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From YouTube: Special called City Council meeting for "Coffee Talk" with the Biloxi Bay Area Chamber
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Here is the special called Biloxi City Council meeting where the council took part in "Coffee Talk", a Biloxi Bay Area Chamber of Commerce networking event.
B
Right
first
I
want
to
thank
all
y'all
for
coming
out
today.
Excuse
my
well
raspy
voice.
Is
that
you
know
that
time
a
year
but,
like
I,
said
I
want
to
thank
all
y'all
for
coming
out.
This
is
the
first
of
the
calendar
year
of
our
coffee
talk
events
for
the
Economic
Development
Committee
of
the
Biloxi
Bay
Area
Chamber
I'm,
Jordan,
Church
I'm,
a
manager
with
pill
swings
or
roasting
companies,
CPA
firm
tax
season.
So
if
you
only
need
anything
with
that,
you
know
they
would
call,
but
but
I'm.
B
Also,
the
vice
president
of
the
Economic
Development
Committee,
with
the
Biloxi
Bay
Area
Chamber
of
Commerce.
We
put
on
a
couple
of
different
events.
This
being
one
of
them.
Are
our
coffee
talk
series
generally
once
a
quarter,
and
this
is
by
far
our
most
successful
when
we
also
do
meet
needs
kind
of
gives
you
a
little
information
to
kind
of
help,
grow
and
strengthen
your
business,
so
be
on
the
lookout
for
those
another
event
that
we
have
this
year.
B
It's
going
to
be
our
first
goal
this
year
and
we
want
it
to
be
as
big
success
as
possible.
So
y'all
please
come
out
and
support
is
our
our
first
annual
poker
run
pub
crawl.
It's
going
to
be
Friday
March,
the
15th
here
in
downtown
Biloxi,
it's
going
to
be
5
local.
You
know
area
businesses
down
here
all
within
walking
distance,
it's
$20
per
card
and,
and
you
got
a
chance
to
win
in
half
the
pot.
So
it's
going
to
end
up
being
a
pretty
good
chunk
of
money
so
check
that
out.
B
We
also
have
a
few
other
events
as
far
as
the
bucks
of
Area
Chamber
as
a
whole.
Next,
this
Sunday
we
have
the
parade
here
in
downtown
Biloxi.
Next
Thursday
we
have
baked
connects
with
Margaritaville
and
lost
key
bar.
Then
we
have
a
ribbon-cutting
for
next
home
front,
marks,
the
eighth
and
and
then
obviously
I.
Just
don't
talk
about
the
poker
on
I'd
like
to
thank
Tina
for
helping
get
this
together.
Our
executive
director
of
the
bikes,
Bay
Area,
Chamber,
unthinkable,
miss
Lucy
for
helping
us
get
it
all
pulled
together.
C
B
Engineering
for
sponsoring
that's
at
this
great
food
that
John
ate
this
morning
and
also
I
Dixie
Newman
with
jacked
up
coffee.
She
provided
the
coffee,
so
I
don't
want
to
prolong
it
any
more
than
a
half
to
so
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started
and
I
believe
Roberts
gonna
go
first
cuz
you
got
to
get
the.
A
D
E
Thank
you.
Excuse
me,
I'm
gonna
have
to
leave
as
soon
as
I
give
my
little
what's
happening.
Presentation
and
I
want
to
thank
the
Commerce
chambers
for
being
out
here
and
hosting
this
as
well,
as
all
of
you
guys,
ended
up
the
rest
of
the
council
and
I
know.
My
speech
professor,
when
I
was
in
college,
told
me
not
to
thank
everyone
because
you're
wasting
time,
you
could
be
using
to
say
important
things.
So
I
must
not
have
a
lot
of
things
important
to
say.
E
As
also
told
not
to
count
the
car
baby,
you
know
right
now
in
Biloxi,
it's
a
good
time
since
we,
the
majority
of
us,
have
been
elected
all
of
us
other
than
Nathan.
For
the
past
five
years
we've
been
trying
to
catch
up
on
doing
things,
especially
infrastructure,
wise
in
our
wards
that
haven't
been
done
for
a
long
time.
E
I
know
in
my
ward,
it's
been
decades
since
some
of
the
roads
have
been
paved
in
that
Ward
and
we've
been
paving
at
a
pace
that
we
could
possibly
handle
with
our
manpower
and
our
finances,
and
we
just
bonded
some
more
money
for
the
city.
So
we
could
apply
to
municipal,
paving
so
I
look
forward
to
this
next
fiscal
year.
E
Getting
some
of
these
roads
paved
that
have
been
neglected
for
a
long
time.
There's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
on
in
Biloxi,
not
just
the
new
waffle
houses
that
are
coming
and
I
was
just
informed
that
we
have
more
waffle
houses
in
Biloxi
than
McDonald's.
That's
I,
don't
know
if
that's
something
to
brag
about
or
not,
but
that's.
E
This
will
be
the
first
year
also
in
Ward,
4
and
I
hope
you
guys
will
all
come
out
that
will
have
a
full
summer
with
the
new
bait
shop
in
the
filling
station
down
at
the
causeway
park.
If
you
haven't
been
down
that
the
park
is
beautiful,
we
still
have
a
few
improvements.
I
think
that
we
need
to
make,
but
we're
working
on
it.
We're
gonna
do
some
improvement
projects
on
the
parks
across
from
the
market.
Cherry
library,
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna
we're
working
on
putting
together
state
of
the
art
dog
park.
E
F
E
We've
talked
about
that
and
we've
spoken
with
the
director,
sherry
bell
and
we
have
looked
at
I-
have
not
followed
up
with
as
much
effort
as
you
probably
would
like
of
regarding
the
children's
play,
the
equipment
that
we
are
trying
to
put
out
there,
but
I'll
get
with
sherry
and
we'll
follow
up
on
that
I'm.
Sorry,
they
don't
help.
I
didn't
drop
the
ball
for
you.
C
E
E
E
You
know
that
has
brought
new
life
to
those
parks
and
recreational
areas
across
from
the
Margaret,
sherry
library
and
I
think
resurfacing.
Those
fields
like
we're
intending
on
doing
and
upgrading
that
dog
park
he's
gonna
continue
that
energy
in
that
area
is
there
anything
else.
You'd
like
me
to
talk
about.
E
We
have
tentatively
tentatively
scheduled
it.
We,
the
days
that
we
picked
conflicted
with
some
of
the
Mardi
Gras
events,
so
we're
picking
new
events,
but
it
will.
It
will
come
up
here
at
the
end
of
March,
yeah.
Okay,
you
can't
compete
with
Mardi
Gras.
Yes
again,
anything
else.
I
will
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
and
it
was
a
pleasure.
D
We
all
have
to
watch
the
camera.
Lady
Cecilia
Walton,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
cecelia
well,
I'm
Paul
Tisdale
and
the
councilman
in
Ward
5.
This
is
my
second
term.
You
know
we're.
Pass
Road
is
from
makalah
South
Pass
Road
from
the
Coliseum
to
Gulfport.
It's
my
ward,
north
of
Pass
Road,
roughly,
where
the
Bay
Vista
Fire
Station
is
Bradford.
Okie
funeral
home
north
of
Pass
Road.
D
D
So,
having
said
that,
if
you
want
my
cell
number,
it's
two
two
eight
two,
nine
seven
6,800
you
want
my
email
address.
It's
P
Tisdale
one
at
yahoo.com,
a
couple
of
things:
I
have
a
ward
meeting
next
Wednesday
week
from
today
at
6
o'clock
at
the
Donnell
Snyder
Center
on
Pass
Road,
it's
open
to
the
public
it'll
focus
on
Ward,
5
events
or
activities
or
projects,
and
one
of
those
concerns
is
always
spring
practice
spring
break
in
the
traffic
plan.
So
that
I
know
that's
going
to
be
on
the
agenda.
D
Additionally,
there's
a
proposed
road
that
may
or
may
not
come
up
in
the
near
future.
That
would
run
from
Pass
Road
by
the
old
Mississippi
music
store
would
go
due
north
and
tie
into
I
think
it's
Ulis
Switzer
road
that
runs
east
and
west
and
and
terminates
at
the
intersection
by
the
community
college.
So
the
community
college
is
looking
at
the
possibility
of
constructing
a
new
road
there.
So
the
folks
in
Edgewater
Estates,
along
West,
View
Drive
in
particular,
have
some
concerns
about
that.
D
That
will
probably
come
up
the
only
other
thing
that
that
I
have
to
share
with
you
as
folks
in
my
ward,
if
they'd
like
to
receive
my
son
de
blasts,
I've
been
doing
it
for
about
a
year.
Just
send
me
an
email
or
text
me
with
your
preferred
email
address.
I'll,
add
you
to
the
list.
I
push
out
about
300,
every
Sunday
and
kind
of
pulls
a
number
of
sites
together,
particularly
agendas
along
with
issues
that
may
be
on
the
council
agenda.
D
D
They
they
went
condo
and
they've
sold
these
units,
and
that
was
in
an
RM
30
zone,
I
believe,
which
is
what
it
was
originally
zoned
for
for
an
apartment,
complex
residential
multifamily,
RM
30,
and
when
the
owner
or
owners
of
that
property
decided
to
sell
the
units
as
condos
and
flipped
them
to
condos.
There
was
no
zoning
change
request.
At
that
time.
There
was
really
probably
no
need
to
hindsight
is
is
great.
D
However,
in
my
opinion,
what
should
have
happened
is
it
should
have
been
rezone
dat
that
time
so,
if
you're
buying
a
condo
there,
if
it's
in
a
commercial
zone
now,
according
to
the
local
ordinance,
you
can
operate
a
short-term
rental,
not
a
problem
to
operate
lawfully.
You
need
to
come
in
and
get
a
permit
which
very
few
people
have
done.
There
are
hundreds
of
short-term
rentals
operating
in
the
city.
D
16
are
permitted,
okay,
so
and
it's
not
the
idea
that
we're
losing
a
bazillion
dollars
worth
of
revenue
because
we're
not,
however,
RM
20
and
RM
30
zones
where
apartment
complexes
are.
You
can
operate
short-term
rentals
only
as
a
conditional
use
currently,
which
means
it's
got
to
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
and
be
approved,
and
then
it
comes
to
the
council
for
approval.
D
So
if
you're
in
a
single-family
residential
area,
short-term
rentals
are
prohibited,
but
I
guarantee
you
there's
a
lot
of
short-term
rentals
in
single-family
residential
areas,
particularly
within
walking
distance
to
the
beach
that
are
offered
as
short-term
rental,
which
is
a
violation
of
the
ordinance
if
you're
in
a
commercial
zone,
we
changed
that
ordinance.
As
I
said
earlier
about
a
year
15
months
ago.
It's
not
a
problem.
D
All
you
have
to
do
is
come
down
and
get
a
permit,
but
the
rm20
and
rm30
apartment
complexes,
many
of
them
now
some
of
them
now
condos,
that's
where
it
gets
a
little
tricky
and
hairy,
and
that's
why
you've
seen
people
who
purchase
one
or
more
than
one
condo
in
oak
oak
Shores.
That's
why
they
were
jubilant
when
they
left
yesterday,
because
what
we
did
was
change
the
zoning
from
rm30,
where
none
of
them
got
got
approval
for
conditional
use.
D
Nor
did
they
get
a
permit
and
once
the
zoning
changed
and
it
will
within
30
or
60
days,
whatever
the
date
of
publication
is
we
have
to
publicize
that
then
it'll
be
commercial
community
business
they're
no
longer
required
to
have
a
conditional
use.
All
they'll
have
to
do
at
that
point
is
go
in
and
get
a
permit
to
operate
in
the
city,
but
it's
important
to
have
these
short-term
rentals
on
the
city's
radar.
D
But
my
concern
is
for
the
folks
who
may
be
in
this
departments
complexes
the
next
one
that
that's
I
think
it's
going
to
come
up
as
Cypress
Cove,
which
is
the
ol
sacs
in
the
apartments,
a
block
west
of
Wight,
Avenue,
I,
think
they're
48
units
I
think
maybe
26
27
are
now
privately
owned.
Those
were
apartments
for
35
years.
Forty
years
there
now
condos,
they're
being
marketed.
Condos
more
than
half
have
been
bought
up
and
what
these
condo
owners
have
done
is
they've
now
changed
the
covenants
which,
before
prohibited
short-term
rentals.
D
Now
the
covenants
read
that
they
are
permitted,
but
you've
got
maybe
20
folks
who
living
there
for
years
in
an
apartment,
they
have
had
nothing
to
do.
They've
done
nothing
illegally,
and
now
they
have
partygoers
on
particular
weekends
operating
illegally
and
part
of
the
issue.
Is
the
city
really
does
not
have
a
good,
in
my
opinion,
a
good
enforcement
procedure
at
the
moment?
I'm,
not
sure
that
process
is
clear,
so
I
just
leave
it
at
that.
But
it's
it's
going
to
be
an
issue
not
just
in
Biloxi
I.
D
Think
Ocean
Springs
limits
the
number
of
short-term
rentals
they
have
there,
but
I
guarantee
you
go
to
air
B&B
or
what
is
it
home
away
and
some
of
the
VRBO
some
of
these
that
you'll
find
hundreds
that
are
being
advertised.
They
no
longer
say
Biloxi,
they
say
the
Biloxi
area
or
they
or
close
to
Biloxi
are
close
to
beaches.
You
know
the
mousetrap,
smarter
mice
kind
of
thing.
My
concern
is
that
that
people
operate
lawfully
and
that
these
short-term
rentals
are
safe
and
and
that
they
comply
with
the
ordinance.
That's
all.
H
D
D
You
know
we're
open
to
suggestions,
because
we
count
on
folks
to
do
the
right
thing
and
that's
what
bothers
me
about
all
this.
Just
personally,
if
from
an
apartment,
dweller
and
I've
lived
in
Saxony
apartments,
when
it
was
sacs
in
the
apartments
for
fifteen
or
twenty
years
and
I'm
disabled
or
my
spouse
is
disabled
and
we're
close
to
keister,
which
is
why
I
bought
the
apartment
now
I'm
being
squeezed
out.
D
It's
kind
of
like
uber
uber
when
nubra
came
in
uber
strategy
was
come
in
operate
for
about
a
month
or
six
weeks,
get
established
and
then
start
the
political
push
to
change
all
the
rules,
because
we've
got
a
motor
vehicle
for
higher
authority
that
regulates
the
the
motor
vehicle
for
hire.
Okay,
here
in
Harrison,
County,
cabs
and
so
forth.
What
Hoover
did
was
after
really
giving
us
a
lot
of
static
for
about
six
or
eight
months.
D
They
went
to
the
state
legislature
and
said:
hey
we're
going
to
give
you
a
chunk
of
money
and
it
wasn't
much
of
a
chunk
some
reason
something
he
was
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
they're
regulated
by
the
state.
So
if
you
have
a
problem
with
uber,
we
can't
help
you
okay
same
thing
with
lyft,
but
it's
it's
kind
of
we
come
in.
We
buy
short-term
rentals.
D
Excuse
me:
we
buy
condos
or
apartments.
We
ran
them,
then
at
some
point
we
flip
them
and
then
we
operate
until
we
get
caught,
and
then
we
wait
to
see
if
we'll
be
forgiven
and
so
far
they
have
that's
my
opinion.
That's
my
perspective.
All
right
they're,
not
bad
people
necessarily
they're.
Just
good
people
who
don't
follow
city
ordinances
I
might
need
their
vote
any
other.
Any
other
questions
that
are
less
laborious
to
answer
this
anyway
and
I'm.
D
C
Well,
good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Kenny
Glavine,
my
ward
is
Ward
six
and
that
runs
from
sweet
stuff
on
Popp's
Ferry,
all
the
way
to
the
D'iberville
line.
It
goes
north
up
to
your
mama's
house,
not
your
mama's
house,
yo
mama's
house,
and
then
it
goes
south
meandering
along
the
Biloxi
Bay,
North
Haven
and
in
those
subdivisions
this
is
my
second
term
on
the
City.
Council
I
enjoy
this
job
tremendously,
a
little
bit
of
my
background.
C
One
of
the
other
major
influences
in
my
life
was
coach.
C-Cool
I
was
fortunate
to
play
for
him
at
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast
Community
College.
We
contended
for
we
won
two
state
championships,
but
we
also
contended
for
a
national
championship
and
got
real
close,
but
they
taught
me
hard
work
and
what
it
takes
to
be
a
good
ball
player
and
a
good
team
player
and
I
think
some
of
you
also
in
this
room,
may
have
played
for
him
as
well.
C
Went
to
Mississippi
State
married
Maude,
my
wife,
Lisa
we'd
been
married
for
35
years.
I
have
two
children,
Ken
and
Tony,
and
I
got
two
grandchildren's.
Grandsons
and
I
got
a
granddaughter
on
the
way
in
April
I
got
into
the
hospitality
industry
working
for
at
Bossier
over
at
the
Travelodge
and
Biloxi
hook
line
&
sinker
got
involved
with
the
Hotel
and
Lodging
Association,
one
of
the
big
influencers
and
my
career.
There
was
Billy,
creel
he's
no
longer
with
us,
but
he
was
at
the
Hilton.
C
I
was
sandwich
him
between
the
Hilton
and
the
Royal
D'iberville
Paula
aprile
was
basically
running.
The
Royal
D'iberville
Billy
was
running
the
hilt
and
I.
Had
this
little
bitty
hotel
in
the
middle,
that
I
was
managing
for
at
Bossier
and
it
would
send
the
overflow
from
big
conventions
and
everything
they
taught
me
to
ropes.
C
Later
I
work
with
Tina
with
guff
Shores
Inc.
We
had
five
Holiday
M
properties
on
the
Mississippi,
Gulf,
Coast
and
so
I've,
been
in
that
hospitality,
industry
and
I
view
my
role
as
the
councilman
kind
of
similar.
You
know
guests
have
once
and
needs,
and
they
they
come
to
you
and
what
their
expectations
are
and
I
view
my
constituency
the
same
way
they
have
once
and
needs
and
mod.
C
My
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
they
are
satisfied
and
I
can
exceed
their
expectations
a
little
bit
about
Ward
Ward
six
over
the
last
five
years
anyway,
I'm
proud
of
a
few
accomplishments
and
I'll
talk
about
a
few.
We
passed
a
TIF
bond
for
the
area
that
was
able
to
bring
in
a
Walmart
in
the
area
and
I
think
it's
been
an
economic
driver.
It's
certainly
satisfied
a
need
for
a
lot
of
the
residents
in
that
area.
C
We
are
now
working
on
LZ
Drive,
to
connect
it
to
medical
parkway
and
that's
going
to
become
a
real
big
commercial
corridor
there.
So
it's
really
going
to
drive
economic
development,
but
that
TIFF
bond
that
we
passed
is
helping
finance
some
of
the
infrastructure
and
the
roads
to
be
able
to
open
up
that
corridor
and
kind
of
create
the
synergy
in
that
area.
So
expectation
is
real.
Big
things
will
come.
You
know
to
that
area.
C
Another
project
and
it
was
probably
20
years-
was
dredging
of
the
canals
along
North
Haven
on
all
the
waterfront
homes
that
the
canals
had
silted
in
over
the
years.
We
are
now
dredging
those
canals
making
them
navigable,
making
that
property
more
valuable
so
that
the
citizens
in
that
area
the
owners
can
now
use
that
waterfront
property.
C
There
was
a
road
in
the
area
when
I
first
was
elected,
we
had
a
little
bit
of
money
left
in
a
paving
bond.
It
was
Wetzel
Drive.
It
was
kind
of
a
gravel
dirt
road
and
was
the
only
city-owned
road
and
my
award
that
was
not
paved
and
so
I
went
to
the
administration.
I
said
this:
is
the
road
I
want
to
pave
and
we
paved
it,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
people
that
question
that.
C
If
you
ride
down
at
the
end
of
Wetzel,
there's
a
new
development
called
the
peninsula
and
it's
actually
a
peninsula
with
great
water
waterfront
views
some
of
that
lands
going
for
a
quarter
of
a
million
dollars
just
for
the
for
the
property
before
they
build
the
homes,
but
there's
people
that
are
buying
those
homes.
Now
I'll
talk
to
one
of
the
homeowners
yesterday
and
he's
really
excited
to
locate
into
the
peninsula.
So
that's
that's
a
real
big
deal
and
then
you
have
other
development.
Like
the
Blake,
it's
a
retirement
home.
C
It's
going
to
be
an
upscale
retirement
home.
It's
certainly
going
to
fit
a
need.
Something
Biloxi's
going
to
be
really
really
proud
of
right
across
the
street.
From
it
and
I'll
talk
to
some
of
the
firefighters
when
I
was
elected,
they
were
living
out
of
a
temporary
trailer
that
was
mold
ridden
and
when
I
visited,
they
were
really
distraught
and
aggravated
saying
yeah.
When
are
you
gonna
help
us
get
out
of
this
trailer
I
said
I'll
go
to
work
on
it
and
with
the
help
of
the
media
with
pushing
the
administration.
C
With
the
help
of
my
colleagues
on
the
council,
we
finally
got
some
funding,
put
it
in
place
and
if
you
drive
down
there,
you'll
see
a
new
fire
station
being
built
and
they're
going
to
get
out
of
that
trailer
they're
going
to
have
a
first-class
fire
station
to
work
out
of,
and
in
addition,
we
added
a
training
center
there
that
they
can
train.
We've
had
to
send
them
to
Jackson.
We've
had
to
send
them
to
other
areas
to
do
their
training
cost
about
$3,000
a
firefighter
week.
C
Now
do
that
in
Biloxi
and
save
that
money
and
training
our
own
to
be
the
best
of
the
best,
and
in
addition,
what
that
fire
station
means
for
the
city
of
Biloxi,
all
citizens,
not
just
the
ward
six,
but
as
we
now
put
that
fire
station
in
operation
it'll
be
a
battalion
style
fire
station,
it's
going
to
be
able
to
serve
and
reduce
the
time
for
our
firefighters
to
respond
to
emergency
events.
It
reduces
commercial
insurance
all
across
Biloxi.
It
reduces
residential
residential
insurance
a
little
bit
and
you
know
bottom
line.
C
It
gives
our
firefighters
the
best
of
the
best
and
that's
reflective
of
Biloxi
we're
the
greatest
city
in
the
state
of
Mississippi
and
along
the
Gulf
Coast,
and
we
should
reflect
that
and
our
firefighters,
our
police
and
everything
that
we
did.
So
that's
a
few
of
the
things
I
mean
there's
many
many
more
things
that
we
work
on
this.
This
council
has
worked
tremendously
hard.
C
You
got
a
very
hard-working
mayor,
very
proud
of
mayor
Gillick,
he's
rolled
up
his
sleeves
and
he
certainly
has
the
energy
as
a
y'all
can
see
and
there's
no
grass
that
grows
under
his
feet
and
we
certainly
I
think
over
the
last
few
years,
we've
finally
been
able
to
keep
up
with
his
his
tempo
and
and
how
fast
he
talks
and
we've
been
finally
able
to
interpret
it.
It's
easier
for
me,
because
I
kind
of
got
some
Croatian
roots.
C
C
That's
it
all
right,
I
want
to
before
I
close
I
do
want
to
talk
about
short-term
rentals
a
little
bit.
I
know
that
was
a
question
that
was
asked
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
You
know,
listen
if,
if
it's
in
commercial,
if
it's
zoned
commercial
you're
allowed
to
put
short-term
rentals
if
it's
zone
multifamily
its
conditional
use
and
I
know,
dr.
Tisdale
talked
about
that
a
little
bit,
meaning
you
have
to
prove
to
the
Planning
Commission,
why
short-term
rental
would
work?
C
You
know
if
and
for
me
the
test
is,
if
there's
a
lot
of
residents
that
we
represent,
that
are
opposing
it
and
they
don't
want
short-term
rentals
intruding
on
their
neighborhood
and
they
make
the
case
for
that.
That's
certainly
a
test
for
me.
If
there's
a
lot
of
the
residents
that
are
for
it
and
there's
commercial
zoned
around
the
particular
establishment
and
my
view
that
tilts
in
in
favor
of
looking
favorably
on
short-term
rentals
single-family
homes
is
not
involved,
you
can't
apply
for
it.
It's
not
allowable
now.
C
The
ordinance
I
think
the
Planning
Commission
Executive
Committee
is
looking
at
tweaking
it
and
putting
some
teeth
in
it.
So
that
we
ensure
that
they
are
insured
properly
because
a
lot
of
these
folks
they've
just
it's
residential
insurance
and
they
don't
have
the
proper
commercial
coverage
because
they
don't
tell
their
agent
it's
just
my
home
I'm,
going
to
do
what
I
want
with
it.
C
A
C
G
G
We
were
annexed
about
20
years
ago,
the
majority
of
the
Ward
and
up
until
a
few
years
ago,
nothing
was
really
done
in
the
warden.
So
I
could
talk
all
day
about
what
we
have
going
on,
but
just
to
make
it
really
brief.
We
have
over
a
million
dollar
sidewalk
project
going
on
this
year.
We
have
a
new
fire
station,
going
in
on
old
67,
just
to
the
east
of
Cedar
Lake
and
Hudson
khurana
Road.
We
have
a
new
library
that
we
just
had
a
ribbon-cutting
for
that
we
partnered
with
the
county.
G
The
city
bought
the
building
the
county
paid
to
have
the
library
relocated
and
we're
doing
a
250
thousand
dollar
renovation
to
the
additional
part
of
that
building,
which
will
be
a
community
center
for
the
wool
market.
Ward
7,
north
Biloxi
area
and
that'll
be
that
it's
going
to
be
taking
place
this
year
as
well.
G
So
it's
a
very
large
ward,
and
up
until
now
we
didn't
have
one
Park
in
the
city
limits,
and
this
year
we
will
start
a
1.2
million
dollar
construction
on
a
six
and
a
half
acre
park
in
Eagle
Point,
as
well
as
a
park
that
will
go
in
at
the
new
fire
station
on
the
east.
End
of
the
ward.
So
I
don't
know
that
they'll
be
completed
this
year,
but
we
will
have
two
parks
that
are
started
in
work
seven
this
year.
G
So
that's
a
big
step
as
an
to
the
sidewalks
we
applied
for
and
received
about
a
1.1
million
dollar
grant
of
federal
funding,
and
until
last
year
we
didn't
have
any
sidewalks
on
public
roads
in
wool
market
in
Ward
7,
and
so
that's
something
as
much
needed,
especially
with
the
growth
that
we
have
going
on
in
Ward
7.
It's
it's!
It's
just
crazy.
G
You
came
off
the
bridge
and
it's
real
nice
and
smooth,
and
it
was
like
you
were
in
a
third-world
country,
and
so
we
just
partnered
with
the
county
on
that,
repaid
that
and
replaced
some
much-needed
culverts
that
were
collapsing
and
just
it
was
constantly
just
having
to
be
patched.
The
Cedar
Lake
Road
north
of
the
Cedar
Lake
bridge.
All
the
way
to
highway
67
is
being
paved
right
now,
and
some
work
is
being
done
to
that.
G
An
additional
work
will
be
done
to
that
to
raise
up
that
area
where
that
always
goes
underwater
when
it
just
sprinkles
a
little
bit
as
well.
So
that's
under
construction.
Now
we
just
went
online
with
a
one
and
a
half
million
dollar
water
project
in
the
Larkin
subdivision
off
of
wool
Market
Road
and
brought
a
hundred
and
thirtysomething
residents,
water
and
sewer
that
didn't
have
it
before
that
whole
subdivision
was
just
repaved.
G
We
just
finished
that
we
just
voted
yesterday
to
approve
a
contract,
two
million
dollar
drainage
project
for
the
east,
end
of
wool
market
Road,
and
for
any
of
you
who
are
familiar
with
that,
you
know
that
any
time
it
rains
it's
it's
like
a
major
flood
over
there.
It's
it's
a
it's,
a
very
big
issue
that
we
face,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
a
big
relief
for
the
whole
east
end
of
our
ward
and
that
will
market
will
Market
Road
area
highway
67
any
time
it
rains.
G
That's
where
the
news
goes,
because
that's
the
worst
flooding
in
the
city
and
so
that
that's
that's
a
really
big
thing,
so
I
think
just
out
of
that
bond
that
we
approved
yesterday.
Fourteen
million
dollars
around
four
to
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
that
is
going
toward
seven
to
do
a
lot
of
these
projects.
So
we're
excited
about
that
and
I
think
that's
about
everything
that
that
I
have
going
on
right
now
and
and
I
would
like
to
speak
for
just
a
second
about
the
short-term,
rentals
and
eyesore
down
on
the
same
page.
G
Kenny
is
I
travel
a
lot
and
if
you
look
around
businesses
that
don't
make
adjustments
to
do
what
the
market
are
doing,
they
go
out
of
business
like
Kmart
and
Sears.
They
didn't
see
the
vision
that
some
of
these
other
companies
saw
and
because
of
that,
they
got
behind
the
ball
and
they
failed,
and
if
we
don't
do
what
the
rest
of
the
country
is
doing
on
some
of
these
issues,
we're
gonna
see
the
same
results,
and
so
we
have
to
get
it
right.
I
agree
with
Paul.
G
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
set
of
ordinances
and
rules
and
things
that
these
guys
apply
by.
But
if
we're
going
to
be
a
tourism
town,
a
lot
of
tourists,
that's
what
they
seek
now,
and
so
we
have
to
make
that
available
to
them
and
you
know
to
continue
to
grow
and
grow
it
to
grow
as
a
tourism
city
and
whatever
those
adjustments
are.
You
know
it's
something
that
we
all
have
to
sit
down
and
agree
on.
G
I
understand
that,
but
it
is
a
part
of
the
future
of
you
know
the
way
that
people
stay
whenever
they
travel
the
tourist
towns.
So
I
believe
that
it's
important
that
we
get
our
stuff
together
as
quickly
as
possible
when
it
comes
to
short-term
rentals,
because
that
is
a
part
of
you
know
the
future
for
traveling.
Some.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
them.
Yes,
ma'am.
H
G
I,
don't
know
a
number,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
whenever
I
was
running
for
office,
there's
approximately
5,300
mailboxes
in
Ward
7,
and
that
that
includes
apartment
complexes
and
everything
like
that
trailer
parks
and
everything.
But
that's
5,300
mailboxes.
If
you
take
the
average
of
three
people
living
at
each
mailbox,
that's
well
over
15,000
people
and
a
45,000
people,
sidon
city,
and
so
you
know
you
can
do
the
math
real,
quick
and
that's
about
1/3,
or
you
know
at
least
a
quarter
of
of
what
we
have
in
the
city
of
Biloxi.
G
So
with
that
being
said,
I
believe
that
whenever
the
census
comes
out,
you
know
our
word
lines
will
have
to
be
redrawn
because
you
have
to
have
an
equal
number
of
residents
are
close
to
an
equal
number
of
residents
in
the
wards.
But
it's
growing
really
fast.
We
probably
have
10
subdivisions
being
built
right
now
in
the
ward
and
and
that's
there's
a
lot
of
reasons.
G
It's
a
desirable
area
and
the
insurance
is
cheaper
here
than
other
places,
you're
safe
from
the
safe
from
the
storms,
and
so
that
there's
a
lot
of
factors
that
that
that
play
into
that.
But
you
know
we
have.
We
have
a
lot
of
new
rooftops
going
in
right
now
and
another
thing
I'd
like
to
mention
just
off
the
exit
north
of
the
exit.
G
G
G
Thank
you,
and-
and
that
is
a
and
I
should
have
covered-
that
more-
that
that's
a
great
addition
to
our
community
Connie
Rocco
after
the
storms.
She
she
facilitated
getting
that
trailer
and
things
in
there
and
then,
when
we
bought
that
building,
Connie
and
I
were
having
lunch
one
day
and
we're
just
brainstorming
and
they
were
considering
building
a
library,
and
so
we
knew
what
we
were
going
to
do
with
half
of
that
building
which
it
was
going
to
be
a
community
center.
G
But
we
didn't
know
what
we
were
going
to
do
with
the
other
half.
We
had
kicked
around
putting
a
gym
in
and
things
like
that
for
the
residents,
and
we
came
up
with
that
idea
and
the
county
put
I
think
around
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
into
that
and
they're
gonna
I
believe
put
about
another
hundred
thousand
into
it.
When
it's
all
said
and
done
in
addition
to
us
buying
the
building
for
250,
and
then
you
know
we're
putting
an
additional
250
or
something
like
that
into
it.
G
So
the
building,
when
it's
all
said
and
done,
will
have
close
to
a
million
dollars
in
it.
But
it's
a
great
addition
for
our
community
and,
with
that
being
said
and
I,
think
all
the
council
people
will
agree
with
this.
We
right
now
have
a
great
partnership
with
the
county
and
partnering
with
the
county
and
between
us
and
them.
A
Good
morning,
all
right,
I
think
I
met
I'm,
Felix
kinds,
I'm
the
councilman
for
war-torn
Biloxi,
and
just
like
most
of
my
colleagues
I'm
in
my
second
term
and
of
course
here
in
the
city
of
Biloxi,
my
ward
has
been
a
major
challenge.
My
ward
lines
start
from
most
of
you
probably
know
Lee
Street,
probably
about
seven
streets
over
and
it
go
all
the
way
to
Kiesler
it
takes
in
Keith's
layout
for
space,
and
then
we
get
on
the
other
side
of
Keesler
between
Pass
Road
and
the
railroad
tracks.
A
We
go
all
the
way
down
on
the
Lady
of
fátima,
so
it's
pretty
big
and
it's
very,
very
diverse
and
we've
also
had
a
lot
of
challenges.
The
first
thing
I'm
going
to
talk
about
is
the
construction.
That's
been
our
biggest
challenge.
As
you
know,
we
had
Katrina
a
couple
of
years
ago.
Katrina
took
us
down
pretty
good.
We
lost
the
most
homes
and
I'm
speaking
for
our
ward,
one
George
Lawrence
area.
Also,
we
lost
the
most
homes,
we
lost
the
most
people
and
it's
been
a
real
big
challenge.
A
With
the
economic
downturn
coming
right
behind
it,
then
we
had
to
BP
oil
spill,
it's
slow
construction,
so
that
has
been
a
very
big
challenge.
We
were
lucky
because
we
receive
the
three
hundred
and
fifty
five
million
dollar
grant
to
redo
our
infrastructure
and
that
took
a
there
was
a
few
bumps
in
the
road
in
that
area,
three
hundred
and
fifty
five
million
dollars.
What
does
that?
A
We
had
a
group,
a
construction
company
that
kind
of
been
slow.
We
actually
supposed
to
finish
this
project,
January
1st
and
now
we're
in
the
process
of
finding
them
because
they
are
slow,
but
things
are
slowly
coming.
We
brought
in
the
guy
that
did
Jimmy
Lane,
who
brought
in
who
did
Popp's
Ferry
Road,
and
he
has
moved
things
forward,
and
so
now
our
community
is
starting
to
shape
up
it's
starting
to
shape
up
a
lot
matter
of
fact.
This
weekend
we
had
a
second
Lynas
parade
and
we
had
the
masses
came
out.
A
People
came
back
to
the
community,
so
that's
one
of
the
biggest
bright
spots
of
our
community
is
seeing
the
resurgence
of
the
War
two
community
coming
back.
The
next
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
is
our
parks,
him
rebec,
Park,
Nathan
and,
and
most
of
my
colleagues
talked
about
our
partnership
with
the
county.
A
Miss
Beverly
Martin
is
our
supervisor
and
she
came
in
and
put
a
beautiful
big
splash
pad
in
our
community
or
in
our
Park
Henry
Beck
Park
in
particular,
so
that
has
turned
out
to
be
a
great
asset
for
our
kids
during
during
the
summer,
and
it
gives
them
some
place
to
go
sherry
bill
also
put
in
new
basketball
goals,
something
we
will
wit
out
for
a
long
time.
As
you
know,
again,
Katrina
destroyed
a
lot
of
things.
A
A
The
hospital
did
a
study
about
the
fastest
growing
area
along
the
coast.
395
303,
9,
5
3
o,
is
my
area
that
is
one
of
the
fastest
growing
areas
and
in
our
community
on
the
coast
and
we're
proud
of
that,
because
we
know
that
we're
slowly
slowly.
Coming
back
and
one
of
the
things
that's
going
to
really
really
help
us
is
the
keystore
gate
project
the
we're
moving
the
Keesler
gate
from
Forest
Avenue,
which
is
way
down
to
the
closer
to
the
bay
and
we're
gonna
move
it
to
the
end
of
Division
Street.
A
A
This
is
my
War
two
right
here:
we're
with
City
the
resurgence
of
downtown.
That's
the
mayor's
baby.
As
you
can
look
down,
we
got
the
bricks
coming
through
to
view
marché,
opening
it
wide
open.
That's
a
project.
That's
been
on
the
table
a
long
time,
if
some
of
you
guys
remember
Delmar
Robertson.
That
was
one
of
the
things
that
he
wanted
to
do.
Delmar
was
a
mentor
of
mine
with
our
blex,
a
Housing
Authority,
and
his
thing
was
to
open
the
V
Marsh
a
back
up.
We
break
it.
A
The
mayor
took
that
on
as
a
challenge
and
he's
opening
it
back
up.
Not
only
opening
it
back
up
but
recruiting
people
to
put
businesses
down
there
and
that's
the
thing
as
you
look
around
a
downtown
block
the
area
over
the
past
10
years,
it's
growing
and
it's
growing
massively
and
with
that
opening
I
only
had
one
complaint
about
it.
One
lady
told
me:
why
did
you
have
to
paint
the
bricks?
I
say:
hey,
we
gotta
help
our
kid.
We
gotta
help
parking.
A
So
that
was
a
great
thing,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
also
have
coming
is
another
community
center.
We
did
a
bond
just
not
long
ago.
A
14
million
dollar
bond
and
I
wanted
a
place
for
our
kids
to
go,
have
a
sinner
as
we
have
once
before.
Before
the
storm.
We
had
three
community
centers.
Now
we
have
really
none
and
now,
for
the
first
time
we
have
money
set
aside
to
go
ahead
and
build
a
facility
working
with
our
partners.
A
Miss
Beverly
Martin,
our
supervisor
we've
located
some
land,
which
is
the
old
baseball
stadium.
Where
there's
a
lot
of
lay
in
there
and
we're
going
to
try
to
go
ahead
and
put
up
a
facility
for
our
kids,
an
indoor
facility
right
now
we're
using
the
old
Mercy
Cross
building,
which
is
a
very,
very
let
dilapidated,
and
we
need
a
good
facility
for
them
to
play
a
safe
place
to
play,
and
we,
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
now
are
using
it.
And
you
know
we
don't
want
our
people
we're
Biloxi.
A
We
don't
want
our
people
in
rundown
buildings.
We
want
to
look
good
when
we
want
to
look
right
and
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
that
put
up
in
the
next
couple
of
years
as
soon
as
oscar
and
they
get
on
out
the
way.
So
anyway,
with
that
being
said,
we've
experiencing
growth.
People
are
coming
back
and
I'm
proud
of
the
area
that
that
I
would
represent.
A
I'm
proud
of
this
downtown
area,
the
resiliency
of
our
people,
going
through
what
they've
been
through
the
last
10
or
12
years
and
always
say
I,
took
three
years
off
my
life
dealing
with
Oscar
Enda.
So
now
you
know
now
that
I
can
raise
up
out
of
the
dust
clouds
and
and
see
a
resurgent
community
I'm
just
proud
to
say
that
our
community
and
Biloxi
is
back.
Do
I.
Have
any
questions
don't
raise
your
hands
at
once,
a
good
I'll
go
good
and
farce.
A
That
was
the
first
thing,
I
done
when
I,
when
I
got
it
when
I
got
into
office,
I,
TAS,
Kate,
Miller
and
the
downtown
mote
blocks
of
Main
Street
and
I
actually
sent
the
actual
promo
to
you
guys
and
allow
you
guys
to
get
involved
with
with
me.
We
actually
have
identified
a
couple
of
grocery
stores
to
come
on
in
and,
as
you
know,
we
did.
My
initial
plan
was
the
Calvet
Main
Street
Calvet
and
Division
Street
corner,
where
we
were
looking
at
putting
a
grocery
store.
A
Of
course,
you
guys
redesigned
it
a
little
bit
differently,
but
all
is
the
same
all
these.
This
probably
you
know
all.
This
was
one
of
them
that
we
were
trying
to
target
while
I
supposed
to
say
names,
one
of
the
grocery
stores,
as
that
where
we
target
it-
and
you
know
it's,
it's
a
process,
that's
working
and
if
you
get
with
me
later,
I
can
tell
you
where
we
are
in
the
process
on
that
grocery
store.
A
A
A
That
has
been
put
into
plans.
It's
been
put
into
plans.
It
was
passed
yesterday,
I
think
it's
1.5
million
to
set
aside
now
we
haven't
moved
it
forward
yet,
but
that's
been
set
aside
for
the
singer
theater
and
that's
the
cornerstone
of
the
downtown
area.
We
need
that,
in
my
opinion,
we
need
it
because
this
it's
the
cornerstone
of
bringing
back
the
downtown
Alexi
area
so,
but
that
has
been
addressed
and
1.5
million
right
off
the
side
to
start
that
renovation
process.
A
A
Yeah
I'll
take
the
second
one.
First,
we've
just
passed
an
incentive
for
housing
and
that's
out
there
on
our
website
for
people
who
want
to
build,
and
also
people
who
want
to
buy
and
renovate
and
and
there's
a
process
that
we
have
there's
an
application
process
out
there
to
receive
an
incentive
for
you
to
build
and
and
come
back.
As
you
know,
the
challenges
we
have
in
our
community
is
elevation,
and
so
it
costs
you
a
little
bit
more
because
you
have
to
go
a
little
bit
higher.
A
We
just
passed
that
I
think
about
a
month
or
two
ago
to
give
an
incentive
for
people
who
want
to
build
and
also
people
who
want
to
buy
what
we
did
is
from
Forest
Avenue,
all
the
way
to
Keller
Avenue
and
from
pretty
much
from
the
beach
to
the
bay
that
whole
area
falls
into
that
that
area
for
that.
For
that
grant,
and
so
you
have
an
opportunity,
if
you
do,
that,
that
would
give
you
incentives
to
go
ahead
and
build
as
far
as
the
downtown
of
the
Main
Street
area.
A
Yes,
the
the
pink
building
which,
what
you're
talking
about
there's
a
historical
house
in
that
area
and
that's,
been
addressed
once
the
street
is
finished
and
we
have
Jimmy
Lane,
which
is
one
of
our
fastest
contractors
going
through
there
there's
been
two
or
three
people
who
who
is
talking
about
buying
that
building
and
restoring
it.
I
know
there
are
several
people
who
talked
about
tearing
it
down,
but
we
want
to
try
to
preserve
it
as
best
we
could,
because
that
is
still
the
corner.
A
I
A
A
A
C
G
B
Right
now,
it's
in
their
thing
and
I
said
it
not
a
better
opportunity
to
plug
it
again.
Felix
was
talking
about
developing
the
downtown
area
and
it's
a
focus
of
Mayor
guillotine.
Really
I
get
the
question.
All
the
time
of
you
know:
I'm
the
VP
of
the
Economic
Development
Committee.
Well,
what
you
know
how
how
does
it
relate
to
economic
development?
B
Well,
this
the
the
the
pub
crawl
poker
run
that
we
have
really
is
our
way
of
promoting
economic
development,
he's
talking
about
the
the
growth
that
area
and
the
beautification
of
the
area,
and
that's
one
way
that
we
can
promote
that
push
people
down
there.
Let
them
walk
the
streets,
let
them
see
what's
going
on
down
there,
the
businesses
that
are
there
support
the
businesses
that'll
bring
in
more
business,
I,
say
all
that
to
say:
please
buy
a
ticket
to
the
poker
run
it's
our
first
year.
We
want
it
to
be
successful.
B
You
can
get
in
touch
with
any
of
the
board
members
of
the
books.
Bay
Area
Chamber
I
got
two
tickets
on
me.
If
anybody
wants
any
it's
it's
what
walking
bicycling
both
yeah
yeah
yeah.
It's
very
very
doable,
and
you
can.
You
can
tell
me
if
I'm,
not
speaking
out
of
turn,
but
you
buy
the
$20
ticket
and
you're
not
obligated
to
fork
out
any
other
money
that
night
go
in
the
places
see
see
the
places
we're
trying
to
get
people
in
the
door.
It's
going
to
start.
B
It
won
the
new
venue,
131
and
and
they're
brand
new.
We
just
did
the
ribbon-cutting
so
we're
wanting
to
push
people
in
here
to
promote
this
businesses
to
revitalize
the
downtown
area,
because
we'll
all
benefit
from
it.
That
was
my
spiel
I'll
get
off
of
there,
but
I'll
go
into
again.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
council
members
they
they've
agreed
to
this
every
year.
Now
this
is
the
third
year.
It's
our
best
attended
event,
and
we
were
really
thankful
for
them.
I
want
to
thank
Mark
Seymour
again
with
Seymour
engineering.
He
he
stepped
up.
B
This
is
second
year
in
a
row.
He
stepped
up.
That's
awesome.
It
really
take
takes
a
lot
of
the
pressure
off
of
getting
all
this
together
and
Victor
Newman
again
with
jacked
up
coffee.
We
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
y'all.
You
know
my
council
members
for
helping
us
out
and
in
Tina
but
I
guess
that's
about
all
guys.
I
won't
keep
all
any
longer
thank
y'all
for
coming
out
and
and
keep
up
with
the
news.