Remarks by Lesli Harris
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“Oh, wait. No, no, no. Sorry. I have several cards. Sorry, y'all. I'm trying to get out of here. Alan Sahara. Sorry. Followed by Russell Kent, I think. Kelly. Kelly.”
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“Ashley? Up next is the alligator. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Yet again. Owen. Owen, come on up. You get two minutes.”
“Thank you. So you are in support of RTA, is what you're saying? Oh, absolutely. OK. Thank you, Owen. And up next is the algae of development. Thank you, Ashley. Thank you, RTA.”
“All right, this is another organization that gets no city revenue. But please introduce yourselves.”
“Good morning. We're talking about our pizza. We're hungry. And salad. And salad. Are we standing between you and lunch? No, the library actually is standing between us and lunch.”
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“Thank you, Emily. I appreciate you, and I appreciate the fact that you have Sam LeBlanc here, who was much needed as a facilities manager. I know that there have been repeated outages. I'm specifically going to ask about Allie Mae and the status of that branch. Where are we?”
“Knock on wood. Knock on wood, right. I mean, that's one that continues intermittently in and out. So I appreciate that it's up and running now, but the fact is that it has been closed and it's open and it's closed again. So Sam, I know you have your eye on that. The City Archives, we've been talking about this since I've been in office, that they're sitting below sea level in a basement. Is there any opportunity to move Any of those to any of the branches, or do you want to combine them, have them in one location?”
“You said you're doing a feasibility study. Where are you in that process?”
“I mean, that sounds like a good idea, and I believe you guys have bonding capacity, and if you own that land, you know, that's potentially money there as well. Well, I was an art history major as well, so I appreciate you, Emily. Council Member McCarran, any questions? Okay, I do have one comment card from Shanon.”
“With that, y'all are done. Thank you for everything you do. And I rent books all the time to mitigate my time up here. Mainly trash books. All right, Ashley. All right. Thank you. Thank you. We are back at 1 o'clock for Budget Budget.”
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. This is a safety and permits demo application for a residential building. HGLC review is not required. The applicant requests to demolish the existing building to rebuild the residence. We approved this application last year. However, the property owner had to change contractors, which delayed the approved demolition. Thus, this is the current application requesting demolition once again. I've moved. Seconded by Council Member Murrell. six days. Thank you.”
“Thank you, Steven. This motion modifies approval for a conditional use application to permit a single short-term rental in a three-unit building. Please note that these three units have five bedrooms each, so if we actually approved all of these commercial short-term rentals, potentially there could be 30 people at this structure. As I said, this property is a three-unit building with five bedrooms in each unit. Previously, there was a building on this site that operated as a commercial short-term rental, but that building was demolished and this one was erected in its place. While commercial…”
“All right, first we need to take up the amendment to number 13. I'll move. Can I get a second? Seconded by Councilmember Willard. All in favor? Aye. All right, six shays on the amendment. And now we can discuss this. And I know Liz Holman is here from Office of Community Development, if there are any questions about what we're doing. So this ordinance, along with number 41, motion 26432, pertains to the mandatory inclusionary zoning, a method to spark the creation of affordable housing. Back in 2021, the city implemented the MIZ policy with the intent to create more affordable housing units…”
“Thank you, Jordan. Ron Lazel? Ron Lazel.”
“Thank you, Ron. Madam Clerk, we'll do 13 first, as amended. So I've moved. Seconded by Councilmember Green. Six yes. And then we'll take up number 41. I'll move. Second by Council Member McCarran. I'm ignoring these machines. All in favor?”
“Thank you. This is a servitude that will generate $289 subject to a 15% increase every five years. I've moved. Council Member McCarran has seconded. Six Shades. Thank you.”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. This servitude will create an annual revenue payment of $953, subject to 15% increase every five years. I've moved. Councilmember McCarran has seconded. All in favor? Thank you.”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. This $1.2 million is an investment in the Medicaid enhanced payment program, not a traditional payment that generates lump sum revenues as in the past. The funds support the LDH financing mechanism that allows participating ambulance providers to receive substantially higher Medicaid reimbursements. The enhanced reimbursements materially increases what EMS receives for Medicaid transports. The financial leverage is significant. A 1.2 million IGT payment supports participation in a program estimated to generate approximately $7.9 million in enhanced Medicaid payments…”
“Thank you. This ordinance transfers 2026 funds that were appropriated to the Clerk of Criminal District Court to a fund titled for the Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish in accordance with their consolidation. Are there any questions about this one? Yeah, Council Member Morrell, and there are people from the administration here to discuss.”
“Correct. 2026 money into 2026 money. All right. Thank you. Yep. I'll move. Seconded by Council Member Green. I need six shays. Thank you. Seven shays.”
“Thank you. This is an amendment to the existing CEA reflecting a change in services that accompanies the reduction in the 2026 budget. It removes language on disaster responsibilities that is being separated into its own contract. Any questions? If not, I'll move. Seconded by Council Member Green. Six yays. Thank you.”