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ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS OF PROCLAMATIONS.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]
IF YOU'LL PLEASE TAKE A SEAT.WE'RE STARTING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE MARDI GRAS POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO GRAB A SEAT REAL QUICK AND WE'LL GET STARTED.
HAPPY MARDI GRAS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, THE 12TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, OR KING'S DAY, CELEBRATES THE VISIT OF THE THREE WISE MEN TO THE BABY JESUS AND THEIR SENSE OF WONDER AT THE ENCOUNTER.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY UNIQUE.
WHAT MANY DON'T KNOW IS THAT THOSE WHO PUT ON THE SHOW WORK YEAR ROUND TO MAKE IT WORK.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SEAMLESS, BUT A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO IT.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT DO SO.
SO THANK YOU JPSO, OUR DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENS AFFAIRS, THE VARIOUS CREW LEADERSHIP AND EVERYONE ELSE PUTS IN TIRELESS EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS SHOW GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
YOU ARE WHAT MAKES THIS SEASON WHAT IT IS.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO THANK THE INDIVIDUAL CREWS.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.
FIRST IS THE CREW OF EXCALIBUR CAPTAIN MELISSA HILDRETH.
THE KING OF EXCALIBUR, MATTHEW BROWN SENIOR.
AND THE QUEEN OF EXCALIBUR, KELSEY MARIE MEYERS.
THE MAGICAL KREWE OF MAD HATTERS.
QUEEN, I'M SORRY, CAPTAIN GWEN LACOSTE, COME ON UP.
ALL RIGHT. THE MAD HATTER, ROCKIN DOOPSIE.
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WHAT DO YOU. THINK, QUEEN? I'M SORRY. ALICE DELILAH 17.AND THE GRAND MARSHAL, VINCE VANCE, WHOM EVERYBODY PROBABLY RECOGNIZED.
WELL, HEY, HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.
AND LASTLY THE KREWE OF ATLAS CAPTAIN DANNY MURRAY, THE KING OF ATLAS, CHUCK TREPANIER.
THE QUEEN OF ATLAS, CHRISTIAN TREPANIER.
THE KREWE OF KARAS ANTHONY REDDIX, JUNIOR CAPTAIN.
KEITH CARROLL AND KEISHA HOLMES BROWN.
GRAND MARSHAL DONOVAN WEATHERSPOON.
AND THE HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL, KEVIN LUCKY JOHNSON.
I WANT TO TAKE HIM IN. AND NOW.
OKAY. I STAND HERE TO HELP BE A PART OF THIS CELEBRATION.
AND WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN, THE ORIGINATOR, MR. HENRY SMIT, JUNIOR, PLEASE COME ON UP.
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OUR NEXT PRESENTATION GOES TO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, WHO IS ALSO THE CAPTAIN OF THE CULINARY QUEENS OF NEW ORLEANS, AND NONE OTHER THAN ACACIA LEA NICHOLAS.[MUSIC] WOW BEAUTIFUL QUEEN WHO HAILS FROM THE NEWEST MARDI GRAS ORGANIZATION ON THE WEST BANK.
QUEEN OF NANDI, DOCTOR COURTNEY, VALERIE JONES.
[MUSIC] AND OUR CAPTAIN, FIRST CAPTAIN OF [INAUDIBLE] ORGANIZATION OF THIS CARNIVAL CREW IS TO NONE OTHER THAN EBONY FINNERTY.
CONGRATULATIONS. NEWSCASTER GINA SWANSON ISN'T HERE.
BUT IF YOU WOULD TAKE THIS ON HER BEHALF.
WOULD ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE COME DOWN TO JOIN US AND TAKING A PICTURE.
MOVING ON TO THE KREWE OF SYMPHONY.
SO. MY DAD AND, THE GRAND MARSHAL, WAYNE WILD WAYNE BENJAMIN, SEARCHING FOR TRUE OF ATHENA ATHENS.
ATHENA NINE. JAROD JACKSON THE THIRD.
THANKS, ANTHONY. DECELERATION.
AUGUST CAPTAIN ROBERT DEVANEY.
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LAST BUT NOT LEAST.WE'VE DONE AN ARGENTINE FOR A CAPTAIN, JASON RENTON.
[MUSIC] THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN DEHEN.
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MIC] CAN WE JUST DO WITH THE WEST BANK? YEAH, WE'LL DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT.YOU KNOW, THE COMMANDER WAS GOING TO BE ALL MY CREWS.
WE PROBABLY NEED A JOINT ONE ANYWAY.
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ALL RIGHT, JUST A MOMENT. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATIONS.JUST A FEW MORE TO GET THROUGH.
I BELIEVE, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU'RE READY WITH YOURS, WE'LL DO YOU NEXT, MADAM PRESIDENT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS LAST CALL FOR PHOTOS AT THE DAIS.
MADAM PRESIDENT IS UP NEXT WITH A AN HONOR FOR A PARISH EMPLOYEE.
IF I COULD HAVE DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN HERE WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN WITH A FIVE YEAR PIN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN IS, SHE STARTED WITH US IN DECEMBER OF 2018.
WHEN WE CAME OVER ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, SHE BECAME, YOU KNOW, SHE SHE ANSWERED THE CALL THAT I ASKED HER TO DO AND BECAME THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OVER THE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S REALLY SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT REALLY TRY TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER ASSISTANCE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. SHE IS A WONDERFUL LIAISON FOR US AND MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MANY OF MANY OF THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
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ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HER, BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME OVER, I REALLY WANTED TO UP OUR GAME ON THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND YOU'VE BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND BEING A LEADER IN THAT GROUP FOR US, WHICH IS VERY KEY.AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER TASK ON YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT NEED YOU TO HELP ME WITH THE SENIOR STUFF.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN HER FIVE YEAR PIN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN SO MANY AREAS.
SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN.
I THINK WE WANT TO WE WANT ME TO PIN IT ON YOU.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY, LET'S GET A PICTURE.
COUNCIL. MEMBERS. YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH DOCTOR ZIMMERMAN? SHEREEN. STEVE, YOU WANT TO GET IN? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET.
OKAY. YOU GOT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE.
YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE? Y'ALL WANT ME TO, I WILL.
YOU'RE NOT SHY ABOUT ME WHEN IT COMES TO CAMERA.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE ON THREE.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST 30.
FIVE. CAN I GET OUR UNITED WAY REPS UP HERE, PLEASE? WHY ARE YOU STILL IN YOUR SEAT, CHARMAINE? WELCOME TO THE UNITED WAY IS CELEBRATING A VERY SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY, ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.
AND YOU ALL DO SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1924 WITH A MISSION TO ERADICATE POVERTY IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WHEREAS FOR A CENTURY, UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ADDRESSING CRITICAL ISSUES, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BUILT LASTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH DONORS, ADVOCATES, VOLUNTEERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND NONPROFITS CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.
AND WHEREAS, THE ORGANIZATION THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING FINANCIAL CAPABILITY PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED IMPACTED OUR COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS, ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC ISSUES, AND PROVIDING CRUCIAL SUPPORT DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. AND WHEREAS, UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA CONTINUES TO PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN BUILDING A STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY, EXEMPLIFYING THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION, COLLABORATION AND SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN CELEBRATION OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
CONGRATULATIONS. MICHAEL, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
AND TO OUR DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
MOM TOLD ME NOT TO DO THAT, SO DON'T TELL HER.
I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM AT UNITED WEST SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
OUR BOARD, OUR DONORS AND OUR PARTNERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE JOINED US TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE.
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THE DEDICATION OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO UNITED WAY IS THE REASON MORE FAMILIES HAVE STABLE HOMES, MORE CHILDREN RECEIVE QUALITY EDUCATION, AND MORE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD A QUALITY LIFE. IN JEFFERSON PARISH, YOUR COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR ABILITY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.I'M DELIGHTED TO PRESENT TO YOU, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE LATEST IMPACT REPORT DETAILING OUR LOCAL INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING DISASTER RESPONSE, THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY, PRISONER REENTRY, FINANCIAL CAPABILITIES, BUILDING SERVICES, AND MORE.
I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT FROM JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY, PARTICULARLY YOUR RECENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOUISIANA PRISONER REENTRY INITIATIVE.
AS I ALWAYS SAY, UNITED WAY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIMENTS OF OUR TIME, BUILT ON THE IDEA THAT WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL THANK US FOR A LEGACY THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, I THINK WE CAN REALIZE AS WE STAND AT THE THRESHOLD OF OUR NEXT CENTURY.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
HERE'S TO A CENTURY OF IMPACT AND TO MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF DRIVING CHANGE TOGETHER.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PAST HUNDRED, BUT I CAN SPEAK FOR THE PAST FOUR.
AND THE TORNADOES, THE TORNADO THAT CROSSED THROUGH THE WEST BANK LAST YEAR.
ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS THAT I MADE WAS WITH CHARMAINE.
WE COMMUNICATED, AND THE UNITED WAY HAD PEOPLE ON THE GROUND HELPING PASS OUT SUPPLIES AND JUST HELPED IN ANY WAY THEY COULD, WHETHER IT WAS TARPS OR OR HAMMERS OR WATER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY WERE ON THE GROUND HELPING PEOPLE WITHIN 12 HOURS AFTER THE TORNADO, THE VERY NEXT MORNING.
SO THANK YOU. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT HUNDRED.
DID YOU ALL LIKE TO COME DOWN FOR A PHOTO? OKAY, HERE IT IS.
I DON'T KNOW. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. OKAY, EVERYONE, HERE WE GO.
TWO. THREE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE MORE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
OH MY GOD. I JUST ENJOYED MARY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT US.
COUNCILMAN LILLJEBERG WRAPS THINGS UP THIS MORNING WITH A FAMILY GRAS PROCLAMATION.
AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROCLAMATION FOR HENRY TRAPANI.
I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS AS I WORKED WITH HENRY.
AND, IN 1993, HE WAS THERE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT, I BELIEVE, IN 79.
WHEREAS HENRY TRAPANI HELD SEVERAL ROLES DURING HIS 28 YEARS IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WHEREAS, HE BECAME KNOWN AS MR. MARDI GRAS IN THE PARISH BECAUSE OF HIS WORK COORDINATING CARNIVAL AND WHEREAS MR. TRAPANI, A NATIVE NEW YORKER IN WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN, MADE HIS WAY TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1968 TO MANAGE A DEPARTMENT STORE.
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AND WHEREAS MR. TRAPANI WAS UNOFFICIALLY ASSIGNED TO TROUBLESHOOTING JEFFERSON PARISH MARDI GRAS.AND WHEREAS, HE HELD THAT ROLE UNTIL 1979, WHEN PARISH PRESIDENT DOUG ALLEN CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND CARNIVAL AND PLACED MR. TRAPANI IN CHARGE.
MARDI GRAS GUIDE STATED THAT MR. TRAPANI HELPED GROW CARNIVAL IN JEFFERSON PARISH BY STANDARDIZING THE JEFFERSON PARISH ROUTE AND UNITING ALL KREWE CAPTAINS HOLDING MEETINGS YEAR ROUND TO KEEP THE COMMUNICATION LINES FLOWING.
AND WHEREAS MR. TRAPANI HELD THIS ROLE WITH THE NOW DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENS AFFAIRS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2003, WHEREAS HE CONTINUED TO ADVISE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS AND ALSO RETURNED IN 2006 TO TEMPORARILY ASSIST AS A COORDINATOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND RETURNED TO RETIREMENT IN 2007.
AND WHEREAS HENRY TRAPANI WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE FRANCES, WHO DIED IN 2008, AND THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, CLAUDIA, A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, AND FRAN, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH THE JEFFERSON PARISH SEWER DEPARTMENT.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL, GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF JEFFERSON PARISH, HEREBY POSTHUMOUSLY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS HENRY R TRAPANI, MR. MARDI GRAS, FOR HIS VITAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPIRIT OF CARNIVAL IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA.
HIS DAUGHTERS ARE HERE TO ACCEPT ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION.
I'D LIKE TO JOIN US FOR A PICTURE.
I WANT YOU GIRLS. Y'ALL WITH ME.
THEY DON'T WANT TO COME UP. THEY DON'T WANT TO COME IN HIS OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS.
COME ON, GET UP. YOU STILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
AND THEY ARE HIS. THEY'RE HIS GIRLS, BUT WE CALL THEM.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE A LONG TIME.
THREE. TAKE ANOTHER ONE ON THREE.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE FAMILY, I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY COUNCILMAN AND PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE IN THIS ROOM WHO SERVED WITH MR. TRAPANI, AND DOROTHEA KNOWS IT.
HIS HEART AND SOUL WAS MARDI GRAS.
SO THANK YOU ALL. IT'S WELL DESERVED.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY.
YOU KNOW HOW HOLLYWOOD DOES PREQUELS? WELL. THANK YOU.
AND HE WAS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND ARKANSAS.
FINALLY, IN LAFAYETTE, HE COULD NOT GET BACK TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
HE COULDN'T GET BACK TO METAIRIE.
HE HAD AN INTERVIEW IN SAN DIEGO.
WE CAME FROM NEW YORK TO CONNECTICUT TO HERE, AND HE STOPPED INTO A CHURCH, HE PASSED ALONG THE WAY.
HE GOT HERE AND TWO DAYS LATER, JOHN FLYNN, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHO JOHN FLYNN IS.
HE WAS ON THE ZONING APPEALS BOARD FOREVER, CALLED HIM AND SAID, DOUG ALLEN WANTS TO SEE YOU.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS WHO KNEW HIM KNOW WHAT MY FATHER CAN DO WITH HIS FOOT.
SO HERE WE ARE NOW, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
HE WOULD HAVE DIED FALLING OVER IN FRONT OF A CAPTAIN'S FLOAT IF HE COULD HAVE.
SO MY SISTER AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE CAN GET STARTED.
[MEETING CALLED TO ORDER]
GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO 2024 AND THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2024.WE'RE AT THE JOSEPH S YENNI BUILDING, 1221 ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD IN JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA.
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GOOD MORNING. AND, HAPPY 2024.HAPPY CARNIVAL SEASON ON A REALLY COLD, CRISP MORNING, LIKE WE HAVE TODAY.
I CAN HEAR AT TIMES, CHURCH BELLS RINGING, AND THEY'RE COMING FROM SAINT CATHERINE.
IT'S ALWAYS A REMINDER TO ME, KIND OF MAKES ME STOP IN MY TRACKS AND REMINDS US OF THE PRESENCE OF OUR CHURCHES, OF OUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT THEY DO FOR US IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD.
THAT'S WHY WE START THIS MEETING WITH A PRAYER.
THE FIRST MAJOR MEETING OF 2024.
LET US REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE HOLY PRESENCE OF GOD.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED AND REELECTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND FOR THEIR STAFFS.
AS THEY SERVE OUR PARISH, BLESS THEM WITH WISDOM, PRUDENCE AND HUMILITY.
WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS EXTREME WINTER WEATHER.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WORK SO HARD TO KEEP US SAFE.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR PARISH COUNCIL MEETING THIS MORNING.
MAY ALL THE DECISIONS TODAY ALWAYS BE MADE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME, FOR YOU ARE GOD, LIVING AND REIGNING FOREVER AND EVER.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU LIZ. A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING NOTES BEFORE WE GET TO THE PARISH PRESIDENT.
IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH THE END OF LAST YEAR, LIZ JOHNSON IS OUR NEW PARISH CLERK.
SO COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN IS NOW IN THE OTHER AT LARGE SEAT.
WELCOME. AND COUNCILMAN HANS LILJEBERG IS THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
[PARISH PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL]
OKAY. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'LL START OFF WITH THE COLD WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING.FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH WITH NO MAJOR INCIDENTS.
SO WE'RE WE WANT TO BE VERY, VERY PROACTIVE.
AND FORTUNATELY, YESTERDAY MORNING, THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET OUT THERE WITH DOTD.
WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR WATER BREAKS.
YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ME SAY THAT WE NEEDED A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.
BUT WE DO NOT SEE THOSE TO BE ANY KIND OF LARGE ISSUES.
WE DO WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IT'S NOT NECESSARY IF YOU'RE ON A FOUNDATION HOME TO RUN YOUR WATER DURING VERY FREEZE EVENTS, THAT IF YOU ARE IN A RAISED HOME, THAT IS THE SUGGESTION, THE SUGGESTION THAT WE SAY A VERY THIN SPAGHETTI, KIND OF WITH, IF YOU'RE IN A RAISED HOME.
OUR JPRD STAFF HAS BEEN OPERATING WARMING CENTERS AT TARRYTOWN AND BRIGHT PLAYGROUNDS.
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SO ONE ON THE EAST BANK AND ONE ON THE WEST BANK.AND OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, WE HAVE SEEN NEARLY 100 PEOPLE COME THROUGH OUR WARMING CENTERS.
SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH ON THE WEST BANK, OUR FIRE SERVICES AND THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY QUICK TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THESE CAN BE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, WHEN THE WEATHER GETS DROPPED SLOW, PEOPLE START DOING THINGS THEY DON'T NORMALLY DO.
I SAW BRIAN ADAMS YESTERDAY WHO'S GOING TO BE OUR NEW STATE FIRE MARSHAL.
AND WE REMEMBER THAT IS NOT A SAFE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE COLD.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT HEATING RELATED FIRES THAT TOOK PLACE.
THERE WAS ONE IN HARVEY THAT WAS, REGARDING A DEFECTIVE FLUE IN A FIREPLACE.
YESTERDAY'S FIRE ON WEST NAPOLEON IS STILL BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, FROM A HEAT SOURCE OR NOT.
ALL OF OUR JPRD PROGRAM IS BACK ON FOR REGULAR SCHEDULING THIS EVENING.
AND THEN THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE GOING TO REOPEN AT 2 P.M.
TODAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE AND THE SUN IS OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THERE IS ICE ON THE INTERIOR ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AT LAFRENIERE PARK, WHICH IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION.
SO OPENING WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THE OPENING OF LAFRENIERE PARK TODAY, UNTIL 11 A.M., WHEN THE SUN GETS OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND THEN, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO NAME INDIVIDUALLY, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED THIS EVENT FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND MAKING SURE OUR CITIZENS ARE PREPARED.
TEXT 888777 TO JP ALERT OR 888777 TO JP NOTICIAS TO GET OUR TEXT UPDATES.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
I'VE ALSO VERY PROUD OF OUR JPAWS TEAM WHO, WHO LOOKS OUT FOR OUR ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE TOOK IN SOME OF THEIR ANIMALS.
SO THIS MORNING WE WE KICKED OFF OUR MARDI GRAS CELEBRATIONS.
MANY OF OUR PARISH DEPARTMENTS ARE GEARING UP FOR CARNIVAL SEASON.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
AS YOU SAW DURING THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE A FULL LINEUP OF PARADES THIS YEAR ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BANK, STARTING WITH FAMILY GARDEN METAIRIE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 2ND, THIRD AND FOURTH.
SO, FOR ALL THE ENTIRE 2024 PARADE SCHEDULE FOR JEFFERSON PARISH, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, JEFFPARISH.NET/MARDI GRAS, AND THEN WE OUR OWN PROGRAMING HAS BEEN ALREADY IN CELEBRATION.
I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND OUR EAST BANK GOLDEN AGE MARDI GRAS BALL LAST WEEKEND.
ALL OF THOSE THROUGH OUR RECREATION PROGRAM.
AND MATT HAYNES, AUTHOR OF THE BIG BOOK OF KING CAKE, WILL TEAM UP TO PRESENT CARNIVAL SEASON COCKTAIL AND FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE WEST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY JANUARY 29TH AND ON THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY ON JANUARY 30TH.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAMPLE KING CAKE FROM REGIONAL BAKERIES.
AND AND MISTER HAYNES WILL DISCUSS, THE HISTORY OF THE CONFECTION.
AND MISS WILLIAMS WILL PREPARE MIXED DRINKS USING KING CAKE VODKA.
YMCA LITERARY SERVICES WILL ALSO HOLD ADULT LITERARY CLASSES FROM 11:30 TO 1:30 ON MONDAY, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT THE BELLE TERRE LIBRARY, SO THESE CLASSES PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT FOR ADULTS TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS IN LITERACY OR READING AT ANY LEVEL.
BASIC MATH AND WRITING AND PREPARATION FOR TESTS FOR JOB READINESS.
ON WEDNESDAYS THROUGH JANUARY 24TH AT THE EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADULT WATERCOLOR CLASS, IT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED FROM 6 TO 730 ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD AT THE OLD METAIRIE LIBRARY.
PATRONS FOR THIS CLASS ARE GOING TO LEARN BASIC WATERCOLOR SKILLS AND COMPLETE A PAINTING IN ONE HOUR, AND THEY'LL BE GIVEN STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO SO AND ALL THE ART SUPPLIES WILL BE PROVIDED.
SO MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ADULT WATER CLASS.
OKAY, FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT JPLIBRARY.NET.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, FINISH BY TALKING ABOUT SOME STAFFING CHANGES.
I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO ON YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA, RESOLUTION NUMBER 164 AND 167.
FOR MISS SUSAN ANDREWS, WHO WE ARE NOMINATING TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, AND MR.
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HAROLD BUEHLER THE THIRD TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.SHE ALSO HAS A HISTORY WITH JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO SHE'S VERY OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR WITH JEFFERSON PARISH GOVERNMENT.
SHE'S ALSO A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, A FRAUD EXAMINER AND AN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITOR.
AND THEN MR. BUELLER IS NO STRANGER TO RECREATION.
HE HAS HAD A 32 YEAR CAREER, IN JEFFERSON PARISH PARKS AND REC.
HE'S WORKED BOTH IN MAINTENANCE AND ATHLETICS SINCE HE STARTED IN JEFFERSON PARISH SINCE 1992.
MR. BUELLER MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE AREA COORDINATOR OF ATHLETICS.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS A ZONE MANAGER AND A CENTER SUPERVISOR FOR MANY OF OUR PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, INCLUDING LASALLE, CLEARY, GIRARD, AS WELL AS THE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF OPERATIONS AT LAKESHORE AND A GROUNDSKEEPER AT CLEARY.
SO I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME FOR EVERYBODY TO INTRODUCE SUSAN AND HAROLD.
SUSAN ANDREWS AND HAROLD BUELLER, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND UP? THESE ARE OUR NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND DIRECTOR OF RECREATION.
SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AS WELL.
VICTOR AND MARIO, YOU WANT TO STAND UP, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ANYBODY COMMENTS FOR THE PARISH PRESIDENT? ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST HAVE ONE.
AGAIN, IT INVOLVES OUR CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
AND, GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
WE I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL.
MINE AS OF YESTERDAY WAS STILL ON MY CURB.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK GOING INTO NEXT YEAR AND CATHERINE COSTANZA HAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO THIS, THAT WE HAVE A IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS RIVER BIRCH THE TIME THEY NEED TO DO THIS AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE IT REALLY PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED.
PEOPLE SEE THE TREES GO INTO THE GARBAGE TRUCKS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT THE DAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT, BUT THEN THE GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE PICKING THEM UP AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AND THEY'RE NOT BEING RECYCLED.
SO PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
PEOPLE WANT THEIR TREES TO GO TO THE COASTLINE, BE PART OF THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
AND I THINK, CATHERINE, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HERE, BUT I KNOW SHE WAS TRYING TO GET, WORK WITH THEM TO GET ADDITIONAL TRUCKS YESTERDAY AND ALL OF THAT EVEN MADE MESSIER BY THE FACT THAT IT WAS VERY WINDY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO TRASH AND TREES ARE BLOWING EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YES. SO THAT DID NOT HELP THE SITUATION.
YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
AND I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMAN LILJENBERG, NOW FOR HIS WORDS ON FAMILY GRAS.
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, MARDI GRAS SEASON IS IN FULL SWING RIGHT NOW.
THE ON FEBRUARY 2ND, THIRD AND FOURTH, YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE FAMILY GRAS.
THIS IS A FREE SHOW AT AT THE LAST, STUDY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FAMILY GRAS IS $7.4 MILLION.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROSENBERG.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES BEING DEFERRED.
AND I HAVE A NOTE THAT ITEMS ONE, THREE AND FOUR WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO BE CANCELED.
[PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL REGARDING A RESOLUTION(S) ON AGENDA/ADDENDUM AGENDA]
OKAY. IT'S MY FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR TO, CAN'T SKIP OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE AGENDA.NOW, YOU MUST COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD IN THE BACK OF CHAMBERS AND HAND IT UP.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AL MORELLA 4260 EAST LOYOLA DRIVE.
FIFTH DISTRICT KENNER, FOURTH DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON, 52 YEARS.
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, ONE, 19, ONE, 22, 132, AND 133.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR.
THESE CHANGE ORDERS INVOLVED THREE DEPARTMENTS PARKS AND RECREATION AND LIBRARY AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THE TOTAL ADDITIONAL COST TO THE TAXPAYERS IS $1.5 MILLION.
THAT COVERS ALL THESE CHANGE ORDERS.
UNFORESEEN OBSTRUCTIONS, ADDITIONAL WORK ADDITIONS, REQUIREMENTS BY THE DOTD.
AND 132 IS, INVOLVES FEMA MONEY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM, FEMA, WHERE IT COMES FROM, IT'S STILL OUR TAX DOLLARS.
THE THREE MINUTE RULE IS NOT A DONE DEAL.
I GOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE GOT SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? MUCH TIME I GOT LEFT.
SCOTT, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH I'M GIVING BACK TO YOU.
MINUTE 35 AND REMEMBER THAT WHEN I NEED A FEW EXTRA SECONDS, OKAY? YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE IT WITH YOU.
YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE GOT SOME MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN COUNT ON IT. SURE THING.
THANK YOU. MISS. ANYBODY? ONE MORE TIME. LAST CALL.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
KIM CHATELAIN, INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR JEFFERSON PARISH.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS YOU EVER SO BRIEFLY ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF.
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THESE AMENDMENTS ARE BEING SOUGHT BY THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE COMMISSION.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE LONG TERM EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND INTEGRITY, AND, IMPORTANTLY, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS OFFICE AND ITS MISSION.
THE MILLAGE, WHICH SUPPORTS THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN TWICE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, WHICH MEANS THAT I HOPE THAT THIS OFFICE WILL OUTLIVE THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICE OF EACH ONE OF US HERE TODAY.
THEY RELATE TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, DELAYS FOR FINALIZING OUR REPORT AND FOR THE COMMENT PERIOD.
THEY RELATE TO CODIFYING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF OUR REPORTS WHILE THEY ARE IN DRAFT PERIOD.
AND LASTLY, IT RELATES TO THE ACCESS TO PARISH RECORDS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
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I WANT FOR EACH OF YOU TO KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN LOST ON ME AS A CITIZEN, AS A PROFESSIONAL, AS AN INSPECTOR GENERAL.THAT YOU HAVE ENDURED AND INTENSE CAMPAIGN SEASON.
LET ME ALSO PUBLICLY EXPRESS THAT I WAS MOVED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL'S COMMENTS DURING THE INAUGURATION.
YOUR DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, YOUR DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF JEFFERSON PARISH.
I REMAIN READY AND ACCESSIBLE TO DISCUSS THESE DESIRED AMENDMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CRAFTED AND SHARED WITH YOU, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, TO ALLAY YOUR CONCERNS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, MY SPECIFIC ASK IS THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE READ INTO SUMMARY AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND IN DUE COURSE COME FOR VOTE IN THE FORM AND SUBSTANCE WHICH WE HAVE ASKED.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS AT COUNCIL JERRY SULLIVAN.
BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS THE MATTER BRIEFLY WITH YOU, BECAUSE THESE PROPOSALS TO THE COUNCIL WERE LONG THOUGHT OUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING BETTER TRANSPARENCY, BETTER EFFICIENCY IN THE ISSUANCE OF REPORTS, AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, A BETTER SYSTEM IN WHICH TO SECURE THE NEXT INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO WILL SERVE IN THAT POSITION.
IT DOESN'T APPLY JUST TO THE CURRENT INSPECTOR GENERAL, BUT IT APPLIES TO FUTURE INSPECTOR GENERALS BECAUSE WE SEEK TO GET THE BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATE TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY, TO PROVIDE REVIEW OF PARISH ACTIVITIES, PARISH FINANCES, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, MANY OF THESE PROPOSALS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO SECURE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION.
AS IT IS NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY, AND IT'S IT'S A SERIOUS HINDRANCE AS WE ANTICIPATE AT ONE TIME THAT THE CURRENT INSPECTOR GENERAL, KIM CHATELAIN, WILL NOT BE SERVING IN THAT ROLE AND THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR A NEW ONE.
AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THIS PARISH WITH THE BEST ONE.
AND I HOPE THAT AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, YOU CONSIDER THE THE INTENT BEHIND THESE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, WHY WE SEEK THEM, WHAT BENEFIT THEY HAVE NOT ONLY TO THE PARISH GOVERNMENT, BUT TO THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON PARISH? AND IN REVIEWING REPORTS ON A MORE TIMELY FASHION, WE ASK THAT YOU MEET WITH US AT ANY TIME.
NEW YEAR, SAME PROBLEMS. NANCY PIERSON 8920 412 DRIVE, NUMBER 24 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA.
THIS IS A COPY OF A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL ON DECEMBER THE 6TH, 2017, SETTING STANDARDS FOR ALL ITEP APPLICATIONS, APPROVAL OR DENIALS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
SINCE YOU'VE ALL BEEN MADE AWARE OF IT, YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF IT TODAY.
MOST OF YOU WILL BEFORE THAT, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN RESCINDED OR AMENDED SINCE 2017.
THIS WAS FOUND ON THE JEDCO WEBSITE WHICH STATES THE STANDARDS THAT YOU ALL SHOULD FOLLOW.
THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON TODAY.
IF IT FITS THIS, YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR IT.
IF IT DOESN'T, YOU SHOULD VOTE AGAINST IT.
I'M HERE TO SAY IT WOULD DO GREAT FOR BOOTY AND LULING.
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WE DON'T HAVE MANY BUSINESSES DOWN THERE EXCEPT THAT ONE BIG CHEMICAL PARK.I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS.
RETRIEVED THEM FROM THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.
THOSE IN WAGGAMAN LIVING UNDER THE POVERTY LEVEL IS 27.1.
JEFFERSON PARISH RESIDENTS LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL IS 15%.
LOUISIANA AS A WHOLE IS 18.6%.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN WAGGAMAN 6.2.
JEFFERSON PARISH 3.4 AND LOUISIANA 4.6.
BUT REMEMBER, WHAT YOU VOTE ON TODAY IS ON THIS APPLICATION.
NON-JOBS. $80.8 MILLION FOR NINE JOBS.
I WAS VERY MOVED BY WHAT HE SAID.
SO WHEN I GOT HOME, I FOUND THE COPY OF IT AND I PRINTED THIS.
HE SAID IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH, WE SHALL SEEK AND WE SHALL HEED ALL OF THE SIGNS, NOT JUST THE SELECTIVE SLICES SPOON FED TO US BY THOSE SEEKING TO PROFIT, IN MANY CASES, FROM THE TAXPAYER FUNDED SUBSIDIES THAT DISREGARD THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF OUR CITIZENS.
HIDING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS CREATED BY THE LUST FOR WEALTH BY A CHOSEN FEW, AND THEIR RECKLESS PROPOSALS. IT'S TIME OUR POLICY MAKERS CONSIDER ALL THE FACTS, WITHOUT REGARD FOR THE PURCHASED INFLUENCE THAT SEEKS TO DESTABILIZE THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE ENERGY POLICIES OF OUR STATE AND NATION.
I'LL ASK. WE CAN DO THIS ONE OF TWO WAYS FOR THE CORNERSTONE YUEBEI GROUP THAT IS HERE.
WE CAN DO THIS NOW WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
OR WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM, WE COULD SUSPEND THE RULES.
YOU COULD SPEAK ON THE ITEM ITSELF.
OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE DOING IT NOW, WE CAN DO IT NOW.
WHICHEVER IS BEST FOR THE COUNCIL OKAY.
YEAH. WE'LL DO IT WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM.
VERY GOOD. IT'LL BE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT IT'LL BE AT THE ITEM.
THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED.
[ORDINANCES TO BE DEFERRED]
AND ITEMS ONE, THREE AND FOUR TO BE DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 7TH.AND ITEM NUMBER TWO TO BE CANCELED.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL OF ITEMS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR TO FEBRUARY 7TH.
[PROFESSIONAL SERVICES]
ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNDER RFP NUMBER 0464 COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.A RESOLUTION SELECTING A FIRM TO PROVIDE FOOD AND RELATED SERVICES TO CITIZENS IN JEFFERSON PARISH SHELTERS DURING DECLARED EMERGENCY EVENTS UNDER RFP NUMBER 0471 COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN TO SELECT MESSINA'S, WHICH IS ALSO HIGHEST SCORED.
OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WE'LL COME BACK TO AT NOON.
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ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE AND TEN AND 11.SO WE'LL GO TO NUMBER 12, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26236.RESUB OF LOTS ONE, TWO, 17 AND 18 SQUARE 99 RIDGE LAKE ADDITION, HARLEM SUBDIVISION S-172- 21. COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
COUNCILMAN ROSENBERG. YOUR MOTION.
I'LL MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 262.
WE GOT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I WAS JUST SO READY FOR YOU TO GET YOUR FIRST MOTION UNDER YOUR BELT.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING FOR THIS. WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26236.
DO YOU NEED A MONSTER OR SOMETHING TO PICK YOU UP? I SHOULD, I SHOULD.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED.
COUNCILMAN LILLJEBORG YOUR MOTION.
SHE'S GOT. ITEM NUMBER 13, PLEASE.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26237 RESUB OF LOT 6-A AND 6-B, SQUARE 30 BONNABEL PLACE SUBDIVISION S-1 28 - 23 COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE I WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26237.
ANYONE FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
THIS HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IT'S MOVED FORWARD.
THERE'S BEEN NO OBJECTION TO IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNCIL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON BONNIBEL.
THIS IS TWO COMPLETE HOUSES THAT ARE SITTING ON ONE LOT.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING PEACE WITH THE FAMILY.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING PEACE WITH THE SUBDIVISION.
IN TERMS OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TWO HOUSES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE COUNCIL THAT WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO BUILD ANYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO INCREASE THE PACKAGE OR INCREASE THE SEWAGE.
IT'S ALREADY TWO HOUSES AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETELY FINISHED.
GRANTED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.
COUNCILMAN, LUXEMBOURG. YOUR MOTION MOVED TO APPROVE.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING - AND LAND USE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ORDINANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26205 AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP.MORE PARTICULARLY, AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-1A AND C-1 TO C-2, EZ-13-23 COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE AS WELL.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26205.
ANYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
DAVID BARONS, 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD, SUITE 201, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70005.
GOOD MORNING. I'M A PARTNER OF WIENER COMPANIES.
WE ARE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND OFFICE BUILDING AT 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD IN METAIRIE.
MISS QUINN STATED THAT HER CLIENTS WERE SIMPLY REQUESTING A REZONING FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL LOTS ON THAT PARCEL, AND THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD NO PLANS TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING AND REBUILD FOR A MORE INTENSIVE USE BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, DURING THE PAB MEETING, WE RAISED CONCERNS ON A MULTITUDE OF MORE INTENSIVE USES THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE COULD BRING ABOUT, SUCH AS A FAST FOOD CHAIN, CAR WASH, BALLROOM AND A CAR SALES LOT, TO NAME A FEW.
WHILE I HAVE NO REASON TO QUESTION MS. QUINN'S INTEGRITY, SHE WAVERED FROM HER ASSURANCE THAT THEY HAD NO INTENTION TO REDEVELOP THAT PROPERTY WHEN SHE DEFENDED THE REZONING BY INDICATING THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PLANNING AND COMMITTED TO A FAMILY FRIENDLY PROJECT, WHICH LEFT US COMPLETELY CONFUSED ON WHETHER HER RESPONSE WAS FORTHRIGHT.
ARE THEY LOOKING TO KEEP THE EXISTING BUILDING OR PUT A FAMILY FRIENDLY PROJECT ON THE PROPERTY?
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SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE AGAIN HEARD THAT THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO REDEVELOP THAT PROPERTY.IF THEY DO INTEND TO KEEP THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING, THEN WHY ARE THEY HERE REQUESTING THIS REZONING? I WOULD URGE YOU TO DENY THEIR REQUEST AS IT IS SIMPLY PREMATURE IF YOU DO ALLOW THIS REZONING AND THE CURRENT OWNER SELLS, THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS OR CONSEQUENCES WHICH DENY THESE MORE INTENSIVE USES ON THE PROPERTY TO A FUTURE OWNER.
IF THERE TRULY ARE NO PLANS TO REDEVELOP THIS SITE, AS MISS QUINN STATED ONCE AGAIN, WHY IS THIS REZONING EVEN NECESSARY? IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO REZONE NOW FOR NO VALID REASON, THEY WILL ONLY OPEN THE DOOR FOR ANY FUTURE OWNER TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THESE MORE INTENSIVE USES UNDER THE C-2 ZONING AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR, SIMILARLY SITUATED PROPERTY OWNERS TO REQUEST THE SAME, MORE INTENSIVE ZONING.
THIS REQUEST IS SIMPLY PREMATURE AND NOT NECESSARY, SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT AT THE PAB MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MISS QUINN'S STATEMENT ABOUT OUR BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
WHILE YES, THE BANK DOES OCCUPY A SMALL PORTION OF OUR BUILDING FRONTING VETERANS BOULEVARD, WE HAVE OCCUPIED AND OPERATE OUR BUSINESS FROM OUR OFFICE AT 321 VETERANS FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, AND WE ALSO LEASE SPACE TO AN INSURANCE AGENCY, A COUPLE OF LAW FIRMS, A CPA, A PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER, AND A PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO MANY ELDERLY PATIENTS.
WE HAVE REJECTED NUMEROUS OFFERS TO PURCHASE OUR PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT TO MORE INTENSIVE USES, INCLUDING FOR A POPULAR FAST FOOD CHAIN WHOSE DRIVE THRU CUSTOMERS FREQUENTLY STACK ON VETERANS.
IF ONE COMES ABOUT, ALL I ASK IS FOR FULL VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR MYSELF AND THIS COUNCIL.
BUT AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, THEY SUPPOSEDLY HAVE NO PLANS TO REDEVELOP.
THE PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FRONTING VETERANS IS ZONED C2, AND THE ZONING TRANSITIONS TO LESS INTENSIVE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS AS IT GETS CLOSER AND ABUTS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF IN FACT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR A POTENTIAL TENANT OR BUYER OF THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE PLANS TO REDEVELOP THIS CORNER TO A FAMILY FRIENDLY, OR OTHER MORE INTENSIVE USE THAT HAS YET TO BE DISCLOSED.
BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENCE IN JEFFERSON AND OTHER PARISHES, THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO DENY THEIR REQUEST NOW AND COME BACK TO THE PAB AND THE COUNCIL WITH PLANS THAT JUSTIFY A ZONING CHANGE IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE FULL TRANSPARENCY TO EVERYONE AFFECTED.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL LIKELY BE BACK HERE IN A FEW MONTHS, ALONG WITH A ROOM FULL OF CONCERNED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THEIR TENANT OR PURCHASER SEEKS SITE PLAN VARIANCES FOR WHATEVER PROJECT THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP UNDER THE RADAR.
UNTIL THEN, THIS REQUEST IS PREMATURE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS COUNCIL TO DENY THE REQUEST.
THANK YOU. THERE ARE TEN MINUTES LEFT FOR OPPOSITION.
GOOD MORNING, BRUCE WEINER, 321 VETERANS BOULEVARD, SUITE 201, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA.
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THIS BUILDING WAS UP FOR SALE.
LOOK, YOU DON'T WAKE UP ONE DAY AND DECIDE, OH, I WANT TO REZONE MY PROPERTY.
SOMETHING DRIVES THAT DECISION.
MY GUESS IS THE HEIRS WANT TO POSITION THIS PROPERTY TO SELL IT.
UNLESS THERE'S A PROPOSED USE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION AND OPPOSE THIS REZONING.
ANYONE ELSE APPEARING IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK NOTE THE TWO APPEARED IN OPPOSITION, ZERO IN FAVOR.
COUNCILMAN LILJEBERG YOUR MOTION.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHY Y'ALL, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.YES, SIR. WE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE REQUESTED C2 DISTRICT WILL CREATE A UNIFORMLY ZONED DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT DIRECTLY ABUTS C2 CPZ'S ZONING TO THE WEST, AND FACES NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING AND USES ACROSS PAPWORTH AVENUE TO THE EAST BY EXTENDING THE CPZ OVERLAY TO THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT SITE.
ITEM NUMBER 15, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
MORE PARTICULARLY, AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM R-1A TO GO-2, EZ- 15-23 COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26206.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM 16, PLEASE.
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FOR CERTAIN LOTS OR PORTIONS OF LOTS BOUNDED BY PROVIDENCE LANE, CRESTON STREET, MALMEDY AVENUE, JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, STARRETT ROAD, AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING THE ZONING FROM R-2, R-3, RR-3, AND C-2 WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH CBZ TO R-1A AND R-2 WITH CERTAIN PROPERTIES OVERLAID WITH CPZ.
CPZ HAS RECOMMENDED BY A STUDY AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 138454EZ-16- 23, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
WE CAN WAIVE THE READING ON THIS ITEM.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26238.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND MADAM CLERK NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
[RECLASSIFICATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES - VARIANCES]
SUMMARY NUMBER 26208 APPROVING SP-38-23 AMENDING CPC 30-17 TO APPROVE A REQUESTED VARIANCE TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SAM'S CLUB, LOCATED AT 3900 AIRLINE DRIVE ON LOT 1-8, MANSON TRACT SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL, DISTRICT TWO.WE CAN WAIVE THE READING HERE.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26208.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONANO MOVE FOR DENIAL.
I HAVE A NOTE THAT NUMBER 18 WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR MARCH 6TH MEETING.
COUNCILMAN LILJENBERG, YOUR MOTION ON THAT DEFERRAL OF, ON ITEM 18.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM NUMBER 19, PLEASE.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26239 APPROVING SP-65-23 REQUESTED VARIANCES FOR AFFORDABLE SELF-STORAGE LOCATED AT 6137 AIRLINE DRIVE ON LOT TWO, A1 SQUARE TWO, WOODLAND ACRES SUBDIVISION, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
WAIVE THE READING HERE AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26239.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING. SPENCER KING SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICANT, INVESTMENT HOLDINGS.
I'M REALLY STEPPING IN FOR TIM MADDEN, WHO PRIMARILY REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT, AND HE HAS ASKED ME TO APPEAR HERE TODAY AND REQUEST A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL ON THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
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ORDINANCE. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT MR. MADDEN HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.HE'S BEEN TO MD ANDERSON, IN HOUSTON, AND HE REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.
SO JUST UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE WOULD REQUEST JUST A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL ON THIS ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE IN FAVOR? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT ONE APPEARED IN FAVOR.
COUNCILWOMAN BONANO. THIS ISSUE HAS GONE ON FOR FAR TOO LONG.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS MEETINGS BETWEEN MYSELF, PLANNING, MR. MADDEN'S OFFICE.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE'S NOTHING GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND THAT THIS SITE, WHICH WAS BUILT WITHOUT ANY PERMITS AT ALL, INCLUDING ITS FENCE, ITS DRIVEWAY, ETC., IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I CAN AGREE TO IN THE FUTURE.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I'LL MOVE FOR DENIAL.
[OTHER ORDINANCES]
STANDARDS ACT OVERTIME EXEMPT STATUS DESIGNATION FOR THE CLASSES OF EARLY HEAD START TEACHER AND HEAD START TEACHER ASSISTANT WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26216.ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26216.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26240 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.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26240.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26240.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26241 TO AMEND SECTION 2-36 AND 2-41 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA, PERTAINING TO PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL MEETINGS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH NEW STATE LAWS AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26241.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE OPPOSED? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF SUMMARY NUMBER 26241.
ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NUMBER 23 WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE.
THE OPERATING BUDGET SUMMARY NUMBER 26245, AMENDING THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.
AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO ALLOCATE $6,250 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO'S VIDEO POKER FUND FOR AN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE CEA WITH THE CITY OF HARAHAN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,250 TO PURCHASE FLOCK SAFETY AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM CAMERAS.
COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO ALLOCATE $5,565 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE'S WEST BANK TOURISM FUND TO THE ALARIO CENTER TO PAY AN INVOICE FOR THE WEST BANK MARDI GRAS KICK OFF MEETING OF THE CORTES AND ALARIO CENTER SHOWCASE EVENT, AS A PART OF MARKETING INITIATIVE TO ATTRACT MARDI GRAS EVENTS TO THE ALARIO CENTER TO INCREASE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JEFFERSON PARISH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE ALLOCATE $26,500 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE'S WEST BANK TOURISM FUND TO PAY AN INVOICE TO MESSINAS FOR THE WEST BANK MARDI GRAS KICK OFF MEETING OF THE CORTES AND ALARIO CENTER SHOWCASE EVENT, AS A PART OF MARKETING INITIATIVE TO ATTRACT MARDI GRAS EVENTS TO THE ALARIO CENTER TO INCREASE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JEFFERSON PARISH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE ALLOCATES $16,813 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND TO RECREATION CAPITAL FOR THE BROWN LINEAR PARK PROJECT COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. 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 ON THE AMENDMENTS, MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26245.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER 24 WITH AMENDMENTS, THE CAPITAL BUDGET, PLEASE.
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AMENDING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE AMENDMENT TO HAVE IS TO RECOGNIZE A TRANSFER OF $16,813 FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE WEST BANK RIVERBOAT GAMING FUND TO RECREATIONAL CAPITAL FOR THE BROWN LANIER PARK PROJECT COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT, MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
SO NOW WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26246.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MADAM CLERK. NOTE THAT NO ONE HAS APPEARED COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 25.
[RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR]
RESOLUTIONS OF MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MADAM CLERK.
I'VE. NONE. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN RESOLUTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.
YES, MA'AM. A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MR. KURT TALAMO TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH HOMELESS TASK FORCE, REPLACING MR. ROBBIE MEYER, REPRESENTING JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL AT LARGE DIVISION A, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT RESOLUTION BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR? HEARING NONE, WE NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT RESOLUTION.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? OPPOSITION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. THAT TAKES US TO CONSENT AGENDA ONE AND YOUR MOTION.
[CONSENT AGENDA ONE]
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS TO DEFER? YES. THAT'S NEXT. OKAY.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 26 THROUGH 109-53, 54 AND 65.
OH 104 AS WELL? TO FEBRUARY 7TH.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'LL READ IT AGAIN.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 26 THROUGH 109-53, 54 AND 65, AND 104, WHICH ARE TO BE DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 7TH AND THE CANCELLATION OF 98 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 110 AND CONSENT AGENDA TWO, PLEASE.
[CONSENT AGENDA TWO]
GIVE ME ONE SECOND.NO, WE'RE NOT DEFERRING 123 ANYMORE.
THOSE ALL CORRECT, MADAM CLERK, YOUR MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ENGLOBA ADOPTION OF ITEMS 110 THROUGH 173-128, WHICH IS TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AT 149, WHICH IS TO BE AMENDED ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER 128, PLEASE.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH ROMELL E WASTE, LLC 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 COLLECTION FROM RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS UNITS, AND FROM THE DAVID DRIVE AND LAPALCO TRASH DROP OFF SITES UNDER RFP NUMBER 0461, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,088,440.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
IF, OUR PARISH ATTORNEY, TONY, I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS LOOKING OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU USED TO SIT OVER THERE, AND NOW YOU'RE HERE.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS ABOUT THE THE DISTRIBUTION OF CARTS FOR THE ENTIRE PARISH, THE NEW RECYCLING CARTS, OR IF PEOPLE WANTED THE CARTS, THEY COULD REQUEST THEM.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, I REMEMBER I REMEMBER PART OF OUR AGREEMENT BEING THAT EVERYBODY IN THE PARISH WAS GETTING A CART BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE PARISH IS PAYING FOR A CART, AND IF YOU DIDN'T WANT IT, YOU COULD THEN GIVE IT BACK.
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BUT SINCE THEN, I'VE HEARD OTHERWISE, THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE.IF YOU WANT A CART, YOU COULD CONTACT ROUMELI AND THEN A CART WOULD BE GIVEN TO YOU.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OUR CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY STATES? AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANYTHING CLEARER, THE CONTRACT REFERS TO THE RFP THAT WE PUT OUT, AND THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE RFP ON PAGE 29 THAT SUGGESTS THAT ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE A CART WOULD REQUEST ROUMELI THAT A CART BE DELIVERED TO THEIR HOME.
BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN RAMELLI'S PROPOSAL THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT, I THINK THEY ASSUME THAT THEY ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A CART, BUT THERE WAS SOME VERBIAGE IN THE RFP THAT THE PARISH PUT OUT THAT SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS EVERYONE NEEDED TO REQUEST A CARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I REMIND EVERYBODY I VOTED AGAINST, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM AND EVERYBODY IN THE PARISH IS PAYING FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEN WE SHOULDN'T PUT THE ONUS ON OUR CITIZENS TO THEN HUNT DOWN A RECYCLING BIN, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW THAT GOES WITH.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO SIGN UP FOR CHRISTMAS TREE PICKUP, OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS OR THAT.
I DON'T THINK THOSE LISTS WORK PARTICULARLY WELL, AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR NEIGHBOR GET A RECYCLING CART AND THEY'LL SAY, WHERE'S MY RECYCLING CART? THEN THERE'S CHAOS AND WE'RE FLOODED WITH PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT TYPICALLY WORKS.
SO CAN WE CLARIFY THAT VERBIAGE AND AMEND THE CONTRACT? YES, WE CAN BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING IF WE DEFER THIS.
YEAH. AND THAT AND I WOULD I WOULD SECOND THAT BECAUSE AND MOVE FOR DEFERRAL FOR ONE MEETING.
AND THIS DID COME UP LATE YESTERDAY.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALL BEEN DEALING WITH WE HAD THE HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, THE MLK HOLIDAY, AND WE WERE ALL DEALING WITH, THE FRIGID WEATHER AND MAKING SURE THINGS WERE, AS THEY NEEDED TO BE. SO, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT WE CAN ALL EYEBALL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CONFUSION ON THIS.
SO I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE BINS BE GIVEN TO EVERY PAYING CUSTOMER.
AND SO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT, I'D PREFER TO DEFER SO WE CAN PUT IN MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS IN THE SUBMISSION ITSELF, THERE'LL BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE HE WILL HAVE MR. RAMELLI WILL HAVE TO ORDER THE CARTS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL PUTTING THINGS OUT, HOPING IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP.
AND THEN THEY'RE THE ONES WHO, WHO? LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING WITH IT ANYWAY.
SO THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE NOW WITHOUT RECYCLING BINS BECAUSE THEY PUT THEM OUT WITH RECYCLING IN IT, AND THEY WERE PICKED UP THE WHOLE BUNCH AND THROWN INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. SO SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THEIR BINS TO BEGIN WITH, EVEN THOUGH WE'LL ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THOSE BINS UNTIL THEIR CARTS ARRIVE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE CLUNKY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECYCLING PROGRAM.
SO PLEASE DON'T PUT THOSE RECYCLING BINS OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PICKED UP.
AND THEY COULD BE TAKEN AS GARBAGE AND THE BINS DISPOSED OF AS WELL.
BUT THE CURRENT BINS, THOSE UNLIMITED BINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE RECYCLING BINS.
AS A PARISH ATTORNEY POINTED OUT, UNTIL A FEW MONTHS PAST, BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE A TIME TO ORDER THE NEW, LARGER CONTAINERS THAT WILL HAVE WHEELS AND A LID, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST REQUEST WE GOT THAT WE HAVE A LIDDED CONTAINER IN FUTURE RECYCLING SERVICE, SO YOUR CURRENT SHORT GREEN BIN WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE RECYCLING BIN AFTER THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WORK OUT THE CONTRACT DETAILS.
AND A FEW MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, YOU'LL GET A LIDDED ROLLING RECYCLING BIN.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
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AND PEOPLE WILL USE THE RECYCLING BIN THAT WE HAVE NOW UNTIL THEY'RE DELIVERED THEIR 64 GALLON CART.COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION ON ITEM 128.
SO I'LL MOVE TO DEFER FOR ONE MEETING.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 149, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INCREASE TO THE MONTHLY CONTRACT CONSIDERATION PAYABLE TO NINE MILE POINT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY NUMBER ONE, FROM $81,800 TO $89,800, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND NINE MILE POINT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO CHANGE THE VENDOR'S NAME TO NINE MILE POINT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY NUMBER ONE IN THE SEVENTH, WHEREAS TO SAY THAT IT IS INCREASED BY $8,000 PER MONTH TO SAY THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY WILL BE FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA.
AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS.
I HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
HEARING NONE. COUNCILMAN BONANO YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION, AS AMENDED? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BONANO, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 174 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, PLEASE.
[ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM TAKES US TO 174.AND THEN ITEM NUMBER ONE, I SHOULD SAY MADAM CLERK.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR SELECTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE SELECTION OF CLASSY BURNS LLC? ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HANG ON. I'M SORRY. SKIPPED AHEAD.
THAT TAKES US TO, THE GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 22.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN YOUR MOTION ON THAT? MOVE FOR APPROVAL. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH 22 ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO NUMBER 23 ON THE ADDENDUM AGENDA, PLEASE.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING DOCKET NUMBER OM-12- 23 TO AMEND OM-11-18 TO INSTALL A FENCE AND THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD IN THE OLD METAIRIE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT AT 226 FREDERICKS AVENUE ON LOT 33- A12-B, FREDERICKS ROOF SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH, BOUNDED BY AVENUE E, STELLA STREET, ZONED R-1B RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, OMNCD COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
COUNCILMAN LILJENBERG, YOUR MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LILJENBERG.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
THAT TAKES US TO RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM 24, PLEASE.
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE OR DENY THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM APPLICATION NUMBER 20230256 IT FOR UB AMERICA INCORPORATED COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO SUSPENDING THE RULES TO ALLOW THE GROUP HERE TO PRESENT AT THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
THE RULES MAY BE SUSPENDED FOR THAT.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM NOW FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WAS TOLD THREE PEOPLE WILL HAVE ABOUT THREE MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING? ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP IT UNDER TEN.
AND WE'RE PASSING OUT SOME COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SEAN WARD.
I SERVE AS THE CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR CORNERSTONE AND THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK, LOCATED AT 10800 RIVER ROAD IN WAGGAMAN.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF UBE'S ITEP REQUEST.
AS YOU KNOW AT CORNERSTONE, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT TRANSITIONING OUR SITE TO MODERNIZE OUR SITE AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR TENANTS WHO SHARE THOSE SAME VALUES TO IMPROVE SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND ALSO OUR GOOD
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS.AND YOU'VE FOUNDED MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, IN 1897.
UB AIMS TO PRODUCE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS THAT POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND AN ENRICHED AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ACTUAL COMPONENTS THAT UB WILL BE MAKING ON SITE ARE DMC AND EMC ELECTROLYTES THAT GO INTO THE COMPONENTS OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, AND ALSO THAT ARE USED AS INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS AND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS. THIS IS THE EXCITING PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE EV MARKET IN THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD IS INCREASING TO IS BEGINNING TO HAVE A SHARP INCREASE. IN PARTICULAR, BATTERY MANUFACTURING BETWEEN NOW AND THE YEAR 2035 IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 900%.
AND THE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL WHICH UB WILL BE PRODUCING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 1,000% BY 2035.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR JEFFERSON PARISH TO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE GREEN ECONOMY AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
UB'S PRODUCTS WOULD HELP REDUCE THE COUNTRY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT BY ELIMINATING DEPENDANCE ON MARITIME IMPORTS OF THESE MATERIALS FROM JAPAN AND CHINA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD.
THIS WILL BE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION.
AND THE FIRST FOR YOU BE IN THE US.
WITH UB IN LOUISIANA, WE WILL BE WELL PLACED TO MEET DOMESTIC DEMAND AND GROW ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES IN THE FUTURE FOR CLEAN ENERGY.
SO FOR THE SITE, THE RAW MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THESE PRODUCTS ARE NATURAL GAS, METHANOL, ETHANOL, NITRIC ACID, SULFURIC ACID, AND CAUSTIC SODA. MANY OF THESE PRODUCTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE SITE AT CORNERSTONE.
THE FINAL PRODUCT IS A NON VOC, WHICH MEANS IT DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO OZONE DEPLETION.
IT'S NON TOXIC AND THE AIR PERMIT APPLICATION WHICH IS IN PROCESS WILL BE A MINOR SOURCE.
THE TRANSPORTATION MODE IS BY ISO CONTAINERS A VERY SAFE MODAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE.
SO IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT, THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE $491 MILLION.
FROM A SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST US PRODUCTION OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS.
EMPLOYMENT FOR UB EMPLOYEES, NON PERMANENT FULL TIME JOBS AND FOR CORNERSTONE EMPLOYEES WHO WILL OPERATE THE PLANT AND PROVIDE THE CRAFTS NEEDED TO SAFELY OPERATE 47 FULL TIME CONTRACTED POSITION THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THESE JOBS, THERE WILL BE 300 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARTNERING WITH UB AND THE PARISH AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES IN JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AND THE UNITED STATES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. GARY SILVERT WITH GNOE.
GOOD MORNING, I'M GARY SILVERT.
PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING IN SUPPORT OF UB'S ITEP APPLICATION.
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INVESTMENT. GNO INC.RAN AN ANALYSIS USING A SOFTWARE MODELING TOOL CALLED IMPLAN.
IT'S A NATIONALLY ACCEPTED TOOL, FOR SOFTWARE MODELING, THAT LOOKS AT LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF DATA POINTS FROM MORE THAN 90 SOURCES.
AGAIN, IT'S A LEADING TOOL IN THE COUNTRY USED BY UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSES SUCH AS KPMG, DELOITTE, US BANK, BANK OF AMERICA, USDA, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
IN LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE JOBS THAT WOULD BE CREATED, THIS PROJECT WOULD CREATE 158 JOBS, INCLUDING 56 DIRECT JOBS, WHICH ARE THOSE THAT WILL BE, SHOWING UP TO WORK EVERY DAY FROM CORNERSTONE AND UBE, AND THEN 59 INDIRECT JOBS, WHICH ARE JOBS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, AND THEN 43 INDUCED JOBS, WHICH ARE CREATED BY THE PREVIOUS TWO DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS.
AND THIS RESULTS IN A TOTAL ANNUAL LABOR INCOME OF $17.4 MILLION.
DURING THE 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, THERE WILL BE 1989 NEW JOBS, INCLUDING 300 DIRECT JOBS, 1335 INDIRECT JOBS, AND 354 INDUCED JOBS, REPRESENTING AN ESTIMATED 133.7 MILLION IN TOTAL LABOR INCOME.
AS A RESULT OF THIS $491 MILLION CAPEX INVESTMENT.
NEXT. THIS INVESTMENT UBBE'S PROJECT WOULD BE A HUGE ECONOMIC BOOST TO JEFFERSON PARISH AND ITS TAX REVENUES.
SPECIFICALLY, AN ESTIMATED 2.17 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUES FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS AND THEN, STARTING IN THE 11TH YEAR, 10.17 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUES.
AND THEN, THAT WOULD GO ON FOR AN ESTIMATED 30 YEARS.
JEFFERSON PARISH WOULD BE, ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE 4.0 9,000,000IN TAX REVENUES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT. INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS, I MIGHT MENTION THAT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE WOULD BE $378,000 ANNUALLY GENERATED FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND IN THE 11TH YEAR, BEGINNING IN THE 11TH YEAR, 1.3 MILLION.
I WOULD ADD THAT THE STATE IS DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT MONITORING, AND THEY HAVE A STAFF AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS AND THEN LEGISLATIVE AUDITORS, WHO DO VERY CLOSE MONITORING.
AND IF THERE IS, ANYTHING THAT IS INCOMPLETE OR NOT DONE ACCORDING TO THESE STRICT RULES, THERE WILL BE, POTENTIALLY, CONSEQUENCES AND CORRECTIONS.
IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST MAKE 1 OR 2 POINTS.
ITEP WAS CREATED DECADES AGO, AND IT WAS CREATED FOR THE STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OF THIS COUNTRY AND TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE JOBS, MANUFACTURING JOBS.
SPEAKING OF THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE BEEN DOUBLING DOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO GROW MANUFACTURING, TO REASSURE IT AND TO ATTRACT IT BOTH FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOR OUR OUR COMPETITIVENESS IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN CLOSING, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FINAL POINT, AND JUST TAKING A PEEK AT THE JEFFERSON PARISH WEBSITE AND REPORTING ON YOUR FINANCIAL, RESULTS. IT SAYS JEFFERSON PARISH REMAINS STRONG FINANCIALLY WITH INNOVATIVE AND NEXT LEVEL PLANS, WHICH WILL MAKE IT EVEN MORE RESILIENT, ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE AND BEST POSITIONED TO THRIVE.
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JEFFERSON PARISH IS POISED TO BE THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION AND THE FUTURE BUSINESS AND A FUTURE BUSINESS, EXCUSE ME TO BE THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION AND THE FUTURE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HUB FOR THE GULF SOUTH.I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THAT EXCELLENT VISION TO HEART AND APPROVE THIS ITEP.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TOSHIKI MANABE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF UBE AMERICA, INC., AND TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE UBE CORPORATION'S CURRENT PHILOSOPHY AND COMMITMENT TO THE ROBUST, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
OVER THE 100 YEARS SINCE WE FOUNDED THE UBE CORPORATION BACK IN 1897, WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEP A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR OF OUR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE CHEMICAL PLANT.
SO AS A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENS, WE WOULD LIKE TO HARMONIZE WITH SOCIETY.
AND ALSO WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE PURSUING THE SOCIAL INITIATIVES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF JAPAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRODUCTION SITE IN JAPAN, THAILAND AND SPAIN.
AND ALSO, OUR COMPANY CONDUCTS THE ANNUAL SURVEY TO REVIEW OUR OPERATIONS, NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS ITSELF, BUT ALSO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE RESULT OF THIS SURVEY IS REPORTED AS A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CSR REPORT.
AND THIS REPORT IS PUBLISHED ONTO OUR WEBSITE.
AND THE ALL OF US, WE CAN ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN HERE ARE FOUR, AREAS WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR COMMUNITIES.
YOU CAN SEE NUMBER ONE, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.
NUMBER THREE, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH.
AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, EDUCATION AND CULTURE.
PROSPERITY. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE HOW WE ARE HOW WE KEEP GROWING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER FOUR EDUCATION AND CULTURE, I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME PICTURES THAT WE ARE, DOING AS AN OUTREACH PROGRAM IN JAPAN, THAILAND AND SPAIN AT THE LEFT, LEFT PICTURES.
THIS IS THE, CLASSICAL CONCERT, WHICH WILL BE CORPORATIONS IS HOSTING AT CITY OF UBE EVERY YEAR.
THIS STARTED IN 2008, SO IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 15 YEARS.
AND ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT PICTURE, WE ARE HOSTING THE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS, TO HAVE, CHEMISTRY CLASSES.
SO THIS KIND OF ACTIVITIES, WE KEEP GOING, WE KEEP DOING FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN THIS IS THE EXAMPLE IN THAILAND AND SPAIN.
AND AS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, LEFT PICTURES, PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES IN THAILAND ARE CLEANING UP THE COAST OR PLANTING, PLANTING THE CORAL. AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE RIGHT PICTURES, THE COMPANY IN SPAIN IS SUPPORTING THE LOCAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM, BY SPONSORING.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS THE, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN, THAILAND, SPAIN. BUT WE ARE SURE THAT WE WILL DO THE SAME IN THE US BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE OUR NEW HOME HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND THEN WE WILL WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW HISTORY AS THE FIRST PRODUCTION SITE OF UBE COOPERATION, UB GROUP HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH. AND THEN WE ARE FULLY PREPARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORS OR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATIONS.
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I WAS TOLD THREE FOR THREE MINUTES EACH.REAL QUICK. EVERYBODY'S OVER ALREADY.
VERY, VERY QUICK. DO IT QUICKLY, PLEASE.
HE SHOWED THE PICTURES OF WHAT THEY DO AND JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS BECAUSE CORNERSTONE CARES WITH JEFFERSON PARISH AND AROUND OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, SO REALLY PRIORITIZING OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.
AND RIGHT NOW UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2019 AT CORNERSTONE, THERE'S REALLY BEEN A FOCUS AND A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE IT MATTERS MOST.
SO SINCE 2019, REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON WAGGAMAN, BUT NOW IN A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND.
SO BEING ABLE FOR TAKING CHARDONNAY, FOR EXAMPLE, BEING ABLE TO TAKE THESE EFFORTS, NOT ONLY WITH THE SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS, BUT ALSO WITH THE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO AT THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
WE CAN EXPAND THAT TO EMMETT GILBERT IN THE AVONDALE AND KENNEDY HEIGHTS AREA.
WE CAN DO BUNCH ELEMENTARY IN KENNER.
WE CAN ALSO DO HAZEL PARK IN THE RIVER RIDGE HARAHAN COMMUNITY.
SO INVESTMENTS AND GOOD PARTNERS LIKE UB BRINGING THAT IN, WE CAN EXPAND AND DO MORE.
SO A CORNERSTONE ALREADY ATTENDS THE WAGGAMAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THOSE LEADERS WHERE YOU KNOW THE MOST IMPACT CAN BE MADE, AND THEN EXPANDING AS WELL TO ATTEND KENNEDY HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION, OLD KENNER CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE RIVER RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AS WELL.
SO BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, BRINGING IN UB, BRINGING OTHER COMPANIES AT THE CORNERSTONE ENERGY PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK WHERE IT MATTERS MOST.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE.
YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
HOWEVER, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE JOBS.
I SEE THAT ACCORDING TO THIS DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE 56 DIRECT, 59 INDIRECT.
AND I KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, THAT, THOSE PERMANENT JOBS, IT APPEARS TO BE 56 BETWEEN CORNERSTONE AND AND THE AND THE NEW ENTITY.
COUNCILMAN LEE, NINE, UB EMPLOYEES OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, HUMAN RESOURCES, IT AND THE LIKE.
SO HERE'S SO ON THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION RELATED JOBS.
WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE CONTRACTOR TO DO THIS? AND WILL THERE BE PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRED OR WILL THIS BE PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER PLACES TO, BUILD THIS, THIS NEW FACILITY? SO THERE'LL BE A VETTING PROCESS OF, ENGINEERING FIRMS, CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TO, BUILD THE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES AT THE SITE.
THE THE, FIRST PRIORITY WOULD BE LOCAL FIRST, RIGHT TO TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL COMPANIES AND FIRMS THAT CAN DO THE ENGINEERING, THE DESIGN AND ALSO FOR, WHICH IS ALREADY ONGOING AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT AND USING LOUISIANA. JEFFERSON PARISH LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S YOUR HISTORY WITH DOING THAT? WITH COMPANIES WHO ARE COMING INTO YOUR COMPLEX? SO WE HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD WITH, OUR OTHER TENANT EMPLOYEES THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, HAND IN HAND LOCALLY TO TRY TO GET FIRST COMMUNITY AND THEN OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FOR CONSTRUCTION JOBS, LABEL ENGINEERING FIRMS. OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I LISTENED TO IT AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
TELL ME ABOUT THE RECAPTURE PROCESS, THAT THE STATE HAS IN PLACE.
AND WHEN DOES THAT KICK IN? BECAUSE I SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE ASKING, ESSENTIALLY FOR US TO WAIVE ABOUT 2 MILLION.
WELL, I'M SORRY THAT WE'LL RECEIVE $2 MILLION A YEAR FOR TEN YEARS.
AND THEN IN YEAR 11, WE GET NEARLY TEN TIMES THAT, RIGHT? 10 MILLION. YES. OKAY.
SO. TELL ME ABOUT IF THINGS DON'T GO WELL.
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THE RECAPTURE PROCESS.HOW DOES THE STATE HANDLE THAT? AS I MENTIONED, THE STATE HAS ATTORNEYS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITORS, THE APPLICANT, UB CORNERSTONE, ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANNUALLY PAYROLL DATA, WHICH IS SCRUTINIZED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO IN TERMS OF THEIR ITEP APPLICATION.
SO WHAT'S THE RECAPTURE, IF NOT JUST THEM? ANYBODY IF IF THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? WHAT HAPPENS TO AN ENTITY IF THERE'S RECAPTURE? THERE ARE PENALTIES AND FINES.
I CAN'T TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMAN WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I AM MINDFUL OF, LITIGATION I READ ABOUT IN ORLEANS PARISH SOME YEARS AGO, FOR INSTANCE, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I'M AWARE OF IN THE METRO AREA WAS FOLGERS, WHERE IN FACT THERE WAS CLAWBACK.
I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT WAS.
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING I'M RHONDA BOETTNER WITH DIDIER CONSULTANTS.
WE REPRESENT UB WITH THE ITEP APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED TO LED.
WITH REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PENALTIES, ANNUALLY WE FILE COMPLIANCE REPORTS AND IF THE COMPANY IS FOUND NON-COMPLIANT, A NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO EACH OF THE THREE ENTITIES IN JEFFERSON PARISH, AND THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PENALIZING THE COMPANY BECAUSE THE THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FIRST APPROVES THIS APPLICATION. AND THEN ONCE IF THEY'RE FOUND NON-COMPLIANT, A NOTICE IS SENT TO THE THREE ENTITIES AND THEY WILL ADVISE THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HOW TO HANDLE THE NONCOMPLIANCE BEING PENALIZED.
THE COMPANY, DENY THE APPLICATION OR RETRACT THE APPLICATION OR THE THE CONTRACT, OR TAKE NO ACTION AT ALL, OR DEFER TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR THEIR ACTION FOR WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO.
SO EACH YEAR, IF THEY'RE COMPLIANT, YOU'LL GET A NOTICE SAYING THEY'RE COMPLIANT, BUT IF THEY'RE NON-COMPLIANT EACH YEAR, YOU WILL GET A NOTICE, AND YOU WILL YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME TYPE OF ACTION.
BEFORE I MOVE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER BONANO. FIRST, I WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT UB IS THE KIND OF COMPANY WE WANT HERE.
ITEP IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SO THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS, I DON'T CARE IF WE CREATE 100 JOBS, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT 20% OF THOSE JOBS ARE GOING TO GO TO JEFFERSON PARISH RESIDENTS MAY BE A HIGH ESTIMATE.
WITH THAT SAID, ALSO, WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.
TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU NO COMPANY FROM JEFFERSON PARISH IS GOING TO BUILD THIS PLANT.
AGAIN, THIS PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND NOT JEFFERSON PARISH.
A STATE BOARD RUBBERSTAMPS 99.5% OF ALL OF THESE ITEP APPLICATIONS.
WHY? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COST THE STATE A PENNY.
THEY PUT THE BURDEN ON THE PARISHES BACK.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? WE HAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION AT THE BEGINNING.
IT'S SO UNFAIR THAT IT WAS LIKE, NO, YOU ONLY HAVE.
DID YOU HAVE OPPOSITION? YEAH.
WE HAD WE HAD EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK EARLY ON IT.
I MEAN, LOOK, I DON'T MIND I DON'T MIND LETTING HER SPEAK IF WE ARE ALL OKAY WITH IT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO SUSPENDING THE RULES TO ALLOW OPPOSITION TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES ON THIS ISSUE? HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
SPEAK. YOU GOTTA LET THOSE SPEAK.
I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU QUIET, LISA.
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NO PROBLEM. MY NAME IS LISA CARLIN.I LIVE AT 282 ORCHARD ROAD IN RIVER RIDGE.
UB CORPORATION IS VALUED AT 1.7 BILLION.
YET THEY ARE SEEKING $81 MILLION TAX EXEMPTIONS IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND THAT'S FOR NINE FULL TIME JOBS, PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $55,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S $14,000 LESS THAN THE MEDIAN ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THAT'S ALMOST 9 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR EACH JOB CREATED.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IS ABOUT $200,000 PER JOB CREATED.
YOU'RE VOTING ON WHAT'S IN WRITING IN THE ITEP APPLICATION AND PROPOSED CONTRACT NINE NEW JOBS, PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $55,000 A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
THERE'S NO JOB GROWTH IN THE CONTRACT, AND THERE'S NO SALARY INCREASES IN THE CONTRACT.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR BATTERIES.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL JOBS AT CORNERSTONE.
YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
UB AMERICA'S ITEP APPLICATION STATES NINE JOBS WITH AN ANNUAL PAYROLL OF 495,000.
THESE DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA AS SET FORTH IN THE JEFFERSON PARISH INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM RUBRIC, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON THE GEDCO WEBSITE AND WAS ADOPTED BY THE PARISH COUNCIL VIA RESOLUTION 130529.
THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL MUST DENY UB AMERICA'S ITEP APPLICATION 2023 0256.
THANK YOU. HANG ON ONE SECOND, MR. ALLEN. LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BECAUSE YOU'VE LED PERFECTLY INTO MY QUESTION FOR OUR PARISH ATTORNEY AND FOR JERRY BOLOGNA FROM JEDKO TO THIS RUBRIC THAT HAS BEEN SO MUCH TALKED ABOUT THAT PREDATES ME AND MOST OF US ON THE COUNCIL.
HOW DOES IT APPLY TO THIS, IF AT ALL, TODAY? AND I KNOW JERRY HAS SOME INPUT ON ON WHAT THIS MEANS TO TONY.
I'LL LET MR. BOLOGNA SPEAK ON THAT.
THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JERRY BOLOGNA WITH JEDKO, THE RUBRIC.
KEEP IN MIND, ITEP, AS MR. BONANO POINTED OUT, IS A STATE INCENTIVE.
WHILE IT'S GIVING AWAY LOCAL TAX DOLLARS, IT'S ADMINISTERED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THAT RUBRIC WAS, WAS DEVELOPED IN 2017 WHEN, THEN GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS, FIRST ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THROWING THAT APPROVAL INTO THE LOCAL HANDS, AND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER DID SO WITHOUT ANY GUIDANCE.
ALL OF OUR PARISHES ACROSS THE STATE WERE KIND OF SCRAMBLING WITH HOW TO HANDLE ITEP.
WE ADOPTED THAT RUBRIC IN CONSULTATION WITH THE THEN SHERIFF, SCHOOL BOARD AND THE THEN COUNCIL.
ULTIMATELY, THE GOVERNOR PROMULGATED RULES ASSOCIATED WITH HIS, WITH HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH RENDERED EVERY PARISH AT THE TIME WAS DEVELOPING SEPARATE CRITERIA, ALL BECAUSE WE WERE IN A COMPETITIVE, POSTURE.
BUT WHEN WHEN THE GOVERNOR ULTIMATELY ISSUED THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT RENDERED THEM ALL USELESS BECAUSE, AS IT STATED, IT WAS EITHER AN UP OR DOWN VOTE.
IT WAS EITHER AN UP OR DOWN, UP OR DOWN VOTE.
PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT WAS A 100%, ABATEMENT ON.
AND THE PARISH HAD NO AUTHORITY TO SAY YES OR NO.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH BY ROTE, THAT ANYONE WHO APPLIED, APPROVED IT, OR RECEIVED APPROVAL.
THE, THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PARED THAT DOWN TO, THE 8020 SPLIT.
OKAY, SO I GO BACK TO MISS HURLEY.
DOES THAT RUBRIC TODAY AS IT STANDS UNAMENDED AND STILL IN EFFECT, DOES THAT OBLIGATE US TO ANYTHING IN TERMS OF WHETHER SOMETHING FITS INTO A RUBRIC OR NOT? IT STILL IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION WOULD BE RESCINDED.
I MEAN WOULD BE MY BEST ANSWER.
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DOES THAT SPELL IT OUT FOR US? I THINK IT'S FROM WHAT MR. BOLOGNA SAID. IT WOULD SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT OF AN IMPOSSIBILITY BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS BASICALLY MADE OVERRIDES OURS, HAS OVERRIDES OURS.SO THIS PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE RESCINDED.
OKAY. COUNCILMAN LEE, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS IS. SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
WE HAVE GOOD STANDING TO MOVE.
YOU SAID THAT THE GOVERNORS RULE, IS OVER.
YEAH, I THINK IT OVERRIDES THIS.
BUT THIS DOES NEED TO BE RESCINDED.
YEAH. SO, SO, SO, I'M, I'M JUST, VERY INTERESTED BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO, THAT WE'RE WITHIN PROPER STANDING.
AND BUT I'VE BEEN SINCE TOLD THAT I CAN'T DEFER IT.
WELL, IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON WITHIN THE 30 DAY PERIOD.
AND AND WHEN, WHEN WHEN DOES THAT EXPIRE? BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED OVER THE OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS FROM WHEN THE STATE GIVES NOTICE THAT THERE'S AN ITEP APPLICATION FROM WHEN THE BOARD OF COMMERCE GIVES NOTICE.
AND I AM UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I BELIEVE YOU GAVE NOTICE.
YEAH, WE HAVE WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO RESPOND.
AND WHEN I RESPONDED TO BRING THIS BEFORE US, WE HAVE IT TRIGGERS ANOTHER 30 DAY WINDOW FOR US TO ACT AT A COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS NOW, AND THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO OKAY, TODAY I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, AND, THEY MAY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THEY WERE AT LEAST PLACING IT ON THE AGENDA.
RIGHT. WHICH ALLOWED US TO HEAR IT TODAY.
AL AL MORELLA, 42 60 EAST LOYOLA DRIVE.
FOURTH DISTRICT, UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON 52 YEARS.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD A PRESENTATION SO CONVOLUTED.
IN THE 30 PLUS YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT FINES.
WHAT? TALKING ABOUT, NEW, NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR UBBE.
MAYBE THEY'LL GET A PERMIT THIS TIME.
NO, NO, NO MORE OF A FINE AT $500 BECAUSE THEIR HANDS ARE TIED.
I OPPOSE THIS, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THIS.
AND I WANT TO SAY THIS EARLIER, MISS PEARSON.
THESE TAX EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT GIVEN.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I SAY THAT.
NOW WE GOT A PILOT THAT'S BEEN DENIED TO THE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THAT INVOLVES 200 PLUS TENANTS WHO LOST THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. AND WE CAN'T GET THE REDEVELOPMENT STARTED UNTIL THIS PILOT.
IN CASE PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHERE THE PILOT IS.
NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A MEETING BEEN SCHEDULED, BUT THIS IS UNFAIR.
$7 BILLION A YEAR IS WITH THIS STATE.
GIVES AWAY IN TAXES TO COMPANIES WITH EMPTY PROMISES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
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MASSIVE FINES ON THESE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT CORNERSTONE JUST DID.ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? JUST KNOW, MR. ALEC. LEGISLATION IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU MR..
WITH ALL THE TALK GOING ON, I JUST HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION.
IF YOU VOTE TODAY TO DENY IT, CAN THE STATE STILL GIVE IT TO THEM? YES. AND IN SAYING THAT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEN WHY DID WE HAVE ALL THIS DISCUSSION? I MEAN, IT'S A SHAME THAT OUR JEFFERSON PARISH ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T EVEN HAVE THE POWER TO STOP SOMETHING FROM HAPPENING IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE LEGISLATION IS STRICTLY IN REFERENCE TO LIMITING OUR ABILITY TO IMPOSE FINES GREATER THAN $500.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
IF THE BOARD IF THE COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO DENY IT, THEN ALL OF THE TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PARISH OUTSIDE OF THE SHERIFF AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT'S THE THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WILL NOT AND THE STATE WILL NOT OVERRULE YOUR DECISION.
ONCE YOU MAKE A DECISION, THEY ABIDE BY IT.
SO WOULD THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT THE TWO THAT YOU MENTIONED WHO SIGNED OFF ON IT, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? DOES THAT MEAN THAT WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE IF IF IT'S NAY OR IF IT'S NAY, ARE THEY STILL OBLIGATED? EACH EACH ENTITY'S DECISIONS ARE SEPARATE FROM AND INDEPENDENT FROM EACH OTHER.
IF YOU VOTE TO DENY, THEN NO TAXES ARE ABATED.
SO IT IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THE ASSESSOR.
BUT BUT YEAH, IT'S INDEPENDENT VOTES ON THE ON TO DENY OR APPROVE.
SO, SO AS A JUST TO BE CLEAR AS A HOMEOWNER AND WHO ON MY TAX BILL INCLUDES HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
YEAH. AND SO WE'RE AFFECTED EITHER WAY.
RIGHT. BUT BUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BASICALLY IS AUTOMATICALLY GRANTED THIS, YOU KNOW THEY'RE HAVING TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL, TO GET THE ABATEMENT.
SO IN TERMS OF THOSE MILLAGES AND ALL, THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS, IS SAYING WE OKAY WITH THE ABATEMENT, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE WHETHER WE VOTE YAY OR NAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, COUNCILMAN LEE, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON THIS, MISS HURLEY, CAN WE, BRING A FLOOR RESOLUTION TO RESCIND THE RUBRIC BEFORE WE MOVE ON THIS, TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND TO ELIMINATE IT? SO IT'S NOT A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
YOU CAN IF YOU IF IT'S A MAJORITY VOTE.
WELL, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO SUSPENDING THE RULES TO BRING A FLOOR RESOLUTION ON RESOLUTION 130529? THE RUBRIC UNANIMOUS VOTE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO BRING THAT RESOLUTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE.
SO I WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING ON ON THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS IN FAVOR OF RESCINDING THE RUBRIC? APPROVED IN 2017.
ALL RIGHT. NO ONE IN FAVOR? NO ONE IN OPPOSITION.
SO, ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
THE RUBRIC RESOLUTION, FOR LACK OF A BETTER NAME FOR IT A RESOLUTION 130529.
YES, THAT'S THE RESOLUTION NUMBER.
SO ORDERED. OKAY, SO THE RUBRICS GONE.
OKAY, BACK TO YOU, COUNCILMAN LEE.
YOU'RE. IF YOU'RE READY TO MOVE, WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO, I HATE THIS PROCESS.
I HATE THE POSITION THAT THE STATE PUTS US IN, BUT I MOVE, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THAT? ITEP ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN LEE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
WELL, I THOUGHT WE STARTED THAT AT 1120.
WE'D GET THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TIME.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING LITIGATION IN RELATED MATTERS.[02:30:03]
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, 218-CV-5246.THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ANTARTICO E AND P ONSHORE 218-CV5224, THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS KANLAON OIL COMPANY 218-CV- 5252.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 218-CV5242.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, 218-CV5257.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS DUSTIN OPERATING COMPANY 218-CV-5206.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS CHEVRON USA HOLDINGS INCORPORATED 218-CV-5224.
ONE SECOND. MADAM CLERK, CAN WE KEEP QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE? WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE TO READ AND WE'RE NOT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION YET.
THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, YOUR MOTION NUMBER SEVEN.
CARMADELLE, JEFFERSON PARISH, JEFFERSON PARISH QUALITY OF LIFE, 24TH JDC NUMBER 824-361 DIVISION C AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ITEM NINE. AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED DOLORES SCHAEFER AND GEORGE YOUNG VERSUS BENNETT HALEY, M.D.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION.
A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED. ITEM TEN, PLEASE.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED SIERRA MCGEE VERSUS PARISH OF JEFFERSON 24 JDC NUMBER 847-976 DIVISION F, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN .
MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION.
A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
AND NUMBER 11, PLEASE, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL MATTERS CONCERNING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED SHAWNA COLBERT VERSUS LINDELL HARRIS, 24 JDC NUMBER 818-825 DIVISION C AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
MOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. WE'RE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THAT FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM? LET ME GET YOUR MIC ON. GO AHEAD.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS ANADARKO AND ANADARKO E&P ONSHORE, 218CV522 FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS KANLAON OIL COMPANY, 218CV5252.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON JEFFERSON VERSUS EQUITABLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 218CV 5242.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, 218 CV 5257.
THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON VERSUS DUSTIN OPERATING COMPANY INCORPORATED, 218CV5206.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED SEANA KOLBERT VERSUS LINDELL HARRIS, 24, JDC NUMBER 818-825 DIVISION C AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION? RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
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F, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION? A MOTION OF COUNCILMEMBER WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED ELTON JEFFERSON VERSUS KISSEL CARMADELLE JEFFERSON PARISH PARISH QUALITY OF LIFE 24 JDC NUMBER 824361 DIVISION C AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION? RESOLUTION ON MOTION OF COUNCILMAN WALKER, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SETTLEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED DOLORES SCHAEFER AND GEORGE YOUNG VERSUS BENNETT HAILEY, MD 24, JDC NUMBER 811-455 DIVISION A, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
THAT'S ALL. AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL.
ALL RIGHT. WE PICK UP NOW WITH ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 25 WITH AMENDMENTS, PLEASE, MADAM CLERK.
[ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
A RESOLUTION CANCELING RESOLUTION NUMBER 143362 AND APPROVING THE ATTACHED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LAFFANOUR PARK AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION OPERATING WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE JEFFERSON PARISH, PARTICULARLY LAFRENIERE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO.AND THAT'S ALL THE AMENDMENTS I HAVE.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENTS BEING BROUGHT FROM THE FLOOR.
COUNCILWOMAN BOHANAN YOUR MOTION ON THE AMENDMENTS.
LET ME TURN ON YOUR MIC SO YOUR FIRST MOTION IS HEARD.
COUNCILWOMAN BOHANON, YOUR MOTION.
IT'S STILL ON. IT'S GREEN ON ME.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU. IS THAT YOU? GOT IT. I'LL JUST YELL IT.
I MOVE TO ADOPT, AS AMENDED, PLEASE.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION? THAT RESOLUTION OF MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS 26 THROUGH 42-30 AND 38, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO OUR FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING.
YOUR MOTION ON THOSE COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE, LET ME TURN YOU TURN ALL THESE BACK APPROVAL.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ADDENDUM AGENDA ITEMS 26 THROUGH 42-30 AND 38, WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED TO FEBRUARY 7TH ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER. HEARING NONE SO ORDERED.
THAT TAKES US UP TO, I BELIEVE, NUMBER 175 AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
[JEFFERSON PARISH SPECIAL DISTRICTS]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE POWERS OF JEFFERSON AND LCMC HEALTH HOLDINGS INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE BASED HEALTH WELFARE PROGRAM FOR THE EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, TO EXERCISE THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL YEARS.A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAST BANK CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA AND CITY OF KENNER REGARDING THE DONATION OF THE USE OF A 2008 FERRARA INFERNO PUMPER BEARING VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1F594054298140526 TO THE CITY OF KENNER FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, AT NO DIRECT COST TO THE DISTRICT.
COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN, YOUR MOTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THAT RESOLUTION.
A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN BOHANNAN SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
A RESOLUTION REJECTING ALL BIDS AND CANCELING BID.
PROPOSAL NUMBER 50-1 43824 FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO PROVIDE LABOR, MATERIALS, TRANSPORTATION, SUPERVISION AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS OF OVERHEAD DOOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE EASTBANK CONSOLIDATED FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO RE-ADVERTISE FOR THESE ITEMS. COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH INTRADO LIFE AND SAFETY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION TO UPGRADE THE VIPER PHONE SYSTEM SOFTWARE AND TO ADD SESSION BORDER CONTROL CONTROLLERS IN SUPPORT OF AN UPGRADE TO VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SOLUTION FOR THE COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS ADMINISTRATIVE LINES.
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COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.HEARING NONE SO ORDERED. ITEM 179, PLEASE.
SUMMARY NUMBER 26247, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 25521, ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2018 TO INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN CORRIDOR LIGHTING PROJECT, HAS AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT UNDER THE GENERAL BOND ORDINANCE KNOWN AS THE JEFFERSON PARISH CONSOLIDATED ROAD LIGHTING DISTRICT, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS. NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUMMARY NUMBER 26247.
ANYONE IN FAVOR? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? MADAM CLERK, NOTE THAT NO ONE APPEARED.
COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
NO NEW BUSINESS, NO STATUS REPORTS.
THAT TAKES US TO PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS.
[PERSONS APPEARING BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTERS]
PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AT THE BACK OF CHAMBERS.IF YOU PLAN TO SPEAK, TURN IT INTO, THE FRONT HERE AND YOU HAVE FIVE, THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES TO SAY YOUR TO SAY YOUR PIECE AND, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PHONE NUMBER.
PLEASE WAIT ON YOUR MIND A LITTLE BIT.
HANG ON. MR. ALLEN HAD TO SAY EARLIER.
AL MORELLA 4260 EAST OIL DRIVE, FIFTH DISTRICT, COUNCIL FOURTH DISTRICT.
UNINCORPORATED JEFFERSON 52 YEARS.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DECEMBER 6TH MEETING $363,572.71.
TOP FIVE BENEFACTORS FORMER COUNCILMAN RICKY TEMPLET, FORMER COUNCILMAN DOMINICK IMPASTATO, COUNCILMAN WALKER, COUNCILMAN LEE, COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN.
GOVERNOR LANDRY, YOU'RE ON NOTICE.
AND TO BE CONTINUED AT A LATER TIME.
NOW, I WANT TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN KENNER.
OKAY. IT TOOK US OVER TWO YEARS TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
THE DEMOLITION HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH GLENWOOD APARTMENTS AND OUR SCATTERED SITES.
OKAY, I'M THE ONLY RESIDENT THAT GOES TO THOSE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH.
NOW, THE FINANCIER AND THE DEVELOPER APPLIED FOR A PILOT PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.
RECENTLY, THE FINANCE AUTHORITY OF THIS PARISH AND THIS COUNCIL DENIED A TAX EXEMPTION FOR THEM.
NOW. I'M NOT SURE WHAT COUNCIL MEAN, IT WAS, BUT I REMEMBER IT.
IT WAS, A TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
COUNCILWOMAN. I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAME BEFORE JEFFERSON FINANCE AUTHORITY.
AUTHORITY. OKAY, WELL, OKAY, WELL, I APOLOGIZE THE FINANCE AUTHORITY THEN.
OKAY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
NOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE IN TEMPORARY HOUSING.
ONCE THEY TIME RUNS OUT, THIS PROJECT CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THEY GET THAT PILOT.
EVEN THE LAWYER WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND CALLED THE INDIVIDUALS DOWN HERE AND GOT NO RESPONSE.
NOW THEY GOT ONE AND THERE'S A MEETING SCHEDULED.
NOW WE NEED TO GO AHEAD ON AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PILOT SO THEY CAN GET THIS PROJECT STARTED.
BECAUSE IF NOT, THESE PEOPLE ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES IN KENNER AND IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC.
30 SECONDS. I WANT TO SAY THIS FOR DECADES, PEOPLE AT THIS PODIUM HAD FIVE MINUTES, AND JUST UP TO A YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, THIS COUNCIL SAW FIT TO KNOCK IT DOWN TO TWO. THEN IT WENT BACK UP TO THREE.
THIS IS AN INSULT AND IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I WANT THAT FIVE MINUTES REINSTATED BACK.
WE GOT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE.
IF IT'S NOT, I'M GOING TO SHAME THIS COUNCIL AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL IT IS.
THAT'S YOUR TIME, MR. RALPH. THAT'S FINE.
ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
HAPPY MARDI GRAS. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTIONS.
AND, WELCOME TO HAVING A GREAT YEAR, CHARLES MARSALA.
I LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS ON ROADWAY.
I'M. FIRST OFF, I'M GOING TO START WEARING MY ITALIAN HAT.
WE HAD OUR FILM FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.
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WE ENDED UP HAVING TO MOVE IT TO NEW ORLEANS TO WWYS, WHICH WAS ONLY 5000.SO THERE'S NO SCREEN AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SO JUST THE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO WORK WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE DID GET A STATE GRANT OF 2 TO 1 MATCHING DOLLARS TO PROMOTE PEOPLE TO COME TO THE FILM FESTIVAL OUT OF STATE AND OUT AND THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA.
SO WE'RE SPENDING MONEY MARKETING PEOPLE GOING TO ORLEANS.
WE LOVE TO KEEP THAT FILM, HAVE THAT FILM FESTIVAL HERE IN JEFFERSON THIS YEAR.
THE OTHER AND ALSO THE STATE HAS A GRANT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND 100,000 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS MARKETING ITALIANS TO COME TO LOUISIANA.
SO WE LIKE TO DO MORE WITH JEFFERSON PARISH TO DEVELOP PEOPLE.
THE REASON FOR THE ITALIANS TO COME TO JEFFERSON PARISH.
AND ONE OF THOSE IS WE HAVE TEN STATE APPROVED HISTORIC MARKERS ON ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS.
MAYBE THOSE COULD BE PLACED SOME OF THOSE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO I'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
THE OTHER THING I'M CHANGING HATS NOW.
SO I SENT THAT LAST WEEK OR MAYBE SATURDAY, SO MAYBE I COULD COME BACK IN THE FUTURE AND WE COULD LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION OR THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DRAFTED, THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR NONPROFIT TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE STATE LEASES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE PELICAN POPULATION THAT'S THERE.
THERE'S A VERY LARGE POT OF ABOUT 200 PELICANS.
AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE STORY ABOUT HOW THEY FLY ALONG THE CAUSEWAY.
I THINK AT NIGHT THEY SLEEP THERE AT WEST END.
WE ALSO LOOK AT PUTTING IN PICKLEBALL.
I DID A DRONE VIDEO OF A BIKE PATH THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE BIKE PATH ALONG THE LAKESHORE, GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO BONNABEL AND CAUSEWAY TO TIE INTO JEFFERSON PARISH TO THE NEW ORLEANS BIKE PATHS.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THE CEA THAT WAS DONE IN 2019.
I'M HEARING THAT IT'S EXPIRED.
IT'D BE GREAT TO KNOW WHERE THE PROCESS IS OF THAT, BECAUSE IF THAT CAA HAS GOT TO BE REINSTATED OR CHANGED OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. BECAUSE NEW ORLEANS HAS SAID NOW, NO HOUSING OUT THERE.
WE DID HEAR THAT THIS HARBOR HAS SPENT $60,000 SO FAR IN ADVISORY FEES.
AND THE CEA SAID THAT THEY COULD COME BACK TO YOU GUYS TO GET REIMBURSED FOR SOME OF THAT EXPENSES.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET UP TO DATE WITH WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE.
IF YOU COULD, WHAT IS YOUR NAME AGAIN? I MISS YOUR NAME, CHARLES MARSALA.
MR. MARSALA, I'M GONNA GET MY AIDE, DWAYNE, TO GET YOUR INFORMATION.
THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND WE'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO TRY TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THEM, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE YOUR EVENT THIS YEAR, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
BUT. BUT JUST KNOW I DON'T LIKE ITALIANS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY BE AMBASSADORS TO ITALY.
COUNT US IN. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT THE ITALIANS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
AND I WENT TO TO THE VATICAN LAST YEAR, SO.
AND I WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, ACTUALLY, FOR COLUMBUS DAY.
SHE HAD SPAGHETTI AND LASAGNA FOR 200 ITALIANS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT WAS A TREAT. AND TOMORROW I'LL BE IN HOLLYWOOD MEETING WITH ITALIAN MOVIE ACTORS.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT TO BRING ITALIAN INTEREST TO LOUISIANA.
ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM MR. ALBERT. I'M GOING TO JUST WAIT FOR ONE MORE SENTENCE HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, CHIEF, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
ALL MY GLASSES FELL. MY NAME IS LINTON DEWEY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MR..
I HOLD NO ILL FEELINGS TO THE IG REPORT.
THERE WAS NO CHILDREN AT THE FIRE STATIONS.
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SECTION 570, SECTION C.VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE ON DUTY AT THE FIRE STATION AND SCHEDULED TO RESPOND TO INCIDENT CALLS DEALING WITH STRUCTURE FIRES OR STRUCTURES, ALARMS, OR CREDITED AS A ON DUTY PAID FIREFIGHTER.
EACH ONE OF THESE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO STAYED AT THE FIRE STATION PAID THEIR OWN SUPPLIES, TOILETRIES, FOOD ITEMS AND BEYOND THAT EVEN BOUGHT THEIR OWN TELEVISION SET. THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT SUPPLY THEM WITH ANYTHING AT NO COST TO THE TAXPAYERS IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
WE WORK BY CODE AND THAT CODE IS BROTHERHOOD, FRIENDSHIP AND FAMILY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO WORK HARD EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AT THE TIME OF THE RITA, SOME OF THE PAID STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS LOST EVERYTHING DURING THAT STORM.
I GOT A CALL FROM DOCTOR WALTER MAESTRI WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WHO SAID TO COME TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PICK UP 30 COTS TO HOUSE YOUR VOLUNTEERS AS LONG AS IT TAKES, BECAUSE YOUR PARISH CONTRACT ADVISES YOU TO SUPPLY FIRE SUPPRESSION IN THE AREA NO MATTER WHAT.
THEY WERE GOING TO ACQUIRE LIVING BARGE AND FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE DECLINED THIS AND GOT, DONATED CAMPER TRAILERS TO PUT THESE FIREFIGHTERS IN.
WE WORK AT RECORD PACE TO REBUILD THESE THREE FIRE STATIONS.
AND SOME OF THESE SAME VOLUNTEERS IN QUESTION WERE THE SAME ONES WHO HELPED PUT THESE STATIONS BACK TOGETHER AT NO COST TO THE PUBLIC IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. THESE FIRE STATIONS TIME, CHIEF.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. OH, THAT'S MY TIME.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
HE'S BACK. NANCY PIERSON, 8924 RUNTO DRIVE.
I GUESS YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED.
MOST OF Y'ALL, I THINK, RECEIVED A LETTER AT SOME TIME OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS FROM GOOD JOBS, FIRST OUT OF WASHINGTON, DC, AND IN THAT THEY PROBABLY TOLD YOU THAT IF YOU PASS THIS ITEP THAT Y'ALL PASSED TODAY, THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST PER JOB ITEP EXEMPTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRATULATIONS. THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO CORRECT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT PASS THE ITEP DUE TO A CLERICAL PERSON'S MISTAKE.
THE 30 DAY LETTER WASN'T SENT IN.
THEY WENT TO VOTE. THEY COULDN'T BECAUSE THEY HAD FAILED TO SEND THE LETTER IN.
THE PERSON FROM CORNERSTONE AND THAT WAS IN THE PAPER.
AND IF YOU HAD THE MEETING, YOU HEARD SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THERE WOULD HAVE VOTED NO.
THEY WERE VERY UPSET THAT THAT MISTAKE HAD BEEN TAKEN PLACE.
THE SCHOOL THAT THEY CLAIM TO HELP, THEIR READING LEVEL IS AT 16% AND THEIR MATH LEVEL IS AT FIVE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY'RE TUTORING.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO AND TELL YOU.
THEY CAN'T FILL THEIR OWN JOBS.
THE LOWER PAYING JOBS AREN'T EVEN ON THERE.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FILL 49 OTHER JOBS, OR HOWEVER MANY JOBS THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO GET FOR THIS OTHER COMPANY? YEAH, THEY NEED THEM.
THEY NEED THEM TO FILL THEIR NUMBERS.
SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT DIDN'T PASS.
YOUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE RIGHT NOW.
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AND Y'ALL EXEMPTED THIS COMPANY FOR ALMOST $81 MILLION IN THE SUMMER.THE ELECTRIC CARS DIDN'T WORK BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT.
TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO CHANGE.
THOSE BATTERIES ARE GOING TO CHANGE, AND THIS COMPANY WON'T EVEN PROBABLY WON'T BE THERE.
THEY SAY THEY'LL BE THERE IN 40 YEARS.
I HOPE TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH AND SEE MY 80TH BIRTHDAY AND SEE THEM THERE IN TEN YEARS.
THEY'LL GO BACK TO CHINA WHERE THEY CAME.
THAT'S YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY. IT'S 509 HOME BOULEVARD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SPARK A LITTLE CURIOSITY.
ANY WAY WE GO. Y'ALL MISS ME? I MISSED YOU TRYING TO REACH THROUGH MY PHONE TO GET IN HERE FOR THIS MEETING.
BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO SPEAK OF IN THIS PARISH.
I USED TO, JOKE ABOUT IT WITH MY FRIENDS ON THE WEST COAST.
I CAN GET ACROSS THE BIG VALLEY OF LAS VEGAS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO WALK HERE FROM MY HOUSE, AND IF I'D HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH A BIG OLD PROPAGANDA EVENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CORNERSTONE, I'D HAVE STARTED WALKING AT ABOUT 10:30 BECAUSE I'D HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU ALL WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, HAD BEEN HAD A CHANCE TO OPPOSE SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST THIS.
THAT TRANSLATES TO THE PARISH AND TO THE STATE.
WE'RE IN A SPECIAL SESSION BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND DESPITE WHAT MR. BONANO SAYS, ALL THIS HOPES AND PRAYERS THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO SOMEHOW DO SOMETHING TO BENEFIT JEFFERSON PARISH.
YOU GOT ONE SENATOR OUT OF SEVEN THAT ONLY REPRESENTS JEFFERSON PARISH.
THE THIRD MOST POPULATED PARISH IN THE STATE.
NOT ONE OF YOU, NOT ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, NOT ONE PAID OFFICIAL FROM THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON HAD THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF JEFFERSON PARISH WHEN THIS COULD HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED.
AND WE'RE DEALING WITH IT RIGHT NOW.
JOIN ME. GIVE ME A RIDE UP TO BATON ROUGE.
WE COULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THE STATE CONSTITUTION IS ABHORRENT TO IT.
TO THE BEST OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ALL THAT.
THE REASON WHY THE STATES ARE ABLE TO TRAMPLE ON JEFFERSON PARISH, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE LACK FOR THE COMPREHENSION, THE ENLIGHTENMENT REQUIRED EXERCISE OF CONTROL WITH A WHOLESOME DISCRETION.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, THOUGH, AREN'T WE? WE'RE GOING TO GET CURIOUS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
NOW, I GOT A TERM LIMITED PRESIDENT.
I GOT A TERM LIMITED ONE, TWO, THREE.
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE, FOLKS.
YOU GOT 30%, THREE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE WILLING TO SHOW UP TO EVEN REGARD Y'ALL.
AND NOBODY KNOWS WHO ANY OF YOU ARE.
YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THIS NEGLECT? YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR LETTING THIS PERSIST? OR DO YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR REESTABLISHING A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE PARISH NAMED FOR THOMAS JEFFERSON? IT WAS SUGGESTED BY MY FORMER COUNCIL PERSON THAT I LEAVE THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON.
I'M A JEFFERSONIAN, AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN.
YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION OF PUBLICATION.
[ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION IN SUMMARY]
SUMMARY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ.APPROVING THE RESUB OF UNDESIGNATED PORTION OF LAND.
FAIRFIELD PLANTATION AND APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE FINAL PLAT.
APPROVING THE RESUB OF LOTS LA ONE AND LA TWO.
MS FORMS. LAND COMPANY INDUSTRIAL HARBOR SITE SUBDIVISION, RESCINDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 26422 AND REVOKING THE APPROVED RESUB OF LOTS B1, D, B1, E, B1, G AND B1, K, SECTION D, ELMWOOD INDUSTRIAL SITE SUBDIVISION AS A PORTION OF A 30 FOOT COMMON DRIVE AND 30 FOOT SERVICE DRIVE SERVITUDES INTO LOTS B1M, B1N AND B1P SECTION D, ELMWOOD INDUSTRIAL SITE SUBDIVISION AND THE DEDICATION OF A 75 FOOT ACCESS AND UTILITY SERVITUDE, AND THE EXTENSION OF A 20 FOOT ACCESS AND UTILITY SERVITUDE AND TERMINATING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT APPROVED
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UNDER SAID ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE AMENDED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER SP 6423, APPROVING REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE C2 AND THE CBZ FOR A MULTI-TENANT RETAIL AND SELF STORAGE BUILDING LOCATED AT 5117 AIRLINE DRIVE ON LOT A, SQUARE TWO E BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION.AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTED UNDER DOCKET NUMBER SP 7923 APPROVING REQUESTED VARIANCES TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS FOR WALMART, LOCATED AT 4810 LAPALCO BOULEVARD ON LOT SIX, A THREE, A1A BELLE PLANTATION SUBDIVISION.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 20846, THE JUDICIAL COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION PLAN TO INCORPORATE A NEW CLASS OF ENTITLED INTERPRETER.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND THAT'S ALL THE ORDINANCES I HAVE TO READ.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCES? READ INTO SUMMARY A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN VAN VRANCKEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER.
COUNCILMAN LILJENBERG COUNCILWOMAN BOHANON.
YOU GOT THE FIRST ONE UNDER YOUR BELT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT? HEARING NONE, SO ORDERED.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.