►
From YouTube: Bossier City Council Regular Meeting January 5, 2021
Description
Bossier City Council Regular Meeting January 5, 2021
A
B
B
B
C
A
A
B
D
D
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
A
D
D
Adopt
an
ordinance
approving
the
attached
cooperative
endeavor
agreement
by
and
among
the
red
river
waterway
district,
the
city
of
bossier
city
and
the
city
of
shreveport
for
the
installation
of
a
programmable
led
light
system
on
the
texas
street
bridge
and
authorizing
mayor
lorenz
walker.
To
execute
the
same
final
reading.
D
B
D
C
A
E
E
E
E
C
C
A
A
D
B
B
E
Are
you
able
to
hear
me
now
I
apologize,
I
was
obliged
to
leave
the
meeting
so
that
there
wasn't.
F
Perfect,
I
can
provide
my
prepared
statement
in
its
entirety
again,
if
that's
useful,
I'm
not
sure
if
the
council
has
time.
F
To
start
from
the
beginning,
I
work
for
one
of
the
largest
shared
electric
scooter
companies
in
the
world.
To
date,
with
a
presence
in
around
150
markets,
we
were
actually
the
first
company
to
offer
shared
electric
scooters
at
large
scale.
We
are
an
american
company,
headquartered
in
california,
the
proposed
ordinance
for
bossier
city
banning
electric
scooters,
I'd
love
to
address
what
I
said
earlier
was
within
the
last
year,
we've
seen
over.
100
million
rides
taken
on
shared
electric
scooters,
and
I
think
that
figure
speaks
to
the
need
that
these
vehicles
are
addressing.
F
Another
study
by
the
international
transport
forum,
which
includes
a
collection
of
over
60
countries,
conducted
a
third
party
study
as
well,
which
showed
the
same.
Finding
the
incident
rate
for
injuries
on
electric
scooters
is
not
statistically
different
of
that
of
bicycle,
as
such
scooters
would
not
appear
to
present
an
inordinate
risk
to
safety
further.
Speaking,
specifically,
the
scooters
designed
by
wreckable
scooter
share
companies
like
our
own.
There
are
some
additional
features
that
we
include
that
further
contribute
to
safety.
Those
include
a
bell:
a
headlight
running
lights,
brake
lights,
etc.
F
On
our
fleets,
we
also
cap
the
maximum
speed
of
the
scooters
at
15
miles
per
hour,
which
is
about
the
speed
the
average
person
on
a
bicycle
travels
at
beyond
the
fact
that
scooters
don't
appear
to
present
an
inordinate
risk
to
riders.
I
think
it's
also
important
to
consider
some
of
their
benefits.
Specifically
during
a
global
pandemic.
They
offer
a
clean,
independent
and
over
open-air
means
of
getting
around
further.
F
There
is
considerable
economic
opportunity,
so
studies
have
been
done
in
london,
england,
toronto,
canada
and
again,
portland,
which
have
all
shown
that
individuals
who
travel
to
businesses
by
alternative
transportation,
such
as
e-scooters
or
bicycle,
spend
more
and
businesses
accessible
by
alternative
transportation,
show
greater
earnings
right
now.
Almost
60
percent
of
trips
taken
on
our
scooters,
end
in
front
of
a
small
business
during
a
time
of
unprecedented
economic
strife.
I
think
any
advantage
we
can
give
to
local
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
is
critical
speaking
specifically
to
scooter
share
rather
than
electric
scooters.
F
That's
also
to
speak,
nothing
of
the
directly
taxable
revenue,
that's
generated
on
the
scooters
themselves
in
boulder
city,
more
than
85
percent
of
people
commute
to
work
by
driving
alone
in
an
automobile
right
now
of
those
trips,
63
are
19
minutes
or
less
speaking
to
the
short
distance.
The
average
resident
of
bossier
city
has
from
their
home
to
their
place
of
work,
so
those
types
of
short
distances
are
ideally
suited
to
be
addressed
by
a
transportation
option
like
an
electric
scooter.
Scooter
trips
are
not
going
to
be
perfect
for
every
journey.
F
I
know
that
scooters
are
something
new,
that
they
shake
up
the
existing
order
and
that
there's
still
something
to
be
learned
about
them.
However,
I
think
there
is
an
opportunity
for
the
council
to
investigate
further
before
coming
to
an
ultimate
decision
and
gather
all
of
the
available
information
before
reaching
that
conclusion.
So
it
asks
that
the
council
not
pass
the
ordinance
that
would
forbid
the
use
of
electric
scooters
in
boston
city.
C
Thank
you
for
repeating
that
literally
heard
that
thank
you
so,
but
is
there
any
other?
So
I
just
comment
that
across
my
mind,
I
notice
that
this
is
so
prohibits
the
operation
of
all
electric
low
speed
scooters.
So
it
that's.
If,
in
the
case
of
one
that
has
is
licensed,
then
it
would
also
be
prohibited.
Is
that
our
is
that
a
move
point?
Are
there
none
that
are
licensed
or
do
we
know.
G
C
C
C
C
G
C
So
my
my
apprehension
about
allowing
this
is
just
you
might
understand
that
anyone
any
age
right
now
can
is
there
any
age
requirement
right
now
before
we.
G
G
Would
prohibit
people
from
operating
it
below
a
certain
age?
I'm
not
sure
what
that
was,
but
but
you
know
they
can
put
whatever
standards
on
it.
They
want
in
terms
of
being
able
to
check
it
out
and
operate.
G
What's
up
bird
ride
sharing
came
in
with
an
agreement
trying
to
get
the
city
council
to
approve
low
speed
electric
scooters
with
this
exclusive
agreement
that
they
proposed
option
a
was
to
either
prove
this
or
option
b
was
to
prohibit
them,
and
so
that's
what
the
ordinance
is
doing
before
the
council
right
now.
Okay,.
D
D
B
D
B
D
Vote
motion
carries
adopt
an
ordinance
to
declare
that
an
emergency
did
exist
in
the
city
of
bossier
city,
which
affected
property,
public
health
and
safety
due
to
the
requirement
to
replace
sewer
main
located
at
ross
street
at
a
cost
of
85
000
to
come
from
the
sewer
capital
contingency
fund
and
authorizes
the
city
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
asb
for
completion
of
work.
First
and
final
reading.
D
C
D
B
D
C
A
H
H
Construction
going
on
over
there
that
front
bench
with
some
of
the
savings
from
build
and
were
able
to
replace
it.
It
had
termite
damage
all
the
way
across
the
front
we
did
have.
This
person
leave
the
position
about
a
month
ago
with
not
much
going
on.
H
Maybe
two
months
ago
I
didn't
ask
for
resolution,
but
coming
into
the
new
year,
hoping
that
with
the
vaccines
and
things
we
could
get
somebody
trained
up,
and
we
do
have
some-
hopefully
some
good
things
to
report
to
y'all
coming
up
trying
to
work
out
some
deals
with
some
local
businesses
to
partner
up
with
to
be
able
to
bring
some
good
things
that
we
could
be
a
partner
in
events
to
this
city.
That,
I
think,
would
be
pretty
good.
H
I
want
to
get
into
the
details
of
them
right
now
and
give
them
away,
but
I
will
be
glad
once
we
close
this
deal
to
share
them
with
y'all
and
I
think
you'll
be
impressed.
I
think
it'll
do
good.
I
think
it'll
give
us
an
opportunity
to
hopefully
get
the
bottom
line
where
everybody
wants.