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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Regular Meeting March 2, 2021
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Bossier City Council Regular Meeting March 2, 2021
A
B
Please
bow
your
hands
heavenly
father.
We
thank
you
for
this
beautiful
day
that
you've
given
us.
Lord
lord,
we
thank
you
for
all
the
successes
that
the
city
experienced
during
the
ice
storm
and
and
for
all
the
the
city,
employees
and
contractors
that
chipped
in
to
make
that
happen.
Lord
wait.
We
pray
for
a
rapid
wind
down
of
the
pandemic
in
victory
over
covet.
B
D
D
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.
Please
remember
that
this
is
not
a
question
and
answer
session
and
that
you
must
speak
clearly
and
slowly
so
that
we
can
understand
you,
please
no
foul
language
or
the
call
will
be
disconnected
and
you
will
forfeit
your
right
to.
D
D
The
first
one
will
be
number
seven
under
new
business,
introduce
an
ordinance
authorized
in
the
city
of
bossier
city
state
of
louisiana
to
proceed
with
a
with
not
to
exceed
50
million
dollars,
financing
through
the
louisiana
local
government,
environmental
facilities
and
community
development
authority
for
the
purpose
of
refunding
certain
bonds
of
the
authority
and
providing
for
other
matters
in
connection
there.
With
this
item
is
being
requested
to
be
add-on
due
to
timer
restraints
on
bond
savings.
D
Motion
carries
counsel.
The
second
item:
that's
a
requested
add-on
is
introduce
an
ordinance
authorized
in
the
issuance
of
not
exceeding
130
million
dollars
of
taxable
utilities,
revenue
refunding
bonds,
series,
2021
of
the
city
of
bossier
city
state
of
louisiana,
in
accordance
with
the
terms
of
the
general
bond
ordinance
adopted
on
july
6,
2010,
providing
for
the
sale
of
such
bonds
and
providing
for
other
matters
in
connection
there
with.
And
this
item
is
being
requested
to
be
on
added
due
to
time
restraints
on
the
bond
savings.
B
E
D
A
F
F
F
I
wanted
to
request
some
funding
for
a
event.
We
got
coming
up
on
april,
the
16th,
the
bayou
classic,
which
is
a
in
its
49th
year.
It's
a
historic
matchup
between
southern
and
gremlin
university.
The
game
will
be
played
at
the
independent
stadium
and
one
of
the
unique
things
with
the
bayou
classic.
Is
it's
not
just
about
the
football
game?
It's
about
the
weekend.
F
The
event
right
now
in
in
the
20
years
that
I've
been
with
the
tourist
bureau
on
sports
commission,
it's
been
a
long
time
since
I've
seen
an
event
that
has
really
booked
out
the
city
with
the
hotel
rooms,
et
cetera,
like
what
the
bayou
classic
has
done.
You
know
we
announced
that
back
in
the
fall
and
it
kind
of
leaked
out
two
days
before
all
of
our
hotel
rooms
were
filled
up
on
that
friday
saturday,
before
the
monday
announcement.
F
One
thing
that
we
were
asked
to
do
is
we're
asked
to
do
before,
like
for
the
miss
usa,
miss
teen
usa
for
the
bassmaster
classic,
with
these
larger
events,
to
kind
of
be
the
fiscal
agent
for
these
large
impact
impact
events.
So
one
thing
we're
looking
at
with
the
request
for
the
funding
is
with
not
having
to
battle
the
bans
and,
with
this
event,
being
in
new
orleans
for
the
last
48
years,
is
really
adding
some
of
those
ancillary
events
that
really
make
the
bayou
classic
what
it
is.
F
F
If
we
feel
like
you
know
not
speculating,
but
if
we're
able
to
take
that
up
to
25
000
or
sometimes
with
these
venues-
it's
not
a
clear-cut,
you
know
50
percent
increase,
but
we
feel,
like
with
you
know,
22
to
25
000
at
the
game
that
could
close
to
double
that
impact.
The
reason
for
the
ancillary
events
around
the
game
is
because,
with
the
game
being
on
a
saturday
afternoon,
historically
they
come
in
on
a
thursday
or
friday.
F
F
You
know
for
something
that
we
probably
wouldn't
have
never
got
to
host
before
had
some
of
the
you
know,
virus-related
issues
happen
and
it
would
have
stayed
in
new
orleans.
So
basically,
in
a
nutshell,
what
we're
looking
at
we've
been
planning
on
this
for
a
few
months.
We
didn't
want
to
come
before
the
different
bodies
until
we
had
a
really
good
feeling
these
funds
would
go
to
the
torres
bureau
sports
commission.
F
We
would
be
the
fiscal
agent
of
that.
You
know
to
make
sure
that
the
dollars
are
allocated
out
for
marketing
and
advertising
locally
and
regionally
to
have
the
biggest
economic
impact,
and
then
some
of
the
funds
would
be
used
towards
ancillary
events
and
some
of
the
other
things
around
surrounding
the
the
bayou
classic
weekend.
E
F
We're
not
putting
on
one
of
the
events
at
this
point.
I
think
today's
announcement
really
helped
out
because
before
their
you
know
the
bars
were
closed.
I
think
they're
very
open
out
25
percent,
so
it's
been
really
hard
to
do
some
of
these
events.
So
the
events
that
we
know
of
right
now
is
there'll,
be
an
opening
kickoff
somewhere,
we're
not
sure
yet
again.
F
Some
of
that
may
change
after
today,
but
there'll
be
an
opening
event
where,
for
you
know,
five
or
six
hundred
people
we're
looking
at
the
festival,
plaza
area
again
where
it
was
at
3,
000
heading
in
a
day
now
we're
hoping
that
that
will
jump
up
to
6
000.
So
that's
the
large
festival
area
outdoors
that
really
meet
the
covered.
You
know
requirements
to
have
a
lot
of
people
there
we're
also
looking
at
a
expo
taking
place
at
the
convention
center
that
thursday,
friday
saturday.
F
F
E
F
In
fact,
we
weren't
even
able
to
call
it
a
festival
until
today
and
then
the
the
opening
event
would
be
a
community-wide
shreveport
beasure,
welcoming
event
for
sponsors,
the
southern
and
grambling
presidents
and
administration,
and
then
some
of
the
key
stakeholders
around
town,
so
they're,
looking
at
other
than
the
game
which,
in
occi
the
organization
of
new
orleans
that
grambling
and
southern,
have
contracted
for
many
years
to
oversee
the
game.
Everything
else
is
done
through
promoters.
So
I
don't
know
if
I
answered
your
question
on
that
end.
F
But
what
we
would
do
the
majority
of
the
dollars
would
go
towards
marketing
and
covering
offsetting
some
of
those
expenses
so
that
they
could
have
it.
But
we
feel
very
confident
and
again
there
may
be
a
lot
of
other
events
that
are
that
are
taking
place
like
at
the
bars
and
stuff
that
we
won't
necessarily
get
involved
with
those.
We
just
want
to
focus
on
the
key
drivers
that
these
alumni
and
fans
and
schools
are
accustomed
to
to
getting
it
in
new
orleans,
but
putting
at
shreveport
beasure.
You
know
burgess
report
flair
to
it.
F
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
D
G
Council,
the
engineer's
estimate
for
this
project
is
375
000.
There
were
two
addendums,
the
first
provided
a
listing
of
the
attendees
to
the
mandatory
pre-bid
meeting
and
the
second
was
oh.
I
think
I
got
that
back
with
the
first
was
changing
the
date
bid
date
to
today
due
to
inclement
weather,
and
the
second
was
the
list
of
attendees
to
the
pre-bid
mandatory
meeting
revised
the
bid
form
had
a
geo
report,
changes
to
the
drawing
and
questions
and
answers.
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
D
Adopt
as
a
new
business,
adopt
a
zoning
ordinance
first
and
final
reading,
favorable
by
mpc
petitioner,
xavier
lopez,
heritage
enterprises,
location
airport,
annex
lots,
12
13,
20
and
21.
request.
A
zoning
amendment
to
change
the
zoning
classification
from
rld
residential
low
density
to
rmd
residential
medium
density
for
a
proposed
apartment.
A
D
H
E
B
C
C
D
E
D
D
Introduce
an
ordinance
authorized
in
the
city
of
bossier
city
state
of
louisiana
to
proceed
with
not
to
exceed
50
million
dollars,
financing
through
the
louisiana
local
government,
environmental
facilities
and
community
development
authority
for
the
purpose
of
refunding
certain
bonds
of
the
authority
and
providing
for
other
matters.
In
connection
there.
With
first
reading.
A
A
We
had
a
meeting
last
week
with
our
financial
advisors,
and
you
know,
monitoring
the
marketplace
over
the
past
year
has
certainly
been
difficult
at
best,
and
but
now
things
have
settled
down
and
the
market
and
the
timing
to
get
our
refunding
here
which
to
compare
it
to
the
average
citizen
in
out
there.
It's
like
going
and
refinancing
your
home,
so
you
get
a
lower
interest
rate.
Your
mortgage
payment
goes
down.
A
So
hats,
off
to
the
whole
team,
stacy
your
team,
kent
sneck
snyder
with
sisong
and
his
team
and
the
administration
and
the
council,
when
you
can
step
up
to
the
plate
and
react
to
the
market
and
react
as
quick
as
we
do
and
save
one
million
dollars
a
year
which
in
total
is
you
can
add
it
up
over
20
million
dollars.
It
makes
a
difference.
So,
with
that
said,
are
there
any
questions
from
the.
D
A
G
G
A
Pre-Coveted
all
right.
So
those
numbers
are
not
skewed
by
the
pandemic.
It
shows
that
we
as
a
council
of
the
administration,
invest
in
the
correct
formula
and
the
economics
to
make
this
city
continue
its
growth,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
provide
those
services
necessary
and
that
our
citizens
deserve
and
expect.
G
I
The
biggest
thing
is
we're
waiting
on
the
approval
from
the
core
on
the
project
and
we're
getting
feedback
from
them
that
we
should
have
permits
in
hand
as
soon
as
tomorrow,
possibly
by
the
end
of
the
week,
which
is
what
we've
been
waiting
for
before.
I
would
recommend
we
would
advertise
for
bids,
so
I
am
going
to
recommend
that
we
advertise
for
bids.
I
I
I
I
So
a
t
and
sudden
link
two
of
the
companies
that
were
kind
of
the
longer
lead,
they're
going
to
be
forced
now
to
get
their
infrastructure
off
the
old
polls
and
on
to
the
new
polls,
so
hopefully
it'll
all
be
done
by
april.
The
9th
is
what
we're
hearing
from
swepco
and,
besides
that,
the
only
person
we'd
be
waiting
on
after
that
would
be
center
point,
which
is
not
really
that
big
of
a
deal
they
got
a
small
gas
line.
I
I
I
A
Many
of
the
council
members
have
been
here
and
we
now
the
light
is
there
that
we
will
finally
connect
the
south
boston,
arthur
ray
teague
parkway
to
north
bossier
via
the
walter
o'bigby
carriageway,
and
I
can't
thank
you
enough
for
your
efforts
and
the
administration's
efforts.
It's
been
a
long
journey.
It
was
a
campaign
promise
made
mayor
if
you'll
recall
20
years
ago
by
all
of
us.
It's
it's
been.
A
I
A
A
A
A
C
And
I'll
just
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity
to
say
the
in
the
governor's
press
conference
today
at
one
o'clock
he
did
indicate
that
effective
tomorrow
we
will
move
to
a
phase
three
of
the
recovery
and
there
will
be
changes
in
the
numbers
of
people
couldn't
go
in
percentages
and-
and
that
is
in
their
percentage
of
positive
cases,
now
of
right
about
five
percent,
which
is
the
goal
of
five
percent
alleged.
So
we
are
making
progress,
but
they're
still
pushing
the
need
for
the
prevention
and
mitigation
protocols.
A
E
What
david
said
it
takes
20
years?
You
know
some
people
out
there
think
excuse
me.
Some
people
think
you
can
get
things
done
in
four
years.
Eight
years
ten
years
he's
correct
when
he
says
we've
been
working
this
for
20
years,
I
mean
it
takes
a
long
time
to
do
a
big
project
like
this,
and
the
continuity
of
this
council
with
the
administration
is
what
does
it
you
know,
so
I'm
thankful
and
fortunate
that
I'm
here
this
long
and
everybody
else
too,
thank
you.
A
This
saturday,
yes
absolutely
and
we
encourage
everyone
to
vote.
It's
your
god-given
right
here
in
america
to
express
your
opinion
and
your
satisfaction.
So
we
encourage
everyone
to
vote.
One
thing,
mr
washingback,
I
was
going
to
point
out.
It
looks
like
we
saved
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
these
bids
between
street
and
sidewalks.
A
E
H
Sort
of
you
know
yet
you
have
the
sidewalk
portion,
which
is
going
to
be
concrete.
The
phase
1
portion,
that
is
a
asphalt
street
section
and
then
phase
2,
is
a
mixture
of
both
concrete
and
asphalt.
So
then
we
would
try
to
block
those
phases
to
kind
of
keep
one
type
versus
the
other,
but
the
nature
of
the
projects,
it's
kind
of
difficult
to
do
that,
so
we're
pushing
trying
to
get
these
things
on
the
street.
So
I
was
happy
to
see
those
numbers.
That's
good
for
the
city.