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Bossier City Council Regular Meeting May 18, 2021.

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Welcome to the bossier city council, regular meeting tuesday may 18 2021 we'll have the invocation by council member scott irwin the pledge of allegiance by council member timothy larkin. Please.

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Stand, please bow your heads heavenly father. We thank you for this beautiful day that you've given us. Lord lord, we thank you for the blessings that you have bestowed on our community. Well, we also thank you for the progress that has been made against the the coronavirus lord. We pray, especially for the romer family, as they mourn the loss of of buddy, our former governor and lord. We pray for wisdom for our nation, for our state and for us in this council meeting today in jesus name, amen, amen.

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In our pledge of allegiance, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united.

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States of america.

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And to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

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Mr rick emery here mr larkin here mr irwin here mr darby here, mr williams, here.

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Free here, mr harvey.

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All present, thank you guys in accordance with louisiana open meetings, laws and bossier city council resolution adopted january 21st 2020, the city council asked for order and decorum at our meetings. Please silence your cell phones and anyone wishing to address the council on any agenda item may approach and state their name and address for the record and shall be permitted three minutes to make their comments on that particular item.

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All other audience members are asked to please observe the meeting quietly and, if there's a need for audience members to hold a conversation or to take a phone call. You're asked to please step out of the meeting city council. Appointed sergeant-at-arms have been instructed to maintain decorum and ask anyone in violation to step out of the meeting in order to maintain orderly conduct of the.

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Motion to approve the minutes.

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Second, questions from the.

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Audience, council please.

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Cast your vote.

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Carries any motion to approve the agenda.

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Mr president, I'd like to remove adam 12 from the today's agenda and I would like to also ask chief if he'd meet with us one day we just got got up. You got the opportunity not right now, just when you got the opportunity to.

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If we're removing it phyllis, can you.

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We can, uh I need a second though, before there's any discussion.

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Council, so I was like an explanation.

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As to why it's being removed.

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Just so, we can meet with you and talk with you or you can talk with us.

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What we can we would assume, assuming everything is worked out from an informational standpoint. It could be put back on in two weeks, so.

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Have a motion by mr williams in a second by mr irwin.

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To remove item number 12 under new business.

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Any questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your.

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Mother motion carries: I need a motion to approve the agenda as amended.

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So move second questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries.

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There are no ceremonial matters and no bids at this meeting unfinished business, adopt an ordinance authorizing the attached amendments with manchac, consulting group inc and attack applause services, llc modifying and extending their services to the bossier city of ozil city final reading,.

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Second, any questions from the audience.

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Any comments from the council.

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Please cast your vote.

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Motion carries adopt an ordinance to approve report of reconciliation for the bossier fire department, burn, building project, ordinance, 93 of 2019, with a decrease in project cost of a hundred and sixty thousand dollars final reading.

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Second, questions from the.

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Audience council: please cast your vote.

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Motion carries new business, adopt a proclamation calling for a special election on october, 9th 2021 to fill the anticipated vacancy in bossier city council district 1.

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Second, any questions from the audience council. Please cast your vote.

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Motion carries introduce an ordinance appropriating thirty three thousand six hundred dollars from the sales tax capital improvement fund for the purchase of sixty pallets of sod, irrigation system and fencing for the field of dreams park. First reading.

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They'll move second.

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Questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries introduce an ordinance revising and replacing chapter 99 utility and pipelines of the code of ordinances of the city of asia, city louisiana. First reading.

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Some of the second questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries introduce an ordinance to amend resolution, 19 of 2021 report of reconciliation for the melrose avenue and plantation drive utility extension project, ordinance 71 of 2019.

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Second, questions from the.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries introduce an ordinance to appropriate sixty seven dollars and ninety one cents from the sewer capital and contingency fund to be used to supplement the already appropriated two hundred and fifty thousand dollars from ordinance number. Ninety six of 2020 airline drive and murphy street emergency gravity main repair. First reading.

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Some move second.

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Questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your.

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Motion carries adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring of one police jailer for the bosses, city, police department, first and final reading.

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Second, questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries adopt a resolution recognizing may 22nd of each year to be designated and known as national maritime day. First and final reading.

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Second, any questions from the audience.

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This was a request made by the director eric england of the caddo boss report, commission so, and they actually have captain murphy right. Mr hall,.

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uh On the one of the commissioners for the port and he's quite an interesting man, yeah he's been around the world in ships and has some amazing stories so we're proud to pass this resolution recognizing national maritime day council. Please cast your vote.

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Motion carries adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring or promotion of an animal control officer, one due to resignation and backfilling any position this may create for public works, animal control, division first and final reading.

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Some move second, questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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Motion carries adopt a resolution authorizing the hiring of a laborer one in the public works and drainage division due to an internal public works, division transfer, first and final reading.

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Second, questions from the.

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Audience please cast your vote.

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Motion carries approved beasure, press tribune of the city of bossier city's official journal for a one-year period effective june 1st 2021 through june 1st 2022, in accordance with louisiana revised statute. 43 colon 141.

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Move second, questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your vote.

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That's a vote for that.

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Motion carries adopt a resolution authorizing the replacing of a mechanic two in the city garage first and final reading,.

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Exactly questions from the audience.

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Council, please cast your.

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Motion carries.

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Reports, finance department, monthly financial report.

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Afternoon, council, before you have the reports for the period ending april 30th 2021 page one is the revenue report and, as you can see, we're running about 118 percent of budget april was extremely good for sales, tax revenue and gaming revenue sales tax was at 40 compared to this time last year, and gaming was up 55 to just uh last month.

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As far as this month-to-month comparison going uh april, 2020 is starting to show the effects that the coveted shutdown had on the city, so those month-to-month comparisons for the next few months are going to be a little bit skewed.

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um The second page is the expense report we're currently running about 10 under budget. The alternative fuel stations are over budget, but so is their revenue. um The water is a little bit over two, but I think mr rauschenbach is going to speak to that in a little while.

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Is the sales tax collections? As I stated earlier, it was 40.4 percent higher this month than um last year, but, as you can see too, I think that I talked to the sales tax administrator and he said he thinks the um stimulus payments and income tax refunds. People are out there getting there out there, spending their money and also it was compared to um 2020. Last year when uh cove has started to shut everything down.

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The last page is the manning report, which currently sits at 665 employees, which is up three from last month, one in finance and two in the police department. Are there any questions.

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Any questions thank you. Molly you're welcome.

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Ben rauschenbach city engineer monthly project report.

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Good afternoon, mayor and council.

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Not wanting to load up here.

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Y'all should all have a copy of this information in front of you just a quick overview. Currently we have 132 million dollars in ongoing design and construction projects. 72 million of those are currently under construction.

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We have eight projects in design or bid phase 16 projects under construction and seven subdivisions enter nearing the construction phase. uh The walter o bigby carriageway phase one project, uh it's kind of an old picture. All of all of those cones are gone. That's all wide open, not sure. If you've had an opportunity to drive through there looks real good. I got a few little mickey mouse things that we're working to clean up with the expectation that reconciliation on that project will be on the june 1st council agenda.

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So on lake road. I know many of you travel that area. We expect the drama to be dialing down towards the end of this month if we could ever catch a break in weather, they're down to just striping, and things like that last little bits on that project, so no more I-220 road closures are expected.

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Melrose drive extension coming along nicely, they're laying concrete all the subsurface drainage is in. We expect them to be complete on or well before that july, 30th deadline again. If mother nature will be kind to us. Citizens bank drive new project that one's rolling along there. We're calling this. The first phase of citizens bank drive right there behind brigham dental coleman streets, looking good at least the first phase of that which is on the southern.

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Let me get my bearing straight really the western end of coleman street down there they're trucking along pretty well the highway 71 streetscape project. There's a picture there they're about 62 percent, complete current completion date is expected to be later this month. We expect they're going to need some additional time because of all the weather, bensley athletic ball fields is projects behind about 100 days. Behind we've been meeting with, the contractors seems like every day trying to get everything put back on track.

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They're progressing, that's a picture of the concession building out there, but it's just a combination of weather and just putting a lot of work behind a big big project site out there. So um again, we're hopeful things will begin to improve, but um the rain is just pounding us right now: clifford almond park restrooms. This is a new uh project. You can see any of y'all spend any time over there.

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That's the red restroom over at the swan lake ballpark um and it uh I don't think it exists anymore as of right now so they're coming up with the new structure. We're excited to see that I know, parks and rx is as well public service commission lighting project. Really the only thing left there is that additional work at the berkshire grocery arena and they're coming along um project is on schedule there. For that citywide street improvements, uh the phase three and four bids open june.

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First, we had to delay that bid opening a couple weeks or a few little things that need to get worked out in the bid package and that will complete all the districts. All those projects will be out and under construction. Here we expect within the next three to four weeks.

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Here's a good picture phase. One is currently under construction as well as phase two, and we have the sidewalk improvements. Those are ongoing. Jeter street and long acre drive are nearing completion, so a lot of work is being coordinated right now to get uh get the streets up to snuff private development. Couple little pictures here got st charles court duckwater landing golden meadows, village unit, two redwood place enclave, that's down in the preserve the retreat and then the village at tiburon.

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So a lot of private development going on in the in the engineering department, the highway 71 lighting project phase. Two we've been working with the engineer on that project going through trying to change the lighting design there from you know more analog to digital, led lighting and working with traffic engineering on selecting those fixtures we're about through with that east bank fire station is actually out to bid south bossier miscellaneous capital improvement projects, that's in design and then the highway 71 south left turn lane at golden meadows. We're currently studying that area.

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As we speak and just some honorable mentions, we were hoping to have urban systems here today. They are scheduled to be here on june 1st. um They had some hospitalization with the individual, that's working on that presentation for us, and so they begged off another couple of weeks.

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um Coordination with the bosure parish, police, jury and dotd working on left turn lane extensions for access to I-220 at benton road and then we're also in the early stages of a traffic signalization software upgrade property standards stays smothered.

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Mr, I wanted to ask you something on the uh phase one highway.

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uh What does phase two include? Do you know off top of your head.

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For the 71 south street streetscape, I don't know off the top of my head. It's a it's! A pretty big uh expansion of the sidewalk improvements, including neighborhood signage.

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I know there's a lot of work in the shady grove area.

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That's a it's! A it's! Just, taking what's being done on phase one and expa expanding that in other areas of south bossier.

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All centered around there's.

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Some improvements to shady growth, boulevard.

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And improvements to bel air boulevard predominantly.

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Pedestrian and and landscaping lighting streetscape things like that.

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Okay and on bga brookshire's grocery arena on the south side there there is some signage. Is that going to be finished, or they made a mistake on that because I notice the sign is not completed. I see some letters but not berkshire's.

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Yeah it'll, be, I think, they're planning to put five marquee signs on the building and one on the on the roof: okay, okay and that's berkshire's- doing that! That's not the city above you're! Doing that.

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Okay, yeah all right thanks.

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Probably hung up in weather delays as well. Sorry, I'm done.

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Thank you, mr austin. Now we're on to the water and sewer.

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Yeah just briefly, um the revenues in the in the water fund are approximately 100 to budget so april of last year, to this year, sewer funds about 104 percent to budget uh the expenses we're 103 percent to budget in the water fund and sewer funds about 99 to budget and those fluctuate. We buy things in bulk. We don't buy them. You know in bits every month, so our monthly financials.

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Unfortunately, I wish there could be more, even but I didn't see anything there. That's anything other than normal I'd love to see the rain, stop and I'll start producing a little more water, but god has other ideas.

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Right thank y'all. Thank you.

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All the items that we have.

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Nothing thank you.

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Mr president, yes, sir, I wanted to make a recommendation. Since mr buddy romer is a son of the city of bozier in louisiana, could the council maybe do a resolution on the family behalf to honor him as they do his service.

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And also to add to that proclamation, making one day governor buddy romer day, that's a great idea he's uh he.

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Graduated with my father from bossier high school in 1960, so they were high school classmates.

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That's mr william alumni high school, so we we probably agree that.

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And grandparents and parents and five generations yeah.

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Yeah, so uh certainly a lot of history there and thank you, mr darby, for bringing that to our attention. um Phyllis. Can we get to work on that.

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Do we want to, I mean, if you want to do it today, we'd have to amend the agenda to add that on there correct mr hall.

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I think they're talking about doing it prospectively, is that correct, yeah, mm-hmm.

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For the first meeting.

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Yes, we'll uh do that in mayor, absolutely do the proclamation and uh make sure that uh his family knows that we're doing that as well I'll see them here in about a week and a half so actually next week so anyway I'll pass that, along to the family as well. Thank you there's nothing else to come for the council meeting adjourned. Everyone have a great week.