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>> [BACKGROUND] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
SO THIS IS THE PORTION WHERE WE GET TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY SPECIAL PEOPLE, SPECIAL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.I'D ASK IF DR. CAPLAN AND HIS STAFF WOULD COME ON UP.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION THIS MORNING TO GIVE OUT TO THE CAPLAN EYE CLINIC AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE THAT SUCH AN AMAZING BUSINESS IN OUR PARISH. GOOD MORNING.
>> SO I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION IN HERE.
I'LL FACE YOU ALL IN THE AUDIENCE.
WHEREAS AFTER HIS STUDIES AT SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, DR. HARRY B. CAPLAN RECEIVED HIS LICENSE IN FEBRUARY OF 1938, THEN BEGAN PRACTICING IN NEW ORLEANS WHILE PURSUING A MEDICAL EDUCATION AT TULANE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HIS MD IN 1944.
WHEREAS FOR OVER 50 YEARS, DR. CAPLAN'S WIFE, JANICE, ASSUMED EVERY STAFF POSITION AS NEEDED AND WAS THE PRIMARY BOOKKEEPER CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THE CAPLAN EYE CLINIC WHILE DR. HARRY CAPLAN PRACTICED FOR MORE THAN 65 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AT THE AGE OF 87.
IT DOES DESERVE SOME GREAT APPLAUSE THERE.
THE LITTLE ONE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC.
WHEREAS DR. DAN CAPLAN, WHO IS WITH ME THIS MORNING, JOINED THE PRACTICE IN 1979, EXPANDING THE CLINIC TO LOCATIONS AND MANDEVILLE AND GRETNA, GAINING NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS THE OLDEST EYE CARE PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ACCOMPLISHING MANY FIRSTS, SUCH AS THE FIRST TO OFFER AN OFFICE-BASED CATARACT SURGERY SUITE AT ITS METAIRIE LOCATION, WHICH I'VE SEEN AND IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE.
THE FIRST PRIVATE EYE CARE PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO JOIN THE EPIC ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM, PRIMARILY USED AT ALL THE OCHSNER AND LCMC FACILITIES.
WHEREAS CAPLAN EYE CLINIC STRIVES TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE WITH DR. BRENDON SUMICH, CATARACT SURGEON, AND CORNEA SPECIALIST, AS A YOUNG PARTNER IN THE CAPLAN EYE CLINIC AND DR. GEORGE ELLIS RENOWN, PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND EYE MUSCLE DISORDER SPECIALIST AND DR. BRETT BUDDEN, A RETINA EYE SPECIALIST, DR. STEPHEN WELCKER, A SPECIALIST IN CONTACT LENSES AND PRIMARY EYE CARE, AND DR. Z. ZANG AND DR. LAUREN LIM, GLAUCOMA EYE SPECIALISTS, ARE ALL AMONG THE CLINIC STAFF GIVING CAPLAN EYE CLINIC PATIENTS ACCESS TO EVERY OPHTHALMOLOGY SPECIALTY.
WHEREAS SEVEN HIGHLY SKILLED OPTOMETRIST OR OPHTHALMOLOGIST RATHER AND OPTOMETRISTS AND A WELL-TRAINED DEDICATED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF INCLUDING CAO, COLLIN DRISCOLL, COO, JONATHAN ROTH, METAIRIE CLINIC DIRECTOR TWIN WIN, AND MANDEVILLE CLINIC DIRECTOR DESERET MIDDLESTAT.
THE CAPLAN EYE CLINIC PROVIDES QUALITY EYE CARE WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN A CARING ATMOSPHERE, WHEREAS A LOOK TO THE FUTURE BRINGS DR. CHAD CAPLAN, WHO IS THE CHIEF RESIDENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT TULANE MEDICAL CENTER, AND WHO WILL BEGIN A THIRD GENERATION OF EYE PHYSICIANS IN JULY OF THIS COMING YEAR, 2024, CONTINUING THE CAPLAN EYE CLINIC TRADITION.
NOW THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS CAPLAN EYE CLINIC ON THE OCCASION OF THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE EYE CLINIC IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AND IT IS SIGNED BY OUR PARISH PRESIDENT AND THE FULL COUNSEL OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T RECALL ANOTHER 85TH ANNIVERSARY IN QUITE SOME TIME IT IS SAYING SOMETHING TO GET TO THAT POINT IN THE BUSINESS CAREER AND TO HAVE YOUR SON COMING ON SOON AS A THIRD-GENERATION, CONGRATS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SAY SOMETHING TO THEM.
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE BASED IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 85 YEARS.
FOR ME, IT'S ONLY 45 AND WE HOPE TO BE IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR ANOTHER 85 YEARS AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
>> I'M GOING TO ASK THE FULL COUNCIL TO COME, OR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TO COME ON DOWN, AS WELL AS HENRY SCHEIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND JOIN US.
I KNOW HENRY IS ONE OF THE PATIENTS WHO, AGAIN, DR. CAPLAN, A BEAUTIFUL THING TOO IS HE LOOKS FOR ALL THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES THE WORLD OVER AND HAS BEEN THE FIRST IN THE US TO BRING SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES TO METAIRIE, LOUISIANA.
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WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE.>> YES. I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD THE TREATMENT I'M GETTING FROM DR. CAPLAN, THERE ARE 13,000 PEOPLE USING IT IN EUROPE, ONE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I'M THE ONLY GUY USING THE TREATMENT.
BY NOW, I GUESS I'D BE LEGALLY BLIND IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE TREATMENTS AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE AND METAIRIE, LOUISIANA.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE. [BACKGROUND].
>> OKAY, EVERYBODY, HERE ON THREE,1, 2, 3.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> AT THE PARISH PRESIDENT IS UP NEXT.
>>THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO ASK RUTH LAWSON, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP HERE AS WELL? WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID IN JEFFERSON PARISH THAT ONE OF OUR STRENGTHS IN THIS PARISH IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND I THINK ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ACROSS THE BOARD BULL AGREE THE PARISH IS ONLY BETTER FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP.
WHEN WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S SO VERY INVOLVED.
BUT WE'RE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHAMBER WHO WAS HONORED THIS YEAR AT THE STATES AS BEING ONE OF THE STATES LEADING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF 2023 IN THE LARGE CHAMBER CATEGORY.
THIS IS SELECTED BY THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG HONOR, I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, BUT THEY BROUGHT A BIG ONE HOME FOR US, ON THIS AWARD.
WHEREAS THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER WAS HONORED AS THE STATE'S LEADING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF 2023 AND THE LARGE CHAMBER CATEGORY SELECTED BY THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES AT THE LAC SEE ANNUAL AWARDS SHOW IN LAKE CHARLES ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
WHEREAS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CHAMBER OF THE YEAR ON OR A CHAMBER MUST SUBMIT EXAMPLES OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS, IN THREE AREAS, VITAL TO ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WHERE'S THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER WAS RECOGNIZED, WHERE IT'S EFFECTIVE NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES, PROVIDING EDUCATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE PARISHES ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND ITS EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL IMPACT.
WHERE IS IT PANEL OF INDEPENDENT JUDGES WHO ARE ALSO CHAMBER EXECUTIVES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, REVIEW THE LOUISIANA CHAMBERS AND DETERMINE WHICH CHAMBERS WERE CONSIDERED THE BEST AND THREE CATEGORIES, SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE CHAMBERS.
WHERE IT IS THE IT IS THE GOAL OF THE LACCE CHAMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD PROGRAM, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE CHAMBERS THAT HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN CHAMBER MANAGEMENT.
WHERE'S THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN THE LEADING VOICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH IS BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
WHEREAS THIS A NON-PROFIT, MEMBERSHIP DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, THE CHAMBER IS AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
WHEREAS THIS CHAMBERS MISSION IS TO WORK FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMICS, CIVIC AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND JEFFERSON PARISH.
ARE CHAMBER JEFFERSON JEFFERSON CHAMBER IS A FIVE-STAR ACCREDITED BY THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAS EARNED THE CHAMBER OF
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THE YEAR AWARD BY THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES IN THE LARGE CHAMBER CATEGORY IN 2013, 2015, 2019, AND 2023.NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH HERE BY RECOGNIZES COMMENCING, CONGRATULATES THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON BEING AWARDED THE 2023 CHAMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THE LARGE CHAMBER CATEGORY, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, RUTH.
[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO JUST SAY IF YOU EVER LOOK AT THE CHAMBER SCHEDULE AND THE EVENTS THEY HAVE, IT JUST SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY HAVE GROWN SO MUCH WITH ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMMING AND MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THE OUTREACH YOU DO IS FOR ANY OF YOUR MEMBERS, NEW BUSINESSES IN THE PARISH WHERE THERE WERE THANKING THEM THEY COULD INVEST ANYWHERE.
BUT YOU AND YOUR MEMBERS NOT YOUR SURE STEP, YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS SHOWING UP AT THAT RIBBON CUTTING AND IT'S GOT TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD.
IT'S GOT TO MAKE, ON DAY ONE, THEY WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND YOU ALL ARE REALLY LEADING THE EFFORT TO MAKE THEM FEEL AT HOME AND VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE.
I MIGHT TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> I DISLIKED THE COMMON, CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO THE CHAMBER.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ABOUT JEFFERSON PARISH AND I'LL STRENGTH HAS BEEN A UNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING FORWARD HERE AND IT'S RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S OBVIOUS BY WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND AWARD YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE.
WE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE JEFFERSON PARISH IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS WE'VE MADE OUR SUCCESS STORIES SO BIG.
THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE BIG FACTORS OF MAKING TWO WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE JEFFERSON PARISH FOR ALL OF US, JUST A BETTER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, LIVE WORK AND PLAY AND WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CHAMBER AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'LL DO FOR US.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PARISH PRESIDENT LEE SHENG AND COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, THE ENTIRE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNERS WITH US OVER 25 YEARS AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF MY TENURE, WE'VE JUST DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR JEFFERSON PARISH AND WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE JEFFERSON PARISH TO THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY, ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I'D TO FIRST THANK MY TEAM OF PEOPLE, WE'RE SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM AND THIS TEAM, WE'RE KNEW THIS WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR OF A BRAND NEW TEAM.
TO GET THIS RECOGNITION AND THIS AWARD WAS INCREDIBLE AND I HAVE MELISSA CHESTER MEN, VICKI GATI, CAROLINE STARLIGHT, CARLOS GARCIA, AND AMANDA HANNAH ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY.
THEN ALSO MY CHAIR AT GLENDALE, AS WELL AS RYAN ROGERS, WHO WAS MY CHAIR ELECT.
JUST THANK YOU A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE PARISH FOR BEING GREAT PARTNERS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING HIM THIS AWARD AGAIN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CAN YOU COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH RUTH AND HER STAFF?
>> GREAT WORK, RIGHT WHERE YOU REALLY DO HAVE THE NEWEST APP.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO COME UP [BACKGROUND].
>> CONGRATULATIONS, [INAUDIBLE]
>> I ALWAYS APPRECIATE [OVERLAPPING] SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
>> [OVERLAPPING] APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION.
I'LL ASK MARIO BEZEL TO COME UP OR RECREATION DIRECTOR MARIO, I THINK I HEAR SOME BULLDOGS IN THE HOUSE.
[APPLAUSE] WE'VE GOT SOME BULLDOGS IN THE HOUSE.
NOW THIS IS LAST YEAR'S, WE WANTED TO WAIT ON PURPOSE.
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10 NEW BULLDOG FOOTBALL TEAM.THIS TEAM THRIVED ON OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION, DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY TO GO FOUR IN THE TOURNAMENT, WIN THE 2022 TO TEN YOU THANKSGIVING BOWL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO ON THANKSGIVING MORNING, THE TEAM TOOK ON THE MOUNTAIN VIEW TIGERS ELITE AND DEFEATED THEM BY THEIR SMALLEST MARGIN OF SIX POINTS, 12 TO SIX.
THEY STARTED THE NEXT DAY WITH A 27,0 DEFEAT OF THE EAST PAULING RATERS, AND WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE DAY WITH A 26,0 WIN, WHEN THE CINCINNATI DOGS, THE NEXT AFTERNOON, THE BULLDOGS CLOSED OUT THERE TOURNAMENT BY DEFEATING THE POWERHOUSE PRIDE, WINNING THEIR AGE GROUP, AND FINISHING THE TOURNAMENT UP PERFECT FOR ZERO.
THE TEAM SCORED 91 POINTS, GAVE UP ONLY 18, WHICH WAS THE MOST AND LEAST OF THE TOURNAMENT.
GETTING IT DONE FOR THE DOGS WAS A COMBINATION OF PLAYERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER I LOVE THAT THE TEAM RACKED UP SEVERAL STEPS THAT LEAD TO THE TEAM HAVING THE NUMBER 1 DEFENSE IN THE TOURNAMENT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THIS MORNING'S RECOGNITION, ALL COACHES AND PLAYERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR 2022 CHAMPIONSHIP RING, DESIGNED BY OUR JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENTS SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO WAIT.
MARIO, YOU WANT TO COME UP? [APPLAUSE].
>> THANK YOU, PARISH PRESIDENT.
THIS IS AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR THESE KIDS AND LET ME JUST PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE.
THIS YEAR, I KNOW 2023 FOOTBALL SEASON, WE HAD OVER 1,200 YOUTH PLAYING TACKLE FOOTBALL, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE HAD IN TEN YEARS.
OUR PROGRAM WAS REVAMPED FEW YEARS AGO BY OUR GPILD STAFF.
THIS TEAM REPRESENTS BOTH AT THAT AGE, 10-YEAR-OLDS, THE BEST 10-YEAR-OLD FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BANK.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE COMBINED BOTH TEAMS, THE FIRST TIME IN 2022.
SO THESE KIDS NOW ARE BOTH EAST AND WEST, ARE COACHING STAFF [NOISE] IS EAST AND WEST, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO THIS IS THE BEST OF THE BEST IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THEY TRAVELED TO GATLINBURG, WE TOOK FOUR TEAMS. WE TOOK THE 9S, 10S, 11S, AND TWELFTHS.
THEY ALL HAD THEIR COACHING STAFF BOTH MADE UP OF EAST AND WEST, AND THEN THIS TEAM ACTUALLY WENT UNDEFEATED IN GATLINBURG FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS FEAT FOR OUR FIRST-YEAR TEAM TO GO AND COMPETE AND DO AS WELL AS THEY DID.
AND NOW I KNOW THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THEIR RINGS.
I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MR. TIM COLLINS, HE'S OUR ATHLETICS IS OUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR ATHLETICS FOR JPRD [APPLAUSE] [NOISE].
I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THE HEAD COACH, MR. DANNY WENT BRINE [APPLAUSE] TO PRESENT THE RINGS.
AND ANOTHER, AS I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS.
YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIDS.
KIDS YOU SHOULD THANK YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU GET HOME.
BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT THIS FOOTBALL SEASON TO GET THESE KIDS READY IN THREE OR FOUR WEEKS TO GET TO GATLINBURG AND COMPETE AGAINST SOME TEAMS THAT THAT'S ALL THEY DO.
THIS IS SPECIAL, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COACH, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS, I KNOW IT'S A COMMITMENT, SO THANKS AGAIN.
COACH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND HERE'S THE ROSTER [BACKGROUND]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARISH PRESIDENT, AND OF COURSE, DIRECTOR BRAZIL AND TIM COLLINS, IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW.
WHEN I PLAYED GPR, I ALSO PLAYED JRD WHEN I WAS 10, OR 11 YEARS OLD.
SO TO CARRY THIS ON FOR MY SONS AND FOR THESE YOUNG MEN, THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'M A TEAM LIKE THIS ONLY COMES TOGETHER ONLY EVERY FEW YEARS.
AND THEY WERE A SPECIAL TEAM, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM, AND THEIR COMMITMENT.
SOMETIMES I HAD TO PULL THE REINS BACK AND LET HIM KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PRACTICE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND WITH THAT WE STILL GOT THE JOB DONE SO AGAIN, I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS.
A LOT OF COMMITMENT TO HAVE TO RUN AROUND GETTING SOME MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET FOR THE TRIP AND DOING THESE THINGS.
SO I WANT TO SAY IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S ALSO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARISH AS A WHOLE, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARIS SPORTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND FOR THIS THING TO CONTINUE, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR SUPPORT AND OUR MONEY AND OUR FINANCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS BETTER FOR THE FUTURE.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU TO MY WIFE, ASHLEY FROM OUR WIND PRION FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS, AND ALSO STAYING HOME AND WATCHING OUR TWO DAUGHTERS AND OUR TWO BOYS ARE COMPETING IN THIS EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL TIME.
SO I DON'T FORGET MY YEARS WHEN I WAS HERE FOR JPRD AND I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT YOU WON'T FORGET YOUR YEARS AS WELL.
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SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THE 2022 TEN YEARS NEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.SO GUYS, AS I INTRODUCE YOU, COME SHAKE COACH TIM COLLINS AND, AND STAND TO THE SIDE FOR US BEFORE WE TAKE OUR PICTURE. KYLIE HOMES.
[APPLAUSE] EDWARD WILLIAMS IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COUPLE OF GUYS WE'RE GOING TO MENTION THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR RINGS AND HAND THEM OUT TO THEM LATER, EDWARD WILLIAMS, [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] NATALIE CARTER, [APPLAUSE] JABBAR BREWERS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, CAMERON JANIE IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY AS WELL.
TJ TILLMAN [APPLAUSE] BRENNAN STILTS, COREY MALVOLIO, [APPLAUSE] WILLIAMS [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] KHAILAN LEE [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] BRINTON READ IS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
DRAKE BORN [APPLAUSE] ROBBIE HOWARD [APPLAUSE] BOSSED, FOREHEAD [APPLAUSE] CHASE LEBLANC [APPLAUSE] JOSHUA [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE] CHRISTOPHER IRWIN [APPLAUSE].
KG WOODS [APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY MAIN CAMERA ON HARRIS [APPLAUSE] I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR MY SON MADDEN BRIAN TO PRESENT MS. CYNTHIA LEE SHENG PARISH PRESIDENT, A RING IN HER HONOR [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO COME DOWN FOR A PICTURE WITH THEIR BULLDOGS [BACKGROUND] , MORTGAGE AND SCOPE [BACKGROUND].
>> WAIT, THEY WANT TO PUT THE RING ON JUST A MINUTE WHEN I'M READY.
>> [LAUGHTER] TO SHOW HIM THAT LENGTH.
>> THEY WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE, BOY.
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>> ABSOLUTELY [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
>> I'M JUST GRABBING THIS ONE BEHIND JONI JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATIONS AS SOON AS CHAMBERS CLEARS.
[BACKGROUND] ANYBODY WHO'S LEFT AND HIS STAYING, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT SO WE CAN KNOCK OUT OUR FINAL PROCLAMATION.
ARE JUDGE AMANDA KELLY GARROW AND WENDY MCGEE HERE? ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FROM THE JUDGE RANKS OR ANYWHERE ELSE? [BACKGROUND] TODAY FOR EVERMORE WILL BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY AT JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CASA AND THE GREAT WORK THAT IT DOES, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CASA, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY.
BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AS JUDGES, AND IT'S ADVOCATES, AND THE UNNOTICED WORK THAT I THINK YOU ALL DO A LOT OF TIMES AS WELL.
IF WE CAN QUIET IN THE BACK, PLEASE? HERE'S THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY.
WHEREAS, JEFFERSON PARISH RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING CHILDREN PERMANENT, SAFE, AND LOVING FAMILIES THROUGH ADOPTION.
WHEREAS, MORE THAN 113,000 CHILDREN IN THE US FOSTER CARE SYSTEM ARE WAITING TO BE ADOPTED.
WHEREAS, JEFFERSON PARISH JUVENILE COURT PERFORMED 93 ADOPTIONS IN 2022 AND 45 ADOPTIONS SO FAR IN 2023.
WHEREAS, TO HELP FIND FOREVER FAMILIES FOR EVERY AVAILABLE CHILD IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE JEFFERSON PARISH JUVENILE COURT WILL OPEN ITS DOORS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, TO FINALIZE THE ADOPTIONS OF LOCAL CHILDREN, AND JOIN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF ADOPTIVE PARENTS, AND FOSTER PARENTS.
WHEREAS THIS EFFORT, ALONG WITH SIMILAR CELEBRATIONS IN ALL 50 STATES, WERE RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS ALL CHILDREN SHARE TO LIVE IN A STABLE, LOVING FAMILY AND ENCOURAGE OTHER DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS TO COMMIT TO SUPPORT ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA HEREBY PROCLAIMS THAT THE DAY AND MONTH OF NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, SHALL BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
>> I JUST WISH TO THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BRING AWARENESS.
IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT US SO MUCH AS THE MANY CHILDREN WHO NEED THE SERVICES THAT THIS PARISH HAS PERFORMED AND CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
THERE ARE SO MANY CHILDREN THAT ARE IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT DO NOT FOSTER THE LOVE,
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AND THE CARE, AND THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.RIGHT NOW, LAST COUNT, WE'VE HAD 55 CHILDREN THAT DO NOT HAVE A CASA ADVOCATE, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED WHILE THEY'RE IN FOSTER CARE.
ALSO, WITH ADOPTIONS, OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY DAYS THAT THEY SPEND IN FOSTER CARE PRIOR TO BEING ADOPTED.
WE TRY EACH AND EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER IT BE MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, OR THE SUPPORT THAT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR PARISH CAN PROVIDE.
I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN THE PAST TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF FOSTER CARE IN CASA, AND ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN IN OUR PARISH.
I THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE HAVING THIS PROGRAM ON MONDAY, SO IF ANYONE IS AVAILABLE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT AND LET YOU ALL KNOW AT 10:00 AM.
ON MONDAY THE 13TH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST CELEBRATION IN JEFFERSON PARISH OF NATIONAL ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE DAY, AND WE WELCOME YOU TO BE A PART OF THAT.
>> TO BE CLEAR, I SAID EARLIER TODAY, BUT IT'S NOVEMBER 13TH. I MISS SPOKE.
[LAUGHTER] IF SHE DIDN'T SAY IT CLEARLY ENOUGH, THEY NEED ADVOCATES, CASA NEEDS ADVOCATES.
IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, THEY'RE HERE TO SPEAK NOW, AND LET'S GIVE A PHONE NUMBER WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING, THEY CAN CONTACT YOU ALL IF THEY NEED TO [NOISE] DO SOMETHING.
>> I THINK THAT PROBABLY THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO LOG ONTO CASA JEFFERSON, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE LINKS.
ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE, IF YOU FILL OUT A FORM TODAY, THEY JUST MIGHT CALL YOU BY THE END OF BUSINESS HOURS OR BY TOMORROW. THANKS SO MUCH.
>> YOU'LL BE WORKING BY THE NEXT DAY.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE.
[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023.
WE'RE IN THE JOSEPH S. GUINEA BUILDING, 1221 ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
COUNSEL BONANO, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR GUEST WHO WILL LEAD TODAY'S INVOCATION.
>> IT'S MY HONOR TO HAVE WITH US TODAY PASTOR CHRIS MANOJ ON FROM THE VICTORY ASSEMBLY CHURCH ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
THIS WAS A VERY EASY SELECTION FOR ME.
THE MONOGENIC FAMILY HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.
HIS FATHER RETIRED JPS, SHERIFFS, DETECTIVES.
I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU, PASTOR, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANKS FOR THE HONOR TO PRAY AND OPEN UP.
I'M GOING TO READ A SCRIPTURE AS WE BEGIN TO OPEN WITH PRAYER.
IT SAYS IN 1ST TIMOTHY, 2 ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
THEREFORE, I EXHORT FIRST OF ALL THAT SO REPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, AND GIVING OF THANKS BE MADE FOR ALL MEN.
FOR KINGS AND FOR ALL WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
FOR THIS REASON THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND PEACEABLE LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND REVERENCE.
FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR WHO DESIRES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.
FOR THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL.
LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM TODAY.
WE PRAY FOR THIS GOVERNING BODY.
LORD, AS THEY ESTABLISH THE RULE OF LAW IN THIS PLACE AS
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THEY AFFECT CHANGE AND IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THIS REGION.LORD, WE HAVE INTERESTING TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN, SO WE CALL UPON YOUR HELP AND YOUR NAME.
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM TO BE UPON EACH PERSON, EVERY LEADER, EVERY ONE IN AUTHORITY.
I PRAY YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR PARISH PRESIDENT AND ALL THE COUNCIL.
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEM SHALL PROSPER, LEAD THEM AS THEY GOVERN, AND LEAD THEM WELL.
WATCH OVER THEIR FAMILIES AND KEEP THEM ALL THE DAYS OF THEIR LIVES.
IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. MICHELLE.
>> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MADAM CLERK.
>> PARISH PRESIDENT [INAUDIBLE]?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MADAM PRESIDENT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL]
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE 2024 PROPOSED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, WHICH CONTAIN TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 966 MILLION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, HAS BEEN THE PARISHES POLICY REVENUES ARE BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY, WHILE EXPENDITURES ARE FORECASTED TO REMAIN AT RECENT LEVELS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
THE 2024 BUDGET SALES TAX PROJECTION IS BASED ON A 4.9 PERCENT DECREASE COMPARED TO THE 2022 ACTUAL SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, BUT 2.3 PERCENT ABOVE THE 2023 BUDGET.
THAT HISTORICALLY CONSERVATIVE BUDGETARY TREATMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED CONSIDERING UNCERTAINTIES IN THE ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH PATTERNS WHICH RENDER FUTURE REVENUE STREAMS VERY DIFFICULT TO PROJECT.
THE 232.7 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET PROPERTY TAX REVENUE PROJECTION REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 11.8 MILLION OVER THE 2023 BUDGET DUE TO INCREASE PROPERTY VALUE.
DEDICATED REVENUES INCLUDE PROPERTY TAX AT 37 PERCENT, SURFACE CHARGES AT 33 PERCENT, SALES TAX AT 19 PERCENT AND ALL OF THOSE ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY 89 PERCENT OF THOSE OPERATING REVENUES.
AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT BUDGET MANAGEMENT PROCESS, WE HAVE VERY CONSERVATIVE FISCAL POLICIES THAT WE'VE HELD IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WE REVIEW CAREFULLY THE REQUEST TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS.
WE HAVE A MODERATE INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND AN EARNEST AND ONGOING BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS TO MINIMIZE EXPENDITURES.
WE'VE ALSO BUDGETED A 5 PERCENT MERIT-BASED ANNUAL PAY INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH PROVIDES APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION TO THEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR CITIZENS WITH THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF SERVICES THEY DESERVE AND ENJOY.
THEN I'LL GO TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT'S 135.3 MILLION OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SLATED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
THE MAJOR EXPENDITURES, OBVIOUSLY FOR CAPITAL, IS OCCURS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS AREA, AMOUNTING TO AN APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT, A LITTLE OVER 9 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE CAPITAL BUDGET, WITH NEARLY 30 PERCENT GOING TOWARDS DRAINAGE, ANOTHER 30 PERCENT TOWARDS STREETS, 22 PERCENT TO SEWAGE AND A LITTLE OVER 9 PERCENT TO WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
WE MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS ON PUBLIC WORK IMPROVEMENTS RECOGNIZING THAT THESE INVESTMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM MODERNIZE OUR SYSTEM, GIVE US A STRONG IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE, FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND BEING ABLE TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT FOCUS AND COMMITMENT WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE MANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITH MODERNIZING OUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. IN CLOSING FOR THIS BUDGET PIECE, THESE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET STRICTLY FOLLOW CONSERVATIVE FISCAL POLICIES AND ENSURES THAT OUR PARISH WILL MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT EXCELLENT BOND RATING AS WELL AS BE WELL POSITIONED FOR THE FUTURE.
WE STAND READY TO PULL ME TEAR OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE SHUT OUT ALSO TO VICTROLA ROCCO, WHO IS OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THEIR WORK AND THEY STAND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WANT TO MOVE TO SALTWATER INTRUSION.
LUCKILY, WE DID NOT HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM SO FAR, BUT WE DID TEST THE SYSTEM SINCE WE HAD THE MATERIALS AND THE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE.
THAT TEST WENT REALLY WELL, CAN EXPRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT GOAL WAS TO TEST IT.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM TO GET CREATIVE AND WORK FAST TO DEVELOP AN APPROPRIATE MULTI-PRONGED PLAN OF ACTION FOR ALL OF OUR THREE WATER INTAKES.
MARK DREW'S HERE WHO LED THAT EFFORT.
I WILL REMIND EVERYONE THAT SOLUTION IS
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A LOCAL SOLUTION THAT WE PROPOSED AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO WORK ON IT.THE TESTING WENT VERY WELL, BUT WE DID LEARN SOME THINGS, SO IT WOULD HAVE WORKED FOR US.
BUT WE CAN WITH ANY TESTING, WILL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE IT IN FUTURE YEARS IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS SAME KIND OF SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY THE HOSE IS GOING UP AND DOWN OVER THE CROSSINGS.
WE REALIZED WE LOST A LITTLE VOLUME ON THERE, SO WE KNOW THOSE CROSSINGS BETTER.
MARK EXPLAINS THAT SOMETIMES WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND NOT GO UP AND OVER AND GET THAT VOLUME BACK.
WE KNOW AREAS WHERE WE HAVE LOWER VOLUME, AREAS WHERE WE CAN GRAB SOME MORE VOLUME SO THAT TESTING WAS VERY CRITICAL AND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE EVER NEEDED TO USE THE SYSTEM AGAIN, WE'RE THAT MUCH FURTHER ON IT.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF THE FISCAL 2024 ACTION PLAN APPLICATION PERIOD FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, THAT'S THE CDBG GRANTS, AS WELL AS THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE HOME ARP AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND THAT'S ABOUT $7 MILLION.
ANNUALLY, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FOR CDBG HOME AND HESG PROGRAMS. THEY INCLUDE PUBLIC SERVICES, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR THE HOME ARP, THE FUNDS MUST SERVE QUALIFYING POPULATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD TOMORROW FROM 4-5 IN ROOM 4 OR 5 OF THE JEFFERSON BUILDING AND THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH OF 2024 YOU CAN CALL 504-736-6262 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
MOVING ON TO THE LIBRARY, CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WAGNER LIBRARY, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF MEETING ROOMS AND ADDITIONAL STUDY ROOMS. PATRIOTS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF MINIMAL DISRUPTIONS FROM NOISE AND REDUCED PARKING.
THE LIBRARY WILL MAINTAIN NORMAL HOURS UNTIL THE PROJECT REACHES A MORE ADVANCED STAGE.
THE LIBRARY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MARINE FORCES RESERVE BAND IS GOING TO PERFORM THIS SATURDAY AT 11:00 P.M. AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY IN HONOR OF ALL OF OUR VETERANS, AS WELL AS THE SHORT LECTURE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY.
THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY HAS LAUNCHED AN ADULT PHONICS LITERACY PROGRAM.
ENROLLMENT IS OPEN TO ADULTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF BASIC READING SKILLS TO BECOME A COMPETENT READER AND PROMOTE LIFETIME LEARNING.
THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES ATTENDANCE OF SIX CLASSES ON SELECT THURSDAYS THROUGH DECEMBER 28.
THE ALL WOMEN'S NEW ORLEANS' SOUND COURSE, A FEMALE BARBERSHOP QUARTET STYLE GROUP WILL PRESENT A FREE HOLIDAY CONCERT AT THE LIVE OAK LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 2.00.
THEN SEVERAL LIBRARIES ARE HOSTING FABRIC ARTS WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING THE QUILTING AND CROCHETING MEET UPS AT THE BELLE TERRE LIBRARY, BEGINNER CROCHET CLASSES AT THE LAW FEET LIBRARY, AND THEN BRING YOUR OWN FABRIC CRAFTING GROUP SESSIONS AT THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE BELLE TERRE LIBRARY IS HOME TO A LIBRARY OF THINGS COLLECTION FOCUSED ON THE FABRIC ARTS, INCLUDING SEWING, QUILTING, AND NEED TO WORK AND IT REALLY HAS BECOME A HUB FOR ALL OF THE HOBBYISTS AND THOSE FABRIC ARTS.
THEN WE HAVE A RICH LIBRARY WELCOMES PATRONS INTERESTED IN VIRTUAL GAMES WITH AR VR GAME DAYS THAT'S SCHEDULED TWICE A WEEK, YOU NEED A RESERVE IN ADVANCE, SO YOU NEED TO GO TO JPLIBRARY.NET FOR THAT.
THEN THE LOUISIANA ENERGY OFFICE WILL PARTNER WITH THE LAKESHORE LIBRARY FOR A DAY OF CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES AND CRAFTS RELATED TO SOLAR POWER ON NOVEMBER 21ST, FROM 11-1.
AGAIN, ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ARE REQUESTED ON OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE, JPLIBRARY.NET.
JUST AN UPDATE ON THE LAFAYETTE MARSH FIRE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THERE'S NO SMOKE COMING FROM THIS FIRE NOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME SMOKE FROM OTHER FIRES, BUT FROM THIS FIRE IN LAFAYETTE, THERE IS NO SMOKE.
WE WANT TO THANK, THESE ARE FIRE SURFACES.
THIS IS REALLY BEING HANDLED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE GENERAL LAFAYETTE NATIONAL PARK.
BUT CERTAINLY DON ROBERTSON, OUR CHIEF AND HIS CREW OF REALLY SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT, AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAFAYETTE BIO-TERROR CROWN POINT.
MOREAU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, MOREAU-HARVEY, MOREAU RAGUSA, TERRY TOWN AND HARVEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY NUMBER 2.
WE ESTIMATE THIS FIRE IS 90% PUT OUT.
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WILL HAVE A PATROL AND CREW AT THE LOCATION FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST AS NEEDED.
BUT AGAIN, NO SMOKE IS COMING FROM THIS FIRE NOW.
THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND JEFFERSON PARISH EMPLOYEES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ARE GOING TO HOST TO JOB FAIRS.
THE FIRST IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, FROM 10-2 AT THE YANNI BUILDING ROOM 204.
THE SECOND IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 10-2 AT THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY.
YOU CAN CALL 504-364-2730 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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AN ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST AND TRAINER TO BEGIN WORKING WITH AT-RISK DOGS AT THEIR FACILITY AS PART OF A 5,000 GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED AT THE END OF OCTOBER BY THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY.THIS INITIATIVE WILL NOT ONLY HELP THE DOGS WITH WORKABLE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, BUT WILL ALSO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES WITH TRAINING NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT MOVING FORWARD.
J PARS DIRECTOR IN KENDALL, SUPERVISOR JULIE ARCHER, ONE WILL BE EDUCATING STUDENTS AT CRESTS AND CITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TOMORROW AS PART OF J PARS CONTINUED INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH ON PROVIDING A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR FURRY FRIENDS.
THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GOING TO HOST OUR OWN VETERANS DAY CEREMONY TOMORROW AT 10:00 A.M. AT VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE IN METAIRIE.
THE CEREMONY IS GOING TO BE STREAMED ON ALL OF OUR CHANNELS.
AS A REMINDER, OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICES, INCLUDING THE LIBRARIES, ANIMAL CENTER AND THE EAST AND WEST JEFFERSON AMERICAN JOB CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, IN OBSERVANCE OF THE VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY.
GARBAGE COLLECTION AND CURBSIDE RECYCLING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AS SCHEDULED BUT THE LANDFILL WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY AND WE'LL RESUME OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY.
ALL RECREATION CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, NOT INCLUDING LAUGH IN YOUR PARKING PARK DAY FOR ME WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY AND WE'LL RESUME OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY.
THEN TRANSIT WILL BE RUNNING A NORMAL WEEKDAY SERVICE ON FRIDAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCIL OF BANANA.
>> PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WHICH WORKS IN WATER DEPARTMENT FOR SYDNEY PUZZLES.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW I'M DOING THIS, BUT IT'S NO SECRET WITH THE DROUGHT THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING NUMEROUS WATER BREAKS ALL DAY LONG.
I KNOW MY OFFICE ALONE CONTEXTS THE WATER DEPARTMENT EVERY DAY AND HE HAS A VERY SPECIAL EMPLOYEES IN SYDNEY, IF I HAD A VOTE, I WOULD NOMINATE ALICIA WASHINGTON IS EMPLOYED HERE FOR WATER DEPARTMENT.
SHE STAYS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING AND NEVER EVER HAVE TO ASK HER TWICE, SHE FOLLOWS THROUGH, SHE HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE AND I CAN TELL YOU AFTER 35 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN CRITICIZED, BUT RARELY PRAISED, AND SHE DESERVES OUR PRAISE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW SHE APPRECIATE THAT.
>> PROBABLY EVERY OTHER OFFICE APPEAR CONSECUTIVE THAT THANK YOU, COUNCIL OF BANANA.
ANYONE ELSE FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT OR ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CHRIS FORTUNATO IS HERE WITH US TODAY AND CHAMBERS AND COUNCILMAN ELECT FOR DISTRICT FIVE-HALVES LYNCHBURG IS HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR OUR MEETING.
[PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA]
NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT IN THE MEETING WHERE ANYONE WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA CAN COME UP AND SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SO YOU MUST COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK GUARD IN THE VACUUM CHAMBERS, TURN IT INTO THE CLERK.YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND MR. AL DID CALL AHEAD THIS WEEK TO LET US KNOW HE WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING THIS MEETING, SO DON'T BE CONCERNED.
THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT JUMPING UP FIRST AT THE PODIUM.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
>> I POSTPONE THE MEETING AND MR. AL.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING HE'S RECEIVING A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF KENNER TODAY WHICH IS CONFLICTING WITH OUR MEETING.
>> FRANKIE HIRES, BUBBLE NINE OLD BOULEVARD JUST SPARKED LITTLE CURIOSITY IN A WAY WE COULD GO.
[NOISE] A LOT OF THE SAME STUFF, LOT OF ENGINEERS GETTING HIRED, A LOT OF THINKERS.
I GOT AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
I WONDER WHY THEY CAN'T DO SOME OF THIS WORK FOR US.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN SOME DAYS WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I USUALLY START AT THE BACK ANYMORE BECAUSE I FIGURED THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
FROM THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S INVOLVED.
THE PARKS CO-OPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS, THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE WE'RE TAKING MONEY FROM THE STATE TREASURY, THAT ISN'T OURS ALREADY AND HOW MUCH OF OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT TO OTHER PARISHES.
BECAUSE WE LACK FOR ANY CONCERN WHERE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED AND HOW IT'S FORMED.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PARKS MONEY, YOU'RE SPENDING, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK, A LOT OF GOOD DEEDS.
BUT AGAIN, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE THERE IS NO GOOD WORK, THERE'S NO GOOD DEEDS.
IF YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW THE POWER HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED THAN ALL THE MONEY THAT FLOWS FROM THAT POWER AMOUNTS TO NOTHING BUT AN ILL-GOTTEN GAIN.
HOW WE EMPOWER A LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS GREATER IN IT'S IMPORTANT THAN WHO HOLDS THOSE OFFICES.
THIS COUNCIL IS GETTING READY TO TRANSFORM INTO A DISTRICT 5 COUNCIL, WITH SIX OUT OF 10 ELECTED OFFICIALS LIVING IN DISTRICT 5 AND YOU EXPECT THIS TO BE LEGITIMATE? YOU THINK THIS IS A LEGITIMATE FORM OF GOVERNMENT? I WAS IN DISTRICT 5 UNTIL THIS ELECTION.
NOW I'M IN DISTRICT 2, WHICH SPANS FROM METAIRIE TO HARVEY.
WHEN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, WHEN I'M KNOCKING ON DOORS, TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
WHAT? NOBODY CAN BELIEVE THIS IS THE CASE.
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THEY'RE TOO BUSY. IT'S WHY YOU GOT A 30% TURNOUT FOR AN ELECTION.YOU GET A LOT OF WATER DEPARTMENTS STUFF ON HERE AND IT MADE ME REALIZE WHAT I FORGOT TO DO LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND I WISHED I COULD'VE GOT A HEADS-UP.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT ME AND MR. I WOULD LIKE TO BE AT EVERY ONE OF THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WHEN YOU PULL AN EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT YOU DON'T NOTIFY US PERSONALLY WHEN YOU GOT OUR PERSONAL PHONE NUMBERS, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN CAHOOTS.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF WATER DEPARTMENT MONEY GETTING SPENT.
LOT OF MONEY ON WATER DEPARTMENT, LOT OF WORKS DEPARTMENT.
I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
I'M PRAYING WE DIDN'T GET TO GET OVER $1 BILLION YET, DID WE? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT FIGURE.
>> IT'S COMING NEXT YEAR THOUGH IN IT.
I GOT WATER CONSUMPTION, I GOT WATER SERVICE, SERVICE USAGE, SEWERAGE SERVICE, GARBAGE SERVICE, MOSQUITO CONTROL.
WATER SERVICE, THAT AIN'T ON HERE BEFORE I GOT TWO BILLS HERE, ONE FROM AUGUST AND ONE FROM OCTOBER.
BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER, WE DECIDED TO BURDEN THE TAXPAYERS 165,000 CUSTOMERS.
>> FIGURE IT OUT. MAYBE WE NEED FIVE MINUTES.
>> ELIZABETH GLASS, 5.9 HOME A BOULEVARD.
I'VE BEEN NEGLECTFUL IN COMING AND GETTING INTO MEETINGS, BUT I DO WATCH EVERY MEETING AT HOME.
WE DO SAY A PRAYER, OR MOST PEOPLE SAY A PRAYER HERE FOR GUIDANCE AND WE SAY THE PLEDGE AFTERWARDS.
THIS IS MAKING NO SENSE BECAUSE IT SEEMS THESE ARE BEING USED AS SCREENS TO HIDE BEHIND.
LIKE CHILDREN WAS SMILING FACES AND COOKIES ALL IN THEM, WE'RE ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS AFTERWARDS.
I'M HERE ABOUT THE BOILER AND I OVERHEARD IN THE HALLWAY AS I WAS WAITING TO COME IN.
>> THAT'S NOT ON [OVERLAPPING] YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
>> THAT'S NOT ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA.
>> I'M STILL CONFUSED AND THAT'S I GUESS WOULD BE ANOTHER PROBLEM IS I DO LISTEN TO ALL THE MEETINGS, BUT IT'S VERY CONFUSING ON WHAT AND WHERE.
>> THERE'S PARTS JUST FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA AND THEN ANYTHING AT THE END THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.
HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEMS 1 AND 2 WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR DECEMBER 6TH MEETINGS.
[ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED]
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE DEFERRAL OF ITEMS 1 AND 2. I'M SORRY, THERE YOU GO.>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEMS 1 AND 2 TO DECEMBER 6, 2023, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER 3, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK,
[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]
WITH A NOTE THAT COUNCILMAN TEMPLET WILL RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS VOTE.>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO SIT HAS AN AD HOC HEARING OFFICER FOR THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION TO ADJUDICATE CASES REFERRED TO THE BAA ON THE WESTBANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
>> COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, YOUR SELECTION?
>> FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TOM WILKINSON.
>> CAN YOU SAY IT INTO YOUR MIC? YOUR MIC IS ON IT IS IT NOT WORKING? WELL, YOU JUST MUTED IT BUT IT WAS ON BEFORE.
JUST DIDN'T HEAR YOU SO UNMUTE IT AND TRY AGAIN? THERE YOU GO.
>> YES. JUST COULDN'T HEAR YOU BEFORE.
>> I MOVE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS WILKINSON.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF THOMAS WILKINSON? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
ITEM NUMBER 4, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO SIT HAS AN AD-HOC HEARING OFFICER FOR THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION TO ADJUDICATE CASES, REFER TO THE BAA ON THE EASTBANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
>> COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR SELECTION?
>> I MOVE ON, CHARLES CUSANANO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF CHARLES CUSANANO.
SAMANTHA AND MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE.
>> COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD TO APPLICANTS AND THIS IS A DISTRICT 2, 3, 4, 5 MATTER WE WERE HOPING TO MOVE ON ALL QUALIFIED WOULD THERE BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
>> NO, FOUR, IT'S A DISTRICT 2, 3, 4, 5 MATTER NOT THE NOT THE PARISH WHITE MATTER?
>> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO REVISIT THAT?
>> IF THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND [INAUDIBLE]
>> DO WE NEED TO AMEND IT OR DO WE JUST WE HAVEN'T FINISHED IT YET.
>> THIS IS NOT THE PARISH WIDE ONE.
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>> WE'LL JUST REDO THE MOTION AND SAY ALL QUALIFIED.
>> DO WE NEED TO MOVE TO AMEND OR JUST REREAD IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FINISH.
>> DO YOU NEED TO REREAD OR CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE MOTION.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL TO SIT HAS AN AD HOC HEARING OFFICER FOR THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION TO ADJUDICATE CASES REFERRED TO THE BAA ON THE EASTBANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
>>HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S SECOND? THIRD, MEGAN.
>> COUNCILMAN TEMPLET OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION?
IT'S COUNCIL DISTRICTS 2, 3, 4 AND 5.
I MOVE THAT WE SELECT ALL QUALIFIED.
>> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ALL QUALIFIED ON A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE? [NOISE] HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
ITEM NUMBER 5, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING A PROVIDER TO PROVIDE FORENSIC EVALUATIONS AS ORDERED BY THE 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AND PARISH COURTS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ALL QUALIFIED ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM NUMBER 6, PLEASE.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING, COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM PLANNING, AND COASTAL PLANNING RELATED SERVICES FOR THE REQUIRED UPDATE TO THE MULTI JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN ON THE RFP NUMBER 0465.
>> COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR SELECTION?
>> I MOVE ON ATKINS, NORTH AMERICA.
>> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ATKINS, NORTH AMERICA, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING GOOD PROVIDER FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OIL SPILL CLEANUP SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR TWO YEARS UNDER RFP NUMBER 0466.
>> I MOVE ON. LEGACY ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF LEGACY ENVIRONMENTAL LLC? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEMS 8, 9 AND 10 ARE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
JUMP AHEAD TO NUMBER 11, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING - AND LAND USE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ORDINANCES]
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26178, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, LOT 14, SQUARE 8, METAIRIE RIDGE NURSERY SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 128 PAPWORTH AVENUE.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R2 TO RR-3, EASY -9, -23 COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.
>> CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26178.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> HI, MY NAME'S ROBIN HANNEMAN, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M REPEATING A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY EMAILED AND CALLED IN, BUT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THIS CHANGE IN ZONING.
EVEN IT'S ZONED R2 FOR A TWO-PLEX, AND EVEN A TWO-PLEX IS TOO BIG FOR 25-FOOT LOT.
BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A FOUR-PLEX AND TO ALL OF US THAT SEEMS CRAZY.
WE'RE OKAY WITH THE TWO PLEX BECAUSE IT IS ZONED R2, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL NOT ALLOW A FOUR PLEX IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH A SMALL LOT. THANK YOU.
>> IF I COULD COUNSEL CHAIRMAN?
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN PASTARO.
>> ONE SECOND COUNCILMAN PASTARO HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> IT'S THAT THE LOT DOWN THE STREET FROM YOU AT THE CORNER DOWN THE STREET FROM YOUR HOUSE.
>> YES. I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD SOMETHING WITH ROBIN SAID THAT I HAVE HERE A DOCUMENT EASY 923 IS TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS DENIAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS AND HAS A PLETHORA OF REASONS WHY.
BECAUSE ONE BEING IT'S GROSSLY DEFICIENT SIZE LOT FOR WHICH PROPOSED FOR A FOUR PLEX OBVIOUSLY.
IT'S IDEAL OF SEWERAGE THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH FOUR PLEX AND A PARKING, THEY HAVE AN AMENDED PLAN THAT WAS DRAWN UP.
IF IT GETS FOR PLACES TO PARK, WELL ACCORDING TO COAL, WE SHOULD HAVE SIX.
BECAUSE IT'S 1.5 FOR EACH UNIT THAT WOULD BECOME THE SIX.
JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS HERE, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THEM I DON'T HAVE TIME.
BUT THIS DOCUMENT REALLY, IF YOU'D READ THIS, YOU'D SAY IT'S LUDICROUS TO EVEN ASSUME THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN.
A FOUR PLEX THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.
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THE FUNNY THING, I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING COMING OVER HERE.NOW WHEN YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THE GARBAGE CANS WHEN THEY'RE NOT PICKED UP.
THE LOT IS JUST GROSSLY [NOISE] OVER POPULATING THE SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE, AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO PUT A FOUR PLEX ON A 25-FOOT LOT.
AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL AGAINST IT AND I THINK MS. JENNIFER WILL SEND SEVERAL EMAILS TO YOUR OFFICE.
BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S SHORT NOTICE IN THE WORKWEEK, THEY JUST CAN'T GET OFF THEIR JOBS.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT TO APPEARED IN OPPOSITION COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
>> I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY STRONGLY PARTICIPATED, HAD A GOOD MEETING.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALSO DID TRY TO REVISE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
BUT AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT BACK WITH US ABOUT THAT AMENDED PROPOSITION AND I'M STILL FELT IT WAS TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT SITE.
I APPRECIATE AGAIN, EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS ON THIS AND I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD DENIAL.
>> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DENIAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26178 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE MADAM CLERK.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26204, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, TRACK 3-A ROWS DALE PLANTATION SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 3,600 RIVER ROAD.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM M1 TO R-1A EZ-11-23 COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.
>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM SO WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26204.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN BONANO.
>> IN WHILE THIS BOTH THIS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING [INAUDIBLE] FOR BOTH DENIALS.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL, AND WHAT EXISTS ON IT TODAY OR TO DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS THE PARISHES CONDEMNED AND IT ALL RUN DOWN STABLE.
THE NEIGHBORS WERE VERY CLEAR TO ME, THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE A BUSINESS THERE.
THEY MUCH RATHER SEE WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE SITE, WHICH IS TO REMOVE ALL WITH LOBULATED BUILDINGS AND PLACE A SINGLE-FAMILY PLANTATION STYLE HOUSE.
FOR THAT REASON, I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26204, MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 13, PLEASE MADAM CLERK.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26205, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP, LOTS 13 THROUGH 18 SQUARE 29, METAIRIE RIDGE NURSERY SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 401 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-1A AND C-1 TO C-2, EZ-13-23, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.
>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AS WELL, SO WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26205.
ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?
>> GOOD MORNING. DAVID BARRON'S OF ADDRESS 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD, SUITE 201 METAIRIE 7,005.
I AM A PARTNER AT WAINER COMPANIES WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED AT 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD IN METAIRIE DIRECTLY ACROSS PAPWORTH FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 401 VETERANS.
THAT'S THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THIS REZONING REQUEST.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONING REQUEST PRIOR TO THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IN SEPTEMBER ON THIS ISSUE, MY PARTNER BRUCE WEINER, ARE CALLED MS. QUINN THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT TO OPPOSE THE REZONING, BUT RATHER TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE CURRENT CLIENTS PLANS FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
MS. QUINN STATED THAT HER CLIENTS WERE SIMPLY REQUESTING A REZONING FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL LOTS IN THAT PARCEL, AND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAD NO PLANS TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING AND REBUILD FOR A MORE INTENSIVE USE.
HOWEVER, DURING THE PAB MEETING, WE RAISED CONCERNS ON A MULTITUDE OF MORE INTENSIVE USES THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE COULD BRING ABOUT, SUCH AS A FAST FOOD CHAIN, CAR WASH, BAR ROOM, A CAR SALES LOT TO NAME A FEW, AS WELL AS THE INCREASED DANGEROUS TO THE BIKERS ON THE BIKE PATH ALONG PAPWORTH.
WHILE I HAVE NO REASON TO QUESTION MS. QUINN'S INTEGRITY, SHE WAVERED FROM HER ASSURANCE THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY WHEN SHE DEFENDED THE REZONING BY INDICATING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PLANNING AND COMMITTED TO A "FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROJECT", WHICH LEFT US COMPLETELY CONFUSED ON WHETHER HER RESPONSE WAS FORTHRIGHT.
ARE THEY LOOKING TO KEEP THE EXISTING BUILDING OR PUT UP A FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROJECT ON THE PROPERTY? IF THEY DO INTEND TO KEEP THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING, THEN WHY IS THIS REZONING HERE ON THE DOCKET TODAY? I WOULD URGE YOU TO DENY THEIR REQUEST AS IT IS SIMPLY PREMATURE.
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IF YOU DO ALLOW THIS REZONING AND THE CURRENT OWNERS CELL, THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS OR CONSEQUENCES WHICH DENY THESE MORE INTENSIVE USES ON THE PROPERTY TO A FUTURE OWNER.IN ADDITION TO TIMING FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL WAS ALSO RAISED AT THAT MEETING WHICH SHOULD BE A NON-ISSUE BASED ON MS. QUINN'S PRIOR STATEMENTS.
IF THERE ARE TRULY ARE NO PLANS TO REDEVELOP THE SITE AS MS. QUINN STATED ONCE AGAIN, THEN WHY IS THIS REZONING EVEN NECESSARY? IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO REZONE NOW FOR NO VALID REASON, THIS WILL ONLY OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANY FUTURE OWNER TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THESE MORE INTENSIVE USES UNDER THE C2 ZONING AND FOR OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED PROPERTY OWNERS TO REQUEST THE SAME OR INCENTIVE ZONING.
THIS REQUEST IS SIMPLY PREMATURE AND NOT NECESSARY.
SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT AT THE PAB MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MS. QUINN STATEMENTS ABOUT OUR BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
SHE STATED THAT OUR BUILDING IS SOLELY OCCUPIED BY A BANK, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER THE C2 ZONING THAT IS BEING REQUESTED.
WELL, I GUESS THE BANK DOES OCCUPY A SMALL PORTION OF OUR BUILDING FRONTING VETERANS BOULEVARD.
WE HAVE OCCUPIED AND OPERATE OUR BUSINESS FROM OUR OFFICE BUILDING AT 321 VETERANS FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS.
WE ALSO LEAS OFFICE-BASED TO AN INSURANCE AGENCY, A COUPLE OF LAW FIRMS, A CPA, A PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO MANY ELDERLY PATIENTS.
WE HAVE REJECTED NUMEROUS OFFERS TO PURCHASE OUR PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT FOR MORE INTENSIVE USES, INCLUDING FOR A POPULAR FAST FOOD CHAIN WHOSE DRIVE-THROUGH CUSTOMER VEHICLES FREQUENTLY STACK ON VETERANS.
WE HAVE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO BOTH OUR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS, AND WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN ENSURING OUR NEIGHBORS DO THE SAME.
WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A GOOD PROJECT ON THE PROPERTY IF ONE COMES ABOUT.
ALL I ASK IS FOR FULL VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR MYSELF AND THIS COUNCIL.
BUT AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE NO PLANS TO REDEVELOP.
I ASK YOU TO DENY THIS ZONING CHANGE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THERE'S A SITE PLAN OR SIMPLY A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE THAT CAN BE SHARED.
DURING THE PAB MEETING, MS. QUINN ATTEMPTED TO ARGUE THAT SINCE OUR PROPERTY HAS A C2 ZONING, THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO HER CLIENTS REZONING REQUEST.
THE PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FRONTING VETERANS IS ZONED C2, AND THE ZONING TRANSITIONS TO LESS INTENSIVE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AS IT GETS CLOSER TO RESIDENTIAL.
THE ZONING ON OUR PROPERTY FROM VETERANS TO OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS ON PAPWORTH COUNTY IS SIMILAR TO THE TRANSITIONAL ZONING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
I WOULD CONSIDER MS. QUINN'S ARGUMENT ON THIS IRRELEVANT, AS WE ARE NOT THE ONES PETITIONING TO REZONE AND ARE PERFECTLY FINE WITH OUR OFFICE BUILDING ON MULTIPLE ZONINGS.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF IN FACT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR POTENTIAL TENANT OR BUYER OF THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE PLANS TO REDEVELOP THIS CORNER TO A FAMILY FRIENDLY OR OTHER MORE INTENSIVE USE THAT IS YET TO BE DISCLOSED.
BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENCE AND JEFFERSON AND OTHER PARISHES, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO DENY THEIR REQUEST NOW AND COME BACK TO THE PAB AND THIS COUNCIL WITH PLANS THAT JUSTIFY A ZONING CHANGE IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE FULL TRANSPARENCY TO EVERYONE AFFECTED.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL LIKELY BE BACK HERE IN A FEW MONTHS, ALONG WITH A ROOMFUL OF CONCERN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS, WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THEIR TENANT OR PURCHASER SEEKS SITE PLAN VARIANCES FOR WHATEVER PROJECT THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP UNDER THE RADAR.
UNTIL THEN THIS REQUEST IS PREMATURE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS COUNCIL TO DENY THE REQUEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION?
>> GOOD MORNING. BRUCE WEINER, 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD, SUITE 201 METAIRIE, LOUISIANA.
YOU JUST DON'T WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE THE ZONING ON YOUR PROPERTY.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT STIMULATES THAT.
WHEN I REACHED OUT TO MISS US WHEN WHEN I GOT THE LETTER AND I KNOW I'M REITERATING WHAT MY PARTNER SAID.
THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO CHANGE THE EXISTING USE.
I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT AT SUCH TIME THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE THAT THIS ZONING BE DENIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT TO APPEARED IN OPPOSITION COUNCILWOMAN, VAN RANKINGS.
>> THIS MATTER IS COMING WITH A DOUBLE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE HAS TO BE A REASON PROMPTING THE CONSOLIDATION AND DO APPRECIATE THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS, SO WE HAVE SOME CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE BEFORE REZONING.
I'M GOING TO MOVE AT THIS TIME FOR DEFERRAL TO THE NEXT EAST BANK MEETING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT'S INTENDED AND IF ANOTHER LESS INTENSE ZONING MIGHT BE SUITABLE OR OTHER POTENTIAL PATHS FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO DEFER TO THE NEXT EAST BANK MEETING.
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IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13 TO JANUARY 17TH, 2024, ON SUMMARY NUMBER 26205, MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.I HAVE A NOTE, THE NUMBER 14 WILL BE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 17TH, 2024 AS WELL.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS YOUR EMOTION ON THAT.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 14 TO JANUARY 17TH, 2024 AND MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN BRIAN CONSECUTIVE BY COUNCILMAN WALKER HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES - AMEND 3813/TEXT CHANGE]
ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE.>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26188, REQUESTING AND AUTHORIZING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD TO STUDY THE TEXT OF CHAPTER 33, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN CHAPTER 40, ZONING OF THE CODE WITH THE INTENT OF EVALUATING AND AMENDING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS AND POSING A MORATORIUM ON THE SUBDIVISION OF RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST BANK OF UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON PARISH, WHICH INVOLVES MORE THAN FIVE ACRES AND RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF 20 WATTS OR MORE.
>> WHENEVER THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26188 ANYONE FAVORED PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION?
>> HEY GUYS, 5.9 HOMES BOULEVARD REQUESTS AND AUTHORIZE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD TO STUDY THE TEXT.
I READ THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND IT'S ALWAYS THE FRAMING OF THESE THINGS THAT GETS ME.
I'VE HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS.
I FIND THEM LACKING AS REPRESENTATIVE BODY APPOINTED BY AN ILLEGITIMATELY FORMED PSEUDO LEGISLATIVE BODY.
I DON'T TRUST THEM TO STUDY ANYTHING.
I DON'T TRUST THEM TO COME THROUGH WITH ANY GOOD WORK OUT OF THIS BODY WHATSOEVER.
IT'S PUT ON DISPLAY HERE FROM ONE AGENDA ITEM TO THE NEXT ONE OF THESE SUMMARY NOTICES TO THE NEXT.
THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN ADVISE TO DO THIS AND THEY CAN ADVISE TO DO THAT EITHER WAY.
YOU ALL OVERRIDE THEM DEPENDING ON WHO'S, I GUESS WIND WHOSE POCKETS BEST, MOST EFFECTIVELY, IN A WAY THAT SATISFIES THE MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE.
WE DON'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT OF THE MAJORITY, WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT AND MAJORITY THAT PARTICIPATE.
IN THE MAJORITY THAT PARTICIPATE, WELL, THEY LIVE IN OMEGA.
I TAKE GREAT EXCEPTION WITH THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARDS CONSTRUCT AS I DO WITH THE CONSTRUCT OF THIS BODY.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN WHO WON'T EVEN ANSWER A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OBLIGED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AT THESE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS, MEANWHILE, WILL TRAMPLE ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ANYBODY WHO ATTENDS THESE MEETINGS.
YOU ALL NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I OPPOSE THIS ON THE GROUNDS OF JUST HAVING A CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT, A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
WE LACKED FOR IT TERRIBLY AND YOU CAN DO BETTER.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN THAT POSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26188, MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 16, PLEASE.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES - VARIANCES]
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26207, APPROVING SP-25-23, REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE PARKING AND LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS FOR BRETON SPORT PERFORMANCE LOCATED AT 4133 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY ON LOT ONE DASH A PLOT ONE, JEFFERSON TERRORISTS SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
>> BUT NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26207.
ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I LIVE IN HAIR HAN ON NORTON AVENUE.
I'VE SENT EACH OF YOU A LETTER AND I FOLLOWED UP WITH A REDUNDANT EMAIL.
I APPRECIATE RESPONSES FROM YOUR OFFICE, JENNIFER AND SCOTT.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT THIS GYM, APPARENTLY THE ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD HAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE REQUEST, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST A REGULAR GYM.
WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU HAVE TO GO BY APPOINTMENT.
BUT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ELITE HIGH-SCHOOL ATHLETES HAVE LEFT THIS GYM TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS AND EVERYWHERE FROM DIVISION ONE TO PRIVATE COLLEGES ALL OVER THE US.
EAST BANK LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, NICK BRETON WAS THEIR TRAINER.
ANYBODY HEARD OF ARCHIE MANNING? NICK BRETON WAS HIS TRAINER.
IF YOU WATCH THE HOUSTON ASTROS, THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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JP FRANCE, STARTING TRAMPED, STARTING PITCHER.JIM BEAM WAS HERE AT THE ADVISORY PLANNING MEETING.
IS OVER IN PUERTO RICO AND THE WINTER LEAGUE.
ERIC GORDON, PLACE FOR THE PHOENIX SUNS.
THEN THERE'S THE OCCASIONAL CELEBRITY.
CELEBRITY IN TOWN, HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE GYM WAS GOING TO TALK TO HIS PERSONAL TRAINER WHO CALLED HIS MENTOR.
HIS MENTOR SAID, "YOU NEED TO TALK TO NICK BRETON AND GO TO HIS GYM." ONE DAY I'M TRAINING NEXT TO JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY, BUT I'M SPEAKING BECAUSE IT'S VERY PERSONAL TO ME.
IT TURNED TO 66 YEAR-OLD, OUT OF SHAPE, WEEK INDIVIDUAL INTO A 72 YEAR-OLD FIT, FAIRLY ATHLETIC INDIVIDUAL.
MY CARDIOLOGIST HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK, FRIENDS, EVEN MY WIFE.
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD AND APPROVE THESE VARIANCES.
>> NICK BRETON, 4133 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE RESPONDED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL I WANTED TO PROVIDE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS FROM THE PLANNING MEETING, WAS JUST LETTERS FROM NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS SUPPORTING WHAT WE WERE DOING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, AND SO JUST WANTED TO HAVE THOSE. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. JOHNNY BETH BRIAN, I'M WITH ZACH SMITH CONSULTING, 1000 [NOISE] NORMAN C. FRANCIS PARKWAY.
I JUST WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU TO COUNSEL AND THE PLANNING STAFF.
THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING A VARIANCE AND A SUBDIVISION AND A SITE PLAN REVIEW, AND THE STAFF WAS VERY HELPFUL.
EVERYBODY I SPOKE TO, MOST ESPECIALLY LOGAN DOUGHERTY, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO HIM.
ANY QUESTION THAT I HAD, HE WAS FANTASTIC AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING A FANTASTIC BUSINESS COACH AND STAFF INTO A BUILDING, PUTTING A BUILDING BACK INTO COMMERCE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND I THINK IT REALLY COULDN'T BE A MORE PERFECT FIT. THANK YOU.
>> KENNETH PARTISI, 313 WALTER ROAD, RIVER RIDGE LOUISIANA.
I MYSELF HAVE TRAINED WITH NICK.
MY DAUGHTER IS ONE OF THOSE DIVISION 1 ATHLETES ON SCHOLARSHIP UP BECAUSE OF NICK.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE TRAIN THERE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH PARKING AT AZOLE PLACE, AT THIS PLACE AS WELL, AND AT THE PLANNING, THE PVA BOARD, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET, DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT ACROSS ALL WERE IN FAVOR OF IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT MY SUPPORT IN AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT FOUR APPEARED IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN BONANO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26207, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. I'VE NOTED THAT NUMBER 17 WILL BE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 17TH AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION ON THAT?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER 17211724 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 18, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26209: APPROVING SP-47-23 FOR VARIANCES TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS FOR THE WALMART SUPER CENTER LOCATED AT 8912 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD ON LOT 1-8-1-B, SQUARE A2, WESTGATE SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 4.
>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26209.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26209, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26210: APPROVING SP-61-23, REQUESTED VARIANCES FOR MATT BOWERS FORD LOCATED AT 3724 VETERANS BOULEVARD ON LOT 128-A,
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CLEARY SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26210.
ANYWAY IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING. STACY LANDRY WITH DEEP SOUTH SIGNS REPRESENTING MATT BOWERS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THESE ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
THESE SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE BUILDING AFTER THE RENOVATION, THEY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SIGNS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS FOUR SETS OF SIGNS AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE FOR SETS OF SIGNS TO BE PLACED BACK ON THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ACROSS.
THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE IS NEEDED FOR A DIRECTIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE, AND ALSO THE AREA OF SQUARE FOOTAGE WHICH IS CURRENTLY THERE, IT WILL BE LESS OF WHAT WE'RE PLACING BACK ON THE BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26210 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM NUMBER 20, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26211: AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 26483, ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2022 TO CORRECT THE DATES FOR A PORTION OF THE PLANS APPROVED ON THE DOCKET NUMBER SP-37-22 FOR LEE MICHAELS FINE JEWELRY LOCATED AT 3020 NORTH CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD ON LOT 1B, SQUARE 38, HARLEM SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.
>> WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26211.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26211 ON MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
[OTHER PROPERTY MATTERS ORDINANCES]
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26218: WAVING THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 9527 OAKS BOULEVARD, BRIDGE CITY, LOUISIANA, 70094 COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.
>> WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26218.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE NOTE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN BONANO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26218 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
[OTHER ORDINANCES]
ITEM 22, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.>> SUMMARY NUMBER 262132: TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 4074, THE PERSONNEL RULES FOR CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO CREATE RULES 9, SECTION 20 AND REVISE RULE 9, SECTION 17, AND RULE 10, SECTION 1.
>> WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26213.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> FRANKIE HIRES RISING IN OPPOSITION.
TWO THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FORM OF THIS UNION WAS A CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES IN A TYRANNY OF FEW.
THIS FALLS UNDER THE FORMER CONFUSION MULTITUDES.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP, I DON'T WANT IT TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS.
YOU SUMMARIZE IT, BUT I GOT NO IDEA WHAT THIS INVOLVES, NO CLUE, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FIND OUT.
IF I HAD AN ACCOUNTABLE REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
I OPPOSE THIS ON THE GROUNDS OF LACKING FOR A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26213 ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 23, PLEASE.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26214: TO AMEND ORDINATES NUMBER 4074, THE PERSONNEL RULES FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH, TO AMEND RULE 4, SECTION 1.2, UPON CONCURRENCE BY THE PERSONNEL BOARD AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26214.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> FRANKIE HIRES RISING ON PRINCIPLE TO OPPOSE THIS AS WELL.
PERSONNEL BOARD, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BOARD, BUREAU, COMMITTEE, COMMISSION, TASK FORCE, JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR YOU ALL TO BLAME SHIFTS SOMEBODY ELSE FOR WHAT ENDS UP BEING A WRONGDOING.
A GOOD DEED GONE BAD, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, THAT'S WHAT THAT PERSONNEL BOARD IS.
THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT HAVING A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS WHY WE HAVE A PERSONNEL BOARD.
THE IDEA THAT THE DIRECTORS ARE BASICALLY APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COLLEGES, COLLEGES IN A FOREIGN PARISH, IT SHOULD BE THE HEADS UP.
I OPPOSE THE PERSONNEL BOARD AND ANYTHING RELATED TO IT.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26214, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET,
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SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 24, PLEASE.>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26215: AMENDING ORDINATES 13709, THE EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN TO AMEND RULE 18, PAY SECTION 18.1 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> WE NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26215.
ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> RISING AGAIN IN OPPOSITION.
FRANKIE HIRES. EXECUTIVE PAY PLAN.
HOW'S THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS RETIREMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND? I GOT TO SPEND 12% OF MY MONEY TOWARDS EVERY EXECUTIVE PAY? IS THAT PART OF THAT DEAL? ARE WE REDUCING THE EXECUTIVE PAY? IF WE'RE REDUCING THE EXECUTIVE PAY, I'LL RISE IN FAVOR.
BUT YOU DON'T EXPLAIN THAT HERE, SO I GOT TO RISE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE PAY AND INCREASE THE BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS.
SO I RISE IN OPPOSITION TO ANY PAY PLAN REVIEWS THAT ARE GOING TO INVOLVE AN INCREASE IN PAY TO EXECUTIVES.
THE CHIEFS ARE GETTING PAID TOO MUCH.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26215, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 25.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26216: TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO APPLY THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT, OVERTIME EXEMPT STATUS DESIGNATION FOR THE CLASSES OF EARLY HEAD START TEACHER AND HEAD START TEACHER ASSISTANT.
>> WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26216.
ANYWAY IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT.
IF WE HAD A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, A FORM OF COUNSEL, A LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT WAS FORMED, BY ANY WAY WE COULD EXPLAIN, THEN ALL OF THESE GOOD WORKS, ALL THESE GOOD DEEDS WOULDN'T AMOUNT TO THE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS THAT THEY ARE.
NOW, FROM MY READING OF THIS, WE'RE BASICALLY EXEMPTING EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE RECEIVE OVERTIME PAY.
SO THESE HEAD START TEACHERS, THESE HEAD START ASSISTANT TEACHERS AREN'T GOING TO BE ENTITLED TO OVERTIME PAY, THAT'S THE WAY THIS READS TO ME.
OF COURSE, IT COULD JUST BE A CRUTCHES INGENUITY THAT THE COMBINATIONS OF THE DAY GAVE RISE TO, COULD JUST BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CRUTCHES INGENUITY, THEY'RE REALLY COOL, THEY SOUND GOOD, THEY SOUND REASONABLE, THEY SOUND LEGIT.
UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER SCRUTINY, WHEN THEY'RE DONE BY MEANS THAT AREN'T PRESCRIBED CONSTITUTIONALLY, THEN THEY FALL APART.
THAT'S WHY I GOT TO KEEP RISING IN OPPOSITION TO THESE THINGS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THE GOOD WORK OR THE GOOD INTENTION, IT'S BECAUSE YOU ALL AREN'T CONSTITUTIONALLY FORMED AS A BODY.
EVERYTHING YOU DO IS NULLIFIABLE.
AS SOON AS THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH WAKE UP AND FIGURE THIS OUT FOR THEMSELVES, I WON'T HAVE TO SUFFER FOR 21 OF YOU, I'LL HAVE 21 OF US. FIGURE IT OUT.
>> MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> I MOVE INTO FURTHERANCE, I MENTIONED IT IN OUR PRE-MEETING YESTERDAY.
>> YOU WANT TO DEFER THIS ONE?
>> YEAH, DIFFER THAT JANUARY MEETING, FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
>> SORRY FOR THAT. MISS SEARCH JANUARY 17TH, 2024.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER 25, SUMMARY NUMBER 26216 A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
TO JANUARY, DID I SAY THE DATE? DEFER TO JANUARY 27TH?
>> I'M SORRY, DECEMBER 6TH, THE 12, 6 MEETING.
>> WE WANT TO DO THIS 17TH OF JANUARY.
>> BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AT THE 17TH.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER 25 TO JANUARY 17TH, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26217, WAVING THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR THE 2024 ST.
JUDE DREAM HOME LOCATED AT 4812 GARDEN STREET, PERMANENT APPLICATION NUMBER 23-309054 AND OTHERWISE PROVIDING WITH RESPECT THERE TO, COUNCIL DISTRICT 5.
>> WE NOW HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26217, ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> GOT TO KEEP DOING IT. HERE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST GOOD DEEDS EVER.
ST. JUDE HOME, HOW CAN I RISE TO A OPPOSE THIS?
>> THE ELEVATION OF A SOLDIER, ANYBODY FAMILIAR WITH FEDERALIST PAPERS? WE DEAMINUATE THE CITIZEN AND ELEVATE THE SOLDIER THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF.
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WHEN YOU WAVE EXEMPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S TAX OR FEE EXEMPTIONS, WHEN YOU WAVE THESE THINGS YOU MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO DOESN'T GET SOMETHING WAVED, THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS.THAT'S WHY THERE'S RULES TO TAXATION FUNDAMENTALLY.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SOME LEVERS IN HERE THAT EXTRA THAT COMPEL YOU TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT WITH REGARDS TO OUR TAX DOLLARS.
THERE'S NO DOLLAR THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING GOING ON IN HERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.
WE THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH ARE PAYING FOR IT.
EVERY INDULGENCE, EVERY EXEMPTION, EVERY WAVING WE PAY FOR.
I POSE THESE THINGS ON PRINCIPLE, NOT BECAUSE I OPPOSE THE GOOD DEED OR THE INTENT. FIGURE IT OUT.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION, COUNCILWOMAN VAN REAGAN.
>> SO FORTUNATELY ST. JUDE HAS A PRINCIPLE OF SERVING FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE FACING CANCER FREE OF CHARGE.
NO MATTER WHO FROM JEFFERSON PARISH MIGHT HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT NEEDS TREATMENT AT ST. JUDE THEY SHOW UP AND DON'T HAVE TO PAY A DIME SO THAT THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEIR CHILDREN GETTING HEALTHY.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE ST. JUDE DREAM HOME BEING CONSTRUCTED IN JEFFERSON PARISH, TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SPRING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THEM. MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26217, A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN REAGAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. I HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEM 27 WILL BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 6TH.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION ON THAT?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 27 TO DECEMBER 6TH, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
I HAVE A NOTE THAT NUMBER 28 WILL ALSO BE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 6TH.
IS THERE COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION REGARDING THAT?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 28 TO DECEMBER 6TH, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCIL WALKER.
ITEM 29 WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, THE OPERATING BUDGET.
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26221, AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $36,273 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S VIDEO POKER FUNDS TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR 2023 ENRICHMENT CAMPS HELD AT PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S ON THE EAST BANK.
ALLOCATE $16,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 2'S, EAST BANK TOURISM FUNDS, $16,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 4'S, EAST BANK TOURISM FUN, AND $16,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 5'S EAST BANK TOWARDS FUNDS.
FOR A CEA WITHIN THE OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH, FIFTH JUSTICE COURT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE FOR THE USE AND ASSISTANCE AND THE OPERATIONS AND DUTIES OF SAID CONSTABLES OFFICE AND TO SUPPORT THE REDUCTION OF BLIGHT.
ALLOCATE $63,486.76 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S WEST BANK TOURISM FUNDS FOR A CEA WITH FRIENDS OF PREP SPORTS FOR THE 2024 ALL STATE SUGAR BOWL NATIONAL.
ALLOCATE $51,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S WEST BANK TOURISM FUND, FOR A CEA WITH THE MARTIN LUTHER KING TASK FORCE TO PROVIDE THE 2024 MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE AND BANQUET ALLOCATE $166,920 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S, WEST BANK RIVER BOAT GAMING FUNDS TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR 2023 ENRICHMENT CAMPS HELD AT PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 ON THE WEST BANK AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE TO READ.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNSELOR WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
WE'RE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26221, ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> [INAUDIBLE] HIRES RISING AND OPPOSITION TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS JUST FUNDAMENTAL RULES HERE.
IF WE HAD ANY RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WHATSOEVER I WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS YOU-ALL GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE MONEY ARBITRARILY AND THEN SPEND IT ARBITRARILY.
THERE'S RULES IN A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SWORN TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
EVERY ONE OF YOU SITTING HERE, AT LEAST IN THOSE COUNCIL POSITIONS HAD TO SWEAR TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S NOT A PERFUNCTORY ISSUE IT'S MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
THAT MEANS THAT THE ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4 WHERE PRESCRIBES THAT WE SHALL HAVE A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, UNITED STATES SHALL GUARANTEE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO THE SEVERAL STATES AND THIS UNION THAT MATTERS IT APPLIES TO EVERYTHING.
IT MAKES IT SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS WITH REGARDS TO ANYTHING YOU DO, EVERYTHING YOU DO.
I CAN BRING THIS UP AND TALK ABOUT IT.
YOU-ALL SHOULD FIGURE THIS OUT SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
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I'VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH MY TIME.I'D RATHER GO OVER TO MAYBE ONE OF THOSE WEST BANK GAMBLING ESTABLISHMENTS, GO VISIT THE WEST BANK MORE.
I GOT BEAUTIFICATION GOING ON WHEN WE GOT RECKLESS DRIVING, RAMPING.
THE QUALITY OF LIVES FALL OFF A CLIFF HERE AND YOU-ALL YOU PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TOO MUCH POWER AND TOO MUCH MONEY VESTED INTO TOO FEW ARBITRARILY EMPOWERED HANDS.
THERE'S TOO FEW OF YOU ARBITRARILY EMPOWERED.
IT'S NOT ANY OF YOURS INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL FAULT, I DON'T FAULT ANY OF YOU PERSONALLY, THIS IS NOT PERSONAL.
THIS ELECTION THAT WE JUST HAD SHOULD PUT IT ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYONE.
SIX OUT OF 10 PEOPLE LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS PARISH WIDE.
THE WEST BANK WILL NEVER ELECT ITS OWN PARISH PRESIDENT THEY CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT.
IF I FIND THEM LACKING FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT REQUIRED EXERCISE OF CONTROL WITH THE WHOLESOME DISCRETION THE SOLUTION WOULD NOT BE TO TAKE IT FROM THEM BUT TO INFORM THEIR DISCRETION.
THIS WOULD BE THE TRUE CORRECTED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ABUSES OF POWER.
WE ARE UNDER A SITUATION WITH GROSS CONSTITUTIONAL ABUSES OF POWER I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS REMEDIED, FIGURE IT OUT.
>> ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK KNOWS THE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26221, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM NUMBER 30, PLEASE, THE CAPITAL BUDGET
>> SUMMARY NUMBER 26222, AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE ARE TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $63,486.76 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT 3'S, WEST BANK TOURISM FUNDS FOR A CEA WITH FRIENDS OF PREP SPORTS FOR THE 2020 FOR ALL STATES SUGARBOWL NATIONAL AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE TO READ.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
>> I MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26222, ANYONE IN FAVOR PLEASE COME FORWARD, ANYONE OPPOSED.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE SAME STORY, REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
A GOVERNMENT THAT'S FRUGAL AND SIMPLE, MOTIVATED TO BE SO.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY OF THIS.
I CAN JUST GO HOME, GO WORK ON PIANOS, MOW MY LAWN, DO SOMETHING TO ANYTHING ELSE? YOU-ALL GOT TO BE GETTING TIRED OF ME I WOULD HOPE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE MYSELF MORE ANNOYING TO YOU.
HOW CAN I MAKE THIS MORE BURDENSOME TO YOU? BECAUSE IT'S A BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYER.
EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON HERE IS A BURDEN TO US.
I GOT TO TALK TO MARK DREW'S ABOUT MY WATER BILL, BUT WE CAN WE CAN SPEND MONEY ON PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION LIKE THERE'S JUST NO END TO TOMORROW.
IT'S NOT, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THE MONEY, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU STEAL, APPROPRIATE, CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT I DON'T CARE.
AS LONG AS WE'RE WILLING TO EMPOWER YOU THIS WAY I EXPECT YOU TO DO WORSE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I GET THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN FIND WAYS TO BE MORE ANNOYING.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOUR PROPOSAL IS THAT WE HAVE 21 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JUST I'M SURE I'M GOING TO REGRET THIS CASE.
>> UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES AND DIRECT TAXES SHALL BE APPORTIONED AMONG THE SEVERAL PLACES ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE NUMBERS.
I DON'T PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE 21 MEMBERS.
>> IT WOULD BE UP TO THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO DETERMINE HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THEY WOULDN'T BE 21 OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MAY BE 21 CITIZENS BEHAVING AS CIVIC DUTY, DOING A CIVIC DUTY.
THAT ONLY ALL THAT DOES IS ACCOMMODATED THE 21 DESIGNATED PLACES BY THE CENSUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPORTIONMENT AND REDISTRICTING.
I DIDN'T MAKE UP THE CENSUS [INAUDIBLE].
TO BE HONEST, IT'S 22, INCLUDING THE UNINCORPORATED, NON DESIGNATED PLACE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I AM PRETTY SURE THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, MAYBE WE'LL PULL IT JUST AS A CURIOSITY, IF THEY WOULD LIKE 22 OF US UP HERE, AND ON BEHALF OF MR. DRUZE, LET ME JUST SAY WE SPOKE EARLIER IN THIS MEETING ABOUT HOW RESPONSIVE OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE AND OUR WATER DEPARTMENT.
THE BEAUTY IS AS A CITIZEN OF JEFFERSON PARISH, WHEN YOU CALL ABOUT YOUR WATER BILL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CALL BACK.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN ANSWER. YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN EMPLOYEE WORKING ON IT.
AGAIN, THE 75% OF FOLKS THAT TOLD US THEY ARE HAPPY WITH LIFE IN JEFFERSON PARISH,
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THAT'S WHO WE'RE WORKING FOR EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO FEEL THAT WAY.>> SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF MIDDLE C WHOSE 90 PLUS WHEN I MOVED HERE IN '96.
>> YOU CAN MOVE ANYTIME YOU'RE DISCONTENT.
>> I'M A JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN.
FIND MYSELF IN THE PARENT'S NAME FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON.
I DIDN'T WRITE THE CONSTITUTION.
TRUST ME, I'VE ALREADY PULLED THE PEOPLE.
NOBODY HAS A PROBLEM PAYING 21 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD PAY HIM 2,300 A MONTH LIKE ST. TAMMANY PAYS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTEAD WE'RE PAYING YOU HALF OF WHAT A JUDGE GETS PAID.
YOU JUST GOT TO RACE TO 75% WHAT A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GETS PAID.
THIS DEFIES THE CONSTITUTION THE UNITED STATES, FUNDAMENTALLY, THE 27TH AMENDMENT.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE 27TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, THE UNITED STATES?
>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO BE CONTENT AND IF IT'S WHEN WE GET 22 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> PARISH OF JEFFERSON CAN REDUCE A DESIGNATED PLACES. [OVERLAPPING].
>> IF WE REDUCE DESIGNATED PLACES WE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT AND HAVE FEWER.
>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
>> THERE'S 14 MEMBERS TO COUNSEL AND ST. TAMMANY.
THEY PAY THEMSELVES $2,300 A MONTH.
[OVERLAPPING] I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
>> I THINK WE'LL ALL AGREE THAT SEVEN OF US IS ENOUGH.
I THINK THEY'LL BE ANY ARGUMENT FROM US THAT SEVEN IS ENOUGH.
WHAT ELSE OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, KNOW IF THEY WANT APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26222 AND MOST OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.>> YES, SIR. A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN POOR DISTRICTS, JET COAST PURSUIT OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION TO FUND THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESS INCUBATOR FACILITY ON THE WEST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE CHURCHILL TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PARK IN AVONDALE AND STATING THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO EXAMINE ONE OR MORE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY A TOTAL OF $1,500,000 TO COMMIT TOWARDS JET COAST INCUBATOR PROJECT IF THE EDA DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT IS AWARDED.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE.
NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION, ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
>> OPPOSE JAGGED GO ON THE FACT THAT THEIR OWN ACCOUNTABLE.
>> MADAM CLERK NOTED ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BY FORD IN MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNSELOR WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> COUNCILMAN EPISTATIC. YES, SIR.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LAUGHING NEAR PARK AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OPERATING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF JEFFERSON PARISH, PARTICULARLY LAUGHING AT YOUR PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERE TOO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? I HAVE MY OWN I HAD EMAILED YESTERDAY, ASKED HIM.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND INTEND TO PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA NEXT MEETING.
IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES ANYBODY'S GOT, PLEASE COME TO ME.
I INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING THIS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE FORMULA.
>> THEY JUST MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> IT JUST MEANT TO CALL THIS ONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKING.
>> YES, MA'AM. A RESOLUTION GRANTING RD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC DOING BUSINESS AS BIG EASY CIGARS, PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A WEEKEND WITH PANDA MASTER BLENDER ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2023 THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023 FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 11:59 PM AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT A WEEKEND WITH PANDA MASTER BLENDER.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
IF YOU MAY WANT TO FAVOR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD. COUNCILMAN VAN RANKING.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 142811, ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023, GRANTING PERMISSION TO FIRST TEE GNO, GIVING PERMISSION TO SELL BEER, LIQUOR AND WINE AT NOLAN NIGHT MARKET AT THE BONOBO BOAT LAUNCH ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023 FROM 3:00 PM UNTIL 10:00 PM AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
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>> ANY OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION TO BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. I NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, KNOW WHAT APPEARED, COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKING.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> COUNCILMAN EDWARDS. YES, SIR.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS AND ALL FIRMS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE PARISH IN THE FIELDS IN WHICH THEY SUBMITTED.
>> ANY OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE FAVOR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> I HAVE ONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ IT FOR ME.
>> YES, SIR. A RESOLUTION GRANTING PERMISSION TO ST.
MATTHEW'S THE APOSTLE TO CONDUCT A HOLIDAY MARKET ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2023 FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM, ALLOWING THE SERVING OF BEVERAGES, WINE AND FOOD TO ALLOW DJ AMPLIFIED MUSIC TO ALLOW OUTDOOR COOKING INTO ERECT 46 CANOPIES AND 69 CRAFT BOOTHS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE COOK OFF WAVING ALL JEFFERSON PARISH TAXES AND CONNECTION THERE WITH PROVIDED THAT A PERMANENT IS OBTAINED.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED. COUNCILMAN BONANO.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNSELOR WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> YES, SIR. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ADDITION OF SUBCONTRACTORS TO ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, CONTRACT NUMBER 55-21354, BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND MANNING APC, FOR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR ARCHITECTURAL TYPE PROJECTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED ANNUAL FEE OF $500,000.
>> ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. NOW, I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILMAN BONANO. [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CORROBORATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR TASKFORCE INCORPORATED WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE 2023 MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CULTURAL CELEBRATION TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT, ALLOW ANY UNEXPANDED FUNDS TO BE USED TOWARDS THE 2024 MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE, BANQUET AND EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $61,000 FOR THE 2024 MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE, BANQUET AND EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, THEREBY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE AGREEMENT FROM $105,000 TO $166,000 AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER 6TH 2024.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE.
SO NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION, I WANT FAVOR OPPOSITION.
PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK.
NOTHING KNOW WHAT APPEARED. COUNCILMAN LEE.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> AND I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT.
[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]
AGENDA 1 AND COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION IN GLOBAL ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA 1.>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE GLOBAL ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 32 THROUGH 75 ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 76 PLEASE MADAM CLERK. AND CONSENT AGENDA 2.
[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022 FOR ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES WHICH COST UNDER $500,000 FOR WATER PROJECTS WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN BIDDING A CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY OF KENNER ALONG THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD, 26TH STREET TO 21ST STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 4.
>> COUNCILMAN PASODO YOUR SELECTION.
>> SHARMA, I MOVED TO SELECT THE FOLLOWING PRIME CONTRACT TO OUR ARDURRA A-R-D-U-R-R-A, WITH SUBCONTRACT OF MEYER ENGINEERING AT A 60/40 SPLIT SURVEYING TO BE DONE BY BRIAN HAMMOND ASSOCIATES AND GEO TECH TO BE DONE BY BETA.
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>> LET'S SEE IF I GOT ALL THAT TO REPEAT IT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF THE PRIME IS OUR DURA, THE SUB AS MEYER ENGINEERING WITH A 60/40 SPLIT, SURVEYING BY [OVERLAPPING]
>> BRIAN HAMMOND ASSOCIATES, AND THEN GEO TECH BY BETA. IT'S RIGHT?
>> ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EPISODIC SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED ON THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022 FOR ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES WHICH COSTS UNDER $500,000 FOR WATER PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN, BIDDING, AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF KENNER ALONG THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD, 21ST STREET TO 14TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 4.
>> COUNCILMAN PASODO YOUR SELECTIONS?
>> MOTION TO SELECT AS FOLLOWS.
SUBCONTRACTOR SHRED, KIRK, AND DONALD, 40% SURVEYING TO BE DONE BY BFM AND TESTING TO BE DONE BY GULF SOUTH.
>> THE PRIME WSP 60%, THE SUB SHRED KIRKENDALL 40% SURVEY OR BFM AND THE LAST ONE AGAIN PLEASE.
>> GEO TECH, TESTING TO BE DONE BY GULF SOUTH.
>> GEO TECH TESTING GULF SOUTH, THOSE EMOTIONAL COUNSELING AND PASADO SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED ON THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022, FOR ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES WHICH COST UNDER $500,000 FOR WATER PROJECTS WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY OF KENNER ALONG THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD, 10TH STREET AND OXLEY STREET, 14TH STREET TO AIRLINE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 4.
>> COUNCILMAN PASODO YOUR SELECTIONS.
>> I SHOULD SELECT THIS FOLLOWS.
PRIME CONTRACTOR HARTMAN ENGINEERING, 60%, SUBCONTRACTOR ECM CONSULTANTS AT 40%.
SURVEYING TO BE DONE BY BFM AND GEO TECH TO BE DONE BY GULF SOUTH.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF HARTMAN AT 60%, AS THE PRIME ECM 40% IS THE SUB SURVEY OR BFM, AND GEO TECH GULF SOUTH MOTION OF COUNCILMAN ARISTOTLE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 79 PLEASE.
>> A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 140676, ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2022 TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION OF THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOTS P-1B-1-B-1-B, P-1-D, P-4-A, AND P-5M WHAT SUBDIVISION? JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AND TWO LOTS.
P-4-A, P-5-B, AND LOTS ONE THROUGH 153, RISING OAKS SUBDIVISION AND DEDICATION OF LIVE OAK, DR. RISING OK. DR. PIN OAK AVENUE, WATER OAK AVENUE, LAUREL OAK DRIVE, RED OAK DRIVE IN WILLOW DRIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNED BY DEREK J. MURPHY, DATED FEBRUARY 8TH 2022, WHICH LOTS ARE OWNED BY NOAH, SO INCORPORATED HAS REQUESTED ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOCKET NUMBER WAS-109-21, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
>> COUNCILMAN EDWARDS YOUR MOTION.
[BACKGROUND] ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EDWARDS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM NUMBER 80 PLEASE.
>> A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139780, ADOPTED JUNE 15TH, 2022, FOR ROUTINE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR SEWAGE PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE EAST BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROCESS AND ODOR CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS COUNCIL DISTRICT 2.
>> COUNSELING BONANO YOUR SELECTION.
>> I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. SHRED KIRK GONDOLA MADAM CLERK, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SPELL IT? [NOISE] JUST CHECKING.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF SHRED KIRK GONDOLA, MERCHANT OF COUNCILMAN BANANAS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. MADAM CLERK.
ON REQUESTS OF COUNCILMAN LEE, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER ITEMS 81,82 AND 83 TO THE DECEMBER 6TH MEETING.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEMS 81,82 AND 83 ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEE, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED THOSE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 26TH.
>> WHAT DID I SAY? DECEMBER 6TH IS WHAT I MEANT.
DECEMBER 6TH. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON THE 26TH.
NUMBER 80 THAT TAKES US TO THE TEXTS,
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THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS 84 THROUGH 144, COUNCILMAN TEMPLET WITH THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 131, SO 84 THROUGH 144 THAT THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 131 TO DECEMBER 6TH.YOUR EMOTION ON THOSE COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE END GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ITEMS 84 THROUGH 144-131 OR SHOULD WE DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 6TH, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
IT TAKES US TO ITEM 145 AND THE ADDENDUM AGENDA PLEASE.
[ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS]
AND THAT'S BACK TO ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT.COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION ON IN GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 17 AND EIGHT AND NINE, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM, AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 17 MINUS EIGHT, AND NINE, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED, LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT PLEASE, WITH AMENDMENTS.
>> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CORROBORATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH, FIFTH JUSTICE COURT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE FOR THE USE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE OPERATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE SAID CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, AND IN ADDITION TO ASSIST THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE REPORTING AND ENFORCEMENT OF CODE VIOLATIONS, SO HAS TO ADDRESS AREAS OF PUBLIC CONCERN AND SUPPORT THE OVERALL REDUCTION OF BLIGHT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE FIFTH JUSTICE COURT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $36,000, AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN THE PREAMBLE TO CHANGE THE $36,000 TO $48,000, AND THE FIFTH, WHEREAS TO CHANGE THE $36,000 TO $48,000.
IN SECTION 1 TO CHANGE $36,000 TO $48,000, AND IN SECTION 2 TO REMOVE $12,000 FROM EACH ACCOUNT IS $16,000 FROM EACH ACCOUNT, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE TO READ.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKING, YOUR MOTION?
>> ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN MANIPASTATO, COUNCILMAN BONANO AND MYSELF, WE WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN RANKINGS SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
ITEM NINE, WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE.
>> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE LOUISIANA STADIUM AND EXPOSITION DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN, RENOVATION, AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING BASEBALL STADIUM ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY KNOWN AS THE SHRINE ON AIRLINE AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $15 MILLION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, AND THE AMENDMENT IS TO ATTACH THE AGREEMENTS, AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE COUNCILMAN, BONANO.
>> COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS A JOINT MOTION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONTRIBUTING FUNDS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, THE NEW AND WE DON'T WANT HAVE TO CALL IT SEPARATE STADIUM.
THE NEW SHRINE ON AIRLINES CAN BE A COMPLETELY REMODELED AND CHANGED INTO A SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE THAT WILL BE A STIMULUS FOR OUR ECONOMY AND A GOOD PLACE WITH FAMILIES TO GO.
>> HOPEFULLY, A SHRINE THAT IS WORTHY OF THE NAME.
>> CERTAINLY HAS NOT BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
>> THAT WILL CHANGE BEFORE TOO LONG.
THANK COUNCILMAN BONANO, YOUR MOTION.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON JOINT MOTION OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]
JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS, MADAM CLERK, AND I HAVE A NOTATION THAT 146 WILL BE CANCELED.COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR EMOTION ON THE CANCELLATION OF 146?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE CANCELLATION OF ITEM 146, A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
NOW, AS WE GET TO ITEM NUMBER 147, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MARK DREW'S, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UP FOR A PRESENTATION THAT IS PREPARED ON FEE INCREASES THAT'LL BE COMING IN 2024.
IT WILL COVER A NUMBER OF TOPICS, AND THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TOPICS INVOLVES NUMBER 147, WHICH IS THE RECYCLING PROGRAM IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
>> HI, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AGAIN IN 2024, OBVIOUSLY THE UTILITY BILL AS WE CALL IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT JUST A UTILITY BILL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT BILL COVERS WATER, SEWER, GARBAGE SERVICE, RECYCLING, MOSQUITO CONTROL.
IT HAS A RECREATION SERVICE FEE AND A LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FEE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE AGAIN, BASICALLY, WATER IS BASICALLY HANDLED BY MOST OF THE PARISH.
WE HANDLE THE WATER UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON PARISH, THE ONLY MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE DO NOT HANDLE WATER, SO THESE RATE INCREASES WILL NOT AFFECT THEM IS THE TOWN OF GRETNA.
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GRETNA ACTUALLY HAS THEIR OWN WATER SYSTEM.WE DO SUPPLY WATER TO WESTWEGO, BUT WESTWEGO HAS THEIR OWN RATE SYSTEM IN PLACE.
WHEN WE GO TO SEWER, IT'S A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
IT'S BASICALLY UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON PARISH INTO TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE AND JUST THE TIMBERLINE SUBDIVISION OF GRETNA.
WITH GARBAGE, AGAIN, A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
IT'S THE UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE RATE INCREASES, YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO IS ACTUALLY AFFECTED BY THE PARISH'S INCREASES.
THIS IS JUST AN EXPLANATION THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU SEE THAT BILL, IT'S ISSUED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT SO PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE WATER BILL, BUT AN ACTUALITY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BLUE IS THE WATER, WHICH IS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON YOUR BILL.
THE GREEN IS SEWER, WHICH AGAIN IS LESS THAN A QUARTER, JUST SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE LARGEST FEE ACTUALLY, WHICH IS OVER THIRD IS THE PURPLE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY YOUR GARBAGE COLLECTION BILL.
IN RED, AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT THE PARISH BILLS EVERY OTHER MONTH SO WHEN YOU GET THAT BILL, IT'S A TWO MONTH BILL SO IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE, YOU KNOW, TO SAY WHAT YOUR MONTHLY ELECTRIC BILL IS, YOUR MONTHLY GAS BILL, IT'S ACTUALLY YOU NEED TO DIVIDE THAT BILL IN HALF.
HERE WE ARE GOING FOR THE RATE INCREASES THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK IN THE, THE FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT WE PAY IN 2023.
THAT'S FOR AN AVERAGE CUSTOMER.
AN AVERAGE CUSTOMER USES 6,200 GALLONS PER MONTH.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE SECOND TO LAST COLUMN, THAT'S THE INCREASE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FOR THE WATER INCREASE BASICALLY THAT PORTION OF THE BILL, IT'S JUST UNDER $4 THIS YEAR AND THAT'S FROM THE RATE INCREASE WAS PASSED IN 2021, A 20-YEAR INCREASE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
THAT INCREASE STARTED IN 2022 SO NOW, WE'RE IN 2024.
IT WILL BE SEEN THAT AVERAGE WATER BILL IS GOING TO GO UP JUST UNDER $4 A MONTH WHERE YOU SEWER IS GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE OVER $4 A MONTH.
YOUR GARBAGE, WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT STARTS ON JANUARY 1ST.
>> MAY ASK A QUESTION REAL FAST IF I CAN INTERRUPT.
YOU JUST SAID TO WATER BILLS ROUGHLY GO UP $4 A MONTH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO MONTH COLLECTION OR A MONTH.
>> JUST ONE MONTH. THIS IS A MONTH.
>> TWO, IT WILL ACTUALLY BE ABOUT $8 IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR BILL SO THIS IS MONTHLY.
I BELIEVE IT'S 535. YOUR GARBAGE IS GOING TO GO UP.
RECYCLING HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED YET, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS ABOUT.
YOU COULD SEE ANOTHER INCREASE OF BASICALLY, I THINK IT'S 449 TO 747 ON YOUR BILL.
THE OTHER INCREASES ARE VERY MINOR SO YOU CAN BASICALLY SEE THAT I BELIEVE YOU BILL IS GOING UP ROUGHLY $13 A MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE $26 YOU WOULD SEE ON YOUR BILL.
THIS JUST DICTATES BECAUSE LOOK, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF POPULATION THAT USES OVER THAT 6,200 GALLONS PER MINUTE, SO YOUR BILL FOR WATER AND SEWER IS GOING TO GO UP IF YOU USE MORE THAN THE AVERAGE.
IN RED, YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN COST PER 1,000 GALLONS, IT'S ROUGHLY $13 PER EVERY 1,000 GALLONS YOU USE OVER 6,200.
ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER, WE'VE HAD A DROUGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF HIGHER USAGE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BILL BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE EXTRA WATER, YOU'RE NOT JUST CHARGED FOR WATER, YOU'RE CHARGED FOR SEWER AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A THIRD OF PEOPLE WHO USE THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT, 3,000 GALLONS OR LESS PER MONTH AND THIS GIVES OUR ELDERLY OR PEOPLE ON A FIXED BUDGET THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR WATER SO THAT THEY CAN MINIMIZE THERE BILL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND TO LAST COLUMN, IT'S ROUGHLY JUST AROUND OVER A DOLLAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE INCREASED FOR WATER AND SEWER PER MONTH.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, I BELIEVE THAT THE RATE INCREASES JUST OVER $7 PER MONTH FOR THAT 1/3 OF THE POPULATION THAT USES THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER.
WITH THAT, GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INCREASES WILL BE FOR 2024, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR WATER BILLS WITH REGARD TO OUR NEIGHBOR IN ORLEANS, EASILY THEY'RE OUTPACING US MORE THAN TWICE WHAT WE PAY FOR WATER.
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THAT'S THE BEST COMP FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE ABOUT THE SAME POPULATION AS US, BUT THEY HAVE THAT SAME POOR SOIL CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL UNDER BATON ROUGE, SIMILAR IN POPULATION BUT MUCH BETTER SOIL CONDITIONS.
THEN WE GO TO SEWER, IT'S EVEN A MORE DRASTIC WHAT THE RATES ARE.
YOU CAN SEE OUR 2024 RATES ARE ROUGHLY JUST 1/4 OF WHAT YOU'LL BE PAYING THIS YEAR IN ORLEANS AND ROUGHLY HALF OF WHAT YOU'RE PAYING IN BATON ROUGE THIS YEAR.
THAT'S EVEN AFTER OUR INCREASED FOR 2024.
THEN FINALLY, GARBAGE COLLECTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PARISH HAS ROUGHLY WHAT IS ITS $25, I BELIEVE, FOR OUR GARBAGE COLLECTION.
IF YOU ADD THE RECYCLING DEPENDENT ON THE PROPOSALS WE HAVE WHICH RANGE FROM, I BELIEVE, 449-747, WE'RE IN THE $32 RANGE, WHICH IS STILL LESS THAN WHAT BATON ROUGE HAS FOR COMPARABLE SERVICE, WHICH IS TWICE WEEKLY PICKUP OF GARBAGE AND ONCE WEEKLY RECYCLING.
LOOKING AT ORLEANS, IT'S ONLY $24, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONCE A WEEK PICKUP AND RECYCLING.
YOU CAN SEE, WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER COMPARABLE MUNICIPALITIES, WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THE SERVICES AT A LOWER COST AND THAT BASICALLY WRAPS IT UP.
>> MR. DRUZE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO THIS AND WE ASKED YOU TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE STICKER SHOCK FOR SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A GARBAGE FEE INCREASE IN QUITE SOME TIME.
SO NOT ONLY IS THE GARBAGE FEE GOING UP, BUT THE NEW GARBAGE CONTRACTOR THAT STARTS IN JANUARY, BUT RECYCLING HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT FEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND NOW IT WILL BE SEPARATE AND PULLED APART AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE IS HOW WE CONTINUE THE RECYCLING PROGRAM IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DOESN'T CONTINUE AND WITH THE STOMACH IS FOR THE PEOPLE OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO ABSORB THAT FEE AND AT WHAT DEGREE THEY WILL ABSORB THAT FEE.
IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL BEN FRANKLIN, I KNOW THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH COMPANIES WHO BID FROM [INAUDIBLE] AND FROM WASTE CONNECTIONS, SO THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.
>> I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT WATER BILLS AND INCREASED WATER BILLS.
IS THERE STILL THE OPTION FOR ANY HOMEOWNER OR BUSINESS TO HAVE A GARDEN METER SO THAT YOU HAVE A SEPARATE METER FOR YOUR LAWN CARE SO THAT WHEN IT'S DROUGHT CONDITIONS LIKE WE'VE HAD AND YOU'RE SPRINKLING YOUR LAWN OR WATERING YOUR LAWN, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR LAWN, YOU WON'T ALSO BE PAYING THOSE SEWER FEES IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN METER, CORRECT?
>> YES. THAT OPTION IS STILL AVAILABLE.
>> ANY HOMEOWNER COULD ASK TO HAVE A GARDEN METER ESTABLISHED AT THAT HOME AND THEN AT LEAST THOSE OUTDOOR USES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT THE WATER BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE GROUND, YOU'D GET A BETTER RATE ULTIMATELY, IF YOU DO THAT.
>> YES, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WATER YOU USE, BUT IT COULD CERTAINLY BE BENEFICIAL TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
>> SOME STATISTICAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. DRUZE ABOUT CURBSIDE RECYCLING.
I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT STARTED A CURBSIDE RECYCLING 25 YEARS AGO, SO I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
ON A DAILY BASIS, HOW MANY OF OUR CITIZENS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE BY PUTTING OUT A RECYCLING BIN?
>> I BELIEVE RECYCLING, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 30-35% THAT ACTUALLY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE RECYCLING.
>> WE CURRENTLY CHARGE 100% OF THE PEOPLE, PUT ONLY 30-35% PARTICIPATE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> AND THEN OF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF WASTE GOING INTO THE GARBAGE LANDFILL, 100% OF THE WASTE.
HOW MUCH OF IT ARE WE ACTUALLY DIVERTING THROUGH CURBSIDE RECYCLING?
>> BASED ON THE COMPUTATION FOR THE PAST YEAR, IT'S ROUGHLY 1%.
HAVE WE GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF CHARGING 100% OF THE PEOPLE FOR CURBSIDE RECYCLING TO NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT WITH ONE OF THE VENDORS FOR A VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WHERE YOU PAY IF YOU WANT TO PAY, BUT THOSE THAT DON'T WANT CURBSIDE RECYCLING DON'T HAVE TO PAY?
>> IS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO.
BASICALLY, WHEN WE PUT THE RFP OUT, WE ASKED FOR SOME INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS, WHICH THAT COULD BE ONE OF THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST HAD TWO BIDDERS AND NEITHER ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY HAD AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS SUCH AS THAT.
AT THIS POINT, WE ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO EITHER PROCEED WITH THE NORMAL RECYCLING OR WE LITERALLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO PROBABLY CREATING AN RFP SPECIFICALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THIS IS DIFFICULT PROPOSITION FOR ALL OF US IN THESE DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON FIXED INCOMES.
THE COST OF FOOD, GAS, INSURANCE IS WAY UP.
WE HAD TO ADD TO IT OUR BILLS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UP-TO-DATE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. DRUZE. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
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CAN WE MAKE THAT THROUGH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT PRESENTATION SO IT CAN BE LOOKED UP BY ANYBODY AFTER THE MEETING AND WE CAN ALL SHARE IT AS WELL.I BELIEVE THERE IS A DESIRE TO DEFER THIS ITEM SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON THE RECYCLING ISSUE IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND WHERE IT GOES FROM HERE.
WE'LL DISTRIBUTE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
I THINK WE ALL INVITE FEEDBACK AND OUR OFFICES AS WELL TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AND WHERE RECYCLING SHOULD GO IN THE FUTURE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG DECISION.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
ONE PROPOSAL INCLUDES KEEPING THE GREEN BINS WE HAVE.
ONE PROPOSAL INCLUDES BIGGER GREEN CARTS.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY ASPECT OF RECYCLING IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND WHERE WE GO.
ON THAT NOTE, COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION ON THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 147.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM 147 TO DECEMBER 6TH, THE MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM 148, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
>> A RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOCAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER 3 OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES WITHIN A PORTION OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER 3 OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA.
>> COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
NO NEW BUSINESS TO REPORT, NO STATUS REPORTS, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
>> YEAH, WE DO, SET IT IT AFTERWARDS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PLANNING TO COME UP TO SPEAK? [LAUGHTER] WHY DON'T WE HOLD THIS TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT IT'S GOING TO PUSH US WELL PAST 12 IF WE DO IT NOW. WE'LL HOLD THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. [LAUGHTER] FOUR MINUTES INSTEAD OF THREE, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
LET'S GO BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS NOW, MADAM CLERK AND WE'LL BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION A LITTLE BIT EARLY, SO WE GET BACK.>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING TWO WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR ROGER MCARTHUR AND CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 13G57Y228346, CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 22G57K342265, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> YOUR MOTION. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 9, PLEASE.
>> AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING A WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR TAMIKA [INAUDIBLE] CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 20C99J317110, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, YOUR MOTION.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION TO THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 10.
>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT, TIMOTHY FALCON AND [INAUDIBLE]
>> VERSUS THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL 24TH JTC NUMBER 821-019 DIVISION H, 24, JTC NUMBER A31-763.
DIVISION G, FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL NUMBER 22-CA-526, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> COUNCILMAN LEE, YOUR MOTION ON THAT?
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[BACKGROUND] HI EVERYBODY, ONCE YOU GRAB A SEAT, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
WHAT LITTLE THERE IS LEFT OF IT? [BACKGROUND]
[PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS]
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL OF SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS CAN DO SO.NOW YOU MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD.
YEAH, WE DO. HAVE THE RADAR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTIONS FIRST.
GO AHEAD, MADAM CLERK, READ THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTIONS,
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PLEASE. READ IT AGAIN.>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT AND TWO WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR ROGER MCCATHERN, CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 13G57Y228346 AND CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 22G5 7K342265, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNSELOR WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN A WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR TAMIKA ROBEAR, CCMSI CLAIM NUMBER 20C99J317110, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM EMOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ALL.
THAT'S IT FOR THAT. NOW ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS, ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA COULD DO SO.
NOW, YOU MUST FILL OUT YOUR REQUESTS TO SPEAKER IN THE BACKROOM CHAMBERS, HAND IT UP TO THE CLERK.
AT THE FRONT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND MUST GIVE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] 8924 RENSU DRIVE RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THE BOILER THAT WILL COME UP NEXT MEETING.
I HOPE THAT YOU COUNSEL PEOPLE TAKE THE NEXT MONTH TO TALK TO BOTH SIDES BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT, INCLUDING ANY LOUISIANA CONTRACTORS OR LOUISIANA ENGINEERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT TO FIND OUT WHY THEY DID IT WITHOUT A PERMIT BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
AND ALSO WITH THOSE PEOPLE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU AND WHAT THEY'RE PUBLISHING.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ITAP, THAT WE WENT TO THE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE BOARD IN BATON ROUGE ON OCTOBER 25TH, AND THEY APPROVED ON THERE AND ALL 14 ITAP APPLICATIONS IN GLOBAL.
I UNDERSTAND YOU ALL HAVE 30 DAYS TO WHICH TO RESPOND TO THEM.
WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP IN A HEARING OR NOT IS NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEND THEM A LETTER SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT UP AND HEAR IT PUBLICLY, OR IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET IT GO PAST AND AFTER 30 DAYS, IT BECOMES THEY GET IT.
CAN I GET AN ANSWER TO THAT BEFORE CONTINUE? WILL IT BE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING?
>> I'M NOT SURE IF IT'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US KNOW IT WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING YET.
>> WE ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THEM.
HAS ANYBODY RESPONDED TO THEM SAYING IT IS GOING TO COME UP OR YOU'RE JUST GOT TO LET IT PASS? THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T RESPOND TO THEM IN THE 30 DAYS, AS MOST OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW, BUT YOU DO, THAT IT AUTOMATICALLY GETS APPROVED WITHIN THE 30 DAYS.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY TAKE IT UP AND THEY'VE ALREADY NOTIFIED THEM THAT THEY ARE.
YOU JUST WENT THROUGH ALL THINGS ABOUT INCREASES IN OUR TAXES MORE OR LESS, OUR WATER BILLS AND ALL.
THESE COMPANIES, NOT MULTI-MILLION, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE MAKING A YEAR.
IF THIS COMPANY GOES AND GETS THE ITAP, IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE, THEY WILL SAVE $3.66 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES.
$3.66 MILLION THEY WILL SAVE IN PROPERTY TAXES JUST HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE WANT BUSINESS IN JEFFERSON PARISH, BUT IS THIS A GOOD BUSINESS? THEY'RE NOT GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE GOT TO SELL OUTSIDE THE STATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO POLLUTE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE FERTILIZER DUST.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE LANDFILL AND IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT'S PROCEEDING.
WE DON'T GET THAT STINK EVERY DAY.
IF YOU PUT A FERTILIZER PLANT IN A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE EAST BANK.
BECAUSE IF THE WIND IS COMING FROM THE WEST, THE SOUTHWEST, OR THE NORTHWEST, IS COMING TO THE EAST BANK.
PLEASE, WE WANT TO HEAR IT AND OUR MEETING IS MONDAY NIGHT.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS, MONDAY NIGHT AT 07:00 AT ST. MATTHEW'S.
>> CHECKING MY WATCH. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVER RIDGE 110 MIDWAY DRIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE PERMIT THAT WILL BE GIVEN OR POSSIBLY AWARDED TO
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THE FERTILIZER PLANT ON THE CHEMICAL COMPLEX OVER ON THE WEST BANK.I'VE READ EXTENSIVELY THROUGH ARTICLES IN THE TIMES, PICKY AND OTHER SOURCES THAT IS GOING TO BE A SOURCE OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT FRIENDLY TO THE HUMAN BODY AND NOT FRIENDLY TO OUR PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
I MOVED TO RIVER RIDGE TO TRY AND FIND A NICE QUIET, SERENE PLACE.
NOW I FIND JUST A MILE AND A HALF FROM ME IS GOING TO BE A FERTILIZER PLANT THAT IS ACCORDINGLY GOING TO EMIT 12.8 TONS OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE PER YEAR, WHICH IS A GREENHOUSE GAS LINKED TO GLOBAL WARMING, WOULD ALSO EMIT JUST UNDER 25 TONS OF PARTICULATE MATTER, INCLUDING ABOUT 10 TONS PER YEAR OF THE TYPE SMALL ENOUGH TO BE INHALED DEEP INTO THE LUNGS.
THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE.
THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LISA CARLIN, AND I LIVE AT 282 ORCHARD ROAD IN RIVER RIDGE.
THERE ARE THESE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON.
THEY AFFECT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN JEFFERSON PARISH, THEY'RE PARISH WIDE ISSUES.
THAT'S THE ITAP FOR THE FERTILIZER PLANT AND THE BOILER AT DYNO NOBEL.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, AMERICAN PLANT FOOD HAS BEEN PROMISING 100 PLUS NEW PERMANENT FULL-TIME JOBS, PAYING $100-$120,000 A YEAR, BUT IT'S JUST 13 PERMANENT JOBS.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY.
AMERICAN PLANT FOODS WEBSITES SAYS 13 DIRECT POSITIONS AND 15 CONTRACTOR POSITIONS WITH A WEIGHTED AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF MORE THAN $120,000.
AMERICAN PLANT FOOD IS SEEKING AN ANNUAL TAX EXEMPTION OF 4.57 MILLION AND MORE THAN 36,000,000 OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT'S 2.81 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR EACH JOB CREATED.
ONLY TEXAS-BASED, PRIVATELY HELD, AMERICAN PLANT FOOD WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT.
THEY WOULD OWN AND OPERATE AND PROFIT FROM THIS FOR YEARS TO COME.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ADDING 13 JOBS IN THE HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES SECTOR WOULD NOT BE A BIG ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
AMERICAN PLANT FOOD SHOULD NOT BE EXEMPTED FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
WE NEED THAT REVENUE FOR OUR SCHOOLS, POLICE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON IS THAT DYNO NOBEL BOILER.
IT CONCERNS ME THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN TOXIC AIR EMISSIONS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT CAUSE CANCER.
I DISAGREE WITH THE PARISH THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE INGRESS AND EGRESS AT CORNERSTONE, ACCESS VIA ONE ROAD IN THAT SINGLE LANE OF RIVER ROAD IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE SUFFICIENT IF YOU HAD A VEGETABLE STAND BY RIVER ROAD, BUT NOT FOR AN 800 PLUS ACRE CHEMICAL PLANT.
FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND WORKERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
I MEAN, THEY JUST HAD A HUGE TANK RUPTURE ABOUT 12 DAYS AGO, SO THINGS DO HAPPEN OUT THERE.
OVER SEVEN MONTHS FROM AUGUST OF 2022 TILL FEBRUARY OF 2023, DYNO NOBEL BUILT THE BOILER WITHOUT AN LDEQ PERMIT, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF, THEY STILL DON'T HAVE IT.
THEY ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FROM THE PERISH YET, BUT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON THAT.
IF DYNO NOBEL IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY PENALIZED BY THE PARISH FOR BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP OTHER COMPANIES OR EVEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM BUILDING FIRST AND WORRYING ABOUT THE PERMITS LATER, A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT WOULD BE SET.
THE DYNO NOBEL PLANT WAS SOLD IN MARCH FOR 1.675 BILLION, SO THERE'S PROBABLY NO AMOUNT OF MONETARY PENALTY THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM OR ANY OTHER BIG CORPORATION FROM BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A PENALTY PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE BOILER FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
JEFFERSON PARISH CAN BE AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY WHEN INDUSTRIES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES AND WHEN INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION OCCURS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. THANK YOU.
>> ELIZABETH GLASS, 509 HONOR BOULEVARD.
EVERYTHING THE TWO LADIES SAID, PLUS I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS THING WAS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT AND NO ONE STOPPED IT AND NO ONE IS STOPPING IT.
INSTEAD, WE'RE HAVING A DEBATE ON EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I GUARANTEE YOU ALL ARE GOING TO PASS IT JUST BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL DOES.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT ELEVATING THE SOLDIER.
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MY FATHER WAS A SOLDIER AND HE DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE ELEVATION THAT THE CIVILIANS GAVE HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK THAT KILLING OTHER PEOPLE, TAKING THEIR LAND AWAY AND SUCH WAS AN HONORABLE JOB.HE WAS PAID TO DO THIS, NOT VERY WELL, BUT HE WAS PAID.
THEY DO THINGS WITHOUT BEING ASKED.
OTHER THING I HAVE CONCERNED WITH IS WHEN A CITIZEN COMES UP HERE TO TALK TO PEOPLE UP HERE, THEN ONCE THEY SIT DOWN, THEY GET LAUGHED AT, OR THEY GET TALKED ABOUT, OR THEY GET BROUGHT BACK UP WITH SOME SILLY THING.
IT'S EMBARRASSING. WE'RE ADULTS.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT TO EACH OTHER. I'VE HEARD IT.
I WATCH YOU ALL ON THIS VIDEO THINGS.
YOU DO IT REPEATEDLY TO THE SAME INDIVIDUALS.
YOU SHOULD CHECK YOURSELF ON THAT.
BEING A NANNY, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE BEING WATCHED BY OTHERS AND YOUR RESPECT IS GETTING LOST WHEN YOU FRUSTRATE A CITIZEN WHO HAS A HEARTFELT ISSUE, AND YOU'RE UP HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE ELECTED.
THIS BUILDING WAS PUT UP WITHOUT PERMITS.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE TALKING ABOUT TAKING IT DOWN, BUT WHEN MY NEIGHBOR PUTS UP A BALCONY BECAUSE IT'S ON A SECOND FLOOR, YOU MAKE HIM TAKE IT DOWN BECAUSE IT HADN'T GOTTEN A PERMIT.
BUT THIS GUY IS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
BUT YOU MAKE HIM TAKE IT DOWN.
MAKE HIM TAKE THIS THING DOWN, MAKE HIM PAY THE PENALTY OF IT.
YOU CAN'T JUST WAIT FOR FORGIVENESS.
THEN, WIPE THE CRUMBS FROM YOUR LIPS.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WALTER BEACH.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALSO THE CITIZENS FOR COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING THEIR MIND.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVE CONCERN WITH IS THE COMMUNICATION FOR EMS. IN 2014 THE SHERIFF TOOK IT OVER.
SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES. NO DOUBT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM THE MONEY TO UPGRADE THE SYSTEM, IT'S WORKING OUT REALLY WELL.
ONE THING IS CONCERNING IS THAT NO UNITS AVAILABLE.
THAT TERMINOLOGY COMES OUT TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT THERE ARE NO UNITS AVAILABLE, MEANING THERE'S NO AMBULANCES AVAILABLE.
THAT'S CALLED A LOT OF PROBLEMS. IS IT TRUE? NO. WE HAVE MUTUAL AID.
THERE'S OTHER AMBULANCE SERVICES HERE FUNCTIONING, SO THEY MAY BE IN YOUR BACKYARD, YOU WON'T KNOW IT.
THESE ARE JUST THE TERMINOLOGY NO UNITS AVAILABLE HAS CREATED SOME REALLY SERIOUS ISSUES.
WHOEVER AUTHORIZED THAT VERBAGE REALLY NEEDS TO CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING ELSE.
MAYBE NO PRIMARY UNITS AVAILABLE BECAUSE MUTUAL AID IS OUT THERE.
YOU TALK ABOUT MUTUAL AID, THERE'S A LOT OF MUTUAL AID ON I55, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
WHETHER OTHER AMBULANCES SERVICE IS THERE, NOT SURE, BUT WE'LL GO INTO THAT LATER.
COUNCILMAN BONANO, I WANTED TO ASK YOU THE STATUS OF THE CPR DEVICES.
THEY HAD DONE, THANKS FOR PUSHING THAT THROUGH ALSO.
>> NOTICED. WE'VE ASKED THE CHIEF OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. ROBERTSON, TO PUT OUT A BID FOR THAT.
>> YES. COUNCILMAN, THEY ARE OUT FOR BID AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
SO I'LL GET WITH PURCHASING TO FIND OUT WHEN WE OPEN A BID FOR THOSE DEVICES THANK YOU COUNCILMAN UP THERE WHO AGREED TO PAY FOR THOSE DEVICES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS. THANK YOU.
>> YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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>> SONYA ADAMS. I'M AT 1213 [INAUDIBLE] BOARD.
I HAVE OWNED PROPERTY IN THIS PARISH SINCE 1965, SO I'M VERY OLD.
BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED, I GUESS THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM IN THAT LONG.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO HANDLE THAT PROBLEM.
BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO START AT THE BOTTOM AND GO ONE STEP AT A TIME.
OF COURSE, WHEN I FIRST GOT A WATER BILL FOR $977, I WAS VERY ANGRY, SO I DID NOTHING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT WHEN WE'RE ANGRY, SO I WAITED.
I CALLED THE WATER BOARD AND THEY HAD A METER READER COME OUT.
HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE METER, AND I CALLED BACK AND THEY HAD ANOTHER METER READER TO COME OUT.
BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAD A ONE METER READER COME OUT AND SAY EVERYTHING WAS FINE, AND THE SECOND METER READER SAID, NO, THE METER IS DEFECTIVE, WE NEED TO CHANGE IT, SO I CALLED AGAIN, GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE.
THE NEXT STEP IS WELL, I NEED TO TALK TO THE WATER BOARD, SO I CALLED.
I COULD NOT AND I KNOW ANOTHER PERSON, Y'ALL SAY THE WATER BOARD CALLS YOU BACK, THEY DO NOT.
HE HAD A NINE HUNDRED DOLLAR WATER BILL RECENTLY AND NOBODY EVER CALLED HIM FROM THE WATER BOARD.
I WENT TO JONATHAN BAND REAGAN'S OFFICE AND SAID, WHAT DO I DO? I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I TRIED TO FIND A PERSON, THE WATER BOARD HAS NO REPRESENTATIVES YOU CAN TALK TO.
WHEN I WENT TO OPEN MY SERVICE.
>> THIRTY SECONDS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT WAS AN OFFICE. THEN THE NEXT THING OUT, SOMEBODY IN YOUR OFFICE SAID TO ME, I'LL HAVE HIM CALL YOU, WHICH THEY DID.
MS. WASHINGTON CALLED ME AND I TOLD HER MY PROBLEM, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN I WENT FROM USING 13,000 GALLONS OF WATER TO 98,000 GALLONS OF WATER, WHICH IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT RIDICULOUS.
>> THAT'S YOUR TIME, MA'AM. CAN YOU WRAP UP QUICKLY, PLEASE? YOUR TIME EXPIRED.
>> YES, MA'AM. BUT COUNCILWOMAN VAN BERGEN HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU.
>> IF WE CAN MARK IF YOU WOULD STAY AS WELL.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD YOURSELF CONTACT OUR OFFICE, ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
EACH SCENARIO IS DIFFERENT, BUT I REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME KIND OF MEETING.
ONE GENTLEMEN ACTUALLY FILLED HIS POOL AND SO THERE WAS A REASON BUT YOURS, WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE INCREASED SO MUCH.
CAN YOU STAY RIGHT AFTER THIS CENTER HERE?
>> I HAVE A PICTURE. I'LL BE [OVERLAPPING] STAY UNTIL IT'S 10:00.
>> YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY [OVERLAPPING]
>> I HAVE A PICTURE OF A CYPRESS ROOT GROWING IN MY METER.
ALSO, THE METER HAS CONDENSATION ON DELICATE LANDS, BUT MY METER IS FINE.
>> I KNOW YOU SAID THAT AND SOMEONE ELSE CONTACTED US SAYING THAT THE METER WAS COVERED WITH MUD.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE READ IT RECENTLY.
WE'RE HEARING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND WHOEVER ELSE THE PARISH PRESIDENT MIGHT WANT IN BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SOME CONSISTENCY IN THOSE COMPLAINTS AND SO I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THE ADMINISTRATION'S AWARE AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO DO.
>> CAN I JUST SAY QUICKLY THAT THERE'S NO PROCESS IN PLACE FOR MEDIATION? THERE'S NO PROCESS IN PLACE.
I WAS NOT OFFERED SINCE IT'S $1,000 TO PAY MY NORMAL WATER BILL PLUS $50 MONTH.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK AFTER.
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I DO KNOW THE WATER DEPARTMENT OFTEN WORKS WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN WORK ON PAYING A BILL THAT'S MORE THAN THEY ANTICIPATED.I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AFTER AND I SEE OUR WATER DIRECTOR HERE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE ACCOUNT AND WE WILL TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS, THEN GIVE YOU ALL THE FACTS AND WE CAN MAKE I GUESS A GOOD DECISION ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. BRIAN MILLER.
MY COMMENT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS MANY TIMES AND I'VE WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL WERE ALL BUSY.
SPEAKING WITH SOMEONE TO FIRE CHIEFS IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT WHERE WE HELD THE DEBATE AND BRIDGE SITTING, IT WAS STATED THAT A DECISION WAS GOING TO BE MADE TODAY AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING IN REGARDS TO STATION 78.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT.
AGAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE AGENDA.
BUT WHILE Y'ALL WANT TO DISCUSS DATA, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING UP SOMETHING, CHIEF ROBINSON, SINCE SEPTEMBER 2ND UNTIL MONDAY OF THIS WEEK.
OF THOSE 66 DAYS, 35 OF THEM, THAT STATION WAS AGAIN, UNMANNED AND UNSTAFFED.
SOMEBODY ELSE CAN COME UP HERE IF THEY WISH TO ADD SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO IT.
BUT THE SIGN THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE THAT SAYS, IF YOU DO NOT GET AN ANSWER FROM THIS STATION, PLEASE CALL 911, THAT'S NOT INFORMING PEOPLE THAT STATION'S UNMANNED.
WE CAN TAKE A SIGN LIKE THAT AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF ANY FIRE STATION AT ANYTIME BECAUSE THAT TRUCK COULD BE OUT ON A CALL.
SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
ALSO IN IT, BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS CHIEF IN REGARDS TO 500,000 BECAUSE THAT TOO SUBJECT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT NIGHT AT THE DEBATE.
THAT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK LIKE THERE'S NO ANSWER.
IT IS THE DISTRICT OR DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 WHICH COULD HELP IN REGARDS TO THE MANNING OF THAT STATION OR DO THEY NOT HAVE 500,000 THAT'S LEFTOVER? I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP AND RESPOND.
>> COUNCILMAN, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE MET WHICH IS IN REFERENCE TO THE STATION.
IN REFERENCE TO WHY THAT IS NOT TODAY IS THE CHIEFS OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT CAME UP AND I ASKED IF WE WOULD WAIT TO ADDRESS THOSE ALL AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT YOU COULD COME UP IN COUNCILMAN LEE, THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP FROM LIVE OAK, SO WE NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM.
THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THAT AND MR. MILLER KNOWS THAT.
I'M NOT DOUBTING HIS NUMBERS OF HOW LONG IT'S BEEN CLOSED, BUT THAT STATION IS COVERED BY STATION 70, IF STATION 78 IS CLOSED.
I THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AFTER WE READ, CHIEF GERARD IS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEK AND THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT MEETING.
I SPOKE WITH VICTOR IRAKI IN REFERENCE TO THEM.
VICTOR HAS AGREED TO LOOK AT THE MONIES THAT WE CAN GIVE ANYMORE MONEY TO THE SEVENTH DISTRICT AS SOON AS THE ASSESSMENT RATE IS OUT, CORRECT? VICTOR, SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION AND HE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND GET IT TO THE SEVENTH DISTRICT IN REFERENCE TO IF THEY CAN GET ANYMORE MONTHLY ALLOTMENT.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU BEFORE YOU SIT.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION FROM THEM WAS THAT THE PARISH AND OR THE COUNCIL WANTED TO FIVE FIRE CHIEFS TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT STATION.
THEY'VE HELD A MEETING AND THE FIVE OF THEM VOTED AND AGREED THAT IT CAN BE CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE BRIDGE CITY CAN RESPOND TO THAT AREA.
IF THE CHIEFS ALL AGREE TO IT AND THAT'S WHAT WILL WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IS THERE?
>> MR. BELLA, THERE IS NO OTHER ISSUES THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, BUT SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME HERE TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES AND THE CHIEFS KNOW THIS ALREADY.
WE WILL AGAIN AGREED THAT THE STATION IS NUMBER ONE AND I AGREE WITH THAT AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUES WE WILL ADDRESS TO COUNCILMAN BONANO IF THAT ANSWERS.
>> IT ANSWERS MY QUESTION, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THIS THAN THERE IS A PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
SOMEBODY IS LYING TO THE PEOPLE, YOU SAYING THAT THE CHIEFS WANTED TO ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES.
BUT WHEN YOU SIT AS A CITIZEN AND YOU TALK TO THE CHIEFS, THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER THEY'RE GIVING, SO SOMEBODY'S LYING IN A TRANSITION AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE CITIZENS.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE AS FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN AND COUNCILMAN TO DO, IS SERVED TO CITIZENS.AM I RIGHT OR AM I WRONG, CHIEF?
>> I'M NOT SAYING YOU-ALL LYING, BUT SOMEBODY'S LYING.
>> I THINK THE ISSUE INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST STATION 78, IS CHIEF ALLUDED TO MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN LEE REPRESENT THAT AREA AND THEIR ISSUES AT THE OTHER FIRE STATION, THAT AREA.
I THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR A GLOBAL SOLUTION TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE FACT THAT I'D RATHER ADDRESS IT ALL AT ONE TIME THAN LEE PICKING
>> I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WORD AND SHE SAID CONSOLIDATION.
>> THAT MAY HAPPEN, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO FIX ISSUES BEFORE YOU GET THERE, THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT CONSOLIDATION.
FRANKIE HIRES 509 WHOLE BOULEVARD, FOR A LOT ABOUT THAT CONSOLIDATION AND THE FACT THAT THEY SERVE 191,000 ON THE WEST BANK FOR 21 MILLION AND WE SPENT 40 PLUS MILLION FOR THE 248,000 ON THE EAST BANK.
GAVE ME CAUSE FOR PAUSE WHEN IT CAME TO RECOGNIZING THAT AS A SOLUTION.
I'M WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMBULANCE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO A FEET BECAUSE I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS DOWN THERE'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED TO 3 HOURS TO GET A RESPONSE.
THEY LACKED FOR THAT AMBULANCE THAT WAS APPROVED MONTHS AGO AND IT HARD FOR ME NOT TO THINK THAT MAYBE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE LET AN AMBULANCE GET TOTAL-LED ON HOMO BOULEVARD AT THE 500 BLOCK RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT THAT RECKLESS DRIVING IS AN ISSUE.
PERHAPS JUST NOBODY REALLY CARES BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO YOU, DOESN'T HAPPEN ON YOUR STREET.
JUST SEVEN STREETS OF HIGH 22 STREETS, MAYBE 22 STREETS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY WHO LIVED ON HOME WITH THAT ACTUALLY WASN'T REPRESENTATIVE.
THEY CAN SAY, LAFAYETTE SHOULD HAVE GOT THIS AMBULANCE BECAUSE YOU LET ONE GETS BROKEN ON MY STREET RIGHT THERE.
DEREK, FROM THE LAFAYETTE DOWN IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SHRIMP DOC OPEN FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS.
HOW ARE THE SHRIMP ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE ANY MONEY IN LAFAYETTE? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE AS SHRIMPERS WHEN YOU CAN OPEN THE DOC FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS OUT OF SEVEN.
IT AIN'T HAPPENING BUT DISTRICT ONE CAN ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY SPENDING $9 MILLION OR $8 MILLION TO MAKE A BREWERY.
THAT'S PULA ASSISTANCE MONEY, THAT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE MONEY, THAT WAS PANDEMIC RELIEF MONEY, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO CITIZENS DIRECTLY.
BUT YOU ALL STASH THAT ALL TO YOUR OWN LITTLE PRIVATE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND YOU GET TO SPEND IT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO MAKE A BREWERY OR TO MAKE THE SHRINE ON AIRLINE BETTER FOR YOURSELVES.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS GET DONE.
BUT THE COSTS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT STRICTLY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A LEGITIMATELY FORMED REPUBLICAN FOREIGN BODY.
TOO MUCH MONEY IN TOO FEW HANDS.
I GOT A CONFUSION OF MULTITUDES AND THE BUREAUCRACY AND THE ADMINISTRATION IN A TYRANNY OF FEWER THIS PSEUDO COUNCIL, PSEUDO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT SITS AND IS EMPOWERED TILL THE PEOPLE FIGURE THIS OUT, I'M GUESSING YOU ALL JUST HUNKY-DORY WITH IT.
FIVE DISTRICTS TO AT-LARGE, THESE ARE LIKE SENATORS.
IN FACT, YOUR CHIEFS OF STAFF ARE OBLIGED TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ME WHEN WE GET NOTHING BUT LIP SERVICE, YET YOU'LL ANSWER A CALL.
THE WATER BILL, 35 MINUTE, TWO HOUR LONG WAIT.
ON THE PHONE CALL, MAYBE YOU GET A CALLBACK.
FIRST RESPONSE, YOU MUST HAVE A LEAK SECOND RESPONSE, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO A REREAD? IT'S ALL JUST LIP SERVICE.
NONE OF YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PEOPLE.
WHILE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN HERE BLEEDING HEART, ELDERLY, NEED SOME HELP? YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.
MAYBE YOU'LL MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS TO THEM.
BUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT DOORS ARE KNOCKED ON WHERE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BILLS BEING INFLATED MINDS UP AT 8,000 GALLONS.
I'VE NEVER USED MORE THAN THREE OR THREE TO 5,000 GALLONS, THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN MY HOUSE AND I DON'T EVEN SHOWER EVERY DAY. I FIGURED THIS OUT.
TANYA AND TONY DENTON, BUDGETARY, DESERVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
IF WE PAID YOU LIKE CIVIL SERVANTS, LIKE PUBLIC SERVANTS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS MALFEASANCE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION INTO SUMMARY.
[ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY]
>> THE FIRST TWO I'M GOING TO READ ALL GOING TO REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BYLAWS OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN POOR DISTRICT JET CO THAT WERE ADOPTED ON JANUARY 14, 1988 AND AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A 35-YEAR PERIOD, WITH THE LAST AMENDMENTS OCCURRING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2023, AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.
>> ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ORDINANCE BEING READ INTO SUMMARY A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LEE,
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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.>> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-75 OF CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 5 OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO CARNIVAL, MARDI GRAS, AND OTHER PARADES AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
>> ANY OBJECTIONS, THAT ORDINANCE BEING READ INTO SUMMARY AND MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
>> AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER WAS-131-22, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT WIDE -2-B, BELL PLANTATION SUBDIVISION, THE DEDICATION OF A SERVITUDE FOR A UTILITY SERVITUDE AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT OF SETS DIVISION WITH A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF LOTS A-4 FOR OAKDALE SUBDIVISION SECTION B FORM BLOCK 5, LOCATED AT 13:01 WHITNEY AVENUE MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-2 UNDER DOCKET NUMBER WZ-18-23.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF LOTS 16-33 SQUARE A, LOT 2-4SQUARE C, LOT 1-13 SQUARED D AND LOT PART 34 SQUARE A, LOT 16-45 SQUARE B, LOTS 5-50 SQUARE C, LOT 14-50 SQUARED, D PRELIMINARY APPROVED LOTS 35-37 SQUARE A, LOT 5-68 SQUARE C, LOT 14A THROUGH 26 A SQUARED D, LOT 1-41 SQUARE E, LOTS 1-45, AND PARCEL C SQUARE F, WATER OAKS SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 8740 LOVE BOULEVARD, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R2 TO R1 A UNDER DOCKET NUMBER WZ-14-23, AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER SP-66-23 REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS FOR OLD NAVY LOCATED AT 1,500 WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY, ON LOT W-2A HUNT FOOD AND WESSON OIL SNOWDRIFT COMPANY PROPERTY.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED ON THE DOCKET NUMBER SP- 77-23, APPROVING A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE SUN REQUIREMENTS FOR BATH AND BODY WORKS LOCATED AT 8847 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD ON LOT 7- A HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVISION.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED ON THE DOCKET NUMBER SP -16-23, APPROVING REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE SETBACK, CLEAR VISION AREA AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS FOR FILLING STATIONS OF THE BC-2 BUSINESS CORE DISTRICT AND FOR VARIANCES TO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHEVRON FILLING STATION ON LOT A SQUARE 39 UNIT TO SECTION A OF PUNCHER TRAIN GARDEN SUBDIVISION.
AN ORDINANCE UNDER CU-1-23, AMENDING THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE APPROVED UNDER NUMBER FL-4-17, ORDINANCE 25500 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BOILER FOR DINO KNOWABLE AT THE SITE OF THE CORNERSTONE SITE LOCATED AT 10800 RIVER ROAD ON LOT 1-A CORNERSTONE SUBDIVISION, AN ORDINANCE REVOKING AND DECLARING A PORTION OF UNUSED HOMELESS STREET BEHIND 400 HESPER AVENUE MATTER.
WE NO LONGER NEED IT FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, AUTHORIZING ITS SALE TO THE ADJUDICATED PROPERTY OWNERS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
IN ORDER TO AMEND THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2, DIVISION 1, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET, AND THAT'S ALL THE ORDINANCES I HAVE TO READ.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS READ INTO SUMMARY OF MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNSELOR WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED, ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT? HEARING NONE. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.