION.

WE FOUGHT HARD DURING THE MOST RECENT CAPITAL OUTLAY LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN $1.8 MILLION THE MOST EVER RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION.

THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION WISHES TO THANK SENATOR PAT CONNICK AND REPRESENTATIVE JOE OSHIRO FOR FIGHTING FOR US IN BATON ROUGE.

OTHERS, LIKE MAYOR CARMADELLE AND DEAN BLANCHARD, ALSO FOUGHT A LOT FOR US.

SO NOW WE STAND AT $400,000 SHORT AND ARE COMING BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST FUNDING OF THIS 400,000 FROM JEFFERSON PARISH.

THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER THREE ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS HELD THE BID OF 4.2 MILLION.

AND IF WE CAN GET THIS 400,000, THIS CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED AND THE REPAIR PROJECT CAN BEGIN SOON.

15 SECONDS. IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE IT, WE WILL LOSE THE $3.8 MILLION.

WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCILMAN AT LARGE RICKY TEMPLET AND MARION EDWARDS FOR HELPING US ALONG THE WAY.

IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS.

WE'RE AT THE ONE YARD LINE.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN AND GET THIS PROJECT GOING.

THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY.

HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY IN GRAND ISLE.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA? THAT'S IT, REALLY. I KNOW MAYOR CARMADELLE GOT HIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL FOR THAT.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

MADAM CLERK, ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.

[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR SELECTION CONSULTING SERVICES LLC.

LET ME PUT ON A MIC THIS TIME I MOVE ON THOMPSON CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF THOMPSON CONSULTING SERVICES LLC ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THAT I HAVE A NOTE THAT WE'LL DEFER TODAY.

ITEM NUMBER TWO WILL BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 9TH.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THAT.

I'LL MOVE.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM TWO ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. MADAM CLERK.

[OTHER ORDINANCES]

ADDING THE CUTTING AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR GRASS, NOXIOUS WEEDS OR OTHER DELETERIOUS OR UNHEALTHFUL GROWTHS TRASH DEBRIS, REFUSE OR DISCARDED OR NOXIOUS MATTER PURSUANT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 1927 TO THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX BILL OF THE PREMISES OR PROPERTY INVOLVED, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26164.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.

I'LL MOVE FAVORABLE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26164 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE.

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ADDING PURSUANT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE SECTION 19-53, THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL CHARGES FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION TO BE DERELICT, EXCUSE ME, AND PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, TO THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX ROLLS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26165.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET I MOVE FAVORABLY ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26165 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26166, ADDING THE FINES AND HEARING COSTS ASSESSED BY THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION PURSUANT TO LSARS 13 COLON 2575 33 COLON 1236 49 IN THE CODE SECTION 19-53 FOR BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE DERELICT AND PRESENT A DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH UNDER SECTIONS 1946 EIGHT, ET SEQ.

OF THE CODE TO THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX ROLLS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26166.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET. I'LL MOVE FAVORABLY.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26166 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26167.

AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE CODE RELATIVE TO REQUIRING A BUILDING PERMIT FOR ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WHEN REROOFING AND OR REPLACEMENT OF ROOF COVERING EXCEEDS 50% OF THE TOTAL ROOF AREA.

ESTABLISHING A PERMIT FEE FOR SUCH PERMIT AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26167.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET. I MOVE IN FAVOR.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26167 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26168.

AMENDING THE CODE CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE FIVE DEPARTMENTS DIVISION 11 DEPARTMENT OF SEWERAGE SECTION 2-272 QUALIFICATIONS APPOINTMENT AND SALARY OF DIRECTOR SUBSECTION A AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26168.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET. I'LL MOVE AND.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26168.

ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26169.

AMENDING ORDINANCE 13709.

THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN TO REVISE THE PAY GRADE FOR THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF CODE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26169.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE OPPOSED? PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET I MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26169.

A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26170.

AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796 TO PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO REVISE THE PAY GRADE ASSIGNMENT AND CLASS TITLE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF ASSISTANT PARISH CLERK.

WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26170.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.

I MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26170 AND MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER TEN WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE.

THE OPERATING BUDGET.

SUMMARY NUMBER 26171.

AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

ALLOCATE $10,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO'S OFF TRACK BETTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR COYOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

ALLOCATE $10,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE'S OFF TRACK BETTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR COYOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

ALLOCATE $772 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE'S OFF TRACK BETTING TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ROADWAY SIGNAGE FOR THE GREATER

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ANY OBJECTION TO THE.

IS THAT ALL? MADAM CLERK? I'M SORRY.

NO, SIR. ALLOCATE $10,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR'S VIDEO POKER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR COYOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

ALLOCATE $5,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE VIDEO POKER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR COYOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

ALLOCATE $5,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE'S WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE ORDER FOR COYOTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

ALLOCATE $8,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE'S WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT'S MOSQUITO CONTROL SPECIAL EVENTS ACCOUNT FOR AERIAL SPRAYING OVER THE BARATARIA BASIN.

ALLOCATE $50,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE'S WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CAPITAL FOR THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, RELOCATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT WRIGHT AVENUE, AND REMOVE THE PROPOSED SECTION FOUR OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. AND THAT'S ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE FOR ITEM TEN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS.

I MOVE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26171.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.

I MOVED ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26171 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.

COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY. YEAH.

FOR THOSE WATCHING AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME OVER THE LAST WEEK RELATED TO THE COYOTE ISSUE THAT BOTH COUNCILMAN BONANO AND PARISH PRESIDENT LEE SHENG SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

FOR ANYONE WATCHING, WHAT WE JUST APPROVED WAS THE ITEM TO ADDRESS THE COYOTE ISSUE.

AND SO DUE TO A JOINT PROPOSAL BY MULTIPLE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING DISTRICT FOUR, WE'VE PUT UP FUNDS ALONG WITH THE PARISH ADMINISTRATION, PUTTING UP THE BALANCE, THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BEING HIRED, TRAPPERS BEING HIRED TO TO BAIT AND AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES WITH WHATEVER COYOTES ARE FOUND.

IN FACT, AS I'M TOLD AS OF YESTERDAY BY ONE OF THE TRAPPERS, THAT TWO WERE FOUND IN THE SENECHAL RETREAT AREA IN DISTRICT FOUR.

SO IT DOES APPEAR THERE'S SOME SOME MOVEMENT THERE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN BASICALLY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN JEFFERSON PARISH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S COMING UP PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE NOT SEEING THEM, BUT CERTAINLY THE CONCERN IS UNDOUBTEDLY PARISH WIDE.

AND TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN BONANO STATED, AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY OF SHOOTING, THERE'S ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE THERE AS WELL.

WHILE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS, WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY PROFESSIONALS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER RISKS THAT COULD ARISE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THIS PRESUPPOSES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SHOOTING OUR EXPERT MARKSMAN VERY EASILY PART OF THE EXPERTS FROM WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AND THE OTHER ENTITIES AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHERS GET CONCERNED.

THEY COULD MISS, THEY COULD HIT SOMEONE'S PET, COULD HIT SOMEONE'S CHILD, COULD HIT A PERSON DOWN THE STREET OR MISS AND HIT A HOUSE, THAT SORT OF THING.

THERE'S A LOT OF DANGERS THAT COME WITH IT.

SO THAT'S WHY THE PARISH, WE ARE HIRING THE PROFESSIONALS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE DIRECTLY AND AND MAKE IT AND HOPEFULLY ERADICATE OR ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU. AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO OMIT RUTH LAWSON FROM THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER EARLIER.

SHE IS JOINING US TODAY AS WELL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.

THE CAPITAL BUDGET SUMMARY NUMBER 26172.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $50,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE, WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER RELOCATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT.

WRIGHT AVENUE ALLOCATE $200,000 FROM GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2006 GOMEISA TO THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION FOR FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CEA TO PROVIDE REPAIRS TO THE BULKHEAD AT THE GRAND ISLE PORT TO PROTECT THE ISLAND FROM TIDAL SURGE COUNCIL.

DISTRICT ONE ALLOCATE $200,000 FROM COUNCIL AT LARGE AS A GENERAL FUND TO THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION FOR FIRST

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A GENERAL FUND FOR THE FARMERS MARKET PROJECT ALLOCATES $70,000 FROM COUNCIL AT LARGE A CDI, A GENERAL FUND FOR CEA WITH THE CITY OF WESTWEGO FOR THEIR SAFER STREETS PROJECT.

AND THAT'S ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE.

ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS.

I MOVE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26172.

ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET I MOVE.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26172A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.

[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]

COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.

YES, MA'AM. IF YOU COULD READ THAT ONE.

THANK YOU. NO, MA'AM.

I DON'T HAVE ONE FOR YOU.

RIGHT? COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.

I HAVE NONE. COUNCILMAN BONANO.

I HAVE ONE MA'AM, IF YOU COULD READ IT.

A RESOLUTION APPOINTING PETER WARING FROM UNITY OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS, INC TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH HOMELESS TASK FORCE, REPRESENTING A NONPROFIT THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. SO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN BONANO MOVE APPROVAL.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

COUNCILMAN LEE.

I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE. YES, SIR.

A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ADDITION OF A SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND MEIER.

ENGINEERS LIMITED TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS TO RECREATION SITES LOCATED IN CONSOLIDATED JEFFERSON RECREATION AND PLAYGROUND AND COMMUNITY CENTER DISTRICT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.

FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.

COUNCILMAN LEE, I MOVE.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

COUNCILMAN WALKER.

I HAVE NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.

I HAVE NONE. COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO.

I DO NOT. AND I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT AGENDA ONE AND COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE IN GLOBO ADOPTION OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER 36, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.

[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]

I'M MISSING 36 ON MY AGENDA, MADAM CLERK.

I DON'T SEE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.

WHOSE MOTION IS THAT? THAT WOULD COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT AGENDA, TOO.

RIGHT? YES.

OKAY. MINE STOPPED AT 35.

UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER.

I HAVE IT NOW. I MEAN, WE'RE PAST IT, SO IT'S FINE.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE IN GLOBO ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA TWO ITEMS, 36 THROUGH 54 -37, WHICH IS TO BE CANCELED AND 38 AND 43, WHICH ARE TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL AUGUST 9TH AND 51, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED.

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ANY OBJECTION TO THE IN GLOBO ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 36 THROUGH 54 -37, WHICH IS TO BE CANCELED AND 38 AND 43, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 9TH AND 51, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

SO ITEM NUMBER 51 NOW MADAM CLERK.

A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL AUDIT RISK ASSESSMENT AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR AND THE AMENDMENTS IN THE SIXTH WHEREAS AND IS WATER SAFETY AND PATRONS OF LAFRENIERE PARK INCORPORATED IS THE NEW LANGUAGE.

THEY REMOVED VENDOR PAYMENTS AND IN SECTION TWO, AGAIN REMOVING THE WORDING VENDOR PAYMENTS AND REPLACING IT WITH PATRONS OF LAFRENIERE PARK INC.. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR FOR ITEM 51? I MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM 51 AS AMENDED? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

THAT TAKES US TO THE ADDENDUM AGENDA AND ITEM NUMBER 55, PLEASE.

[ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS]

I MOVE.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH TEN MINUS THREE, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.

WITH AMENDMENTS, MADAM CLERK.

A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE GRAND ISLE PORT COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 TOWARDS REPAIRS TO THE BULKHEAD AT THE GRAND ISLE PORT TO PROTECT THE ISLAND FROM TIDAL SURGE, THEREBY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE AGREEMENT FROM $500,000 TO $900,000.

AND THE AMENDMENT IS TO REFERENCING THE ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THE CORRECT ACCOUNT NUMBER IS 445304007-7680.32445325.

0.603. AT LARGE ACDIA GENERAL FUND.

COUNCILMAN EDWARDS YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR FOR ITEM THREE.

MOVE TO APPROVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM THREE AS AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ITEM NUMBER 56 AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS,

[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]

A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA TO PROVIDE ANNUAL NETWORK MAINTENANCE SYSTEM MONITORING AND LOCAL TROUBLESHOOTING AND OR REPAIR FOR ALL RADIO CONSOLES AND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.

LOCATED AT THE PRIMARY 911 CENTER LOCATED AT 910 THIRD STREET IN GRETNA.

THIS ANNUAL THIS RENEWAL WILL COST AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $114,695.04 ANNUALLY.

COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.

I MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

NO NEW BUSINESS, NO STATUS REPORTS.

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS CAN DO SO NOW.

ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND THAT WAS EASY.

THANK YOU ALL. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY.

[ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY]

DUFRESNE, JR.

AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER WS5023, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLOT OF SUBDIVISION OF A PORTION OF FAIRFIELD PLANTATION TRACTS A AND B FOR TITLE JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA INTO TRACT FT FAIRFIELD PLANTATION SUBDIVISION . AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796.

THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO REVISE THE PAY GRADE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE CLASS OF LIBRARY LIBRARIAN AND TECHNICIAN, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE PARISH.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET OF JEFFERSON PARISH.

THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS I HAVE TO READ INTO SUMMARY.

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AND I WANT TO GET EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION REAL QUICK BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

THIS IS THE GRAND FINALE AS COUNCIL CLERK FOR MISS EULA LOPEZ TODAY.

AT LEAST DURING THE MEETING.

SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE.

YEAH, GO AHEAD. GIVE HER THE OVATION SHE DESERVED.

OH, THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. SHE'LL STILL BE HERE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT LISBETH NEXT TO HER IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE CLERK DUTIES AFTER THIS MEETING.

AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE OVER THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, THE TREMENDOUS HELP THAT YOU'VE BEEN.

I CAN PROBABLY SPEAK FOR RICKY THAT WHEN WE SCREW UP, YOU'RE THERE IMMEDIATELY AND YOU PUT US BACK IN LINE.

YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND WE DON'T GO OUT OF ORDER AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO.

YOU KEEP US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

AND YOUR WORK ON THIS COUNCIL AND FOR THIS PARISH FOR SO MANY YEARS IS APPRECIATED AND WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

AND I KNOW WE'LL TELL YOU REALLY GOODBYE LATER.

BUT THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF A MOMENT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR LAST ONE BEHIND THAT MICROPHONE AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER KNOWN BACK THERE.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY MISS YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I KNOW YOU LOVE THE SPOTLIGHT, TOO, SO I'M SURE YOU ENJOYED THAT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS EULA.

AND IS THERE ANY I NEED TO.

DID WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN SUMMARY? OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE? AS READ INTO SUMMARY A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.

HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.