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From YouTube: Bossier City Council Special Meeting June 15th, 2022
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Bossier City Council Special Meeting June 15th, 2022
C
Maybe
pray
holy
father.
Thank
you
for
this
wonderful
day
that
you
allowed
us
to
see.
Thank
you
for
wrestling
last
night.
Thank
you,
father
for
your
grace
and
your
mercy.
Thank
you
for
all
the
benefits
that
you
continue
to
load
us
with
lord.
We
pray
for
those
who
serve.
We
thank
you
for
the
honor
of
serving
we
thank
you
for
those
citizens
who
are
here
to
participate
in
government.
We
ask
that
you
bless
and
keep
them
or
give
us
direction
to
do
the
things
that
are
beneficial
to
those
we
serve
in
the
name
of
christ.
D
A
A
A
A
A
F
They'll
have
to
do
an
ordinance
later
right,
so
there's
no
there's
nothing
set
in
stone.
Today,
every
10
years
the
united
states
recounts
itself
through
the
census,
and
then
after
that
is
processed,
it
usually
takes
about
a
year.
This
time
it
was
more
than
18
months
because
of
covet
the
data
comes
out
at
least
population
data,
they're
still
processing
economic
data,
some
of
that's
out,
but
not
all
of
it.
F
E
F
F
F
F
F
Where
she's
going
you'll
see
the
streets,
streets
or
boundaries,
the
only
non-visible
boundary
is
the
corporate
limits
can't
use
anything,
that's
not
visible,
except
for
corporate
limits.
So
if
the
census
bureau
shows
railroad
lines,
I
can
use
it
if
they
show
streams,
I
can
use
it
river,
of
course,
the
boundary
to
it,
but
we
can't
go
beyond
the
corporate
limits.
We
have
to
stay
inside
them
when
we
are
in
the
southern
portion
of
bossier
city.
You
were
great
where
you
were
right
in
here.
F
You
can
see
how
thin
it
is
going
down
the
federal
highway
and
picks
up
the
the
lower
area.
You're
great
picking
up
the
lower
subdivision.
We
have
to
stay
inside
that
line
the
red
dot
on
here.
Red
squares
are
where
incumbents
live,
and
you
can
see
that,
with
with
the
current
situation
with
a
5-2,
we
have
two
council
members
that
are
almost
neighbors
is
just
the
way
it
occurs.
F
F
Barksdale
has
both
own
base
and
off-base
housing.
They
have
allowed
allowances
for
it,
particularly
off
the
north
gate,
a
lot
of
apartments
where
people
live.
Do
they
vote?
Yes,
they
are
typically
very
patriotic
and
they
do
vote.
Do
they
vote
here
by
and
large?
No
because
as
they
are
assigned
here,
unless
they're
in
tdy
temporary
duty,
they
vote
at
home
and
they
absentee
vote.
F
F
The
census,
I
think,
everybody
everybody
that
we've
talked
to
even
the
census
yesterday,
came
out
and
admitted
that
they
did
an
under
count
that
and
they
blamed
it
on
coven
and
I'm
sure
they're
right,
and
there
was
somebody
here
at
the
last
meeting.
I
think
who
who
it
may
have
been
a
personal
conversation
but
they're
saying
they
didn't
have
everything
counted,
because
there
was
no
way
to
get
to
the
people
they
went
out
and
they
told
them
they
were
there
and
the
census.
F
F
So,
let's
that's
the
five-member
plan:
let's
go
to
the
seven
now.
If
you
have
seven
geographic
districts
and
know
it
large,
you
take
the
whole
population
of
bossier
city
and
then
you
divide
it
by
seven
and
each
district
loses
around
3
000
people.
Because
of
that
that
change,
I
don't
use
the
same
numbers
on
a
seven
because
they
are
it
wouldn't
matter.
F
I
would
just
have
one
through
five
plus
six
and
seven,
but
they're
not
going
to
be
exactly
in
the
same
place
with
seven
you,
you
don't
have
something
like
a
tiger
stripe,
so
four
sits
at
the
bottom
and
the
numbers
can
be
changed
if
they
go
to
a
seven,
but
four
sits
bottom
three's.
On
top
of
that,
five
is,
is
going
to
be
the
base
two
and
one
are
where
we're
going
to
spend
some
time
talking
and
then
at
the
top.
You
have
six
and
seven
and
they
are
the
high
growth
areas.
F
F
F
I
separate
out
hispanics
up
front.
Some
demographers
don't
like
to
do
that.
I
think
it's
dangerous
not
to
do
that.
So
I
have
300
variables
that
I
work
with.
I
don't
use
all
of
them
in
this,
but
there
are
300
that
are
available,
so
I
start
with
hispanics,
and
then
I
do
non-hispanic
white
non-hispanic,
black
non-hispanic
asian
other
18
plus
in
all
of
those,
and
we
can
even
count
households
and
residences
that
are
unoccupied.
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
That's
great
barksdale
think
about
it
in
the
middle
squeezes
toward
the
river.
The
river
stops.
You
bark
still
stops
you
so
bossier
city
is
shaped
roughly
like
a
dumbbell,
with
a
big
bulb
at
the
bottom
and
a
big
bulb
at
the
top
and
you're
not
going
to
do
anything
in
the
middle
there's
no
place
to
grow.
F
So
if
that
occurs,
the
minority
population,
the
bulk
of
it,
is
right
in
the
bar
of
that
dumbbell
and
you
have
to
think
about.
What's
going
to
happen
to
it
if
the
city
grows.
Now,
if
it's
natural
growth,
let's
say
that
you
have
new
apartments
being
built
and
they're
inside
the
city
limits.
That's
one
thing:
that's
that's
legitimate
growth,
but
if
you
extend
through
annexations,
that's
artificial
growth.
Does
that
make
sense?
F
F
G
G
F
G
G
F
The
population's
just
not
there
yet
okay,
but
you
know
there
are
there-
are
cities
that
have
in
the
past
tried
to
anticipate
that
and
that's
why
they
do
plans
and
sometimes
not
here-
I've
never
seen
it
here,
but
in
texas
they
are
having
a
horrible
time
trying
to
get
their
plans
passed
as
they
plan
forward.
For
that
growth
well,
they're
growing
and
you
can't
stop
texas
from
growing
you
just
can't
do
it
in
south
texas,
particularly
south
of
austin,
we'll
say
from
there
to
del
rio
and
south.
F
G
H
B
Alfred
lane,
I
am
spoke
night
before
last
time,
a
proponent
of
the
current
that
we
have,
but
I
did
mention
that
I'm
open
to
change.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions,
for
maybe
the
people
who
are
kind
of
on
the
fence
about
it
and
I've
like
really
appreciated
your
explanation
today.
It
was
a
little
more
clear,
maybe
just
because
I
was
a
little
upset
the
other
night.
B
B
A
B
Then
you
have
just
eliminated
the
whole
purpose
behind
doing
the
redistricting,
so
I
guess
my
question
is:
have
any
of
the
previous
voting
records
been
taken
into
account
like
the
voter,
turnout
or
particular?
Maybe
some
of
the
folks
I
know
there's
there
were
some
naacp.
Have
there
been
issues
that
have
been
addressed
by
them
and
have
not
been
resolved,
or
is
this
just
a
blanket
because
of
this
act?
We
have
to
look
at
these
things,
and
so
are
any.
Is
any
of
that
being
taken
into
consideration?
Yes,.
B
Okay
legally.
Well,
I
guess
maybe
then
my
question
would
be
to
counsel
if
in
their
consideration,
if
they
had
looked
at
those
things
that
as
well
and
then
my
last
question,
maybe
the
city
attorney,
because
he
addressed
it
a
little
bit
the
other
night
is.
Could
you
elaborate
on
if
this
moves
forward
and
and
if
the
vote
is
that
you
guys
are
going
to
change
what
we
have
now
and
the
charter
commission
happens.
B
I
I
I
can
speak
to
the
process
of
a
charter
commission
if
the
city
council
desires
to
consider
a
plan
that
would
fundamentally
restructure
the
electoral
districts
in
the
city.
That
would
absolutely
require
a
change
to
the
charter.
The
five
geographical
districts
plus
the
two
at-large
city-wide
seats
are
all
established
by
charter
and
the
only
way
to
change
it
would
be
by
changing
the
charter.
The
only
way
to
change
the
charter
is
through
a
charter
commission.
I
There
are
two
ways
that
a
charter
commission
can
be
called
for.
One
is
four
votes
of
the
city
council,
an
ordinance
calling
for
a
charter
commission,
and
that
is
not
subject
to
a
veto
by
the
mayor.
That's
one
of
the
probably
the
only
thing
I
think
the
mayor
is
not
allowed
to
veto
the
other
one
is
by
referendum,
so
to
speak.
I
It
is
if,
if
the
citizens
desire
a
charter
commission,
then
they,
I
believe,
have
to
get
signatures
of
verified
signatures
of
city
residents
equal
to
a
number
of
66
percent,
I
believe,
or
it's
either
66
or
33
percent.
I'm
sorry,
I
don't
know
the
exact
number
equal
to
the
number
of
the
votes
in
the
last
contested
mayoral
election.
I
So
if
a
charter
commission
is
successfully
called
for,
then
the
the
there's,
a
process
by
which
the
members
have
to
be
appointed,
miss
nottingham
who's
out
in
the
audience
she
is
the
cao
she's,
a
mandatory
member,
the
city
attorney
a
mandatory
member.
Then
the
city
council
gets
to
nominate
certain
people.
The
mayor
gets
to
nominate
certain
people
and
that
charter
commission
is
then
formed
from
the
time
that
it's
called
for.
I
I
You
know
the
mayor
can
make
suggestions.
The
council
can
make
suggestions,
then
that
charter
commission
working
with
the
council
and
the
mayor,
would
then
basically
set
the
agenda.
They
would
debate
what
issues
they
wanted
to
change
with
the
charter.
In
the
end
of
that,
once
once
that
is
accomplished,
then
it
might
be
one
issue.
It
might
be
20
issues
then,
but
each
of
those
issues
is
presented
as
a
local
referendum,
an
election
and,
depending
on
how
many
issues
that
you
have
then
in
the
election
cost
and
things
of
that
nature.
I
I
I
You
know
the
poll
workers
things,
I
don't
know
I
would
say-
and
this
is
an
estimate
estimate
only
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
150
200
000,
give
or
take,
and
I
might
be
lowballing
that
because
of
course
the
cost
of
everything
is,
as
we
know,
is
increasing
on
a
daily
basis.
So
it's
a
very
involved
process.
I
It
can
become
a
contentious
process
and
the
the
history
of
the
city
is
that
it's
basically
been
sort
of
a
useless
device.
That
is,
is
that
nothing
has
no.
There
has
been
no
fundamental
change
that
I'm
aware
of
that's
come
out
of
the
two
charter
charter
commissions
in
the
in
the
resulting
referendums
in
the
history
of
the
city.
I
I
That
are,
I
believe,
they're
confirmed
by
the
register.
Voters
and
the
secretary
of
state.
That's
one
way
to
get
a
charter
commission
and
then
indoor,
the
city
council
calls
for
one.
They
get
four
votes
and
the
mayor,
of
course,
cannot
be
towed.
So
it's
costly
and
it's
time
consuming
and
it's
it
is
it's.
It's
a
very,
very
involved
process.
A
E
E
I
Correct
so
if
a
charter
commission
were
called
for
today,
then
you're
looking
at
18
months,
but
you
can't
call
you
can't
just
say:
hey:
we
want
a
charter
commission,
you
know
we
would
have
to
draft
an
ordinance.
We
would
have
to
put
that
on
the
city
council
agenda.
It
would
require
two
readings
and
then
it
would
become
effective
ten
days
after
publication
of
of
that
ordinance.
I
Now,
if
you
put
it
on
a
special
election
cycle
to
comply
with
the
time
constraints,
then
you,
you
know
a
single
election
versus
everything
else.
You
split
the
cost
on
in
a
general
election
with
the
parish
with
the
state,
the
city.
If
it's
just
city,
then
we're
going
to
bear
all
those
costs
and
then
my
cost
estimate
would
be
grossly
inadequate.
I
I
would
add
this
if
I
may.
Mr
president,
yes,
sir
and
I'll,
let
dr
joyner
correct
me
if
I
get
as
I
understand
the
1965
voting
rights
act,
the
two
paramount
mandatory
concerns
are
number
one
that
your
districts
must
be
within
five
percent
population,
wise
of
each
other.
That's
not
the
registered
voters.
It
doesn't
distinguish
between
children
and
adults.
I
It's
population,
that's
counted
by
the
last
census,
the
2020
census.
Those
are
the
numbers
and
you
cannot
use
anecdotal
evidence.
You
can't
go
down
to
the
u-haul,
you
know
place
and
say
how
many
people
rented
u-hauls
that
are
moving
out.
You
know
to
try
to
change.
The
numbers
are
what
the
numbers
are
and
it
has
to
be
within
five
percent,
whether
it's
seven
districts
or
five
geographical
districts
and
two
at
large.
I
Absolutely
my
concern
is,
and
it's
a
concern
only
is
that
if
you
go
to
a
plan
that
would
require
seven
districts,
then
you
could
possibly
have
another
lawsuit
or
you
know
a
lawsuit
that
says
hey.
You
have
now
diluted
minority
voting
strength.
You
went
from
five
districts
with
a
with
a
one
which
obviously
a
minority.
I
E
Adopt
a
resolution
to
consider
a
restructuring
of
the
city
of
bossier
city
city
council
electoral
districts,
requiring
a
city
of
bossier
city
charter
commission
to
fundamentally
restructure
and
set
existing
electoral
districts
from
existing
said
districts
to
seven
geographical
districts.
First
and
final
reading.
D
I
Not
quite
it
is
a
resolution
to
move
forward
with
an
ordinance
that
would
establish
a
charter
commission,
okay
and
but
we
cannot
there's
no
sense
in
going
forward
with
a
map
that
includes
seven
geographical
districts
number
one.
It
has
to
come
out
of
the
charter
commission
and
number
two.
It
has
to
be
passed
by
a
majority
of
the
vote
in
the
referendum
stage.
Once
all
that
has
occurred,
then
again
we're
talking
about
this
timeline
crunch.
I
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Therefore,
my
vote
will
be
in
support
of
giving
all
citizens
the
choice
for
change
should
change,
be
the
people
wishes
the
nlc.
That's
the
national
league
of
cities
says
a
large
election.
Can
weaken
the
representation
of
certain
groups
in
our
state?
There
are
several
municipalities
that
have
at
large
district,
including
but
not
limited
to
new
orleans
de
ritter,
center
and
alexander.
C
C
I
It
does
not,
I
I
think
any
the
mayor
and
or
any
member
of
the
city
council
can
always
request
an
agenda
item
at
any
public
meeting,
calling
for
any
ordinance.
You
know
that
they
deem
is
needed
necessary
or
proper.
If
the
resolution
is
voted
down
today,
it
prevents
nobody
from
calling
up
or
coming
to
my
office
and
saying
mr
city
attorney
go
ahead
and
draft
it,
I'm
going
to
put
it
on
the
agenda
anyway.
Yes,
sir.
D
E
A
A
H
Good
afternoon
counseling,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
this.
Esteemed
body,
lee
jeter
senior,
400,
kilometer
circle,
bulger
city,
louisiana,
you've,
casted
your
vote
on
the
proposition
to
move
forward
with
a
charter
commission.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
and
on
monday
night,
we
address
our
concerns.
H
The
statement
is
a
very
reason
why
we
are
in
support
of
doing
away
with
the
5-2
structure,
because
we
believe
that
just
like
her,
there
are
many
citizens
across
this
great
city
of
bossier
that
feel
like
they
do
not
have
a
voice.
They
don't
have
representation,
that's
going
to
reflect
their
views
or
their
values
and
their
concerns,
and
there
are
issues
in
their
neighborhoods
that
are
not
being
addressed.
H
H
So
I
thank
you
for
considering
it,
but
as
a
citizen
of
this
great
city
of
bosu
and
as
someone
that
wore
the
uniform
so
that
everybody
could
be
have
a
seat
at
the
table,
everyone
could
be
represented.
We're
going
to
continue
to
fight
and
push
for
a
change
for
our
city,
not
because
of
any
ethnic
or
minority
group,
but
because
we
believe
that
it
is
going
to
be
best
for
this
city
in
the
long
run.
Thank
you.