[0:07] we're doing my control cook
[0:10] louis is pledging okay
[0:12] we welcome you to the city lafayette
[0:14] city council meeting i'm going to do the
[0:16] invocation and mr lewis will do the
[0:18] pledge dear wise and loving father
[0:21] thank you for the many and abundant
[0:22] blessings you have given us thank you
[0:24] for life itself
[0:25] for the measure of health for the need
[0:27] to fulfill our callings
[0:29] for sustenance and for friendship
[0:31] thank you for the ability to be involved
[0:33] in useful work and for the honor of
[0:35] bearing appropriate responsibilities
[0:38] thank you for loving us for your
[0:39] boundlessness and your gracious nature
[0:42] please graciously grant us wisdom to
[0:44] govern
[0:45] an understanding of the welfare and true
[0:46] needs of our people a keen thirst for
[0:49] justice confidence in what is good and
[0:51] fitting
[0:52] the ability to work together in harmony
[0:54] personal peace in our lives and joy in
[0:56] our work
[0:57] i pray for the agenda set before us
[0:59] today please give us assurance of what
[1:01] would please you and what would benefit
[1:03] those who live and work in and around
[1:05] our city and our parish it is in your
[1:07] most blessed name i pray amen holy
[1:14] of the united states of america and to
[1:17] the republic for which it stands
[1:19] one nation under god indivisible with
[1:22] liberty and justice for all right
[1:29] thank you very much
[1:34] all right
[1:35] as presiding officer and chair i would
[1:37] like to announce the following this is a
[1:39] public hearing to address the council on
[1:41] any item on this agenda please fill out
[1:44] the speaker form or submit your
[1:45] information to the clerk prior to the
[1:47] call of the agenda item or you will not be given the opportunity to speak
[1:52] staff assistance is available if needed
[1:54] items for submission to the council
[1:56] shall be handled handed to the council
[1:58] clerk miss veronica williams seated to
[2:00] my left
[2:01] when addressing the council state your
[2:02] name entitled for the official record
[2:05] the three-minute rule will be in effect
[2:07] no debating or confrontational
[2:08] statements will be allowed the front row
[2:11] to my left is for media only food and
[2:13] drinks are not allowed in the auditorium
[2:15] please silence all phone and electronic
[2:18] devices
[2:19] meeting procedures are by resolution and
[2:21] not by robert's rules of order all
[2:23] documents with reference to meetings can
[2:24] be found on the lcg website and finally
[2:27] the council encourages your involvement
[2:29] in boards and commissions if interested
[2:31] call 291 8800
[2:34] chair announcements there will be a
[2:36] special joint meeting of the lafayette
[2:38] parish council and the lafayette city
[2:40] council at 5 30 pm thursday september
[2:43] 8th due cons to consider final adoption
[2:45] of the fiscal year 2223 budget
[2:49] item number 15
[2:50] city ordinance 133 2022 l u s
[2:54] utility rate increase
[2:56] l u s is requesting an amendment to
[2:58] change the effective date of the
[2:59] increase to november 2023
[3:03] item number 17 co 135 2020 shelley drive
[3:07] abandonment community development
[3:09] planning is requesting an amendment to
[3:11] substitute a revised exhibit b
[3:14] and i would like to wish happy birthday
[3:15] to kelly cuomo council receptionist
[3:18] which you will celebrate on september
[3:20] 12th happy birthday kelly
[3:23] all right i do not have any
[3:24] announcements on my own i'm not seeing
[3:26] any council announcements
[3:28] um we're going to move right on to the
[3:30] executive mayor's report let's see mayor
[3:32] if i can put you
[3:33] there you go
[3:35] thank you madam chair i have two things
[3:36] on my executive report
[3:38] first i want to say thank you that i'm
[3:39] to the city council i'm very happy i'm
[3:41] glad that you all decide to take me up
[3:43] on my offer from several months ago to
[3:46] send in an auditor to answer questions
[3:47] that you had about specific projects i
[3:49] thought that was a very good decision
[3:50] good move there's nothing wrong with
[3:52] that
[3:52] although i do think spending one hundred
[3:54] thousand dollars in taxpayer money is
[3:56] wasteful when you had other means
[3:58] available to you
[3:59] at least you're doing it and that should
[4:01] be that's something positive that should
[4:03] be said so we have nothing to hide i'm
[4:05] proud of the work that we've done
[4:07] i know that you guys probably are too
[4:08] and i think the people are happy with
[4:10] the work we've done but what i would ask
[4:12] in all sincerity is to be expedient get
[4:16] in look at what you need to look at and
[4:18] i'm not sure exactly what that is
[4:20] seems like you're just looking for
[4:21] something but nonetheless go look get
[4:24] your answers and let's put this thing to
[4:26] bed and move forward with doing our jobs
[4:28] for the people that sit in paris so
[4:30] thank you all
[4:31] second item i have is
[4:33] budget to actual comparison of major
[4:35] city funds july 2022 preliminary i have
[4:38] director tubes to my right if you have
[4:39] any questions all right thank you very
[4:41] much thank you
[4:43] all right let's move on to executive
[4:44] session cindy please read checkton
[4:47] development group llc at al versus city
[4:50] of lafayette at al
[4:52] 15th judicial district court docket
[4:54] number c-200
[4:58] state of louisiana parish with lafayette
[5:01] all right any motion in a second enter
[5:02] an executive session i have a motion for
[5:04] mr not cash second for mr lazard miss
[5:07] williams any public comments
[5:09] i'm sorry mr mr no ma'am joseph yes
[5:13] you threw me off there
[5:16] you need to ask me oh i need to ask you
[5:18] that question okay you know the question
[5:20] can you explain why we're going to an
[5:21] executive session sure
[5:23] madam chair this matter involves pending
[5:24] litigation in which lcg is a party and
[5:26] because of the nature of the claims and
[5:28] defenses asserted in this litigation
[5:30] it's my opinion that discussion of the
[5:32] litigation and open session will have a
[5:34] detrimental effect on the litigation or
[5:36] bargaining position of lcg for that
[5:39] reason it's my opinion that an executive
[5:41] session is permissible and appropriate
[5:42] for discussion of the litigation and i
[5:45] recommend that council go into executive
[5:47] session for that purpose
[5:48] thank you very much mr scott let me call
[5:51] let's call for the vote district one
[5:53] yeah district two yes district three yes
[5:56] district four yes district five yes the
[5:59] motion to introduce to enter executive
[6:01] session is approved
[6:03] all right thank you
[6:20] see
[6:36] thank you
[11:25] if miss kizzy williams is in the
[11:27] audience would you please approach the
[11:28] deus
[14:48] all right we are ready yeah
[20:26] okay everybody's back i need a motion
[20:28] and a second to return from executive
[20:30] session have a motion for miss a bear a
[20:31] second from mr lewis um
[20:34] do we need public comments at this point
[20:39] no speakers okay
[20:41] all right let's call for the vote to
[20:42] return from executive session strict two two
[20:48] three oh yes district three yes district
[20:51] four yes district five
[20:54] district one
[20:56] the motion to return from executive
[20:58] session is approved
[20:59] all right i also need a motion a second
[21:01] to accept legal's recommendation
[21:03] uh
[21:04] i have a motion for mr lazard a second
[21:06] for mr mr uh nakan
[21:08] um any public comments miss williams
[21:11] all right let's call for a vote to
[21:12] accept legal's recommendation district
[21:14] three yes district 4 yes district 5 yes
[21:19] district 1 yes district 2.
[21:25] the motion 2 accept legal recommendation
[21:27] is approved
[21:28] all right let's move on to resolutions
[21:30] this is a public hearing and speaker
[21:32] sheets are available for anyone wishing
[21:33] to address the council a three-minute
[21:35] rule does apply
[21:37] cindy please read
[21:38] city resolution 29 2022 a resolution of
[21:41] the lafayette city council authorizing
[21:43] the submission of a joint application
[21:45] with the lafayette parish sheriff's
[21:47] office with the u.s department of
[21:49] justice for a 2022 bja jag
[21:53] assistance grant for the lafayette
[21:55] police
[21:56] i need a motion in a second i have a
[21:57] all department
[21:58] motion for mr lazar the second for miss
[22:00] a bear i'm not seeing any council
[22:02] discussion any public comments
[22:05] we do have one speaker stephanie skinner
[22:07] touchette
[22:20] hold up yeah we can't lose a quarter sit
[22:22] down
[22:26] nice to see you great council
[22:28] i just wanted to let the sheriffs know
[22:30] that
[22:31] some sheriffs aren't playing ball with
[22:32] the department of justice a lot of them
[22:35] are treasonous traders
[22:36] that have been have been bought off and
[22:39] they don't uphold the constitution in
[22:41] their traders these are the people some
[22:43] sheriffs
[22:45] won't do business with them anymore so i
[22:48] want our sheriffs to know that a lot of states are actually using
[22:53] state law and running these three letter
[22:55] agencies out of their community
[22:58] like the federal government the fbi the
[23:00] doj
[23:02] the epa
[23:05] you know all these different
[23:06] three-letter agencies so i want our
[23:07] sheriffs to be really careful
[23:09] because these are the people that target
[23:12] christian conservatives
[23:13] they really do and they called people
[23:16] that went and talked to school board
[23:18] meetings terrorists these are the kind
[23:20] of people we're dealing with so i would
[23:22] like our sheriffs
[23:23] you know just to know what's going on
[23:25] and i'm sure they do
[23:26] and it's very important i think we can
[23:29] do everything internally and because we
[23:31] know what justice is why do we need them
[23:34] you know what i'm saying we know what
[23:35] justice is we they have our sheriff's of
[23:37] holding to the constitution so why do we
[23:40] need them lording over us when we have
[23:42] each other so that's what i want to say
[23:44] thank you thank you very much all right
[23:47] i'm not seeing any other public comments
[23:49] all right let's go ahead and call for
[23:50] the vote to adopt the resolution
[23:51] district 4 yes district 5
[23:54] yes district 1 yes district 2 yeah
[23:58] district 3 yes the motion to adopt is
[24:00] approved city resolution 30 2022 a
[24:04] resolution of the lafayette city council
[24:05] authorizing the filing of an application
[24:07] for the stuller foundation for grant
[24:09] funding
[24:11] i need a motion in a second i have a
[24:13] motion for sanaka second for msa bear
[24:15] i'm not seeing any council discussion
[24:17] any public comments no man let's call
[24:19] for the vote district five absent district one yes
[24:25] district yes district three
[24:27] district four yes the motion to adopt is
[24:30] approved
[24:32] city resolution 31 2022 a resolution of
[24:35] the lafayette city council authorizing
[24:37] the following of a grant application
[24:39] with the louisiana office of state parks
[24:41] land and water conservation fund
[24:44] all right any motion in a second uh a
[24:47] motion from miss a bear second from mr
[24:50] lewis
[24:51] um
[24:52] [Music]
[24:53] not seeing any council discussion any
[24:55] public comments no ma'am
[24:56] all right let's go ahead and call for
[24:58] the vote to adopt the resolution
[25:00] district one
[25:01] yes district chief yes district three
[25:04] yes district four yes district five yes
[25:08] the merchant office approved
[25:10] city resolution 32 2022 a resolution of
[25:13] the lafayette city council initiating an
[25:15] investigation
[25:17] of the executive branch of the city of
[25:19] lafayette for the specified purposes
[25:21] identified here in pursuant to section
[25:24] 2-08
[25:25] of the lafayette city parish
[25:27] consolidated government home ruled order
[25:29] all right any motion in a second
[25:31] a motion for mr bear a second for mr
[25:33] nakan i'm not seeing any council
[25:35] discussion oh just kidding mr not camp
[25:38] um just a quick question i understand
[25:41] the importance of this resolution and
[25:44] how
[25:44] everybody wants transparency especially
[25:47] the administration
[25:49] our mayor president made a statement on
[25:50] that tonight but i do have a question
[25:52] for legal
[25:55] if you don't mind
[25:56] mr logan could you get him hot please
[25:59] oh let's see mr woken are you
[26:02] in a cfo spot is that it
[26:05] and this um resolution miss logan if if
[26:08] it comes forward
[26:10] and
[26:11] we're starting this investigation and
[26:13] we're getting disclosure on a lot of the
[26:15] things happening
[26:17] and this is public records basically
[26:20] is our
[26:21] position strong in our litigation we
[26:23] have ongoing in these cases does that
[26:25] jeopardize our position that we have
[26:28] it could
[26:29] i look mainly at section three to answer
[26:32] your question of the resolution
[26:34] compliance with the charter federal law
[26:36] state law local law and lc policies and
[26:39] proceed lcg policies and procedures
[26:42] we're currently in litigation in federal
[26:45] court we sued for decla declaratory
[26:47] judgment
[26:49] and the u.s attorney removed it to
[26:51] federal court
[26:53] we had some positive developments in
[26:55] that case
[26:57] united states federal judge kane
[27:00] gave us a reconsideration of dismissing
[27:03] st martin parish i think we filed our
[27:06] amended petition in that earlier this
[27:08] week
[27:09] or friday excuse me i forget that
[27:12] yesterday was a holiday
[27:14] so pending litigation
[27:17] both in federal and state court we have
[27:20] two actions with say morton parish so
[27:23] there is a judicial branch that handles
[27:25] that we're entitled to
[27:28] certain procedures in due process
[27:30] and any investigation
[27:33] by
[27:34] the auditor
[27:35] or
[27:37] the independent auditor we may have to
[27:39] block some of that because his report
[27:43] will be
[27:44] public it's required to be public under
[27:47] our charter
[27:48] so it's a very broad resolution that's
[27:52] drafted here
[27:53] i do not think it's narrowly tailored
[27:56] and
[27:57] if it starts getting in the way of any
[28:00] of the litigation we will have to go to
[28:02] court and seek an injunction
[28:04] so uh
[28:06] it's just order expressed some of the
[28:08] same concerns to me early when i had a
[28:10] conversation with him regarding this now
[28:12] passing this resolution doesn't mean the
[28:14] audit is moving forward necessarily
[28:16] because for one thing there's no money
[28:18] appropriated for it so passing this
[28:20] resolution is a mute issue unless we
[28:23] actually move the audit forward would
[28:24] that be correct in stating that
[28:27] that's my understanding but i go back to
[28:29] we are currently in
[28:31] litigation as lafayette consolidated
[28:34] government parish a lafayette city of
[28:37] lafayette and now
[28:39] this resolution
[28:41] if passed wants another person to come
[28:44] in and investigate
[28:46] while
[28:47] that litigation is pending and it's an
[28:50] adversarial process correct so
[28:53] i mean section three is very problematic
[28:57] and i understand that okay uh i'm i'm
[28:59] gonna chime out for right now okay
[29:02] thank you
[29:04] um
[29:04] i would like to say basically you know
[29:07] questions that were presented to the to
[29:09] the
[29:10] administration that just need to be
[29:12] answered are questions that are within
[29:15] our purview we should have those answers
[29:16] i don't think there should be any issue
[29:18] with us asking asking the questions that
[29:20] were presented earlier as far as any
[29:22] cases moving forward so we we as a
[29:24] council should have access to that
[29:25] information so um i'm i'm just gonna i'm
[29:29] gonna hold it off on that but that's the whole point of us moving
[29:32] forward is to basically get some of
[29:33] those answers
[29:34] um
[29:36] mr nakhan do you you're pressed again
[29:38] yes ma'am okay but you're too down there
[29:40] how'd you do that and i agree with your
[29:42] comments i can't
[29:44] i don't know why it's there
[29:47] i can't give you oh there you go oh here
[29:48] we go uh i agree with your comments but
[29:52] this resolution doesn't address the 18
[29:54] questions and that's another thing i
[29:55] wanted to say that this is a lot more
[29:58] beyond the scope than what was
[29:59] originally addressed with him
[30:01] that this is way
[30:02] past that and and and he had a concern
[30:05] over the wording of this resolution at
[30:07] the time that i spoke with him and let
[30:09] me let me just chime in i spoke with him
[30:11] too today right and basically the
[30:13] questions that we talked about answering
[30:14] were the initial things that we talked
[30:16] to him about and that's what that is in
[30:18] this resolution that's where we're
[30:19] starting well that's everything beyond
[30:21] that is something that may be
[30:24] necessary depending on what we found out
[30:26] through these this first part of the
[30:27] investigation so and but the resolution
[30:30] doesn't state that anyway
[30:32] and then we may differ on that so yeah
[30:34] okay resolution doesn't state that
[30:36] however that being said
[30:38] passing this resolution today doesn't
[30:40] necessarily start trigger the
[30:41] investigation yet we still have to be
[30:44] funded and we have to look at that and
[30:45] that's another discussion for two weeks
[30:47] from now
[30:48] so uh there are some things that need to
[30:50] be in place yes at this point uh mr
[30:52] logan i agree with your assessment but i
[30:54] feel like we need to move forward with
[30:56] this um
[30:58] mayor president's on board with the
[30:59] they're okay to try to look at this but
[31:01] i think we need to take a hard look
[31:03] before we jump into with both feet that
[31:06] we're not jeopardizing ourselves with
[31:07] pending litigation we already have that
[31:09] would be crazy that would be very
[31:11] responsible as a council as a government
[31:14] i wouldn't want the administration to be
[31:16] put in that place someone would legal
[31:17] don't have to be put in that place
[31:19] because now we're basically fighting
[31:20] ourselves
[31:21] and that that's when it gets bad that's
[31:23] when it gets wrong so anyway that's all
[31:25] i have to say all right thank you all
[31:27] right i'm not seeing any other any other
[31:29] council discussion any public comments
[31:30] we do have three speakers signed in the
[31:32] first of which is jeff daly followed by
[31:35] carrie williams
[31:43] jeff daly city council district 2
[31:45] resident property owner i'm here to
[31:47] speak strongly in favor of this
[31:48] resolution i wish we didn't have to
[31:50] spend the time and money on this
[31:51] investigation but the mayor president
[31:53] has left us no choice
[31:54] both by his actions and his inaction his
[31:57] new pace of government has been breaking
[31:59] laws left and right let's take a look at
[32:01] what's gone wrong just with the saint
[32:02] martin's parish spoil bank removal in
[32:04] term i actually had to create an
[32:05] illegality tracker to keep track of
[32:07] everything things that are totally
[32:08] illegal i'm removing spoil banks without
[32:10] a parish permit blocking a navigable
[32:12] waterway without a core permit
[32:14] pay more than the appraised value for
[32:15] land buying land without council
[32:17] approval there's no question that those
[32:19] things are all illegal and all happen on
[32:20] this one project things that are
[32:22] probably illegal doing a no-bid contract
[32:24] of three plus million dollars stealing
[32:26] dirt and trees from without a
[32:27] landowner's permission removing the
[32:29] spoil bank without a core permit and
[32:31] using city money for a project outside
[32:33] of city limits there's also a whole host
[32:35] of bad policy making that may or may not
[32:37] be legal but we ignored our neighbors
[32:39] concerns about a regional drainage
[32:40] project really solid tainting that
[32:42] relationship for potentially years to
[32:44] come um we lied to our neighbors about
[32:46] our actions and our intent we paid a
[32:49] total of 140 per cubic yard to move this
[32:51] dirt when the typical market rate is
[32:53] more in the 10 to 20 kind of range we
[32:56] didn't have final engineering plans when
[32:57] we did the work we lied to the press
[32:59] about the ordinances and what actually
[33:00] was included in there when i say we i
[33:02] mean the administration um they used
[33:04] city money instead of state capital
[33:06] outlay money and didn't properly inform
[33:07] you guys about that that was their
[33:09] intent and they moved less dirt than was
[33:11] modeled to justify the project in the
[33:12] first place
[33:13] he's also lied to the public repeatedly
[33:15] about his signature drainage projects
[33:17] take for example the supposed benefits
[33:19] of the homewood drive pawns he claimed
[33:21] that ul sent a memo supporting this
[33:23] project he told you guys that in this
[33:25] room but that is simply not true in fact
[33:28] when we did a public records request to
[33:29] get that memo from him he said he didn't
[33:31] have it so we got the member from ul and
[33:33] you know what the memo says based on
[33:35] their research they don't project that
[33:36] project will mitigate any flooding so a
[33:39] 40 million dollar set of ponds that
[33:41] won't mitigate any flooding
[33:45] so this isn't just about actions this is
[33:47] also about inactions according to the
[33:49] charter the mayor president is obligated
[33:51] to produce whatever reports you guys
[33:53] require in order to do your jobs
[33:55] yet when the city council requested
[33:56] answers to drainage questions he refused
[33:58] to answer them he didn't even fake that
[34:00] he cared about respecting your authority
[34:02] by trying to answer some of the
[34:03] questions he just said nope i'm not
[34:04] going to answer them at all and said you
[34:06] guys go figure it out on your own as a
[34:08] result of this and so much more i
[34:09] believe the city council has no choice
[34:11] but to not only initiate this
[34:12] investigation but to take it seriously
[34:14] and unfortunately uh councilman aquin
[34:17] this will be an adversarial process
[34:19] because of the situation that we're in
[34:21] it's your job to hold the administration
[34:23] accountable when they do things that are
[34:25] illegal and that are wasting our
[34:26] taxpayer money city taxpayers deserve to
[34:29] know what's going on with our money so i
[34:30] ask that you all stand up do the right
[34:32] thing and protect our city's interests
[34:34] by voting yes not just to approve this
[34:36] resolution but also the ordinance to
[34:37] appropriate not just this funding as
[34:39] well as any other funding that may be
[34:40] needed in the future for this project
[34:42] thank you
[34:44] next speaker is carrie williams followed
[34:46] by stephanie skinner touchette
[34:53] minister care williams
[34:55] district
[34:57] city councilman district liz abraham
[34:59] district 3
[35:03] i'm not happy
[35:05] not at all
[35:06] not on my last day leaving the city of
[35:08] lafayette i'm not happy
[35:10] our mayor has failed the city of lafayette
[35:16] i am not
[35:18] happy
[35:19] on my last day getting ready to leave
[35:22] this is ridiculous
[35:24] he have a lot to the people lafayette
[35:26] has failed the people laugh yet
[35:28] he a lot about a couple other things
[35:31] first he lied about going to rehab
[35:34] i'm mad because
[35:36] i respect the city of lafayette and i'm
[35:38] already never lafayette and i
[35:41] respect
[35:42] the recovery center in lafayette but
[35:45] when somebody lie
[35:46] about a lot of things it's make me angry
[35:50] let's vote yes
[35:52] to have this
[35:53] investigation
[35:54] i'm angry and this is not like me but
[35:58] this is going on too long i'm tired
[36:00] watching the news and seeing our mayor
[36:03] angry i'm angry
[36:06] let's vote yes
[36:08] let's do our jobs
[36:10] you took over office to protect and
[36:12] serve the people of lafayette well he
[36:16] have not done that i'm karen williams
[36:18] and i'm tired of this let's vote yes
[36:22] final speaker stephanie skinner
[36:24] touchette
[36:30] she said she'll wait until the ordinance
[36:32] in two weeks
[36:34] no other speakers speakers all right
[36:35] thank you so much all right let's go
[36:37] ahead and call for the vote to adopt the
[36:39] resolution
[36:40] district two yes district three yes
[36:43] district four
[36:44] yes district five yes district one
[36:48] the motion to adopt is approved
[36:51] all right moving on to joint resolutions
[36:53] this is the public hearing and speaker
[36:54] sheets are available for anyone wishing
[36:56] to address the council the three-minute
[36:57] rule does apply
[36:59] joint resolution 27 2022 a joint
[37:02] resolution of the lafayette city council
[37:03] and the lafayette parish council
[37:05] acknowledging receipt of and approving
[37:08] certain financial reports for fiscal
[37:10] year 2223 as submitted by acadiana open
[37:13] channel incorporated i need a motion and
[37:15] a second i have a motion for mr lewis a
[37:17] second from mr nakan i'm not seeing any
[37:20] council discussion any public comments
[37:22] come in let's go ahead and call for the
[37:24] vote district three yes district four
[37:26] yes district five
[37:28] district one
[37:29] district two yeah the motion to adopt is
[37:32] approved joint resolution twenty eight
[37:34] twenty
[37:35] a joint resolution of the lafayette city
[37:36] council and the lafayette parish council
[37:39] authorized the following of grant
[37:40] applications with walmart local
[37:42] community grants i need a motion in a
[37:44] second a motion mr lazard a second for
[37:46] miss a bear i am not seeing any council
[37:48] discussion any public comments
[37:51] stephanie skinner touchet
[37:59] hi council stephanie skinner touchette i
[38:02] want to talk about walmart i don't know
[38:03] what's going on with walmart
[38:05] but
[38:07] walmart
[38:09] i would rather do business with our
[38:11] local vendors our local grocery stores
[38:14] because when the whole code lockdowns
[38:17] the government took over and said
[38:18] walmart was essential and shut down all
[38:21] our little businesses and we have to be
[38:23] careful of these big box stores because
[38:26] the government can swoop in and they can
[38:29] turn them into big vaccine clinics they
[38:31] can turn them into
[38:32] food rationing clinics they can turn
[38:35] them into
[38:36] you know people go and get your rations
[38:39] and so i would like
[38:41] and plus a lot of the goods in walmart
[38:43] are made in china and they're a poor
[38:45] quality and big box chains they come in
[38:48] and they take out all the little mom and
[38:50] pop businesses like i remember when the
[38:52] walmart
[38:53] went to abbeville like main street and
[38:56] kaplan all the little mom-and-pop shops
[38:58] you know closed down and stuff
[39:00] so i don't know what's going on with
[39:01] walmart
[39:03] but i would much rather see us do
[39:06] business with vendors
[39:08] local
[39:09] i don't shop at walmart so i like to
[39:12] shop local in the local stores so i
[39:14] appreciate that
[39:16] thank you
[39:17] all right any other public comments all
[39:19] right let's go ahead and call for the
[39:20] boat district four yes district five yes
[39:23] district one yes district two yeah
[39:26] district three
[39:27] the motion to adopt is approved all
[39:29] right ordinances for final adoption this
[39:31] is the public hearing and speaker forms
[39:32] are available for anyone wishing to
[39:34] address the council the three-minute
[39:35] rule does apply cindy please read city
[39:37] ordinance 115 2022 and owners of the
[39:40] lafayette city council amended the
[39:42] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[39:44] lafayette city parish consolidated
[39:46] government by decreasing council
[39:48] reserves and fund 650 american rescue
[39:51] plan 21 city fund in the amount of 1
[39:54] million dollars in appropriating within
[39:56] the community development and planning
[39:58] department for disbursement to acadiana
[40:00] regional coalition for on homelessness
[40:02] and housing
[40:04] i need a motion in a second a motion for
[40:06] mr lazard
[40:11] i'm not seeing a second
[40:15] so it fails for lack of a second okay
[40:17] all right
[40:21] next ordinance
[40:23] city ordinance 131 2022 in order to the
[40:26] lafayette city council amending the
[40:28] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[40:30] lafayette city parish consolidated
[40:33] government to reflect an increase in
[40:34] projected revenues of 45 thousand
[40:37] dollars and to increase the contractual
[40:39] services credit card expense budget by
[40:42] 45 thousand dollars within the traffic
[40:44] roads and bridges department parking
[40:46] division
[40:48] i need a motion in a second a motion for
[40:49] miss a bear second from mr nocan i'm not
[40:53] seeing any council discussion
[40:55] any public comments
[40:57] all right let's call for the vote
[40:58] district one yes district yes district
[41:01] three yes district four yes district
[41:04] five
[41:05] the motion to adopt is approved city
[41:08] ordinance 132 2022 in honors of the
[41:10] lafayette city council i mean in the
[41:12] fiscal year 2122 capital budget of the
[41:15] lafayette city parish consolidated
[41:17] government by increasing the use of
[41:19] retained earnings reserve and the amount
[41:21] of one million five hundred thousand
[41:23] dollars in appropriating within the
[41:24] utilities department to fund the vulnera
[41:27] generation interconnection study i need
[41:29] a motion in a second i have a motion for
[41:31] mrs a bear a second from mr nocan
[41:34] um not seeing any council discussion any
[41:36] public comments let's call for the vote
[41:38] district two yes district three yes
[41:41] district four yes district five
[41:43] district one
[41:45] the motion to adopt is approved city
[41:47] ordinance 133 2022 in owners of the
[41:49] lafayette city council amending the
[41:51] lafayette city parish consolidated
[41:53] government code of artists section 94 by
[41:56] revising electric water and water
[41:58] wastewater rates
[42:01] all right i need a motion in a second i
[42:02] have a motion for mr lewis second for mr
[42:05] naca lus is requesting an amendment to
[42:07] change the effective date of the
[42:09] increase in november 2023.
[42:12] um i need a motion in a second to amend
[42:16] i have mr knocking again and mr lazard
[42:18] with a second
[42:19] any council discussion on the amendment
[42:22] i'm not seeing any any public comments
[42:26] we have stephanie skinner two sheds
[42:27] signed in but do you want to speak to
[42:29] the amendment or just the ordinance
[42:33] the amendment is to
[42:35] change the effective date of the
[42:36] increase to november 2023
[42:45] no speakers okay
[42:47] all right uh let's go ahead and call for
[42:49] the vote from the council to amend
[42:51] district three
[42:53] district four yes district five yes
[42:56] district one yes district 2 yes the
[42:59] motion to amend is approved
[43:02] all right jeff i see you back there did
[43:03] you want to come say anything it seems
[43:05] to be going pretty smooth without you
[43:06] i'm just saying
[43:08] but you're you're welcome to come up if
[43:10] you want to say
[43:14] looking good right now
[43:16] all right any count i don't see any
[43:18] council discussion on the ordinance as
[43:19] amended any public comments
[43:21] no she said she didn't sign in okay all
[43:24] right so let's go ahead and call for the
[43:25] vote to adopt the uh ordinance as
[43:28] amended district four yes district five
[43:31] yes district one yes district t yeah
[43:34] district three yes the motion to adopt
[43:37] as amended is approved all right thank
[43:39] you jeff
[43:40] city ordinance 134 2022 in owners of the
[43:43] lafayette city council authorizing the
[43:45] lafayette mayor president to execute the
[43:47] interconnection request for a generating
[43:49] facility
[43:51] i have a need of motion from mr nakaya second from miss a
[43:55] bear i'm not seeing any council
[43:56] discussion any public comments no ma'am
[44:00] let's call for the vote district five
[44:02] yes district one yes district two yes
[44:05] district three yes district 4 yes the
[44:08] motion to adopt is approved
[44:10] city ordinance 135 2022 in order to the
[44:13] lafayette city council providing for the
[44:14] abandonment of a 10-foot utility
[44:16] easement along the rear of lots 464 and
[44:20] 465 of whittington oak subdivision
[44:22] extension number three located at 421
[44:25] and 425 shelley drive all right i need a
[44:28] motion and a second i have a motion for
[44:30] miss a bear a second for mr uh nakan all
[44:32] right community development and planning
[44:34] is requesting an amendment to substitute
[44:36] a revised exhibit b
[44:38] so i need a motion and a second to amend
[44:42] i have a motion for miss a bear second
[44:44] for mr lazard any council discussion on
[44:46] the amendment
[44:48] not seeing any any public comments on
[44:50] the amendment
[44:51] no ma'am all right let's call to the
[44:53] vote for the council to amend district 1
[44:56] yes district 2 yes district 3 yes
[44:59] district 4
[45:00] yes district 5 yes the motion to admin
[45:04] is approved
[45:05] all right council discussion on the
[45:06] ordinance as amended i'm not seeing any public comments no ma'am all right
[45:11] let's call for the let's vote for the
[45:13] council for the ordinance as adopted
[45:16] district yes district three yes district
[45:19] four yes district five
[45:21] district one
[45:22] the motion to adopt as amended is
[45:24] approved
[45:26] city ordinance 136 2022 in orders of the
[45:28] lafayette city council amending the
[45:30] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[45:32] lafayette city parish consolidated
[45:34] government by decreasing council
[45:36] reserves and fund 650 american rescue
[45:39] plan 21 city fund in the amount of 750
[45:42] thousand dollars and appropriating
[45:44] within the community development and
[45:46] planning department for disbursement to
[45:47] acadiana black nurses association and
[45:50] sun wellness center
[45:52] all right i need a motion and a second
[45:56] i have a motion for mr lazard
[46:00] i'm not seeing a second
[46:04] i'm looking not seeing a second so i
[46:06] think okay it fails basically it fails
[46:08] for lack of second
[46:11] so you're good
[46:12] all right let's move on to joint
[46:16] ordinances for final adoption this is a
[46:17] public hearing and speaker forms are
[46:18] available for anyone wishing to address
[46:20] the council the three-minute rule does
[46:21] apply
[46:23] joint ordinance 36 2022 a joint owners
[46:26] of the lafayette city council on the
[46:27] lafayette parish council redesignating
[46:30] article 10 of chapter 98 of the
[46:32] lafayette city parish consolidated
[46:34] government code of ordinances as article
[46:36] 4 of chapter 98 and repealing and
[46:38] re-enacting article 4 of chapter 98 to
[46:41] provide for the regulation of commercial
[46:44] pedal carriages
[46:46] all right i need a motion in a second
[46:47] first and i have a motion for mr nakan a
[46:50] second from miss a bear and let's see
[46:52] we're going to have a little council
[46:53] discussion mr nocam
[46:55] um
[46:56] council chair cook you and i had a
[46:58] discussion earlier today and i didn't
[47:00] see it in this ordinance but asked ms
[47:02] slymon could maybe clarify this
[47:04] um i think you and i both understood
[47:06] that there would be some restrictions as
[47:09] to the travel of these vehicles yes miss
[47:12] lyman is not here right now but i think
[47:13] paul can help us out with this the
[47:16] shared mobility
[47:18] board
[47:20] paul you
[47:22] shut up let's see
[47:23] sure
[47:24] are you on okay
[47:27] all right if you can kind of clarify i
[47:28] think the concern is
[47:30] where this pedal pub is going to be
[47:31] allowed to go and so
[47:34] i actually wanted to put some
[47:36] restrictions in terms of three areas we
[47:38] talked about but you told me that that
[47:40] particular board would have oversight if
[47:42] we you know if we express that with that
[47:44] board they would they would grant that
[47:46] oversight as far as restricting it only
[47:48] to say let's say downtown to ul campus
[47:52] and oil center so help me out with that
[47:55] clarity sure the the structure of the
[47:57] ordinance um pedal pub or
[48:00] commercial pedal carriages otherwise
[48:02] known as pedal pumps
[48:04] were integrated into chapter 98 under
[48:07] shared mobility devices
[48:09] within that structure there is what's
[48:11] called the
[48:12] smd management committee
[48:15] that
[48:16] particular body has already been
[48:18] established and has been managing issues
[48:20] related to
[48:21] scooters electric bikes etc
[48:25] but would also
[48:27] manage the day-to-day operations
[48:30] of now what's considered a pedal pump
[48:33] under that particular structure
[48:36] and just for your your information for
[48:38] the benefit of the council's information
[48:40] that smd management committee is made up
[48:43] of the director of the development and
[48:46] community development and planning so ms
[48:48] slyman
[48:49] the director of lcg's public works so mr
[48:52] naveau
[48:54] lafayette police chief or his designee
[48:58] the director of traffic roads and
[48:59] bridges that would be mr warren aberdeen
[49:03] university police chief in the
[49:05] university of louisiana lafayette or his
[49:07] designee
[49:08] director of downtown development
[49:10] authority and the lafayette mayor
[49:12] president or his designee and so you'll see that a lot of the interests
[49:18] are covered across the board and that
[49:20] management committee is
[49:23] authorized to promulgate
[49:26] supplemental rules and regulations as it
[49:28] relates to the operation and use of
[49:31] these particular devices
[49:34] specific to
[49:36] all types of things including but not
[49:38] limited to
[49:40] the use operation and geographical
[49:42] limitations if any they wish to impose
[49:46] on the operation of those particular
[49:48] vehicles and so
[49:50] the notion is is that the council
[49:52] establishes the structure and you really
[49:54] don't want the council getting into the
[49:56] day-to-day operations because you'd have
[49:58] to pass an ordinance or amend this
[50:01] ordinance every time you want to change
[50:02] a supplemental rule
[50:04] the smd management committee meets and
[50:07] promulgates those rules
[50:09] and under the ordinance those rules are
[50:11] declared to be part of or supplemental
[50:14] to this ordinance so
[50:16] concerns of neighbors concerns of the
[50:18] police as to where they want them to be
[50:21] or not be that can all be dealt with and
[50:23] managed through the smd management
[50:26] committee
[50:27] and it is my understanding that that's a
[50:29] public meeting as well so that is when
[50:31] they have that meeting you if you have a
[50:32] concern you you can go to that meeting
[50:34] and express your concern that if you
[50:36] don't want it in a particular area right
[50:38] that's correct okay all right
[50:40] so we should not need protection for the
[50:43] residences near the downtown area near
[50:46] ul area
[50:48] for
[50:49] these uh carriage
[50:51] uh commercial pedal carriages from tr
[50:54] traversing those roads and creating
[50:56] disturbances to those residents living
[50:58] there not be a problem the smd
[51:00] management committee can uh address
[51:02] those and and deal with those okay all
[51:05] right
[51:08] andy if this also makes you feel better
[51:10] what that particular pedal pub business
[51:12] still has to do we're maybe granting
[51:14] them the right to operate but they still
[51:16] have to go get permitted they have to
[51:18] follow all the city ordinances with
[51:20] noise um
[51:21] litter all those things that they still
[51:23] have they have to jump through several
[51:24] hoops before they can actually start
[51:26] operating so we're just giving them the
[51:28] green light okay now you're able to go
[51:30] you got to pay for your permit and do
[51:31] all those things so i don't want to over
[51:33] regulate them but i surely do want to
[51:35] protect the neighbor and i i think
[51:36] that's we should be definitely have that
[51:38] as as a top priority so
[51:41] all right mr lewis you have a question
[51:43] as well
[51:43] yes my question is how many
[51:46] right now we talk about only one
[51:48] person that's going to have this pedal
[51:50] bar or are we talking about opening it
[51:52] for anyone we have one that's coming
[51:54] okay okay we have only one so anyone
[51:57] else can if they're interested in having
[51:58] a
[51:59] pedal bar they can operate
[52:02] they could come before us just like this
[52:04] one did and we actually could use this
[52:06] one as a model and see okay if after a
[52:09] year for their permit they get a permit
[52:11] for a year after that year we're
[52:13] watching to see how they do we're
[52:14] watching to see if they contribute to
[52:16] the economy we can make sure that
[52:18] they're following all the ordinances and
[52:20] regulations and then if another one
[52:22] comes up and looks for another business
[52:24] similar to it
[52:25] we have we we know what to be looking
[52:27] for we have the thing we have one that's
[52:29] already in place so we can use that to
[52:31] figure out oh we want to change this or
[52:32] this worked or that didn't work so um
[52:35] you know this this franchise has been
[52:36] around 20 years and i realize one size
[52:38] does not fit all every city is different
[52:41] but it does come with a pretty stringent
[52:43] set of rules on its own that that
[52:45] business has to follow and then we're
[52:48] going to layer some other specific of
[52:50] our own you know regulations and rules
[52:51] here in the city of lafayette in the
[52:52] parish on top of that so you know i
[52:55] think there's some oversight but but i i
[52:57] hear what you're saying we don't want to
[52:59] have you know
[53:00] by opening the door but you you could
[53:02] say that same argument with a trolley
[53:04] company trolley companies are in town so
[53:05] how many trolley companies have
[53:08] we restricted them but but then this is
[53:10] not orange to orange a party bus is
[53:12] totally different trial is totally
[53:14] different from someone peddling a bar
[53:17] okay but my question is i guess you're
[53:19] answering that
[53:20] anyone that would like to open have a
[53:22] business like that or join this
[53:24] franchise they can
[53:25] or they have to come in from the council
[53:27] if they want to join this franchise if
[53:29] we're going to have another pedal pub in
[53:30] the community it's my understanding i'm
[53:32] not sure paul if that's correct it would
[53:33] have to come before the council no no
[53:35] they another company no okay they would
[53:38] have to apply for a permit
[53:41] and there's the permit application
[53:43] process is pretty detailed it requires a
[53:45] lot of different information
[53:47] uh there's like
[53:49] just scanning through it there's 23
[53:52] different items that has to be provided
[53:54] in terms of insurance information
[53:57] operation information up to date on you
[54:00] know
[54:01] taxes
[54:03] registration
[54:04] qualification of their of the operator
[54:07] that's going to be on that particular
[54:09] carriage there's a lot of different
[54:10] information so if certainly if they
[54:14] qualify and are able to provide all of
[54:17] this sufficient information then they
[54:20] would be entitled or be able to obtain a
[54:23] permit but they have to go through that
[54:25] same process anyone else would
[54:27] okay i'm a yield for now
[54:30] and then the renewal every year
[54:32] basically
[54:33] there's that issue that if it's if
[54:34] they're not doing something correctly
[54:36] the permit could be pulled at any time
[54:38] if they're not following the rules is
[54:40] that right paul
[54:42] there is a
[54:43] permit there's a process by which their
[54:46] permit can be pulled for
[54:49] not complying with
[54:51] the chapters regulations which include
[54:54] all other regulations that we have like
[54:56] for instance noise etc okay
[54:59] all right thank you mr aber
[55:01] no i think my question was just answered
[55:03] because we are embarking on something a
[55:04] little different and i think they're i
[55:06] can understand everyone's concerns i
[55:08] love the idea i'm excited about seeing
[55:10] this come in that area
[55:11] uh but let's say it's absolute disaster
[55:14] and we
[55:15] this just causing chaos in the streets
[55:17] could we no pun intended peddle back on
[55:20] this yeah but it sounds like we can yeah
[55:22] okay well perfect i think
[55:24] nothing wrong with that if it's a
[55:26] horrible idea it's keeping everyone up
[55:27] and nice trash in our streets we can
[55:29] always pedal back
[55:30] so i support this thank you okay
[55:35] all right i'm not seeing any other
[55:36] council discussion we're good for the
[55:38] moment all right
[55:39] any public comments
[55:43] we do have a
[55:44] public comment robert garcia
[55:50] and he will be followed by stephanie
[55:51] carney dugan
[55:58] good evening
[55:59] my name is robert garcia a small
[56:02] business owner and
[56:04] i purchased the petal pub franchise
[56:07] for lafayette parish
[56:09] and i'm here to answer any questions you
[56:12] may have
[56:14] can you give me a just kind of well
[56:16] actually we're going to talk about in a
[56:17] minute the byob so just maybe sit tight
[56:20] on that i might call you up to explain
[56:21] how how the franchise actually regulates
[56:24] that um on top of what we might be doing
[56:26] but i don't have any questions of any
[56:28] other questions of robert does anybody
[56:29] have any i think that's regulated in the ordinance it is but they even do
[56:34] even more robert i have a question for
[56:35] how many will you start off how many
[56:37] will you have
[56:39] they prefer us to start out with two
[56:41] petal pubs but they're pretty expensive
[56:44] it's about seventy thousand dollars per
[56:46] unit
[56:47] for the quadricycle
[56:49] so uh i'm not sure right now
[56:52] if the bank is going to approve two or
[56:54] not so we're definitely good for one to
[56:56] start and then the idea is if we start
[56:59] with one we'll add a second one if
[57:00] there's enough demand for it
[57:03] okay
[57:05] all right not seeing everybody's good no
[57:07] other questions all right thank you
[57:08] robert
[57:10] stephanie corney dugan
[57:16] thank you stephanie corney dugan i'm a
[57:18] resident and a business owner in
[57:19] lafayette and
[57:21] i really would like to kind of
[57:25] just caution the council because
[57:28] if you think about where ul
[57:31] territories are and boundaries are
[57:34] it seriously impacts the saint street
[57:37] areas and again
[57:39] those areas that have been
[57:41] bombarded with short-term rentals and
[57:43] we've kind of seen
[57:45] the horizon on that that isn't it hasn't
[57:48] been good
[57:49] and these pedal bars i've spoken to mr
[57:52] garcio on the phone at length
[57:55] but i have not really received the
[57:59] warm fuzzy feeling that i'm looking for
[58:02] with these are they're coming through
[58:04] our neighborhoods at up to midnight
[58:07] every night every night of the week
[58:10] and
[58:11] if you think about how close we are
[58:14] again to ul property and to
[58:17] downtown in city hall
[58:19] we have people that come to our
[58:21] festivals and
[58:23] they
[58:24] are
[58:26] somewhat inebriated in our neighborhoods
[58:28] and they're
[58:30] looking for police places to use the
[58:32] bathroom and they're looking for a
[58:35] places to
[58:37] kind of rest and recuperate from their
[58:41] intoxications and we've been the
[58:44] recipient of this
[58:45] and i know that many of you live out in
[58:48] neighborhoods that have not been
[58:49] affected by this
[58:51] but we have truly been affected by this
[58:54] and this is nothing but a mobile bar
[58:57] that can
[58:58] go into areas where
[59:01] we don't have bars right now we should
[59:04] really consider strongly where we are
[59:07] allowing bars to open up and operate
[59:10] within the city of lafayette and how it
[59:13] will be affected when we have visitors
[59:16] in that maybe don't know all the rules
[59:19] and restrictions that will be
[59:21] put upon
[59:23] either mobile bar or
[59:25] on any other bar any other short-term
[59:28] rental for that matter
[59:30] so i would ask that we
[59:33] step back
[59:34] and really again
[59:36] put this and defer this give the
[59:39] community time to think about this and
[59:42] make their comments because i only found
[59:45] about that found out about this tonight
[59:47] by happenstance
[59:49] and i don't want the community to be
[59:51] taken
[59:52] [Music]
[59:54] happenstance
[59:55] hostage
[59:57] by
[59:57] the
[59:59] passing of this ordinance
[1:00:01] so
[1:00:03] this is final passing this is not
[1:00:06] going to be any type of other hearing so
[1:00:10] the idea that somebody goes out and
[1:00:12] purchases a franchise doesn't mean that
[1:00:14] it has to actually go
[1:00:18] thank you paul can i ask you according
[1:00:20] to the ordinance the hours of operation
[1:00:22] end at 10 is that correct
[1:00:24] uh no for pedal carriages it's uh
[1:00:27] midnight
[1:00:28] i thought it was 10 operation between 10
[1:00:30] and 6 in the morning that's that's other
[1:00:32] shared mobility devices oh okay
[1:00:34] but they need to be parked and done
[1:00:37] before midnight before midnight yeah
[1:00:40] all right mr nocam um i express
[1:00:44] miss corney dugan's
[1:00:46] sentiments and that
[1:00:48] insurances we need to make sure that
[1:00:50] this board
[1:00:51] does protect the residences that they do
[1:00:53] restrict this travel
[1:00:55] to the ul campus and not outside the
[1:00:58] campus i'm talking johnson street down
[1:01:00] to lewis street to drive park to st mary
[1:01:04] to university and back up i mean that's the university area there i would
[1:01:08] consider ul but that would be the
[1:01:11] restriction
[1:01:12] we need those insurances so i'm asking
[1:01:14] the board
[1:01:16] and again i asked mr ascot we should be
[1:01:18] able to cover our basis with that with
[1:01:20] this ordinance and of course it's only
[1:01:22] good for a trial run for one year anyway
[1:01:24] but am i correct in making those
[1:01:25] statements
[1:01:27] that people should be able to protect
[1:01:28] the residences
[1:01:29] in those areas
[1:01:31] i guess the best way i can answer that
[1:01:33] is the smd management committee is
[1:01:35] authorized to geographically restrict
[1:01:38] the
[1:01:40] commercial pedal carriages
[1:01:42] to address any concerns or issues
[1:01:45] that need to be addressed and of course
[1:01:47] the
[1:01:49] franchise applicant i'm sure he
[1:01:51] understands the situation scarcity is
[1:01:54] that correct
[1:01:57] you you understand what's going on with
[1:01:58] the protection of the residences
[1:02:01] yeah please come up and speak to that
[1:02:04] i mean you're going to have drivers
[1:02:06] you're going to be responsible for the
[1:02:07] people who are running the carriages
[1:02:09] in the streets i mean there will be an
[1:02:11] understanding of that correct
[1:02:13] yes sir uh i've owned and operated
[1:02:16] establishments with alcohol permits for
[1:02:18] 20 years and i haven't had any
[1:02:21] significant issues and of course with
[1:02:24] the city ordinances in place there'll be
[1:02:26] adherence to those anything that's
[1:02:28] reported will be a knock on you a black
[1:02:30] mark and it could immediately pull you
[1:02:33] permitting so i'm sure you'll be
[1:02:35] adhering to those regular regulations
[1:02:37] and ordinances that we put forward
[1:02:39] uh from here on out yes sir take it very
[1:02:42] serious uh you have to yes i have to you
[1:02:45] know
[1:02:51] yes sir um uh as uh
[1:02:54] councilwoman uh cook
[1:02:56] mentioned uh this business has been
[1:02:58] operating for quite some time right and
[1:03:02] um so they have uh over the last three
[1:03:05] or four years begun to franchise it had
[1:03:07] a venture capital company come in
[1:03:10] and purchase the uh the business
[1:03:13] and uh begin franchising it
[1:03:16] so they have over 50 locations
[1:03:19] they've done over 2 million rides
[1:03:22] and
[1:03:24] you know i mean it's seen as a boon for tourism in general
[1:03:29] and also for the businesses that they uh
[1:03:32] operate in and around especially
[1:03:35] uh you know that you always have a
[1:03:37] starting point and an ending point
[1:03:40] but
[1:03:41] typically
[1:03:42] this is a windfall for many business
[1:03:44] owners the pedal pub operator doesn't
[1:03:46] sell any alcohol and the passengers are
[1:03:49] limited as
[1:03:50] to what they can bring as a matter of
[1:03:52] fact the restrictions placed on the
[1:03:54] operator
[1:03:55] uh significantly exceed the restrictions
[1:03:58] that the council is placing on
[1:04:01] uh the operator i saw them written in
[1:04:03] the ordinance really he is actually
[1:04:05] responsible for every passenger on that
[1:04:07] pedal bar
[1:04:08] yes sir not just the people but the what
[1:04:11] they are allowed to bring on the fact
[1:04:13] that they could consume they do exactly
[1:04:15] everything that's involved so yeah they
[1:04:17] can't bring uh open container or you
[1:04:21] know
[1:04:22] something from home or
[1:04:25] straight alcohol you know it has to be a
[1:04:26] pre-packaged blended
[1:04:29] item or wine or beer
[1:04:32] something like that
[1:04:34] we will have uh on the lafayette
[1:04:36] parish petal pubs starting with one i
[1:04:39] hope there's more but
[1:04:40] there will be a
[1:04:42] front and side facing rear facing side
[1:04:45] rear side facing and customer uh camera
[1:04:48] footage that'll be recorded it's called
[1:04:50] a dashboard cam okay but uh so the
[1:04:53] driver can actually see
[1:04:55] what's going on
[1:04:57] they can see what's going on behind them
[1:04:59] uh they can see the
[1:05:01] picture of the rear view
[1:05:03] and it's all recorded so
[1:05:05] if there's any issues then you know that
[1:05:08] footage can be subpoenaed and presented
[1:05:10] and this ordinance goes down even it's
[1:05:12] the far as the littering ordinances
[1:05:14] respecting those
[1:05:16] absolutely the there's rules of the road
[1:05:19] that all of the writers have to agree to
[1:05:21] in advance and also right before they
[1:05:24] get on to the ride
[1:05:27] and
[1:05:28] those include littering and other things
[1:05:31] i mean there's a list of about eight
[1:05:33] things that they're not allowed to do
[1:05:35] and they can be they agree in advance
[1:05:38] to be removed from the ride with no
[1:05:40] refunds or no questions by the pilot at
[1:05:43] any point in time
[1:05:45] no megaphones no
[1:05:47] rowdy voices you know you've got to get
[1:05:49] some brilliant comments it's going to be
[1:05:51] fun i mean the the pedal pubs actually
[1:05:53] are about 70 ridden by women so i think
[1:05:56] we have a big plus right there going for
[1:05:58] us right
[1:05:59] women
[1:06:00] tending to be a little more responsible
[1:06:05] so they're going to have fun and you
[1:06:07] know i mean
[1:06:08] but it won't be uh
[1:06:11] you know i think what you're trying to
[1:06:13] describe but it'll be sounds of having
[1:06:15] fun not
[1:06:16] sounds of you know belligerent
[1:06:19] obnoxious people
[1:06:20] although some may be obnoxious but they
[1:06:23] were obnoxious before they got on
[1:06:25] i would also point out that you're not
[1:06:27] allowed to get on the pedal pub if you
[1:06:30] have been noticeably drinking already
[1:06:32] that is something else you agree to so
[1:06:34] there's a i mean
[1:06:36] over 15 20 years of operation you run
[1:06:39] into these issues and they add them to
[1:06:42] their repertoire
[1:06:44] of things that you cannot do
[1:06:46] um you know before or while you're on it
[1:06:50] and um and the operator has the right to
[1:06:52] remove anyone at any time and she's in
[1:06:54] any violation he can remove him at any
[1:06:56] time that's correct right yes sir thank
[1:06:59] you
[1:07:02] all right
[1:07:03] you good okay and again back to the smd
[1:07:06] board
[1:07:07] we probably need to reach out to them as
[1:07:09] well if we have certain areas that we
[1:07:11] know we don't want it in
[1:07:12] you know we as a council can reach out
[1:07:14] to them and say
[1:07:15] and tell them look we want it here we
[1:07:16] don't want it here and to protect the
[1:07:18] residents in the neighborhoods yes
[1:07:20] we have that ability to do that so mr
[1:07:22] lewis
[1:07:23] yeah so paul i just have i want to just
[1:07:25] make sure i'm understanding correctly
[1:07:26] who will i know the council would not
[1:07:29] michael manage this you see it as a
[1:07:30] board and who who's uh consists of that
[1:07:32] vote again i just want to make sure i
[1:07:34] understood correctly
[1:07:39] paul yes i'm getting back i'm sorry i'm
[1:07:42] getting back to it all right so it's the
[1:07:44] director of community development and
[1:07:45] planning the director of public works
[1:07:47] the lafayette police chief the director
[1:07:50] of traffic roads and bridges the
[1:07:52] university police chief for the
[1:07:54] university of ull the director of
[1:07:56] downtown development authority and the
[1:07:57] lafayette mayor president
[1:07:59] okay and how often will they meet you
[1:08:01] say about
[1:08:02] um
[1:08:03] once a year oh no they meet more often
[1:08:06] than that
[1:08:07] and i think they can call a meeting you
[1:08:09] know with proper public notice they do
[1:08:11] they follow the open meetings law for
[1:08:13] all the public notices
[1:08:15] um
[1:08:17] so they can they can meet when they need
[1:08:19] to okay i think robert has something to
[1:08:22] say okay rob you have one final point
[1:08:24] yeah yes um i just wanted to point out
[1:08:26] that it's not regions or areas that the
[1:08:29] pedal pub is permitted
[1:08:32] to go in that i think geo fencing is
[1:08:34] more of a scooter
[1:08:38] as it pertains to the ordinance
[1:08:41] for the pedal carriage the pedal pub
[1:08:43] there are specific routes
[1:08:46] that are approved by the sm
[1:08:48] b board although obviously this is yet
[1:08:50] to be started so there's going to be a
[1:08:51] learning curve for everyone including
[1:08:53] myself but the idea is that the
[1:08:56] actual roads
[1:08:58] are known uh before anything
[1:09:02] happens so it's it's not an area but
[1:09:05] it's actual streets intersections roads
[1:09:08] these are low volume
[1:09:10] low speed roads so
[1:09:13] any road
[1:09:14] you know probably 35 miles per hour or
[1:09:17] over it's going to be a very short
[1:09:19] stretch
[1:09:21] you know of road you want to
[1:09:23] keep it to
[1:09:24] you know under 35 miles per hour so
[1:09:27] crossing johnson not riding on johnson
[1:09:29] and things of that nature
[1:09:32] and i
[1:09:32] guess
[1:09:34] i say that in my opinion
[1:09:37] by and large for the pe the petal pubs
[1:09:39] only go 10 miles per hour
[1:09:42] yeah
[1:09:43] so
[1:09:44] it's a it's a
[1:09:46] there's 16 of them though yeah there
[1:09:48] well there's actually an inhibitor uh
[1:09:51] that uh won't allow them to go any
[1:09:53] faster than 10 miles per hour
[1:09:55] so
[1:09:56] um but anyway just i guess yeah in
[1:09:58] reference to what you're saying your
[1:09:59] routes there'll be certain routes
[1:10:01] certain you know packages that you're
[1:10:03] working on so i guess still those
[1:10:04] packages would still have to come before
[1:10:06] the smd board and we'd make sure that
[1:10:08] they were you know we're not going
[1:10:10] through areas with those routes that you
[1:10:12] know we don't want them going through so
[1:10:14] yeah i mean you'll know if it's going to
[1:10:16] go in your street there's a
[1:10:18] map showing the route approved yes right
[1:10:21] approved in advance with public input
[1:10:24] and oversight i mean this is a lot of
[1:10:26] oversight for
[1:10:27] you know in my opinion i operate in uh
[1:10:31] barn restaurants for some time and this
[1:10:33] is i mean it's a great ordinance yeah so
[1:10:36] okay
[1:10:37] very good thank you
[1:10:39] all right i'm not seeing any other
[1:10:40] council discussion any other public
[1:10:42] comments oh marilyn garcia signed in did
[1:10:44] not wish to speak but supports the
[1:10:46] ordinance
[1:10:47] all right beautiful let's go ahead and
[1:10:49] call for a vote to adopt the ordinance
[1:10:52] district three
[1:10:53] yes district four yes district five yes
[1:10:57] mr clinton yes district two yeah the
[1:11:00] motion to adopt is approved
[1:11:03] um john is 37 2022 adrian owners of the
[1:11:06] lafayette city council on the lafayette
[1:11:08] parish council amending chapter six of
[1:11:10] the life lafayette consolidated
[1:11:12] government code of ordinances relative
[1:11:14] to the issuance of a byob permit within
[1:11:17] the city and unincorporated parish of
[1:11:18] lafayette
[1:11:20] all right i need a motion in a second i
[1:11:22] have a motion to say bear a second for
[1:11:23] mr not camp i'm not seeing any council
[1:11:25] discussion
[1:11:27] any public comments on this
[1:11:29] robert garcia
[1:11:31] all right you want to
[1:11:32] give us a little rundown
[1:11:34] and then he comes up mary lib garcia did
[1:11:36] not wish to speak but supports the
[1:11:38] ordinance all right basically you
[1:11:40] already kind of made reference to the
[1:11:42] fact that the pedal pub itself has
[1:11:45] you know um restrictions in place in
[1:11:47] terms of what kind of alcohol you can
[1:11:48] bring on so that layered on top with
[1:11:51] what our ordinances or our requirements
[1:11:52] for byob you know would be kind of
[1:11:55] double
[1:11:56] you can't
[1:11:59] bring anything uh onto a pedal pub
[1:12:02] unless it's sealed
[1:12:05] and it's a mixed item unless it's a low
[1:12:07] alcohol
[1:12:08] item like wine or beer typically
[1:12:12] and
[1:12:13] petal pub limits the amount of items you
[1:12:16] can bring they're put into an ice chest
[1:12:18] they all have to be you know factory
[1:12:20] sealed
[1:12:22] and all that so
[1:12:26] the restrictions of the franchisor uh
[1:12:29] are in my opinion without understanding
[1:12:32] the
[1:12:33] nature of the byob because
[1:12:35] after reading
[1:12:37] the ordinance it said that there are
[1:12:39] classes which i'm familiar with classes
[1:12:41] as it relates to alcohol permits but
[1:12:45] the fact is is that the restrictions
[1:12:46] that are in place by the franchisor seem
[1:12:48] to exceed those of the city so and that
[1:12:52] also
[1:12:53] uh jibes with all of the other
[1:12:55] conditions okay that's that's kind of
[1:12:57] what i understand as well uh paul is
[1:12:59] there anything you want to add to this
[1:13:01] no ma'am perfect
[1:13:02] okay okay well we we kind of spoke today
[1:13:06] about it and we reached out to sally and
[1:13:07] everything seems to be fine as far as on
[1:13:09] that end correct um
[1:13:11] okay
[1:13:12] i also wanted to point out that not
[1:13:14] every ride is with alcohol there are
[1:13:17] no alcohol rides so
[1:13:20] let's say a group of teenagers want to
[1:13:23] go on a pedal pub
[1:13:24] it's just a bicycle i mean it's a
[1:13:26] bicycle with a lithium-ion battery it's
[1:13:29] just really cool bicycle but there would
[1:13:31] not be any alcohol allowed on the pedal
[1:13:33] pub there's a family friendly ride
[1:13:35] there's
[1:13:36] historical tours
[1:13:39] art gallery tours and things of this
[1:13:41] nature
[1:13:42] these things stimulate the economy it
[1:13:45] gives people an excuse to go have fun
[1:13:47] and sometimes you need one
[1:13:49] you know especially in today's times i
[1:13:51] know i could use a few
[1:13:53] myself after going through covet in my
[1:13:56] hospitality industry
[1:13:59] so
[1:14:00] if you go to the website pedal pub
[1:14:02] lafayette you'll see all the different
[1:14:03] types of rides yeah and thank you for
[1:14:05] sharing that with us all that
[1:14:06] information uh by email as well all
[1:14:08] right i'm not seeing any other council
[1:14:10] any other public comments let's go ahead
[1:14:12] and call for the vote district four yes
[1:14:14] district five yes district one yes
[1:14:17] district two yeah district three yes the
[1:14:20] motion to adopt is approved
[1:14:22] jordan orton 61 2022 adrian owners of
[1:14:25] the lafayette city council when the
[1:14:27] lafayette parish council amending
[1:14:29] chapter 98 article 3 divisions 3 and 4
[1:14:32] relative to towing and record operations
[1:14:34] and services to comport with state law
[1:14:37] i need a motion a second
[1:14:39] miss a bear has a motion and a second
[1:14:41] for mr naked i'm not seeing any council
[1:14:43] discussion any public comments no man
[1:14:45] let's go ahead and call for the vote
[1:14:46] district five yes district one
[1:14:49] district two yeah district three yes
[1:14:52] district four yes the motion to adopt is
[1:14:54] approved
[1:14:55] george ornitz 62 2022 hr owners of the
[1:14:58] lafayette city council and the lafayette
[1:15:00] parish council amending ordinance 97
[1:15:03] 2018 with respect to the governing
[1:15:05] authority of the lafayette parish world
[1:15:07] fire district
[1:15:08] i need a motion in a second motion for
[1:15:10] miss a bear a second for mr uh lazard
[1:15:13] i'm not seeing any council discussion
[1:15:14] any comments from the public
[1:15:16] no ma'am let's call for a vote district
[1:15:18] one yes district two yeah district three
[1:15:21] yes district four yes district 5
[1:15:24] the motion to adopt is approved
[1:15:27] joint ordnance 63 2022 android orange of
[1:15:30] the lafayette city council and the
[1:15:31] lafayette parish council authorizing the
[1:15:33] lafayette mayor president to enter into
[1:15:35] an artifact loan agreement with the
[1:15:37] board of supervisors for the university
[1:15:39] of louisiana system
[1:15:41] i need a motion i have a motion for mr
[1:15:43] knocking a second for miss a bear i'm
[1:15:45] not seeing any council discussion any
[1:15:46] public comments no man let's call for
[1:15:49] the vote district 2 yeah district three
[1:15:52] yes district four yes district five
[1:15:55] district one
[1:15:56] the motion to adopt is approved george
[1:15:58] ordnance 64 2022 hr owners of the
[1:16:01] lafayette city council and the lafayette
[1:16:03] parish council authorizing the lafayette
[1:16:05] mayor president to amend the cooperative
[1:16:07] endeavor agreement between lafayette
[1:16:09] city parish consolidated government and
[1:16:11] baseball ventures of louisiana llc to
[1:16:13] extend the agreement with respect to the
[1:16:15] use of
[1:16:16] walker field for a portion of the
[1:16:19] calendar year
[1:16:20] i need a motion and a second to have a
[1:16:22] motion for mr lazard a second for miss a
[1:16:25] bear i'm not seeing any council
[1:16:26] discussion any public comments
[1:16:28] let's call for the vote district three
[1:16:30] yes district four yes district five yes
[1:16:34] district one
[1:16:35] district two yeah the motion to adopt is
[1:16:38] approved
[1:16:39] joe orton 65 2022 hr owners of the
[1:16:42] lafayette city council and the lafayette
[1:16:43] parish council are the rising the
[1:16:45] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:16:47] government to sell at public internet
[1:16:49] auction surplus vehicles equipment and
[1:16:51] other miscellaneous movable property
[1:16:53] which are no longer needed for public
[1:16:55] purposes as for the attached list
[1:16:57] internet auction
[1:16:58] i have a motion for mr lazard a second
[1:17:00] from mr nocam any council discussion not
[1:17:03] seeing any any public comments no man
[1:17:05] let's call for the vote district 4 yes
[1:17:07] district 5
[1:17:08] yes yes
[1:17:10] district 1 yes district yes district 3
[1:17:13] yes the motion to adopt is approved
[1:17:16] joint ordnance 66 2022 adrian owners of
[1:17:19] the lafayette city council on the
[1:17:20] lafayette parish council amending the
[1:17:22] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[1:17:24] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:17:27] government by increasing the use of
[1:17:29] prior year fund balance in fund 550 in
[1:17:32] the amount of 90 000 inappropriate
[1:17:34] within the public works department
[1:17:36] environmental quality solid waste
[1:17:37] composting division for additional
[1:17:40] funding needed to cover the estimated
[1:17:41] cost of renting a grinder and excavator
[1:17:44] i have a motion for mr lazar the second
[1:17:46] from mr nakam i'm not seeing any council
[1:17:48] discussion any public comments
[1:17:52] oh no
[1:17:53] nobody wants to talk about the grinder
[1:17:55] and the excavator oh shoot all right
[1:17:57] let's call for a vote district five
[1:17:59] yes
[1:18:00] district one yes district t yeah
[1:18:03] district three yes district four yes the
[1:18:05] motion to adopt is approved
[1:18:07] george oran 67 2022 age our owners of
[1:18:10] the lafayette city council in the
[1:18:11] lafayette parish council amending the
[1:18:14] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[1:18:16] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:18:18] government by increasing revenues in the
[1:18:21] amount of forty thousand
[1:18:22] eighty eight dollars received from the
[1:18:24] state of louisiana local government
[1:18:26] assistance program and appropriating
[1:18:28] within the community development and
[1:18:29] planning department
[1:18:30] all right i got a motion for mr lazard a
[1:18:33] second for mr lewis over there any
[1:18:34] council discussion not seeing any any
[1:18:37] public comments no ma'am let's call for
[1:18:39] the vote district one
[1:18:41] yes district yeah district three yeah
[1:18:43] district four yes district five
[1:18:46] the motion to adopt is approved
[1:18:48] george oren 68 2022 agent owners of the
[1:18:51] lafayette city council and the lafayette
[1:18:53] parish council amending the fiscal year
[1:18:55] 2122 operating budget of the lafayette
[1:18:58] city parish consolidated government by
[1:19:00] authorizing a transfer of 340 thousand
[1:19:03] dollars in home investment partnerships
[1:19:05] program funds
[1:19:06] within the community development and
[1:19:08] planning department to lafayette habitat
[1:19:10] for humanity
[1:19:11] all right i need a motion and a second a
[1:19:13] motion for mr lewis a second from miss a
[1:19:15] bear i'm not seeing any council
[1:19:16] discussion any public comments uh
[1:19:18] melinda taylor signed in did not wish to
[1:19:21] speak but supports the ordinance all
[1:19:23] right thank you very much let's go ahead
[1:19:24] and call for the vote from the council
[1:19:25] district two yes district three yes
[1:19:28] district four yes district five yes
[1:19:31] district one
[1:19:32] the motion to adopt is approved
[1:19:35] joe ornitz 69 2022 android owners of the
[1:19:38] lafayette city council on the lafayette
[1:19:40] parish council amending the fiscal year
[1:19:42] 2122 operating budget of the lafayette
[1:19:44] city parish consolidated government by
[1:19:46] authorizing a transfer of 150 thousand
[1:19:49] dollars in home investment partnerships
[1:19:51] program funds within the community
[1:19:53] development and planning department to
[1:19:54] catholic charities of indiana i need a
[1:19:57] motion and a second a motion for miss a
[1:19:58] bear second for mr lazard again not
[1:20:00] seeing any council discussion any public
[1:20:02] comments stephanie skinner touchet
[1:20:13] hi great council i wanted to talk about
[1:20:16] the catholic charities
[1:20:17] we need to be very very careful because
[1:20:20] if they're getting all this money and to
[1:20:23] put people in housing into direct
[1:20:25] housing when we have four million
[1:20:27] illegal aliens coming across the border
[1:20:30] unconstitutionally in the catholic
[1:20:32] charities they've broken a lot of laws
[1:20:34] and they break laws
[1:20:35] in texas they give children their child
[1:20:38] traffic they give children to people
[1:20:40] that they don't know with papers and
[1:20:43] stuff like that so we need to be careful
[1:20:45] and watch these catholic charities
[1:20:46] because they break the law and we can't
[1:20:49] have them in this community breaking the
[1:20:50] law
[1:20:51] and uh they've been known to do it and
[1:20:53] they've been found out and so we need to
[1:20:56] really watch them in that aspect because
[1:20:58] our veterans are in the streets
[1:21:01] so i know we're probably going to get if
[1:21:03] we haven't already
[1:21:05] gotten a lot of illegal aliens coming
[1:21:07] into our community
[1:21:08] and so we need to watch what's going on
[1:21:11] with that and make sure watch them
[1:21:13] because they have a bad reputation that
[1:21:15] they don't break any laws
[1:21:16] thank you
[1:21:17] all right thank you
[1:21:19] all right no the public comments all
[1:21:21] right let's go ahead and call for a vote
[1:21:22] district three yes district four yes
[1:21:25] district fine
[1:21:26] district one district two yeah the
[1:21:29] motion to adopt is approved
[1:21:32] joint order seventy twenty twenty two
[1:21:34] eight your owners of the lafayette city
[1:21:35] council and the lafayette parish council
[1:21:37] amended the fiscal year 2122 operating
[1:21:39] budget of the lafayette city parish
[1:21:41] consolidated government by authorizing
[1:21:43] the transfer of eighty thousand dollars
[1:21:45] in community development block grant
[1:21:47] funds within the community development
[1:21:49] and planning department to lafayette
[1:21:50] habitat for humanity i need a motion a
[1:21:53] second a motion for mr lewis a second
[1:21:55] for mr lazard i'm not seeing any council
[1:21:57] discussion any public comments
[1:22:00] stephanie skinner to shed now she comes
[1:22:02] up melinda taylor did sign in did not
[1:22:04] wish to speak but supports the ordnance
[1:22:06] thank you
[1:22:10] hi council stephanie skinner tucson i
[1:22:12] want to talk about the grants
[1:22:15] earlier in the parish council i don't
[1:22:16] know if you're watching the back
[1:22:18] but
[1:22:19] council member con
[1:22:20] carlson he said that lafayette's getting
[1:22:23] a lot of grants and that we have a new
[1:22:25] grant writer and then we're getting a
[1:22:27] million dollars in these grants and that
[1:22:29] it's free money and then our taxpayer
[1:22:31] money doesn't have to go to that well
[1:22:33] now i
[1:22:35] no money is ever free okay what concerns
[1:22:37] me about these grants we need to be very
[1:22:39] careful with them because with them we
[1:22:41] need to know where they're coming from
[1:22:42] you need to warn the grant writer to
[1:22:44] make sure because there could be strings
[1:22:46] attached there could be extortion in the
[1:22:49] future with this money there could be
[1:22:51] black mail with this money there could
[1:22:54] be favors with this money and then there
[1:22:56] could be evil people like bill gates who
[1:22:58] runs around murder and everybody in all
[1:23:00] these countries with these shots and
[1:23:01] testing on people
[1:23:03] and he owns a lot of the health clinics
[1:23:05] all over this country and george soros
[1:23:07] he runs around killing everybody and
[1:23:09] brags about it and he's overthrown many
[1:23:12] countries and hurt a lot of people and
[1:23:14] they've been known and it's proven and
[1:23:17] it's out there that they give grant
[1:23:19] money everywhere
[1:23:20] so we have to be very very careful with
[1:23:22] all this and so i just want us to keep
[1:23:25] an eye out on stuff like that open
[1:23:26] society is george soros's group so you
[1:23:30] can watch out and they put their
[1:23:31] tentacles everywhere and i don't we
[1:23:33] don't
[1:23:34] you know we don't want those people
[1:23:36] around acadianians
[1:23:38] so we need to just be very careful with
[1:23:40] these grants because
[1:23:42] like i said strings favoritism
[1:23:45] you know blackmail extortion
[1:23:48] or
[1:23:49] evil sinister forces so that's what i
[1:23:52] want to say thank you thank you mr chef
[1:23:54] for always looking out for us we
[1:23:56] appreciate that
[1:23:57] all right and no other public comments
[1:24:00] let's go ahead and call for the vote
[1:24:01] district four
[1:24:03] yes district five
[1:24:04] yes district one yes district two yeah
[1:24:08] district three
[1:24:09] yes the motion to adopt is approved
[1:24:13] john orton 71 2022 adrian owners of the
[1:24:16] lafayette city council on the lafayette
[1:24:18] parish council amended the fiscal year
[1:24:20] 2122 operating budget of the lafayette
[1:24:23] city parish consolidated government by
[1:24:25] authorizing a transfer of 150 000
[1:24:28] and community development block grant
[1:24:30] funds within the community development
[1:24:31] and planning department to catholic
[1:24:33] charities of acadiana all right i need a
[1:24:34] motion in a second a motion who wants it
[1:24:37] mr nock can't gets it second for mr
[1:24:39] lazar i'm not seeing any council
[1:24:41] discussion
[1:24:42] any public comments no ma'am all right
[1:24:44] let's go ahead and call for a vote
[1:24:45] district five yes district one yes
[1:24:51] district two yeah district three
[1:24:54] district four
[1:24:55] yes the motion to adopt is approved john
[1:24:58] orton 72 2022 adrian owners of the
[1:25:00] lafayette city council and the lafayette
[1:25:02] parish council amending the fiscal year
[1:25:04] 2122 operating budget of the lafayette
[1:25:07] city parish consolidated government by
[1:25:09] authorizing the transfer
[1:25:11] of seventy five thousand dollars in
[1:25:13] community development block grant funds
[1:25:15] within the community development and
[1:25:16] planning department to the extra mile
[1:25:19] all right i need a motion in a second i
[1:25:21] have a motion first to knock a second
[1:25:23] for mr lazard i'm not seeing any council
[1:25:25] discussion any public comments no man
[1:25:27] let's call for the vote district one yes
[1:25:30] district two yes sister three yes
[1:25:32] district four yes district five yeah
[1:25:35] the motion to adopt is approved
[1:25:37] george ordnance 73 2022 aj owners of the
[1:25:40] lafayette city council on the lafayette
[1:25:41] parish council amending the fiscal year
[1:25:43] 2122 operating budget of the lafayette
[1:25:46] city parish consolidated government by
[1:25:48] authorizing a transfer of 180 thousand
[1:25:51] dollars in community development block
[1:25:53] grant funds within the community
[1:25:55] development and planning department to
[1:25:56] acadiana cares all right i need a motion
[1:25:58] in a second mr lazard a motion a second
[1:26:00] mr uh nakan not seeing any council
[1:26:03] discussion any public comments no man
[1:26:06] let's call for the vote district 2 yes
[1:26:08] district 3 yes district 4 yes district 5
[1:26:12] yeah district 1
[1:26:14] the motion to adopt is approved
[1:26:16] all right moving on to announcements of
[1:26:17] vacancies on boards and or commissions
[1:26:20] cindy please read a vacancy will exist
[1:26:22] on the lafayette public trust financing
[1:26:24] authority for a five-year term effective
[1:26:26] october 8th 2022 a vacancy will exist on
[1:26:30] the lafayette airport commission for a
[1:26:31] four-year term effective november 1st
[1:26:34] 2022
[1:26:35] individuals wishing to submit a resume
[1:26:37] for the above volunteer vacancies must
[1:26:39] be a registered voter and a resident of
[1:26:41] lafayette parish yearly ethics training
[1:26:43] for all appointees is required as his
[1:26:45] financial disclosure under certain
[1:26:46] circumstances
[1:26:48] resumes are to be forwarded to veronica
[1:26:50] l williams clerk of the council po box
[1:26:52] 4017-c
[1:26:54] lafayette louisiana 70502 or email to bc
[1:26:58] lafayette at lafayettela.gov no later
[1:27:00] than noon tuesday september 20th 2022
[1:27:03] with appointments being made at the
[1:27:04] october 4th 2022 regular meeting of the
[1:27:07] lafayette city council resume
[1:27:09] submissions are public record
[1:27:12] all right let's move on to consider
[1:27:13] appointments by the council as a whole
[1:27:15] to boards and commissions cindy please
[1:27:16] read the appointment appointment to the
[1:27:18] downtown management committee for a
[1:27:20] four-year term effective august 1st 2022
[1:27:23] applicants must own a movable property
[1:27:25] or own a business that operates from a
[1:27:26] downtown location or be a director
[1:27:29] partner or member of a business entity
[1:27:31] owning property or owning a or operating
[1:27:34] a business from a downtown location
[1:27:36] all right the resume received for
[1:27:38] consideration is from van ald and there
[1:27:41] actually is no incumbent so i need i'm
[1:27:43] asking for a nomination
[1:27:45] all right mr nakan nominates mr van ald
[1:27:48] i'm not seeing any council discussion
[1:27:50] any public comments no ma'am let's go
[1:27:52] ahead and call for the vote district 3
[1:27:56] district 4 ban district 5.
[1:28:01] district one
[1:28:02] district two yes
[1:28:04] van ault is appointed appointment to the
[1:28:06] downtown development authority for a
[1:28:08] three-year term effective september 1st
[1:28:10] 2022 lafayette city council apartment
[1:28:13] from a nomination list supplied by the
[1:28:15] lafayette mayor president
[1:28:17] all right the resume received for
[1:28:18] consideration is from maurice cintani
[1:28:20] and there is no incumbent again
[1:28:23] mr lewis
[1:28:25] you and mr lewis would like to nominate
[1:28:26] miss cintani i'm not seeing any other
[1:28:29] council discussion any public comments
[1:28:31] no ma'am let's call for the vote
[1:28:32] district 4 cintani district 5
[1:28:36] district 1
[1:28:38] district 2 yes district 3
[1:28:42] appointed
[1:28:44] all right appointment by council members
[1:28:45] mayor president and or other district
[1:28:47] appointing authority
[1:28:48] liz a bear district three appointed
[1:28:50] larry lancos to the lab to the city
[1:28:53] parish recreation advisory commission
[1:28:55] for a two month term effective august 15
[1:28:58] 2022 and a four years term effective
[1:29:00] october 1st 2022
[1:29:03] all right very good i like him
[1:29:07] all right introductory ordinances
[1:29:09] i need a motion a second to introduce
[1:29:11] items 31 through 50 in globo
[1:29:15] motion
[1:29:17] for mr lewis a second for mr lazard
[1:29:20] cindy please read
[1:29:21] city ordinance 137 2022 in orange of the
[1:29:24] lafayette city council amending the
[1:29:25] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[1:29:28] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:29:30] government providing for an additional
[1:29:32] thirty seven thousand three hundred
[1:29:33] sixteen dollars for festivals canyons
[1:29:35] and creoles for the fall festival
[1:29:39] city ordinance 138 2022 in orange of the
[1:29:42] lafayette city council amending the
[1:29:43] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[1:29:46] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:29:48] government appropriating 100 000 for the
[1:29:51] purpose of conducting an investigation
[1:29:53] for syrian 2 section 2-08
[1:29:56] of the lafayette city parish government
[1:29:58] home reporter
[1:29:59] city ordinance 139 2022 in order to the
[1:30:02] lafayette city council i'm meaning the
[1:30:03] lafayette development code so as you
[1:30:05] reclassify case number zero in
[1:30:09] 2022-0030-111 churchill driver zoning
[1:30:11] located generally north of friar lane
[1:30:14] east of essex street and south of
[1:30:16] churchill drive the particular parcel
[1:30:18] being rezoned from residential single
[1:30:20] family to mixed use neighborhood
[1:30:22] city ordinance 140 2022 and owners of
[1:30:25] the lafayette city council setting forth
[1:30:26] and designating to advertise tax millage
[1:30:28] rates and imposing taxes on all
[1:30:30] properties subject to ad valorem
[1:30:32] taxation in the city of lafayette and
[1:30:34] authorizing the assessor and tax
[1:30:36] collector for the parish of lafayette to
[1:30:38] assess and collect property taxes for
[1:30:40] 2022
[1:30:41] city ordinance 141 2022 in honors of the
[1:30:44] lafayette city council amending the
[1:30:45] fiscal year 2122 operating budget of the
[1:30:48] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:30:50] government by increasing utilities and
[1:30:52] transportation accounts within multiple
[1:30:53] departments
[1:30:55] city ordinance 142 2022 an ordinance of
[1:30:58] the lafayette city council meaning the
[1:30:59] fiscal year 2122 capital budget of the
[1:31:02] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:31:03] government by transferring 22 197
[1:31:07] dollars from various accounts within the
[1:31:09] lafayette police department to complete
[1:31:11] the hvac project in the dispatch room at
[1:31:14] the lafayette police department
[1:31:17] city ordinance 143 2022 in ordinance of
[1:31:20] the lafayette city council authorizing a
[1:31:22] cooperative endeavor agreement between
[1:31:24] the city of lafayette and the bruce fire
[1:31:26] department for the use of a lafayette
[1:31:28] fire department spare ladder truck
[1:31:30] by the brewstart fire department
[1:31:32] city ordinance 144 2022 in orders of the
[1:31:35] lafayette city council admitting to
[1:31:37] fiscal year 2122 operating capital
[1:31:39] budgets of the lafayette city parish
[1:31:41] consolidated government transferring
[1:31:43] forty forty thousand dollars from
[1:31:45] city-wide traffic calming to north and
[1:31:47] south locksley traffic calming
[1:31:50] city ordinance 145 2022 in orange of the
[1:31:54] lafayette city council i mean in the
[1:31:55] fiscal year 2122 capital budget of the
[1:31:58] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:32:00] government by transferring 150 thousand
[1:32:02] dollars in 401 funds from the urban
[1:32:05] asphalt overlay reconstruction project
[1:32:08] to the cidc lateral 7 karen dollars
[1:32:11] project and appropriating within the
[1:32:13] public works department
[1:32:15] city ordinance 146 2022 in order to the
[1:32:18] lafayette city council amending the
[1:32:20] fiscal year 2122 capital budget of the
[1:32:22] lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:32:24] government by transferring a total of
[1:32:26] one hundred sixty one
[1:32:29] thousand three hundred seventy two
[1:32:30] dollars and five cents from the replace
[1:32:32] air handlers and air handlers replace
[1:32:34] phase two budget line items to city hall
[1:32:37] natural gas generator installation
[1:32:39] budget line item within the public works
[1:32:41] department facilities maintenance
[1:32:43] division for additional funding needed
[1:32:46] city ordinance 147 2022 in orders of the
[1:32:49] lafayette city council declaring the
[1:32:51] graham brown memorial park expansion
[1:32:54] project and public necessity and
[1:32:55] authorizing the acquisition of the
[1:32:57] necessary rights of land and removable
[1:32:59] property and other property rights
[1:33:00] requisite to the construction of said
[1:33:02] project either on an amicable basis or
[1:33:05] through the use of the expropriation
[1:33:07] process if necessary
[1:33:09] city ordinance 148 2022 in order to the
[1:33:12] lafayette city council declaring the
[1:33:14] building or structure located at 511
[1:33:16] saint charles street lafayette louisiana
[1:33:19] owned by ray pratt and patrice pat care
[1:33:22] of gerald j block attorney appointed to
[1:33:24] be dilapidated and dangerous to the
[1:33:25] public welfare and ordering the
[1:33:27] condemnation of sane
[1:33:32] sorry
[1:33:34] okay thank you cindy boy that was fast
[1:33:36] faster than i was ready for
[1:33:38] all right any council discussion
[1:33:41] not seeing any any public comments on
[1:33:43] this we do have two speakers for item
[1:33:45] number 40 reference to the 100 000
[1:33:47] contract to to conduct the one hundred
[1:33:50] thousand dollar
[1:33:52] allocation to conduct the investigation
[1:33:54] okay the first of which is marilyn gorge
[1:33:57] garcia and she will be followed by
[1:33:59] stephanie skinner sushi
[1:34:05] support so she does not want to speak
[1:34:08] but she does support the ordinance all
[1:34:09] right thank you
[1:34:11] stephanie
[1:34:19] hi council stephanie skinner touchette
[1:34:21] is this the same thing that we were
[1:34:22] talking about earlier in regards to the
[1:34:24] executive branch investigation yes okay
[1:34:27] well uh i do want to comment on it
[1:34:30] i i heard i don't know if it's true or
[1:34:32] not that the fbi is thinking about
[1:34:34] coming down here
[1:34:35] and uh
[1:34:37] we rebuke the fbi we don't need the fbi
[1:34:39] to come down here we can do all this
[1:34:40] internally the fbi they're perpetrators
[1:34:43] of crimes
[1:34:44] they cover up crimes they don't
[1:34:47] investigate real crimes
[1:34:49] you know they kill people at waco they
[1:34:51] cover up for the clintons they cover up
[1:34:53] for hunter biden's laptop they cover up
[1:34:55] for joe biden's
[1:34:57] communist ties the barisma dealings all
[1:35:00] these things
[1:35:01] waco oklahoma oklahoma city bombing then
[1:35:05] they took elian
[1:35:07] and they're they're crime laden okay so
[1:35:10] i i don't want fbi around any of us and
[1:35:13] it's laughable that they have the
[1:35:14] audacity to want to come here
[1:35:17] and investigate what's going on in
[1:35:18] lafayette
[1:35:20] i mean we can handle that ourselves
[1:35:22] so i think that we keep the criminals
[1:35:24] out of here and just do everything we
[1:35:27] need to do as a community like i said a
[1:35:29] lot of states are wanting to get rid of
[1:35:32] these three-letter agencies peacefully
[1:35:34] and their states are starting to follow
[1:35:37] their own constitution and we don't need
[1:35:39] all these
[1:35:40] federal government agencies that are
[1:35:42] criminals lording over us
[1:35:44] because we know what the constitution is
[1:35:46] we know what's going on here and so
[1:35:49] we're smart and we can take care of
[1:35:51] things ourselves and not let the
[1:35:53] criminals in thank you
[1:35:55] all right thank you um all right no
[1:35:57] other public comments let's go ahead and
[1:35:59] call for the vote district five
[1:36:01] yes district one yes district two yeah
[1:36:04] district three
[1:36:06] district four yes the motion introduced
[1:36:08] items thirty 39 through 50 and global is
[1:36:10] approved all right moving on to joint
[1:36:12] introductory ordinances i need a motion
[1:36:14] in a second to introduce items 52
[1:36:16] through 56 in global i have mr nakan
[1:36:19] with a fir
[1:36:20] a motion and mr lazard with a second
[1:36:22] cindy please read george ornitz 74 2022
[1:36:26] adrian ordinance of the lafayette city
[1:36:27] council and the lafayette parish council
[1:36:29] amending the fiscal year 2122 operating
[1:36:32] budget of the lafayette city parish
[1:36:34] consolidated government by increasing
[1:36:36] utilities and transportation accounts
[1:36:37] within multiple departments
[1:36:39] joint ornament 75 2022 a journal
[1:36:41] ordinance of the lafayette city council
[1:36:43] on the lafayette parish council amending
[1:36:45] the fiscal year 2122 operating capital
[1:36:48] badges of the lafayette city parish
[1:36:49] consolidated government transferring ten
[1:36:52] thousand dollars from city-wide traffic
[1:36:54] calming and ten thousand dollars from
[1:36:56] bridge or paris parish to darbar road
[1:36:59] traffic calming
[1:37:01] joint running 76 2022 a joint audience
[1:37:04] of the lafayette city council on the
[1:37:06] lafayette parish council authorizing the
[1:37:07] lafayette mayor president to enter into
[1:37:10] an intergovernmental agreement between
[1:37:11] the lafayette city parish consolidated
[1:37:13] government and the city of broussard
[1:37:15] concerning the whitening of louisiana
[1:37:17] highway 89.
[1:37:18] join ornitz 77 2022 and john arndt of
[1:37:22] the lafayette city council and the
[1:37:23] lafayette parish council admitting to
[1:37:25] chapter 89 of the lafayette city parish
[1:37:27] code of harnesses also known as
[1:37:30] lafayette development code
[1:37:32] joe arnot 78 2022
[1:37:34] angel arnold lafayette city council in
[1:37:36] the lafayette parish council providing
[1:37:38] for the abandonment of a 15 foot by 30
[1:37:41] foot joint access servitude on tract 1
[1:37:44] of cleveland arnold subdivision located
[1:37:46] at 5300 johnson street
[1:37:49] all right thank you sandy all right i'm
[1:37:50] not seeing any council discussion any
[1:37:52] public comments no ma'am let's go ahead
[1:37:54] and call to vote for a vote to introduce
[1:37:56] in globo
[1:37:57] items 52-56
[1:37:59] district one yes district two yes
[1:38:02] district three yes district four yes
[1:38:05] district five yes the most introduced
[1:38:07] islands 52-56 in global is approved all
[1:38:11] right thank you all so much i joined the
[1:38:12] city council regular meeting y'all have
[1:38:14] a great night
[1:38:37] you