YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.
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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS.[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
IF YOU'LL TAKE A SEAT.THE PARISH PRESIDENT WILL GET THINGS STARTED THIS MORNING.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK PEGGY BARTON TO COME UP HERE WITH ME.
PEGGY, YOU KNEW THIS WAS HAPPENING.
BUT IT'S A SAD DAY FOR US BECAUSE PEGGY HAS BEEN WITH THE PARISH FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
SO THIS IS A TRUE JEFFERSON PARISH RETIREMENT.
I DON'T THINK SHE WANTED TO END HER CAREER AS PARISH ATTORNEY.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON HER HORIZON, BUT I ASKED HER TO STEP UP.
SHE'S UNAFRAID TO GIVE HER HONEST OPINION.
SHE'S GOT SUCH A GREAT BACKGROUND IN HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU STEPPED UP FOR US, PEGGY.
AND IT WAS A TOUGH FOUR YEARS.
AND YOU WERE THERE BY MY SIDE THE ENTIRE TIME WE GOT THROUGH IT.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS PEGGY OLSON BARTON IS WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED AS A DEDICATED AND HARDWORKING LEADER WHO HAS SERVED THE CONSTITUENTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH IN MANY CAPACITIES OVER HER 29 YEAR CAREER. AND WHEREAS PEGGY BEGAN HER OUTSTANDING CAREER WITH THE PARISH ON MAY 23RD, 1994 AS AN ASSISTANT PARISH ATTORNEY, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO A SENIOR ASSISTANT PARISH ATTORNEY ON JANUARY 2ND, 1999, AND WHEREAS ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2001, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, WHERE SHE SERVED FROM DECEMBER 2001 TO NOVEMBER 2002, AND AGAIN FROM MAY 2006 TO NOVEMBER 2006, AND WHEREAS BETWEEN DECEMBER 2006 AND MARCH 2011, PEGGY SERVED AS THE DEPUTY PARISH ATTORNEY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN EIGHT MONTH PERIOD WHERE SHE SERVED AS THE ACTING PARISH ATTORNEY, AND WHEREAS, PEGGY WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MARCH 2011 AND SERVED IN THAT POSITION UNTIL JANUARY 2020.
THERE, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DRAFTING THE 2013 ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT POLICIES, WHICH COMPILED DECADES OF MEMOS AND POLICIES INTO ONE POLICY MANUAL THAT STILL GOVERNS ALL PARISH EMPLOYEES.
AND WHEREAS, PEGGY WAS APPOINTED PARISH ATTORNEY ON JANUARY 3RD, 2020 AND HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT PARISH ATTORNEY, SHE FACILITATED THE PROCUREMENT AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH RESULTED IN GREATER EFFICIENCIES AND PRODUCTIVITY, WHILE ALSO FOCUSING ON TEAM BUILDING AND PRIORITIZING THE HAPPINESS OF THE ATTORNEYS AND STAFF.
AND WHEREAS, PEGGY PROVIDED THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH STEADFAST AND STALWART LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE MULTITUDE OF EMERGENCIES OCCURRING OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAD A LOT. PEGGY.
AND WHEREAS PEGGY'S COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO JEFFERSON PARISH HAVE SET A HIGH STANDARD, SHE IS RESPECTED AS A LEADER WHO, WITHOUT HESITATION, HAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ASSIST THE PARISH WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED.
SIMPLY SAID, THERE IS ONLY ONE PEGGY BARTON.
SO I KNOW THE COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT PEGGY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
GET JULIE CRYING. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU DESERVE IT. YOU MAKE ME CRY.
ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL, WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO YOU WANT TO COME DOWN? AND PEGGY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL, IN ADDITION TO MS..
IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH EVERYONE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK WE ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AND ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
AND I THINK PEGGY WAS SURPRISED BY HER FAMILY ATTENDING.
YES. OH, NO. THEY PULLED IT OFF.
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NOW I'M GOING TO CRY. I KNOW, I KNOW.ONE OF YOU HOLD A PROCLAMATION FOR HER, OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY, EVERYBODY, HERE WE GO.
YOU ALL HAVE. I GUESS I GET IT, OKAY.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.
I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, TOO. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAR AWAY.
THE ONE I WORKED WITH THE WHOLE TIME.
THE WHOLE TIME. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.
THAT'S RIGHT. SHE'S COMING WITH ME FRIDAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL ME.
OKAY, NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MARIO BASILE, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR RECREATION AND A VERY SPECIAL EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE WITH US, MR. BOBBY FLOYD.
I WAS VERY HONORED TO MEET COACH FLOYD WHILE I MET.
AND SHE SAID, THAT'S COACH FLOYD.
SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIME IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
MR. BOBBY FLOYD, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS COACH FLOYD, GREW UP IN LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI, AND ATTENDED LIBERTY ROSENWALD HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND TRACK. AND WHEREAS COACH FLOYD GRADUATED IN 1953 AND RECEIVED A BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO ALCORN A&M COLLEGE, WHICH WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU WERE AT THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY.
HE SERVED 16 MONTHS DEFENDING HIS COUNTRY IN KOREA AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1955.
WHEREAS COACH FLOYD BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE JEFFERSON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
GET THIS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1966.
HE INITIALLY WAS HIRED AS A NIGHT SUPERVISOR AT HARLEM PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS LEMON PLAYGROUND, AND WHEREAS COACH FLOYD FACED MANY OBSTACLES AS A YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WORKING AT AN ALL BLACK PLAYGROUND DURING A TIME WHEN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WAS SEGREGATED, THE HARLEM TEAM COACH FLOYD LED WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH THE ALL WHITE OTHER PLAYGROUNDS.
HIS TEAM WENT ON TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1970 AND 71, WHEREAS COACH FLOYD WAS TRANSFERRED TO JEFFERSON PLAYGROUND IN 1973, AND WHERE HE'S STILL IN CHARGE OF MONITORING ALL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ALL EVENING ACTIVITIES.
HIS ATTENTIVENESS AND PASSION FOR HELPING THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IS TRULY UNMATCHED.
SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME THAT WHEN WE WERE AT THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
MARIO, DO YOU WANT TO SAY COACH MOORE'S TRANSLATION COACH? COACH FLOYD WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST EMPLOYEES THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH WHEN I TOOK THE JOB AS DIRECTOR, AND I WAS JUST AMAZED.
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IRONICALLY, COACH FLOYD, YOU WERE YOU WERE TRANSFERRED TO JEFFERSON IN 1973, RIGHT? THE SAME YEAR I WAS BORN.RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU WERE WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DURING THE DAY, AND THEN YOU WOULD LEAVE THAT JOB AND GO WORK AT JEFFERSON PLAYGROUND AT NIGHT, WORKING 12 TO 14 HOURS A DAY, SERVING THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND THAT TO ME, THAT'S AMAZING.
AND WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU WITH THE PARISH PRESIDENT.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? ACTUALLY, I BEGAN IN 1959 WITH THE COLORED LIBRARY BEGAN AT HARLEM GYM. AT THAT TIME, COLORED FOLKS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO TO THE WHITE LIBRARY UP THERE ON FIRST STREET.
YOUNG BOARD PARTICIPATED IN COACHING SO THEY COULD CHECK BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY.
IN 1960, THEY BUILD A BUILDING CALLED HARLEM COLORED LIBRARY ON HOLLOWAY BOULEVARD.
I WORKED THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
THEN I WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BOOKMOBILE SEAT, WHICH MEANS LIBRARY OF HUIA FOR COLORED FOLKS.
I WENT TO EAST BANK AND THE WEST BANK.
IN 1966, AND I'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EMPLOYEES TO GO TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS 57 YEARS WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU GO BACK TO 60 TO 1959, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 64 YEARS.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU COULD COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH COACH FLOYD, PLEASE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO COME TO THE PICTURE? YOUR FAMILY? I THINK YOUR WIFE AND I, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP.
OH, AND COACH FLOYD'S FAMILY IS HERE AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, COACH, YOU GOT TO HOLD THIS.
AND I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO MY WIFE FOR 64 YEARS.
OKAY. IF BRYAN PARKS COULD COME UP? WE HAVE A PEN FOR BRYAN.
MARK, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? THIS IS OUR PARKWAY'S DIRECTOR, BRYAN PARKS, WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MARK DREWS.
HE AND HIS TEAM ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BEAUTIFY THE CANAL BANK.
AND THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY NO EASY TASK.
BUT BRYAN IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR CITIZENS.
YOU'RE JUST ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE ASSETS FOR OUR TEAM.
I KNOW YOU TAKE MY CALLS WHEN I SEE LITTER EVERYWHERE.
I KNOW YOU TAKE. YESTERDAY YOU.
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I SAW SOME RIP FLAGS AND YOU GOT THOSE DOWN THAT DAY.SO YOUR RESPONSIVENESS POST TO ALL THE TREES THAT YOU REMOVED.
YOU'VE JUST BEEN A GREAT LEADER FOR US, BRYAN, FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
I HOPE THERE'S MANY, MANY, MANY MORE TO COME.
SO, MARK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL, IT'S A REAL BENEFIT FOR THE PARISH BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO'S RUNNING PARKWAYS DEPARTMENT.
SO NOBODY IS BETTER AT DOING DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION AND BEAUTIFYING ALL OUR MEDIANS.
HE'S ALREADY DONE GREAT WORK ON ALL OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES LAPALCO MANHATTAN, THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY, VETERANS AVERNE CAUSEWAY, HELPING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR DRIVE AND YOUR COMMUTE WAY MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
SO WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER THAN TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WITH THAT COMPETENCE ON STAFF.
OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO.
I LIKE THAT ANSWER. AND ALL THE TIME.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU WANT TO COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH BRIAN, PLEASE? I WOULD HAVE STUCK WITH HIM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR.
DO YOU KNOW YOU GOT ONE TOO? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
WHAT IS THAT FOR? THERE'S NO BUTTON ON THIS SIDE, OKAY? MAY WE GO ON THREE, ONE, TWO AND THREE AND WE'LL DO ONE MORE ON THREE, ONE TWO, THREE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FOREIGN. THANK YOU FOREIGN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN'T WAIT FOR FOUR MORE YEARS AFTER THAT.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
ANY CLUES FROM DOWN FRONT? MISS EULA? CAN YOU JOIN ME OVER HERE, PLEASE? I WANT TO SAY FIRST THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION, BUT WE HAVE PRINTING PROBLEMS, SO WE'RE GETTING THE REAL PROCLAMATION SHORTLY.
BUT IN THE IN A MATTER OF TIMELINESS, WE'LL DO THIS FIRST.
SO MISSOULA NEVER SEEKS THE SPOTLIGHT.
SO, OF COURSE, AS THE COUNCIL DOES, WE DON'T LISTEN.
MISSOULA, TO HONOR YOU TODAY FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WHEREAS EULA LOPEZ BEGAN HER LIFE LONG PUBLIC SERVICE IN 1996.
AND WHEREAS IN HER LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF PUBLIC SERVICE, MRS. LOPEZ SERVED AS PARISH CLERK FOR THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL FROM 2004 TO THE PRESENT.
AND WHEREAS MS.. LOPEZ USED HER VAST KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT TO ADMIRABLY SERVE NUMEROUS COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF SEVERAL PARISH PRESIDENTS, AND WHEREAS, EULA LOPEZ GUIDED AND ADVISED THE PARISH COUNCIL ON CRITICAL MATTERS, INCLUDING OVERSIGHT OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ENSURING THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL IN CONNECTION WITH ITS FUNCTION AS A PARISH COUNCIL ARE CARRIED OUT.
AND WHEREAS FOR 19 YEARS MRS. LOPEZ PREPARED INFORMATIVE AGENDAS FOR MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL, ATTENDED ALL MEETINGS AND TOOK FORMAL MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS.
AND WHEREAS, EULA LOPEZ ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED EFFECTIVE PAPER AND ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEMS TO RECORD THE BUSINESS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL, AND WHEREAS, EULA LOPEZ REPRESENTED THE COUNCIL ON THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE JURY ASSOCIATION, AND WHEREAS, AFTER 27 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO JEFFERSON PARISH, EULA LOPEZ WILL RETIRE FROM PUBLIC SERVICE ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2023.
AND WHEREAS HER IMMENSE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AFTER HER RETIREMENT, AND WHEREAS THIS COUNCIL WISHES TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND EULA LOPEZ ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM JEFFERSON PARISH FOR HER 27 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR HER COLLEGIAL, COLLEGIAL COLLEGIALITY.
I'LL GET THAT OUT THIS MORNING.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS EULA LOPEZ FOR HER EXEMPLARY CAREER OF SERVICE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
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AND I THINK THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE AS SHE SITS UP THERE AT EVERY MEETING, WHAT A ROLE SHE PLAYS ON THIS PARISH COUNCIL AND WHAT LEADS UP TO A MEETING.WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER A MEETING? THE RECORD SHE KEEPS THE HISTORICAL DATA THAT SHE HAS MINED AWAY IN HER OFFICE, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES ON A DAILY, WEEKLY AND YEARLY BASIS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PARISH'S SUCCESS AND THIS COUNCIL'S SUCCESS.
JUST WHAT I READ HERE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
YOU'RE THE ONLY PARISH CLERK I'VE EVER KNOWN IN THESE FOUR YEARS, AND YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING.
AND LIZ HAS SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL.
I KNOW SHE'LL TRY. I KNOW YOU SAID SHE'LL BE FINE.
I THINK YOU DESERVE ONE MORE HAND FOR YOUR CAREER OF SERVICE.
SO ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
BECAUSE I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT COOPERATION.
AND I HAVE LOVED BEING THE PARISH CLERK.
NEVER DREAMED, DREAMT IN MY WHOLE LIFETIME THAT I'D EVER HOLD A POSITION LIKE THAT.
WONDERFUL, GOOD FRIENDS AND GOD LED ME HERE AND GOD IS LEADING ME ON TO ANOTHER CHAPTER IN MY LIFE.
THE BLESSINGS OF PROSPERITY, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS AND THAT JEFFERSON PARISH COULDN'T BE UNDER BETTER ADMINISTRATION THAN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND ARE COMING, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON PARISH.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS HONOR.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL, MISS EULA.
THE PARISH PRESIDENT HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU AS WELL.
SOME FLOWERS, AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FROM HER OFFICE, BECAUSE YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT ONLY ON THE PARISH COUNCIL SIDE OF THE OF THE BUILDING, YOU'RE ALSO ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, HEAVILY INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. MA'AM. CYNTHIA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? SO WHAT? ALL CHAIRMAN WILL REALIZE.
AND I'M SORRY, THE FUTURE CHAIR.
PEOPLE WON'T WON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF MS..
EULA. BUT I WILL ALWAYS SAY MISS EULA, IT'S SCARY TO BE CHAIRMAN.
WHEN YOU'RE FIRST STARTING. YOU'VE GOT TO RUN A MEETING.
THERE'S ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS.
AND MISS EULA WOULD JUST GIVE YOU THE EYE IF YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG.
AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.
YOU ALWAYS HELP US ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE.
YOU PASS A DEADLINE, YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE ALL DO THINGS THAT MESS UP.
BUT IT'S HOW WE ACT IS THE PROFESSIONALISM.
THANK YOU. TO THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S POINT.
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT SHE DOES, BUT DON'T HURRICANES WHEN WE'RE ALL STRESSED.
SHE BRINGS HER LITTLE CASE WITH HER AND SHE MAKES SURE EVERYBODY'S TAKEN CARE OF.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US, BEING LIKE OUR MOTHER AND KEEPING US ALL STRAIGHT.
IF I SAY YOU'RE LIKE MY MOTHER AND NOT DINO'S MOTHER, IT MAKES YOU MUCH YOUNGER.
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ANYBODY ELSE? COME ON DOWN.AND. I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO THANK, ESPECIALLY THANK NORMA LINER, WHO HAS BEEN WITH ME FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER.
AND SHE'S BEEN THE BACKBONE OF OUR OFFICE AND MY STAFF.
AND THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THIS LADY HAS BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WHILE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
THE LOVE THAT YOU SHARE WITH ALL OF US.
AND I HAVE TO ECHO THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S SENTIMENT, IS THAT THE FACT THAT YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT MISSOULA'S EYES AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE AND AND WHERE YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE OR NOT MAKING A MISTAKE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING THAT WASN'T SAID.
THERE WAS TIMES MISSOULA WOULD SAY, EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMAN, I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE, AND SHE DIDN'T.
OKAY, SO SO SHE WAS A TRUE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY MADE SURE WE RAN GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNCIL MEETINGS PROFESSIONALLY AND SACRIFICED A LOT OF YOUR PERSONAL TIME AS YOU LIVE, BECAUSE I WOULD TALK TO YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, IN THE EARLY MORNINGS TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE COUNCIL AGENDA IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND MOVING JEFFERSON PARISH FORWARD.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THAT AND YOUR FAMILY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, MISS SHEILA, IF I CAN JUST ADD, ONE OF MY FAVORITE FACTS ABOUT MISS IS SHE'S A MARINE AND THE OTHER MARINES IN HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MARINE.
AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE SUCH A STRONG FAITH.
SO YOU REALLY, TO ME, EXHIBIT THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, GOD AND SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO MAKING THINGS BETTER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH A TONE THAT I THINK HAS HAD A WONDERFUL EFFECT ON OUR PARISH.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU PROMISED ME YOU WERE GOING TO STAY UNTIL I RETIRE.
BUT YOU DIDN'T. BUT IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO THIS PARISH.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT, BUT IT'S ALL BEEN SAID.
SHE'S AN UNBELIEVABLE, UNBELIEVABLE PUBLIC SERVANT AND A ROLE MODEL TO THE REST OF US.
SO IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
HERE WE GO. ON THREE. ONE, TWO, THREE.
AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE ON THREE.
123. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU JULIA.
WHERE ARE THEY? OH, COME THIS WAY.
AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE ON THREE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I TOLD HER SHE COULD NOT QUIT.
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I WOULD BEAT HER UP, AND SHE HAD TO STAY, AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO.AND YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE ADAMANT ABOUT NOT WANTING SOMETHING, RIGHT? IT'S FRUITLESS. THANK YOU.
HI, COUNCILMAN TEMPLET. UP NEXT.
GREAT TO BE HERE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN COMMENTS WAS THAT SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND IN OUR COUNTRY ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO ASK MISS MARY JO MOSCA, OKAY, AND LISA MOSCA TO PLEASE SHOW UP AND COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
AND I FEEL I FEEL LIKE I'D LIKE TO FACE THE AUDIENCE.
BUT REPRESENTING JEFFERSON PARISH SINCE 1946.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES CAN SAY THEY HAD A FAMILY INVOLVED THAT LONG.
OPERATING A BUSINESS SUCCESSFULLY WITH GREAT CULTURE, GREAT CAMARADERIE IN THE RESTAURANT, GREAT FOOD IN SOME OF THE BEST FAMILY SERVED MEALS THAT I'VE EVER HAD WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY CONTINUING IN SUPPORTING JEFFERSON PARISH SINCE 1946.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO IF I MISPRONOUNCE SOME OF THE ITALIAN NAMES IN HERE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE.
IT SAYS WHEREAS THE ORIGIN OF MOSCA'S RESTAURANTS CAN BE ACCREDITED TO PROVINO PROVINO MOSCA.
WHEN HE. WHEN HE IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1913 FROM HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN SAN BERNARDINO DEL TRONTO, ITALY, AND SETTLED IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS.
AND WHEREAS, IN 1946, BRAVO PROVINO MOVED TO LOUISIANA, WHERE HE FOUND A SMALL LOCAL RESTAURANT IN A SWAMPY, SWAMPY REGION ON THE WEST BANK.
THINK ABOUT THAT 1946 ON THE WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
WHEREAS IN 1946 AND THROUGH 1947, THE WORD SPREAD ABOUT THE DELICIOUS FOOD THAT HE WAS SERVING AND CUSTOMERS BECAME BEGAN MAKING THEIR WAY TO MOSCA'S.
AND WHEREAS PROVINO SPENT MANY LATE NIGHTS IN THE KITCHEN, HELPING TO INCREASE MOSCA'S POPULARITY WITH THE HELP OF HIS WIFE LISA AND EVENTUALLY HIS CHILDREN JOHNNY, DAUGHTER IN LAW MARY, JOE AND MARY, SON IN LAW VINCENT.
IN 1999, MOSCA'S WAS CHOSEN AS WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS JAMES BEARD AWARD IN THE AMERICAN REGIONAL CLASSIC CATEGORY, WHICH IS VERY PROUD TO BE IN RECEIVE, WHEREAS, WHEREAS IN 2005, AFTER INCURRING DAMAGE DUE TO HURRICANE KATRINA AND RITA, WHICH WE ALL KNOW VERY WELL, DESTROYED OUR AREA, IT IT IT WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO REBUILD THE KITCHEN AND AND REPAIR DAMAGES, WHEREAS AFTER REBUILDING THE RESTAURANT.
THE MOSCA'S FAMILIES AND WHEREAS MARY JOE MOSCA, HEAD CHEF AND CO-OWNER OF MOSCA'S, CONTINUED TO SUCCESSFULLY RUN THE KITCHEN AND THE RESTAURANT TODAY WITH HELP FROM HER DAUGHTER AND FELLOW COWORKER LISA MOSCA.
AND WHEREAS MOSCOW'S BEGAN AS A FAMILY RESTAURANT AND CONTINUES TO THRIVE AS A FAMILY RESTAURANT EVEN SINCE PROVO FIRST OPENED THE SMALL ROADSIDE ESTABLISHMENT IN 1946.
THEREFORE, JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL AND JEFFERSON PARISH HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE OWNERS OF MOSCOW'S RESTAURANTS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY RECORD AND SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO SHARE THIS DAY WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF YOU ALL, AND WELCOME AND CONTINUE TO
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JEFFERSON PARISH AND SUPPORTING US.AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR BOTH OF Y'ALL.
AND LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, RICKY.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO TO BE HERE AND AND TO AND WE FEEL PROUD AND AND PRIVILEGED THAT WE'VE BEEN IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR ALMOST 80 YEARS.
AND WE HOPE TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, ANY FAMILY MEMBERS? WILLIAM, YOU HERE WANT TO COME ON UP? COME ON. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US FOR A PICTURE, PLEASE? YEAH. HOW MANY GENERATIONS? I'M SORRY.
OKAY. SO BASICALLY, THREE GENERATIONS THROUGH.
Y'ALL COME ON UP HERE. COME HERE IN YOUR OPENING PROCLAMATION, THOUGH.
I'M NOT GOING TO HELP YOU WITH THE ITALIAN NAME.
YEAH, WELL, REALLY, I'M A CAJUN.
HERE WE GO ON THREE, ONE TWO, THREE.
AND WE'LL DO ONE MORE ON THREE, 123.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE HAD MY MOTHER IN LAW'S 90TH BIRTHDAY AND SHE'S A LA ROCA.
THAT'S MY WIFE'S NAME. COME UP AND PRONOUNCE THIS NAME BEFORE I'M CLOSE ENOUGH.
THE THEME FOR THE NEXT FEW MINUTES IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR FOR ALL OF US IN ELECTED OFFICE.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IF I DID ANYTHING RIGHT IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, IT'S BEEN EXCELLENT HIRING PRACTICES, AND SOMETIMES THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE.
THERE IS NO GREATER EXAMPLE OF THAT THAN MS..
REST ASSURED, ONE OF THE COMPLIMENTS THAT ALL OF MY PREDECESSORS HAVE HAD AND MYSELF HAS BEEN CONTACT WITH CONSTITUENTS IN RESPONSE TO CONSTITUENTS, AND ANNIE CALDWELL HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR.
SHE JUST HASN'T DONE IT AS LONG AS SHERRY.
SO SHERRY, FOR 35 YEARS UNDER ED MUNEZ, BEN ZORN, LOUIE CONGEMI, JACK RIZZUTO FOR NINE MONTHS, AND THEN MYSELF. AND I'M GLAD TO SAY SHE WILL CONTINUE ON IN THAT CAPACITY UNDER MY SUCCESSOR.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D ASK MIKE QUIGLEY AND BRENDA CAMPOS AND ANNIE, PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING SHERRY GIOVINCO ON 35 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN DISTRICT FOUR IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND NOW SOMEWHAT BITTERSWEET, BUT I'D LIKE OUR COUNCIL AND PARISH PRESIDENT TO JOIN ME IN SAYING THANK YOU TO TWO DEDICATED, EXCELLENT PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS, WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY MADE OUR OFFICE
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SUCCESSFUL AND HAVE MADE THE PARISH A BETTER PLACE, EACH OF WHOSE CAREERS EXTEND LONG BEFORE MY TERM IN ELECTED OFFICE.AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH THAT WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO WILL NO LONGER BE SERVING JEFFERSON PARISH, BUT THEIR IMPRINT AND THEIR IMPACT THEY'VE HAD ON JEFFERSON PARISH IS UNBELIEVABLY NOTEWORTHY.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO OFFER A PROCLAMATION FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT 19, REALLY MORE THAN 19 YEARS OF OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, DESPITE ONLY BEING 29 YEARS OLD, STARTED AT THE TENDER AGE OF TEN AND IN THE CITIZENS AFFAIRS OFFICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, WAS THEN THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR IN THE CITY OF KENNER, THEN THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR YEARS.
INSTITUTING MANY OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE FOLLOW TODAY WERE DONE UNDER HER WATCH AND HER AND UNDER HER INITIATIVE, AND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, HAS CERTAINLY MADE THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN DISTRICT FOUR EXCELLENT.
AND SHE WILL BE MOVING ON TO LEAD SAINT CHARLES PARISH IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND REST ASSURED, THEY ARE LUCKY AS CAN BE.
SO WITH THAT FOR BRENDA CAMPOS, I'D LIKE TO OFFER A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING BRENDA CAMPOS FOR HER 19 YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH. WHEREAS BRENDA HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT TO JEFFERSON PARISH AND COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
AND WHEREAS, BRENDA IS THE DAUGHTER OF LOUIS AND ROSA CAMPOS, BOTH OF WHOM ARE 30 PLUS YEAR JEFFERSON PARISH EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, CLEARLY, CLEARLY, THE GENES PASSED ON WELL.
WHEREAS BRENDA IS A GRADUATE OF IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL AND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, AND WHEREAS BRENDA STARTED HER CAREER IN JEFFERSON PARISH AS A CLERK, ONE IN THE OFFICE OF CITIZENS AFFAIRS DURING THE SUMMERS OF 1997 TO 2000.
WHEREAS BRENDA THEN BECAME A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE OF OFFICE OF CITIZENS AFFAIRS AS A CLERK TO IN AUGUST OF 2000, AND WAS THEN PROMOTED TO CLERK THREE AND AGAIN TO SECRETARY.
IN 2006, BRENDA RESIGNED FROM JEFFERSON PARISH TO BECOME THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO FORMER MAYOR ED MUNEZ IN THE CITY OF KENNER WAS THEN APPOINTED BY FORMER MAYOR MUNIZ AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF KENNER'S PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, WHERE SHE REMAINED IN THAT CAPACITY UNDER FORMER MAYOR MIKE ANY, AND WHEREAS, BRENDA RESIGNED FROM THE CITY OF KENNER IN 2011 TO THEN BECOME THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
SHE THEN SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
ON FEBRUARY 17TH, 2018, BRENDA WAS APPOINTED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR BY COUNCILMAN DOMINIC IMPASTATO, AND WHEREAS, BRENDA SERVED THE PEOPLE OF COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AND WHEREAS DURING HER TENURE SHE COMMENCED THE INSTITUTION OF MANY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES OF OF COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR AND THE PARISH AS A WHOLE.
WHEREAS DUE TO BRENDA'S LONG HISTORY AS PURCHASING DIRECTOR, SHE WILL CONTINUE HER LEGACY IN SAINT CHARLES PARISH AND WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY HER COLLEAGUES AND EMPLOYEES IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THAT THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, ALONG WITH PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEE SHENG, HEREBY RECOGNIZE BRENDA CAMPOS AND THANK HER FOR HER 19 YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND WISH HER WELL IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU COULD JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.
I'VE ON THE SIDE. HOW ARE YOU GETTING? HERE WE GO. ON THREE.
AND NOW ONE OF THE HARDEST MOMENTS THAT I'VE HAD IN ELECTED OFFICE.
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EARTH. RETIRE FROM THIS PARISH AND LEAVE FROM THIS PARISH, WHO STILL HAS PLENTY OF GAS LEFT IN THE TANK.REST ASSURED, AND PLENTY TO GIVE.
IT'S KIND OF FITTING THAT WE HONORED COACH FLOYD TODAY FOR 56 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HE IS RETIRED THREE TIMES AND COME BACK EVERY TIME.
FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS HE HAS WORKED.
AND WORKED WELL MORE THAN FULL TIME.
I WOULD ARGUE HARDER OR AS HARD AS ANY HUMAN BEING IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND WANTS NOTHING IN RETURN.
THIS MAN IS THE MODEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
THIS MAN IS WHAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND IN THIS PARISH SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE.
THIS IS NOT MY NOTES. I JUST CAN'T LOOK AT HIM.
HE SERVED UNDER 15 PARISH PRESIDENTS.
THAT INCLUDES THE INTERIMS. 18 PARISH COUNCILS.
EVERY GYM IN JEFFERSON PARISH THAT YOU WALK INTO WAS BUILT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
UNDER HIS WATCH, MOST OF THE PLAYGROUND NAMES THAT WE HAVE WERE NAMED UNDER HIS WATCH.
I'M PROUD TO SAY IN DISTRICT FOUR WE NOW HAVE THE ONLY THE ONLY ARTIFICIAL TURF ASTROTURF TOURNAMENT QUALITY SOCCER FIELD IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA THAT WAS UNDER HIS WATCH.
AND HE SERVED HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEN SERVING THE CITY OF KENNER, AND WAS THE TOP ADMINISTRATOR IN THE CITY OF KENNER FOR NINE YEARS, AND GRACIOUSLY WAS WILLING TO RETIRE FROM THAT CAPACITY AND COME SERVE AND LEAD DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
WHICH, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, HE WAS THE LEADER OF DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.
DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
WITH THAT, I OFFER A PROCLAMATION FROM THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL.
WHEREAS MIKE AND CHERYL HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 47 YEARS AND MET AT GIRARD PLAYGROUND WHEN MIKE WAS AN ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR AND COACHING THE DIXIE YOUTH ALL-STAR TEAM.
MIKE MOVED SWIFTLY UP THE RANKS, SERVING AS RECREATION SUPERVISOR, ZONE MANAGER, AREA COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND IN 1999 BY FORMER PARISH PRESIDENT TIM CULLEN, WAS NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE RECREATION, WHEREAS MIKE WAS A J.P., R.D.
EMPLOYEE DURING THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL PARTICIPATION GROWTH IN JPD HISTORY.
HE RE-INSTITUTED THE PARISH CHAMPIONSHIPS, PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TEARING DOWN THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE WEST BANK AND THE EAST BANK, AND HE ENACTED THE FORMATION OF TWO DISTRICTS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER, ALLOWING KIDS FROM BOTH SIDES TO ATTEND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE FOR 50 YEARS NOW.
MIKE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, WHICH MADE HIM A CLEAR CHOICE FOR DIRECTOR.
WHEREAS MIKE'S GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND LEADERSHIP WAS SOON RECOGNIZED BY FORMER PARISH PRESIDENT TIM COOLEN, HE WAS APPOINTED AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN THE ADMINISTRATION AT THAT TIME.
MIKE WAS PART OF THE PARISH WIDE LEADERSHIP TEAM ENGAGED IN PARISH WIDE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.
MIKE CONTINUED IN THIS ROLE UNDER FORMER PARISH PRESIDENT AARON BROUSSARD.
MIKE RETIRED FROM JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT IN 2005.
HE WAS THEN PROMOTED CHIEF CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER CAO.
UNDER FORMER MAYOR MIKE YENNI IN 2010.
MIKE RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF KENNER GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY 2017.
ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2017, HE WAS APPOINTED AS ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR BY COUNCILMAN DOMINIC IMPASTATO, AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE HE COMMENCED THE INSTITUTION OF MANY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES OF COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON OF COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR AND FOR THE PARISH AS A WHOLE.
THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, ALONG WITH PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEE XIANG, HEREBY RECOGNIZE MICHAEL QUIGLEY FOR OVER FIVE DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WE WISH YOU WELL IN ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
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Y'ALL JOIN ME, PLEASE. LET ME.I JUST LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, SINCE WE'RE GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE.
AND I SAW BOBBY FLOYD HERE THIS MORNING.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN WE I GUESS WE INTEGRATED THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST TOURNAMENT. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WAS THE COACH BECAUSE MY DAD ALSO WORKED FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WENT THERE AND I REMEMBER BOBBY AND IT WAS CLEON FLOYD, TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I SAW HIM TODAY ABOUT THE MEMORIES YOU THINK OF.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I COACHED THE TEAM THAT THAT FIRST, THE FIRST TIME WE HAD A TOURNAMENT AT HARLEM PLAYGROUND, AND MY TEAM WAS SELECTED TO DO THAT.
AND VERY PROUD OF THAT MOMENT.
AND THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO BRING UP IS THAT DOMINIC MENTIONED MET MY WIFE.
I WAS ROBBING THE CRADLE AT GIRARD PLAYGROUND.
I WAS ALWAYS TOLD I WAS ROBBING THE CRADLE, AND I WANT I WANT HER TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE PUT HER THROUGH A LOT AND WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 47 YEARS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HER, SO.
WHAT MIKE DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THEY MET BECAUSE HE COACHED WITH HER DAD AND MOTHER.
GOOD. SO THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE IN PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I HAVE.
AND I HATE TO MAKE PEOPLE KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE, BUT YOU ALMOST DOUBLE MY YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE COME FOR ME FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON SOMETHING IN PARISH GOVERNMENT.
AND IF I DON'T KNOW, GUESS WHO I WENT TO THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.
HE'S A GREAT SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOSING A LOT FOR THIS PARISH.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
GOOD MAN. I DON'T CARE WHAT JOHN SAYS.
OH, YEAH. BACK AND BACK AND 60.
WHAT? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM DON BUSTER'S WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK THIS MORNING? MISS JACKIE? YES.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK.
WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AN EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP AT PIONEER PARK.
IT'S ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH.
IT IS CALLED COOKIES WITH SANTA.
IT IS A LIMITED NUMBER OF KIDS.
SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO SEE SANTA CLAUS TO ACTUALLY INTERACT.
WE HAVE SOME GAMES AND SOME FUN.
WE'LL BE MAKING COOKIES AND DECORATING COOKIES WITH SANTA.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CRAFTS WE WILL HAVE WRITING LETTERS TO SANTA.
EACH CHILD WILL GET A GIFT FROM SANTA.
IT IS DECEMBER 16TH TO PURCHASE TICKETS.
WE WILL NOT SELL TICKETS THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK AND REAL QUICK.
THANK YOU TO RICKY AND DOMINIC AND GINO AND JEN AND MISS CYNTHIA FOR BEING MEMBERS OF DON BUSTERS.
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WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HELP.WE START A READING PROGRAM THIS WEEK.
IT'S MY 17TH YEAR AS CHAIRMAN.
WE'VE GIVEN AWAY OVER $15 MILLION IN PRIZES TO BOYS AND GIRLS IN JEFFERSON PARISH TO READ BOOKS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT AREN'T MEMBERS OF DON BUSTERS YET.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT.
MEL AND COMPANY, JUST TO THANK YOU GUYS.
DAWN BUSTERS. WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE PARISH IS UNBELIEVABLE.
OUR CITIZENS ARE VERY WELL SERVED BY THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND PROUD TO BE A MEMBER.
AND I GOT MORE TIME TO BE CALLED ON NOW, SO I'LL SEE YOU ALL SOON.
MR. AL COPELAND JUNIOR IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A WORTHWHILE HOLIDAY CAUSE.
AS YOU SAID, MY NAME IS AL COPELAND JR.
AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE AL COPELAND FOUNDATION.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE OUTCOUPLING FOUNDATION, WE STARTED THIS FOUNDATION IN 2008 WITH A MISSION TO FIND A CURE FOR THE CANCER THAT KILLED MY FATHER IN LESS THAN A DECADE.
NOW WE HAVE MANY PATIENTS THAT ARE CANCER THAT ARE FREE FROM CANCER.
OUR MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES AND END CANCER.
SINCE THEN, WE STARTED A PROGRAM TO HELP CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CALLED THE AL COPELAND PATIENT ASSISTANCE FUND.
MONEY FROM THIS FUND IS AWARDED TO FAMILIES AND PUT TOWARDS EXPENSES SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD BILLS, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICINE, LODGING, GAS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND OTHER NECESSARY EXPENSES THAT ARE INCURRED BY FAMILIES WHO ARE HAVING TO PAY FOR THE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
IN HONOR OF MY FATHER AND HIS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY AND LAUGHING YEARS, PARK'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION WE CREATED BRIGHTEN UP THE BAYOU THROUGH THE PARK.
WE HAVE QR CODES THAT PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR PHONES AND SHOOT AT.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A QUICK TESTIMONY OF A FAMILY THAT'S ALREADY RECEIVED HELP FROM THIS FUND.
UM, THEY DID AN MRI, FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD STAGE THREE KIDNEY CANCER.
STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 12 DAYS AFTER THAT.
THEY GOT THE BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN.
THEY LET ME KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT OF WORK FOR A WHILE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
THAT'S WHEN THEY MENTIONED THE AL COPELAND FOUNDATION.
LIKE, THEY LITERALLY PAY MY BILLS FOR LIKE TWO MONTHS.
MY CAR NOTE, MY INSURANCE PAY, MY PHONE BILL.
SO THAT WAS REALLY, HONESTLY AMAZING.
WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE LIKE THAT.
AND WE'VE RAISED OVER $200,000 FOR THIS FUND TO HELP THEM WITH THIS CAUSE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE IN NEED OF FUNDS TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE PROCESS.
ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.UNLESS I MISSED SOMETHING. IF ANYBODY IS HERE FOR SOMETHING BEFORE THE MEETING, SAY SO NOW.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING.
[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]
THE LAST OF 2023, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2023, IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING, 200 DAUBENY STREET, GRETNA, LOUISIANA.THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER, AND AS WE END 2023 AND MISS JULIA'S FAREWELL TOUR, WE WILL ASK HER TO LEAD OUR OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE THIS MORNING.
IN A WORLD WHERE WORRY NOT, PEACE PREVAILS.
STIR UP THAT GOOD NEWS AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS.
NEVER HAVE WE NEEDED YOUR JOY AND PEACE MORE THAN NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS, OUR EMMANUEL, THE WORD MADE FLESH.
FORGIVE US FOR FORGETTING THAT YOUR LOVE NEVER CHANGES, NEVER FADES, AND THAT YOU NEVER ABANDON THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINFUL CONDITION, AND TO GIVE US LIFE ETERNAL AND THE JOY OF RELATIONSHIP WITH A HOLY GOD.
YOUR BIRTH AND YOUR DEATH SEALED YOUR PROMISE TO US FOREVER.
MAY YOU BE FILLED WITH THE WONDER OF MARY, THE OBEDIENCE OF JOSEPH, THE JOY OF THE ANGELS, THE EAGERNESS OF THE SHEPHERDS, THE DETERMINATION OF THE MAGI, AND THE PEACE OF THE CHRIST CHILD IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT, BLESS YOU NOW AND FOREVER.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS EULA.
THAT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE CEREMONIAL SWITCHING OF THE SEATS.
DID YOU SEE THAT? THANK YOU, MISS EULA.
LIZ, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
PRESIDENT. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET PRESENT.
COUNCILWOMAN. VAN VRANCKEN PRESENT.
PARISH PRESIDENT. MISS LEE SHENG AND I'VE COMPLETED THE ROLE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MADAM PRESIDENT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
[PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL]
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.SO STARTING THIS WEEK, RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TRANSITION FROM OUR JEFFERSON PARISH WATER DEPARTMENT AND PAY STAR IN THEIR PRINTED ELECTRONIC UTILITY BILLS. REMEMBER, WE PRINT THESE OUT IN BATCHES SO NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE NOTICE THIS WEEK, BUT THE BATCHES WILL START COMING TO YOU.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO VIEW THE CUSTOMER PORTAL AND INTERFACE WITH US, WE HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU GO AHEAD AND CREATE THAT PAY STAR ACCOUNT SO YOU CAN VISIT US AT W-W-W.
MANY OF US IN THE OFFICE HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.
IT IS A VERY SIMPLE SYSTEM, SO WE WANT TO THANK PAY STAR FOR THAT.
PAYERS CAN SIMPLY SUBMIT A PAYMENT OR CREATE A PAY STAR ACCOUNT.
IN ORDER TO MANAGE MULTIPLE UTILITY ACCOUNTS, ENROLL AN AUTO PAY WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION OR YOUR BANKING INFORMATION, OR VIEW YOUR PAYMENT HISTORY AND YOUR BILL WITHIN THE PORTAL AND MANAGE PAYMENT METHODS TO GET NOTIFIED THROUGH EMAIL OR TEXT.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS STARTED.
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CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK IS CONSTRUCTED WITH OVER 10 MILLION LED LIGHTS, ELABORATE DECORATIONS, ARTIFICIAL SNOW AND FESTIVE LIGHTED DISPLAYS.IT'S HELD NIGHTLY AT LAFRENIERE PARK UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH.
AND MR. AL COPELAND WAS IN THE AUDIENCE FOR HIS CONTINUED INVESTMENT AND GETTING REALLY WHAT THAT LIGHT SHOW, REALLY FROM HIS DONATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, REALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST LIGHT SHOWS IN THE REGION.
SO WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE.
IT'S W-W-W DOT LAFRENIERE PARK DOT ORG BACKSLASH CHRISTMAS.
REMEMBER TICKETS IN ADVANCE IN YOUR CAR OR $10 FOR THE WHOLE CAR.
AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN FIT IN THE CAR AND AT THE GATE IT'S $15.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS UP NOW.
TREES MUST BE PLACED CURBSIDE BEFORE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11TH FOR PICKUP ON THE 11TH, 12TH AND 13TH.
THIS WILL ALLOW OUR TEAM TO ALERT COLLECTION CREWS WHERE TREES WILL BE PLACED FOR PICKUP, SO THAT WE CAN HELP MAKE SURE CREWS DON'T MISS A SINGLE TREE THIS YEAR, SO A LINK TO THE FLIER WITH THE QR CODE AND DIRECT WEBSITE IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR HOME PAGE NOW JEFF PARISH W-W-W DOT JEFF PARISH DOT NET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT MORE INFORMATION WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
SO THIS IS THE SEASON OF GIVING AND CERTAINLY I.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED COLLECTION BOXES IN THE LOBBY OF THE YENNI BUILDING IN THE GGP.
OUR JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH HUMAN SERVICES AUTHORITY, IS NOW COLLECTING NEW TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, HATS, GLOVES AND SOCKS FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THESE DONATED ITEMS, IN ADDITION TO FOOD DONATIONS FROM THE LOUISIANA HEART ASSOCIATION AND TOP BOX FOODS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED ON DECEMBER 15TH AT ACACIA'S CAFE ON THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY IN MARRERO.
RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES CAN DROP OFF ANYTHING ON WHEELS OR TOYS THAT PROMOTE ACTIVITY SUCH AS ROLLERBLADES, BIKES, STROLLERS, HULA HOOPS OR SPORTS ITEMS. DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 830 TO 3 AT OUR TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT 21 THE WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY IN HARVEY, OR THE DONATION BUS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE LOCATED AT VETERANS MEMORIAL SQUARE ACROSS FROM LAKESIDE MALL.
AND THEN OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH NOLA.
SO FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CHRISTMAS FOR THE KIDS, EMAIL NOLA.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE SOME OF OUR RECENT WINS IN THE JPD TEAMS, THE NINE U AND 11 U TEAMS, MADE UP OF EAST BANK AND WEST BANK PLAYERS, WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 51ST ANNUAL THANKSGIVING BOWL IN GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE, AND THEN THE PARISH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ALSO TOOK PLACE.
THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY IS GOING TO HOST HUNDREDS OF HARRY POTTER FANS.
HARRY POTTER YULE FESTIVAL ON DECEMBER 10TH FROM NOON TO THREE.
THE YULE FESTIVAL WILL INCLUDE HARRY POTTER THEMED CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES, PROFESSIONAL FACE PAINTING AND BALLOON ANIMALS, TRIVIA GAMES AND A SCAVENGER HUNT, A MAGIC SHOW FROM WINSTON HELEN JR AND A HOUSE CRUSTED QUILTED ORNAMENT SEWING DEMONSTRATION.
CYRIL LAVERNOCK, MY FORMER SON'S TEACHER, WILL DELIVER A LECTURE AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH AT THE MONTHLY WORLD WAR TWO DISCUSSION GROUP, BEGINNING AT 7 P.M., THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY IS GOING TO HOST A VERY BEST BANK HOLIDAY PARTY ON DECEMBER 17TH FROM 1 TO 3.
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THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SHRINE JAZZ ORCHESTRA ALONG WITH A PUPPET SHOW, COOKIE AND ORNAMENT DECORATING WORKSHOPS, HOT COCOA STATION AND NUMEROUS CRAFT STATIONS FOR KIDS.THE GRETNA LIBRARY IS GOING TO BRING A FREE YOGA BY THE BOOK SESSION TO PATRONS EVERY THURSDAY FROM 12 TO 2, LED BY CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOR PETER SPARROW AND THEN STARTING. STITCHES IS A CLUB FOR QUILTERS OF ALL LEVELS THAT MEET AT THE BELL TOWER LIBRARY, LED BY LIBRARIAN BRIDGET LABORIE.
LIBRARY PARTICIPANTS SHARE TIPS ABOUT QUILTING AND WELCOME BEGINNERS WHO ARE INTRODUCED TO QUILTING RELATED RESOURCES THE LIBRARY HAS TO OFFER, SUCH AS MAGAZINES, EQUIPMENT IN THE LIBRARY OF THINGS, AND NEW BOOKS ABOUT FABRIC ARTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES.
THESE ESL CLASSES ARE UNDERWAY AT MULTIPLE LIBRARY BRANCHES DURING BOTH THE DAY AND EVENING HOURS, INCLUDING EAST BANK REGIONAL, WESTWEGO, GRETNA, NORTH KENNER, AND TARRYTOWN. JEFF KAPP WILL BE HOSTING A THREE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OUTREACH EVENTS DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 504736 6900.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS WITH TWO OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
FINALLY, THE JAZZ THE PAWS EAST BANK ANIMAL SHELTER DEMOLITION STARTED YESTERDAY.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN OUR JEFFERSON PARISH JUVENILE SERVICES WILL HOST A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY TOMORROW, DECEMBER 7TH, FOR OUR NEW TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING THAT WILL HOUSE THE DEPARTMENT, THAT DEPARTMENT, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND THE JUVENILE COURTS.
FAMILY IN NEED OF SERVICES PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR GETTING THAT DESIGNATION AGAIN FOR US.
AND THEN TWO LAST ITEMS I HAVE.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE BRIAN ADAMS. BRIAN, YOU WANT TO STAND UP? WHERE'S BRIAN? BRIAN.
BRIAN OVER HERE. WE ALL KNOW BRIAN ADAMS. BRIAN WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO BE.
WE'LL LOSE HIM, BUT HE WILL BE OUR STATE'S NEW LOUISIANA FIRE MARSHAL.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A DREAM JOB FOR HIM.
HIS HIS CAREER IN FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPANS OVER 40 YEARS.
BUT THE JOKE IS, WHAT HAT IS BRIAN WEARING? WHAT WEEK? UM, AND HE HE REALLY FIRST IN HIS REGULAR ROLE.
HE BROUGHT NEXT LEVEL GOVERNMENT REALLY TO THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY.
WE HAVE A REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO TRAIN ON, ON REAL LIFE SCENARIOS AND ALSO BRINGING THE PUBLIC AND REGIONAL PARTNERS, GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO THAT FACILITY. BUT WHAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, BRIAN, FOR IS JUST BEING WILLING, WILLING TO STEP UP IN SITUATIONS THAT WERE NOT PART OF HIS JOB DESCRIPTION.
BRIAN. WE SENT HIM DOWN TO GRAND ISLE AFTER IDA.
HE LIVED DOWN THERE WHEN THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NOTHING DOWN THERE LEADING OUR EFFORTS FOR RECOVERY.
MOST RECENTLY, HE'S HE IS OUR INTERIM CHIEF ON THE EAST BANK FIRE CONSOLIDATED.
SO HE'S JUST BEEN REALLY WILLING TO STEP UP AND DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED FROM OUR TEAM.
BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT US, BRIAN.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED BIG STATE SERVICES.
DON'T FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM, PLEASE.
OKAY. WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN ADAMS ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU. DID YOU TRY TO STAY IN THAT POSITION FOR FOUR YEARS FOR US PLEASE.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ACTUALLY WITH PEGGY RETIRING, WE WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO NUMBER 20 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM, OUR NOMINATION FOR PEGGY'S REPLACEMENT, TONY HURLEY.
WHEN I ASKED HER TO STEP UP AND TAKE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S ROLE.
PEGGY, HER FIRST THING IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NO PEGGY BARTON, BUT YOU WILL BE.
TONY SERVED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE JEFFERSON PARISH OFFICE SINCE 2015.
MOST RECENTLY, TONY IS THE DEPUTY PARISH ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM TONY HURLEY.
YOU WANT TO STAND UP, TONY? YES. THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ANYBODY WITH ANY COMMENTS FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT?
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES BEFORE WE GET TO THIS NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 15, WHICH IS THE BOILER ISSUE FOR DINER NOBEL INDUSTRIES, THAT IS A IS AN ORDINANCE WHICH YOU CAN SPEAK ON WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP ON THE AGENDA. NUMBER 15 AND NUMBER 17 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA WILL BE CANCELED.
THAT WAS THE ITEP APPLICATION FOR AMERICAN PLANT FOODS.
THEY WITHDREW THAT APPLICATION YESTERDAY.
[PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA]
FILL OUT A A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AT THE BACK OF CHAMBERS WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.GO AHEAD. AL MORELLA 4260 EAST LOYOLA DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT COUNTY FOURTH DISTRICT.
UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON 51 YEARS, FOUR AND NINE ON THE ADAM AGENDA 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 87, 89, 90, 101, 36, ONE, 44, 151 AND 159.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
FIRST WE'VE GOT A $32,000 INCREASE.
LARGER PILINGS WERE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.
ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND SURVEY WORK.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER 51.
NO MONEY INVOLVED 60 DAYS REDUCTION IN WORK TIME OKAY.
AGAIN. EXTRA WORK, 53,000 ADDITIONS, 54 SAFETY ISSUES, UPGRADES AND EXTRA MATERIALS $94,000 INCREASE, 55 MATERIALS NOT NEEDED.
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL COST FOR ADDITIONAL WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 58 $55,000 INCREASE I MEAN 55.
ADDITIONAL WORK AGAIN OKAY 59.
WE HAD A $609,000 PREVIOUS INCREASE AND A NEW INCREASE OF 55,000.
OKAY. UNFORESEEN OBSTRUCTIONS.
AGAIN. HOW MUCH TIME I GOT LEFT, SCOTT? 45 SECONDS. I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME, MAN.
ITEM NUMBER $143,000 INCREASE.
COMBINED TWO PROJECTS INTO ONE.
I'M ALMOST DONE. THAT'S YOUR TIME, MR. AL. SORRY. MY TIME.
THAT'S IT. YOU ALMOST GOT THERE, THOUGH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'LL GET THE OTHER TWO AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
HOW ABOUT MR. AL? MR. AL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, BUT I THINK THAT CHAIN THAT YOU'RE WEARING, THAT BEAUTIFUL CHAIN YOU'RE WEARING, IT'S KIND OF AFFECTING YOUR MEMORY TODAY.
WELL, BYRON, I GOT TO TELL YOU, AL, YOU WERE MOMMY.
LOOK, LOOK, I'LL CATCH THESE TWO AGAIN TO THE MEAT MAN.
GREAT GUYS. 509 HOLM BOULEVARD.
JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY IN THE WAY WE GO.
GOOD STUFF, HUH? A LOT OF COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS COULD GO ON AT MORTEM ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT IN SUPPORT OF ACTUALLY, THOUGH.
THAT WAS RELATED TO EMPOWERING THE FIRE DIRECTOR.
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HE DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO THESE THINGS, AND NOT MUCH POINT IN HAVING TO PAY HIM FOR IT.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LACROSSE ACADEMY OPERATING THIS THING IN, YOU KNOW, A PRIVATE ENTITY AND ALL THE OTHER COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS THAT ARE JUST BASICALLY KIND OF LIKE. I KNOW THEY SEEM MORE LIKE MONEY LAUNDERING TO ME.
IT'S IT'S RAMPANT THROUGHOUT HERE.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? CROTCHET INGENUITY. WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? ISN'T A PLENTY OF THESE IN HERE THAT I COULD GO ON AT, AT LEAST FOR THREE MINUTES, OVER A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING JUST FOR FURNISHING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH REGARDS TO THE SALTWATER INTRUSION.
WE'VE GOT TO BE THINKING A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY ABOUT THAT AND NOT SPENDING MONEY FRIVOLOUSLY FOR SECURITY TO JUST IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT STUFF OUT.
THIS EXTORTION OF VOTE GETTING THAT GOES ON FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN END TO THAT.
I THINK THE INCOMING DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON FOR THAT POSITION WILL HOPEFULLY REDRESS THIS, AND MAYBE THIS COUNCIL WILL REVIEW WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED YEARS AGO NOW, OVER TWO YEARS AGO, I PROPOSED THIS GRAND ISLE BLEW UP A VERSION OF IT.
REMEMBER IT? YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.
SOMEBODY HAD SOME TIME OFF, LOOKED IT UP, MADE SURE TO IGNORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IMPLEMENTED. PROMULGATED, PUT INTO EFFECT BY YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.
NOT BY THEIR COUNCIL, NOT BY THEIR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
JUST A LITTLE BIT SLIGHTLY MORE LEGITIMATELY FOUNDED THAN THIS ONE.
I COULD LEAVE THE PARISH ANYTIME I WANT.
AND AFTER THE MEETING, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT IF A STOP SIGN WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WOULD IT BE LEGITIMATELY DONE? SO BECAUSE OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS COUNCIL.
BUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS COUNCIL'S CONSTRUCT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE WHEN IT COMES TO.
ENSURING DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY.
I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF KENNER DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY AND DISCOVERY SCHOOLS, AND WITH ME HERE TODAY IN THE CROWD ARE KENNER DISCOVERY.
STUDENT ATHLETES, ADMINISTRATION AND COACHES.
WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS AND HOW THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN WELL-BEING, IN ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE $750,000 ALLOCATION FOR OUR FIELD OF DREAMS. THE $750,000 ALLOCATION WILL SUPPORT A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD ON OUR KENNER DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCE CAMPUS.
THAT'S WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS HOUSED IN KENNER.
IT'S HOME TO 1400 JEFFERSON PARISH STUDENTS.
IT WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO PRACTICE AND HOST GAMES ON OUR CAMPUS.
WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN DOMINIC IMPASTATO FOR MAKING THIS ONE OF HIS SPECIAL PROJECTS.
DOMINIC HAS BEEN A FRIEND TO DISCOVERY SINCE 2013 WHEN OUR DOORS OPEN.
SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO ASK FOR THE COUNCIL'S FAVORABLE SUPPORT FOR THE $750,000 ALLOCATION TO BUILD OUR FIELD OF DREAMS AND TO MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND OUR COACHES.
SO THAT WE CAN LIVE AND PLAY AND WORK IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WITH FUN AND INTENTION AND COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME.
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CLAY RICHARDSON 507 OAKS BOULEVARD.GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT XIANG AND DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DON'T THINK SO. HERE AT WASTE CONNECTION, WE ARE EAGER TO CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFICIENT RECYCLING PRACTICES.
OUR EXPERIENCE IN DESIGNING COLLECTION ROUTES AND OPERATING MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES, BETTER KNOWN AS MRF, POSITIONS US TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE RECYCLING PROGRAM'S SUCCESS HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN EFFECTIVE RECYCLING.
OUR PROPOSED PLAN INVOLVES CONDUCTING WIDESPREAD AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECYCLING, AND THE BEST PRACTICES FOR SEPARATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
UNDERSTANDING THE VITAL ROLE OF EDUCATION IN DRIVING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES, WE WILL BE APPOINTING ANOTHER RECYCLING COORDINATOR TO SPEARHEAD TARGETED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGIA PACIFIC, FACILITATING THE MARKETING OF ALL RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
SHOULD WE BE GRANTED THE NEW CONTRACT? OUR PLANS ARE TO UNDERTAKE SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO OUR EXISTING MRF.
IN CONCLUSION, WE ARE DEDICATED TO LEVERAGING OUR EXPERTISE, RESOURCES, AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ELEVATE RECYCLING PRACTICES WITHIN JEFFERSON PARISH.
OUR EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL BACKGROUND, COUPLED WITH OUR PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN MANAGING SIMILAR SIZED CONTRACTS, POSITIONS US AS THE MOST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE TO UNDERTAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
WE WERE ALSO THE HIGHEST SCORED PROPOSAL BY THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE.
AND THAT'S YOUR TIME. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.
AND WE'LL YOU ALL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LLOYD TRAN.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT NUMBER 14 FOR MY UNCLE JOHN NGUYEN.
IS THAT ITEM 14 ON THE AGENDA? I'M SORRY THAT YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, ON THE RESOLUTION, ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA NUMBERS ONE AND TWO.
[ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED]
I HAVE NOTES ON BOTH OF THOSE.THAT NUMBER ONE IS TO BE CANCELED.
AND NUMBER TWO WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR JANUARY 17TH, 2024 MEETING.
A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE, A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FIRM TO PROVIDE PERIODIC ARBITRAGE REBATE COMPLIANCE REPORTS ON EACH APPLICABLE OUTSTANDING BOND ISSUE OF JEFFERSON PARISH.[01:30:01]
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR SELECTION.I MOVE ON BINGHAM ARBITRATE PROBATE SERVICES INC.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF BINGHAM ARBITRAGE REBATE SERVICES, INC.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION SELECTING A QUALIFIED VENDOR TO PROVIDE AUTOMATION AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SERVICES FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON DEPARTMENT OF DRAINAGE, UNDER RFP NUMBER 0468 COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR SELECTION, I'LL MOVE ON PRIME CONTROL LP.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING FOR RFP 0457.
A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING ERP SOLUTION FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR SELECTION.
I'LL MOVE ON. ALL LIGHT SOLUTIONS, LLC.
I'M SORRY. THAT WAS FOR EARLIER IN THE MEETING WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF ALIGHT SOLUTIONS, LLC? ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING A CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION SURVEY SERVICES CIP PROJECT NUMBER D6918 UNDER RFP NUMBER 0467.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR SELECTION COMPLIANCE, LLC.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF COMPLIANCE ENVIRO SYSTEMS, LLC? ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT WILL BE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WILL REVISIT IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
AND THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26223 RESUB OF LOT Y, DASH 2-B BELLE PLANTATION SUBDIVISION DASH 131.WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM, AND WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26223.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING. TODD GINARDO, 201 SAINT CHARLES AVENUE, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
HERE, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST THIS THIS SUBDIVISION BE APPROVED, NOTWITHSTANDING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM FOR DENIAL FROM THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD.
THE REASON FOR THE RESUB, ESSENTIALLY IS TO FACILITATE INVESTMENT AND EXPANSION OF WINEHAVEN HEALTH CARE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION TO A FACILITY THAT'S REALLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE WEST BANK AND TO THE PARISH AS A WHOLE.
WE HAVE WORKED FOR WELL OVER A YEAR WITH ALL OF THE PARISH DEPARTMENTS.
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE PLANNING ADVISORY PLANNING STAFF, WE'VE DEDICATED A SERVITUDE FOR ENTRANCE OFF OF MEDICAL CENTER BOULEVARD TO TAKE CARE OF AN ISSUE RELATED TO CONCERN THAT THERE WAS NO FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC ROAD.
AGAIN, WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL TO FACILITATE THIS REALLY QUITE IMPORTANT EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF THE FACILITY. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE.
IS THIS THE SITE WHERE THE FUTURE HOME OF SAINT ANDREW'S VILLAGE IS GOING TO BE LOCATED? THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN, YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.
COUNCILMAN BONANO. YOUR MOTION WITH THE DOUBLE DENIALS WILL BE STRICTLY ON TECHNICALITIES.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, SAINT ANDREW VILLAGE IS GOING TO BE A NEW HOME.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING]
ITEM NUMBER TEN, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
SECTION B FORM BLOCK FIVE LOCATED AT 13 ZERO ONE WHITNEY AVENUE.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM, AND WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26224.
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ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS. YOUR MOTION.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26225 AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.
LOTS 16 THROUGH 33 SQUARE A LOT TWO THROUGH FOUR SQUARE C LOTS ONE THROUGH 13 SQUARE D AND LOT PART 34 SQUARE A LOT 16 THROUGH 45 SQUARE B, LOTS FIVE THROUGH 50 SQUARE C LOTS 14 THROUGH 50 SQUARE D PRELIMINARY APPROVED LOTS 35 THROUGH 37 SQUARE A LOTS FIVE A THROUGH 68 SQUARE C LOTS 14 A THROUGH 26 A SQUARE D LOTS ONE THROUGH 41 SQUARE E, LOTS ONE THROUGH 45 AND PARCEL C SQUARE F WATER OAKS SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 8740 LIVE OAK BOULEVARD.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-22R-1A TO Z.
DASH 14 DASH 23 COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26225.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
THERE YOU GO. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26225? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26226 APPROVING SP DASH 66, DASH 23 A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS FOR OLD NAVY LOCATED AT 1500 WESTBANK EXPRESSWAY ON LOT W-2A HUNT FOOD AND WESTERN OIL SNOWDRIFT COMPANY PROPERTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'RE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26226.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26227 APPROVING SP DASH 77.
DASH 23 A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE SIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR BATH AND BODY WORKS LOCATED AT 8847 VETERANS MEMORIAL BOULEVARD ON LOT 7-8 HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26227.
ANYONE FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26228 APPROVING SP DASH 16.
DASH 23 REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE SETBACK.
CLEAR VISION AREA AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS FOR FILLING STATIONS OF THE B, C-2, AND FOR VARIANCES TO THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHEVRON FILLING STATION ON LOT A SQUARE 39 UNIT TWO, SECTION A OF PONTCHARTRAIN GARDENS SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, WE CAN WAIVE THE READING AND WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26228.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO DEFER.
CHAIRMAN. WHAT'S THE DATE? JANUARY 17TH. JANUARY 17TH.
I'M SORRY. ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE.
THE SPECIAL PERMITTED USE SBU APPROVED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER FL, DASH 417, ORDNANCE 25500 TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BOILER FOR DYNO NOBEL AT THE CORNERSTONE SITE LOCATED AT 10800 RIVER ROAD ON LOT 1-8 CORNERSTONE SUBDIVISION, BOUNDED BY MORSE LANE, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, OWNED BY CORNERSTONE CHEMICAL COMPANY.
ZONED TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
WELL NOW UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26229.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
1100 GERRARD STREET, NEW ORLEANS.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PETER HENDERSON.
I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NORTH AMERICAN NITROGEN MANUFACTURING FOR DYNO NOBEL.
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WHILE CF INDUSTRIES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE WAGGAMAN SITE, I WANTED TO BE HERE TO SEE THIS PROCESS THROUGH AND SUPPORT THE SP MODIFICATION APPLICATION.THE NEW BOILER WILL INCORPORATE MODERN EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND BE A SOURCE OF POWER FOR FUTURE CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES, WITHOUT EXPANDING PLANT PRODUCTION CAPACITY. THE INDUSTRY LEADING TECHNOLOGY AT THE PLANT MAKES IT AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT, WITH ANNUAL EMISSIONS TRENDING DOWN SINCE IT OPENED IN 2016. CORNERSTONE AND DYNO NOBEL HAVE ACTIVELY ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT.
IN WAGGAMAN, WE HAVE INTERFACED REGULARLY WITH THE WAGGAMAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WAGGAMAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND THE S1 CIVIC ASSOCIATION, ALL OF WHICH SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
THIS MEETING WAS IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH WE FULLY COMPLIED WITH AS PART OF THE PROJECT PERMITTING PROCESS WITH LDEQ TO SECURE THE AIR QUALITY PERMIT.
AS I'VE SAID, THE LEADERSHIP OF CORNERSTONE, DYNO NOBEL AND CF INDUSTRIES ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TO REASSURE YOU THAT THE ATTENTION OF THE NEW STEAM BOILER AT OUR WAGGAMAN PLANT IS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
WE HOPE YOU SEE THE MERITS OF THIS PROJECT AND VOTE TO APPROVE.
ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR, SIR? SIR, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP TO THE MICROPHONE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO, JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DONALD NOBLE NO LONGER OWNS THIS BOILER.
NO, IT DOES NOT. AND WHO OWNS IT? THE INDUSTRY. OKAY. AND SO YOU STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING THIS BOILER WAS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS.
ARE YOU DECOMMISSIONING ANOTHER BOILER OR SOMETHING ELSE TO TAKE THIS PLACE? SO THE PURPOSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RECOMMISSIONING, SORRY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DECLINING EMISSIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THE EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT WILL COME WHEN THE PLANT STARTS AND STOPS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE STARTING THE PLANT OR WHEN THE PLANT TRIPS, THAT'S THE MAJOR CAUSE OF OUR EMISSIONS.
NOW, THIS BOILER WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE RELIABLE, WHICH WILL STOP THOSE THOSE TRIPS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.
ARE YOU DEMOBILIZING ANY OTHER BOILER TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THIS ONE? NO. OKAY, SO HOW DO YOU REDUCE EMISSIONS IF YOU'RE NOT REMOVING ANYTHING BUT ADDING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ADD UP? IF YOU'RE ADDING TO IT WITHOUT REMOVING SOMETHING ELSE, HOW DO YOU REDUCE EMISSIONS? WE'VE BEEN REDUCING WE'VE BEEN REDUCING EMISSIONS SINCE WE STARTED IN 2016.
AS I SAID, AS THE RELIABILITY INCREASES, OUR EMISSIONS WILL DECREASE.
OKAY. YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION.
I BELIEVE HE'S IN FAVOR STILL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SORRY.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS PETER HAVERKAMP.
AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR DYNO NOBEL.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE SAFETY AND PERMITTING OF THE NEW STEAM BOILER.
PLEASE BE ASSURED THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE WE PROPERLY FILED, WHILE WE PROPERLY FILED OUR AIR PERMIT.
AIR QUALITY PERMIT WITH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE TIMING OF ACTIVITIES.
THERE WERE OTHER PERMITS THAT WE HAVE OBTAINED THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDE.
THE STORMWATER PERMIT AND A PERMIT TO INSTALL FROM THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL.
MANUFACTURERS DATA PLATE WAS STAMPED ON THE BOILER AFTER INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION CERTIFIED THAT IT HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND TESTED TO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARD.
AN EXTENSIVE AND RIGOROUS DESIGN PROCESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY OUR ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR.
WHO HAS AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR ROBUST DESIGN.
ALL ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS HAVE HAVE THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION BY PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
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MINOR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WERE CITED AND RESOLVED ON THE BOILER.BY THE BY DINO AND THE FABRICATOR.
IN JULY 2023, A SECOND INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED BY THE STATE INSPECTOR.
THE BOILER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERED AND THE REGISTRATION STICKER ISSUED.
AN EXTERNAL CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED AT THAT POINT.
THIS IS A SAFE VENTURE, AND THAT THE PROPER PERMITS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS SUCH.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? MORNING. MY NAME IS SEAN WARD AND I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS SP FOR THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK.
AT THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK, WE CONVERT ENERGY INTO INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS ON A LARGE SCALE, AND WE DO IT WITH A FOCUS ON SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND MODERNIZATION.
WE ARE HOME TO PRODUCERS WHO WORK BOTH SEPARATELY AND INTERDEPENDENTLY TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS SHIPPED FROM LOUISIANA TO GLOBAL MARKETS.
TO US, SUSTAINABILITY IS ABOUT PARTNERING TO RECYCLE, REUSE AND REFINE EXISTING PROCESSES TO MAKE OUR SITES SAFER.
CLEANER, GREENER AND MORE MODERN.
FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, WE HAVE FOCUSED LOCALLY ON FORGING PARTNERSHIPS THAT IMPROVE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY, GENERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH, CREATE JOBS, AND PRODUCE MUCH NEEDED PRODUCTS THAT DECREASE RELIANCE ON FOREIGN IMPORTS AND SET THE STANDARD FOR MODERN PRODUCTION SITES.
OUR FACILITIES AT THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK ARE INTERCONNECTED.
THIS SPUR IS SPECIFIC TO THE NEW BOILER DYNO NOBEL INSTALLED ON THE CORNERSTONE SITE.
PLEASE KNOW THAT WE TAKE COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY SERIOUSLY, AND WE EXPECT THE SAME OF OUR SITE TENANTS LIKE DYNO NOBEL.
AND ITS NEW OWNER, CF INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, CORNERSTONE AND DYNO NOBEL HAVE HOSTED NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS REGARDING ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY AT THE SITE.
WE'VE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO MAINTAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFE AND TRANSPARENT OPERATIONS, AND WE CONTINUE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND OTHERS.
THIS NEW BOILER UNIT REPRESENTS A $27.4 MILLION LOCAL INVESTMENT AT THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BOILER UNITS ARE NECESSARY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN MOST INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, AND THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO CREATE ANY NEW CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.
RATHER, THE NEW BOILER WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL STEAM CAPABILITIES TO RELIABLY POWER THE AMMONIA PRODUCTION PROCESS, INCREASING FACILITY EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY.
THE NEW BOILER USES THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE AMMONIA PLANT, WHICH RESULTS IN LESS NOISE, LESS FLARING, AND THE LOWEST EMISSIONS POSSIBLE.
OUR GOAL AT CORNERSTONE IS TO ADHERE TO REGULATORY PROCESSES AND GUIDELINES, BECAUSE OUR PRIORITY IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR SITE TENANTS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE OPERATE.
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AND EFFICIENCY, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO A SAFER COMMUNITY AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? JUST A REMINDER. THERE ARE SIX MINUTES LEFT IN THE IN FAVOR PORTION OF THE 15 MINUTES THAT YOU ALL GET TO SPEAK, AND SAME FOR THE THE NEXT PORTION OPPOSED.
YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES CUMULATIVELY TO SPEAK ON THIS.
GO AHEAD SIX MINUTES AND 11 SECONDS TO BE EXACT REMAINING.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BRIAN POOLE AND I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER AT CF INDUSTRIES WAGGAMAN FACILITY.
CF RECENTLY COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF THE DYNO NOBEL WAGGAMAN PLANT ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2023.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING OUR EXPERTISE.
SO THIS FACILITY INTO BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE WAGGAMAN AND JEFFERSON PARISH COMMUNITIES.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF ALL PERMITS, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS, AND ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING OUR BEST PRACTICES AND OPERATING STANDARDS THAT HAVE MADE US A SAFE, RELIABLE AND COMPLIANT OPERATOR IN LOUISIANA FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS AND ACROSS NORTH AMERICA FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS.
OUR EMPLOYEES AT CF INDUSTRIES ARE FOCUSED ON SAFE AND RELIABLE OPERATIONS.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ON ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK RUNS DEEP.
WE LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE WILL WORK TO ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES.
AND THE REAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE EXCITED AS KF TO EXTEND THIS COMMITMENT TO OUR WAGGAMAN FACILITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH.
MY TEAM AT CF INDUSTRIES HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO YOUR OFFICES.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SETTING UP MEETINGS SOON TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS.
AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. AND WHEN SPEAKING IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU GUYS. I GOT ONE COMMENT IN FAVOR.
I GUESS I CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY ASSERT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
IT'S KEEPING AN ENGINE RUNNING PROVIDES FOR AN OVERALL EFFICIENCY RATING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN IF YOU STOP THAT ENGINE AND RESTART IT.
IT'S JUST THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS, FRICTION, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE IT'S A HARD CONCEPT TO TO UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY'RE NOT WRONG.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN PROVE ANYTHING RIGHT OR WRONG JUST BY EXPANDING OR CONTRACTING THE FIELD OF DATA.
THEY'RE NOT MISREPRESENTING THAT THEY CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT BY RUNNING TWO BOILERS.
MR. HARIS, YOU'RE TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD.
MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO EMISSIONS, HOW DO YOU REDUCE EMISSIONS? THAT'S IF YOU HAVE EMISSIONS TODAY AT 100% WITH EVERYTHING RUNNING AND YOU ADD ANOTHER FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO ADD EMISSIONS, BUT YOU DON'T REMOVE ANYTHING ELSE, HOW ARE YOU REDUCING EMISSIONS? IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF EMISSIONS.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO STOP THAT BOILER AND THEN RESTART IT, THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS THAT WILL BE WILL BE SUBJECTED THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS FAR GREATER THAN IF THE MACHINES KEPT RUNNING. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, I GET IT.
FAIR ENOUGH. ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, NOW, ANYBODY SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES TOTAL TO SPEAK.
AL MORELLA 42 60 EAST LOYOLA DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT.
KIND OF FOURTH DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON, 51 YEARS.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TO YOU.
IS THIS THE SAME BOILER THAT THEY CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS? WITHOUT THE PERMITS? I'M TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
IF IT WAS NOT BUILT ILLEGALLY, THEN WHY WAS YOUR COMPANY FINED $28,000 BY THE LDEQ?
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NOW, $28,000 WAS NOTHING BUT A SLAP ON THE WRIST.NOW, I OPPOSE THIS, AND I THINK THAT BOILER SHOULD BE TORN DOWN.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A RESIDENT OF THIS PARISH ADDS ON TO THEIR HOUSE, OR BUILDS A GARAGE IN THEIR BACKYARD WITHOUT A PERMIT? YOU MAKE THEM TEAR IT DOWN.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF TEARING IT DOWN.
THEY CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN BONANO BECAUSE THEY ALL CONFUSED.
THEY ALL MIXED UP. THEY KNOW THEY BUILT THAT BOILER ILLEGALLY.
ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY.
WATCH MY WORDS VERY CAREFULLY.
MORNING. NANCY PEARSON, 89, 24 RENFREW DRIVE.
PRESIDENT OF THE RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY PRO-BUSINESS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MANY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE STAYING IN JEFFERSON PARISH FOR GOOD PAYING JOBS, AND MANY MORE PEOPLE MOVING INTO JEFFERSON PARISH FOR GOOD JOBS.
WE WANT GOOD, HEALTHY COMPANIES.
SO NOT COMING FROM AN ANTI-BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
BUT HOW DID WE GET HERE? I'M LOOKING AT THE COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, AND IT WAS BEFORE MS..
LEE SHENG WAS THE PARISH PRESIDENT.
AND COUNCILMAN BONANO WAS NOT OUR COUNCILMAN, BUT IT WAS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND I OFFERED MY HOME.
THE CORNERSTONE AND THE COUNCIL AND SOME CITIZENS FROM RIVER RIDGE TO COME AND SETTLE SOME ISSUES BETWEEN RIVER RIDGE AND CORNERSTONE.
AND YOU CAME TO MY HOME AND YOU USED THE DINING ROOM, AND IT WAS KIND OF TIGHT, AS I RECALL.
AND SOME HAD TO SIT IN OTHER ROOMS BECAUSE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE CAME AND.
WE THEN BROUGHT UP THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BACK TO TO LIFE.
AND ON FEBRUARY THE 6TH, A RESOLUTION CAME FROM THE FLOOR ASKING THIS COUNCIL NOT TO HAVE ANY EXPANSION AT CORNERSTONE ON UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PROS AND THE CONS.
AND LIKE YOU ALL DID, HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AT ONE TIME AND NOT A HE SAID SHE SAID THING.
WE HAD BEEN HEARING RUMBLINGS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THERE.
WE COULD NOT GET TO HAVE A HEARING.
WELL, ON MARCH 21ST THEY DID HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
MANY POLITICIANS GOT UP AND SPOKE.
THEY ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THAT MEETING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING WITH NOT JUST TESTIMONY, BUT ALSO WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. THAT MEETING HAS NEVER TAKEN PLACE AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON THERE FROM DONNA NOBLE WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF BUILDING A BOILER.
THE BOILER HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
HOW DID THAT EMPLOYEE OF DONNA NOBLE NOT KNOW THAT THAT BOILER WAS BUILT? THE EMPLOYEES AND THE MANAGEMENT FROM CORNERSTONE GOT UP AND SPOKE ABOUT THEY NEEDED TO BUILD A BOILER.
IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY WHERE THEY WORK.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE BOILER HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
THAT FOLLOWING FRIDAY, THREE DAYS LATER, LDDC PUT ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT.
SO HOW DID NOBODY KNOW THAT IT WAS THERE? SO WE ASKED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I CALLED ON CORNERSTONE AND ASKED FOR A TOUR.
I TOOK THE TOUR ON APRIL THE 8TH.
AFTER THAT TOUR AND AFTER SEEING THE 130 FOOT.
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STRUCTURE. WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BUILDING THE SAME WAY WE DID ON FRIDAY FROM LDQ.I WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD THE PROPER PERMITS.
WELL, HOW COULD THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROPER PERMITS IF ONE OF THOSE PERMITS HAS TO COME THROUGH THEM? IT HAS TO COME THROUGH CORNERSTONE.
IT'S THEIR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
NOW I'M GOING TO GET QUICK BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS.
JUST AS AN UPDATE, THERE'S NINE MINUTES LEFT.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THIS ORDINANCE.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT THAT YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN THE TIME.
BUT THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE.
THEN WITH DONNA NOBLE HAS BEEN AND CORNERSTONE HAS BEEN.
ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH, THERE WAS A SMALL, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? I'M TRYING TO THINK. NOISE EVENT AND A SMALL FIRE.
ELDIK DIDN'T EVEN GO OUT AND INSPECT AFTER THAT.
NOW, THAT SMALL NOISE EVENT CAUSED PEOPLE ON THE EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH TO GO TO THE LEVEE.
IT WOKE THEM UP AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
THEY STOOD IN THE LEVEE AND THEY WATCHED THE FIRE.
NOTHING. NOBODY EVER WENT OUT AND INSPECTED IT OR FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
IT CAUSED IT TO BE CLOSED FOR TWO MONTHS.
AND ACCORDING TO THEIR FINANCES, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT COST THEM OVER 120 $120 MILLION TO FIX.
THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING TO KEEP THESE RESTRICTIONS.
IT MAKES US VERY NERVOUS THAT THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION BEFORE, WHO ARE WE GOING TO CALL? ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS IS CALLED LDDC COMES OUT 2 OR 3 DAYS LATER.
DOES THE PARISH HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO GO OUT AND SEE WHERE THAT IS COMING FROM? I THINK NOT, AND WE ALL KNOW, I HATE TO SAY IT.
THANK YOU. SIX MINUTES, 55 SECONDS LEFT.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LISA CARLIN.
I LIVE AT 282 ORCHARD IN RIVER RIDGE.
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF LIVE OAK AND THE RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED TOXIC AIR EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE LDDC AND PARISH REVIEW PROCESSES. THE SCIENTISTS, ANALYSTS AND ATTORNEYS AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT SCRUTINIZED DOCUMENTS, RECALCULATED EMISSIONS DATA AND DETERMINED THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE STATEMENT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THIS BOILER WOULD PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE.
NOW, SECTION FOUR SAYS THAT THE SPEW IS VALID FOR TWO YEARS AND THE PARISH WILL REVIEW THE RENEWAL.
NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A PAPER REVIEW ONLY.
NOW, GOING OUT TO INSPECT IS A GOOD THING IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
NOW THE PARISH IS PERMITTING THE BULK STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS AT CORNERSTONE.
LDDC DOES NOT INSPECT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, BUT THE PARISH SHOULD.
IF THE PARISH LACKS THE SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE TO INSPECT A CHEMICAL PLANT, THEN AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT SHOULD BE HIRED AND THE COST BUILT INTO THE RENEWAL FEE, WHICH, AS I JUST MENTIONED, IS $25.
THE TANK RUPTURED AT THE BASE AND SPEWED OUT AS MUCH AS 1000 GALLONS OF RMA AND THAT SELF-REPORTED.
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NOW, OF COURSE, I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS CORNERSTONE BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ROUTINELY INSPECTING, MAINTAINING, AND REPAIRING ITS TANKS.SOME PEOPLE HAVE CALLED CORNERSTONE A TICKING TIME BOMB.
WE SEE THE FLARING, WE SMELL THE CHEMICALS, AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CORNERSTONE SAFETY RECORD, ESPECIALLY THE EVENTS THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE PREVENTABLE BY CORNERSTONE AND OR REGULATORY AGENCIES.
THANK YOU. FOUR MINUTES REMAINING.
I'M GINA MAYS. I LIVE ON SOUTH KENNER IN WAGGAMAN.
SO I AM ADJACENT TO CORNERSTONE.
AND BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO REFUTE WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION BEING FOR DONNA NOBLE AND CORNERSTONE. I'M A MEMBER OF BOTH ASSOCIATIONS, AND THE PRESIDENTS DO NOT SPEAK FOR EVERYONE AND THE ASSOCIATION OR FOR WAGGAMAN.
I DO OPPOSE THIS WALLER BEING BUILT.
HAVING A CHEMICAL PLANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WAS THE OVERSIGHT, INSPECTIONS AND REGULATORS DURING THIS PROCESS? DO WE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS BEING BUILT ON SITE AND CORNERSTONE? WHAT SAFEGUARDS CAN WE PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE FROM HAPPENING? I'M AFRAID IF THE PENALTY IS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH, WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING OUT TO THESE CORPORATIONS OR FUTURE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE BRINGING INTO JEFFERSON PARISH? SO IF THERE'S NO CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE, NOT ONLY IN CORNERSTONE IS SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS PERMITTING.
IT MAKES ME CONCERNED ABOUT PROCESSES IN THE PLANT.
YOU KNOW, JUST AS LISA HAD MENTIONED, OTHER THINGS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE PLANT, SO THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE THINGS COULD OCCUR THERE AND AFFECT OUR SAFETY.
AND SPEAKING ON SAFETY, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
SOUTH KENNER, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND IT'S FEW INTERSECTING STREETS OR ADJACENT TO THE PLANT AND MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS FROM THE PLANT, WE NEED REAL TIME AIR MONITORING AND OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW TOO.
I'M SORRY. NEEDS THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE FINDINGS TO SEE WHAT WE ARE SUBJECTED TO ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO FROM THE PLANTS EMISSIONS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING EMITTED.
WE ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER HARM OR DANGER IN THE CASE OF AN EVENT AT THE PLANT.
WE HAVE NO SIREN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ALERT US.
AND AS FAR AS ODOR MANAGEMENT, I WAS GIVEN A PARISH.
COUNCIL ORDINANCE ON ODOR NOTIFICATION.
I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THAT UNTIL TODAY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MADE AWARE OF ANY METHOD OF COMMUNICATING THIS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD HOW TO REPORT THAT TO ANYONE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'VE DRIVEN DOWN RIVER ROAD AND THE ROAD WAS CLOSED BY STATE TROOPERS.
I WAS TOLD IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE TRANSPORTING SOMETHING ACROSS 30S.
BUT I THINK WE COLLECTIVELY CAN TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT MY COMMUNITY AND JEFFERSON PARISH.
THANK YOU. 15 SECONDS LEFT, MR. AYERS. GUYS, DON'T LET IT BE CHEAPER TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS THAN TO GAIN PERMISSION.
THEY DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERMITS.
CF I'M VERY HAPPY THAT MR. BONANO ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEY JUST COME INTO OWNERSHIP.
THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE.
THAT'S THE TIME MR. AYERS UP DENY THIS, DEFER IT.
SO TO BE CLEAR, YOU SPOKE IN FAVOR AND OPPOSITION FOR THIS OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE MADAM CLERK FOUR IN FAVOR AND FIVE OPPOSED WITH ONE PERSON IN FAVOR AND
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OPPOSITION. OKAY.I THINK WE MAY HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS AS WELL.
COUNCILMAN. BONANO. OH, HEY! HOLD ON. STOP PUSHING YOUR BUTTON.
YOU SHOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET'S SET ASIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FOR A SECOND.
MADAM PARISH ATTORNEY, I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO I'VE ASKED, WHAT IS OUR ABILITY AS A PARISH TO FINE OR PENALIZE CORNERSTONE BECAUSE THEY OWN THE SPU PERMIT FOR FAILURE TO AMEND THAT PRIOR TO BUILDING THE BOILER? YES, SIR. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR REVIEW OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ONLY HAS ONE ORDINANCE WITH A FINE IN IT REGARDING WORK COMMENCING BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED. THE FINE IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF $500.
THIS IS BASED ON STATE ENABLING STATUTE WHICH WHICH ONLY ALLOWS JEFFERSON PARISH TO FIND A MAXIMUM OF $500 FOR A VIOLATION OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST LEARNED THIS YESTERDAY.
THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO JEFFERSON PARISH ONLY, AND IT'S LSR 33, COLON 1243.
AND IT'S A SECTION, SUBSECTION B, ONE THAT SAYS IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PARISH ORDINANCE SHALL BE A FINE OF $500 AND IMPRISONMENT OF SIX MONTHS IN PARISH JAIL.
THAT IS SPECIFIC TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
ONCE AGAIN, OUR STATE LEGISLATURE HAS SOUGHT TO HANDCUFF US.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU AND OUR LEGISLATORS, AND I HOPE ALL MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE TO STOP HANDCUFFING THE PARISH FROM IMPOSING GREATER FINES ON VIOLATORS OF OUR ORDINANCES.
WITH THAT SAID, MADAM PARISH ATTORNEY, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS REQUIRES CORNERSTONE, DYNO NOBEL OR KPH TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS BOILER? AFTER AFTER THE SPU IS ISSUED? YES, I DO BELIEVE A BUILDING PERMIT, BUT I MEAN, I THINK DANNY FERREIRA OVER BUILDING PERMITS OR MAYBE MISS MARTIN OVER PLANNING WOULD HAVE A MORE CERTAIN ANSWER ON THAT.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THIS SETS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS BAD FOR THE PARISH AND WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT DOESN'T LEAVE US A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS HERE, DOES IT, MR. PARISH ATTORNEY? NOT CURRENTLY.
WELL, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU BEGIN DRAFTING LEGISLATION TO CHANGE STATE LAW TO ENABLE US TO DO MORE AGAINST VIOLATORS IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING AS EGREGIOUS AS THIS.
WELL, YOU JUST HEARD THERE'S TWO PERMITS THEY DIDN'T OBTAIN.
FIRST, YOU HAVE TO OBTAIN AN AMENDMENT TO THE SP BEFORE YOU EVEN BUILD THE BOILER.
AND ONCE YOU GET THAT, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET A BUILDING PERMIT.
SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE OBTAINED ALL THE NECESSARY PERMITS.
WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, THIS I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AT LEAST WITH THE PEOPLE AT DYNO NOBEL.
AND ONE OF THOSE WAS IN MARCH, RIGHT AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING IN WAGGOMAN WHERE NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS BOILER EXCEPT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE BUILDING IT, APPARENTLY.
SO THE NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, PETER HENDERSON CAME TO MY OFFICE AND DYNO NOBEL WAS VERY APOLOGETIC AND FELL ON THE SWORD, AS DID CORNERSTONE, WHICH WAS APPRECIATED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR MISTAKE AFTER THE FACT.
AND THAT HAS SAT WRONGLY WITH ME SINCE MARCH.
AND ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN BONANO, WE'VE EXPLORED EVERY POSSIBLE LEGAL OPTION THAT WE COULD AT THIS POINT TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF DYNO NOBEL TO SHOW THAT THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND IT WON'T BE ALLOWED IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO, AS YOU'VE HEARD.
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SO THE ONLY THING I CAN DO TODAY IF I'M FACED WITH APPROVE OR DENY, IS TO DENY BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY MAKES A $27 MILLION MISTAKE.SO YOU'RE EITHER TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING OR THERE'S INCOMPETENCE AT PLAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE WE ARE TODAY.
THIS IS NOT ANYTHING BUT SOMEBODY WHO CAME AND DID THINGS ILLEGALLY IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND AS LONG AS I'M UP HERE, IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND WE WILL WORK TO CHANGE OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE STATE'S GUIDELINES ON THIS AS WELL.
INDUSTRIES. I NEED SOMEBODY TO COME AND TALK STRAIGHT.
I DON'T NEED ANY OF THE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGES OF WORDS.
I JUST NEED YOU TO COME AND TALK STRAIGHT.
WHEN I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THERE WAS THAT, THEY THEY DID EVERYTHING PROPER, I KIND OF CRINGE BECAUSE IF EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPER, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY DEALING WITH THIS MATTER.
AND SO SOME PRECEDENT WAS SET.
AND SO, SEAN, IF, IF, IF YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE, I NEED YOU TO TAKE US FROM, FROM, FROM A TO Z SO THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.
AND CERTAINLY I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN CONTRITION, AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT HAS COST YOU ALL MONEY AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHILE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS, THIS MATTER.
AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY DID THEY APPROVE IT SO THAT I CAN HAVE IN THE PUBLIC, CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED BY NOT ONLY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE BOARD.
SO SOMEONE PLEASE COME UP AND COME IN.
LIKE I SAID, COME TALK STRAIGHT.
NO READING FROM PAGES YOU TO TALK STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SO IN UNRAVELING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH AND BEFORE WITH THE BOILER, OUR LIEUTENANT RECOGNIZES THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE WITH.
WITH PERMITTING, THEY SELF-DISCLOSE TO DEC.
WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY UPDATING OUR SITE PLAN AND AN AMENDED SP WITH OTHER PROJECTS TO HAVE A SUBMITTAL FOR THE COUNCIL APPROVAL AT THAT TIME, THIS MATTER WITH A HEARING CAME ABOUT THE MATTER WITH DYNO NOBEL AND THEIR DISCOVERY THAT THEY HAD MISSED A VERY CRITICAL PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS TOOK PLACE.
WE REGRET THIS WHOLE MATTER, THE CONFUSION THAT IT'S CAUSED.
WE ARE ABOUT COMPLIANCE, SAFETY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND VERY, VERY MUCH REGRET WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
BUT UNDERSTANDING ALL THE REVIEWS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH THE SP, WITH THE TECHNICAL MERITS, THE TECH REVIEW FOR THIS SP GOING THROUGH THE PAB, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, LISTENING TO NEIGHBORS, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE, OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE WERE MAKING NOTES AS COMMENTS WERE BEING MADE AND SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO IS TO GET BETTER.
AND WE APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR AND REGRET THE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
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SO WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR INVESTING IN NEW.THIS PROJECT. WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION, I MEAN, FOR WANTING TO BUILD A NEW ONE? YEAH. SO WE HAVE A 70 YEAR OLD SITE AT CORNERSTONE.
WE'RE WORKING FOR INVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ARE ON A COMMON STEAM HEADER IN THE PLANT.
SO WHEN DYNO NOBEL HAS PROCESS INTERRUPTIONS, DISRUPTIONS, THEIR PLANT GOES DOWN.
IT CAUSES ISSUES WITH OUR OTHER PLANTS WHICH MAY REQUIRE THEM TO GO DOWN.
SO THIS STEAM WILL THIS EXTRA STEAM WILL HELP MAINTAIN THE STEAM BALANCE.
PREVENTS VARIOUS TRIPS SO THAT AMMONIA PLANT WHICH INCREASE OVERALL EMISSIONS AND ALSO IT IT WILL POWER THE NEXT GENERATION FOR OTHER PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD FOR CO2 RECOVERY PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE A COMMITMENT.
CF HAS ANNOUNCED COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE CARBON.
SO THE STEAM WILL BE AN ADDITIVE FOR FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND JUST THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND RUNNING A SITE ALSO MADE IN MY COMMENT ABOUT STORMS AND COMING BACK FROM FROM STORMS, HAVING THAT EXTRA STEAM CAPACITY AND THAT THAT STANDALONE BOILER AIDS IN THE START UP TIME AND TO SAFELY LINE OUT EQUIPMENT DURING STORM EVENTS.
SO THE THE EMISSIONS ISSUE, YOU KIND OF TOUCHED UPON THAT.
AND MY COLLEAGUE WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, IF I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT GENTLEMAN WAS UP, BUT EXPLAIN THE THE BENEFITS OF THIS FROM AN EMISSIONS STANDPOINT POINT AND DOES THE ISSUE.
WHEREAS IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A REPLACEMENT CAUSED NEGATIVE EFFECTS, A NEGATIVE HARM ON THE COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE WAGGAMAN AVONDALE AREA BUT ALSO ACROSS THE RIVER, AROUND NEIGHBORS, ACROSS THE RIVER.
SO IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN ENVISION YOU HAVE A DELTA FOR STEAM USE AT THE SITE.
SO IT'S A IT'S A STEAM BALANCE, IF YOU WILL.
SO OUR BOILERS GENERATE STEAM THAT POWER THE SITE.
AND WHEN THE PLANT IS UP IT'S ACTUALLY THE AMMONIA PLANTS UP.
IT'S ACTUALLY PRODUCING STEAM THAT WE'RE USING ON A COMMON HEADER.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE A DISRUPTION IN THE PLANT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STEAM.
THEY NEED THAT EXTRA CAPACITY.
THIS BOILER EDITION HAS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE, YOU KNOW, NOX AND AND OTHER EMISSIONS.
I YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY.
IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO GET BETTER.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE CHANGES, WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG WITH COUNCILMAN, BONANO AND AND A GROUP WE'RE WORKING WITH.
SO WE APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS.
WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO GET BETTER.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS SP AMENDMENT TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SEAN, IF I COULD, I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHO OWNS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE ENTIRE SITE? SO IT'S A SINGLE SITE PERMIT.
WHO OWNS IT? CORNERSTONE OWNS IT.
SO IT IS YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY.
THAT CORNERSTONE IS A CORPORATION.
SO WE WERE AWARE OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT.
AND WE HAD BEGUN, YOU KNOW, THE TALKS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN EITHER UPDATING THE FULL SPECS FOR THE SITE OR THE SITE PLAN. SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING TO THE PARISH PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION AND AMENDING THE SPU? THE CORNERSTONE. THANK YOU.
SO IT'S NOT ON ALL ON DYNO NOBEL.
YOU CANNOT HAVE MULTIPLE SPOTS.
CORRECT. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS YOU ALL KEEP WANTING TO BLAME DIAMOND IN THE BILL.
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YOU GUYS WERE HIS FAULT AS WELL.THE ANSWER IS YES. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.
YOUR BOSS IS NOT GOING TO FIRE.
JUST SAY YES. I'VE ADDRESSED IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT YES, YES.
THANK YOU. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SB FOR THE SITE.
THANK YOU BETH, IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN, WHY DID YOU ALL COME TO THE CONCLUSION TO APPROVE THIS PERMIT? RIGHT. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BECAUSE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT MEETS ALL THE GENERAL CRITERIA FOR A SPECIAL PERMITTED USE, BASED ON THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT COMPLETED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YEAH, LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, SO I'LL. I'LL OBJECT TO THE APPROVAL TO TAKE IT TO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
COUNCILMAN BONANO NO COUNCILMAN LI.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE PLANNED IT THAT WAY.
ALL THAT WRAPPED UP RIGHT AT 12.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT, PLEASE.
WE DIDN'T DO A MOTION FOR THAT OR WE DIDN'T DO WHAT? I'M SORRY. OH.
I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION TO APPROVE.
COUNCILMAN LEE. COUNCILMAN LEE, I'M SORRY I JUMPED PAST THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVE? AFTER THE ROLL CALL, VOTE OF 4 TO 3.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
ALL RIGHT. SO ORDERED ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, PLEASE.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT, ENTITLED KIOSK, INC., IN SANTA MARIA COFFEE HOUSE, LLC VERSUS PARISH OF JEFFERSON, 24 JDC NUMBER 848234 DIVISION H.AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
I MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE. ITEM EIGHT PLEASE.
VERSUS PARISH OF JEFFERSON, 24 JDC NUMBER 766736 DIVISION B AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION, MOVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
EVERYBODY COULD RETAKE THEIR SEATS.
WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ITEM 16. WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? OH. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T STOP PUSHING.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT, ENTITLED KIOSK, INC.
AND SANTA MARIA COFFEEHOUSE, LLC VERSUS PARISH OF JEFFERSON 24 JDC NUMBER 848234 DIVISION H.
AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION? ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT.
IN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
VERSUS PARISH OF JEFFERSON 24 JDC NUMBER 8766736 DIVISION B, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
AND OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
I THINK WE LEFT OFF AT NUMBER 16, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[OTHER PROPERTY MATTERS ORDINANCES]
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SUMMARY NUMBER 26230.REVOKING AND DECLARING A PORTION OF UNUSED HOMER STREET BEHIND 400 HESPER AVENUE.
DISTRICT FIVE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26230.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
SORRY. ALL YOUR ALL YOUR MICS ARE OPEN NOW.
HAVE A NOTE THAT NUMBER 17 WILL BE CANCELED.
[OTHER ORDINANCES]
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, YOUR MOTION.ANY OBJECTION TO THE CANCELLATION OF ITEM 17? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26219 ADOPTING AND OR APPROVING AN OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2024 FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, AGENCIES, AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS OF JEFFERSON PARISH IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.02, DASH C AND D OF JEFFERSON PARISH CHARTER AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATIVE TO ADJUSTMENTS TO REVENUE SERVICE CHARGES AND EXPENDITURES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26219.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? SAME. FUNDAMENTALLY WE LACK FOR A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THEREFORE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF RESPECT OR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAXATION AND REPRESENTATION.
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.
I MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26219.
A MOTION TO COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ADOPTING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS. NOW THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26220.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
IS RISING IN OPPOSITION AGAIN.
AT LEAST WE'LL BREAK UP THAT DRINKING GAME AND GONNA BE SECOND AND OPPOSED BY NO ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO OPPOSE AT LEAST SOME OF THIS STUFF.
I NEED A GOVERNMENT THAT'S FRUGAL AND SIMPLE.
YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE POWER HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MAKE ANY OF THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
I COULD QUIT GETTING UP FOR THESE KIND OF THINGS AND DOING THIS, LACKING FOR THAT.
THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BLEND A SENATE WITH THE HOUSE AND EXPECT ANY KIND OF LEGITIMATE DECISION MAKING TO GET DONE, WHERE I HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT THE WHOLE, COMBINED WITH OTHERS THAT PROPORTIONALLY REPRESENT A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION, IT'S ABSURD.
FIGURE IT OUT. ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THE ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.
NOW WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT SUMMARY.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK? NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM 21 THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET WITH AMENDMENTS SUMMARY NUMBER 26233.
AMENDING THE 2023 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $156,539.36 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE VIDEO POKER FROM FOR A CPA WITH THE JEFFERSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO DESIGN, INSTALL CUSTOM THEME DECORATING LIGHTING FOR THE OVERPASS AT VETERANS IN CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE TO ALLOCATE $75,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR'S EASTBANK TOURISM FUND FOR KIA WITH FRIENDS OF JEFFERSON THE BEAUTIFUL TO PROVIDE A TREE CANOPY STUDY FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR ALLOCATE $50,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND TO CAPITAL FOR PLUMBING REPAIRS AT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE ALLOCATE $1,308 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE TO WEST BANK.
RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND FOR CHRISTMAS BANNERS IN OAK COVE NEIGHBORHOOD.
COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE ALLOCATE $1,300,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO'S HOSPITAL SERVICE.
DISTRICT ONE PROCEEDS TO RECREATION FOR THE HOPE HAVEN NATATORIUM PROJECT.
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AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF THE ACRE ROADS HOUSING COMMUNITY COUNCIL AT LARGE A RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $4,100 FROM PROJECT 51113005 FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CFA, WITH THE OLD MATTER REGARDING CLUB FOR THE CLUBS ORGANIZATION AND PROMOTION OF VARIOUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE METAIRIE ROAD DISTRICT 2020 FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE TO READ.
OH, EXCUSE ME, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS, I MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26233.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION TO KYRAS RISES IN OPPOSITION AGAIN.
SALES TAXES HAVE TO BE APPLIED UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
WHERE WE FAIL. THAT'S WHY I GET UP FOR EVERY TIME FOR THESE GAMBLING MONEY DEALS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER THAN FOR THE OTHER.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING THIS.
WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN COMING HERE AND NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN.
ONLY DURING A LAME DUCK SESSION, I GUESS.
ANYONE ELSE IN THAT POSITION? MADAM CLERK, THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.
ITEM NUMBER 22 WITH AMENDMENTS, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, PLEASE.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26234, AMENDING THE 2023 CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $50,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND TO CAPITAL FOR PLUMBING REPAIRS AT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE RECOGNIZE THE TRANSFER OF $1,300,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO'S HOSPITAL SERVICE.
DISTRICT ONE PROCEEDS TO RECREATION FOR THE HOPE HAVEN NATATORIUM PROJECT, COUNCIL DISTRICT TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $13,369 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO CAPITAL FOR WEST BANK DIVISION B RENOVATIONS.
COUNCIL AT LARGE B RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF ONE ONE, 1062 $162,607 FROM DIVISION A'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR THE TRANSITIONING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND REVITALIZATION PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF THE ACRES ROAD HOUSING COMMUNITY COUNCIL AT LARGE, A ALLOCATE $4,100 FROM PROJECT 51113005 FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CFA WITH THE OLD METAIRIE GARDEN CLUB FOR THE CLUB'S ORGANIZATION AND PROMOTION OF VARIOUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE METAIRIE ROAD DISTRICT 2020 FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE ALLOCATE $125,000 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO GENERAL FUND FOR A CFA WITH THE CITY OF HARAHAN TO PROVIDE FUNDING TOWARDS RENOVATIONS AT THE HARAHAN SENIOR CITIZEN, WHICH PROVIDES SENIOR LIFE SELF-SUFFICIENCY SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL DISTRICT TO ALLOCATE $1,760,230 FROM PROJECT 16417001 TO PROJECT 46825013 FOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH WCF GRANT OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUCKTOWN HARBOR GRAND PAVILION.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE ALLOCATE $20,000 FROM PROJECT 16417001 TO PROJECT 52356142 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE EVALUATION OF ISOLATED LOCATIONS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON METAIRIE ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE TO READ.
ANY OBJECTION TO AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS, MOVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26234.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MR. HYERS, CAN YOU TURN THE MIC TOWARDS YOU, PLEASE? WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE? YOU'LL PROBABLY BE BACK AGAIN TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FRACTIONS OF ONE PORTION OF THE PARISH CAN DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF TAXATION AND SPENDING FOR ANOTHER PORTION, A FRACTION OF ANOTHER PORTION OF THE PARISH? THEN YOU SUBJECT THE LADDER TO A VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION, A VIRTUAL TAXATION IN THE CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO, CLAUSE THREE, WHEREIN EACH SHALL HOW EACH STATE SHALL HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE, NONE MORE THAN ONE FOR EVERY 30,000 PERSONS ESTABLISHES A RATIO OF REPRESENTATION, A RATIO FOR TAXATION.
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THERE'S A RESPECTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS, BUT THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POWER VESTED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THIS PARISH.AND IT'S REFLECTIVE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COUNCIL DISPROPORTIONATELY.
EACH ONE OF THEM IS TAXED 25% LESS, BUT ENJOYS A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POWER.
THIS REFLECTS EVERY BIT OF EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THIS IS ALL FRUIT OF A POISON TREE.
ALL THIS GOOD WORK AIN'T NOTHING BUT ILL GOTTEN GAINS.
WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REFLECT UPON OURSELVES.
AND I'M A MAN OF RENEWED FAITH.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING THIS.
LAST TIME AROUND, SOMEBODY YOU EXPRESSED SOME CURIOSITY.
SHOULD IT BE 21 PERSONS? NO, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PERSONS, BUT EACH PLACE SHOULD HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND NONE MORE THAN TWO.
IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED METHOD.
EACH MUNICIPALITY GETS ONE REPRESENTATIVE.
NOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET A 25% TAX BREAK, THEN THEY'VE GOT 75% TO STRENGTHEN THEIR VOTE.
AND THEN WE'D SEE THINGS GET DONE HERE IN A LEGITIMATE MANNER.
I'D HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE CALLING ME TO LET ME KNOW WHAT I MIGHT CARE ABOUT ON AN AGENDA.
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO GET HERE.
ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK NOTED ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.
[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]
COUNCILMAN. IMPASTATO.A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND BRAZIL, SAATCHI AND WILSON LLP TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES IN REGARDS TO LAND APPROPRIATION AND LAND BANKING, BANKING, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE LEGAL COUNSEL IN REGARDS TO LAND USE.
I'M GOING TO OBJECT TO THIS COMING FROM THE FLOOR, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS.
I GOT IT, WE GOT IT AT 1040 TODAY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS? I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, IT'S REAL SIMPLE. IT'S BRAZIL.
SACHS HAS BEEN DOING LEGAL WORK FOR THE PARISH, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE EXPENDITURE OF ARPA FUNDS AND IN PARTICULAR ADVISING THE PARISH ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE DISTRICT FOR SPENDING OF ARPA FUNDS.
THIS IS SIMPLY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL TASK ORDER FOR THEM TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK RELATED TO ONE OF THE KEYS WITH THE CITY OF KENNER, FOR THE DISTRICT FOR SPENDING OF THE ARPA FUNDS. AND I WILL AND I WILL STATE MY SUCCESSOR IN THE SEAT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH WITH THIS GOING FORWARD.
OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT THEN.
ANY OTHER, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. SO WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR. OPPOSITION. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING PERMISSION TO CRESCENT CITY CLASSIC FOUNDATION TO SERVE BEER AT THEIR UPCOMING CHRISTMAS AND LAFRENIERE PARK WALK RUN, TO BE HELD DECEMBER 9TH, 2023, FROM 3 P.M.
AND TO ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS AND TO ALLOW DJ AMPLIFIED OUTDOOR MUSIC UNTIL 6:30 P.M.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAID WALK RUN.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD. MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL.
IT'S THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY OBJECTS TO BEING.
OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN I HAVE SEVERAL, IF YOU COULD READ THEM.
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ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE.SO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN FOR APPROVAL.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING ENTERTAINMENT, LLC DOING BUSINESS AS BIG EASY CIGARS.
AND TO PROVIDE FOR ALL RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING ENTERTAINMENT, LLC DOING BUSINESS AS BIG EASY CIGARS, PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND LEGENDARY CIGARS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30TH OF 2023 THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, FROM 10 A.M.
AND TO PROVIDE FOR ALL RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OR OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, KNOW THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
NUMBER 139893, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022 FOR RETAINED ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE EVALUATION OF LOCATIONS FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON METAIRIE ROAD.
ANY OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION MAY BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
HEARING NONE, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD IN MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SELECTING JESSIE? JESSIE. YOU SAID JESSIE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION CHANGING THE POLLING PLACES FROM PRECINCTS.
G012 AND G013 JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
AND THE OBJECTION THAT RESOLUTION MAY BE BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
HEARING NONE. WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? BROUGHT FORWARD A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN EDWARDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
I DON'T HAVE ONE. THEN YOU'RE JUST TESTING HER, HUH? COUNCILMAN LEE, I DON'T HAVE COUNCILMAN WALKER, I HAVE NONE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT AGENDA ONE, PLEASE.
[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]
AND COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 74, PLEASE.
GOT TO READ THE AMENDMENT? I'M SORRY. YEAH, THERE IS AN AMENDMENT THERE, AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE CHANGING THE ORGANIZATION NAME FROM CRESCENT CITY CHRISTIAN TO CELEBRATION CHURCH, ADDING A SIGN LOCATION TO THE SERVITUDE ACROSS FROM 1700 AIRLINE DRIVE AND CHANGING THE MAILING OF THE RESOLUTION LOCATION FROM 1915 AIRLINE DRIVE TO 2001 AIRLINE DRIVE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BONANO YOUR MOTION.
MOVE. APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 81, PLEASE CONSENT AGENDA TO.
[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LAFRENIERE PARK AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OPERATING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH, PARTICULARLY LAFRENIERE PARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS.IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO.
COUNCILMAN. IMPASTATO. I BELIEVE THERE'S AN AMENDMENT REQUEST.
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YEAH. YES.DO YOU HAVE THAT LIST? 81. RIGHT? I WAS ASKING FOR.
THE REMOVAL OF THE BOARD TO THE PARISH COUNCIL.
ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO BE REMOVED WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON PAGE THREE.
THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT OF THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IS THE IT'S GOING TO READ SUBJECT TO EARLIER REMOVAL.
WE'RE TAKING OUT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE AND ADDING PARISH COUNCIL WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE.
AND LET ME ASK, I KNOW YOU ALL WERE SAYING ATTACHED DOCUMENTS.
I DID TRY TO GET THIS OFF THE AGENDA.
AND THIS IS THE SAME THING I'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, AND THE DOCUMENT ISN'T ATTACHED.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT? I'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, OBVIOUSLY, AS THINGS COME UP WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THERE.
YEAH. SO THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED WAS THE EXHIBIT TWO OR WAS IT? IT WAS EXHIBIT A, WHICH WAS A MAP WHICH IS ATTACHED.
RIGHT. BUT THE ARTICLES THIS DOCUMENT ISN'T.
AND AGAIN, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, IT DOES LEAVE ME UNCOMFORTABLE IF ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AT A MEETING AREN'T AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, COOPERATION FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
IF NECESSARY, WE CAN TALK AND GET IT SITUATED.
IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION TO DEFERRING THIS FROM THIS MEETING? COUNCILWOMAN IMPASTATO I'M OPPOSED TO A DEFERRAL, BUT AS I HAVE, I STILL HAVE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I CAN GET INTO THEM NOW, OR WE CAN DEFER.
I CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO DEFER AND WE CAN SEE WHERE WE GO.
IF NOT, I MAY HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS IF IT DOESN'T WORK.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE ON FOR DISCUSSION, I MEAN, I'VE MADE THE MOTION.
IT WAS CLEAR AS DAY WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.
NOT ONCE HAVE YOU CALLED ME, TEXTED ME, EMAILED ME, MUCH LESS SPOKEN TO ME.
AND SO THE FIRST OBJECTION I'M HEARING OF IT IS HERE.
SO CANDIDLY, I'M OPPOSED TO A DEFERRAL.
IF THERE'S A SECOND, SO BE IT.
IF IT GETS DEFERRED, IT GETS DEFERRED.
THERE'S MORE THAN AMPLE TIME TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
THIS IS EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS.
FRANKLY, EVERYONE UP HERE HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON EVERY ISSUE RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
THE COMMISSION AND THE CORPORATION THAT WILL ADMINISTER THE AFFAIRS OF THE LAFRANIERE FOOD PAVILION.
SO I SEE NO REASON FOR THERE TO BE ANY DELAY IN GOING FORWARD.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE.
THIS. THIS CORPORATION HAD ANYONE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ, IT WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL DETERMINE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, HOW THE HOW THE INDIVIDUAL KIOSKS WILL BE LEASED, HOW THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FACILITY WILL BE ADMINISTERED.
AND THE GOAL HAS BEEN FOR THE AGAIN FOR THE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, TO HAVE ALL OF THAT IN PLACE BY THE TIME CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.
SO I BELIEVE FURTHER DELAYING THIS.
AND LOOK, FRANKLY, I'M GOING TO BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THERE ARE ABOUT IT.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
NOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
AND THERE'S A SECOND AND WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE DEFERRAL.
MISS HURLEY, THE INCOMING PARISH ATTORNEY, HAS WORKED WITH US DILIGENTLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO PREPARE THIS AND WORK WITH THIS, ALONG WITH THE LAW FIRM BRAZILE SACHSE, IN ASSISTANCE. SO HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO GO, BUT I'M MAKING THE MOTION.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, I'D LIKE I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION FOR LAFRENIERE PARK.
LET'S MAKE THAT CLEAR. I'M CERTAINLY NOT AGAINST WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT LAFRENIERE PARK.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO IS THE INITIAL PROPOSED MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, AND THE LACK OF PARISH REPRESENTATION FOR A PARISH THAT THE ENTIRE EAST BANK FOR A PARISH PARK, THE ENTIRE EAST BANK PAYS INTO.
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AND FOR SOMEBODY ELSE COMING ON IN THIS COUNCIL IN THIS DISTRICT FOR SPOT ON JANUARY 3RD, NOT PARTICULARLY KNOWING WHERE THAT PERSON STANDS, OR IF THAT PERSON HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS OF THIS BOARD AND THE APPOINTMENTS AND THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD, I BELIEVE, SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, AND THEN SOMEBODY FROM THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, SOMEBODY FROM THE LARGES OFFICE, SOMEBODY FROM HARAHAN AND SOMEBODY FROM FROM KENNER, BECAUSE THEY ALL PAY INTO THIS.AND RIGHT NOW IT'S MADE UP OF THE PROPOSED MAKEUP, IS TO COUNTER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, A BUSINESS OWNER, LARRY KATZ, DON NOEL, WHO OWNS PORT ORLEANS, ANOTHER WOMAN WHOSE NAME ESCAPES ME, WHO'S THE REGISTERED AGENT OF THE CORPORATION AND THE EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBER.
WHO'S THE DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER? SO I JUST THINK THAT PUTTING THESE PEOPLE ON A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION NOW, WHEN THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER COULD REPLACE THIS ENTIRE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION BOARD MAKEUP ON JANUARY 17TH DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE RIGHT NOW TO DO THIS IN THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SINCE THOSE CHANGES CAN BE MADE ON JANUARY 17TH, THEN SO BE IT.
AND SO I SEE NO REASON FOR THE DELAY.
THIS PUTS THE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES IN PLACE GETS THE ORGANIZATION IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I TAKE IT THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER.
WELL, AND LET ME ADD TO, BEFORE WE MAKE THAT MOTION THAT THE BYLAWS HAVEN'T BEEN PUBLICLY SEEN BY ANYBODY BECAUSE THERE WAS A FLOOR RESOLUTION LAST MEETING THAT DIDN'T COME FROM THE FLOOR. AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO AMEND BYLAWS THAT STILL HASN'T STILL HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN BY ANYBODY.
AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE PUBLICLY ANY ANYWAY WITH THE MAKEUP OF THIS IS.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'VE GOT WITH IT.
BUT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DEFER RIGHT NOW.
CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MADAM. PARISH ATTORNEY, DOES ANYTHING PROHIBIT THE NEW INCOMING DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER FROM CHANGING ANY OF THESE RULES IF WE ADOPT THEM TODAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT MY QUESTION REMAINS.
WHY WOULD WE DO ANYTHING TODAY IF THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING AND IT'LL BE.
IS THERE A SECOND TO BE CHANGED? I MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN AMENDMENT, AND ALSO INCLUDE SPECIFYING THAT ONLY EXHIBIT A IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE JURISDICTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION TAKING OUT THE WORDING THAT INCLUDES ALL OF JEFFERSON PARISH PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THE SPECIFICALLY AND JUST MAKE IT LAFRENIERE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO INCLUDE ONLY THE AREA THAT'S IN EXHIBIT A, AND HAVE ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ARTICLES AMENDED TO REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, AND TO COMPRISE THE BOARD OF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
AN APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL.
DISTRICT TWO. COUNCIL. DISTRICT THREE.
KENNER, HARAHAN TO AT-LARGE APPOINTMENTS AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S OFFICE TO GIVE FULL REPRESENTATION ON A PARISH PARK WHEN FULL EAST BANK REPRESENTATION.
THAT'S NOT HOW IT STANDS AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE AMENDMENTS.
DID YOU GET EVERYTHING ON THAT, MADAM CLERK? A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ALL AMENDMENTS ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN I DO, I'D LIKE SOME DISCUSSION ON THEM.
OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, YOUR SUMMATION OF THE MAKEUP OF THE OF THE BOARD IS INACCURATE, AS MUCH OF WHAT YOU USUALLY SAY IS HOW IS IT INACCURATE? I JUST SAID, WHAT'S IN THE BOX? I THINK I HAVE THE FLOOR, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN.
SO THE REALITY IS THEY'RE NOT ALL DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
OKAY. THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AND REPLACE ANY OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ANY SUCH REASON. I THINK IT IS THE PROVINCE OF THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE ON THOSE BOARDS.
IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO DIVERSIFY THE MEMBERSHIP TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS, EVEN THOUGH OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE REPRESENTED, THEN THEN THE COUNCIL HAS THAT AUTHORITY.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN AMENDMENT OF THAT SORT.
IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION THAT IS UNWIELDLY, THAT HAS SO MUCH MEMBERSHIP THAT IT BECOMES ALMOST DIFFICULT FOR IT TO OPERATE, THEN THAT IS THE PROVINCE OF THE COUNCIL.
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EFFICIENTLY. THE COUNCIL ALREADY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE, AND BY THE VERY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHO'S ON IT AND WHO ISN'T.THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSED ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT GOES ON IN THE PARK AND HAVE A A SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT ADDS VALUE TO WHAT THE PERSON WHOSE NAME ESCAPES YOU IS ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THE SALES TAX, TAX FREE INITIATIVE OUT OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WHO'S SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND CAREER DAYTIME IS ALL IN RETAIL, DAY TO DAY RETAIL, BOTH IN JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA.
LARRY KATZ, WHO YOU ALSO MENTIONED IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER IN THIS VERY ARENA.
AND SO BUT AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP, THE COUNCIL HAS THAT RIGHT TO PICK ANYONE FROM OLD METAIRIE, GRETNA, WHOMEVER. I DO FIND IT INTERESTING.
AND LOOK, LET'S JUST LET'S, LET'S CALL THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
THIS SORT OF PROPOSAL WASN'T MADE WITH.
OKAY. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THIS IS THIS IS POLITICAL PAYBACK.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE MAKING IT MANDATORY, MANDATORY, AND BASICALLY HAVING SOME SORT OF GEOGRAPHICAL REQUIREMENT AS TO WHERE YOU LIVE TO BE ON THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, I JUST DON'T THINK IS NECESSARY.
I THINK IT MAKES IT OVERLY CUMBERSOME.
SO I DON'T THINK A REQUIREMENT REQUIRING EVERYONE FROM SOMEONE BE FROM EVERY DIFFERENT CITY.
I JUST THINK IT MAKES IT UNWIELDY.
I THINK THE AMENDMENT, NOT ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED DO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENTS, THE VERY BYLAWS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN PUBLICLY SAY THAT THIS BOARD CAN BE COMPRISED OF UP TO NINE MEMBERS FROM NO FEWER THAN FIVE AND NO MORE THAN NINE.
IS THAT CORRECT OR NO FEWER THAN THREE, I FORGET NO FEWER THAN FIVE AND NO MORE THAN NINE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT PARISH WIDE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND THE REASON IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP ABOUT GRETNA IS BECAUSE THAT BOARD'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THE REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL TO MAKE IT AS THESE BECOME MORE POPULAR ACROSS THE PARISH, AND WE START TO DO THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN TO KEEP A CLOSER LOOK ON THOSE THINGS.
BUT THE PARISH WIDE REPRESENTATION FOR A PARK THAT EVERYBODY IN THE PARISH ON THE EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH PAYS INTO, I DON'T THINK IS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY REQUEST FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND IF WE WANT TO KEEP IT TO FIVE AND WANT TO APPROVE THESE BYLAWS AND THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WITHOUT NAMING PEOPLE AT THIS POINT AND JUST LET IT GO INTO NEXT YEAR AND THEN FILL THE BOARD, THEN THEN LET'S DO THAT.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY POINT IN APPOINTING A FULL BOARD OF PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CREDENTIALS.
BUT WHY DO IT NOW? WHY WASTE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND SAY YOU'RE PART OF THIS BOARD AND THEN YOU'RE NOT IN A FEW WEEKS? I THINK YOU'RE PRESUPPOSING THAT IT'S WASTING TIME.
AND BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, THERE WOULD BE FIVE APPOINTED.
AS WE SIT HERE, AND THE ABILITY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO APPOINT ANOTHER FOUR.
WHICH COULD INCLUDE YOUR REQUEST THAT APPOINTEES.
FUTURE COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE, HIS APPOINTEES.
I COULD CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
BUT TO PUT A AN OVERALL RESTRICTION, A GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION, I MEAN, WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF OF TIME WHETHER IT'S NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU NAME IT, WHERE WE PLACE GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS ON MEMBERSHIP AND COMPOSITION OF INSTITUTIONS.
IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT.
IF ALL NINE PEOPLE ARE IN DISTRICT THREE AND ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD AND THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCRETION TO DO SO.
VICE VERSA. IF IT SHOULD BE DIVERSIFIED, THEN THEN THAT BE THAT BE THE CASE TOO.
SO IN ANY EVENT, I'VE EXPRESSED MY OPPOSITION TO THE AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP, ADD MEMBERSHIP, ADD AT LARGE APPOINTEES, ADD PARISH PRESIDENT APPOINTEES, NOMINEES, SO TO SPEAK, AND THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY BY WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
SO LET ME ASK ONE FINAL QUESTION.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO DO THIS TODAY? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO TO NAME THESE PEOPLE TODAY?
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I ALREADY SAID THAT.WELL, CAN YOU REITERATE IT, PLEASE? LIKE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE DELAYING ANY PROGRESS AT THE PAVILION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAVILION BECAUSE THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE DECISIONS TO BE MADE ON THAT.
RIGHT? WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS.
LET'S NOT SAY IT WAS MY CHOICE THAT I'VE CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE THE FLOOR.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN UNNECESSARILY DELAYING.
I HAVEN'T FOR SIX YEARS, SO I'M OPPOSED TO DELAYING IT.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS IN PROGRESS, BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE HAVE TO BE DONE.
NOW, THE THE SOLICITATION OF POTENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOLKS, OF POTENTIAL CONSULTATION ON THE REAL ESTATE TERMS, OF THOSE POTENTIAL, THAT'S ALL GOT TO BE DONE STARTING NOW.
SO I KIND OF MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT AMENDMENT TO ME IS THAT IN AGAIN, THIS DOCUMENT.
AND I DO AGREE, I'M STILL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.
BUT IN THIS DOCUMENT, THERE WAS A CONFLICT TO ME THAT LEFT UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER IF WE MOVE FORWARD TODAY AND PEOPLE WERE APPOINTED, COULD THE COUNCIL REMOVE THEM IN THIS DOCUMENT? THAT WAS UNCLEAR. SO THE AMENDMENT THAT I'M PROPOSING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEMBERS APPOINTED, WHETHER THEY'RE APPOINTED TODAY OR APPOINTED IN JANUARY, WOULD BE ABLE TO BE REMOVED BY THE COUNCIL WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
SO THAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL AMENDMENT FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
DO YOU WANT TO DO IT SEPARATELY OR TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER? I WAS PROPOSING FOR ALL THE AMENDMENTS TO BE VOTED ON TOGETHER, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE THEM SEPARATELY THEN.
SO WE'LL DO MISS VAN VRANCKEN AMENDMENTS FIRST.
OKAY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW EXACTLY THE PARISH COUNCIL TO BE IN THE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE MEMBERS EARLIER THAN THEIR TERM WOULD OTHERWISE RUN WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
OKAY, SO THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE FOR COUNCILMAN WALKERS.
NO. THAT'S OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO.
YEAH. KNOWS WHAT THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY'RE VOTING ON.
SO AGAIN TO SAY THEM AGAIN THAT WAY EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT AMENDMENTS VOTING ON.
SO THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO WELL IT'S NOT AN ADDITION TO BECAUSE IT'S SEPARATE.
THIS WOULD BE SPECIFYING ONLY EXHIBIT A IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THAT SHOW THE AREA OF LAFRENIERE PARK AND RIGHT OUTSIDE OF LAFRENIERE PARK, BOUNDED BY THE STREETS THAT ARE REFLECTED THERE, AND TAKING OUT THE REFERENCE TO JEFFERSON PARISH AS A WHOLE THAT THIS PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION WOULD HAVE JURISDICTION OVER.
IS THAT THE ONLY THING ON THAT PART? AND YEAH, AND THE, THE SPECIFICALLY OR WHATEVER THE NEXT WORD WAS IN THERE, SPECIFICALLY LAFRENIERE PARK IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THAT ALL ACTION BY THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, AND THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE COMPOSED OF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL.
CITY OF KENNER, CITY OF HARAHAN, THE AT LARGE OFFICES, AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
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YES. COUNCILMAN.OKAY. THANK YOU. NUMBER 82, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
81 AS A WHOLE NOW HAS TO BE VOTED ON.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A MOTION WITH AMENDMENTS TO BE.
OKAY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, WHICH WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY A43 VOTE.
GO AHEAD. I'LL STOP IF IT'S GOING TO AFFECT WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
OKAY. I DIDN'T CHANGE MY VOTE.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA CALL IT FOR COUNCILMAN WALKER'S AMENDMENTS.
OKAY, SO THIS WILL BE FOR COUNCILMAN WALKER'S AMENDMENTS.
OKAY. AND THEN THE MOTION FAILS.
GOTCHA. SO NOW WE'LL DO A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO, TRYING IT AGAIN.
WELL, SINCE IT FAILED, I DON'T NEED TO MENTION IT.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THIS.
LET ME GET YOUR CLICK YOUR MIC ON.
HIT IT ONE MORE TIME. ONE MORE TIME.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THIS.
WE ALL HAVE HEARD THIS HEALTHY DEBATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
IT'S BEEN CLEARLY STATED NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE GOING TO GOING TO JOIN US, AND THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ARE THE NEXT MONTH OR IN THE FUTURE. AND SO I BELIEVE THAT GIVING THAT COUNCILWOMAN THE DEFERENCE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THIS AND, AND MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE SHE WILL BE THE DISTRICT COUNCILWOMAN.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO US PEACEFULLY COMING TO A RESOLVE WHERE THERE'S A HAPPY MEDIUM, AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT WHATEVER IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL AS AS SO HER REQUEST.
I PROMISE YOU, NOBODY'S HURTING MY FEELINGS.
IT'LL BE DEALT WITH AT EITHER POINT.
SO NOW AGAIN, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139781, ADOPTED ON JUNE 15TH, 2022, OR SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 142912 DATED OCTOBER 18TH, 2023, FOR RETAINED ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR STREET PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF BUCKTOWN MULTI USE PATH PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT NUMBER 2023046 STREET COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON LINFIELD, HUNTER AND JUNIOUS FOR DESIGN.
EUSTACE FOR GEOTECH AND BFM FOR SURVEY.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE SELECTION OF LINFIELD HUNTER GENIUS FOR DESIGN.
I'M SORRY. EUSTACE. FOR GEOTECH.
FOR SURVEY. ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? PROPOSED BY COUNCILWOMAN? VAN VRANCKEN.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
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A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022 FOR RETAINED ENGINEERING SERVICES WHICH COSTS UNDER $500,000 FOR WATER PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF KENNER ALONG KENNER AVENUE, OXLEY STREET TO JACKSON STREET.COUNCILMAN LEE M AS PRIME AND PEAK AS THE SUB.
IT'S TOO EASY TO SEE ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF MSM AS THE PRIME AND PICK AS THE SUB ON MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022, FOR RETAINED ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHICH COSTS UNDER $500,000 FOR WATER PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF KENNER ALONG DUNCAN CANAL.
COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE COUNCILMAN LEE MEYER ENGINEERING WITH P P E C AS A SUB 20 1EPEC.
A RESOLUTION SELECTING AN ENGINEERING FIRM FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED FIRMS ESTABLISHED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 139892, ADOPTED ON JUNE 29TH, 2022 FOR RETAINED ENGINEERING SERVICES WHICH COST UNDER $500,000.
FOR WATER PROJECTS, WHICH SERVICES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DESIGN, BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY OF KENNER ALONG OXLEY STREET. AIRLINE DRIVE TO KENNER AVENUE.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT AGENDA TWO AND COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA TWO, ITEMS 86 THROUGH 164, -115 AND 127, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED.
AND ITEM 88, FROM WHICH COUNCILMAN TEMPLET WISHES TO ABSTAIN.
I'LL MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF ITEMS 86 THROUGH 164, -115 AND 127, WHICH ARE TO BE AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET AND ITEM 88 ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE OLD METAIRIE GARDEN CLUB NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS IN THE METAIRIE ROAD DISTRICT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $70,900 FOR THE YEAR 2024.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
ITEM 127, PLEASE, WITH AMENDMENTS.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND THE CITY OF HARAHAN TO PROVIDE FUNDING TOWARDS RENOVATIONS AT THE HARAHAN SENIOR CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES SENIOR LIFE SELF-SUFFICIENCY SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $125,000.
DASH 768016245325207 COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO CDIA GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN BONANO ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 165 AND THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, PLEASE.
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SO COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION ON THE CANCELLATION OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.YES, MA'AM. ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE, WITH AMENDMENTS.
I'M SORRY I GOT TO DO THE ANGLO.
MY APOLOGIES. I SKIPPED RIGHT PAST THAT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? EXCUSE ME OF THE ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 22 -15, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED, AND 17, WHICH IS TO BE CANCELED.
A MOTION TO COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
NOW THAT TAKES US TO ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM 15.
TO PROVIDE A TREE CANOPY STUDY AND SUBSEQUENT BEAUTIFUL PROJECT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE IN THE PREAMBLE, SHOULD READ NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 AND ADD COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR AND THE FIFTH, WHEREAS CHANGE $75,000 TO $150,000 AND SECTION ONE TO CHANGE $75,000 TO $150,000.
AND IN SECTION TWO, TO READ THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS $75,000 FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 220202755768018820255000 COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE VIDEO POKER AND 75,000 FROM ACCOUNT NUMBER 220302764126768018820364000 COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, EAST BANK TOURISM.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 66, PLEASE.
[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]
AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS.A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORLEANS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND ARGENT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., IN THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FROM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, BETWEEN ORLEANS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO TO ARGENT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ASSOCIATED CLIENT CONSENT.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION DECLARING A 2016 FORD FIRST RESPONSE.
VIN NUMBER 157 W2BT9 GED 28613.
OWNED BY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA IS NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF THE SAID VEHICLE TO VWF IS CLAIMS MANAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL UNION AND ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
COUNCILMAN BONANO YOUR MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
MADAM CLERK, A RESOLUTION SELECTING A FIRM TO PROVIDE CURBSIDE COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS IN UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE TOWN OF JEAN LAFITTE. CONSOLIDATED GARBAGE DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS.
SERVICES TO INCLUDE COLLECTIONS FROM RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS UNITS FROM THE DAVID DRIVE AND LAPALCO TRASH DROP OFF SITES UNDER RFP NUMBER 0461 COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR SELECTION PICK ROMILLY WASTE, LLC.
NOTE MY VOTE NO AGAINST THAT AND I'M GOING TO VOTE ALONG THE SAME LINES.
COUNCILWOMAN BONANO. AND I'LL EXPLAIN IN A MOMENT IF THERE'S NO OTHER OBJECTIONS.
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DO WE? THAT'S IT. DO WE JUST DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? OKAY. MAKE A MOTION FOR A ROLL CALL.OKAY. ANY OBJECTION TO ROLL CALL? VOTE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
COUNCILMAN BONANO NO COUNCILMAN LI COUNCILMAN.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? COUNCILMAN. BONANO. OR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST RAMELLI AS THE RECYCLER.
AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A VOTE AGAINST WASTE CONNECTION AS THE RECYCLER.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN A SITUATION, AND A PROGRAM THAT I FEEL LIKE DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST BROKEN HERE, BUT IT'S BROKEN IN NUMEROUS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THIS IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST YOU, MR. O'MALLEY, AND YOUR COMPANY.
BUT LOOK, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND WHAT MY OFFICE RECEIVED WAS MORE AGAINST RECYCLING THAN FOR RECYCLING. AND IT WAS CLOSE, BUT IT WAS MORE THAT ARE AGAINST CONTINUING THE PROGRAM.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT 30% OF THE PARISH PARTICIPATES IN, AND 100% OF THE PARISH PAYS FOR, AND 1% OF WHAT'S PUT OUT FOR RECYCLING IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED, THEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOWING THAT THIS WAS LIKELY GOING TO PASS ANYWAY, DESPITE MY VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY, AND IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP TO.
BECAUSE I KNOW COUNCILMAN BONANO MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD KIND OF ASSURE US THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THAT WE CAN TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THINGS.
BUT I THINK WHAT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS NOT DOING REPEATING THE SAME CYCLE OF INSANITY THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS WITH THE PROBLEMS AND THE HOLES, AND REALLY COMING UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BENEFIT US NOW AND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, BUT SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.
I'VE ALREADY BEGUN SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS THAT DEAL WITH RECYCLING AS WELL AS LITTER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ARE ONE IN THE SAME SOMETIMES.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE FACE AS A PARISH AS A WHOLE AND RECYCLING IS, IS PART OF IT.
BUT I THINK IF THERE'S AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO COME UP WITH SOME NEW SOLUTIONS AND LOOK NOW GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT SOME OTHER STATES ARE DOING.
AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD IDEAS OUT THERE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND JUST REALLY FIND A WAY FORWARD TO THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU HAVE TO OPERATE IN. I THINK I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WOULD APPRECIATE IT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER FEE, AND I'M AGAINST PUTTING ANOTHER FEE ON OUR PUBLIC RIGHT NOW WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO UP IN 2024.
UNLESS COUNCILMAN BONANO WANTS TO GO FIRST, YOU CAN COVER BOTH OF US AT THE SAME TIME.
I JUST ECHO YOUR COMMENTS THAT MY VOTE IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST RAMELLI, BUT JUST A REFLECTION OF THE INPUT I'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR CITIZENS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR A PROGRAM.
THEY DON'T THINK IT'S EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE.
WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND HELP THEM ASSIST THE PARISH IN TRYING TO FIND GRANTS TO OFFSET THE COST TO THE RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, RECYCLING IS RECYCLING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
A FEW, AND I'M EXCITED AGAIN TO CONTINUE RECYCLING.
ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN GOVERNMENT IS WE DO HEAR BACK FROM PEOPLE.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THAT STARTED THIS DISCUSSION.
OUR OFFICE RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM BUSINESS PEOPLE TO AVERAGE JUST HOMEOWNERS.
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THEY WANTED TO SEE RECYCLING CONTINUE.AND WHEN I SPECIFICALLY WAS AT A RECENT CIVIC MEETING ON THE WEST BANK, I ASKED FOR A SHOW OF HANDS.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE PAYING THE FEE? EVERYBODY SHARING THIS COST TO CONTINUE TO RECYCLE.
AND OVERWHELMINGLY, EVERY HAND IN THE AUDIENCE WENT UP.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING IT.
ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THERE IS GREAT CONFUSION, EVEN IN MY HOUSEHOLD.
I CAN ATTEST AS TO WHAT GOES IN THE RECYCLING BIN.
SO I DO THINK IF WE CAN SIT WITH YOU BEFORE AGAIN, BEFORE WE GET GET ROLLING ON THIS AND SIMPLIFY, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE SIMPLEST FOR PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY, THAT ARE ALSO THINGS THAT ARE MARKETABLE FOR YOU, AND MAYBE LIMIT IT TO THE VERY SIMPLE, THE AMAZON BOXES YOU'RE GETTING IN YOUR HOUSE, THE WATER BOTTLES YOU HAVE, WHATEVER IT IS.
SO EDUCATING OUR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTICIPANTS AND SIMPLIFYING IT MOVING FORWARD I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOW PARTICIPATION RATE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IMPROVED AND INCREASED.
CONTAMINATION IS NOT AS BIG A PROBLEM AS IT'S BEEN MADE OUT TO BE LATELY.
THE STUFF THAT IS CONTAMINATED GETS THROWN AWAY AND GOES TO THE LANDFILL.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS SORTED AND BUNDLED AND AND SOLD AND RESOLD.
BUT WE WILL GET TOGETHER AND GET A LIST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE RECYCLABLE.
AND THAT IS PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL? YES, MA'AM. IT IS. AND ONE THING I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IS THAT I KNOW IT'S LATE IN THE GAME, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO START JANUARY 1ST IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE US TO, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO USE THE BINS THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW AND DISTRIBUTE THE OLD THE NEW BINS AS THEY COME IN IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S ABOUT A 30 TO 45 DAY TURN, BUT WE CAN START JANUARY 1ST IF Y'ALL ELECT TO START THAT QUICK.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO INTERRUPTION AND RECYCLING AT ALL.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF INNOVATIVE THINGS.
AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE TOPS, TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME BENCHES AT OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND OTHERS REALLY JUST EDUCATING PEOPLE AND CONTINUING TO FIND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE COULD PUT BINS OUT AT THE DROP OFF SITE THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? MADAM CLERK 169, PLEASE.
THIS RENEWAL WILL COST AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $76,653.36 ANNUALLY TO BE INVOICED MONTHLY, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,387.78. COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
I'LL MOVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION.
A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED, MADAM CLERK.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON AND JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PORT DISTRICT REGARDING THE PROVISIONS OF FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS IN THE AMENDMENTS, ARE FOR SECTION TWO TO READ THAT THE FUNDING FOR THIS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT SHALL BE CHARGED TO ACCOUNT NUMBER 445304007.
DASH DASH 767145325205 COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO CDI A AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS. I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BONANO YOUR MOTION.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? A MOTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN BONANO SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED 171, PLEASE.
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SEVERAL TIMES OVER A 35 YEAR PERIOD, WITH THE LAST AMENDMENTS OCCURRING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2023.AND ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? SORRY. HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BONANO YOUR MOTION.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION? A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
SO, ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26235, AMENDING THE BYLAWS OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PORT DISTRICT JEDKO THAT WERE ADOPTED ON JANUARY 14TH, 1988 AND AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A 35 YEAR PERIOD, WITH THE LAST AMENDMENTS OCCURRING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2023.
I'VE NOW OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26235.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
HOLD THAT I OPPOSE ON GROUND ZERO.
UNACCOUNTABLE. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK.
NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN OPPOSITION.
COUNCILMAN TEMPLET YOUR MOTION.
NO STATUS REPORT. SO NOW, PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS.
[PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS]
ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ADDENDUM AGENDA.PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK OF CHAMBERS.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM THE OCTOBER 18TH MEETING $114,300.
TOP FIVE BENEFACTORS COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO PARISH PRESIDENT LEE SHENG COUNCILMAN TEMPLET.
COUNCILMAN LEE AND COUNCILMAN WALKER JOHN BEL EDWARDS.
I'M DEMANDING YOUR RESIGNATION, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
YOU WANT TO SPEND $800,000? I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE WAY OUT.
DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT.
BUT I TOLD YOU I WOULD DEMAND YOUR RESIGNATION TILL YOU'RE GONE.
NOW, IN CASE YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY, COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO.
EVIDENTLY YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I SAID THAT.
ANYWAY, YOU WANT TO SPEND $800,000 OF THAT MONEY TO SET UP A LITTLE INSTITUTE IN BATON ROUGE AT LSU.
OKAY. WHEN I FOUND A LETTER FROM ONE OF YOUR OWN AGENCIES ON CANAL NUMBER SEVEN, CANAL BANK, OKAY, THE BOARD OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAMINERS THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW.
LATER, THE CITY OF KENNER, YOUR OWN AGENCY.
OKAY, 9000 PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ARE UNCERTIFIED.
WE GOT STUDENTS GRADUATED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS, REMOVED FROM WHAT THEY CALL FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUYING DIPLOMAS AND DON'T EVEN CAN BARELY READ AND WRITE.
SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE TAXPAYER FUNDED VOUCHERS.
OKAY, NOW, INCOMING GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY, YOU'RE COMING IN HERE WITH BAGGAGE AND YOU'VE GOT A CONTROVERSY ALREADY, AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN BEEN SWORN IN YET. YOU GOT A BUDDY OF YOURS YOU APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL ON THE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WHO OWNS LAND THAT IS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT, PROJECT CYPRESS IN CALCASIEU PARISH, WHO OWNS THE LAND AND STANDS TO GET WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE? WHO STANDS TO GET $183 MILLION A YEAR IN FEDERAL TAX BREAKS? I AGREE WITH FOSTER CAMPBELL.
THIS IS THIS IS A CONFLICT, AND THIS MAN SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT PROJECT.
NOW, I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING YOU CLOSE TO JEFF LANDRY.
AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN CANADA DON'T WANT.
THIS IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.
AND IT'S DRIVEN STRICTLY BY POLITICS, MAN, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAXPAYERS.
ANOTHER LAYER AND ANOTHER FORM OF A POLITICAL PAYBACK.
NOW, I THINK I COVERED IT ALL.
ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK CORRECTION.
MR. BROMLEY'S BID WAS 1 MILLION LESS THAN THE WASTE CONNECTIONS BID, ROUGHLY.
YEAH, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PAPER SAID IT WAS.
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AND THEY HAD IT WRONG.COUNCILMAN TEMPLET JUST HAD IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
THE EXACT AMOUNT WAS 2,124,640IN WASTE CONNECTIONS RESPONSE AND RAMELLI WAS 1,000,028 160,000.
THE PAPER SAID 11,000,006 MILLION.
IS MR. PATTERSON WISH TO COME UP HERE AND DEBATE MR. MORALES? DURAN A CORRECTION ON IT.
I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. WHAT'S A FEW MILLION DOLLARS, MR. EL? OKAY, I STAND, I STAND CORRECTED, AND I APOLOGIZE TO RAMELLI AND WASTE CONNECTION.
MR. AL, I REALLY I NORMALLY DON'T ASK YOU A QUESTION.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE? THE CHEAPER ONE OR A MORE EXPENSIVE ONE? NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE NONE AT ALL.
IT'S A IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT WE DON'T NEED.
I THINK IT'S THE FORM OF THE POLITICAL PAYBACK.
ONLY 1% OF THOSE RECYCLABLES MAKES IT TO THE DESTINATION.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE REST OF IT IS BEING SOLD SOMEWHERE.
THANK YOU, MR. AL. YOU'RE LINING THE POCKETS SOME MORE.
YOU'RE WELL OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, CLAYTON CANGELOSI.
YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WHO I AM, AND I'M HERE TODAY NOT TO.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP, RIP NEW ONES LIKE I USUALLY DO.
YOU'RE OUR LEADERS AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'M HERE MAINLY TALKING ABOUT I SPOKE TO MS..
VAN VRANCKEN. I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO MS..
HE WAS IN A MEETING WITH VINCE VANCE AND I A FEW WEEKS AGO.
WE'RE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU GUYS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO I GIVE IT TO TO PASS BY ONE OF THOSE PRESENT AND ONE FOR EACH MEMBER AND EVEN AS AS DIVISIVE AS ME AND MR. LEE IS, I'M INVITING AND EXTENDING THIS INVITATION TO MR. LEE BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM HIS DISTRICT WILL BE THERE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE REPRESENTS THAT DISTRICT.
AND SO THIS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS ARE INVITED TO THIS.
THIS BANQUET IS TO LET THE SENIOR CITIZENS KNOW THAT SOMEONE STILL CARES ABOUT THEM, THAT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT, BECAUSE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, PEOPLE GET TEND TO GET FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I STARTED OFF DOING THIS AT ONE JOVEN APARTMENTS 20 YEARS AGO, 20 PLUS YEARS AGO, AND SINGING WITH A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, AND WE WOULD SING TO THEM AND GIVE THEM CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND GIFTS.
NOW WE'RE DOING IT AT THE FOUR COLUMNS THIS YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE SUPPORT.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, IT COSTS US ME MONEY.
I MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY OFF OF THIS.
AND SO WE NEED YOU GUYS SUPPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SENIORS THAT WANT TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, IT'S COMPLETELY FREE FOR THEM TO COME.
IF YOU'RE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, PM GROUP LIVE.
OR YOU CAN BE A SPONSOR AND YOU CAN GIVE YOUR TICKET TO A SENIOR.
THIS IS A SENIOR CITIZEN THING FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
I THINK MIKE YENNI EVEN CAME TO A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS 15 SECONDS.
THIS IS ABOUT LETTING THE SENIORS KNOW THAT SOMEONE STILL CARES.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SONYA ROJAS LATCHNEY.
I LIVED AT 1705 HAMPTON DRIVE, HARVEY, SINCE 1996.
I MOVED OUT IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
STEVE SHOOTS UNCLE'S HOUSE, $26,000 IN RENT LATER, AND I'M STILL THERE.
AND I KEPT UP MY TAXES AND MY HOUSE NOTE, WHICH WAS $200 AT MY OTHER HOUSE.
I BEEN OUT OF THIS REVOLVING DOOR.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS STRESS, THIS IS NOT FROM DRUGS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THIS COURTROOM OTHER THAN TO DROP OFF YOUR DONUTS TWO YEARS AGO.
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I LOVE THY NEIGHBOR.AND THROUGH SICK COVID WHILE I WAS SICK MYSELF, I FOUND OUT IN DECEMBER OF 2020 THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING ON MULTIPLE HOMES OF RAW SEWAGE DROPPING UP IN MY YARD.
THE WASTEWATER DRAIN THAT FILTERS 14 HOUSES OF WASTEWATER WAS FROM AROUND THE CORNER FOR KATRINA.
EVERYBODY'S WATER COMES BACK TO MY HOUSE.
WHEN YOU TURN IT ON, IT GOES DOWN TO MANHATTAN.
BUT IT WASN'T. IT WAS GOING UNDER MY HOUSE.
NOW THEY MADE ME LOOK LIKE I WAS CRAZY.
YOU CAN'T BRING ME BACK MY KID THAT DIED IN 2003, RIGHT? BUT YOU COULDN'T FIX MY HOUSE.
I'M LIVING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE ME OR NOT.
AND THIS GOES FOR MY FIRST ATTORNEY, HANNAH, THIS IS FOR YOU.
SINCE YOU DIDN'T EVEN CHECK IT OUT AND YOU JUST MOCK ME OF THE BEAST.
I'VE BEEN BEING HACKED, STALKED, WATCHED.
I SWEAR TO GOD, I DON'T SHOOT DOPE.
AND I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY HOUSE.
I TOOK AN SBA LOAN OUT FOR $44,000 TO THINK I COULD FIX THE HOUSE MYSELF, BECAUSE MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULDN'T COVER SEWAGE CONTAMINATION, THAT I PAID MY TAXES, TOOK CARE OF MY KIDS.
I NEVER ASKED FOR. NO, I NEVER ASKED FOR FOOD STAMPS.
NOTHING. I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY HOUSE WHILE EVERYBODY'S LIVING IN LAKEVIEW OR BERKELEY.
IT'S JUST A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE.
YOU CAN GO THERE. IT'S ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MANHATTAN.
YOU KNOW THE GIRL THAT USED TO WORK AT THE DONUT SHOP? OH, YEAH. SHE TAKES ME TO HER HOUSE.
OH, YOU'RE WELCOME AT MY TABLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION COME FROM.
I DID NOT WANT NO LAWYER, NO ONE.
I REACHED OUT TO MY PARISH PRESIDENT FOR OVER A MONTH, BEGGED HER.
PLEASE. I'M WATCHING HIM THROUGH MY WINDOWS.
STRESSED APARTMENT DRAINS DEPARTMENT, SEWAGE DEPARTMENT.
HIDING IN THE DEAD END. I COULD SEE HIM THROUGH MY BACK WINDOW.
THEY HIRED. THEY KNEW MY WHEN WE WERE LEAVING.
THE WHOLE PARISH RUNS OFF OF COPS.
MA'AM, THAT'S YOUR. THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES.
BUT I KNOW YOU'VE SAT HERE THE ENTIRE MEETING.
YOU'VE WAITED FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK, AND I.
SO STICK AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE MEETING, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OH. GOOD EVENING.
I REPRESENT EMTS IN THIS AREA AND ALSO OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS EMS COMMUNICATIONS.
THE PURPOSE OF 911 IS TO REDUCE THE TIME TO AN EMERGENCY.
UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION FOR MS IS A NECESSITY FOR THE SURVIVAL OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE MS IS THE SECOND BUSIEST FUNCTION IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
SINCE 2014, THE SHERIFF HAS TAKEN OVER THE EMS DISPATCH.
IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S FAULTS IN THAT.
TODAY, THE LENGTH OF THE 911 SYSTEM IS PERTAINING TO QUESTIONING BEFORE AN AMBULANCE IS SENT.
THEY HAVE TO ANSWER HOW MUCH YOU WEIGH.
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ARE YOU ALONE? HAS ANYBODY BEEN EXPOSED TO ACTIVE COVID? AN AMBULANCE IS NOT DISPATCHED YET.WE ALSO GET THINGS ON THE AIR AS 901 HANG UPS.
SOME SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.
WAS. THERE'S A CARDIAC ARREST.
OKAY. WE ARE NOT CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY.
YOU'RE DEAD. ALL RIGHT, SO EVERY SECOND COUNTS.
SO MAYBE A PREEMPTIVE DISPATCH WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T DISPATCH THEMSELVES.
THEY WAITED FOR EMS TO DISPATCH.
SO THERE'S A CASE ON IN A MATTER THAT WE'RE TEN MINUTES AWAY.
FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE IN THREE MINUTES.
SO THE CARE WASN'T STARTED UNTIL TEN MINUTES LATER.
A RESIDENT CALLED 911 FOR THE FAMILY MEMBER.
THERE WAS NO ITEM GENERATED EACH TIME MR. BEACH AND NO ONE SHOWED UP.
THAT GOES BAVEL NINE HOMER BOULEVARD.
THE LAST TWO OF THEM. THAT SHOULDN'T TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU ONLY GOT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TEN PEOPLE SHOW UP WITH THE SAME THING? TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 20 PEOPLE SHOW UP? YOU CAN REDUCE IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW WE EMPOWER IS GREATER THAN WHO WE EMPOWER.
AND IT WAS KNOW IT'S GOING TO JUST BECOME MORE AND MORE APPARENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE PUT ON DISPLAY, THESE 4 OR 3 LITTLE VOTES THREE YEARS TIME.
WE DON'T NEVER SEE NONE OF THIS.
YOU WANT TO CONVINCE US IT'S NOT A CAHOOTS OR THE WEST BANK TAKING REVENGE ON THE EAST BANK.
WITH NO RESPECT FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNANCE TO BEGIN WITH.
GOT TO GET TO REDRESSING THE FUNDAMENTALS TO NIGH.
BEFORE THAT REDRESS OF A REPUBLICAN FORM.
AND OH, WHAT A MESS WE'VE MADE.
YOU CAN'T LISTEN TO MISS SONIA.
YOU CAN'T FORGIVE MR. WALTER. YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT THAT YOU'RE OBLIGED TO US MORE SO THAN A PROCESS OR A REASONING OR SOME CONSTRUCT THAT'S FAILED.
FIGURE IT OUT. JUST FIGURE IT OUT.
I CAN GO HOME, WORK ON PIANOS.
I DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WASTE MY TIME.
SUPPOSED TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
YOU COULD DO BETTER. YOU'RE OBLIGED TO IT.
ARTICLE FOUR GUARANTEES A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THE PROPORTIONAL DEMOCRACY YOU SUFFER FOR AND INDULGE YOURSELVES IN HERE.
I'LL EXPECT NEW YEAR A BETTER FORM.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE WRAP UP REAL QUICKLY, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MISS EULA FOR SERVING AS OUR PARISH CLERK AND AS A PARISH EMPLOYEE FOR SO LONG, AND DOING THE JOB AS PARISH CLERK SO WELL FOR SO MANY YEARS, FOR SO MANY PEOPLE UNDER SO MANY CRAZY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND YOU'LL BE MISSED.
EVEN YOU COUNCILMAN IMPASTATO.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE.
ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF THE PEOPLE HERE AND ON THE PEOPLE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THIS, AND WE GO THROUGH A LOT.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.BE SAFE. AND OUR NEXT MEETING KIND OF MEETING IS ON JANUARY 3RD AND OUR INAUGURATION.
THE NEXT FULL MEETING IS ON JANUARY 17TH, 2024.
AND DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES? MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE, AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION.
[ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY SUMMARY]
SUMMARY. PLEASE, MADAM CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO READ THEM? DO YOU WANT TO READ THEM? MISS EULA? TO WRAP IT UP.WRAP IT UP. YOU WILL NOT KNOW.
YEAH. LET'S YOUR MOUTH. YOU HAVE TO LET YOU.
MISS. MISS EULA, PLEASE READ THE ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN THE SUMMARY.
OKAY. THE FIRST TWO THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND IF YOU COULD DO THE MOTION FOR THE UNANIMOUS VOTE TO TO BE ABLE TO READ, PLEASE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18.5 MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES, AND A SECOND ONE THAT WILL REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO READING THIS? NEXT ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION SUMMARY.
SEEING NONE GO AHEAD, MISS EULA.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 25521, ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2018, TO INCLUDE THE SEVEN CORRIDOR LIGHTING PROJECT AS AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT UNDER THE GENERAL BOND ORDINANCE KNOWN AS THE JEFFERSON PARISH CONSOLIDATED ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER IS 17221, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOTS ONE, TWO, 17, AND 18 SQUARE 99 RIDGE LAKE ADDITION, HARLEM SUBDIVISION INTO LOTS ONE X AND 17 X SQUARE 99 RIDGE LAKE ADDITION, HARLEM SUBDIVISION AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER IS ONE 2823, APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT SIX A AND SIX B SQUARE 30 BONNIBEL PLACE SUBDIVISION INTO LOT 6A1 AND 6B1 SQUARE 30 BONNIBEL PLACE SUBDIVISION WITH WAIVERS TO THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE R1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF FOR CERTAIN LOTS OR PORTIONS OF LOTS BOUNDED BY PROVIDENCE LANE, CRESTON STREET, NORMANDIE AVENUE, JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, STARRETT ROAD, AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING FROM R TWO, R THREE, RR THREE, AND C TWO WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH CP COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE TWO R1, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND R2 TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH CPC, AS RECOMMENDED BY A STUDY AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 138454.
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET SP 6523 APPROVING REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE C TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE CPC COMMERCIAL PARKWAY OVERLAY ZONE FOR AFFORDABLE SELF-STORAGE LOCATED AT 6137 AIRLINE DRIVE ON LOT TWO, A ONE SQUARE, TWO WOODLAND ACRES SUBDIVISION.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 14796, THE PAY PLAN FOR THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE OF JEFFERSON PARISH, TO REVISE THE CLASS TITLES FOR SELECT CLASS TITLES AND TO REMOVE SELECT CLASS TITLES.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, DASH 36 AND TWO DASH 41 OF THE CODE PERTAINING TO PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH NEW STATE LAWS.
ARTICLE. FIVE RELATIVE TO AMENDING SECTION 2-1 55.10 REGARDING QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS AND INVESTIGATIVE POWERS OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 12 ELECTIONS OF THE CODE TO DIVIDE OVERSIZE PRECINCTS AND TO MERGE UNDERSIZED PRECINCTS AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE ELECTION CODE.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND THAT'S ALL OF THE ITEMS I HAVE TO READ INTO THE SUMMARY.
WE DIDN'T LET YOU GO OUT EASY.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE? AS READ IN THE SUMMARY ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN TEMPLET, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE AND FORGOT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER, BUT COUNCILWOMAN ELECT TO READ A BOHANNAN'S HERE.
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DISTRICT FOUR COUNCILMAN ELECT FOR DISTRICT FIVE.HANS LUXENBERG WAS HERE EARLIER.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED ON MOTION OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
FOR YOUR FIRST MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.