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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Meeting November 17, 2020.
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Bossier City Council Meeting November 17, 2020.
B
C
Please,
by
yourself
heavenly
father:
we
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you've,
given
us
lord
lord,
this
thanksgiving
season.
We
thank
you
for
all
of
the
blessings
you've
bestowed
on
our
community
lord.
At
this
time,
we
want
to
pray
for
our
former
former
councilman,
dr
rogers
who's,
going
to
be
having
a
serious
surgery.
Soon
we
pray
for
his
doctors,
lord,
that
they'll
have
wisdom
and
skill
as
they
treat
him
and
for
him
to
have
a
quick
recovery.
C
Lord,
we
pray
for
all
those
in
our
community
that
are
affected
by
covet,
whether
it
be
health
or
or
jobs,
or
loss
of
family
or
friends.
Lord,
we
pray
for
them
to
have
solutions
to
the
issues
that
arise
with
all
of
those
items
and
lord,
we
pray
for
our
nation
when
we
pray
for
wisdom,
for
our
nation
and
for
our
state
and
for
us
in
this
council
meeting
today
in
jesus
name,
amen.
D
E
D
A
If
anyone
is
uncomfortable
in
coming
to
this
meeting,
they
are
welcome
to
call
318-549-4595
at
this
time
for
public
comments
on
any
agenda
item.
In
accordance
with
recently
passed
act
302.
You
must
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record,
and
you
will
be
limited
to
three
minutes
for
your
comments.
We
will
allow
five
for
an
item
and
five
against
an
item
in
accordance
with
adopted
city
council
meeting
rules.
A
A
B
E
D
D
All
right,
phyllis,
you
ready
be
out
of
number
14,
introduce
an
ordinance
appropriating
1
million
from
the
whole
hotel,
motel
tax
fund
and
2
million
from
the
land
acquisition
fund
to
go
to
the
walter.
Oh
big,
big,
b,
carriageway
fund
to
fund
the
completion
of
phase
two
of
the
watch
over
bigby
carriageway.
B
Questions
from
the
council,
I
think
we
can
we'll
have
a
discussion,
mr
rauschenbach's,
going
to
do
a
presentation
on
the
projects
and
he
can
give
you
a
summation
of
how
we
arrived
at
that
number
yesterday
as
far
as
what
they
how
they
progressed
through
the
plans
and
processes
for
the
walter
o'bigby
carriageway
phase
2
north
council.
Please
cast
your
vote.
B
E
A
F
Do
I
go
ahead
and
change
it
or
use
it.
Oh,
it's
up
there
now
awesome.
Well.
Thank
you
all
very
much.
I
appreciate
you
allowing
me
to
come
before
you
today
to
give
you
a
little
update
on
tourism,
but
first
I'd
like
to
appoint
your
thank
your
appointee.
Ashley
davis.
She
is
our
incoming
chairman
for
next
year
from
the
louisiana
boardwalk
and
then
also
pam.
Glorioso
is
appointed
by
the
beasure
office
of
community
service
and
she
will
be
our
treasurer
next
year
as
well,
so
they
are
both
great
assets
to
the
board.
F
We
appreciate
their
participation,
so
I've
got
a
brief
powerpoint
to
go
over
a
few
things
that
are
happening
in
tourism.
As
you
can
see
press
play
here,
that's
actually
our
new
advertising
campaign.
We
started
this
year
to
say,
after
the
lockdown
it's
time
to
press
play
and
get
back
to
having
fun
in
life.
F
Our
staff
are
experts
and
they
work
with
local
business
advocates
and
the
tourism
industry
leaders
in
the
local
state
and
national
levels,
so
our
board
of
directors
really
works
with
us
and
we
work
with
over
800
partners
in
the
caddo
embosser
parish
areas.
We
have
two
visitor
centers
and
then
we
have
four
divisions
of
the
bureau
and,
of
course,
the
sports
commission
is
the
main
one
that
most
people
know
about,
but
we
also
have
the
holiday
trail
of
lights.
F
That's
an
eight
cities
within
north
louisiana
that
we
all
partner
together
to
market
the
holiday
season,
which
is
our
peak,
need
period
for
the
industry.
We
also
have
the
boomer
bus
byway,
which
runs
from
caddo
beasure,
webster
and
claiborne
parishes
through
bossier
parish.
It's
highway
2,
and
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
get
people
out
and
about-
and
this
is
one
area
we've
been
really
successful-
in
promoting,
especially
following
the
coved
with
some
new
apps
and
things
that
we
have
to
encourage
people
to
get
out
in
the
rural
areas
of
the
parish.
F
G
F
Obviously,
when
covet
hit,
things
had
to
change
a
lot,
especially
in
the
hospitality
and
tourism
industry.
So
we
took
that
opportunity
to
regroup.
Look
at
a
lot
of
research
that
was
coming
at
us
from
not
only
the
local
level
but
state
regional
as
well
as
national,
to
see
when
we
needed
to
start
back
up
with
our
advertising.
F
What
should
we
advertise
and
in
what
manner,
should
we
advertise,
because
obviously
our
dollars
had
shrunk
significantly
for
a
couple
of
months,
we
had
less
than
50
percent
of
our
regular
revenue,
so
we
had
to
be
very
effective
with
the
monies
that
we
were
spending,
so
our
staff
really
pivoted.
We
invited
in
some
outside
industry
experts
to
kind
of
talk
to
our
local
industry,
because
it's
not
just
about
the
bureau.
F
It's
about
our
hospitality
industry,
our
restaurants,
our
attractions,
our
retail
shops
and
making
sure
that
they're
all
on
board
with
how
do
we
revamp
and
bring
the
tourism
industry
back
in
our
area.
So
one
of
the
experts
that
we
worked
with
is
adam
sax.
He
is
the
internationally
and
nationally
known
tourism,
economist,
and
so
he
said.
Well,
let
me
take
your
numbers
and
let
me
compare
them
to
national
as
well
as
louisiana
and
see
how
you're
doing
so.
F
Our
hotel
demand
will
approach
normalcy
in
the
second
half
of
2021,
but
it
will
take
really
into
2023
until
we
were
fully
back
to
our
2019
numbers,
so
there
in
the
occupancy
you
can
see
we
were
down
22
from
january
through
july,
whereas
nationally
it
was
down
35
percent
in
adr,
which
is
average
daily
rate
for
the
hotels.
We
were
down
seven
percent
nationwide.
It
was
down
18
revpar,
which
is
revenue
per
available
room,
and
that
tells
you
more
about
the
profitability
of
the
pro
properties.
F
We
were
down
28
percent,
but
nationally
it
was
down
47
percent,
so
we
obviously
fared
a
lot
better
than
a
lot
of
other
regions,
and
there
are
a
number
of
reasons
for
that.
One
of
them
is
our
regional
location
and
our
great
customer
base
we
had
already
built
up.
We
have
a
very
high
repeat
visitation.
F
We
have
customers
that
come
five
and
six
times
a
year
to
our
community
to
really
see
what
we
have
to
offer
to
enjoy
gaming
and
more,
and
so
we
just
needed
to
give
them
another
reason
to
come
back
and
talk
to
them
about
what
we
did
have
open
and
what
was
going
on
and
what
could
they
do
safely
to
come
back
to
our
area,
because
we
are
largely
a
drive
market
that
also
bodes
well
for
us.
Those
markets
that
are
very
highly
reliant
on
the
fly-in
visitors
were
impacted
much
more
severely.
F
We
do
get
a
good
number
of
international
visitors,
but
that's
not
our
primary
market,
so
that
again
bodes
well
for
us
in
having
a
quicker
comeback
than
most
other
areas.
In
fact,
we
are
carrying
the
state.
We
are
highest
in
the
state
so
far
this
year,
so
doing
very
well,
but
still
a
big
struggle
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
budgets
in
just
a
moment,
but
just
to
give
you
an
idea.
In
april
our
occupancy
was
down
48.6,
so
our
total
occupancy
was
33.4
percent.
F
I
have
never
seen
it
that
low.
So
it's
unprecedented,
however,
by
july
we
were
at
58.6,
which
was
only
down
12
percent
from
the
previous
year,
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
talk
about
july
is
because
that's
pre-hurricane
effect,
so
we
were
already
significantly
impacting
our
visitors
to
come
back
to
our
market.
F
The
area
that's
slowest
to
come
back
is
obviously
the
meetings
industry.
People
are
just
you
know.
Most
of
our
meetings
have
canceled.
We've
been
working
really
diligently
to
rebook
and
we'll
talk
about
that
more
later,
but
that
is
the
area.
That's
slowest
we've
seen
sports
coming
back
much
quicker,
especially
the
participant
bases,
some
of
them
like
the
swimming,
that's
coming
here
next
week
they
will
not
be
able
to
or
this
week
actually
they
will
not
be
able
to
have
participants.
F
I
mean
spectators
watching
the
participants
will
be
there,
but
not
the
spectators.
However,
in
september,
because
of
the
hurricane
effect
we
actually
increased
over
last
year,
we
were
at
66
occupancy,
which
was
12
up
over
2019..
So
I'm
sure
you
saw
that
in
your
tax
dollars
as
well.
So
it's
important
to
say
yes,
the
hurricane
did
help
us,
but
we
also
have
to
kind
of
take
that
out
of
the
mix
when
looking
at
next
year
and
forecasting.
F
So
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
our
current
market
overview.
This
is
january.
Through
october,
we
hosted
50
meetings
and
conventions
in
group
tours
with
a
little
over
11
000
hotel
room
nights
and
a
little
over
24
000
people
in
our
press
play
marketing
campaign
that
you
saw
a
little
bit
of.
We
had
251
000
website
visit
sessions,
24
200
hotel
bookings,
3.23
million
dollars
in
hotel
revenue,
direct
revenue
and
we
booked
3008
airfare,
and
the
reason
I
can
be
so
specific
is
part
of
this
campaign
is
with
expedia.
F
However,
it
does
not
count
those
who
saw
our
ads
and
said:
I'm
a
loyal,
hilton,
honors
member,
I'm
going
to
call
hilton
and
book
so
we
know
we
had
this,
but
we
actually
had
more
but
we'd
like
to
go
off
of
what
we
can
directly
track
in
the
sports.
Obviously,
that
was
another
area
where
we
had
to
cancel
a
lot
of
events
and
rebook,
but
there
again
we've
had
some
of
that
hurricane
effect
and
so
the
swim
meet
that
is
going
to
be
here.
F
Also
coming
up
in
december
the
usa
boxing
we
had
been
working
with
usa
boxing
prior
to
the
hurricanes
on
the
21
22
boxing
nationals.
However,
when
they
were
scheduled
to
be
in
lake
charles
this
year,
the
facility
was
damaged
by
the
hurricane
and
they
had
to
say
you
know
we
need
to
go
somewhere
else.
They
talked
to
us
and
others
and
said:
hey
we're
really
working
with
you.
We
want
to
come
to
shreveport,
beasure
and
host
it
there.
So
we've
been
able
to
take
advantage
of
some
opportunities
that
came
our
way.
F
F
F
F
F
And
how
do
we
improve
that
and
make
it
better,
so
they
want
to
come
back
even
more
an
innovative
organization,
proactive
community
engagement,
so
two
things
were
very
primary
in
that
information
gathering
and
two
things
were
very
loud
and
clear
one.
We
need
a
destination
plan
that
destination
plan
takes
into
effect,
not
only
what
the
convention
and
tourist
bureau
does,
but
what
you
are
doing,
what
the
city
of
shreveport
is
doing,
what
the
parishes
are
doing.
What
other
organizations
like
committee
of
100
are
doing?
F
F
The
brand
louisiana's
other
side
we've
had
that
for
a
number
of
years.
It
still
positions
well
with
our
visitors
but
locally.
It's
really
not
reflective
of
us
currently,
and
so
we
want
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
branding
not
just
for
the
convention
and
tourist
bureau,
but
for
our
communities
overall,
you've
got
to
get
them
interested
in
coming
to
this
area.
Before
you
can
say
be
bossier,
be
bossier
is
terrific,
but
it's
it's
after
you've
already
got
them
looking
this
way.
F
F
So
it
is
a
very
high
honor.
We
also
worked
on
updating
our
systems
and
really
working
to
create
increase
efficiency
and
cut
some
costs
in
the
communications
area.
You
know,
as
you
know,
tourism
plays
a
major
role
in
our
economy,
so
we
have
to
really
look
at
those
returns
and
making
sure
that
we're
placing
those
dollars
in
the
right
areas
to
provide
that
return.
F
So
for
every
one
dollar
we
invested
in
the
press
play
campaign
and
this
my
numbers
are
a
little
bit
earlier
on
this.
This
was
may
through
the
end
of
july,
for
every
dollar
we
invested,
we
generated
eight
dollars
and
sixteen
cents
in
hotel
revenue,
and
so
that's
a
pretty
darn
good
return.
That's
not
including
all
the
other
money
that
they
spent
in
our
community
just
on
those
hotel
rooms
in
our
convention
department.
F
Obviously
this
is
the
area
that
is
most
challenged
right
now,
so
we
have
been
working
not
only
on
rebooking
events
for
the
future,
but
also
trying
to
take
this
opportunity
to
bring
some
people
in.
We
are
actually
doing
some
site
visits
again.
So
last
week,
at
the
first
of
the
week,
we
had
the
owa
outdoor
writers
association.
Their
meeting
planner
was
in
town
looking
at
us
for
either
21
or
22
to
bring
the
writers
conference
to
our
area.
F
Then,
at
the
end
of
the
week
we
hosted
the
meeting
planners
international
dallas
chapter
board
retreat,
so
you
think
dallas.
They
know
all
about
us
right.
This
was
15
of
the
top
planners
from
dallas
they
came
over.
Here
did
a
great
reception
for
them.
At
the
convention,
center
took
them
over
into
east
bank,
they
had
a
great
meal,
there
went
to
horseshoe
and
a
number
of
other
locations.
F
F
F
So
just
to
give
you
a
little
budget
overview,
we
expect
our
budgeted
revenue
for
next
year
to
be
3.8
million,
that's
down
16
from
where
we
were
in
2019
about
4.5
million,
but
it's
up
about
5
from
where
we
expect
to
end
this
year
about
3.6
million.
So
we
are
expecting
to
surpass
our
2019
numbers
in
2023..
F
So
it's
going
to
take
us
a
little
while
to
get
there,
but
we
will.
One
of
the
things
to
point
out
is
that,
yes,
our
revenue
is
down,
obviously,
but
we
have
been
able
to
bring
back
much
quicker.
So
our
first
estimates
were
that
we
would
be
down
about
1.6
million
and
that
we
would
have
to
dip
into
some
of
our
reserves
to
keep
us
going.
However,
our
staff
was
very
successful
in
doing
some
tremendous
budget
cuts
doing
as
much
internally
as
we
could.
F
F
You'll
see
that
is
the
division
budgets
so
down
at
the
bottom
there.
You
can
see
the
sports
commission
reserve
and
sports
commission
events,
so
the
sports
commission
every
year
has
worked
on
putting
some
money
aside
for
future
events
and
to
have
a
reserve
as
well
for
those
just
in
case,
then
you
see
the
events
budget
and,
if
you
notice,
in
the
bureau,
operating
budget
you'll
also
see
a
sports
department.
F
So
within
the
bureau's
regular
budget,
we
budget
all
the
operations
of
the
sports
commission.
So
we
pay
for
the
staffing
all
the
the
things
they
do
to
generate
sales.
The
trade
shows
the
sales
calls.
All
of
those
kinds
of
things
are
paid
out
of
the
bureau
budget.
The
events
budget
is
strictly
to
bring
in
those
events
to
actually
host
them,
so
that
is
the
actual
funding
for
those
events
for
the
sports
commission.
We
want
to
say
a
very
special
thank
you
to
councilman
don
williams.
F
He
was
one
of
our
initial
board
members
that
got
us
going
and
headed
on
the
right
track
and
has
been
a
tremendous
asset
for
us,
and
I
understand
mayor
you're,
keeping
him
very
busy
and
council.
So
he
is
going
to
be
focusing
a
little
bit
more
on
that
and
is
stepping
away
from
the
sports
commission
and
councilman
free
has
agreed
to
step
into
that
role,
so
he'll
be
joining
us
tomorrow,
bright
and
early,
we
meet
at
8.,
so
we
are
excited
about
having
you
there
in
the
morning,
wow.
E
A
F
I
don't
know
is
clay
here.
I
didn't
see
him
earlier.
Clay
bohannon
is
also
your
appointee
and
it
does
a
phenomenal
job
and
we
really
appreciate
all
that
you
provide,
as
well
as
the
facilities
and
the
additional
assistance
that
you
all
provide
so
again,
president
montgomery
mayor
council,
I
appreciate
y'all
allowing
me
to
come
before
you
today
and
I
would
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
F
C
F
C
F
F
A
E
G
G
We've
also
partnered
with
the
department
of
corrections
and
with
the
reentry.
We
help
those
who
are
trying
to
come
out
of
the
prison
system
and
to
help
get
them
stabilized
as
law
abiding,
productive
citizens,
we've
partnered
with
the
louisiana
department
of
health
with
copin
19,
and
we
have
started
answering
phone
calls
from
march
of
2020
and
when
someone
calls
they
are
given
any
and
all
information
related
to
covet,
we
also
partnered
with
dcfs,
and
we
were
able
to
connect
people
to
various
shelters
and
other
type
of
resources.
G
As
you
all
know,
with
this
hurricane
season
it's
certainly
been
unprecedented,
and
so
we
were
able
to
get
those
needing
help.
We
were
able
to
get
them
to
safety.
We
have
keyword
benefits
now,
such
if
you
type
in
d
snaps
to
eight
nine,
eight,
two
one.
It
will
help
you
apply,
it
will
give
you
feedback
and
it
will
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
G
Also,
when
the
state
pushed
out
the
rental
assistance
we
took
in
the
applications
and
we
assisted
those
clients
with
that
as
well.
There
are
three
ways
to
contact
us.
You
can
go
online
to
united
way
and
wla.org
backslash211
and
locate
resources.
That
way,
you
can
text
898,
211
or
you
can
call
211
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week.
G
G
E
H
H
H
H
Do
you
have
any
questions
about
that
council?
I
also
wanted
to
notify
y'all
that
last
meeting
we
opened
bids
for
the
east
bank
fire
station
and
since
we
don't
have
adequate
funding
for
any
of
those
bids,
we're
rejecting
all
those
bids
and
we'll
try
and
next
year
come
up
with
the
funding
and
go
out
to
bid
again.
B
I
Good
afternoon
council
mayor,
each
of
you
all
should
have
a
copy
of
the
report
there
in
front
of
you,
as
well
as
some
spreadsheets
and
additional
information.
If
you
want
to
peruse
and
get
a
little
more
detail
on
each
one
of
these
projects,
I
like
to
give
credit
where
credit's
due
clinton,
patrick
my
assistant
city
engineer,
has
done
a
lot
of
the
heavy
lifting
as
it
relates
to
the
material
you're
looking
at
and
this
presentation
so
we're
starting
to
gain
a
little
steam
in
the
engineering
department.
I
I
Five
projects
in
design
or
bidding
23
projects
under
construction
and
seven
subdivisions
in
or
nearing
the
construction
phase.
Walter
o
bigby
carriageway
phase.
One
many
of
y'all
have
seen
the
construction
going
on
out
there,
even
with
the
75
calendar
days
that
were
approved
back
earlier
this
month,
we're
still
showing
them
to
be
a
little
behind
schedule,
with
89
percent
of
the
time
elapsed
and
79
complete
we're
optimistic
that
as
they
gain
speed,
we've
got
good
weather
that
they're
going
to
be
fine
with
the
anticipated
completion
date
of
january
14th.
I
I
Phase:
two
sorry
for
the
tech
size
there
justin
will
be
back
on
december
1st
and
give
a
very
detailed
presentation
on
the
state
of
that
project.
Plan
review
comments
on
all
of
the
final
drawings
have
been
reviewed.
We
submitted
that
back
to
the
design
firm
for
implementation.
We
expect
to
have
that
complete
by
the
first
of
december.
I
That's
the
reason
for
the
ordinance,
that's
on
the
on
the
books
today
to
make
sure
that
there's
sufficient
funding
there
when
we
go
out
to
bids
early
in
the
year
next
year,
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
the
seepage
analysis
that
is
complete
and
has
been
submitted
to
the
core.
No
real
big
surprises
there.
I
We
were
excited
about
that
utility
relocation
still
kind
of
an
ongoing
soap
opera,
but
those
appear
to
be
in
progress
and
nearing
completion,
and
we
don't
expect
any
delays
related
to
that
effort,
and
again,
like
I
mentioned
justin,
will
have
a
laundry
list
of
things
to
review
with
you
all
early
next
month.
Any
questions
with
that
project.
Before
I
move
on
swan
lake
road.
Can
you
is
there
a
way
to
make
it
not
so
enlarged?
There
perfect
thanks
for
enlarging
the
last
slide
very
visible
project.
I
Looking
for
completion
towards
the
end
of
this
year,
you've
got
all
of
the
work.
Really
that's
going
on
right.
Now
is
the
bossier
portion
so
that
portion
that
extends
south
and
under
I-20
to
the
south
side,
there
they're
a
little
ahead
of
schedule
about
84
percent,
complete
with
only
76
percent
of
the
time
elapsed.
But
again
this
is
in
dotd
time,
which
is
working
days
and
not
calendar
days.
So
2020
has
not
been
a
great
year
for
working
days.
I
Innovation
drive.
This
is
a
picture
as
of
yesterday,
there's
your
pretty
new
guard
rails
in
trying
to
pull
some
green
stamps
here.
The
the
project
is
now
down
to
striping.
I
had
a
conversation
with
councilman
montgomery
today
and
he
made
a
few
phone
calls,
so
we
expect
to
have
some
striping
on
the
pavement
ready
for
november
23rd
opening,
which
is
six
days
from
today.
I
I
I
I
I
Some
of
y'all
may
have
noticed
those
around
town
max
bayou
is
another
one:
we're
showing
here:
47
complete,
30
time
elapsed,
but
that's
just
because
we
haven't
got
the
pay
application
and
they're
really
done.
You
can
see
there.
They're
lay
inside
that
that
was
your
wood
construction,
local
contractor
and
they
killed
it
very
proud
of
how
that
project
turned
out.
I
Yeah
that
was
fast
public
generator
public
works
generator
project
is
complete.
We're
working
on
substantial
completion
on
that
expect
to
issue
that
this
week,
and
then
this
project
will
come
off
the
the
presentation,
bossier
city,
fire
department,
burn,
building
kind
of
see
off
in
the
distance
there
they're
right
on
schedule,
starting
to
make
good
progress
out
there.
I
Animal
control
facility
they
continue
to
make
strides.
This
weather
has
been
very
good.
They've
actually
picked
up
a
little
time
over
the
last
90
days
on
that
project
and
we're
looking
forward
to
getting
this
one
off
the
ledger:
they're
somewhere
around
70
complete
with
that
project,
tensley
athletic
ball
fields,
huge
project
current
contract
amount
we're
looking
at
about
12
million
500
000.
You
can
see.
I
Over
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
we've
been
delving
into
the
soap
opera
of
astro
turf
for
the
fields
out
there,
which
are
looking
out
of
the
existing
fields,
and
there
is
a
lot
of
work
that
goes
on
below
that
turf.
I'll
just
tell
you
that,
but
it's
an
exciting
project
and
we're
starting
to
turn
the
corner
on
it.
I
Public
service,
commission
lighting
projects,
kind
of
cool-
these
are
pictures
of
the
centurylink
center
they're
still
working
there.
But
one
item
of
note-
albeit
it
didn't
come
to
fruition,
we
were
complete
by
that
november.
13Th
deadline
to
have
that
joker
lit
up,
and
you
can
just
tell
by
the
pictures
it's
a
pretty
dramatic
difference
with
the
new
lighting
in
there.
I
I
This
will
be
the
last
slide
I
have
on
on
those
two
facilities:
east
bank
restroom
we're
getting
close
to
the
end,
we're
still
working
with
the
contractor
and
designers
on
ensuring
that
that
that
project
gets
punched
out
just
a
little
cleanup
and
and
things
of
that
nature.
If
you've
been
down,
the
east
bank
you've
seen
a
a
bevy
of
activity
down
there.
They
are
working
hard
to
get
that
area
polished
up
really.
I
I
I
Citywide
street
improvements-
I
know
all
the
various
council
districts,
five
of
those
have
been
actively
in
y'all's
communities.
Looking
for
areas
that
need
to
be
improved,
we
looked
at
all
five
districts.
Our
plan
is
to
put
together
bid
packages
for
those
five
we're
considering
what
we're
going
to
call
a
a
sixth
sidewalk
improvement
package
just
to
kind
of
separate
that
work
from
the
street
work,
but
that
will
require
council
approval
before
we
do
that
over
nine
miles
of
requested
street
repairs
have
been
made.
We
have
over
60
areas
of
requested
sidewalk
and
curb
repairs.
I
We've
got
that
estimated
at
just
north
of
12
million.
Current
budget
is
three
and
a
half
million,
and
our
next
plan
you
guys,
will
be
getting
phone
calls
from
us
to
sit
down
and
go
through
and
make
sure
that
our
priorities
and
your
priorities
align
and
then
we'll
be
putting
those
bid
packages
together
and
getting
those
on
the
streets
to
get
some
work
done.
D
I
Slightly
over,
but
that's
that
was
exactly
what
we
expected
to
see.
What
our
plan
is
moving
forward
is
to
build
this
into
a
five-year
kind
of
running
capital
plan
that
we
can
modify
and
prioritize
year
over
year,
and-
and
this
will
be
the
very,
very
good
genesis
to
that
effort.
So
I
thought
this
slide
was
pretty
powerful.
It's
it's
still
a
work
in
progress,
but
it
shows
you
how
much
work
in
the
various
areas
of
town
where
those
requests
came
in
and
things
like
that.
So
it's
it's.
D
D
B
B
Yeah,
I
mean,
I
think,
it's
important
so
that
the
citizens
of
bossier
can
access
and
see.
You
know
that's
a
simple
way
that
people
can
see
the
activity.
That's
fixing
to
go
on.
You
know
in
their
respective
neighborhoods
and
council
districts.
So
I
would
that
and
put
the
what
do
you
the
little
significant,
the
little
box
down
there
that
shows
blue
is
for
oh
yeah.
I
I
Private
development-
I
won't
go
through
all
of
this,
but
we
have
seen
a
pretty
significant
uptick
in
and
just
requests
meetings
moving
some
of
these
subdivisions
forward.
Fortunately,
the
home
buying
doesn't
seem
to
be
slowing
down
at
all
a
couple
just
projects
to
mention
here:
the
highway
71
lighting
phase,
two,
that's
in
design
the
east
bank
fire
station.
Y'all
are
well
aware,
based
on
today's
meeting,
we're
also
working
to
add
an
ada
restroom
at
the
tinsley
ball
fields.
I
We
started
initiated
the
design
for
a
new
restroom
out
at
the
swan
lake
ball
field.
If
you
all
are
familiar,
the
old
red
masonry,
restroom,
that's
out
there
is
going
to
get
replaced,
is
what
this
project
will
do.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
I
know.
Parks
and
rec
is
as
well
and
then
we
also
have
the
south
beaujola
miscellaneous
capital
improvements.
I
I
I
barksdale
highway
at
the
shreveport
barksdale
bridge,
so
y'all
are
familiar
with
with
where
that's
at
right
in
front
of
the
base.
Viking
drive
at
benton,
road
bean
boulevard
at
airline
drive
and
then
jimmy
davis
there
on
highway
71
south,
and
we
want
to
use
that
information
to
kind
of
guide.
The
next
steps
on
this.
This
project
we've
been
communicating
with
dotd
looking
to
get
their
involvement,
but
didn't
want
to
delay
our
efforts
with
this
initiative
any
further,
so
we
felt
like
this
was
a
good
start.
H
F
H
H
H
The
big
bond
is
included.
They
acknowledge
the
addendum,
it's
for
four
hundred,
forty
seven
thousand
one
hundred
fifty
three
dollars
and
twenty
cents.
Four,
four,
seven
one,
five
three
point:
two
zero
and
the
last
bid
is
from
pulley
construction
inc.
The
bid
bond
is
included.
They
acknowledge
the
addendum,
it's
for
212
000,
even
212-000.
A
A
E
A
A
Motion
carries
new
business,
introduced
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
reclassification
of
a
traffic
analyst
position
to
a
traffic
control
tech
and
an
increase
in
the
salary
for
the
traffic
control
tech
position
in
the
traffic
engineering
division,
resulting
in
a
net
neutral
change
to
the
operating
budget.
First
reading.
E
A
A
A
Motion
carries
introduced
an
ordinance
approving
the
engagement
of
herd,
mcelroy
investoral
llc,
to
provide
professional
services
to
audit
the
financial
statements
of
the
city
of
bossier
city
centurylink,
arena
fund,
fireman's
pension
and
relief
fund
and
policemen's
pension
and
relief
fund.
First
reading.
E
A
Yay
motion
carries
introduce
an
ordinance
authorized
in
positions
to
be
filled
in
the
city
of
bozier
city
property
standards,
division
of
the
engineering
department
as
a
result
of
a
retirement
and
a
promotion,
and
to
add
a
temporary
office
worker
position
using
the
available
salary
range
of
the
division
resulting
in
a
net
neutral
change
to
the
operating
budget.
First
reading.
E
D
D
D
A
E
H
B
B
A
A
Motion
carries
approved
reporter
change
order;
number
two
for
the
east
bank
restroom
project,
with
an
increase
of
set;
four
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty
six
dollars
and
eighty
cents
for
a
contract
price,
with
change
order.
Three
hundred
ninety
two
thousand
four
hundred
seventy
seven
dollars
and
eighty
cents.