[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

Lafayette City Council Meeting of 09/06/2022

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