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CYNTHIA'S GOING TO GO FIRST. BYRON, CYNTHIA'S GOING TO GO FIRST.
FIRST UP THIS MORNING IS THE PARISH PRESIDENT.
I GOT YOU. HANG ON. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE DOMINIC MALDONADO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE JOINED UP HERE BY MR. REESE ALAMOR. IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU COME UP? AND KEITH ADAMS IS A FRIEND OF THE PARISH AND FORMER PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE PARISH HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S SAY SO TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE A HEAVY LIFTER IN THE ROOM.
THIS WAS AN EVENT THAT WE HAD AT THE ALARIO CENTER ON JULY 16TH.
AND WE AND WE DISCUSSED THE REALLY POTENTIAL GROWTH IN OUR ECONOMY FOR SPORTS TOURISM, WHILE THIS PARTICULAR CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT THE ALERUS CENTER BROUGHT IN 535 LIFTERS FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
BUT ONE OF OUR LOCALS REALLY DID A GREAT JOB IN REPRESENTING THE HOME TEAM FOR US.
SO HE RECENTLY COMPETED IN THE US POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE ALARIO CENTER AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS COACH, MR. ALAN MOORE. AM I PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT? ELMORE DOMINIC SET THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE JUNIOR DIVISION OF THE 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD DEADLIFTS WITH A 629 POUND DEADLIFT. HIS PERFORMANCE AT NATIONALS WAS TRULY REMARKABLE.
HE SHOWCASED HIS INCREDIBLE STRENGTH AND SKILLS, ACHIEVING OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN THE SQUAT BENCH AND DEADLIFT CATEGORIES, WITH A COMBINED TOTAL OF 1,544.3 POUNDS.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS INCREDIBLE THESE INCREDIBLE NUMBERS HE SECURED FIRST PLACE IN THE JUNIOR ONE 25 KILOGRAM WEIGHT CLASS IN AN IMPRESSIVE NINTH PLACE OVERALL AGAINST ALL COMPETITORS IN HIS WEIGHT CLASS.
REGARDLESS OF AGE, HIS DOMINANCE IN THE COMPETITION IS ALSO EARNED HIM THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLE OF THE NUMBER 1 17-YEAR-OLD POWERLIFTER IN THE WORLD FOR 2023. SO, I MIGHT REPEAT SOME OF THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND. WHEREAS DOMINIC SET THE JUNIOR WORLD RECORD FOR THE JUNIOR DIVISION OF THE 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLD DEADLIFT WITH A 629-POUND DEADLIFT AT THE US POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION'S 2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT THE ALARIO CENTER ON JULY 16TH.
WHEREAS THIS EVENT WAS DOMINIC'S SECOND POWERLIFTING MEET AFTER STARTING HIS TRAINING IN THE SPORT AT 16 YEARS OLD, HIS INSPIRATION WAS BORN OF A DESIRE TO ACHIEVE A HIGH LEVEL OF FITNESS AND BECOME ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN THE SPORT OF POWERLIFTING.
HE WANTS TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO PURSUE THEIR GOALS AND ACHIEVE GREAT THEIR GREATNESS.
NOW THEREFORE, I, CYNTHIA LEE SHENG, PRESIDENT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE DOMINIC MALDONADO FOR SETTING THE JUNIOR WORLD RECORD FOR THE 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLD DEADLIFT DIVISION AT THE USPA POWERLIFTING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HI, EVERYBODY. ON TODAY AS MS. CYNTHIA SAID, REESE ALAMOR.
I'M THE CHAIRMAN FOR USPA LOUISIANA.
I PUT ON THE MEATS HERE IN LOUISIANA FOR THE USPA.
RIGHT NOW, KIDS FROM NEW ORLEANS, JEFFERSON PARISH, ORLEANS AND THE SURROUNDING PARISHES HAVE TO GO TO BATON ROUGE, LAFAYETTE, NORTHERN LOUISIANA, WHERE THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN THAT MUCH OF THEIR ABILITIES TO COMPETE HERE.
DOMINIC IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE AT JOHN CURTIS RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A TEAM.
SO IT'S KIND OF UNFORTUNATE FOR DOMINIC.
HE CAN'T EVEN COMPETE AGAINST KIDS AMONGST HIS PEERS.
SO THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO PRODUCE MORE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AROUND THIS AREA AND IT GIVES DOMINIC A CHANCE TO COMPETE ON A BIGGER STAGE, ESPECIALLY AT THESE NATIONAL EVENTS THAT WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
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THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY.ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD COME TAKE A PICTURE, PLEASE, AND GIVE YOU THIS.
OKAY, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE OUR DIRECTORS COME UP ALONG WITH THE STAFF.
VERY, VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS HAVE RECEIVED THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE 36TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
THIS AWARD IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ATTAINMENT AND REALLY REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY GOVERNMENT AND OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TIM PALMITER AS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
ERIC CHAI IS OUR ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR AND THE ENTIRE ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS STAFF FOR MEETING THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL REPORTING YEAR AFTER YEAR AND RECEIVING THIS HONOR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE AWARD, JEFFERSON PARISH HAD TO MEET THE HIGHER STANDARDS OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES DEMONSTRATING A CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE ITS FINANCIAL STORY AND MOTIVATE POTENTIAL USERS AND GROUPS TO READ OUR REPORT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AWARD.
AND WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE.
BUT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK, ERIC, OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TIM? THEY HAVE THE PRESSURE EVERY YEAR.
I SAID UNDER OUR TERM WE DON'T WANT TO DROP THE BALL.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK MY ENTIRE ACCOUNTING STAFF.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE WORKLOAD.
THEY PROCESS 84,000 INVOICES A YEAR, $700 MILLION IN PAYMENTS.
TAG 1300 ASSETS 13,000 PURCHASE ORDERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH OF THE TEAM LEADS JOEY IN ACCOUNTING IN IN RECEIPTS NIBU IN GRANTS MARGARET IN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND LINDA IN PAYROLL ARE OF TEAM LEADS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO COME TAKE A PICTURE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMAN LEE WITH A PROCLAMATION.
KAREN AND ALL THE FAMILY WHO WANTS TO COME UP COME AND JOIN US AS WE
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PROVIDE THIS PROCLAMATION.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE KYRON BUSSEY AND HIS FAMILY UP HERE BECAUSE KAREN IS THE FASTEST TEN-YEAR-OLD IN AMERICA. HE COMPETED IN THE AAU TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND WITH KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
AND SO, WE WANTED TO HONOR HIM, BUT ALSO HIS FAMILY, HIS FATHER, WHO I'VE SEEN AT ALL OF OUR RECREATION EVENTS, WHO'S BEEN PUSHING NOT ONLY KAREN, BUT MANY KIDS IN JEFFERSON PARISH TO EXCEL AS WELL AS THEY CAN.
JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL PROCLAMATION.
AND. WHEREAS, HE IS AN AAU JUNIOR ALL-AMERICAN IN TRACK AND FIELD.
AND. WHEREAS, KAREN COMPETED IN NUMEROUS SPORTS, INCLUDING BASKETBALL, AS WELL AS QUARTERBACK FOR THE UNDEFEATED [INAUDIBLE] FOOTBALL TEAM, THAT'S KENNEDY HEIGHTS FOOTBALL TEAM.
AND. WHEREAS, THIS YEAR HE COMPETED IN THE AAU NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, WHERE HE WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 100-METER DASH AND THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE 200-METER DASH WITH A PHOTO FINISH.
AND. WHEREAS, WITH GOD FIRST THE SUPPORT OF HIS COACHES.
HIS FATHER, CHRIS LEWIS, HIS FAMILY FRIENDS, THE WEST BANK AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
ON JULY 31ST, HE ENTERED THE NATIONAL AAU JUNIOR OLYMPICS DETERMINED TO REACH HIS GOAL.
AND. WHEREAS, ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH, HE STEPPED ON THE TRACK AND WITH A TIME OF 26.90 BECAME THE GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN THE 200-METER DASH FOR A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY.
AND. WHEREAS, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH, KYRON ONCE AGAIN STEPPED ON THE TRACK AND WITH A TIME OF 13.0 SECONDS, BECAME THE GOLD MEDAL WINNER AND THE 100-METER DASH FOR TEN-YEAR-OLD BOYS.
AND. WHEREAS, KYRON REACHED HIS GOAL IN 2023 OF BECOMING.
A NATIONAL AAU JUNIOR OLYMPICS GOLD MEDAL WINNER.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CONGRATULATES KYRON C BUSSEY ON WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE AAU OLYMPIC GAMES 200-METER RACE FOR TEN-YEAR-OLD DIVISION.
YOU TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. YOU WANT TO TALK TO FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST LIKE TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING OUR YOUNG CHAMPION.
BUT IT'S GETTING TO BE A HABIT AT KENNEDY HEIGHTS TO PRODUCE CHAMPIONS.
KEEP GOING. AND TO HIS DAD AND FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
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COUNCIL. PARISH PRESIDENT, COME AND JOIN US.I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP MISS TERESA BOUVIER WITH JOEY'S HOPE.
THERE'S AN EVENT COMING UP LATER THIS MONTH FOR THOSE UNAWARE, AND I'LL LET HER SPEAK ON MOST OF IT.
JOEY'S HOPE PROVIDES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN IN NEED THROUGH JOEY'S HOPE.
NOLA SO WELCOME, MS. BOUVIER. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD AND PULL THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WALKER, FOR THE INVITATION AND TO THE COUNCIL AND PRESIDENT CYNTHIA FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON AUGUST 31ST, 2010, AT AROUND 5:00 IN THE EVENING, OUR DOORBELL RANG AND WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR, THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS A VERY TALL MARINE ACCOMPANIED BY A NAVY CHAPLAIN.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT PAIN NEVER EASES, BUT A WORSE PAIN EXISTS RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE SEE CHILDREN GO WITHOUT BASIC NEEDS, BASIC NEEDS, FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING.
DO YOU KNOW THAT IN SECTION 8 HOUSING THAT IS SO WELL OPERATED THAT IF THEY CAN'T PAY AN ELECTRIC BILL AND THE ELECTRICITY GETS TURNED OFF, THEY GET EVICTED? SO NOW YOU HAVE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY $100 ELECTRIC BILL AND IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE.
NOT TO MENTION THAT WE CAN'T SEEM TO AFFORD TO FEED OUR CHILDREN HEALTHY FOOD.
RIGHT. IF YOU IF YOU ARE ON A LIMITED INCOME AND YOU SAW A SIGN AT MCDONALD'S THAT SAID FIVE FOR $5 AND YOU HAD THREE CHILDREN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? RIGHT.
NOT THAT YOU COULD AFFORD THAT ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
SO, LOSING JOEY WAS 13 YEARS AGO.
AND DURING THAT THAT TIME, WE IDENTIFIED ALL OF THESE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S HOW JOEY'S HOPE WAS BORN IN 2011.
WE SERVE ABOUT 500 CHILDREN EVERY YEAR ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
THE PANDEMIC STOPPED US A LITTLE BIT.
WE DID DO SOME HOME DELIVERIES DURING THAT TIME, BUT NOW WE'RE BACK.
CAN Y'ALL EVEN IMAGINE THAT? CAN YOU IMAGINE SENDING YOUR CHILDREN TO BED WITHOUT ENOUGH TO EAT? I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST WORDS BUT THINK ABOUT THAT.
AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THE STATISTICS FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE THAT TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE CHILDREN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE IN THE TRI PARISH AREA GO TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT.
SORRY. SO, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
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AS COUNCILMAN WALKER SAID, OUR UPCOMING GALA IS ON AUGUST THE 19TH.SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.
DON'T GO AWAY YET. MS. BOUVIER, HANG ON A SECOND.
SORRY. GIVE US THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN DONATE.
IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND, THEY CAN STILL DONATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.
SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
AND WE HOPE FOR A RECORD TURNOUT ON AUGUST 19TH.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.
YEAH, HANG ON. MS. BOUVIER, LET ME TURN YOU ON.
THERE YOU GO, DOMINIC. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK MISS THERESA AND HER FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE.
I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING THERE FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS AT THIS EVENT.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME PAY HOMAGE TO THE MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF HER SON, JOEY, WHICH EXISTS IN LAFRENIERE PARK, A SCULPTURE THAT WAS THAT WAS BUILT BY MISS THERESA'S NEPHEW, BRANDON BONVILLIEN, AN EAGLE SCOUT. SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REMEMBER WE HAD A PRESENTATION, BUT HER NEPHEW, WHO IS AN EAGLE SCOUT WHO WAS ON HIS EAGLE SCOUT MISSION, CREATED A BRONZE SCULPTURE IN HONOR OF JOEY AND OTHER FALLEN HEROES.
AND SO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT THERE AND PAY TRIBUTE TO TO JOEY AND ALL OF OUR BROTHERS, SISTERS, FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW YOU, I KNOW WHERE JOEY GOT THE STRENGTH TO BE A MARINE.
THE BEST OF THE BEST TO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I REMEMBER LAST YEAR BEING AT JOEY'S HOPE AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU HAD JUST LOST YOUR HUSBAND WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS OF THE FUNDRAISER. BUT AS A FAMILY, YOU ALL DECIDED THE EVENT NEEDED TO GO ON.
YOU ALL NEEDED TO BE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A GOAL, THERE WAS A MISSION THAT YOU ALL HAD.
SO, THE STRENGTH THAT YOU EXHIBIT AS SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND DO GOOD, PLEASE KNOW HOW JUST WELL-RESPECTED THAT THAT WE HOLD YOU IN YOUR FAMILY FOR WHAT YOU DO.
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ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US INTO THE MEETING.GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
THIS IS THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE AT THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT 200 DEARBORN STREET IN GRETNA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THANKS FOR BEING PART OF THIS MEETING TODAY.
THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE, I'D LIKE TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN EDWARDS TO SPEAK OF HIS FRIEND, JOHN MAMMILLETUS, THE FORMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN JEFFERSON PARISH, WHO PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE AGE OF 90, A POLITICAL POWERHOUSE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND YOU WERE RIGHT THERE FOR MOST OF THE RIDE.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS. THANK YOU, SCOTT.
JOHN MAMMILLETUS WAS OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH FROM 1972 TO 1996.
HE WAS HARD WORKING, AND HE WAS DEDICATED TO THIS PARISH AND TO THIS STATE BECAUSE OF HIS EFFORTS.
WE HAVE A LOUISIANA STATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION AND A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH THAT ARE STILL VERY INNOVATIVE AND VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND HE PASSED LAST WEEK AFTER A LENGTHY AND VERY PAINFUL INTEREST.
HE'LL BE LONG REMEMBERED AND AND LONG APPRECIATED FOR HIS EFFORTS HERE IN JEFFERSON.
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I JUST ASK THAT WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER FOR HIM.AND AS WE GET TO OUR INVOCATION, WE ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF MR. MAMMILLETUS AFTER HIS PASSING EARLIER THIS MONTH.
COUNCIL MEMBER, PLEASE INTRODUCE COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR GUEST FOR OUR INVOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE FATHER STEPHEN RYAN, ACTUALLY BETTER KNOWN AS FATHER STEVE.
THERE HE IS. FATHER STEVE IS A GENTLEMAN THAT IS WELL KNOWN HERE IN THE WEST BANK.
HE PASTORS AT SHAW HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS A VERY BUSY MAN.
THEY JUST STARTED SCHOOL JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE THIS PAST WEEK.
BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT A TIME THAT I HAVEN'T MET FATHER STEVE TO WHERE HE HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN SMILING, HAD SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT LIFE AND SPREADING GOOD FAITH.
SO, FATHER STEVE, IF YOU PLEASE, LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
SO WE'LL KEEP THEM IN MIND AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO ARE STARTING NEW SCHOOLS AND ALL THE HUSTLE FOR FAMILIES THESE DAYS TO GET READY FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. LET US PRAY.
LORD GOOD AND LOVING GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING OF THE PARISH LEGISLATURE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SUMMER THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED OR ARE COMPLETING.
PLEASE BLESS THOSE CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN A PARTICULAR WAY.
YES, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS.
OUR COMMUNITY TO HEED YOUR CALL TO GOODNESS, FAITH AND VIRTUE.
WE HEAR IN THE SCRIPTURES JESUS SAY, I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES.
IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND I IN YOU, YOU'LL BEAR MUCH FRUIT.
APART FROM ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING.
WE ALWAYS WANT YOU IN OUR LIFE.
SO, LORD, HELP US TO FACE THE HARD STUFF WE TRUST IN YOU.
WE SURRENDER TO YOU AND HEAR OUR PRAYERS THAT WE OFFER IN FAITH.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD.
AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. ELDER. YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MS. EULA HAD HER LAST MEETING IN GRAND ISLE WHERE SHE WAS IN THE CLERK CHAIR.
MISS EULA IS STILL SEATED TO ELIZABETH'S LEFT, BUT IT'S ELIZABETH'S SHOW STARTING TODAY.
SO, WE WELCOME YOU AND BEST OF LUCK.
SO BE ON ALERT AND KEEP US ON THE RIGHT PATH . AND SO, WITH THAT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, MISS EULA IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS TERM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON YOUR YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS PARISH LATER THIS YEAR. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE KNOW THE CLERK POSITION IS IN CAPABLE HANDS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
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IT'S. YOU'RE MUTED, BUT IT'S ON OVER HERE.THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL START WITH OUR JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE'LL HOST TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS TO GATHER CITIZEN INPUT ON PRIORITIES IN WHICH TO SPEND FEDERAL DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE IDA AND THE DECLARED DISASTER EVENTS IN 2020 AND 2021, WE'VE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE FIRST MEETING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT THE YENNI BUILDING ON AUGUST 15TH AT 4:00 PM, AND THE SECOND MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GRETNA LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16TH AT 4 P.M.
THE NUMBER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, IS (504)Â 736-6262.
YESTERDAY WE IN THESE CHAMBERS WE HELD OUR FIRST INFORMATIONAL SESSION REGARDING COYOTES.
IT WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 20 PEOPLE.
THE SECOND WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT IN THE CHAMBERS AT THE YENNI BUILDING STARTING AT SIX.
WE WERE VERY GLAD TO HAVE MS. MELISSA COLLINS WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES TO GIVE A VERY INFORMATIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE JEFFPARISH.NET/COYOTES2 TO VIEW YESTERDAY'S MEETING TO ACCESS OTHER EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. A FLIER JAY POSTED A VIDEO TO TO GIVE TIPS ON HAZING AND REALLY MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO COEXIST WITH THE COYOTES, JEFFERSON PARISH JOB FAIRS, OUR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING TWO INFORMATIONAL JOB FAIR EVENTS FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST EVENT IS AUGUST 15TH, FROM NOON TO SEVEN AT TARRYTOWN PLAYGROUND, AND THE SECOND JOB FAIR EVENT IS AUGUST 22ND FROM NOON TO SEVEN AT JOHNNY BRIGHT PLAYGROUND. 504364 2730.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT NUMBER.
NOW OUR JEFF CAP ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND IS WORKING TOGETHER WITH ATMOS ENERGY.
THEY'VE PARTNERED TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IN IN WITH THEIR NATURAL GAS BILLS.
IT'S CALLED SHARE THE WARMTH BLITZ.
RESIDENTS CAN APPLY IN PERSON ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16TH, FROM 10 TO 2 P.M.
AT JOHNNY JACOBS PLAYGROUND AND THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH FROM 10 TO 2 AT THE KENNER SENIOR CENTER.
CONTACT JEFF CAP IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION.
NOW THIS FRIDAY, OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OVER PUBLIC HEALTH, SARAH BABCOCK, ALONG AND IN COORDINATION WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM LED BY JOE VALENTE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ARE GOING TO CONDUCT A SHELTER OPERATIONS EXERCISE.
WE HAD PEOPLE WHOSE HOMES WERE FLOODED AND BEFORE THE BUSSES COULD ARRIVE TO MOVE PEOPLE TO OTHER PARTS OF LOUISIANA, WE HAD TO CARE FOR THESE PEOPLE IN OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE CREATED NEW FORMS INVOLVED.
MANY MORE AGENCIES BROUGHT ON NEW EQUIPMENT.
HAPPY TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GENERATORS AT ALL THE SHELTER SITES.
WE HAVE FIVE PLAYGROUNDS THAT, IF NEED BE, WE WILL ANNOUNCE WHERE OUR SHELTERS WILL BE.
WE HAVE SUPPLIES TO CARE FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS, ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
SO THAT'S JP MVC AT JEFFPARISH.NET OR (504)Â 349-5636.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BE PART OF OUR VOLUNTEER MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.
BUT WE HAVE A HOST OF AGENCIES FROM OUR OWN AGENCIES, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RECREATION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, JEFF CAP, GENERAL SERVICES, OUR PAWS FOR OUR ANIMALS, TRANSIT AND TRANSDEV.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WEST JEFF EMS, HUMAN SERVICES AUTHORITY.
PARTICIPATE IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS SHELTER EXERCISE ON FRIDAY.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'LL BE DOING THIS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION.
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I WANT TO CONGRATULATE NICOLE.SHE IS ONE OF ONLY 16 PEOPLE IN THE STATES WITH THIS ACCREDITATION AND YOU KNOW AFTER A STORM HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR US TO RECOUP THE FUNDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT SHE'S STILL DOING TO TO HELP US.
SO, TO SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT, YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE AT LEAST TWO YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND PARTICIPATE IN A FULL-SCALE DISASTER MANAGEMENT EXERCISE.
SO THAT IS NO SMALL FEAT FOR THEM.
WE HAVE 93 MILLION OBLIGATED AND 58.5 MILLION.
SO, WE'VE RECEIVED NEARLY 63% OF WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE, WE BELIEVE WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND HER WORK AND THE WORK OF HER TEAM.
THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM CONCLUDED ON JULY 31ST.
ATTENDANCE AT THESE PROGRAMS WERE AT THEIR MAX.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK.
AND THEN THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM WILL START AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.
THE LIBRARY OF THINGS AT THE BELLE TERRE LIBRARY.
THIS IS OUR NEWEST INSTALLATION OF THE LIBRARY OF THINGS WAS HELD THIS PAST SATURDAY FEATURING DEMONSTRATIONS OF VARIOUS OBJECTS OF FABRIC ARTS, INCLUDING SEWING, CROCHET, KNITTING, EMBROIDERY, ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.
I WAS WITH THE YOUNG GIRL WHO WHO CHECKED OUT OUR FIRST SEWING MACHINE, SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, I THINK I JUST MISSED YOU.
I THINK YOU SHOWED UP. THEY TOLD ME SO.
THAT'S THE LATEST ITERATION OF OUR LIBRARY OF THINGS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AT OUR WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY TO LAUNCH A NEW SERVICE CALLED BOOK A LIBRARIAN, WHICH WILL ALLOW PATRONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESERVE APPOINTMENTS WITH LIBRARIANS FOR UP TO HALF AN HOUR FOR UNINTERRUPTED, PERSONALIZED REFERENCE OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SO YOU CAN BOOK YOUR OWN PRIVATE LIBRARIAN FOR UP TO A HALF HOUR AND THEN THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY PROGRAMING WILL HAVE NASA AMBASSADOR JOHN MARTINEZ, WHO'S GOING TO DELIVER A LECTURE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, ON CURRENT AND FUTURE EXPLORATIONS OF MARS AND THE GENEALOGY SEMINARS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS FROM 6 TO 8 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20TH.
NOW WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR JPD ELITE BASEBALL CLUB PROGRAM THAT BEGINS THIS WEEK.
THIS IS A NEW BASEBALL EXPERIENCE FOR US, TARGETING THE 13 AND 14 YEAR OLDS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE YEAR ROUND BASEBALL SPECIFIC TRAINING GUIDED BY EXPERIENCED COACHES.
THE PROGRAM WILL EMPHASIZE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FALL, PERSONAL FITNESS, ARM STRENGTH HITTING AND FIELDING MECHANICS DURING THE OFF SEASON AND HIGH LEVEL COMPETITION DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS.
THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM BROUGHT TO YOU BY RECREATION MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REGISTRATION CONTINUES AT ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS FOR OUR TRADITIONAL FALL SPORTS FLAG AND TACKLE FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND CHEERLEADING. OUR JP RECREATION RIDERS IS A NEW ADULT BICYCLE SOCIAL CLUB THAT STARTS ON AUGUST 19TH.
I JUST BOUGHT A BIKE, SO I SHOULD CONSIDER THAT MYSELF.
THIS CLUB IS OPEN TO ADULTS 18 AND OVER AND YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT NPR.ORG.
AND CLUB MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON WHERE TO RIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD A KITTEN MEET AND GREET ADOPTION DAY.
AND WE'LL HAVE THEM HERE AT ANOTHER DATE.
AND TO OUR BASEBALL WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, WEST BANK 14.
YOU AND EAST BANK 15 YOU SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WE HONOR THEM.
AND THEN LAST BUT BUT NOT LEAST, IS NUMBER 70.
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION, MR. HUBERT FRANKLIN, III.
THIS IS OUR NOMINEE FOR OUR NEW SEWERAGE DIRECTOR.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF KENNER IN THEIR WASTEWATER OPERATIONS.
THE OPERATIONS LAB MANAGER AT VEOLIA.
HE WAS THE LEAD OPERATOR FOR THE GRETNA WATER PLANT.
SO, IN A PRIOR CAREER HE HAS TAUGHT MANY OF OUR OWN PERSONNEL.
SO, AND I KNOW YOU WOULD WANT ME TO SAY, DOES JOSE APPROVE HIM FROM KENNER? ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
SO MR. HUBERT FRANKLIN IS OUR NOMINEE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM AGAIN.
THAT'S NUMBER 70. MR. FRANKLIN, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP? YEAH. THERE HE IS.
SO. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
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NO. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET HAS A COMMENT ABOUT THE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS.YOU COMMENTED BRIEFLY ON IT ON OUR TEAMS. THAT ONE. AND ACTUALLY TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR MOST OF OUR YOUTH IN THE PARISH.
BUT THEY WEREN'T. THEY WERE SO PROUD.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT DISPLAYED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN.
SO THANK YOU ALL CAN CLAP ANYONE ELSE WITH ANYTHING FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT? COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO YEAH.
PARISH PRESIDENT YOU MENTIONED THE ELITE BASEBALL PROGRAM AND I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AS I DID WITH MR. LAHOUD AND MR. BASILE. I KNOW I'M STILL CONTINUING TO GET CALLS FROM PARENTS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ALL STAR PROGRAM.
CAN WE CONFIRM THAT A DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE THAT TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THOSE ALL STAR TEAMS AS OF THIS TIME? YEAH, WE CAN HAVE MARIO UP.
THIS IS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES, THOUGH.
IT KIND OF GOT DISCUSSED AT ONE MEETING.
IF YOU CAN MAKE THESE TEAMS. THERE IS FUNDRAISING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THROUGH OUR RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE THE TEAM, EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY.
IF YOU CAN MAKE THE JPD ELITE BASEBALL TEAM.
NOW FOR THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I THINK WAS THE GENESIS OF THE MEETING, CORRECT? COUNCILMAN YEAH, I CAN HAVE MARIO COME UP AND EXPLAIN THAT.
YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT ISSUES.
AND WHEN WE SHOWED UP, IT SOUNDED LIKE FROM JUST LISTENING TO THE ROOM, THE CONCERN WAS A MESSAGE HAD BEEN DELIVERED THAT AT LEAST AT A FEW AGE GROUPS, JPD ALL-STAR BASEBALL WAS BEING ELIMINATED.
AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OR NOT, THAT CERTAINLY WAS THE PERCEPTION.
AND SO FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT I WOULD HOPE, WOULD HOPE WE CAN DISPEL IS THAT THAT PROGRAM IS NOT BEING OR TO BE CLEAR OF IS THAT WE ARE NOT ELIMINATING THAT.
COUNCILMAN, WE ACTUALLY AFTER THAT MEETING, WE HAD DEPARTMENTAL MEETING, AND WE SETTLED THAT ISSUE.
SO, PART OF OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, MORE YOUTH CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS. SO, WE DECIDED WE BUILT THIS ELITE BASEBALL PROGRAM, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DIXIE YOUTH BOYS PROGRAMING FOR 13S AND 14S, AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE WHILE WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE DIXIE BOYS NATIONAL FRANCHISE TO ASSIST US IN CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE KIDS OUT THERE.
HOW WHAT IS YOUR FORECAST IN TERMS OF RAISING MONEY? HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO MEET? YOU WILL NEED? BECAUSE AS I SEE IT, YOU WILL HAVE IF FOLKS KNOW THAT.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER THEY HAVE TO PUT UP MONEY OR NOT.
I CAN IMAGINE THAT FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING, VOLUNTEERING TO PAY, THE MONEY MAY BEGIN TO CHANGE THEIR MIND IN TERMS OF DOING SO.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU ALL REALLY THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THESE KIDS CONTINUE TO BENEFIT IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THE THE INITIAL ASK OF MONEY? THERE'S A FRIENDS OF RECREATION IS THE IS THE FUNDRAISING ARM OF FOR JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION AND THEY THEY HOST MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT JEFFERSON PARISH PLAYGROUNDS ALONG WITH COLLECTING FEES FOR ENTRANCE FEES FOR DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS AND SO FORTH.
SO, THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE IN MEETING WITH THE FRIENDS OF RECREATION GROUP.
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SO, THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.SO, THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS, ARE THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO OTHER SPORTS WHERE THE SAME ISSUES EXIST? YES, SIR. SO THEY THEY PROVIDE TRAVEL, TRAVEL MONEY WHEN THE TEAMS GO GO OFF TO TRAVEL.
JEFFERSON PARISH PAYS FOR THE BUSSING.
WE PAY FOR THE LODGING AND THE FOOD.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, OTHER COSTS THAT THESE TEAMS INCUR WHEN THEY TRAVEL.
SO FRIENDS OF RECREATION WILL WILL CONTRIBUTE THERE.
THEY'LL ALSO CONTRIBUTE MONEY FOR UNIFORMS. SO EACH EACH TEAM, EACH SPORT, EACH AGE GROUP WHERE THERE'S TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WILL RAISE FUNDS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC GROUPS AND THOSE GROUPS.
WHEN FUNDS ARE NEEDED, THEY WILL DISPERSE THOSE FUNDS.
WHEN ASKED HOW MANY SPORTS DO WE HAVE TRAVEL TEAMS FOR, WE'VE GOT BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER.
WE DON'T TRAVEL IN TRACK AND BASKETBALL.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
[PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA]
YOU MUST FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK OF CHAMBERS.HAND IT IN TO THE CLERK, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AL MORELLA 4260 EAST ROYAL DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT.
KENNER FOURTH DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON 51 YEARS.
I HAVE NUMBER 32, 33, 43, 44, 45, 46, 55 AND 56.
33 $357,000 INCREASE, UNFORESEEN OBSTRUCTIONS 3039 AND 40 CANCELED 43 $16,000 INCREASE EXPANSION OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT 44 $68,000 INCREASE DUE TO FIELD TESTING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
OKAY, 46 YOU GOT $39,000 INCREASE.
YOU GOT AN INTERNAL ESTIMATE OF FEES AND YOU GOT OH, I'M SORRY, IT WAS 45, 46.
YOU GOT 116,088 50, SAME THING 55.
YOU GOT $75,000 INCREASE, ADDITIONAL WORK, 56 $1.4 MILLION INCREASE.
SAME THING. ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT ANY TIME LEFT.
SCOTT WALKER, YOU HAVE A MINUTE? 40 MR. AL OH, MAN, I GOT TO HIT A RECORD HERE TODAY ONCE AGAIN.
ANYBODY LAST CALL? ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? MR. AL, WHY DIDN'T YOU APPLY FOR MS. EULA'S JOB? I MEAN, YOU ROLL DOWN THIS LIST LIKE MEMORY.
FOR ALL THE TIME, IT'S CAUGHT UP WITH ME, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
I'M DONE. WHAT I LIKE TO DO BEST RIGHT HERE AT THIS PODIUM.
BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
I APPRECIATE IT. ONCE AGAIN, LAST CALL.
THANK YOU, MR. AL. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]
A RESOLUTION SELECTING TO DESIGN, FABRICATE, AND INSTALL A SCULPTURE IN A DESIGNATED AREA.HANG ON ONE SECOND. SOMEBODY STOOD UP.
IS THIS ABOUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OR.
OKAY, THAT WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
THEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR THE ADDENDUM AGENDA.
THANK YOU ALL. SORRY, LIZ, GO AHEAD.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING TO DESIGN, FABRICATE, AND INSTALL A SCULPTURE IN A DESIGNATED AREA ADJACENT TO GRETNA LIBRARY LOCATED AT 102 WILLOW DRIVE, GRETNA, LOUISIANA, 70053 FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $125,000.
COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.
YOUR SELECTION ? YEAH, THAT WAS THE ONE WITH THE SCULPTURE.
I'M SORRY. IT'S A CLOSED STUDIO, THIS ONE.
I HAVE A NOTE THAT NUMBER TWO WILL BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 23RD.
MEETING COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THAT.
EXECUTIVE SESSION IS SET FOR NOON.
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WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS THERE. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MADAM CLERK WITH WITH AMENDMENTS.
[SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26150 SUB LOT SUB RE SUB OF LOT FOUR C OAKDALE SUBDIVISION AND I WILL DEFER TO MS. MARTIN FOR THE AMENDMENTS.THANK YOU. ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. HANG ON ONE SECOND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS COMING.
HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS.
MOVED UP ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26150.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE REASON THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE, THE RE SUBDIVIDING IS BECAUSE I AM LOOKING TO PURCHASE FOR C TWO FOR MY MOTHER WHO IS DISABLED, WHO I AM TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF.
ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A FIRST RENDERING THAT GAVE THE OWNER A PORTION OF THE BACK LOT.
THIS IS A 1000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH.
SO I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE FIRST RENDERING TO AT LEAST BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND MAYBE LOOKED AT AGAIN.
SO YOU'RE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? YES. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK.
NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, YOUR MOTION.
NUMBER SIX, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
SUMMARY NUMBER 2615 TO RESOLVE A PART OF LOT H 300 SUNRISE ACRES SUBDIVISION W-7- 23 COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AND WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26152.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE YOU MOVE FOR WHICH APPROVAL OR DENIAL? ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26152 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. MADAM CLERK.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26173 RESUB PART OF LOT F-17-8-1 SHADOW LAKE SUBDIVISION WS-10-23 COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26173? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26174 RESUB A PORTION OF FAIRFIELD PLANTATION TRACTS A AND B PER TITLE WS-50=23 COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.
SO, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 2617.
FOR ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCIL MEMBER BONANO YOUR MOTION.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING - AND LAND USE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ORDINANCES]
ITEM NUMBER NINE WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE.MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM MUCD TO R-3, WZ-7- 23 COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE AND I WILL DEFER TO MS. MARTIN FOR THE AMENDMENTS.
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MODIFIED PROPOSAL, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMEND A ZONING RECLASSIFICATION TO R-3, MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE CPC.WE ADDED THE COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE CPC TO SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO AS RECOMMENDED.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
HEARING NONE COUNCILMAN YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS FOR APPROVAL.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN LEE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER TEN, PLEASE. MADAM CLERK.
[OTHER ORDINANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26175.WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26175.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26176 AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $315 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO'S VIDEO POKER FUND FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECORDATION OF DOCUMENTS FOR ABLE LANE ALLOCATE 8500 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR'S VIDEO POKER FUND TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR A DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGN.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS, ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SO NOW WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26176.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED, MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET MOVED ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26176 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $340,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE I GENERAL FUND TO THE CITY OF KENNER FOR STREET REPAIRS AND RESURFACING TO 31ST STREET FROM HELENA STREET TO DUNCAN CANAL AND KENNER, LOUISIANA, WHICH IS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS, 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 26177.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26177.
A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]
RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.YES, SIR. A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON IN THE CITY OF WESTWEGO REGARDING THE SALE OF JOSHUA BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WESTWEGO PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDINGS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD? MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO BE CLEAR.
SO THE CITY OF OSWEGO IS INTERESTED IN KEEPING THAT HISTORIC BUILDING IN PLACE.
SO PRIOR TO WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THE SCHOOL BOARD, PRIOR TO ISSUING ANY DEMOLITION PERMITS OR OBTAINING ANY DEMOLITION PERMITS TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY OFFICE AND THE CITY ABOUT WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO TO PURCHASE THAT SCHOOL.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD? A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT RESOLUTION MAY BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
HEARING NONE, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD IN MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN TEMPLET.
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HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.COUNCILMAN. TEMPLET. COUNCILMAN.
IMPASTATO. A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MS. SANDY GIANOPOULOS BOSARGE TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH HOMELESS TASK FORCE REPRESENTING JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOUR AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE.
WE'RE NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO MOTION TO APPROVE.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN? YES, I HAVE TWO.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING SAINT ANGELA 835 MELODY DRIVE METAIRIE PERMISSION TO CONDUCT OCTOBERFEST ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2023, FROM 4 P.M. UNTIL 10 P.M.
PROVIDED ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
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, DO NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
AND I HAVE COMPLETED THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT.
[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]
AGENDA ONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? 14 THROUGH 36 -23 AND 24, WHICH ARE TO BE CANCELED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 37, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]
A RESOLUTION AMENDING EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 25801 TO ADD SIX ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, INCLUDING LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.SOUTH SHORE. COASTAL RECLAMATION.
RECLAMATION. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT. AGENDA TWO COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 37 THROUGH 72 -38 THROUGH 41 WHICH ARE TO BE CANCELED AND DEFERRING.
NUMBER 52ND AUGUST 23RD MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEMS 37 THROUGH 72, -38 THROUGH 41 WHICH ARE TO BE CANCELED AND 50 WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO AUGUST 23RD.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 73 AND THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, PLEASE.
[ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS]
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO IN GLOBAL ON THAT.ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, I MOVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 15 -11, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO 823 A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]
2023, APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PORT DISTRICT REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS TO ADD SECTION FOUR, STATING THAT THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, OR IN HIS ABSENCE, THE VICE CHAIRMAN, IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE.COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
WE'VE GOT NO NEW BUSINESS TO REPORT, NO STATUS REPORT.
SO NOW WE'LL GO TO PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS.
[PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS]
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK MUST FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK OF CHAMBERS.THIS IS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ADDRESS.
THREE MINUTES, NOT BONUS TIME.
YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES, MR. AL. THREE MINUTES. BE BETTER, MAN.
YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. WE GET BACK TO IT.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM THE JULY 12TH MEETING.
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$284,042.25. TOP FIVE BENEFACTORS COUNCILMAN TEMPLET COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN COUNCILWOMAN LEE AND COUNCILMAN WALKER.I'M DEMANDING YOUR RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND WHILE I'M ON THIS SUBJECT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF HE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE TESTIMONY OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN BEFORE CONGRESS TWO WEEKS AGO.
HER TESTIMONY WAS THAT SHE WAS GROOMED AND INDOCTRINATED IN HER SCHOOL AT SIX YEARS OLD.
AT TEN YEARS OLD, SHE WAS GIVEN HORMONE THERAPY.
AT 13, SHE WAS TRANSITIONED AND HER PARENTS WERE THREATENED BY THE SCHOOL THAT IF THEY INTERVENED, THAT THEY COULD HAVE A DEAD DAUGHTER OR ALIVE SON.
SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF A MONSTER.
SHE'S SCARRED PERMANENTLY, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M GIVING THIS STORY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME SICK, TWISTED, PERVERTED IDEOLOGY THAT JOHN BEL EDWARDS.
OUR IS ON AND CLANCY DUBOSE CAN'T LEAVE HIM OUT.
OKAY. NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PORT NOLA.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY I SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF CHALMETTE.
AND I SUPPORT SIDNEY TORRES, THE THIRD WHO'S THE ATTORNEY THAT'S DEALING WITH THIS.
BRANDI CHRISTIAN, THE CEO OF THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS.
OKAY. SHE CALLS THIS LAWSUIT BY SAINT BERNARD PREPOSTEROUS.
WHAT'S PREPOSTEROUS IS WHEN SHE GAVE CONTROL OF ALL THE ADDITIONAL WHARF SPACE IN THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IN EXCHANGE FOR CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD.
I'M ADVISING THE BOND COMMISSION NOT TO ISSUE ANY BONDS TO MR. MATHEWS IN THAT PORT AT ALL BECAUSE IT'S SHROUDED IN SECRECY NOW.
OKAY. NOW, IN CLOSING, TODAY MARKS 78 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN.
OKAY. THE PLANE WAS CALLED BOCKSCAR.
ANYWAY, THE SECOND BOMB WAS DROPPED.
IT WAS DUBBED FAT MAN AT THE TIME.
MR. AL. I'LL JUST WRAP IT 50 YEARS AGO TODAY.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS MY NAME IS JEFF DAWSON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF LOUISIANA, A POSITION I'VE HAD SINCE 1988.
I'M HERE TO JUST SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
WE'RE ACTUALLY NEW SHAREHOLDERS IN YOUR WONDERFUL PARISH.
WE HAVE OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS IN DURBAN, NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.
TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
SO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS, WE'D BE GRATEFUL.
SECOND, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NEED FOR MORE RESOURCES TO HELP WILDLIFE.
AND PEOPLE THINK YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO CALL WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE HERE IN THIS PARISH.
WE'D ACTUALLY THERE ARE ONLY TWO LICENSED REHABBERS THAT WE KNOW OF IN THE PARISH.
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM FAR MORE RESOURCES.
WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INTEREST IN WILDLIFE ISSUES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INJURED PELICANS, HERONS, RACCOONS, OPOSSUMS. THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD PLACE TO TAKE THEM.
YOUR SHELTER HAS A VERY SMALL SUB DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF THEM.
BUT WE'D LIKE TO ENLARGE THAT.
OF COURSE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
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OKAY. UNLESS THEY'RE ANYTHING SCOTT OR MR. WALKER. THANK YOU.I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, GREAT. SO I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING, BUT I'LL BE IN TOUCH.
OKAY. SO, AGAIN, PET FOOD PANTRY, WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SAM MONTALBANO.
I'M A VOLUNTEER COACH FOR JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT SINCE 1978.
SO, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW.
JPD HAS FOR AN ELITE BASEBALL CLUB THAT I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST.
SOME OF THE ISSUES I SEE WITH IT.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOING TO COST PEOPLE $1,000 TO PARTICIPATE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S $4.
TO ME, YOU'RE CREATING A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE TO TWO SEPARATE AGENDAS.
ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE FOR RICHER KIDS OR PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD 2000.
THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A SECOND PROGRAM, SO YOU'RE GETTING TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS THE IDEA BEHIND JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SECOND OF ALL, I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING MY TIME, LIKE I SAID, SINCE 1978.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT QUITE A WHILE.
UNDER THIS NEW PROPOSAL, THESE COACHES ARE GOING TO BE PAID.
SO I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE COACHES BEING PAID.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET VOLUNTEER COACHES, WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT? I DON'T SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET VOLUNTEER COACHES WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOME GETTING PAID AND SOME NOT GETTING PAID.
THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I MEAN, ON MY AGENDA IS THE BASEBALL CLUB SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO DO SHOWCASE TEAMS. THESE KIDS ARE 13 AND 14 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE COMING OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MOST OF THEM ARE IN EIGHTH GRADE AT HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE 13 YEAR OLDS ARE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO AND BECOME A COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER AT THIS AGE.
IT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS THAT WE WOULD EVEN HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE KIDS AND PARENTS AREN'T LOOKING FOR SHOWCASE.
LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND DO WHATEVER THE LAST THING IS.
THEY CALL THIS AN ELITE BASEBALL CLUB.
THE TEAM THAT I CURRENTLY COACH AT PART, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ASK FOR ANY MONEY.
WE ALL DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE THE KIDS AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING.
WINNING IS ACTUALLY, TO ME, MORE NOT ABOUT ELITE AND ALL THAT.
IT'S ABOUT TEACHING THESE KIDS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, TEACHING THEM ABOUT SPORTSMANSHIP.
WE RUN A PROGRAM VERY SIMILAR TO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR MONEY OR ANY OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
WE'RE OUT AT THE BALLPARK MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
VOLUNTEER LIKE I SAID, NO, NO PAYMENT.
WE'RE NOT ONLY COACHING THE KIDS, WE'RE ALSO KEEPING SCORE.
AND WE BASICALLY TRYING TO RUN THE PROGRAM AND KEEP IT GOING.
THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES, SIR. OKAY.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CARO CAVALIERE.
I'M THE 13 ZERO WEST BANK COACH, LIKE COACH SAM SAYS.
ALL RIGHT, COACH. THIS PROGRAM IS DEAR TO MY HEART.
THE PROGRAM I'VE BEEN COACHING EIGHT YEARS WITH NO KID ON THE TEAM.
IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION FROM FROM DAD TO SON, THE BROTHERS.
AND WHEN THE SILLY THING CAME OUT, THEY SAID IT WAS TAKING OUR PROGRAM AWAY.
AND THEN THEY CAME OUT WEDNESDAY SAID IT'S NOT.
WELL, THE COACHES ARE TELLING THE KIDS THAT THEY WERE.
THIS IS THIS IS TAKING THE PLACE OF THAT.
AND YOU CAN'T PLAY THE PARK IF YOU ALLOW THIS PROGRAM TO GO ON IN THE SPRING.
YOU'RE TAKING KIDS FROM THE PARK TO PAY COACHES.
I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
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SAME THING WITH THESE GUYS.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT MY KIDS TODAY ARE PROUD TO PLAY ALL AND THEY ALL GO TAKE THAT AWAY.
BY ALLOWING THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE FOR THE FALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE SPRING.
THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND PLAY FOR THEIR PARKS.
WE RUN A PRACTICE LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
I MEAN, FOR YEARS WE COULDN'T EVEN PRACTICE AT THE PARK WHEN WE HAD TRAVEL BALL.
BUT Y'ALL BRING A TRAVEL BALL TO THE PARISH.
I HAD THREE BOYS PLAY FOR THE WEST TEAM, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY PROUD TO THIS DAY, TWO OVER 20.
AND IF YOU HAVE THIS PROGRAM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD.
MY HUSBAND HAD TO BUY A KID THAT CAME TO TRYOUTS, A PAIR OF CLEATS BECAUSE HE CAME WITHOUT CLEATS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF COACH THAT YOU HAVE NOW.
THIS ELITE TEAM, WHERE IS HE FINDING THE TIME TO DO THAT? BECAUSE MY SON PLAYED FOR HIM FOR HIS TRAVEL BALL TEAM AND HE NEVER SHOWED UP FOR ONE GAME.
THE ONE GAME HE DID SHOW UP FOR, WE LOST CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD SERIES.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE TO PAY THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A PROGRAM FOR JEFFERSON PARISH AND PROMISE THESE KIDS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THE THAT HE THEY SAID THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN REC BALL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THERE'S NOT TRAVEL BALL TOOK THAT AWAY.
SO WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE WANT SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
THANK YOU. I SPEAK COUNCILMAN LEE.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN EXEMPLARY JOB OVER THE YEARS I'VE WITNESSED.
I KNOW IT. KURT AND I SPEAK ALL THE TIME.
AND LET ME JUST SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE CONTINUING OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WILL THERE WILL BE MUCH SUPPORT TO DISCONTINUE WHAT HAS BEEN SO VITAL FOR COACHES AND FOR THE KIDS WHO PARTICIPATE IN JPD.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I SUPPORT IT, SUPPORT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUANCE CONTINUANCE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THAT HAS MADE OUR PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, AS WELL AS OUR VOLUNTEERS VITAL COGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD WITH THAT.
COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO THANK YOU.
SIMILARLY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO THE PARENTS AND COACHES AND I WAS AT THAT TARRYTOWN MEETING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR REACHING OUT TO ME PERSONALLY TO LET ME KNOW BECAUSE AS I TOLD YOU ALL AT THAT MEETING HAD NO IDEA THIS THIS WAS HAPPENING.
AND AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH MR. LACHUTE, WHO'S THE COO FOR THE PARISH AND PARISH PRESIDENT LEE SHENG.
AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION.
THEY LIKEWISE WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, ENTIRELY AWARE THAT THIS THAT THERE WERE CHANGES TO BE MADE AND MADE IT CLEAR, AS PARISH PRESIDENT DID TODAY, SAYING THE PROGRAM IS NOT TO BE DISMANTLED, IS NOT TO BE CHANGED.
AND SO WHILE THERE MAY BE ADDITIONS, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, IF FOLLOWING THE FALL AND LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM BECAUSE TO ME, ANY TIME WE'RE CHANGING A PROGRAM AND WE'RE ADDING A $700 COST TO A BASEBALL PROGRAM THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE, THAT'S A PRETTY MAJOR CHANGE.
THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT HEALTHY PARISH MILLAGE FOR RECREATION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO CANDIDLY OVER FUND OUR PROGRAMS. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT MONEY TO SEND.
WE'RE NOW SENDING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 15 TEAMS A YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON BUSSES AND HOTEL ROOMS. I MEAN, WE'RE SPENDING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HALF 1 MILLION TO $1 MILLION A YEAR ON TRAVEL EXPENSES, WHICH IS GOOD TO ADVERTISE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PARISH PARISH.
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THAT BEING SAID, WE CANNOT HAVE OUR OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS DISPLACED WITH A WITH A COST PROGRAM.AND SO IF IT APPEARS AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, MR. BAZILE, THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, REACHED OUT TO ME LAST WEEK FOLLOWING THAT MEETING AND SAID AND COMMITTED TO GIVE US A FULL BRIEFING OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE INTENTIONS ARE WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND IT, WHAT THE PROGRESS IS.
ET CETERA. ET CETERA. SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I CAN MAKE I'LL MAKE MY COMMITMENT.
YOU ALL KNOW I'M A RECREATION GUY.
AND THERE IS A PLACE FOR TRAVEL BALL.
THERE IS. THERE'S ALSO A PLACE FOR RECREATION, SPORTS AND OUR TRADITIONAL ALL STARS.
THERE ARE MEN AND WOMEN IN THIS ROOM WHO, I PROMISE YOU, STILL HAVE THEIR DISTRICT BY DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY FROM 1983. YOU KNOW, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KILL THAT EMOTION.
MAYBE WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ENHANCE THE COMPETITIVE, FRANKLY, TO COMPETE WITH TEAMS THAT ARE AS COMPETITIVE AS US, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TEACH OUR KIDS.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SIT BACK AND JUST WIN EVERY GAME BY AN AVERAGE OF 25 TO NOTHING.
I'D LOVE TO THINK WE WERE THAT GOOD, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE BEST ROUTE FOR US.
SO BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD COMMITMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT HARMS OUR TRADITIONAL RECREATION. SO THANK YOU.
PARISH THANK YOU. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
SO THAT DEDICATES. AND THE PASSION THAT WE SAW WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS, THAT IS REMARKABLE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND LOOK, PART OF THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT JPD IS IT GIVES KIDS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, ALL SKILL SETS AND LEVELS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SPORTSMANSHIP AND BE PART OF A TEAM AND BE DEDICATED TO SOMETHING.
IT JUST DOES SO MANY PHENOMENAL THINGS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HARM THAT.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, KURT, I GOT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS AND CREDIT FOR THE PASSION YOU HAVE FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR PARISH. I WAS THERE AT SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL.
UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, MEETING THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND THANK YOU, COACHES, FOR ALLOWING ME TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND BEING THERE.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT NIGHT WAS THE YOUTH TEAMS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO FILL THE TEAMS ANYMORE.
I THINK, KURT, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CORRECTED IS THAT WE HAD ABUNDANT TEAMS. IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE WEST BANK WE HAD MORE 1314 TEAMS THIS YEAR AND I'LL EAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAD ACTUALLY SIX PARKS WITH 13, 14 YEAR OLD TEAMS. ALL RIGHT. SO, I MEAN, SO WE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF TEAMS AND SO WE COULD FIELD A CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES HERE ON ON THE WEST BANK IN JEFFERSON PARISH AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT WITH THIS ELITE PROGRAM, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE BETTER KIDS FROM THE PARKS THAT ARE JPD, EAST AND WEST BANK KIDS TO PLAY THIS ELITE TRAVEL BALL TEAM. SO AS FAR AS US BEING COMPETITIVE TO PLAY ANY FRANCHISE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING ALL THE TALENT TO THIS ELITE TEAM THAT YOU'VE GOT TO PAY $1,000 TO PLAY.
SO ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THIS WILL HURT THE REGULAR PART TEAMS. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE TEAMS. BUT BUT WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY FIELD AND WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT MEETING AT NIGHT, WE COULD PROBABLY DO A FALL SEASON.
BUT THE SPRING SEASON, THIS WOULD INTERRUPT OUR REGULAR PLAY.
ABSOLUTELY. MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S THREE KIDS TRYING OUT RIGHT NOW.
THEY THEY THEY PLAYED AT THE PARK LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE PLANNING ON GOING BACK TO THE PARK THIS YEAR.
AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TO THE FALL THING, WHY CAN'T YOU DO $4 AND GET VOLUNTEER COACHES AND DO A 1314 FALL LEAGUE? WELL, THAT'S A QUESTION WE CAN ASK.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.WHY PAY $400 FOR INSTRUCTION? REALLY? IT'S RIDICULOUS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS ARE NOT ELITE AND NOT DEVELOP THE 14 YEAR OLD TEAM THAT WON IT ALL.
EVERY KID ON THAT TEAM IS GOING ON A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM RIGHT NOW, EVERY KID ALREADY.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT DEVELOPING KIDS.
WE HAVE ELITE TALENT ON THE WEST BANK.
LET'S KEEP IT HERE AND ON THE EAST BANK.
IT DON'T NEED TO BE BRING TRAVEL BALL INTO THE PARK.
THERE'S A HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND US SOMEWHERE.
WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION AND ALL THE OTHER COACHES COMMITMENTS.
COUNCILMAN. BONANO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I INTERPRETED YOUR COMMENTS CORRECTLY EARLIER.
NO FINAL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS.
THIS IS STILL AN ISSUE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
YES. YEAH. SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE START OF RECREATION REIMAGINED.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF.
I AM A PRODUCT OF JPD RECREATION.
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT JPD RECREATION.
I SAY MY KIDS CAME UP THROUGH THAT.
I CAME UP THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
SO BUT WELL BEFORE THE TIME THAT YOU MENTIONED.
SO I'VE ALSO BEEN A PLAYER, A COACH.
I'M IN THE CLUB WORLD. I HAD MY OWN CLUB TEAM.
I INVOLVED WITH TWO CLUB TEAMS. DO I KNOW BASEBALL LIKE YOU DO? NO, BUT I KNOW THE VOLLEYBALL WORLD AND MANY OF THESE SPORTS.
ONE THING AND MARIO AND I TALKED WHEN WE BEGAN RECREATION REIMAGINED THAT REALLY, REALLY BOTHERED ME AS JUST A CITIZEN, JUST AN ATHLETE, COACH, PARENT WAS THAT MANY OF US COULD AFFORD TO PUT OUR KIDS IN CLUB BALL.
AND BUT FOR WITH INCREDIBLE COACHES, WITH INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS AT LAKESHORE PLAYGROUND FOR MY DAUGHTER, BUT FOR CLUB BALL, SHE DOESN'T MAKE THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM BECAUSE VOLLEYBALL AT THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE CAME UP THROUGH LAKESHORE LAST FROM AUGUST, SEPTEMBER UNTIL MAYBE NOVEMBER, THAT WAS OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
PITCHING BALLS TO HER IN THE YARD.
IF WE DIDN'T DO CLUB AT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE SPENT ON BOTH MY CLUBS.
WE KNOW SHE DOESN'T MAKE THE TEAM, AND IT'S NOT A DISCREDIT TO OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR SPORTS JPD, BECAUSE JPD WANTS TO BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, SO THEY GOT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPORT FOR THE NEXT SEASON.
THEY CAN'T PLAY VOLLEYBALL BECAUSE A DIFFERENT SPORTS IN THE GYM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
I'M PART OF I WAS PART OF THE CLUB WORLD TOO.
I HOPE TO BE PART OF THE CLUB WORLD AGAIN.
I HOPE TO BE A COACH AGAIN, RUNNING MY OWN CLUB TEAM.
THERE'S A SPACE FOR CLUB BALL, BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO MARIO AND I WERE SAYING NOBODY COMING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, I MEAN, EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETES CAN, BUT OUR OWN PROGRAMING DOESN'T GET KIDS TO BE COMPETITIVE, TO PLAY OR MAKE THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
IT'S WRONG. THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARISH PAYS INTO OUR RECREATIONAL SYSTEM.
AND ACROSS ALL PLAYGROUNDS, ALL SPORTS, WE GOT TO CUT IT OFF.
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DISPLACED.
I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THAT.
WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LOSE OUR TEAMS. BUT THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO OFFER ALL YEAR, BASEBALL, WE COULD HAVE FOOTBALL COACHES HERE UPSET THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO PLAY BASEBALL ALL YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JOIN THE FOOTBALL TEAM. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST SORT OF BUILT IN WITH THE ONE SYSTEM WE HAVE.
GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IS IT THE DIXIE BOYS, THE TOURNAMENT THAT OUR ALL STAR ATHLETES WERE PLAYING? AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE TOURNAMENT YOU PAY TO GO OUT OF TOWN, YOU PLAY TO GO TO THESE TOURNAMENTS.
WE ALL PAY FOR KIDS TO GO TO BUSSES AND THE ATTENDANCE ISN'T THERE.
IF YOU CALL TRAVEL BALL, IT'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF BALL.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE GO ONE OF THESE TOURNAMENTS.
THERE WERE THREE TEAMS IN THE IN THAT CATEGORY.
TWO WERE FROM JEFFERSON PARISH.
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THAT'S NOT WORTH THE EXPENSE.WE WOULD RATHER PAY FOR YOU TO GET A BETTER TOURNAMENT.
SO I THINK THE ISSUE WAS LET'S FIND A BETTER OUT OF TOWN TOURNAMENT.
IT GOT MIXED UP WITH THE ELITE BASEBALL.
THE ELITE BASEBALL IS A NOTION THAT IF BASEBALL IS THE SPORT THAT YOU WANT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY ALL TRACK SOCCER, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, YOU WANT TO TRY TO GIVE IT A GO AT BASEBALL.
JEFFERSON PARISH HAS A PLACE FOR YOU.
IT COSTS MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING IN HIGH SCHOOL COACHES THAT NEED TO BE PAID.
IT IS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH TRAVEL BALL, BUT THERE'S A STORY THAT'S NOT TOLD HERE.
THAT'S THE KID WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
THAT STORY IS NOT TOLD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THAT YET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DISPLACE ANY OF OUR PROGRAMING.
MAYBE KIDS AREN'T ATHLETIC, MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO TO THEIR LOCAL PLAYGROUND AND PLAY ALL YEAR LONG.
ALL THE DIFFERENT SPORTS WE HAVE GOT, THAT'S TRADITIONAL RECREATION.
SO WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
WE DON'T WANT TO DISMANTLE WHAT WE HAD.
WE DON'T WANT TO DISMANTLE THE TRADITION, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SPACE TO BRING IN MORE.
BUT THAT IS NOT WORTH NOT OFFERING ELITE BASEBALL.
AND WE HOPE TO BRING THIS TO OTHER SPORTS.
THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT IS THE OVERALL GOAL.
THE COACHES AND THE VOLUNTEERS ARE INCREDIBLE.
WE NEED THEM. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
AND THIS IS NOT IT'S IT'S NOT A SLIGHT TO THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE IN JPR.
DE COUNCIL MEMBER STARTER YOU HAVE MORE.
YEAH. PARISH AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AD NAUSEAM.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE PHILOSOPHICALLY DISAGREE.
ONE OF MY COMMENTS TO THE RECREATION DIRECTOR WAS AT THE OUTSET, IF WE'RE BRINGING IN IF WE ARE FEEL WE'VE GOT TO BRING IN EXPERT COACHES AND WHATNOT.
HONESTLY. I MEAN, I WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
PART OF WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY CAN WE NOT BUILD THAT INTO THE CURRENT RECREATION BUDGET? WHY CAN WE NOT LOOK AT WAYS THAT MAYBE WE'RE.
I MEAN, I'M WITH YOU IN IN TERMS OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST DON'T I CANDIDLY, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS FLESHED OUT AND FLESHED OUT ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW. I JUST AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS HIGH SCHOOL COACH IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IS TO GET PAID.
IS IT $1,000? IS IT $5,000? I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT.
AND I'D PROBABLY RATHER SEE US GO DOWN THAT ROAD TO SEE BECAUSE CANDIDLY AND I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THIS, BUT.
YOU KNOW, TRAVEL BALL EXISTS IN ALL SPORTS.
THOSE WHO WANT TO DO IT AND CAN AFFORD TO DO IT ARE DOING IT.
THERE'S NO GO TO A CONVENTION CENTER.
YOU'VE BEEN I MEAN THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF THOSE OF THAT POPULATION IN BASEBALL IS THE SAME WAY.
SO I'M KIND OF SITTING HERE GOING, IF WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE NEED OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT, BUT THEN WE'RE CHARGING $700 TO DO IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SERVING THE VERY NEED THAT THAT WE WANT TO THAT WE WANT TO SERVE.
AND I AGREE WITH THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT UNFORTUNATELY DON'T GET THAT YEAR ROUND INSTRUCTION AND DON'T GET THAT YEAR ROUND COMPETITION BECAUSE THEIR FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND I APPRECIATE THE FRIENDS OF RECREATION AND WHATNOT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE OTHER IS THERE IS THERE ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO POSSIBLY FINANCE THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ASSESS THE FAMILIES? THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT I WOULD HOPE WE COULD HAVE.
AND LOOK, THIS IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS.
THIS IS A PILOT. WE'RE TRYING THINGS IN RECREATION, REIMAGINED.
WE'RE TRYING THINGS. IF IT GETS TO WHERE THIS IS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT WE CAN DO IT.
BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST YOU NOT THIS IS ONE BASEBALL TEAM THAT YOU HAVE TO TRY OUT FOR.
SO, MARIO, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND.
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SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS WELL.WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITHIN JPD IS PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY OPPORTUNITY, A YEAR ROUND OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN JEFFERSON PARISH WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL AND SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IT WITHIN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND WHILE THE COST MAY APPEAR HIGH, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE LOW COMPARED TO WHAT TRAVEL TEAMS ARE CHARGING WITHIN JPD.
MOST OF WHAT THE MONEY MOST OF THE PLACES WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO IS TO FUND THE COACHES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FACILITIES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YEAH, IT'S $350 FOR THE FALL, $700 FOR THE SPRING.
AND AND THAT MONEY IS TO COVER COACHES EXPENSES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE TRAVEL EXPENSES WHEN WE HAVE TO WHEN WE PLAN TO GO IN JULY TO A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS TO POTENTIALLY SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THESE COSTS ON PARENTS, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT THESE FEES ARE CURRENTLY AT A VERY GOOD RATE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT OVERHEADS THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TO PAY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ISSUE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. AND THANKS FOR THAT PASSION.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? I'M STILL DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE STARTED THIS LIKE, AN HOUR AGO, AND I WAS LATE BECAUSE WE HAD THAT MEETING DOWN IN GRAND ISLE.
FRANKIE HYERS 509 HOMER, BY THE WAY, JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN THE WAY WE COULD GO.
I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER YOU ALL TO BE A LEGISLATIVE BODY.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT LIP SERVICE AND TOKEN GESTURES.
I EXPECT YOU'LL PROBABLY APPOINT SOME TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS THIS AD MORTEM.
IT'S NOT HARD FOR ANYBODY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
I WENT TO LIKE TWO REIMAGINED MEETINGS.
I'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO'S DETERMINED TO MAKE US A PROGRESSIVE PARISH.
I MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT'S A CONSERVATIVE PARISH.
I PREFER A GOVERNMENT THAT'S FRUGAL AND SIMPLE.
BUT WE ARE NEITHER OF THESE THINGS.
A TYRANNY OF FEW AND A CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES.
THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS THE CITIZEN.
WHEN EMPOWERING A GOVERNING BODY AND WE HAVE BOTH THE CASE HERE A TYRANNY OF FEW SEVEN INDIVIDUALS SERVING THEIR RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SPECIAL DISTRICT INTERESTS, AND A CONFUSION OF THE MULTITUDE, A BUREAUCRACY THAT'S BENT ON ITS OWN PROCESS REGULATION AND BLOATING ITS OWN BUDGET, EXPANDING ITS REACH INTO OUR WALLETS THROUGH TAXATION, MILLAGE ASSESSMENTS, AN ABUSE OF POWER.
IT'S A GOOD SENSE OF THE PEOPLE, THOUGH.
IF THIS COACH HERE, IF HE WAS ON THIS COUNCIL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR TARRYTOWN, HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HOPE FOR MR. LEE'S ENDORSEMENT.
AND MR. IMPASTATO, WHO'S NOT LIKELY TO EVEN BE ON THIS COUNCIL NEXT NEXT YEAR.
TOKEN GESTURES, HALF MEASURES AT BEST.
TO BE APPORTIONED IS NOT TO BE PROPORTIONALLY DISTRIBUTED AND ISN'T TO ALLOW FOR TWO AT LARGE SURPLUS MEMBERS POPULARITY CONTESTS, A PROM QUEEN AND KING, AS IT WERE.
KENNER IS TRYING TO MAKE A REACH, AND IF HE MADE A DETERMINED EFFORT, HE MIGHT TAKE THAT EXTRA REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN THE WHOLE WEST BANK WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE SERVING GRETNA, JEAN LAFITTE AND GRAND ISLE PRIMARILY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE THAT WAS DETERMINED FOR THE WEST BANK.
15 SECONDS. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
APPLY OUR RATIO TO THE DESIGNATED PLACES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES.
EACH SHALL HAVE ONE NONE MORE THAN A SPECIFIC RATIO.
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AND TAXATION, PROPERTY TAXES.WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT HOW THAT'S BEING DONE.
FIGURE IT OUT. HEY, WHAT ELSE?
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ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, PLEASE.AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT.
TIMOTHY FALCON AND THE JEWEL FALCON VERSUS THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE PARISH COUNCIL.
24 JDC NUMBER 821-019 DIVISION H 24TH JDC NUMBER 831763 DIVISION G FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL NUMBER 20 2-K-526 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER THREE. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM FOUR, PLEASE. FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS BELL MARINE TRANSPORTATION LLC AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY 24 JDC NUMBER 811-484 DIVISION A.
USDC ED LR NUMBER 21 DASH CV DASH 00275 COUNCILMAN TEMPLET ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, LET'S GET BACK TO IT.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THAT ONE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM.
OH, IS YOUR. SORRY, IT'S ALL MUTED.
THERE YOU GO. UNMUTE YOURSELF.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS BELL PASS MARINE TRANSPORTATION LLC AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY 24 JDC NUMBER 811484 DIVISION A BELL PASS MARINE TRANSPORTATION LLC HAS OWNER OF THE MV SOUTHERN BELL PRAY FOR EXONERATION FROM AND OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
USDC DASH EDLA NUMBER TWO ONE DASH CV DASH 00275 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY, PLEASE.
[ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY]
OKAY. THE FIRST ONE I HAVE TO READ WILL REQUIRE UNANIMOUS VOTE.AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER TWO.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R2 TO R THREE.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER SP 40 DASH 23.
DASH TO DASH A ELMWOOD LAFRENIERE PARK PLANTATION.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED NOT TO EXCEED $17 MILLION OF REVENUE BONDS 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DRUG COURT PROJECT SERIES 2023 AND ONE OR MORE SERIES PRESCRIBING THE FORM, FIXING THE DETAILS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF SUCH BONDS FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE OWNERS THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET.
OH, WHAT WAS THAT ONE? AND THAT'S ALL THE SUMMARIES I HAVE TO READ.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE? READ? ORDINANCES READ INTO SUMMARY ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
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HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.FABULOUS JOB, ELIZABETH ON THE FIRST TIME OUT.
WELL, ALL THAT BEING SAID, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYBODY.
YES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.