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I go, I go, I go, I go.

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I go, I go, I go.

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You ready?

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He's ready.

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Welcome to the Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 26 council meeting.

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Meeting call to order and roll call on a good.

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Ms Patrice, here. Mr Moran.

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Here.

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This is Patrice.

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I'm sorry, Ms Kusman.

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Mr.

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Ms. Meyer.

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Here.

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Mr. Randall?

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Mr. Monez.

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Mr. Maksaski.

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Mr. Ava Hart.

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Here.

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We have a forum.

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I'd like to remind the public no food or drinks allowed in the council chambers.

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I'd like to remind the public to turn off all their cell phones.

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If they have to take the call, please step out.

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And the invocation will be held by Council Member Maksaski.

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We will be held by Council Member Meier.

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Please stand for the invocation.

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I'm sorry.

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My question is in the back, I don't know, Mr. Meier, would you take a hold?

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Heavenly Father, we just thank you for this day.

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We thank you for this time.

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We thank you for the work that you're doing in our community.

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I pray for your wisdom and your guidance upon us all Father.

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I pray that we just have the peace that surpasses all understanding Lord and that we're

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diligent in seeking you for your answers for our community in Jesus' name, Amen.

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The pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which is changed.

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I wish to find it out, and who this will, with liberty and justice for all.

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Madam Clerk, the wrote record and reflect on Mr. McCarthy as an entered the room.

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She, she started.

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Approval minutes, item number one, motion to approve the minutes.

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We need to recognize Mr. Ray Login, former Council Member of District

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Fee, Mary Landry, Constable, and newly elected school board member,

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the graduation zone, you know, opposition,

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Mr. Dennis Bradley.

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Now we move on.

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Approval minutes, item number one, motion approval minutes from the August 4, 2026, regular council meeting as published in official journal, the same for no voice on Friday, August 14, 2026, move by, Mr. Randall second and by Ms. Kewson Mano, any additions or deletions to the minutes, Mr. Randall,

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see none, vote your machines,

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that item carries, item number two, motion to recognize Mike Fernandez,

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that would often really take you brought a quarter to provide,

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a quarterly update on safe and out power housing market.

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We take that as a joint motion.

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Welcome, Mr. Fernando.

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Well, then we've got to start your presentation.

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I'll make a little more.

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Can you hear me?

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Thank you so much for having me today.

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I appreciate it.

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So if you remember, last time I was here

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for the last quarterly update,

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We talked about the the rough last four or so years, but when we looked at the data that was current

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We said it looked like there are brighter days ahead and so I come to you today with good news

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It looks like that's actually the case

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So I'll dive right in one thing. I want to flag before I dive into the actual data is you're gonna see a lot of the

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Why oh why statistics on there year over year and I know some of you may be aware

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I just want to kind of clarify exactly what that is

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and how we look at real estate data.

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So year over year, I mean, we're looking at this time period

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in 2026 against this exact same time period last year,

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2025, real estate is very seasonal.

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it might be deceptively optimistic.

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Or if we look at today through the end of December,

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it might look terrible, right?

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So we look at year over year because things are very cyclical.

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So all the data that you see here

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And pretty much all of the data that'll be in this entire presentation is exactly that year

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So the big one up there, top left, median sales price, $240,000, that is up, $8.4% versus

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this time last year, that is huge.

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here are trending in the exact direction we want.

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This is all very, very significantly positive data, and then we're going to get into what's

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great news on the next slide.

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I'll just talk through some of these.

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So median sales price, 240 up 8% median price per square foot.

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That's up 4%.

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What's interesting there is that there's a little bit of a gap.

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are rising year over year.

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But we're also selling more homes on the higher end.

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but it's important to carve out.

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what can we expect to come?

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All of the demand data that we use as leading indicators

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are very, very forward positive.

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median days on market, days to contract,

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all of those things are significantly positive numbers.

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I mean, you look at months of supplies down 10% that's huge.

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median days on market is down 13% versus this time last year.

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All really, really, really great data that we want to see.

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That's a big thing that we talked about last time, right?

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Because that drove a lot of our growth here in St. Bernard parish.

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So we are up from 8% this time last year to...

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12% and by that I mean, 8% of all homes sold in St. Bernard Paris were new construction last year, so far,

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2,026 that jumped up to 12% which is very significant and I think it is the kind of cornerstone data

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statistic to show, hey, we are rebounding and things are improving. Builders are back, we're back in action, we're back, run it.

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So this is where we go from good news to great news in my opinion.

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So this shows how, again, the same year over year data, how St. Bernard Paris compares to

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our neighboring Parisians.

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So you have St. Tamony, I know it's probably hard to read, but St. Tamony is in the blue.

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St. Bernard Parisians in the dark purple, or lenses in the green, and Jefferson is

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in that pinkish tan color.

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So as you can see, these are the kind of key three statistical categories that we're looking at here on the far left is median sales price.

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Now, what this is not saying is that we grew net more than any other pair.

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This is relative to last year.

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We had the biggest year over year growth, right?

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I'm sure with prices in Orleans and St. Timony, their net growth was probably higher,

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but relative to performance last year, we're doing better drastically better than anybody else in the metro area.

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So it's really, really good news and I think, you know, for the median sales price relative

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to last year, we're almost triple, you know, the data of those other parishes that

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are humming along and about the twos.

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The middle one there is closed sales, so this is transaction volume, right?

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How many sales are we actually selling?

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And you can see we're up a 16% which is a huge number, that is a great sign for anybody in any

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aspect of the housing market, whether you're a buyer or a seller, you know, it's great

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to see more houses move in transaction volume, move in,

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and we're again, St. Tammany's keeping up a little bit

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close with us, but we're drastically outperforming

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a good reflection of supply and demand dynamics,

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and we're really, really strong relative to our peer group.

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think by far the most affordable parish when it comes to the New Orleans Metro area.

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If you look at median sales price across all those, I don't think that this is a coincidence.

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I think people are seeing the value here.

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People are seeing what we have to offer, all the amenities, the great schools, low crime.

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And I think the secrets get out.

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I think we're starting to see some really good, like I said, really good data.

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And we are rebounding stronger than anybody else in the New Orleans Metro area.

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So, like I said, phenomenal news and something we should be proud of, let's see.

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All right, so here I have pending sales along with mortgage rates, so it's a little

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bit hard to see on the side, but the red line there that's mostly at the bottom is the

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30-year average mortgage rates, that's a nationwide statistic, and then the purple line

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is pending sales per month.

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And you can see we were rocking and rolling, things were really moving very fast in the right

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direction through the early part of the year and then we kind of installed we were actually just

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below 6% I think you got down to 5.98 and then it rebounded pretty quickly almost back up to 6.5

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so you can see the impact that it's having on demand as that the red line goes up that purple line

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kind of stalls out and starts falling slightly but I'll give buyers credit because they actually

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hung in there despite rates jumping back up so much they hung in and we still had a really strong

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you know, quarter tube. So again, not the direction we necessarily want to see them in, but I think it's still reflects pretty strong buyer demand here.

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And the reason I think this is something we'll probably keep on these recurring slides, it's very important because of all of the things that impact the affordability, which is the biggest crunch that we have right now.

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mortgage rates are the ones that usually are the most throttle in the short term, right?

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The other aspects of it are sales prices and wages.

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We really don't have much control over wages, right, locally.

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And so those two typically tend to be a little bit slower moving,

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whereas mortgage rates can change the picture pretty quickly.

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Moving on. So quick, look at the rental market that dotted line there in the middle is the average

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of all rentals. And then each of the other lines is a different type of rental. So purple

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on top is single family homes. Green is duplex or double. And then yellow is apartment

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or multifamily. All relatively flat. This is a continuation of what we did the last time.

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So I just added in 2-date 2026. Mostly flat. But we are seeing an increase in single family

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homes in terms of the volume. Like we're seeing more of those rented out relative to the

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the other groups and where it gets really interesting in the rentals on that chart on the left

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you see the stack bar chart in its shows. Again, purple being single family homes, green

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is duplex. I'm sorry, I'm I'm selling the old chart. So purple being 2000 or more per month,

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green is 1500 to 2000 and then that gray is 1500 in below. So you can see the 2000 market

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and the 1500 to 2000 is taking up significantly more market share relative to the cheaper apartments

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and below 1500 rentals. And then on the chart on the right what we have is kind of broken down

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the same way but this is for days on market. What we have is what data analyst call a bifurcated market

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for a split market where the rentals at the top end of the market are doing really well. So on that

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right bar column you can see where the gray is that's the $2,000 a month in above gray is

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last year's days on market purple is this year's we are way below so those $2,000 a month

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$2,000 a month in above rentals are flying off the shelf whereas those lower $1,500 in

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below they're taking 47 days to rent out these days so I think it comes back to in that initial

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presentation I talked about, the K-shaped economy, where the upper end of the economy is doing really well,

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right high earners, they have assets, but the lower end of the economy is really struggling

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and getting pressed and we see that in the rental data here locally.

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And then last, there are four

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things that stuck out to me in the data that I think would be very interesting for you as a council

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and for the citizens at large. Number one, we're seeing a two-speed market. This is all local here,

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just in St. Bernard parish.

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So even though median days on market is 46,

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that's almost a useless piece of data

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because we have the markets split very cleanly

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into 39% of homes sell in less than 30 days

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and almost full asking price.

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And then another 30% of the market sits

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for over 90 days on average 173 days on market.

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So homes that are clean and ready to move in

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and that attract buyers that are willing to reel them in

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off the sidelines with high mortgage rates.

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They're moving quick and the ones that are just kind of

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mad you see sit for a very long time.

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Number two, affordable homes are absolutely crushing it.

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So anything below 175, we have huge demand and very low supply.

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And you can see that average days on market this year is 21.

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And they're getting almost full list price compared to 88 days on market last year. So anything below 175, if it is clean, moving, ready, and it looks nice, it's moving right away. So there's a huge, a huge need, right? There's a huge gap in the market right there. And the data is definitely saying that significantly. And third, I alluded to this earlier when we talked about the gap between the median sales price, gain at 8% and the price per square foot at 4%.

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I think this is it. So the $300,000 in above homes are up. The sales are up 73%

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year over year. Just absolutely insane. Now, if you would have told me that that statistic

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without any other context, I would have thought new construction would have serves, right?

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It's naturally what you would think. That's not it at all. 18 of the 26 are actually a resale.

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So very few of them are new construction. My theory is that this is insurance related. We've been here

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a lot that insurance premiums are coming down and that is the house that is going to be impacted

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more than any other.

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Right, $175,000, $2,000, 1 bath, or a 3 bed, 1 bath.

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It's not insurance coming down a little isn't going to have a huge impact, new construction,

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it isn't going to have a huge impact.

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But that bigger, resale home, it's going to have a huge impact and I think that's what we're

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seeing in this data.

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Insurance premiums come down and those bigger older homes are starting to do a little bit

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better.

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Which is a great opportunity to plug any residents at St. Bernard Parrish if you haven't in a while shop your insherts prices are getting better

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We're seeing that make sure you're calling around call three or four brokers make sure you're shopping around even if you did it a year ago

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Call and shop around again because chances are you'll probably get a better price today

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Last but not least

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This is just a quick slide on the different cities here in St. Bernard Parrish and how they're performing year over year

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I'm not picking on lower St. Bernard

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is just the data is to thin to actually make meaningful statistics out of it, but in terms

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of the number of sales.

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So, Xiaomi has to install it, I think 5.8, error be really strong, 8.7, violet is the

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sleeper.

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I tell you, man, violet, it says this time this year versus last year is up 18%, almost

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19%, which is absolutely bonkers.

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You could say, well, it's a thin data set and there's not that many.

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But I looked because this number stood out so much and that trend tracks over the last,

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I don't know, at least a couple of quarters that violet is on the rise and home values

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and violet are rising.

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So people are something's happening.

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And then Miro, I will add an asterisk by Miro because there was only nine sales in the data set.

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Two of them were like 415 and 550 that threw the data off.

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So it is 15% but it's in reality probably not actually that.

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But it is positive growth still.

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So across the entire parish, we're doing really well.

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And with that, I'll pause, see if there's any questions,

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and then I did want to throw out there.

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If any of you have any homework that you would like me to look into,

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if there's any data you want me to find or any scenarios you want me to look at

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and say, hey, if we did this from a regulatory perspective,

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what impact would it have on sales or housing?

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I'm happy to scenario plan and work through that homework for you guys.

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Mike, we have Ms. Kusselnano and a kid.

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Mr. Fernandez, can we get a comparison on some of the other

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power issues? I'll see you have same time maybe. Could we get like

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Saint Charles and Saint John and Flockeman's.

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Absolutely. Absolutely.

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Absolutely. Yeah, I can email it to you and then I'll add it to the rotation for the next one.

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Okay, thank you.

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It was more, it was more.

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I think Councillor Mike is a normal, very informative. One thing that I'd like to see is we've

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been having a lot of conversations about the lot programs that we have with the builders

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and a lot next door and just an increase in vacant lots that we would put on a market.

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You know, what would that do to our property value, how would that help the neighborhoods,

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if you could just give us an analysis of that moving forward on the next meeting, I'd appreciate it.

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You got it? Thank you.

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Can you give us more answers to the questions?

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Thank you, Chair.

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One of the things that first off, thank you for an extremely positive report.

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It's great to hear some good news.

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I know that that data was not so fun to look at for a long time.

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So I'm glad to see you.

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Maybe not for you.

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This for me.

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Well, yeah, because you liked that.

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That's just strange.

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But anyway, with that, it's positive news.

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Clearly, there's a lot of positive indices there.

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Just a question.

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And do you think that the comparison between, and this is not in any way, diminished the positive news in it, but it was just the thought that came in a curve to me as I was looking at the slides?

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Do you think the St. Bernard Parish was perhaps more depressed than the other municipalities, and we just really more stabilized and came up to relative terms, and that's why you see the disparity in home sale rise and St. Bernard Parish versus those other parishes?

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I think I'm saying what I'm trying to say.

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No, I get you exactly.

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Yeah, I think that's definitely part of it.

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I think part of it is a reversion to the mean, right,

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for St. Bernard Paris.

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So maybe not all net necessarily growth,

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but more of a trend to get back where we should be.

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So I definitely agree, and I think another piece of it could be,

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we were, and this is anecdotal,

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we were the first ones into that bad market.

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I think insurance seemed to hit us sooner and harder

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than other places.

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So we might be the first ones coming out, right?

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first in first out, but I do think that that's definitely. That makes sense. From the

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layman's perspective, I see a lot more new construction homes coming up. I see some

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sales signs coming down, so that's not looking at that. That's just driving around the neighborhood.

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So I hope that that inspires other people to move to San Bernard Parish. So, absolutely. Thank

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you for the work that you've done. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'm across from Mr. Fernandez.

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I

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all the data comes from is from a community development and you go all the different

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power issues and get on their community development?

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Great question.

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It's probably something I should have led with.

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So this is all from the MLS data.

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So we have it is like the compilation of every host that is bought, sold, rented, anything

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goes into the MLS, like the realtor data, and that's kind of the official publication.

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I don't pull anything from community development that would probably add some nuance,

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but I think in my experience, 98% of sales and data flows through the MLS data.

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The MLS, you've put this presentation through information you get through MLS.

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Yes.

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I'm actually this.

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I'm ever since the news hit with the poor given an improvement,

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I'm getting one more phone calls about people leaving in the eastern part of Paris,

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to Brown Violet, so South Lake, Ovalet, how do you feel it's going to affect us in the next

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quarter or in the next year? With the construction, if the court builds.

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Yeah, no, great, great question, hard hit and question. I've been thinking a lot about that, right?

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I think short term we could see some negative impacts. Nothing crazy, nothing, you know,

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and we're not dropping 10% or anything crazy, right?

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I do think if people overreact in fire sale, it could impact this data.

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And actually, I think the port commissioned a study on what the impact would be on real estate values.

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And it's very insightful. I'll, it's probably something we could, this might be a good forum for the next version of this to talk through.

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And it talked about specifically within the one-mile range, right, of what, based on the noise and stuff like that.

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I think the data they came up with was between two and four percent.

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They break it down into zones as far as like negative valuation based on historical precedent

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for airports that were built and roads that were built and airports that were built.

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I think that there could be a little bit of a trough, but I think the demand that that's

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going to come as a result, good better and different, right?

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I think will counteract if not pushed the other way.

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Medium to long term.

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So that could be some stuff, maybe going in the wrong direction, short term, but I think

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long term, it'll be overcome by some of the growth that we see.

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I'm not a professional real estate agent or nobody, no means, but from what I've been hearing,

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it scares the hell out of me. Really does. So I hope you write, but I think it is what it is.

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We'll have to find out and see what's going to happen. One more, Ms. Mar?

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Thank you, Council Chair. Thank you for the very informative presentation. I was

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looking forward to it. Across the board, I did want to make a comment with regards

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to the insurance. Since the insurance rains have loosened up in St. Bernard

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Parish, across the board, it has helped. What I'm seeing is I just want to kind of

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like an encouragement and just an awareness. If you have an existing home that's an

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home, just making sure that you're taking advantage of every mitigation you can for that home

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to help with the discounts. Because at the end of the day, if you're trying to buy yourself,

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that's going to help with your mortgage note. On the flip side for the newer homes, keep in mind,

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you automatically get in a ray of discounts just because it's a new home. So, balance that out

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and shop the insurance, contact your agent,

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weigh those things out before, but absolutely,

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if you have an older home, alarm systems, mitigation,

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is the way to go to help that.

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Absolutely, one great example is like the,

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they forget the term for it,

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but if you have a gable roof, insurance typically don't like it,

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but you can reinforce that gable roof

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and they're to give you the discount

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if you had a hip roof in some cases.

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So some of it's very simple, very inexpensive,

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that can make a big difference.

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I will say this as well if this will help anyone.

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Some of the insurance companies are now allowing you to, within reason,

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you have your replacement cost value, of course,

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that the insurance company is going to come up with,

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based on your square footage, the age of the home.

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However, some of the insurance companies will allow within reason

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a stated value.

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So if your home's replacement cost is 300,

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but you're really okay with 250, ask them and see,

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because that could be something else that could be some leverage for you.

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Not saying every insurance company is going to do that, but I want to do throw it out there,

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fiddle help.

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Absolutely.

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I can see no one else, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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Thank you.

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That's a comment.

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Oh, sorry.

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Well, I'm lying.

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We just didn't.

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I think Council Chair, so some of the conversation I pay a spark something in my mind.

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Is it possible to cross-reference housing costs versus insurance costs versus

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known people who have used the wind mitigation survey? Is that going to be difficult to access?

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I can't talk if you're looking at him or me.

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I feel like that would be tough. Like we can

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Obviously, get the market cost fairly easily.

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I don't know what formula insurance companies use

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to determine the rebuild cost because in my experience,

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it's way higher than what I'm actually able to build for.

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So I think that might be the toughest part to find

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is whether a rubber meets the rate of how insurance companies are.

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We've talked about the effect of insurance

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and how insurance appears to drop housing sale

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has increased and we've tried to promote the wind mitigation survey because it is the most

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cost effective way to possibly lower your home owners insurance and I still get a ton

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of questions about it quite often. So it means to me that people still know that this

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option is out there. So if we had a giraff to illustrate it, maybe that would be better.

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But I don't know how easy that's going to be to access that information, because it's a very

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powerful tool for $300, especially if you're with, again, for instance, if you're with USAA,

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and you can pay that $300, cut my homeowner's insurance by 48%. That's not a unmeasurable

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number. That is considerable. So, and there is some state legislation that requires, if you

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company that they accept the wind mitigation survey, whereas if you would surplus, that's a complete

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up in the air on, you know, I've heard the opposite if you're with some surplus, you have a

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wind mitigation survey and they wound up charging you more. So, you know, so you need to do a little

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bit of research on that as a homeowner to know if it's going to benefit you, but if it does benefit

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you, it can benefit you quite largely. And I think usually, at least in my experience, those wind mitigation

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survey companies that will come out and they usually do like a pre-median, right?

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They usually do a pretty good job of pre-screening and either on the phone and in person

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to say, hey, do you have this, this, this, this or that, and they can kind of weed you out

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like to your point, councilman, councilman, like, if you go in and say, oh, my house was built

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in, you know, 2023, they're probably going to say, you don't worry about it, right?

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So I think they do a good job of that and as far as the data, my best guess would be LDI.

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I can check with LDI and see if they have any statewide data on mitigation surveys and impact

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insurance premiums. It might be tough to figure out locally, but if anybody would have it,

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I think they would.

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You hit a very important nail in the head when you talk about cable versus hip

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root. So typically, when you win mitigation survey, your biggest discount is do you have a hip

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root versus a cable root? But there is a clause that I want to say it's a costia

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about 10 to about fours.

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If you reinforce the cable, you get the hip discount.

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So, and it is not a complicated process.

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Like if you, they actually is a video of it out there,

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somewhere that is, it's so easy, it's almost laughable.

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So, that, that was a great point

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that you brought up on that.

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All right.

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That's it.

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Thank you.

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It was right along, we got another presentation.

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I need a motion to recognize Mr. Megan Harrington, Vice Chair of Chief San Bernard beautiful for a brief update.

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We'll take that as a joint motion.

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Welcome, Ms. Ardden.

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Hello. Can you hear me okay?

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Yes, ma'am.

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All right. Good to go. Okay.

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Please look right in front of you so that you can do the hot one.

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Oh,

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no.

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How do I make it go full screen?

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It's fine like that.

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So hello, my name is...

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Oh,

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no.

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All right. My name is Megan Harrington. I'm the vice chair with KeepSafe Bernard Beautiful.

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For folks who aren't familiar, we are a beautification in anti-liter,

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community group in St. Bernard Parish. We're an affiliate of keep Louisiana beautiful, which is a statewide

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organization that works on, again, anti-liter community cleanups and tree and beautification projects

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in throughout Louisiana. I'm here today to talk about a grant award that we recently received from

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ARP to conduct walk audits along West Judge Perez in

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Arabi and we're really excited about this opportunity if it's

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nicely with our mission and that when we are out collecting

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litter our volunteers and our boards also come across

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issues with accessibility for folks who perhaps walk or

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rule in the parish and so ARP offers these small community

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challenge grants, they're $2,500 and what they do is provide funding to purchase safety

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best for volunteers to actually provide signage and things like that so groups can go out

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and actually take a look boots on the ground in their communities and then take those findings

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and report back to community leadership.

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So our proposal we looked at offering two guided walk

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It's coming up this fall actually we're hoping to do one early September and then one again in November

451
00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:14,290
We wanted to look at the stretch of the judge Perez between basically the hospital and this government building

452
00:32:15,390 --> 00:32:22,910
ARP's mission is to you know improve the quality of life for adults 50 years and plus and so really the

453
00:32:22,910 --> 00:32:30,290
on aging and all of those services, retail grocery stores that both older adults, but then the

454
00:32:30,290 --> 00:32:35,290
community at large access, it's a really high-use corridor and that we thought that this was

455
00:32:36,390 --> 00:32:42,830
a great place to start. The walk audits will include volunteers from the community from

456
00:32:42,830 --> 00:32:47,490
Perish leadership, the girl are interested in joining as well. We do just in time training with

457
00:32:47,490 --> 00:32:51,550
the volunteers, show them what to look for, they have clipboards, they're taking notes,

458
00:32:51,550 --> 00:32:54,790
And then we basically swap notes at the end.

459
00:32:54,990 --> 00:32:57,290
We'll take those findings and compile them

460
00:32:57,290 --> 00:32:59,250
into something that can be shared publicly.

461
00:33:04,010 --> 00:33:06,750
So I would like to note that when I wrote the grant,

462
00:33:07,030 --> 00:33:10,070
the construction had not started on the sidewalk improvements.

463
00:33:10,910 --> 00:33:13,010
And literally a week after I turned the grant in,

464
00:33:13,010 --> 00:33:14,710
I saw the construction again, and I was like,

465
00:33:14,890 --> 00:33:16,810
okay, well, even if we don't get the grant,

466
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,050
looks like our work here is done.

467
00:33:19,610 --> 00:33:21,250
So it's getting, there's more to do.

468
00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:30,930
But I live in Eriby, and so this stretch here, I see a lot of walkers, I see a lot of people using wheelchairs and electric scooters.

469
00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:40,410
And there was one gentleman in particular who I saw waiting to get around the curb that basically is the exit for the holiday in.

470
00:33:40,670 --> 00:33:50,690
And because that curb stretches all the way to the street, he had to actually wait for traffic to stop, so he could swing his electric scooter out into Judge Perez to get back up onto the sidewalk.

471
00:33:50,690 --> 00:34:03,890
Again, I just saw the construction, so that's not going to be an issue here very shortly, but that really, you know, that one really, that one really pulled it my heartstrings thinking like what if his battery had died, like right when he had gone to the street.

472
00:34:04,090 --> 00:34:13,510
It's just, um, the ability to be able to move to and from wherever you're going is for both safety accessibility and just for like the dignity of being able to get around.

473
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:18,110
So that was really one of the big motivations for submitting this proposal.

474
00:34:19,470 --> 00:34:21,550
Again, we selected this spot.

475
00:34:22,090 --> 00:34:24,950
That dirt pile is there right now.

476
00:34:25,070 --> 00:34:29,690
And I actually caught this lady swinging out into Judge Perez just last week.

477
00:34:30,030 --> 00:34:31,950
So I just wanted to capture that.

478
00:34:32,210 --> 00:34:34,150
But again, in progress, right?

479
00:34:35,670 --> 00:34:42,370
So just as a visual here is the stretch that we'll be doing our walk audits as part of the funding that we got.

480
00:34:42,370 --> 00:34:44,310
we can actually offer participants stipends.

481
00:34:44,650 --> 00:34:47,170
And so for community members who want to participate

482
00:34:47,170 --> 00:34:50,350
and perhaps have childcare needs

483
00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:53,850
or they have work or just to compensate people

484
00:34:53,850 --> 00:34:55,870
for their time and for their lived experience,

485
00:34:56,090 --> 00:34:59,070
we are offering people a small stipend to join us

486
00:34:59,070 --> 00:35:00,230
in the walk audit.

487
00:35:00,690 --> 00:35:03,370
We'll be sending out a call for violent tears,

488
00:35:03,430 --> 00:35:05,370
probably next week, and we're gonna be looking

489
00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:08,610
for residents of all agents, all capabilities.

490
00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:14,110
We would love to see strollers, wheelchairs, all ages, all abilities.

491
00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:21,430
And one idea that we had as well that I definitely wanted to touch face with the council

492
00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:26,670
and the parish at large was opportunity to offer an asynchronous survey.

493
00:35:27,310 --> 00:35:33,050
So this would be perhaps like long signs along this stretch that would include a QR code that

494
00:35:33,050 --> 00:35:40,350
allow people who are using this stretch to walk or roll to actually provide their feedback through

495
00:35:40,350 --> 00:35:45,270
a survey. If they're unaware of the walk audits taking place or they're unable to go or they

496
00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:50,410
just don't want to go because not everyone wants to go and walk out of it. That would be something

497
00:35:50,410 --> 00:35:55,850
that would want everyone's blessing that we could put that out to collect that information and

498
00:35:55,850 --> 00:36:00,470
to know that we would remove them. Once we were done collecting that and those findings would

499
00:36:00,470 --> 00:36:02,270
included that in the overall report.

500
00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:10,030
So, again, I want to reiterate that the community challenge grant through ARP is kind of a

501
00:36:10,030 --> 00:36:10,370
big deal.

502
00:36:10,510 --> 00:36:16,050
There was only 167 nationwide and two in Louisiana and we got one of those.

503
00:36:16,750 --> 00:36:21,370
So, we're really excited as part of KeepSafe for our beautiful, that this is going to be incorporated

504
00:36:21,370 --> 00:36:22,410
into our mission.

505
00:36:23,150 --> 00:36:28,450
And we think there's a lot of alignment with the anti-liter, beautification and safe, accessible

506
00:36:29,090 --> 00:36:30,250
sidewalks for all.

507
00:36:31,290 --> 00:36:32,630
Thank you so much.

508
00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:34,210
Happy to take any questions.

509
00:36:39,450 --> 00:36:39,930
Mr. Maureen.

510
00:36:40,270 --> 00:36:40,890
Thank you.

511
00:36:41,450 --> 00:36:42,330
Thank you, Council Chair.

512
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:43,910
Ms. Harrington, Mr. Bradley.

513
00:36:44,070 --> 00:36:45,090
Thank you for your efforts.

514
00:36:45,330 --> 00:36:48,170
I know y'all were called to try to keep our community clean.

515
00:36:49,010 --> 00:36:49,910
And this is terrific.

516
00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:52,450
The walk on it that you're going to be doing.

517
00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:56,790
I do have a request to, you know, try to get this done a while back.

518
00:36:56,930 --> 00:37:00,370
And it's, uh, I think it's right up the beautification teams.

519
00:37:00,950 --> 00:37:01,910
Alley here's.

520
00:37:01,950 --> 00:37:04,750
I think we ought to do some kind of a program to recognize like,

521
00:37:04,750 --> 00:37:09,970
business is on a thoroughfare to keep up with their property and you know I don't think we should

522
00:37:09,970 --> 00:37:14,530
you know go out and find them right away for it but something that we can incentivize these

523
00:37:14,530 --> 00:37:19,270
businesses that don't keep up their properties to the beautification standards that we want.

524
00:37:19,650 --> 00:37:24,130
If there's something we could do or get a grant through the lieutenant governor's office to

525
00:37:24,130 --> 00:37:28,730
try to start a program like that I think it's much needed you know we've seen with this

526
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:46,440
Compliance across the street that we had to actually get into with the, you know, BAA process and sight in them. And I think there's other ways to actually handle that. And, you know, incentivizing people to do the right thing is a lot of times, you know, easier to fix. So any help that you could give us with that I would appreciate.

527
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:59,640
I think that's something, the beauty with these walk audits that they're really like community specific. And so while litter might not be part of ARP's walk audit, that's something that we want to incorporate and assess while we're doing it.

528
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:04,640
And so looking at the sides, because that is part of the walking experience, like if you're

529
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:09,580
going by a business or a residence and you don't feel safe or it's not kept up or something

530
00:38:09,580 --> 00:38:14,760
from their yard is blocking the sidewalk so it's not accessible like that becomes part of

531
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,080
the whole audit experience.

532
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,540
So I think that's absolutely something that could be incorporated into our audits as well.

533
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:21,520
I appreciate it.

534
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:22,800
Thank you for everything you do.

535
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:23,260
Absolutely.

536
00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:24,220
Thank you.

537
00:38:24,380 --> 00:38:26,280
Thank you, Mr. Bradley.

538
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:27,140
Appreciate it.

539
00:38:28,260 --> 00:38:33,760
One second here, I want to push over our waterways, is coming up in September.

540
00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:37,120
That's the Lieutenant Governor's Office.

541
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,560
Keep saying for our beautiful and keep Louisiana beautiful.

542
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,340
The part of it, also power governments doing something with it.

543
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:48,460
The fire department, the sheriff's office, all of them part of this big.

544
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,400
And we got three big events coming out.

545
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:51,300
Gotcha.

546
00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:53,240
Thank you so much.

547
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,200
Appreciate you.

548
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:55,720
No one else in the queue.

549
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:03,020
Moving on, I have a number of four. Motion received an update from Capital Project's department.

550
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,920
Mr. Logan, take that as a join motion.

551
00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:09,440
Good afternoon, everybody.

552
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,140
I'm just going to kind of touch on projects that have some updates from last month.

553
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:24,920
On page 1, Lake Leary Phase 2, we're looking for the Department of Treasury to give us approval to put that out to bid.

554
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:34,540
Lake Larry phase three received 100% drones and that will be going out the bid shortly on the MR Geo Hydro Hydro Logic study.

555
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:42,000
That draft has been sent to the course for their review and the Coastal Strategy document.

556
00:39:42,740 --> 00:39:47,400
They're setting up public comment meetings coming up in the next few weeks.

557
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,200
On page two, the recreational projects community park.

558
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,860
I'm just, I'm kind of rooting together, community park, the covered pickaball courts, and the

559
00:39:55,860 --> 00:40:00,280
HVAC systems for the multiple wrecks facilities under contract right now.

560
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,640
We're trying to get the AEs under contract with that, and then we're still developing the scope

561
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:10,460
of work for the soccer, golf facility improvements, the Kennaworth Canapes, and R.C. Park,

562
00:40:10,460 --> 00:40:13,680
we're trying to develop the scopes that we can get in A.E. under contract.

563
00:40:14,460 --> 00:40:19,480
On page three, Patricia Park, Fencing, we're waiting for the funding approval, and in that

564
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,260
project will be ready to go ahead.

565
00:40:22,180 --> 00:40:25,320
The West Shed Shed Shed Shed Shed has multi-use path you see that's under construction right

566
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,140
now and on going.

567
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,080
The same thing with our parish complex sign, we received the bid so that when I'm in

568
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,540
test fate it will be under contract and getting started shortly.

569
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:41,820
The courthouse glass upgrade, we have a design draft and we're just trying to get that draft

570
00:40:41,820 --> 00:40:45,960
approved and then we still don't have the funding to do the glass, but this will actually

571
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,480
to get the design for a proof for the, by the design

572
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,120
that can fabricate the glass when the fund needs in place.

573
00:40:52,820 --> 00:40:55,240
On this Lano School House relocation,

574
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,340
we're getting pricing from contractors right now on that one.

575
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,000
The bus shelter in benches,

576
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,060
we should have a 90% set for review in mid-August,

577
00:41:04,540 --> 00:41:06,200
and the courtroom AV upgrades.

578
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:10,120
We have the proposals and we're getting that under contract right now.

579
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:13,560
On page four, the red cross building upgrades,

580
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:19,360
we just finished the scope of work on that and we're going to get that scope put out for bidding

581
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:24,420
and get that under construction and a roadyard stall and closures has kind of started underway.

582
00:41:25,020 --> 00:41:31,440
We had to walk with the contractor last week or week before jumping over to page 5 to 40

583
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:39,420
often trail bridge is still on the DOT review. The 40 often trail phase 2 that goes from Garrett to

584
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:45,160
like Canal, that's a DOTD needs to make the selection for the AE for that project.

585
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:49,780
The emergency generators, there's two packages for that, there's the material itself.

586
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:54,740
That contract has been awarded, and the material has been ordered, and then we have the

587
00:41:54,740 --> 00:42:00,020
installation part of that, which that contract is getting routed right now for approval.

588
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:05,340
Fire station 10, we have the environmental study that's underway, which was required because

589
00:42:05,340 --> 00:42:13,000
federal funding moving on a page six right here we have um project 3.1 which is the water tank

590
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:18,160
demolition that's ongoing right now you see we've started the painting of the 10 gallon 10 million

591
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:23,220
gallon tank and we've actually started the demolition of the 3 million gallon tank so that went

592
00:42:23,220 --> 00:42:29,240
that project is moving along nicely um 3.3 we finally got LDH approval for that so we'll be going

593
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:35,760
to bid with that project. Project 3.4 water lines. That's more or less wrapped up. We have

594
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:40,120
side and cleanup for majority. We do have one section, which goes from Norton to Raleigh

595
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:44,520
right along Judge Perez. We have some existing utilities there that we're trying to figure

596
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,780
out a path to get the water line through. That's the last stretch of water line to do for

597
00:42:48,780 --> 00:42:55,080
that project. Project 4.1, that we did get LVH approved for that. So that one will be going out shortly

598
00:42:55,660 --> 00:43:00,960
the project 4.2 water lines that's on going right now and then the water line

599
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,860
replacement down a new extension we're still getting that scope of work

600
00:43:03,860 --> 00:43:08,800
squared away and the violet water tile refurbishment we're identifying a

601
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:13,880
funding for that. At the bottom of page 7 we have the farm site lift station. We

602
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:18,260
finally got the last tie-in done the boring air with decommissioned the old

603
00:43:18,260 --> 00:43:23,820
lift station. So now it's just clean up and close that project out. We had some

604
00:43:23,820 --> 00:43:30,680
challenges with that one. Daniel Draft, sewer line replacement is with LDH for permit right now.

605
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,540
River Bend oxidation pond is in construction right now that we're doing work at the oxidation

606
00:43:35,540 --> 00:43:41,820
pond and at the months to plant with the head and work goes into drainage wise at the bottom

607
00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:46,420
of page 8. We have pump station 4, so the contract for it to redo all the signing for pump

608
00:43:46,420 --> 00:43:51,520
station 4. That one is being routed for approval right now and we did receive bids to replace

609
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:57,440
all the racks and the rigs, they catch all the debris, so that is getting executed and we'll

610
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:58,500
get that fabricated.

611
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:05,120
On page 9, we have Phase 2, St. Claude, Culver, Drainage. That's in design right now. The water

612
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:10,460
high is in the movement. So, Phase 2 is essentially from parish road west, so all of

613
00:44:10,460 --> 00:44:15,580
a mechanical removal has been done and the spraying of Phase 2 is going to take place this week.

614
00:44:15,660 --> 00:44:19,820
I didn't get it exact date, but he did say he was going to be at a spray. The ladders and along

615
00:44:19,820 --> 00:44:23,900
for the open. So that's, you know, when mechanically we'll prove it in a spray and is a maintenance

616
00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:31,200
issue that will keep the heistens in check. On page 10, Sylvia drainage, we're still doing the

617
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:35,220
scope of work on that, to create more ditches with development scope of work on that. When on

618
00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:43,180
the roads, Jean LaFeed rehab, DOTD is reviewing those documents right now. And that really is the

619
00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:47,000
highlights of all of, but you can ask me any questions on any of the projects on here.

620
00:44:48,020 --> 00:44:51,060
Thank you, Ms. Logan, Mr. McCluskey.

621
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,980
Thank you. Thanks, Chair. I'm Mr. Logan. Thank you for the information right for the meeting.

622
00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:59,220
We don't have to get into specifics. I just wanted to confirm with the administration.

623
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:19,680
Mr. Logo, I will ask the administration at the last council meeting to provide engineers, estimates for the Bucketville, a drainage project, and I believe Mr. Logo was able to show me an engineer's estimate for phase 1 and phase 2 related to that project, and that was emailed out today. Is that the information requested, Mr. Buzwa?

624
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:31,260
Yes, and I believe at this point we need to schedule another executive session to discuss our next steps.

625
00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:33,800
Yeah, I wanted to ask them to answer them though.

626
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,140
One of the requests that we had made, perhaps we can get those engineers

627
00:45:38,140 --> 00:45:40,560
estimates to our attorney in that particular situation,

628
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,880
and no further needed to discuss it, the correct next move would

629
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,220
be a scheduled one executive session for sure.

630
00:45:46,500 --> 00:45:47,240
Yep, I'm glad.

631
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:48,160
Thank you guys.

632
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:49,220
All very much, Mr. Logan.

633
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,120
Thank you for the information, Mr. Bush, why thank you

634
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,640
for getting that done in such a timely manner.

635
00:45:55,340 --> 00:45:57,560
Thank you, Mr. McCross, Mr. Randall.

636
00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,020
Thank you, Council Chair.

637
00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:01,260
being able to drive through a longer placement.

638
00:46:01,580 --> 00:46:04,160
Another number is on this have been all over the place.

639
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:07,880
I think we've put it out, we've done three different

640
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:10,000
estimates on it now at different costs.

641
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,020
Is this what we feel is finally nailing it down?

642
00:46:13,240 --> 00:46:13,640
Correct.

643
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,620
The last estimate actually came down from the one before,

644
00:46:17,020 --> 00:46:20,300
by about 800,000, so this is a correct number.

645
00:46:20,340 --> 00:46:22,500
That's why we're able to move forward with the project

646
00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:24,380
because now we have enough funding for it.

647
00:46:24,380 --> 00:46:29,220
But yeah, because one of the estimates was almost five times this.

648
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:33,520
So it was over 10, it was over one of them was over 10 million.

649
00:46:35,020 --> 00:46:36,080
So I don't remember that.

650
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:36,740
I knew the last one.

651
00:46:36,740 --> 00:46:37,240
One point, Tom.

652
00:46:37,540 --> 00:46:41,780
We were even, we joked about it because it was just so absurdly high.

653
00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:46,680
So we are confident that this is going to finally resolve that problem.

654
00:46:46,780 --> 00:46:47,060
Yes.

655
00:46:47,240 --> 00:46:50,320
When I saw the estimate come down, I went back with the engineer to confirm that,

656
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,080
because that doesn't happen most of the time.

657
00:46:52,300 --> 00:46:52,500
Perfect.

658
00:46:52,620 --> 00:46:53,660
Thank you.

659
00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:55,560
Thank you Mr. Randham, Mr. Moran.

660
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:57,020
Thank you, Council Jan.

661
00:46:57,420 --> 00:47:01,780
I've got a couple things, but one is going to be for the Gulf and Soccer

662
00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:03,680
Park at a village square.

663
00:47:04,220 --> 00:47:08,220
I sort of came in under budget for the final project to cost.

664
00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:11,320
If we could give it a administration, I know we got it.

665
00:47:11,340 --> 00:47:12,640
It was at 500 originally.

666
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:16,180
If we could spend that last 50, trying to improve that area.

667
00:47:16,340 --> 00:47:18,320
It could use it right now.

668
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,260
I think projected final show was 450.

669
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:22,520
So if we could figure out a way of what recreation

670
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:26,900
and I had something that'd be a good amen to you for the public and not nothing for you.

671
00:47:26,940 --> 00:47:30,860
And we're still developing a scope of work, so you gotta take those numbers with a grain of salt.

672
00:47:31,100 --> 00:47:35,460
Got it. All right. So, anything that we can do would be appreciated on that.

673
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:43,280
And then, you said something about the Mississippi, about the parish road pedestrian bridge.

674
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,180
Did you say something about the UTD? You're still trying to?

675
00:47:46,420 --> 00:47:51,920
So, yeah, that permitting process is over a year long. So, we have the drawings.

676
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:59,360
we submitted it and they were viewing it. It was supposed to be in 2027, the last indication

677
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:03,320
I got that they may be finished with the permit in November of this year. And so that

678
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,500
will connect the 40-off in trial across parachute.

679
00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:10,580
Right. And so it seems like it was maybe the first time I've noticed that there was an actual

680
00:48:10,580 --> 00:48:14,920
start date for construction on it, which was, you know, she was in 27 now.

681
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:19,200
That's, there was a guest of it based on that. If we get the permit from the latest news,

682
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:23,120
we have, that's when we put it out the bid and get it in the construction stuff.

683
00:48:23,380 --> 00:48:30,800
And then just two more. The transfer station looks like we awarded construction of somebody.

684
00:48:31,780 --> 00:48:34,320
Yes. So what are we going to move forward with that? Okay.

685
00:48:35,260 --> 00:48:41,900
And then the last one is, you know, since we announced that we're going to do the Jackson project,

686
00:48:42,660 --> 00:48:48,300
the neighbors and that area are just a static. So if that's something that, you know, we could get firm deadline,

687
00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:52,100
just something that we can give to the residents to let them know of that, you know, what's

688
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:52,860
the date of start?

689
00:48:53,380 --> 00:48:57,880
Yeah, I'm sure we're going to have to do some new engineering for the project that based

690
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:02,700
on how long this project has been going on, trying to get going, but any information for

691
00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:05,140
that if you can email it to me, be ready to appreciate it.

692
00:49:05,980 --> 00:49:10,860
I can tell you, you know, to Jean LaFeed, there's a total reconstruction along with Jackson,

693
00:49:10,980 --> 00:49:16,680
so this is all utilities, you know, drainage, sewer, water, gas, all utilities, so it's going

694
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:18,260
be a major, he's a major project.

695
00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:20,760
I told, look, I get so many calls

696
00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,740
about from residents for that area and I tell them,

697
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:26,020
you want this project, don't call me, you know,

698
00:49:26,140 --> 00:49:28,860
when you find out that you have no pocket in front

699
00:49:28,860 --> 00:49:29,760
of your house for a while.

700
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,420
Yeah, and so it's going to be a major, you know,

701
00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:34,980
major project, but I think it's, and that'll be good.

702
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,620
The analogy I like to use is when I did work

703
00:49:37,620 --> 00:49:40,480
at hospitals all the time, I'd explain it to the doctors

704
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,940
that they understood, as I said, it's like surgery,

705
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:44,860
it's going to hurt, it's going to be painful,

706
00:49:44,860 --> 00:49:47,760
but hopefully we're a live better off when it's finished, right?

707
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:49,020
Thank you, Rick.

708
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:50,260
Thank you, Mr. Moore.

709
00:49:50,460 --> 00:49:51,160
I'm a skis of mental.

710
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,180
Where are the pick-of-all ports going?

711
00:49:55,460 --> 00:49:59,720
I don't know if we have a definitive location yet for that one right now.

712
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:00,460
Okay.

713
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:01,300
Is it close?

714
00:50:03,460 --> 00:50:05,520
I see a bunch of finger-point.

715
00:50:08,240 --> 00:50:09,120
That's no answer.

716
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,240
Can you tell me what an RC park is?

717
00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:16,840
It's a rate remote control car park.

718
00:50:17,300 --> 00:50:17,700
Okay.

719
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:19,580
All right.

720
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:20,080
That's it.

721
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,060
Thank you.

722
00:50:22,060 --> 00:50:22,980
Thank you, Ms. Kissman.

723
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:24,300
I'll see you in the one else in the queue.

724
00:50:24,540 --> 00:50:24,780
Mr. Lover.

725
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:25,920
Thank you for your update.

726
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:26,960
Thank you.

727
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,780
Mr. Rand, I will comment that I did do the win mitigation.

728
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,220
The guy who came here paid $300.

729
00:50:32,700 --> 00:50:34,260
My insurance dropped by 1,200.

730
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:36,240
So I could speak with the experience.

731
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:37,520
It worked for me.

732
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:38,700
Fantastic.

733
00:50:39,380 --> 00:50:39,820
I'm sorry.

734
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:40,340
Mr. Lover.

735
00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:41,020
Thanks.

736
00:50:43,700 --> 00:50:48,960
Thank you, Council Chair, actually this question is for Mr. Frank, I believe he was going to answer

737
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,400
Ms. Cuesmano's questions about the pickleball?

738
00:50:54,740 --> 00:50:54,820
Yeah.

739
00:50:54,820 --> 00:50:55,480
We should be on.

740
00:50:56,600 --> 00:51:04,060
So, at last night's library board meeting, we actually did vote last night and received the unanimous vote

741
00:51:04,060 --> 00:51:08,380
to declare that back portion of the library property as surplus to the library,

742
00:51:08,380 --> 00:51:13,220
clearing the way forward the courts to go back in that in that area.

743
00:51:15,020 --> 00:51:16,340
Thank you, Mr. Mar.

744
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:17,740
How do I address?

745
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:20,320
Thank you.

746
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:21,500
Thank you, Mr. Logan.

747
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:25,300
Moving right along, item number five.

748
00:51:27,900 --> 00:51:28,820
Recognize the public.

749
00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:31,560
So you want nobody signed up.

750
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:33,080
Let's speak.

751
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:35,960
So we're moving on to item number six.

752
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,260
Council members for the District Update.

753
00:51:40,930 --> 00:51:41,650
Mr. McCuskin.

754
00:51:41,650 --> 00:51:41,710
Okay.

755
00:51:43,750 --> 00:51:44,590
Thank you, Councillor.

756
00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:48,470
It's going to be a short of a lot of conversation.

757
00:51:49,930 --> 00:51:55,930
The one thing I wanted to address on and aside is I was approached by a group called

758
00:51:55,930 --> 00:51:56,710
Noelle.

759
00:51:57,430 --> 00:51:58,710
Noirland's education league.

760
00:51:58,810 --> 00:52:01,910
I wanted to bring it to both the administration and this council that they're looking

761
00:52:01,910 --> 00:52:02,270
apart.

762
00:52:02,490 --> 00:52:08,510
I would say in our parish there is a grant that will be available to our senior citizens.

763
00:52:08,510 --> 00:52:13,930
we've already spoken to, but the representative has already spoken to the council on aging

764
00:52:13,930 --> 00:52:20,670
and received their preliminary show of support. So at some point in the near future, before

765
00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:26,350
August 29th, hopefully we'll have a special council meeting that we can vote in favor of a

766
00:52:26,350 --> 00:52:29,750
solution to ask if President Poem has to sign this.

767
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:59,960
There's no cost. This is fully grant funded. There's no match from San Bernard Parish government. So, the charge of the organization is for age and citizens to age in place. And if they have things that make their property code deficient, the organization will seek grant on their behalf and repair their home to meet code. So, I think it's a really worthwhile endeavor. The grant will go for the next two years, or until funds are expanded. So, I'm just asking for everyone to support.

768
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,680
on that item, and I'll see you in the floor.

769
00:53:02,980 --> 00:53:03,900
Thank you.

770
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:07,980
Thank you, Mr. McCorsky, anybody else?

771
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:09,960
Mr. Monez, Mr. Monez.

772
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:11,460
Thank you, Councillor Chair.

773
00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:13,040
Just one little thing.

774
00:53:13,460 --> 00:53:17,980
I just want to remind everybody, the public, the action of season, the 2020-6-by-trump season,

775
00:53:17,980 --> 00:53:24,720
just opened up Monday, so I pray for all the safety and for the commercial fishermen out there,

776
00:53:24,720 --> 00:53:29,980
and I pray that if any, just the safety for the commercial fishermen, and if anybody

777
00:53:29,980 --> 00:53:34,460
any of these insurance, you know, take a ride to Delacro, Hope Day at White Cross, and you can

778
00:53:34,460 --> 00:53:37,860
get a pressure off the boot. And with that being said, well, I don't know which one went.

779
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:40,580
Do we have a date for the next seafood market?

780
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:50,780
Not at this time. I think they're going to wait on and see if they've got a size on the shrimp,

781
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:56,760
and you know, which is the town on the shrimp before they schedule a date for the seafood market.

782
00:53:56,760 --> 00:54:07,060
Okay. If possible, we can get something done maybe in September before, like it's close to just open and firm season, but not too far past.

783
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:08,180
It's where Trump are going.

784
00:54:08,460 --> 00:54:13,080
Yeah, yeah. We're going to, we'll check in to that. Like I said, we want to make sure that we have some size on the shrimp.

785
00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:19,080
People could come down and get some 2125, so at least 2125 to 3640s.

786
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:19,340
Agreed.

787
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:21,200
Thank you.

788
00:54:24,540 --> 00:54:25,880
Mr. Moran, you're in a queue?

789
00:54:27,300 --> 00:54:28,680
Yes, thank you, Chair.

790
00:54:28,860 --> 00:54:35,860
This is really a guest by administration and community development and a question on if a person

791
00:54:35,860 --> 00:54:39,180
gets into the rotation of the grass cutting.

792
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:45,760
So if somebody doesn't cut their grass, they get into the site being cited for the grass

793
00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:46,660
finds.

794
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:53,080
Is there a standard that the vendor is supposed to go out of cut?

795
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:55,200
as opposed to, I think, eight inches, 10 inches,

796
00:54:55,740 --> 00:54:56,780
how, what's the height on that?

797
00:54:57,200 --> 00:54:59,480
I just feel like, I've got a couple of complaints

798
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:04,280
from residents lately for, you know, lots an area

799
00:55:04,740 --> 00:55:08,300
that I've been overgrown, that seem to be on the rotation,

800
00:55:09,060 --> 00:55:10,040
that nobody's gotten it.

801
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:13,060
So I don't know if the vendors just passing up the property

802
00:55:13,060 --> 00:55:15,860
and not cutting them, but it's just something

803
00:55:15,860 --> 00:55:17,320
that we're trying to find out if it's just,

804
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,280
maybe just one vendor not doing it,

805
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,420
or if it's a standard that we're missing.

806
00:55:21,420 --> 00:55:33,740
So our code says eight inches wants to get out of compliance eight inches, but I try to tell them at least let it to get to 12 because I mean for us would

807
00:55:33,740 --> 00:55:41,180
We have to review every single photo so and we get a lot of you know people come back and say well, it's you know

808
00:55:41,180 --> 00:55:48,520
It's not eight inches and you know to alleviate some of that argument. We I try to get them in the way till 12 inches cut it

809
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:52,820
But as far as them not cutting it at all,

810
00:55:52,980 --> 00:55:55,840
I mean, they should, is that right?

811
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:59,020
So is that like a process where if one of our vendors

812
00:55:59,020 --> 00:56:01,120
sees a lot, they check with community development,

813
00:56:01,740 --> 00:56:04,060
they have an list, they have authority just to cut it, right?

814
00:56:04,380 --> 00:56:04,440
Cool.

815
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,980
We have a property on Jackson that I'm pretty positive

816
00:56:08,980 --> 00:56:10,860
they've been on a list multiple times

817
00:56:10,860 --> 00:56:13,340
and the lot's like four feet tall right now.

818
00:56:13,720 --> 00:56:15,660
And so I think where is that about it?

819
00:56:15,660 --> 00:56:21,020
I think derving me. Yes, it's a double line, but I'm not sure if it's just the

820
00:56:21,020 --> 00:56:26,160
Divender in the area that's maybe past it up or what but just wanted to bring that to y'all's attention

821
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:30,740
I'm not sure if that's something that's just wide spread of just you know isolated in this one

822
00:56:30,740 --> 00:56:36,080
It's I know for a while we we did get a lot of brain and they were backed up all of the guys were backed up

823
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:42,140
Right, you know, I mean you guys cut your own girl. It's a lot of us even got back. I think I think right now

824
00:56:42,140 --> 00:56:44,340
we are getting more caught up

825
00:56:44,340 --> 00:56:49,700
So I think it should be getting better for you and if we could just get somebody from

826
00:56:49,700 --> 00:56:53,260
code enforcement just to go tomorrow and check out and absolutely, so.

827
00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:55,440
Thank you.

828
00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:56,860
Thank you, Ms. Moran.

829
00:56:57,500 --> 00:56:59,720
So you know when I was in the queue, oh, it's my.

830
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:01,100
Thank you, Council Chair.

831
00:57:01,380 --> 00:57:03,380
This is really just for informational purposes.

832
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:09,080
I've been getting, I was getting a lot of complaints about the old performance, mortgage

833
00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:10,840
buildings, speaking of high grass.

834
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:16,840
They've sold the property to a new owner and I guess because it's right by the school and there's a lot of foot traffic

835
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:23,080
I'm getting a lot of complaints. However, I just wanted to mention that I spoke to the new owners of the building and

836
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:30,440
They will be sending somebody out to take care of that landscaping and grass until they do their permits and renovations

837
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:33,240
Which probably won't be until next year.

838
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:36,360
Thank you, Miss Ma.

839
00:57:37,780 --> 00:57:44,360
Okay, I'm here to speak about the elephant in the room and nobody wants to speak about right now.

840
00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:54,240
I want to say a few words about the core permit, the construction permit for the port in the walls.

841
00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:01,420
I want to remind the public, my encouraged the public to keep the faith.

842
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:08,720
The port is not a done deal yet, and I don't think it's going to be a done deal.

843
00:58:09,620 --> 00:58:17,660
And I say that because of three good lawsuits that they have to continue to even operate

844
00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:18,120
the port.

845
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:25,280
They can do the construction, they can build it, but they still have to deal with three major

846
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:25,940
lawsuits.

847
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:33,860
And I believe I'm not attorney, but I believe just for my recollection of what I've been

848
00:58:33,860 --> 00:58:41,340
reading and things that this lawsuit is pertaining to to jurisdiction and environmental,

849
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:44,860
I believe the scale of justice is going to weigh in our side.

850
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:47,780
If not, I wouldn't be fighting this hard.

851
00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:55,200
We have a right to determine what is good and what is not good for the citizens of St.

852
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:56,000
for non-powers.

853
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:00,220
We have a right to determine what's bad,

854
00:59:00,620 --> 00:59:03,860
help, lies, for safer non-powers.

855
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:09,620
Financially, we're not going to get much out of this port

856
00:59:09,620 --> 00:59:10,420
once it's built.

857
00:59:11,620 --> 00:59:14,860
It's a proven statistic that I have right here

858
00:59:14,860 --> 00:59:20,840
that when major ports open up in states and cities,

859
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:24,220
there are a tax exempt and everybody knows that.

860
00:59:24,220 --> 00:59:27,040
and entity of state, they don't pay property taxes.

861
00:59:27,420 --> 00:59:31,500
We only receive taxes that's based upon,

862
00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:33,520
have a lower taxes, that's based upon equipment

863
00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:35,420
from the managing partners.

864
00:59:39,140 --> 00:59:40,800
They're moving on.

865
00:59:40,820 --> 00:59:42,200
They're in second gear.

866
00:59:42,940 --> 00:59:43,680
No doubt.

867
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:47,980
But we're really disturbing when I think the report

868
00:59:47,980 --> 00:59:53,920
from the director that they're ready to put shovels

869
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:59,980
ground and start building this port. And I've been saying this from day one.

870
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:02,100
For instance, we was fighting this in the state capital.

871
01:00:04,530 --> 01:00:30,610
I don't believe they're ever going to bill a room. I don't believe they're ever going to do anything with the, would detrain with the rape. They're going to throw it on. They already want to start with 1,000 trucks. Why put a shovel in a ground when you should bill building the road? You should be dealing with the rape. Don't bill a facility yet, right?

872
01:00:31,630 --> 01:00:32,850
Don't build it.

873
01:00:33,150 --> 01:00:35,690
Start with that road back there to leave it.

874
01:00:35,770 --> 01:00:38,070
We don't want no trucks on our highway,

875
01:00:38,430 --> 01:00:39,950
and we don't want no rail.

876
01:00:41,490 --> 01:00:44,870
They know more rail than what we have,

877
01:00:44,990 --> 01:00:47,250
dealing with trains, blowing horns at every crossing

878
01:00:47,250 --> 01:00:48,050
in this patch.

879
01:00:49,690 --> 01:00:52,430
They plan in on buildings, starting a,

880
01:00:53,530 --> 01:00:54,370
they didn't give a date,

881
01:00:54,770 --> 01:00:57,410
but they plan on starting putting shovels in a ground

882
01:00:57,410 --> 01:00:58,670
and build the first fates.

883
01:00:59,810 --> 01:01:01,550
That's disturbing to me.

884
01:01:01,910 --> 01:01:03,030
They're going against their worry,

885
01:01:05,310 --> 01:01:06,710
but that's the poor, right?

886
01:01:07,530 --> 01:01:11,790
They've never done good for St. Bernard Paris ever since I knew them.

887
01:01:12,530 --> 01:01:13,990
They destroy it as twice.

888
01:01:15,050 --> 01:01:16,930
They're going to destroy us again to their time.

889
01:01:20,940 --> 01:01:23,200
So people keep the faith.

890
01:01:25,460 --> 01:01:28,240
They have a lot of hurdles to jump across,

891
01:01:28,380 --> 01:01:32,120
or will before they can operate this port and fulfill it.

892
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:41,540
I'm upset that the Corps of Engineers fast-track this permit without giving its due diligence.

893
01:01:42,300 --> 01:01:48,620
And I say that because when you read it, it says, it skips a lot of things.

894
01:01:49,060 --> 01:01:54,060
That's really important to the port and citizens of this patch.

895
01:01:55,500 --> 01:02:07,940
I believe there's legal issues that we can file against them and try to stop them from moving forward with this permit, releasing this permit.

896
01:02:09,180 --> 01:02:14,060
I think it's federal, but we're going to have to look into it.

897
01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:17,620
You know,

898
01:02:20,270 --> 01:02:29,330
we have to look at what we've done in the past five years, legally on fighting

899
01:02:29,330 --> 01:02:31,350
this port and bring in them to court.

900
01:02:31,810 --> 01:02:34,630
We've done absolutely nothing, hauling anything.

901
01:02:37,300 --> 01:02:42,540
We need to put our legal and second gear and keep up because we're falling behind.

902
01:02:42,540 --> 01:02:45,260
We need to get these guys in court.

903
01:02:45,460 --> 01:02:51,460
We need to file some injunctions against them because we have the right.

904
01:02:51,900 --> 01:02:53,340
We have to protect our citizens.

905
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:54,960
We have to protect our parish.

906
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:57,240
We have to protect our property values.

907
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,520
We have to protect our quality, our equality.

908
01:03:00,060 --> 01:03:08,560
We have to protect the future of this parish and not let them turn as far as into an industrial

909
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:09,360
wasteland.

910
01:03:10,100 --> 01:03:17,020
And it would come. It would happen. No doubt in my mind. People who are already talking about leaving,

911
01:03:17,180 --> 01:03:24,100
and moving, going to Mississippi, going to Metary. I don't want to see that happen. We got

912
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:31,420
hit so hard, we could train them. We got hit so hard with Rita. Our families are displaced all over

913
01:03:31,420 --> 01:03:40,320
this country. Now we're going to get hit again with Hurricane Port Nol. And we have to stop

914
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:47,180
this. I'm going to ask this Council. We need to bring our legal in executive session sooner

915
01:03:47,180 --> 01:03:55,560
than later. And Mr. McCloskey, I know you requested that. I believe another day that

916
01:03:55,560 --> 01:04:04,240
We have to get all DA back on board, give it back to the District Attorney, give Congress

917
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:08,720
to the DA, let them lead them.

918
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:15,540
We fund them, let our DA fund lead them, get it out of the hands of our parish government,

919
01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:21,480
all together, other than they give us updates by executive session like it's been going.

920
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:28,180
We need some spark. We need some motivation. We're at war. We're fighting

921
01:04:28,180 --> 01:04:36,620
Goliath. We need a ramp up and we need to stand up and protect our parish by

922
01:04:36,620 --> 01:04:37,300
all means.

923
01:04:39,850 --> 01:04:43,410
That's what I'm asking and I'm asking the Council and we have to do it

924
01:04:43,410 --> 01:04:49,270
by resolution and give the DA back the legal meeting, the illegal adviser for

925
01:04:49,270 --> 01:04:57,270
council and give him a call of course to go ahead and move forward and lead him.

926
01:04:58,470 --> 01:05:03,210
That being said, if anybody else wants to say anything about it, please feel free.

927
01:05:06,580 --> 01:05:07,440
Seeing none.

928
01:05:09,540 --> 01:05:10,380
No more else?

929
01:05:11,400 --> 01:05:13,620
Up. Mr. Randall, you want to speak.

930
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:16,120
Thank you, Council Chair.

931
01:05:17,100 --> 01:05:20,940
So I'm just going to say some very, very few things, right?

932
01:05:20,940 --> 01:05:29,080
So there's a awful lot to unpack, it's been about 36 hours, I think everyone is still trying

933
01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:35,180
to consume it and make the correct decisions from that, and I believe that this council

934
01:05:35,180 --> 01:05:41,400
is administration and our school board fully believes that the purpose of government is

935
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:49,200
to protect its citizens, and that's when we have to do that, we will do so.

936
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:58,940
And that's really all I want to say about it because I'm not a hundred percent sure this is the best environment to continue to talk about it

937
01:06:01,500 --> 01:06:02,020
in.

938
01:06:02,060 --> 01:06:03,400
Mr. Ratton, Mr. McCoski.

939
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:04,980
You ready?

940
01:06:05,220 --> 01:06:05,320
You ready?

941
01:06:06,140 --> 01:06:06,380
Okay.

942
01:06:07,340 --> 01:06:08,140
Moving right along.

943
01:06:08,380 --> 01:06:09,660
Item number seven.

944
01:06:10,380 --> 01:06:12,400
Mr. Lepo Manse for his president's report.

945
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:20,680
First, I want to thank Mr. Ratton Lepo for giving us that update on how a capital project is.

946
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,740
all of the paraphrasers report.

947
01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:26,900
We have just wanted to let the resident at the seminar

948
01:06:26,900 --> 01:06:28,420
at Paris knowing you come from members

949
01:06:28,420 --> 01:06:32,320
know that the animal shelter in the last 30 days

950
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:36,740
had did two separate all sites adoptions with animals.

951
01:06:37,820 --> 01:06:40,720
And the last 30 days, they was able on all sites adoption.

952
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:44,920
They was able to give up adopt out 10 dogs and three cats.

953
01:06:45,500 --> 01:06:50,260
So my hat goes off to the volunteers and the workers

954
01:06:50,260 --> 01:06:52,720
that we have, we'll let the animals shelter right now.

955
01:06:53,320 --> 01:06:56,500
And they are planning on doing some more of these

956
01:06:56,500 --> 01:06:59,720
off-site adoption, just looking for a few places.

957
01:07:00,060 --> 01:07:01,760
So with any more and more surveillance here,

958
01:07:02,020 --> 01:07:04,780
we're going to go down to the same broad animal shelter.

959
01:07:05,300 --> 01:07:06,280
They're welcome to go down there.

960
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:07,520
They're looking for a few volunteers.

961
01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:12,140
And they are looking for a busy area to set up

962
01:07:12,140 --> 01:07:13,420
for off-site adoption.

963
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:19,280
The other thing is, I wanted to touch base with

964
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:23,840
with our lay in of the reef of the Hurricane Katrina Memorial.

965
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:27,900
That is going to be August 29th, 10 o'clock

966
01:07:27,900 --> 01:07:29,980
at Down and Shell beef in 10 o'clock, yeah.

967
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:41,540
1, 2, 11 o'clock a.m., the address is 13, 20 o'clock, closkey, highway. We're looking forward to once again to recognize the victims of hurricane Katrina.

968
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:46,020
And that's pretty much all we have today. Thank you all.

969
01:07:46,900 --> 01:07:50,440
Thank you Mr. Poemans, anyone in the queue?

970
01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:57,160
So, being none moving right along public hearings, I don't know the eight, summary number 4378,

971
01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:03,820
plan to commission recommended the 907 and 2826 introduced by administration on 8, 4, 26.

972
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:10,340
In order to approve, Dr. Z, dash 20, 26, dash 0, 0, 6, petition of gator construction,

973
01:08:10,940 --> 01:08:19,380
LLC for a zoning change from R1, single-family residential, zoning to R2, two-family residential zoning

974
01:08:19,380 --> 01:08:28,020
to allow the construction of a new family resident site location in 2016-18, Jackson Boulevard,

975
01:08:28,120 --> 01:08:33,900
Showman, Louisiana, 7-0-0-0-4 with three. Anyone here to speak for, or against, some

976
01:08:33,900 --> 01:08:42,340
of your number 43-78. So you're going to run along the resolutions. The top resolution

977
01:08:42,340 --> 01:08:50,980
in SBPC, 2650, that's 0.8, that's 26, the resolution is best of support to support of the

978
01:08:51,580 --> 01:09:01,920
Savile Shrimpers Act, House Bill 2771, moved by Councilor Bellaw, second by Councilor

979
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:02,700
Monez.

980
01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:09,840
This is just something that I was asked to support by the Louisiana Shrimp Association.

981
01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:16,960
It helps promote us. I'll see food industry and we've got to get this to all our close

982
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:19,180
the Parisians and support with us.

983
01:09:20,900 --> 01:09:23,440
Any discussion? Please vote your machines.

984
01:09:26,830 --> 01:09:29,330
That item carries item number 10.

985
01:09:29,810 --> 01:09:34,390
The top resolution is VPC 2651-08-26.

986
01:09:34,570 --> 01:09:36,910
The resolution of the rise in the Paris president's sign.

987
01:09:36,910 --> 01:09:45,050
The expedited temporary housing and system waiver of land use permitting form, the submission

988
01:09:45,870 --> 01:09:51,750
of the form will allow Samp amount of powers to participate in the temporary housing

989
01:09:51,750 --> 01:09:57,170
and shelter program as authorized by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency

990
01:09:57,170 --> 01:09:57,910
Preparedness.

991
01:09:58,150 --> 01:09:58,770
Go set.

992
01:09:59,610 --> 01:10:00,190
Move by.

993
01:10:01,450 --> 01:10:04,050
Mr. McCloskey, second by Mr. Rando, any discussion?

994
01:10:05,490 --> 01:10:09,050
Mr. John, Mr. Ram, would you like to weigh in on us?

995
01:10:10,330 --> 01:10:11,450
Let us know where we go, no?

996
01:10:12,310 --> 01:10:13,370
Yeah, sure. Thank you, Colin.

997
01:10:13,530 --> 01:10:22,350
Here, this form is required by GoCept for the Paris to participate in GoCept's temporary housing unit program, which is different and famous.

998
01:10:22,770 --> 01:10:25,250
It takes a lot less time for us to get units down here.

999
01:10:25,250 --> 01:10:27,910
We use it in December of 22 for Mr. Sal.

1000
01:10:28,510 --> 01:10:33,030
We requested the trailer on the 16th of December, and it was set up within a week or two.

1001
01:10:33,030 --> 01:10:38,250
So it just waves all the requirements for temporary structure, so the residents get back in

1002
01:10:38,250 --> 01:10:39,910
quicker to the homes and try to rebuild.

1003
01:10:41,750 --> 01:10:49,820
Thank you, Mr. Ram. Anyone in theCUBE seeing none vote your machines that I don't care.

1004
01:10:49,940 --> 01:10:52,480
I'm going to step on them, sorry. He needs to vote.

1005
01:10:52,860 --> 01:10:53,800
Just call yourself Mr. Abbott.

1006
01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:54,460
Mr. Abbott.

1007
01:10:56,180 --> 01:11:00,980
Add item carries moving right along to adoptions.

1008
01:11:00,980 --> 01:11:04,740
By 7 summer number 4365 Flan и Commission

1009
01:11:04,740 --> 01:11:08,620
Recomended approval on 6 4 26 introduced by Minister

1010
01:11:08,620 --> 01:11:11,480
in registration on 1626 Public Services,

1011
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:18,320
Public Commander in Health on 7 7 26 Table 9 7 7 26 until 8 cử 26

1012
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:22,480
Table 8 for 26 until 1826

1013
01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:26,980
Anornets to approve Dark Etzy

1014
01:11:26,980 --> 01:11:36,880
that's 26, that's 0.05, petition of Mark Hammond for a zoning change from R3, multiple medium

1015
01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:43,160
density to C2, general commercial with a conditional use for a proposed vehicle operations

1016
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:48,360
facility site location, 36.11, packing him, drive, shall meet Louisiana.

1017
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,720
So I'm at 0-0-0-4-3, I'm sorry.

1018
01:11:54,540 --> 01:11:57,880
I'm moved by Mr. Randall seconded by Mr. Moran.

1019
01:11:58,900 --> 01:12:00,480
Mr. Moran, Mr. Randall?

1020
01:12:02,940 --> 01:12:06,920
Obviously, I've tabled this item a bunch and we have to take action on it today.

1021
01:12:07,980 --> 01:12:15,600
I would like for Mr. Landry to comment on the 10 deficiencies at the property head,

1022
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:20,880
and then I would also like to add that there's a pretty rare opportunity

1023
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:25,660
Where we get to create, correct them, sorry, correct them the state that we made.

1024
01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:33,900
In April of last year, we voted, and obviously it must have, I must have missed it,

1025
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:36,720
because normally I would have certainly spoke against it.

1026
01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:42,280
We voted to make this property R3ND, which we created a sponsor.

1027
01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:48,780
And by moving this back to commercial, we get an opportunity to correct them the state that we all made.

1028
01:12:48,780 --> 01:12:57,540
And at the end of the day, this property should be and should be and still should be

1029
01:12:57,540 --> 01:12:58,980
the zone to C2.

1030
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:04,760
So I'm just going to let Mr. Landry speak on what the 10 deficiencies were and how he's

1031
01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:05,920
addressed some of them.

1032
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:13,640
If there are any left, he's going to stop the go to BZA to address those deficiencies at the end

1033
01:13:13,640 --> 01:13:14,400
of the day.

1034
01:13:15,900 --> 01:13:16,120
So.

1035
01:13:16,780 --> 01:13:20,850
That's correct. I mean, everybody I believe got in their packet, the new

1036
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:28,860
site plan, which he has addressed all those deficiencies, but I mean, I'll talk about this in the past.

1037
01:13:29,720 --> 01:13:37,860
He's not locked into this. So, like, if he does have deficiencies, I think you guys should vote on the use.

1038
01:13:38,520 --> 01:13:44,540
And if he has deficiencies, there's a whole nother board that looks at the deficiencies. So,

1039
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:47,420
He could address those with the BZA.

1040
01:13:47,540 --> 01:13:50,020
He can pay his $500 fee, go in front of them,

1041
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:54,680
and let them decide whether or not he should have.

1042
01:13:55,100 --> 01:13:58,860
But his updated side plan, I believe it does meet all

1043
01:13:58,860 --> 01:13:59,540
of our standards.

1044
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:05,940
And it is C2, he is going for, and every property

1045
01:14:05,940 --> 01:14:09,280
around completely surrounding this property is a C2.

1046
01:14:11,220 --> 01:14:12,520
So we're getting him into compliance.

1047
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:13,580
I'm sorry.

1048
01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:14,820
We're getting him into compliance.

1049
01:14:15,040 --> 01:14:15,400
Correct.

1050
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:17,560
and he has his landscaping on here.

1051
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:20,400
He produced, he had three driveways.

1052
01:14:20,780 --> 01:14:23,760
We got him to move the building to one side.

1053
01:14:24,580 --> 01:14:26,520
So now he has two driveways.

1054
01:14:27,580 --> 01:14:28,740
I think it works.

1055
01:14:29,560 --> 01:14:30,280
Thank you.

1056
01:14:30,420 --> 01:14:30,960
Mr. Moran.

1057
01:14:32,020 --> 01:14:32,780
Thank you, Councillor Chair.

1058
01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:37,440
I do realize that we're changing it back to not being a spot to them.

1059
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:38,940
But me sitting up here,

1060
01:14:38,940 --> 01:14:43,640
I don't see a real distinction between or two and or three MD

1061
01:14:43,640 --> 01:14:46,220
because they're all multi-family, right?

1062
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:48,440
Yeah, but this is C2.

1063
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:52,360
No, but what I'm saying is, if you say or 3md,

1064
01:14:52,640 --> 01:14:56,100
it's a spot zone, because there's like one other one in the whole parish, okay?

1065
01:14:56,480 --> 01:14:59,980
So if you would classify this as what it really is, it's an orch.

1066
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:06,060
And the whole area surrounds it as an audit too, except for the C2 that patch goes from pack and hand back.

1067
01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:10,140
Every property touching this property is a C2.

1068
01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:12,520
So, directly across the street from this.

1069
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:14,880
Those are doubles, but it's C2, too.

1070
01:15:15,480 --> 01:15:25,300
Okay, so that's the way I was looking at it was the majority of the properties going towards, like, pack and hand, and Judge Perez would have been a R2.

1071
01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:29,100
So when the cross is over, it does turn to R2.

1072
01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:37,120
The rest of them packing in, but yeah, on Jeannie right there, it's all, every property touching this property, see.

1073
01:15:37,440 --> 01:15:40,280
Right. Okay. And then next question I had for you.

1074
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:44,080
I'm okay with the condition I used for it.

1075
01:15:44,080 --> 01:15:47,820
I'm not okay with accepting the site plan the way it is.

1076
01:15:48,460 --> 01:15:53,020
I like him. I don't, in the past we've accepted site plans and he asked to build to this standard.

1077
01:15:53,260 --> 01:15:55,920
I'd like to do exactly what you said, Mr. Landry.

1078
01:15:55,920 --> 01:16:01,140
We vote on the use and then let him go to be a VZA to actually get his deficiencies.

1079
01:16:01,140 --> 01:16:02,700
I think we should always do that.

1080
01:16:02,860 --> 01:16:03,120
I agree.

1081
01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:06,520
So just for the record, I'm not going to mind to add this in.

1082
01:16:06,740 --> 01:16:09,820
I'm going to vote on the use and on the zone and change.

1083
01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:12,980
And then he could deal with the normal process to get his plan to prove.

1084
01:16:16,490 --> 01:16:17,330
Mr. Randall?

1085
01:16:17,870 --> 01:16:18,410
Thank you, Councillor.

1086
01:16:18,710 --> 01:16:25,670
I wanted to, you know, Councilman Maura, you hit on what is a true major problem in this

1087
01:16:25,670 --> 01:16:30,710
that is not going to be easy to address, and that is the left over from when we were

1088
01:16:30,710 --> 01:16:31,590
top down zoning.

1089
01:16:32,110 --> 01:16:37,670
We allowed residential development in commercial zoning districts, and then when commercial

1090
01:16:37,670 --> 01:16:41,890
entities want to come into those commercial zoning districts, the residents don't want

1091
01:16:41,890 --> 01:16:42,270
it there.

1092
01:16:42,750 --> 01:16:49,570
And that is a problem that can be addressed, it's probably not going to be wildly popular, but

1093
01:16:49,570 --> 01:16:51,110
it's a very simple fix.

1094
01:16:51,290 --> 01:16:54,150
And that's to stop residential development in commercial zoning districts.

1095
01:16:54,150 --> 01:17:03,750
If you want to develop a development that houses people in a commercial zoning district district and it should meet a commercial development standards, which is a full-plex of bigger.

1096
01:17:04,870 --> 01:17:12,410
And as long as we allow single family homes and newplexes to be built in commercial zoning districts, we're going to continue to fight this problem indefinitely.

1097
01:17:13,410 --> 01:17:22,150
So it is not an easy fix, it's probably not a wildly popular fix, but that is really the only way to ever end this argument that will continue to exist.

1098
01:17:24,670 --> 01:17:29,010
for forever. But you hit the nail on the head on what is a problem.

1099
01:17:34,780 --> 01:17:37,340
So we have an item on motion on a floor table.

1100
01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:45,240
Any further discussion on the side?

1101
01:17:46,820 --> 01:17:47,210
Seeing none.

1102
01:17:47,940 --> 01:17:48,440
Vote your machine.

1103
01:17:54,180 --> 01:17:54,940
Item carries.

1104
01:17:56,120 --> 01:17:56,900
Item number 12.

1105
01:17:56,980 --> 01:17:58,640
I'm going to put 43.78 plan.

1106
01:17:58,640 --> 01:18:05,980
Commission recommended in the 901-728-26 introduced by administration on 8406, public hearing

1107
01:18:05,980 --> 01:18:15,300
held on 1826 in order to approve DACA Z-2026-006, petition of Gator construction LLC for

1108
01:18:15,300 --> 01:18:21,720
zoning change from all one single family, residential zoning to an R2-2 family, residential

1109
01:18:21,720 --> 01:18:27,000
zoning to allow construction of a new two-family resident site location,

1110
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:31,420
2019-16, and 2019-18, Jackson Boulevard,

1111
01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:34,400
shall middle-easy on a 7-0-0-0-4-3.

1112
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:36,300
Move by.

1113
01:18:36,360 --> 01:18:38,100
Mr. Randall's second abominus to close.

1114
01:18:38,340 --> 01:18:40,200
I'm a close-key.

1115
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:41,540
Mr. Randall.

1116
01:18:43,220 --> 01:18:46,380
So I'm going to make a motion to table this to the next meeting,

1117
01:18:46,940 --> 01:18:49,100
which kind of works out because we'll actually have something

1118
01:18:49,100 --> 01:18:50,120
on the next meeting agenda.

1119
01:18:55,340 --> 01:18:59,360
So, but I will be emailing all of y'all there.

1120
01:18:59,880 --> 01:19:06,680
This is one of the areas in St. Bernard parish that is again an odd ball in zoning.

1121
01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:10,840
It is zoned R1 yet has doubles up in down the street.

1122
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:17,200
So typically this would be a definition of existing non-conforming, but because the house was

1123
01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:18,440
torn down it is not.

1124
01:19:18,440 --> 01:19:26,060
But if you look at it, there is a slab to drive ways, two water meters, this has always been a double.

1125
01:19:27,260 --> 01:19:31,820
So there is a process, a legal process, the several municipalities you use.

1126
01:19:32,700 --> 01:19:37,860
I was not able to actually find it until about 130 today, so I don't want to spring it on all of y'all.

1127
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:41,200
So I will email it to all of y'all, we can see it, we can discuss it.

1128
01:19:41,200 --> 01:19:48,880
That allows the council to legally re-institute the non-conforming use to that property.

1129
01:19:50,220 --> 01:19:54,100
Then the zoning change would not be necessary, thus not creating a zoning change.

1130
01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:00,300
So the traditional use of this property would be allowed to be used,

1131
01:20:01,500 --> 01:20:04,500
but we would not have to do a spot zone.

1132
01:20:04,500 --> 01:20:11,020
And I just got that information and I email it all to y'all by the end of the week so it can be reviewed

1133
01:20:11,020 --> 01:20:16,500
With that being said I would like to make a motion to table not but 12 to the next meeting. We have a motion to table

1134
01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:18,540
We have a second by Mr. McCloskey

1135
01:20:18,540 --> 01:20:27,390
What out of Jackson decide on state moving right along rather matters that item number 11 team 11 team 13

1136
01:20:28,590 --> 01:20:33,350
Motion discussing taking any accents that relates to information received from the coast of his own private committee

1137
01:20:34,070 --> 01:20:35,150
No action taken

1138
01:20:36,210 --> 01:20:40,150
next regular schedule council meeting will be held Tuesday, September 1st,

1139
01:20:41,130 --> 01:20:46,110
26 at 7 p.m., without objection, just meeting you this morning.