City Council on 2026-09-17 10:00 AM.

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Rwy'n credu y byddai ymlaen â'r wyf o boblogaethau hwnnw. Ac mae'n rhaid i ni ddod o'r ffurfio am ddod o'r ffordd. O'r ffordd y byddwn ni'n ei wneud, mae'n rhaid i ni ddod o'r ffordd. O'r ffordd y byddwn ni'n ei wneud, mae'n rhaid i ni ddod o'r ffordd. Iawn. Mae yna rhai sydd yn gwybod am hwn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. Iawn. I am a proud alum of Endercar High School, and I actually work at Endercar as well. I created a program for the kids that's not getting as much attention, the individuals that are innovative. They're creators, and I wanted to give them a platform so they can shine. So I created a program where we teach kids how to go from design to concept and make their dreams come to fruition. And I actually brought some of my kids here today. Wave, y'all. Y'all come stand behind. Y'all can come. Y'all come stand behind. Now, tell us about your fashion show. Mm-hmm. So the fashion show is actually a nine-month program. So from about September to April, sometimes it happens in March just depending on how the school year falls.

We teach kids how to sew, use a sewing machine, troubleshoot a sewing machine, teach them how to make patterns, as well as create the visions that they write down or draw for us. And honestly, it wouldn't be possible without Jalen because she actually is the instructor. So I'm the ‑‑ or I like to say I'm logistics. So I'm behind the scenes. I'm creating the plan for us, handling the money, and making sure that everything that we do, you know, comes to life. I actually have video and pictures, but I don't know if I can share that with you all right now. Did you give them to the media people? No, I didn't know that I could. Well, it's okay. You can follow us on Instagram. It's the house of E.K. underscore H-A-U-S. That's what house is. I'll make sure we have the ‑‑ at least I'll be at the fashion show. Yes, please. In 2027. Yes, yes. We need you to be there as well as if anyone is willing to be a sponsor. We're looking for sponsors so my kids don't have to come out of their pockets with everything. Definitely. I like to pass the floor to Jalen as well. Now, Jalen, is it Richard or Rishaw? I guess it depends on where you're from. Jalen Ricard. Ricard. All of them. All of them. All wrong. Okay, say a few words for us, Jalen. I'm Jalen Ricard, as I just said. I'm the head sewing instructor for the kids. I'm also an alum of Edna Carr 2017. Coming up on ten years of graduating, it's very interesting to look back and think about where I was when I was their age. I think it's really good that I'm able to help them because I didn't have that same help, you know, when my mom was growing up, they had homemaking school. So they were teaching them how to sew. Sewing was such a part of everyone's everyday life. So doing this program is bringing it back to the forefront because it can't be a career. It can't be a lifestyle, which is my career and my lifestyle. So being able to teach them is beautiful. Okay. Any of our youth want to say anything? They actually do. Go ahead. Hey, everyone. My name is England Miller. I'm a 12th grade senior at the Edna Carr. Ms. Jalou brought me this idea my freshman year, 2023. And ever since, it just has been history to the models, the designs, the thoughts, the imaginations, the creations, just our time that we took in it. Now, I took two years off, but I'm back, and it just feels great. Good. Glad to hear that. Hey, everyone. My name is Caden Banks. I'm in 12th grade at Edna Carr High School. This program has taught me more than just sewing. It taught me how to keep myself in a path where I could keep going and just pacing myself. And it really showed me how much I could really do, even with the sewing. And it's hard to put up a show. Sewing clothes and making a whole show is a process. So knowing that I could do this makes me feel like I could do anything. Do anything. Glad to hear that. Anyone else? No? Okay. Hello. My name is Kennedy Robey. I am an 11th grade student at the Edna Carr. And this fashion show has taught me how to sew and how to manage my time. It's more than just sewing. And it's just a really good opportunity for children at school who, like, just want to do fashion and arts and stuff and not just sports. Well, we appreciate that. We realize and understand that there's more to high school than sports. We know Carr is known for a powerhouse, but we'll hopefully get it to be known as a powerhouse in fashion as well. At this time, I'm going to turn it over to the representative for the Real Purple and Gold. Me. Just messing around. Mr. Councilmember Eugene Green. Is your last name J-U-L-U-K-E? Yes, sir. You're related to Jabbar? That's my dad. Oh, how about everybody? Like, how about that? Well, that's great to know. Yes, and Jabbar Jalouk is a St. Aug's product. Yeah. That's right. Look, Councilman King led into it. I wasn't going to bring up that purple and gold, but I'm going to bring it up now. We have two purple and golds in the house. But thank you, Mr. Jalouk, and thank you, Ms. Ricard, and all to the young people. Thank you for participating in what you do. And looking forward to seeing our fashion industry grow. You all can make it grow. We have talked in the past about doing more to make New Orleans a place where you think a little bit more even about another industry, fashion, and the way it starts is in high school with you all participating in this type of activity. So thank you for what you do. And I'll send a picture to your father. But it's great to see you here. Thank you. I appreciate you all, especially recognizing what we do. It's very important to not just focus on the little things. Like, make this big as well. So I appreciate you all. Council President, anything? Yeah. About us, my tardiness, obviously, I don't have any St. Aug connections, although my brother and my uncle did go to St. Aug. So I guess I wasn't good enough, apparently. But I certainly appreciate this is a city that has always been celebrated for its culture and its arts. Fashion is an art form. I appreciate your comments on time management. My daughter is an artist. It is extremely important that if you want to pursue time in art, particularly in fashion, having the ability to manage your time to actually produce pieces in a timely way in the future when you have clients who want that piece at a certain time, that's invaluable. I mean, this is really a field you can make a tremendous amount of money in. As someone who purchases a lot of custom clothes, I'm not talking about those. I'm talking about, like, hoodies and the like. There's a market for this. And it's not something that they traditionally teach. Like, you don't learn fashion in shop class. Like, you learn how to, you know, build a car or build a table. But when you look at just what's going on in the world, you look at, I mean, people make a tremendous amount of money on sites like Etsy just making custom clothing in an art or an area in which they have passion. And there's a market for it.

So, I mean, I think this is a tremendous opportunity. I support everything you're doing. I do think we do have a little car fatigue because you all are the best at everything, apparently. It might be better than the other place that's got some gold going on. But, I mean, I'm just very excited to see what y'all do in the future. And hopefully I get a discount when y'all blow up. Thank you. Always. Always. I like that. All right. Let me just say, I have two sisters. One finished from car. Two out of five. One finished from car in 12 or 11. Other finished in 14. So, and I went there for seventh grade. Want to make that known. We'll call him as well. Honorary. Let me go come down and present y'all with these proclamations real quick. Thank you. Madam Clerk, we're going to get started. Mr. King. Farron, you need to let him come up here and do his job. Come on. Come on, Freddie. Freddie. Freddie. Roll call. Council President Morrell. Present. Vice President Willett. Council Member McCarran. Here. Council Member Harris. Here. Council Member King. Here. Council Member Green. Here. Council Member Hughes. Here. We have five members. We have a quorum. All right. First up, we have the Royal Council Pledge of Allegiance by myself. Let's go. Oh, we have a pastor in that? I'm sorry. It was not on my list. I apologize for that, Pastor Nichols. Go right ahead. Our heavenly father, we come this hour of the morning thanking you for this opportunity to come. We ask now that you would turn a listening ear to our cry on this morning. God, you have been our help in ages past, our help for days and weeks and months and years to come. And as we come now, God, inside of this council chamber on behalf of our elected official, we pray now, God, that you will continue to give them the wisdom to be able to help us in our city. God, we lift up their families right now, God, and we, most of all, we pray that as citizens come before them, that we will always be reminded, dear God, that we are the ones that support them, making sure that our city will be the best city that it can be. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. All right. All right. On page 35, we have legislative grouping, ordinance calendar 35,560, along with resolution R26391 by council members Morrell, Willard, McCarran, Harris, King, Green, and Hughes. A resolution declaring Friday, May 21st, 2027, as Jerome Big Duck Smith Day in the city of New Orleans, honoring the life, legacy, courage, service, and contributions of Jerome Big Duck Smith as a freedom rider, civil rights activist, community organizer, mentor, educator, culture bearer, advocate for children, and champion of justice, and recognizing his lifelong commitment to the people, children, history, culture, and future of New Orleans. Thank you. Can we get the family to come on down to the table? And you guys can bring any friends you might want to bring. Before we get y'all started, we're going to take up the vote on the resolution so we can get that framed and presented to the family before the presentation is over. So wait for my thing to follow up. All right. Down to 35. All right. I'm going to move. Second by Councilmember Willard. All in favor? That is six yeas, no nays. The resolution is adopted. I know that there are several things that we're going to do today regarding celebrating the life of Mr. Jerome Smith, Big Duck, as he is affectionately called, but I think it's most appropriate to start with some words from the family. So I'm putting you on the spot, Farron. So why don't you start? How you doing? She punted. Okay. Yeah, that's good. I'm Two Scoop Robert Stanley, Sr., the new director of Tamarina Fang. I appreciate everything y'all doing in terms of naming Tree Me Center, but we'll be at a miss if we don't name Hunter's Field after Big Duck. That is Tamarina Fang. Tree Me Center was a part of us, an index for lack of better words, but Hunter's Field is Tamarina Fang. And if we put his name on Tree Me Center, we have to put it on Hunter's Field. The good thing about it, we already have the letters, because we was already planning to do that ahead of time. I don't think you're going to have any opposition to that, so I think we can take care of that too. Y'all might have to come back and do another meeting, but that's fine. We will handle it. I think that obviously, to your point, when you look at all of the history around Hunter's Field, when you look at attempts in the past to change who could use Hunter's Field, I think to your point, that is a very appropriate request, and Councilman King will take care of that post-haste. Right, Councilmember King? Me and Coach Two Scoops already talked about it, it's in the works. Yes. Yes, sir. So I had a big old long speech, but I'm just going to start somewhere in the middle. So Jerome Big Duck Smith told us, the universal tear of a child is his shame. These words must mean something to me. It means that every child who feels forgotten or irresponsible is our responsibility. Every child who lacks guidance is our responsibility. Every cultural tradition that disappears because it's not passed down is our responsibility. Every institution that has the power to help our children must be accountable for what it does. We are willing to sit at the table, but we will not let our history be erased. We are willing to cooperate, but we will not surrender our responsibility to the children. We are willing to move forward together, but the city of New Orleans must recognize that Tamarind and Fam has earned a place through 58 years of sacrifice and service and commitment. Jerome Smith did not part Tamarind and Fam. We'll continue to do ours. I'm sorry, Jerome Smith did his part, but we will continue to do ours. So let's do what's right by the children and honor Jerome Smith that we love and call Big Duck.

Just so we can be on the proper item, Madam Clerk, since we've already passed the ordinance dealing with the resolution regarding the- We passed the resolution. Right, so we are now on the resolution dealing with the Treme Recreation Center, correct? If you want to discuss it, but we already voted on it. Okay. So next we'll vote on the amendment to the ordinance and then the ordinance. We're going to Treme Center? All right, so vote on the amendment. The motion for an amendment by Councilman Harris, all in favor. Okay. All right. All in favor on the amendment to rename to me, Senator, all in favor. Six days. All right, so, so we amended instrument to rename. Let me read an amendment Councilmember King. We have an amendment to Ordinance Calendar 35,560 by Councilmember King. An amendment to include to remain the proposed new name of the Recreation Community Center, and to correct the last name of Mr. Smith's mother. Okay, we just wanted to make sure we didn't forget the name Treme in the center. And thank you, Ms. Smith, for making sure that we didn't do that. Ms. Mays, I saw you in here earlier. She was also someone who corrected us to make sure we didn't leave Treme out of the name. So we made that correction. So at this time, I'll pass it on to other Councilmembers, starting with Councilmember Green. Thank you very much, and I'm just pleased and honored to be here to celebrate Jerome Big Duck Smith's life. It was a life well lived. We've said a lot over the last couple of days, but interestingly enough, one of the things that impresses me most about his life was that he knew that he was gonna be putting his life on the line sometimes, riding a bus through the south, being in Parchman Penitentiary, following a terrible episode where the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council of Mississippi murdered people at a time when you could still be murdered and you'd be going before, the defendant would be going before a jury that was gonna acquit him anyway. That was very courageous on his part. But I'm also impressed that he enjoyed and loved the city of New Orleans so much that he stayed here. He could have been on a trail, he could have gone to New York and said he's gonna be part of some institute or something like that. But he worked with the young people here and made a big difference in our city. Hunters Field, by its very definition, is because of Jerome Smith. He decided that after they built that bridge through that beautiful black community, that he was gonna make sure the children still had a place to play. And I just wanna tell you that that was courageous for him to come down to the city council at a time when young people were pushed out of the council. So he was ahead of his time in many respects. But again, not to be redundant, but it's so important. When I think about his life, I think about the fact that even though he was beaten, he literally put himself on the line in many instances. And because of that, our society is a better society today. So thank you for sharing him with us. And thank you for the things that you're doing to continue his memory in our city. He's a very important part of the history of the city of New Orleans. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So this is what we're gonna do, and I apologize. The cards were giving to Council Member Morrell, and I didn't know we had public comment. So right now, I have two. So the order is gonna do the public comments. Council Member's gonna speak, and we're gonna turn it over to the family to have the final words. So we have Jeremy Stevenson, followed by Morgan Cleverson. Right now, those are the only two comment cards we have for this item number. Steve? Good morning. As you say, I'm Jeremy Stevenson, also known as Big Chief High. I'm a black, masking Indian. And I have been involved in the tambourine and fan since 1991, right? It's been some incidents that happened in my life journey. Where I couldn't, I wasn't able to get out of it, out on my own. So my grandmother made a call to Jerome Big Duck Smith. And he was done, he was done, and he saved my life. I can literally say on behalf of the other people in the culture that lives he saved, thank y'all. Thank y'all for everything y'all doing, and everything that y'all are gonna do. So that's behalf on me and the culture, right? We appreciate you, Mr. King, also. Thank you. Thank y'all. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Stevenson. Next up is Ms. Morgan Clevenger. And again, these are the only two cards we have thus far. Good morning. Jerome Big Duck Smith, irreplaceable. Good morning, fam. Just as New Orleans is irreplaceable. I met, I called him Mr. Jerome at the time, over 50 years ago. And the first time I came in this building, in this room, in this chamber, was with him. And he taught us that this is the people's house. That this is our house. And that the people sitting up here work for us. And so as we remember and honor Big Duck on this beautiful building that he fought for, the community he fought for, let's remember his spirit in this room as well. Because one of his friends, Allison Big Chief Tootie Montana, his plaque sits on this podium, the people's podium. And every time I come up here, I pray for the courage of Big Chief Tootie and of Big Duck. So, as we go forward, I'll say what he always said to me. Do the work, hold the line, no humbug. Thank you, Ms. Clevenger. Are the individuals in line for the comment cards related to this item? Excuse me, y'all coming to speak? Yeah, I suppose not. Okay. You come and speak, just pull a comment card out once you're done. But the podium is yours. Hi, my name is Carolyn Dunbar, and I'm a culture bearer in the community too. I'm a baby doll, and I do all sorts of other things. And I remember Hunter's Field when they used to give away hundreds of cakes. I was maybe eight or nine, they used to give us lots of birthday cakes. And I'm just coming up here because Big Duck is in my spirit.

I didn't know him as well, but he's in my spirit. And I wrote a poem about him, and I would like to say that poem. It says, a legend is now gone, but we'll forever live on. We forever honor your memory, even though you are gone. Big Duck was admirable and kind, intelligent, loving and true. His fight for the right for justice, even if he did not know you. For everything he'd done for us, like teaching kids about dope. He ensured that all the members of tambourine and fan knew that this was a life without hope. Let us continue to work, not tear each other down. Let us stop killing each other, seeing our young people dead on the ground. Let us honor the hunter's field by being a place to go to know each other. Just as Big Duck would teach us how to love your sisters and brothers. Let us not just honor Big Duck memory by just saying rip and goodbye. Let us do the right things and keep our black pride. Young black people, I can hear Big Duck saying especially to you. We need you, you are our future to keep black history. And that is why we have to stop killing each other and eliminating our black race. Completing the job of those who hate us and now they laughing in our face. So please, let us honor Big Duck memory. And on one accord, let us say it loud from Hunter's Field to all over the world. Thank you, Big Duck, for teaching us how to be black and proud. Thank you, thank you. Okay, we're going to continue with our comments from our council members. Council President Morrell. Thank you. I think it would be most appropriate to talk about relationships. My relationship with Big Duck is kind of the relationship that people in the city of New Orleans have with each other, which is you have long, deep relationships rooted in the work and rooted in family. As Farron knows, Big Duck and my mom got into a lot of good trouble. And many of you know my mother as a council member and in that particular life, but I'm talking about when my mom was the principal of McDonough 15. I'm talking about, and Ms. Mays knows because she was probably an instigator with Jerome of good trouble. I'm talking about when Big Duck and my mom decided that kindergartners needed to learn how to swim. As many of you all know, one of the leading causes of death among black children is drowning. Because we do not teach our children how to swim. And as typical of Big Duck, he didn't ask for permission, didn't even ask for forgiveness. He and my mom just started taking kids with swim lessons as kindergartners and first graders. Now that went on for a while until the city found out and said the liability was too hard and shut it down. But it just speaks in that story towards the fact that he always saw problems and he sought solutions, and he really didn't care what obstacles were in his way if it was about kids. I mean, I really think it's funny, and I'm not gonna tell the story. I'm gonna let somebody else tell the story. I mean, the reason why he's called Big Duck is about children. And if you don't know that about him, then you really don't understand who he was as a person. I remember when I met him as a child, he was the largest man I'd ever seen in my entire life. I think Miss Mays would teach us about John Henry, you know the legend of John Henry, and I was like. Like, holy crap, this dude is like John Henry in the flesh. He's like 10,000 feet tall. I had to kept looking up and kept going up. But he was the most gentle person when it came to dealing with children. He might have been the largest man on earth, but when you were a kid talking to Big Duck, he gave his full attention to you. He heard everything you had to say. And he just was able to make you feel heard. And when you're talking about our community, the black community, you're talking about black children who are learning by watching, seeing this towering figure in our community, this person who is like a living legend, stop in the middle of a crowd and kneel down and talk to a child like they are the center of the universe. That's an impression that people, you cannot put a value on how that affects the trajectory of a child's life. So when I think about Big Duck, I think about Tamburina Fan, I think of what it means to our community. That's what he taught. I mean, we were taught to be self-sufficient, to build up our children, to build up our culture, to be unapologetically black and to be unapologetically proud about who we are as New Orleanians. And to your point, I mean, Huntersfield's a no-brainer. I'm glad that y'all brought it up and we're gonna take care of it. But it's just the number one thing I feel like I've taken from my time with your family, Farron, and with knowing Big Duck is that if you can just take the time out the day to be like Big Duck, to see people, to hear people, particularly to see and hear black children, that is the best way to honor him. To take that moment as a leader or even as a parent, whoever you are, when you are talking to a child, to give that child your full attention and make them know that they are the center of the universe, I mean, that's how I intend to honor him every day. And I think that's something everybody should do. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for sharing Big Duck with us. Not just the families and children in the city of New Orleans, but across this country. Many of us are in our positions because of the work, sweat, tears, blood, blood that was put on the table by Jerome Smith. You know, when I think of Big Duck, kind of like what the council president was saying, I think of this giant figure, this giant figure who, from the outside looking in, can be quite intimidating. But I know that that man was a walking history book. And when you put a giant figure who's a walking history book in front of you, what should you do? Sit down and listen. Because histories that's not repeated is history that's forgotten.

And when I think about Big Duck, I think about a person, an individual, who could command the attention, even when silent, by multiple generations. Children from two years old all the way up to men in their 80s. That is a rare gift to carry in life. Big Duck was anointed. He was anointed, and this loss cannot be filled. And when I think about Big Duck and his passing, one question I have, who steps up now? A lot of people, not just here, but across the country, don't want to engage with our kids. We give them tablets and technology devices and leave them up to their own. We have to connect with them. We have to tell them stories. We have to share our history. We have to tell them why they are so special and so precious. It's no secret Big Duck and my grandfather, Dr. Elliot C. Willard, were good friends. And it's crazy because I think back about some of the figures that I encountered at my grandparents' house on Sears Street. And as a kid, you see this face, you see this figure, but sometimes today I run across people and they tell me stories, and they're like, yeah, I used to be in the house, and I can see their face in the house. They were part of that same generation. And we have to step up and tell their stories. We have to step up and fill that gap because that generation made a huge difference for everybody in this room today. Tambourine and fan. You know what that organization did for decades, for generations of New Orleanians? It gave children purpose. It taught them where they came from. It said, you are a black man, you are a black woman, and you are special, and you can do something with your life, and you are part of our culture, and you have to tell those stories. It uplifted so many people. When I think about the funeral last Saturday, I still get goosebumps. I still get goosebumps because I saw little kids, two years old, representing tambourine and fan. And I saw grown men in their 60s telling me about how tambourine and fan impacted their lives for the betterment of everybody in the city of New Orleans. So when I think about Big Duck, I want everybody to think about this. Who steps up now? Who is going to issue the charge to the next generation of future leaders in this city of New Orleans? Who will tell all of our kids that not only is it okay to dream, but you have to dream, because when you dream, that is where you found your purpose. Thank you, Big Duck. Thank you to all of you for sharing him with us. They are what honor Big Duck. Well, I certainly can't follow that. That was amazing, and there's not much more that I can say to honor Big Duck, other than we have to keep up the fight. We are losing a generation of fighters, and we have to keep up the fight. Well, Council Member King, thank you for doing this. This is a beautiful way to ensure that we never forget Big Duck and his impact. Leaders like him come through once in a generation, and I attended the services on Saturday, and it was so clear to me all of the lives that he has touched and continues, and this is, I think, the most impactful and the most powerful thing that I've seen and this is the, I think, the most impactful way for us as leaders to make sure that he is never forgotten, the kids that he has touched, the kids that he continues to move on through tambourine and fan, and you guys, many condolences to you all on your loss, and the community as a whole, the big loss that we have had, but the impact will live on through this. Thank you. All right. I wanna first thank everyone for coming out to pay their respects and to honor the man, the myth, the legend, our national treasure, Mr. Jerome Big Duck Smith, so thank y'all for coming out. My first introduction to tambourine and fan, Hunters Field, it's about the 1990s. Playing a football game. I've been playing, well, playing a football game, and they said, we're gonna go play against tambourine and fan at Hunters Field. Okay, no big deal. So we get to the park, I'm like, all right, we stopping, but where are we gonna get to the playground we gotta go play this game at? And they're like, no, this is the field. I'm like, okay, this is something new coming from the West Bank. And we play on the field. We lost that game six to nothing. It was a hard fought game, as hard as a 10 year old game could be. But I've been playing football from the age of five to my 20s, traveled coast to coast, played in Tiger Stadium, played in the Superdome, but one of my, as an adult, looking back, one of my most cherishable memories was playing at Hunters Field, knowing the history behind Hunters Field, knowing how it was reclaimed for the community and that is, I didn't realize at the time, but looking back at it, thanks to your father, Farron, that is a special memory that will live with me forever. Only time playing, but I remember that day very vividly. I traveled to Atlanta a couple of years ago to the Civil Rights Museum and I saw a picture of Jerome Smith. Man, this guy's all the way in Atlanta. And I think it's, I was like, wow, there's not much to represent him in a city that he lived in and fought for. So changing the name of the Treme Center, adding his name, much to say to that, and to Hunters Field is just a small thing we can do because people recognize Big Duck all over the country. They recognize our civil rights leaders, our leaders from all over the country, from New Orleans, but we need to do a better job of representing ourselves and honoring our own. Very, very proud to do that for the family. And to know the impact of a person, it's not, it's what the legacy they leave or what the fruit that tree bears. And I'm looking at the people in this room, I'm looking at, not as biological children, but people like Coach Two Scoops and C. Noonan Man at the back, and so many other people, Gilbert, and to hear these grown men and women say, what's dope, and they recited like they're 10 years old, word for word, something they learned 50, 60 years ago.

Talking to Miss Mays, who's only a few years older than me, but she said she was running behind Big Duck. She was one of the little ducklings that he was teaching. So to see people in their 70s look up to this man, it shows the type of man he was. We all know that, but they say you're, we all know the kind of man he was, but to see grown men and women to this day recite words that he taught them years ago, it says a lot about his character. I heard the saying that says, people who want attention, they usually don't deserve it. People that deserve attention usually don't want it, and he was there for the latter. He never wanted attention. He did things not for money. He did things out of his heart because it was needed to be done. I look at people like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Fred Hampton, all of those individuals. They died with very little because they didn't do it for money. They did it because it needed to be done, and that is a calling. Everyone can't make that sacrifice. Everyone isn't built to make that sacrifice. Everyone isn't built to put their life on the line, literally, knowing that they won't receive, reap the benefits, but those who come in after them, and that takes a special person to do that. And speaking of sacrifices, Farron, I understand, I don't understand, I tried to, how it was growing up, in your shoes, looking at the funeral, the second line, hearing so many people say what your father meant to them, but realizing there's only so much tank in the gas, gas in the tank, I'm sorry, and only one man could do so much, and realizing how many times you had to sacrifice, your family had to sacrifice because your dad was taking care of other people. He was answering his calling from God. I go home sometime, and I see the football on the sofa because my son was waiting for me all day to come home, but I'm giving myself to everybody. I've seen my daughters cut up next to their book, waiting for me to come read them their story time, but they fell asleep. And I'm nowhere near a big duck, and I'm trying to put myself on his pedestal, on his level, but I just know the sacrifice, I said I know the sacrifice your dad had to make to be everywhere for everyone, and I know it was hard for you, and I could only imagine what you and your siblings had to go through, saying, yeah, my dad meant so much to you, to you, to you, but we missed him too. So I want to tell you, I know everyone was saying thank you, and look at that funeral, and that those second lines, it showed how much he meant to everyone, but I don't think people really realize what you and your family went through to give him to everybody. So I want to tell you, thank you, to your siblings, to your family, we owe you a debt of gratitude. So I ask that everyone please, you know, clap it up for the Smith family. I couldn't imagine what you all had to miss out on, and that's from the heart, and I know everyone says thank you, thank you, thank you, but I truly mean that. Thank you for giving your father to the thousands of people in this city, to the millions of people around the world, because without those sacrifices that you made, that he made, this city wouldn't be what it is. I truly believe that a lot of us wouldn't be in this position, not only on the council, but throughout the city. So I know at times you felt like, damn, when am I going to get my dad back? But just realize the sacrifices that he made, that you made, paved the way for so many people for generations to come. And there's a saying that people are only remembered for two generations, so after their grandkids, they're forgotten. I think it's safe to say those sacrifices your dad made and that your family made, him and the Smith family name will last as long as the city of New Orleans lasts. So thank you, and we have Councilmember Hughes to speak next, but before he speaks, I want to take a second to give you your flowers while you're here. So again, I say thank you. So Councilmember Hughes said he's good. Thank you. We're going to take the pictures. We have a proclamation, we won't read it, everything's already been said, nothing else needs to be said. We know why we're here, so we're going to present this to the family. But before we do that, thank you, Councilmember, final words from the family, and then we'll come down and present the proclamation. It's hard to thank everyone personally, but I want to say that I and I'm sure my other siblings do really appreciate everything that you all have done. People have no clue how much support we got from the city of New Orleans, and I'm going to just say, you know, I'm kind of introverted, but like my dad, probably would have never came here, you know? I'm not going to ask for nothing, you know? Freddie King's mother lives two doors down from me, and the Singletons live next door, and they never see me. So I'm not all over the place, but I do listen, and I do appreciate the things that you all have done for my dad. I am going to step out for a minute and help to plan and probably try to get the things that's needed on Hunter's Field, because he's been around since his mom was sitting on Claiborne Avenue and telling us how to cross the street, and I'm 62 years old, so that's a long time. I have no other choice but then to help them rebuild this thing, you know? My dad could easily walk in City Hall, and out of respect, people would do whatever they needed him, whatever he wanted done, but that might change a little bit now, so we have to get our paperwork in order and make sure that we can follow through this thing all the way to the end. We have people like Asali who will call, and instead of her saying, hey, what you doing? She says, what do y'all need? Do y'all need anything over there? Those phone calls don't happen often, so I got to put some boots on the ground to make sure this thing stays alive.

And I'm asking you, when I come to you, don't forget we had this conversation, because I got a lot of my daddy in me. The rest of them are quiet. Right, Freddy? Thank you. He knows. So I appreciate everything. I can't thank you guys enough. I'm still looking at the services, to be honest. I cannot believe that all those people were there. And I knew the tambourine and fan people and all of those folks were going to come, but I saw folks I haven't seen since I was about 14 years old. That's a long time. So I'm grateful for everything, but I'm just asking for the support after the doors close and the lights go off. I will be back. Thank you. Before we come down, we're going to vote. Before we come down. Okay, I thought y'all were... So I just want to reiterate, as a little boy, I came to the city council chambers to protest with tambourine and fan. I had to be about 6, 7 years old. Now I'm 55. Believe me, I will come back, but I hope we don't have to come back under the circumstances that I came in them days. So again, no hoomba. Anyone else? Yes, so I'm appreciating how we are naming things and we are honoring Big Duck. But I want us to also remember his other nickname. In addition to Big Duck, he was Roman, short for Roman Candle. Because he popped it off. His thing was relentless resistance. Relentless resistance. Until the goal and the aim is achieved. And the goal and the aim is equity for our people. Until we get there. I'm challenging the council in a different way. Thank you for all of the support you've given. Farron, I expect it to continue. I expect it to continue for tambourine and fan. But when we say, who's next? You are next. You have the power to create the policies that honor the life that Big Duck lived. You have the ability. We talk about Hunters Field and Treme Center. But there is Claiborne Avenue. There is the Claiborne Innovation District. The Cultural Innovation District that he fought for. For entrepreneurship and economic development and environmental justice. And those things also have to be part of his legacy. As you are the architects of this city. You are the architects of our outcomes. You decide who lives and who dies. And who has a great quality of life. And whose quality of life is not as important as others with the stroke of your pen. I'm challenging you. That's a wonderful, wonderful view. I am challenging you to create the policies that make it unnecessary for black children to have to fight for their dignity. And for the equitable quality of life that we deserve. There is no dollar that should be spent in this city that harms black people. And there is a way for you to make sure that that happens. And so I'm challenging you to invest in Tambourine and Fan. To invest in our community power. And to invest in equitable human outcomes for every New Orleanian. In the name of the Roman Candle. Well done. At this time, seeing no more speakers, we are going to vote on the motion as amended. We have ordinance calendar 35,560 by council members King, McCarran, Harris, Green, Hughes, Willard, and Murrell. An ordinance to name the Treme Recreational Community Center located at 900 North Villary Street. The Jerome Smith Recreation Community Center. And otherwise, Supervisor respects the- Excellent. All right. Move on me. Second by Councilmember Karen, which machines missing one. My screen is not popping up, but I'm a yes. All right. Seven years. No names on this basis. Thank you. Thank you. All right. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to invite another coordinator. Ma'am, we can get started. Consent agenda. We have a communication from Amy B. Trepagnier. This may be received. We have a communication from Zachary Han, 1426 through 28 Delphine Street. Appearing day 10, 126, this may be received. We have a communication from Amy B. Trepagnier. This may be received and referred to the Budget Committee. We have a communication from Amy B. Trepagnier. This may be received and referred to the Budget Committee. We have a communication from Nicole Webo, 3636 St. Charles Avenue. This may be received here in day 10 126. We have a communication from Monique bear 1507 Esplanade Avenue, this may be received here in day 10 126. We have a communication from a guard Fernanda Miranda 1830 Fern Street, this may be received here in day 10 126. We have a Communication from Monique Guillory. This may be received. We have a communication from the Department of Safety and Permits 25 26 23 653 demo this may be received here in day 10 126. We have a report of at least Alyssa Alyssa W Rambo, this may be received. We have a report of Kaitlyn Tamrick. This may be received We have a report of Kaitlyn Tamrick. This may be received. We have a report of Danielle Berger This may be received. We have a report of Yvette Jett 1200 through 1204 or Salon Avenue and 1309 Henrietta DeLisle Street This may be received. We have a report of Eleanor Burke 620 Louisa Street This may be received. We have a report of Jenna Jennifer of egg. Notice may be received We have a report of Cassandra B. Robert. This may be received. We have a report of Kim the large jr This may be received. We have a report of Robert D Rivers Zoning docking 93 26 may be received here in day 9 17 26 We have a report of Micah inks. This may be received We have a report of Kaitlyn Tamrick. This may be received.

We have a report of Kaitlyn Tamrick This may be received. We have ordinance count the thirty five thousand five thirty nine by councilmember Harris zoning docket 4726 we have ordinance count the thirty five thousand five forty by councilmember Harris Municipal address seventy nine seventy nine airport Boulevard and thirty one twenty seven short Street zoning docket 5826 we have ordinance count the thirty five thousand five forty one by councilmember Harris 2901 magazine Street zoning docket 6026 We have ordinance count the thirty five thousand five forty two by councilmember Harris municipal address 3200 K to Street zoning docket 6526 We have ordinance count the thirty five thousand five fifty nine by councilmember Morrell joint government or affairs public work and budget Committee recommended approval. We are motion m 26 374 by councilmembers Morrell and Harris by request joint government or affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval We are motion m 26 377 by councilmember Hughes by request joint governmental affairs public works and budget committee Recommended approval when I motion m 26 378 By councilmember Morrell by request joint government or affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval Well motion m. 26 379 by councilmember King by request joint government affairs public works budget Committee recommended approval well motion m twenty six three eighty by councilmember Hughes by request Joint government or affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval We are motion m 26 381 by councilmember Willa by request joint government or affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval We are motion m 26 382 by councilmember McCarran by request joint governmental affairs public works budget committee Recommended approval on all motions the question that was received Well motion m 26 383 by councilmember Hughes Joint governmental affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval Question that was received well motion m 26 384 by councilmembers Morrell Willa McCarran Harris King Green and Hughes by request Joint governmental affairs public works and budget committee recommended approval. This is all matters on consent Thank you. I have one comment carved. Mr. Russell Kerry Kelly on item number 18. Mr. Kelly Good morning, I rise before you again, I Say it again the risk it Richard a poor get poor only in New Orleans in regards to number 18 in 2024 the CEO's office ordered and paid for a $57,000 Grand Jeep Cherokee Cherokee for that office Paid another $450 to have the windows tinted out black. I Asked the question. Is that still a take-home car? Who ordered that car and who's still driving that? $57,000 2024 Grand Jeep Jeep Cherokee in the CEO's office And y'all probably tired of me coming before y'all. But like I said, I have number time now Because I keep putting on a record Joe Jerusalem CEO Told my good friend nobody wanted Russell Kelly in his department their department because he previously filed a CEO EEOC complaint and A couple of grievances or what have you Austin will T who was the deputy CEO? Over safety and permits. I asked him to put me in his department now He's been demoted, but he's been given a job as director of property management Steve Nelson Deputy CEO of Public Works lied. I have it on tape lied and said the law department Instructed him to eliminate my position But Kim DeLarge who the report for under 18 I asked him my fraternity brother Phi Beta Sigma to keep me in his department. He said Ross I don't have another place for you, but yet he kept 20 people with the same title Nine of them came years after me Only in New Orleans the rich get richer and the poor get poor The mayor talk about all these opportunities. Where's my opportunity? I am one of your best and your brightest All right, that was the one comment card on the consent agenda I will move to approve the consent agenda seconded by council vice president Willard all in favor Any opposed hearing none seven yeas no nays the second was what's that? There's machine is oh there you go Seven yeas no nays. There you go. All right. There you go.

All right seven years No nays agenda is approved regular agenda madam clerk at the top of page 13 We have item 1 legislative grouping HDLC appeal of Judson Scott requesting to appeal the historic district landmarks submission of the now for the retention of the decorative railings and tiered shutters that are contributing rated two-story mixed-use building without a certificate of appropriateness for properties located at 1200 Ursuline Avenue 1204 Ursuline Avenue 1039 Henrietta Delisle Street, we are motioning m26 389 by councilmember King Granting the applicants request in the decision of the HDLC is hereby reversed for property located at 1200 through 1204 Ursuline Avenue at 1039 Henrietta Delisle Street Hdlc Thank you the decorative metal railing located at the upper level between the primary and secondary buildings was installed sometime after 2022 Replacing the existing wood railing the HDLC guidelines do not permit the replacement of wood railings or posts with iron materials without historic documentation This work was done without a certificate of appropriateness and after 2022 the existing shutters on both the primary and secondary buildings were modified without a permit The HDLC guidelines require that all shutters be operable and when closed really fill the window or door opening In addition the guidelines do not permit shutters that fail to replicate the design dimension and proportion of historic wood structures at their August to 12 2026 hearing the Commission voted to deny the request for retention of the decorative railings and tiered shutters that are not appropriate and were Modified and installed without a certificate of appropriateness Thank you Hdlc is one of verifies for everyone Appreciation that the pictures Notice The one in the red is the previous one in the blue is the current Just just want to make that distinction very clear to everyone Okay I believe we have some comment cards Did you put a comment card out I think I didn't get what just Yes sir I'm Judson Scott the property owner and my wife Carolina We're just speaking at me you're done is for the comment card Okay so I know two minutes is going to go fast so I want to try and keep things positive as possible and ask for your support that we can stay in our home So I I grew up in New Orleans as born in Baptist 18 I went off to the military I was blessed to have a career government service And I was fortunate enough to be able to stay in New Orleans And I was fortunate enough to be able to stay in New Orleans So I I grew up in New Orleans as born in Baptist 18 I went off to the military I was blessed to have a career government service When I retired I wanted to come home and I came home I brought my wife We moved into this building With you we want to make it better improve and contribute to the neighborhood but we all know you hit a soft spot on the floor and it turns out that's years of termite damage and then boom there's 15,000 Then you got a bubble in the paint in the wall and then oh well window seals have been leaking into the interior wall that's you know $20,000 Yes I was blessed that we had retirement money but I mean we spent so much money on this property that to now have to do $10,000 in new shutters it's just going to break us I mean we can't afford to be in this property That's a concern for you know New Orleanians that I'm you know they're museum pieces but they're also our homes so it's very difficult to come up with all this money to live in these properties And so we're just asking please you know grant the appeal so what we've already done we can stay and enjoy and make it our home We want to have a child also born in Baptist but you know everything's going up the insurance now there's talk of raising property taxes it's just difficult to live in these properties with all the money they require It's unfortunate that there's we got to find a solution and we are thankful of your motion Congressman King I mean Councilman King and I also want to say you personally and your office has always responded to everything I've ever every correspondence in Councilman Willard your office as well It's as a citizen that's we're very grateful for that and well my time's up Any comments from the dais? Any online comments? None? This is an appeal to retain the decorative railings and tiered shutters at a corner building in Historic Treme I want to first thank the appellant Mr. Scott and his wife for their investment in this community and for the substantial improvements they have made to this home Which is their primary residence. At least two neighbors have reached out to our office to call out the positive impact that Mr. Scott and Mrs. Scott have made on this corner. Regarding the tiered shutter configuration I believe the modification is justified to address several, I'm sorry, severe neighborhood safety issues such as trespassing while letting light in the light, while still letting in light and allowing the ventilation. As for the railings, the upper deck utilizes salvaged iron from the property that is an exact stylistic match to the existing historic cast iron gallery and the iron above the courtyard fence was not a new addition, but rather original historic iron that the owners uncovered by removing non-historic wood borders. With this, I move adoption to approve. Second. Moved by Council Member Willis, seconded by Council Member McCarran. All in favor? Motion carries. Thank you all. We love this city. It's magical. It's unique in the world. At the top of page 14, we have item 2, legislative grouping. HCLC appeal of Dr. Julia Jones, President and Neighbors for Bywater. Requesting to appeal the historic district landmarks decision of conceptual improvement for modifications to previously approved renovation and camelback addition at a contributing rated one story, two family residential building for properties located at 620 through 622 Louisa Street.

We have motion M26390 by Council Member King denying the applicant's request and the decision of the HCLC is hereby affirmed for properties located at 620, 22 Louisa Street. Thank you. HCLC, the floor is yours. Thank you. The proposal to construct a rear addition to this existing contributing rated building went before the Architectural Review Committee on several occasions. At their last meeting in July of 2026, the ARC recommended conceptual approval with the details to be worked out at the staff level. The ARC recommended approval of the modifications to the front elevation including changes to the columns, windows, and the addition of shutters based on the evidence uncovered during exploratory demolition indicating that these features previously existed on the property. The proposal meets the HCLC design guidelines in terms of additions to historic structures and the HCLC has no objection to this addition as it does meet the guidelines. Thank you. HCLC, we have a few, a lot of comment cards. First is Eleanor Graham. Good morning. Eleanor Graham. I am the board member and advocacy committee leader for Neighbors First for Bywater. Here first in support for our President Jones appeal on behalf of Neighbors First for Bywater and against the proposed motion of Councilmember King. We consider the HCLC report today to be woefully insufficient and Councilmember King's motion ill-conceived. We respectfully request that you refer this matter back to the HCLC for ARC consideration. Why? The report is general and short on detail that would support upholding the HDLD decision. What is missing? There is no discussion of whether the buildings width to height ratio is proportional to the neighborhood structures. There is no discussion of whether the mass or bulk of this building is in proportion or aligns with the neighborhood structures. There is no discussion as to whether it fits the rhythm of the streetscape and given that this building's additions both to the original structure and the giant camelback totaling over 6,000 square feet would be aligned with the rhythm of the streetscape when viewed from the street. Our submission based on all the plans that we have seen to date is that all of these would not meet the Commission's guidelines. The camelback not only must be compatible with its original structure, it must also be compatible with the immediate vicinity buildings, the buildings located in the immediate vicinity. We do not believe that a real look at this, if the Councilmember had looked at all the details of the plans, he could have realistically, rationally proposed this motion. It is inappropriate and frankly completely out of scale with all other structures being over 6,000 square feet. The camelback itself is the size of a home being over 2,000 square feet. Thank you, Ms. Brown. That was your time, Ms. Brown. That's why the motion was moved. The mic shut off. You're welcome. Next is Albert McComas. I currently reside at 626 Louisa Street, directly next door to 620. I will be moving into 620 as my full-time residence once it's completed. The owner of the property lives out of town and he comes here several times a year. 620 Louisa Street is a single-family residence. It is not commercial property. We are not asking for a zoning change. We are not asking for variances. We are not asking for an exception. We have designed the home to fit the height restrictions and complied with all setback requirements. We are within the floor-to-area ratios and the open space requirements set forth by the city. We've gone through many changes with the HDLC and finally come to a compromise plan that they have liked and the HDLC has given us conceptual approval. The home will be six bedrooms. It's going to have a home office. It'll have a home gym. It'll have an elevator. It'll have a coffee bar on the second floor. But these are all residential features. The side gallery is not being removed. It rather is being relocated to the left side of the property. Some neighbors don't like our plans because in their opinion it's too large and it does not fit within the scope of the neighborhood. It is just that. It's an opinion. There are other homes in the area that have six bedrooms. There are other homes in the area that are of similar size. I ask the council to uphold the decision of the HDLC's approval and deny the appeal of the NFB. Thank you for your time today. Thank you. Next, James Eaton. Yes, good morning, everyone. My name is James Eaton. I live right next door to 620 at 618 Louisa Street. A little over a year ago when the present owner of the property bought the property just before that, 620 Louisa Street was blighted with homeless people living in and out of it. They jumped the fence several times, broke into my property, stole things, which is a special concern for me because I own a legal bed and breakfast, not an Airbnb or anything like that. And I have reviewed all these plans in detail. I strongly support the HDLC's decision for the new owner to move forward with the improvements he wants to make. I think it will only enhance the safety and the property values on our street. So I'm asking you to oppose the NFB's appeal and to agree with the HDLC's decision so that the new owner can move forward with his plans and improve the property. Thank you. Thank you. B. Michael Ferreira. Thank you, counsel. I live at 60602 Louisa Street. My property is similar size and scope and height. I'm here today to oppose the appeal concerning the previously approved improvements at 620 Louisa. I respectfully ask that you deny the appeal and allow the prior approval to stand. My opposition is based on the merits of the appeal itself. In my view, the appeal does not establish sufficient grounds or meet the minimum requirements necessary to overturn the prior approval.

I'm also concerned that an association process intended to protect the legitimate interests of the neighborhood may be used to advance what appears to be personal disputes. Decisions affecting the property owner should be based on established standards which have been met and have already been approved, documented facts and the merits of the application, not on personal disagreements. The improvements at 620 Louisa were previously reviewed and approved, and I also support them, having been in the neighborhood for the last 37 years and have witnessed the blighted property causing issues and now it's going to be renovated, gentrified. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Cherry Fisher-May. Cherry Fisher-May. Okay. She opposes because of the size, precedent and commercial density disguised as residential renovation. Brian Luckett. Good morning. My name is Brian Luckett. I live at 936 Gallier Street. The great American architect Louis Sullivan famously said form follows function. His acolyte, Frank Lloyd Wright, was even more emphatic when he said form and function are one. The core of their argument is that the design of a building must reflect the use of the building, and this is certainly the case with the proposed building at 620 Louisa Street. Despite the retention of some superficial residential elements, this huge hulking cracker box of a building is obviously commercial in nature and not residential. This is what makes this an HDLC issue and not only a zoning issue. The HDLC should not be approving commercial architecture in places that have always been and are now residential. They should certainly not be approving architecture that is designed to be an end run around the zoning and permitting requirements ahead of the upcoming transient lodging regulations, which is exactly what's happening. The Country Club is residentially zoned and operating under a non-conforming use as a bar and entertainment venue. This building makes clear that they intend to expand their non-conforming use through disingenuous tactics. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Loretta Catherine Harmon. Catherine Harmon, 6238 Argonne Boulevard. I'm here to support the Councilman King's approval of the HDLC's original decision. And I'm here to say, as the architect, that we worked very closely with the HDLC to arrive at the design, which, in my opinion, is a residential design. Camelbacks are residential, not commercial. And I'm here to answer any questions about the design. All right. Thank you. Fowler Dunbar. Hello. Excuse me. Hello, my name is Fowler Dunbar. I live across the street from this project. I live in a traditional shotgun double. I'm proud to say I haven't added a square foot in 26 years, not even a closet. 620 Louisa Street is a traditional, humble shotgun double in dire need of some TLC. I'd love to see it have that TLC. Instead, the new owner, the same owner of the Country Club, decided to basically replace it with a massive 6,000 square foot Metairie-like mansion. It's out of scale and out of place. They wanted to turn it into a boutique hotel with nine bedrooms, nine guest bedrooms. He even took out three magnificent live oak trees in the backyard, I assume to make room for bigger parties and more jacuzzis. They only abandoned this plan when they discovered that there was already a licensed B&B on the block right next door. So they made minor modifications to a hotel floor plan and called it a single family residence for two people. One of those two people invited neighbors over the other night to the Country Club to discuss the new plan. He said proudly, this will be a single family home. So I asked him point blank, if that is the case, would you be willing to sign a covenant ensuring that it would remain a single family home? He and his entourage said no. Those two letters told me everything I needed to know. This is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Shame on the Country Club for continuing to be a lousy neighbor. Shame on the HDLC for making a short-sighted decision. Shame on the B&A for not having a backbone. And shame on the city council, our city council member, for not listening to the more than 40 neighbors who stood up against this project. This would never happen in the French Quarter. Jennifer Groudon. Hello, good afternoon. My name is Jennifer Groudon. I live at 3139 Royal, 3141 as well. I've been there since 2006. Yeah. I agree with what's been said in sending this back to the HDLC. I live right around the corner. I can see where this property would be. I used to be able to see the trees. I would be able to see that camelback, and I can hear everything from the Country Club. I don't mind the Country Club. This is not personal. I have friends that work there. I hope to go back again. But this is just disingenuous. I was at that meeting on Monday. It was a single-family home. I see this now. It's a two-family home. It was going to be a bed and breakfast until a couple of months ago, and only because we kept arguing against it. So I'm afraid that their actions have made it really impossible for me to trust them. And as Falwell said, when they couldn't even hear the idea that some kind of agreement could be met, it was very, very disheartening. And it makes me distrust them, and it makes me afraid that whatever is going to come next is an extension of the Country Club. As much as I love them, I don't want bachelorette parties happening there 24 hours a day. And I'm just afraid that's where this is going to head. I don't know how it will happen legally, so I'm really hoping you will make sure it does not. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Rui Dunbar. My name is Lucia Dunbar. I live at 621 Louisa Street. I'm here to oppose the HTLC approval for 620-622 Louisa Street. I support every single thing that the last two speakers just said. I am here to express my objection to the proposed architectural plans and commercial use of 620-622 Louisa Street. I should say future commercial use.

As a resident concerned with the preservation of Bywater Historic District's unique character, I believe the current proposal is incompatible with our neighborhood's architectural heritage. Our neighborhood is defined by its historic shotgun homes and creel cottages, and this proposal fails to respect that as established vernacular. The facade of the building should remain as is design-wise and not be changed in any way, as should the Wright Gallery. The proposed rear addition is an enormous box that fills the property and dominates its neighbors. Following a community meeting hosted by the property owners at the Country Club this past Monday, September 14th, our neighborhood concerns have deepened to outright alarm. The meeting felt manipulative and evasive, characterized by claims that this massive structure is meant as a private residence, while the owners flatly refused to sign a binding restrictive covenant preventing commercial transient lodging use, explicitly stating doing so would hurt resale value. This confirms that the property's market value relies on its future commercial monetization. We respectfully, or I respectfully, urge the City Council to overturn the HDLC approval, or at minimum, please attach binding enforceable provisos to protect our block from commercial encroachment. Thank you. You're welcome. Sarah Nae? Sarah Nae? I'm sorry, it says you wish to reserve any time. You want to go last? Okay, okay. Susan Johnson? Susan Johnson, 2822 LePage Street, Town of Carrollton Watch, Historic New Orleans Neighborhoods. I am not paid to be here. I'm a monitor on bad actor developers. I support the neighbors' appeal. There's an expression, they build a wilderness and call it peace. They build a wilderness and call it peace. The architect on this project, Ms. Harmon, will build a box and call it a house. And not just a box, but a box for the purpose of a short-term rental or transient lodging. Ms. Harmon has created many of these monetized boxes in my hometown neighborhood, the University area, for the private dorm developers. Obviously, around the city. She had the plans, for example, to convert the historic former Ruth's Chris Steakhouse at 1100 North Broad into mixed-use short-term rentals. Now she's helping a commercial client blow up a shotgun at 620 Louisa into a 6,000-square-foot money-making box at the expense of the neighbors' quality of life and peace of mind. I can only imagine that the ARC and the HDLC, which are venerable agencies, were worn down by Ms. Harmon's applications. Neighbors around the city oppose expansive uses like the use at 620 Louisa, the prospective use. Please grant the appeal and support the long-term neighbors and homeowners. Thank you. You're welcome. Sarah Pettit? Sarah Pettit? Yeah. You can't see the time, so you just know. Just a clarification, just for everyone out here, because we have several controversial items. You cannot cede your time. So if you have two minutes, it's two minutes per person, so you can't, like, give your time to someone else to make their time larger. It's a housekeeping issue. That's all right. You don't have to use the whole two minutes. I'm going to say something very briefly. Yeah, I will not use it all. I do not live adjacent to the Country Club, although I am a resident of the Bywater. My name is Sarah Pettit, by the way. However, I do want to address what I feel to be completely meritless accusations of dishonesty. I mean, first of all, this is not the Country Club. It's two individuals who are living there who have been living in the house next door for 15 years, not bothering anybody. And so I think that if there's going to be an accusation of deception, it has to go much further than a description of what happens when someone buys a new property that's blighted and they don't know what to do and they figure it out collaboratively. So I just wanted to note that these are not deceptive people, and they were being collaborative with the neighborhood and with the HDLC. And so I think that those accusations are inappropriate. Thank you. Sarah Nave, do you have any online? Hello, I'm Sarah Nave, 1426 Music Street. The only points I wanted to fill out is that this is a two-person private home. And as the previous speaker said, Jay Janus has already owned a Creole cottage next door to the Country Club that he has used as a private residence for more than 15 years without any kind of incident and never commercialized it. And as much as people are saying there's some subversive plan to change this into a commercial property, I don't think it's a commercial property. project, there is none. And the plans that were approved were not based on an application for conditional use, a variance, and there's no zoning change involved. This is a private residence and will remain one. And the fact that two people are living there and however big it is, none of that is as relevant as the fact that it fits within the ordinances as required. And finally, someone said it fills the property. It most certainly does not. There's an enormous span of open garden behind the building. It's a very long lot. And so I urge that the appeal be denied and the plans finally approved. Thank you. Thank you. Hearing no online comments. Any comments from the dais? Seeing and hearing none, this is a bit of an unusual appeal. Typically, we consider appeals from developers hoping to overrule an HDLC denial. In this case, the appeal comes from neighbors hoping to overrule the HDLC's approval. We did reach out to the BioWater Neighborhood Association for their feedback, which was that they stand by the HDLC's decision. Reading through the documented public comment to date, most of the concerns appear to center around potential future use of the home and zoning considerations, which should not fall under the purview of the HDLC appeal.

If residents opposed to this project believe that the plans do not comport with our CZO, I would encourage them to file an appeal with the Board of Zoning Adjustments. With this, I move adoption. Second by Councilmember McCarron. Seven yeas, no nays. Thank you. We have zoning, item three, zoning docket 5026 has passed deadline. The motion dies. At the top of page 15, we have item four, zoning docket 5926 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. At the bottom of the page, item five, legislative grouping, zoning docket 6426, Pauletta Alexander-Taylor, requesting a conditional use to permit a child care center small in an S or S suburban single-family residential district on Square H, Delmar Villas, Section 7, Lots 13 and 14 in the 3rd Municipal District bounded by Forest Glen Road, Castlewood Drive, Elmdale Road, and Heritage Drive, Municipal Address 7540-2 through 7550 Forest Glen Road. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to four provisos. On deadline motion M-26-392 by Councilmember Hughes, approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 6426 and modified to add a fifth proviso as stated in the motion. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC? Hi, Councilmember. This is a request for conditional use to permit a small child care center in a suburban single-family residential district. It's a child care facility that would operate within an existing one-story residence without any exterior alteration. It would serve up to 37 children. The commission believes this use would provide a needed service for working families in the neighborhood and recommended approval of the proposal subject to the use standards that are intended to minimize impact on surrounding residential properties, including a designated drop-off area and required fencing. There was no opposition at the CPC hearing either. Thank you very much. My team and I personally went into this neighborhood, interacted with neighbors, and there was absolutely no opposition. Further, I personally met with the applicant to better understand the business model, the number of families that the center would serve, and how it would operate within the surrounding neighborhood. This property has been vacant for over a year, and based upon those conversations, I do reluctantly believe that use as a small child care center is a responsible use of this particular property that can serve families without being an impediment or a nuisance to the neighborhood while also bringing a vacant property back into productive use. One item that was not clearly established through the process was the center's hours of operation, and so to address that, I am adding a fifth provisal to clearly and explicitly clarify that the operation shall be Monday through Friday, 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. I also want to be clear that my support of this is specific to this particular property, this particular neighborhood, and this particular proposal. At the end of the day, I feel strongly, given that we have a housing crisis in this city, that single-family housing should be used to house our residents. So therefore, today, this should not be used as me setting a precedent for child care centers and residential neighborhoods. Each request should be and will be continued to be considered on its own merits. We have one card, Nick Kindle with Agenda for Children. Hello, City Council members. My name is Nick Kindle, address 4103 Annunciation Street. I'm the Director of Facilities Development with Agenda for Children. The applicant, the key provider, Ikea Russell, couldn't be here today, so she asked me to come and speak on her behalf. So, yeah, I have a statement from her. Hello, Councilmember Hughes and City Council members. My name is Ikea Russell, and I'm the owner of Kitty Prep Academy, and I'm proposing to open a child care center at 7542 Forest Glen Road. This property is owned by my mother and has been in our family for over 40 years. Kitty Prep Academy will operate as a warm, home-like learning environment where children will receive individualized attention, meaningful early learning experience, and a foundation of faith. I have been an early learning teacher for over 12 years, and I want to open my own center to provide a much-needed facility to serve families in this neighborhood and the New Orleans East community. Thank you, Councilmember Hughes, for taking the time to meet with me and to discuss our center. I do not have any issues with adding a proviso on the hours of operation. Thank you for your support and the support from the rest of the City Council. I'm looking forward to opening my center and to be able to care for the children in District E. Ikea Russell, Kitty Prep Academy. Thank you, Nick. I do have one question, and I do want to get a commitment on the record. I know this applicant is really relying on the City Seats Program, which is a lottery process, a very competitive lottery process. In any event, this particular applicant does not land City Seats, is there a commitment that they are going to continue with this child care facility, or is it solely dependent upon City Seats? So one thing I do in my position is try to educate people about the process, and yeah, that's one thing I tell everyone is City Seats is highly competitive. There's other funding sources that depend on state funding for the Early Care and Education Fund, and yeah, those seats aren't increasing, so it's highly unlikely any new center is going to get those seats. So I can say, you know, Ms. Russell is aware of the challenge of getting City Seats and that she's going to have to make it work, you know, with private pay. So yeah, so it isn't depending on getting these seats and, you know, going forward with that. She knows what she's getting herself into, and I think plans to continue to open and operate the center, assuming City Seats don't come, which, you know, they aren't likely to in the next, you know, few years. Thank you very much. All right, thank you.

With that, given that this will place a property that has long been vacant into good use and the urgent need that we have throughout our city for quality child care, I am moving adoption of modified approval subject to five provisos. It's been seconded. Please vote your machines. Seven yays, no nays. Thank you, members. Who's the second? Me. Okay. At the top of page 16, we have item 6, legislative group and zoning docket 6726, Mid-City Redevelopment LLC, requesting a conditional use to permit a car wash in an MU1 medium-intensity mixed-use district in an EC enhancement corridor design overlay district on square 762, lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21A, 22A, 23B, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 in the 1st Municipal District bounded by Tulane Avenue, South Pierce Street, Eulala Street, South Carrollton Avenue, Municipal Address 4118-26 South Carrollton Avenue, 4036-52 Eulala Street, and 4041-51 Tulane Avenue. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to three waivers and nine provisos. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC? The applicant is proposing new construction of a car wash with a primary frontage on South Carrollton Avenue and primary ingress and egress points along Tulane Avenue. In 2023, a similar project for conditional use to operate a car wash at this site was recommended for denial by CPC staff, recommended for approval by the Commission, and approved by the City Council with one waiver and 17 provisos. That conditional use expired, and the site remains undeveloped today. Since 2023, three structures on the square have been demolished, and the current request for a car wash proposes a similar footprint as the previous request, along with three waivers to allow the building to face Carrollton rather than Tulane Avenue, which is technically the front of the lot, and to allow a CMU wall along Eulala Street rather than the required open fence. Several constituents spoke in support of the project. One constituent spoke in opposition to the project, citing concerns about increased traffic, noise pollution, and hours of operation. The applicant proposed adding three provisos to ensure vehicular entrance and exit on Eulala Street be moved closer to the intersection with Carrollton Avenue and only be used when other points of access are debilitated, and another proviso as well requiring landscaping on the street side of the CMU wall on Eulala Street. Commissioners made a motion to approve the request subject to the additional provisos proposed by the applicant, which responds to the traffic and buffering. concerns from adjacent residents. That motion passed with five votes out of eight. Thank you. Okay we have quite a bit of comment cards here so we'll get started with that reminder you have two minutes to speak and you have to remind people if you disclose if you are paid to attend or speak on this behalf. So we'll get started with Bishop Tom Watson followed by Taylor Billings. Good morning City Council Members. I want to say to you I'm happy to have lived in District A since 1992. However I had a quick reflection when Council Member Willard brought up Sears Street. I was born on the other side of Sears Street in the St. Bernard housing condominiums and then Council Member Harris I grew up in your district in Central City and Council Member Hughes I raised my family in our first brand new home in New Orleans East in the 1980s. I pastor in District B again and I'm just happy that and I own property Council Member Green in your district and I'm happy to have reported to you that the 32 years that I've lived in District A what has been so great is the access of good services. Now car wash may not mean a lot to a lot of people but it means a lot to me and that many of my constituents who are at the community meeting on Monday night on the very vacant lot where this car wash is proposed. I think there are three things at stake. Vision number one I'd be remiss if I didn't quote the scripture Proverbs 29 and 18 says without a vision the people perish and I will kind of reframe that and say without this lot being used for good commercial use then it just sits there like it has for 21 years almost and it'll just perish and then secondly this is about economic development. All of you know what out of shadow of a doubt in our entire community know our city can use some more tax revenue and then thirdly this is about jobs. We have people ready vulnerable people hard to employ people ready to get good jobs. Thank you pastor. Thank you Bishop. Taylor Billings followed by Michelle Shoffley. Sorry if I mispronounced your last name Michelle. Hey y'all my name is Taylor Billings and I live at 4217 Bowdoin Street. I'm also the outgoing president of the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization representing nearly a thousand Mid-City residents. I'm here to express my and MC&O's opposition to the approval of Tommy's Car Wash. In our corner of Mid-City small businesses and our neighbors are what make the challenges of New Orleans easier to navigate from Queen Trini Lisa to the Innocence and Justice Project's work to Cafe Lavant. A large aesthetically unappealing franchised car wash expecting 600 cars a day is not a welcome addition. This isn't a business built for us. This is a development that will likely decrease the quality of life and property value for those nearby. It is a business that does not offer us anything in the aftermath of a hurricane or on a 90 plus degree day in the summer. It will drive up already maddening traffic, increase noise, and be a poor visual for those entering into Mid-City. On a call a member of the development team acknowledged that this wouldn't be welcome across the street from their own home. When we met with Council Member McCarran weeks ago she indicated that she remained undecided on this issue and the most important thing was to hear directly from residents on Uloa Street who would be highly impacted by this project. Residents who live in the neighborhood have spoken up.

They've registered their opposition via in-person meetings, petition signatures, emails, and letters in various forms. It's not accurate to say that all concerns about the project have been addressed. The concerns, the changes to the plans that the developers have made do not address the primary and chief concern that a car wash is not an appropriate use for this land. We've heard that the process has been followed as rationale for approval, but what good is a process if what it unearths is not recognized in the name of checking a box? Residents do want development. They do want jobs, development that benefits both the owners and the residents. I understand there are significant tax write-offs for car washes. I don't know if that is playing here, but voting no on this is a no-brainer and as our representatives you should vote in line with residents' interests. Thank you so much. Thank you Taylor. Michelle followed by Mary Mysing Gubala. Hello. Hi. I'm Michelle Schlafly. I live at 121 South Genwa Street. I also am the board secretary for the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization. The proposed car wash site is literally the corner of the welcome mat to the biodistrict. What an ugly welcome. It basically says, is that all you got? Where's the substance? How is it that Andy Copland, the head of the biodistrict, was not even aware of this proposal until notified recently by a neighbor? The mission of the biodistrict in their 2024 strategic plan is growing the biosciences sector of New Orleans economy. It is working to transform the region into a national leader for health research and a model for inclusive equitable job growth. It noted that it wants to be like the successful Cortex district in St. Louis, Missouri, but nowhere does the Cortex boast a car wash amidst its many amenities near the housing. Where does Tommy's Car Wash fit into this picture and how does a car wash align with the values of the growing city's biosciences and health innovation ecosystem and create jobs and economic opportunities for New Orleanians? At most, this car wash will only employ 15 people at best with minimal to no benefits. Tommy's business model is an app-based model, so their business model is based on a minimal number of people at the site. From the original NPP through this entire process, Sherman Strategies has not presented an honest picture of its peripheral impacts on the neighboring homes. We ask the council to agree with the original CPC report recommendation of denial and say no. Given how hostile this proposal process has been, it will be a shame that the neighborhood will likely never support this business if it moves forward. Thank you. Thank you, Michelle. Mary Gubala, followed by Fred Finn. I'm Mary Gubala and live at 319 South Genoit. This project is totally inappropriate for this area and should never have gotten past the City Planning Commission for all of the reasons that were listed by the CPC staff. At any rate, I'm opposed to this development for four reasons. First, traffic. At the NPP, I was told that a traffic study was not needed. The intersection at 2 Lane and Carrollton is already extremely busy. That's correct. However, there will be curb cuts on both of these streets, allowing up to 600 cars a day in and out of the facility 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. I'm not a traffic engineer, but I can tell you that traffic will be a nightmare, not to mention the impact on the poor pedestrians trying to navigate the intersections and people going to and from the bus stop on Carrollton. Second, noise. There are 13 vacuum stalls proposed along Yoloa side of the property, allowing up to 13 customers at a time to be vacuuming 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. A seven-foot fence and lovely landscaping will not abate this noise from reaching across the street to an entirely residential block that's recently been restored by working by people that are working very hard to improve our neighborhood. This is not tolerable. Third, the impact on flooding. I still have not seen a plan for storm water or wastewater management. The area is already prone to flooding. There's no reference to any subsurface retention ponds, bioswales, et cetera, in the plans. Porous concrete is proposed in a few areas, but with plans to vacuum it only once a month, with the amount of traffic in this proposed facility, it would probably have to be vacuumed once per day. And additionally, even porous concrete is concrete and will exacerbate the potential for flooding. Last and perhaps most important. Thank you, Mary. That's your time. Fred Finn, followed by Molly Burke. Good morning, council members. My name is Fred Finn. I live at 4021 Davenport Street, a block over from the proposed car wash. I'd like to give you a quick glimpse of the last three years. We have had numerous shootings. My own dog was shot in my front yard. We've had FBI raids. We have prostitutes coming in and out, and we have jobs. This proposed seven-foot concrete wall will now run the full length of Uloa. Right now, most of the crime is at the other end of that street because there is a little bit of shade where people can hang out and get shelter. This shelter will now extend the full length of this road. In addition, the intersection at Uloa and South Carrollton is incredibly problematic. Drivers run these lights constantly because they don't want to get stuck in the intersection. Yesterday, there was a hit and run at 3 p.m. This is almost a daily occurrence. The CPC staff agenda report even recommended denial for this project. Tommy's own franchise website says this is not a good location for a car wash. We as a neighborhood have come together over this because we have been ignored and our concerns have been pushed to the side. Anything that we brought up was conditionally misrepresented and then later said the developers would make accommodations, but the accommodation we're asking for is to not have a car wash in our neighborhood.

Additionally, there's a car wash going in a half mile down the street near Costco. This is a great location for a car wash. There's no opposition, and we would really, really ask you today to vote no on this and move the car wash location to the other side of Costco where they're already proposing it. Thank you all for your time, and I would really like to ask you to consider the other speakers today who want you to look at New Orleans and take the residents at our word and think of us when you vote on this today. We don't need a commercial car wash. I worked at a car wash as a teenager. It's not a great place to work. It's not a good experience for the neighbors. It's great in a suburban sprawl away from homes, and thank you for your time. Thank you, Fred. Molly Burke, followed by Trent Santan. I'm sorry, you'll have to tell me how to pronounce your last name. Good morning, council members. My name is Molly Burke, and I live at 627 South Pierce Street. 200 feet from the proposed conditional use. I am opposed to this project because it asks to place an acre-sized automated car wash adjacent to a residential area. For six weekends in the summer heat, I walked around with volunteer neighbors knocking on over 100 doors to share the plans and documents I received from the applicant. I wanted to know what my neighbors thought. Conversations were genuine and not brief. I was not dismissed as a solicitor. I was offered respite from the heat by kind neighbors who thanked me for my efforts. This map is the result of those conversations. I shared an early version of this map with Councilmember McCarran and was encouraged to believe that the deciding factor for this project will come down to the sentiment of the immediate neighborhood. With the resulting nearly 90% opposed, it is clear that the results are not a mixed bag. These neighbors conclude, a walled-off vehicular washing machine provides no benefit to us. It becomes a spot for an errand. The applicant hired canvassers to search for support beyond the immediate area because they know those people won't be facing the same negative impacts. This past Monday, Councilmember McCarran hosted a neighborhood meeting. Her intention was to hear feedback and questions from people in the immediate area. Instead, it became a citywide forum drowned out by supporters who live nowhere near the site. I walked there. And I, unfortunately, like many neighbors, did not get the opportunity to speak. This map shows who attended that meeting. How did people who live miles away even know about this neighborhood meeting? I received a hand-delivered invite. Half of the 51 attendees live well outside the affected block, neighborhood, and council district. How could their support outweigh our concerns? Your job now is to evaluate the information presented. Thank you, Molly. That's your time. Hi, good morning. My name is Trent Santinistaso, and I'm a 13-year homeowner at 612 South Pierce Street. I'm asking you to reject the zoning docket ZD067-26 and the development of this car wash at the corner of Oloa and Carrollton. I have my reasons for not wanting to live near a car wash, which the developers seem to have interpreted as points they can mitigate. To this end, they've attempted to reassure the neighborhood with several environmental studies that, frankly, left me confused. In the interest of time, I'm going to just focus on one, the traffic data provided. We were given raw counts of cars on Carrollton and Tulane. My concern is Oloa, a small street that carries turnaround traffic from I-10 airline, it's an RTA bus line, and it's the main egress from Pierce and the surrounding blocks, but for which no traffic numbers were provided. During rush hour, cars can sit at the corner of Oloa and Carrollton for an entire light cycle without advancing. How will car wash traffic queuing near this intersection push down to Pierce Street? We already have cars driving up the wrong way on Pierce, which is a street with families, pets, and children, and they do that to avoid this intersection. Light, noise, and wastewater pollution studies were handled the same way. Numbers without analysis and mitigation claims without evidence. One study I would like to see is the business model. This developer says the location will service 600 cars per day, but Tommy's own materials say this build out can handle at least twice that. Why are they estimating 50% capacity? What's the projected volume in a year or two? Why are the mitigation studies based on the lowest possible number? These studies were presented to persuade us that our concerns were addressed, but without methodology, analysis, or context, they aren't studies, they're assertions, and I am not reassured. I live one block away. When I leave my house by car, I have to go up Oloa. There's no other way for me to leave my neighborhood. I have no choice but to deal with the consequences of this bad decision. I do not support this particular development. I ask you to vote the same. Thank you. Thank you, Trent. Michael Murray, followed by Simone Quinn. Good morning. My name is Mike Murray. I live 200 feet from the site. I've lived in this neighborhood for more than 10 years. This is my home, and I strongly oppose this conditional use request. Over the past several months, neighbors have been told to believe bold claims from outside our neighborhood about why this project is actually good for us. We're told this uses good urban planning, that it's so compatible with the neighborhood that we need a seven-foot-high, big, beautiful concrete wall, 312 feet long, to protect us from it. We're told this project will increase safety, that glaring lights, surveillance, and more walls are the answer to crime in Mid-City. We're told that a business that doesn't generate sales tax on the thing it sells is good economic development. We're told that a national chain built around automation and reducing labor is a jobs program.

We're told that putting a car wash with 13 industrial vacuums next to homes will actually produce less noise than what exists there today. We're told that adding 1,200 daily vehicle trips at this intersection will have no meaningful impact on traffic or pedestrian safety. No traffic study needed. No site-specific sound study needed. Just believe what we're told. I've twice asked our council member whether she agrees those studies are necessary and still have no answer. We're told that the city and the neighborhood got the zoning wrong, that a mixed-use district intended to encourage pedestrians, transit, housing, and diverse businesses is somehow better served by an automobile-only franchise. And that covering the site with over 30,000 square feet of pavement is an environmental benefit. We're told that the professional city planning staff who actually analyzed this proposal found numerous standards unmet and recommended denial were simply wrong. If this council is going to disregard those findings, it should explain why. When we asked our council member why, her answer was that CPC already approved this project, but it didn't. CPC made a recommendation. This council makes the decision. The applicant is asking this council for special permission. The burden should be on them to demonstrate that this use belongs here, not on us to prove that it doesn't. We live here. We vote here. And we elected you to represent us. We should not have to be campaign donors for our voices to matter. Please vote no. Thank you, Mike. Simone Quinn, followed by Lawrence Jones. Good morning, council members. My name is Simone Quinn. I live at 4322 Dehemba Court. If this is approved today, the message to the residents is going to be clear. CPC staff opposition and residents who live in this neighborhood do not matter as much as our council member Amy McCarran's push to get this car wash project done. I was one of those organizers who was canvassing and door knocking in the middle of August during temperatures of 100 and 105-degree temperatures to get opinions and ask our neighbors if they had even heard of this car wash. Most of them had said no. Here are the stats. Within a 600-feet radius, this is the radius that we were told mattered in terms of who was going to be impacted directly by this car wash, and these are the people's voices that would matter in terms of whether our council person was going to vote yes or no on this project. Within 600 feet, we received 66 responses, 57 opposed, 3 in support, 6 who were concerned and wanted more information. That's 86% opposed overall or 95% opposed among those taking a definite position. All documented individuals were 82 responses, 73 opposed, 3 in support, and 6 concerned. That's 89% overall opposed or 96% opposed among those who took a definite position. Our council member McCarran has said that the developers also canvassed and their sentiment map was different than ours. Oh, gosh, my time is running out. We're asking you to restore the public trust and vote no because this is beyond a land use issue now. Thank you, Simone. That's your time. And that's the issue. Thank you. Thank you, Simone. Lawrence Jones, followed by Mr. Belden-Bette. Good morning, council. My name is Lawrence Jones. I live on DeHemmicourt Street, parallel to the area that they are proposing to build a coal wash. I've been in the neighborhood since 1990. I'm an elder and a minister, and I'm here about the quality of life that this coal wash is going to change. I've been in that neighborhood, and I've saw murder. I've saw prostitution. You turn that corner on Eola and Pierce, it's just a wreck. It's just a wreck. I sometimes don't even want to go that way, but that's the only way we can go. And now they're proposing this coal wash. First of all, it's a traffic jam. There's Jesuit high school there. There's a street. There's four bus lines. There's also Chick-fil-A that's always crowded over there. There's folks running the lights all the time. There's wrecks. It's just a bad idea. And I'm not against economic development. There's an area right there, right on Airline, where that large motel was that was torn down. That's a good area. We got a noise issue already in that area for the nightclubs. You hear it all night long. It's just a bad proposal. And I'm asking you all to think about the neighbors, those that are there, the residents. We don't want it there. We don't want it there. We do not want it there. Again, if they wanted to do a real coal wash over there, why not a manual coal wash, where jobs would be there and not the machines, not the noise, not the security, none of that? Who's going to promise us security when the business close? Thank you, Lawrence. Belden Baptiste, followed by Tim Levy. Good afternoon, Council. How you doing? Community activist Belden Baptiste. First of all, I didn't get up to thank y'all for the support that all seven council members showed, Mr. Jerome Schmidt, and I want to thank Mayor Helena. Thank y'all. Y'all really showed me that y'all cared about the legacy of Jerome Schmidt, so I just want to thank all seven council members. some members in the mayor for that. But when we talk about economic development, when we talk about jobs, when we talk about mass incarceration, I understand that CauseWash going to give incarcerated people a chance to get jobs. So Belden Baptiste is saying he supports this because if we can give them a chance, I'd rather give them a chance at a job than a chance at them coming to rob my house. And at the end of the day, a lot of these people need money. They need this. So we know the city is hurting right now with the tax. We know we need taxes. So I'm supporting this CauseWash. Thank y'all. Thank you, Belden. Tim Levy followed by Barrett Van Zandt. Good morning. I'm Tim Levy. I've been working at 3801 Toulouse Street in Mid-City for the past 29 years. I'm here today speaking as the president of the Mid-City Business Association.

Our organization was formed after Katrina to support, promote, and redevelop business in the greater Mid-City neighborhood. We are committed to keeping our unique, beautiful neighborhood livable and thriving. Our membership consists solely of small, family, or independently owned businesses. We stand in full support of these three New Orleanians who are bringing this investment to our neighborhood. That lot has been vacant since Katrina. There are several areas in the area that are screaming for redevelopment. Anybody who wants to be a developer in Mid-City and be responsive to the neighborhood as much as they can, and bring jobs, and help to transform that area, has my support and our organization's support. We have met with the developers. We have talked about neighborhood involvement. Comiskey Park, North Sea, others need support from the private sector as well as from the public sector. So we have encouraged them, and they have been very responsive and anxious to be involved with what we had to propose to help with Comiskey Park and others. As president of the Greater Mid-City Business Association, I stand in full support of this team bringing a car wash to Carrollton and Tulane, and recommend the approval of their request for this permit. Thank you. Thank you, Tim. Barrett, followed by Ashley Hitchcock. My name is Barrett Van Zandt. My address is 8220 Maple Street, New Orleans. I am reading a statement into record from Sweet Things, which is located at 4202 South Carrollton, directly across from Ulloa Street from this site because she could not be here today. To whom it may concern, I am the owner of Sweet Things Snowball Stand, located next door to the proposed Tommy's Express car wash on Carrollton Avenue. I support the new car wash and believe it will be a great addition to our neighborhood. I think the improvements to the property will make the area look better and bring business to this part of Carrollton Avenue. As a neighboring business owner, I am happy to support this project. Sincerely, Sweet Things Mid-City. I also have another letter of support. I am reading a statement into record from Melba's Po' Boys at 3219 Tulane Avenue, down the street from this site because Mr. Wolfe couldn't be here today. To whom it may concern, my name is Scott Wolfe. I am the owner of Melba's Po' Boys Restaurant, located at 3219 Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. As a business owner in this area, I believe it is a continued growth and improvement, in the continued growth and improvement of the Mid-City community. I am in full support of this new small business. It will provide a valuable service to nearby businesses, their employees and their surrounding community while also creating new jobs. This project will also bring new investment to a property that has needed improvement for some time and will help strengthen the Tulane Avenue corridor and Mid-City. Sincerely, Scott Wolfe, owners of Melba's. Thank you. Thank you. Ashley Hitchcock, followed by Patrick Beahm. Ashley's not here. She was in support. Patrick, followed by Danielle Lee. Good morning. My name is Patrick Beahm. I'm here to express my full support for the project at Tulane and Carrollton. I have two sons who attend Jeswood, a ninth grader and a senior. I spend a significant amount of time in the neighborhood and pass through the Tulane corridor multiple times per day. Over the years, I've witnessed the steady decline in quality of life in this corridor. And I believe this decline is the direct result of the large blighted property at the corner of Tulane and Carrollton. It has become a magnet for illegal dumping, graffiti and more serious crimes. In this abandoned lot, I and my sons have personally witnessed drug dealing, drug consumption, acts of prostitution and public defecation. My sons have been harassed and threatened by vagrants while walking from school to Chick-fil-A. Like many Jesuit parents, I no longer allow my children to walk to Chick-fil-A. Tulane Avenue is a major corridor in our city and it should not be this way. I was happy to see recently that someone cut the grass on this lot, which had become chronically overgrown. I suspect this may have been done by the developers of this project. And if so, thank you. You've shown more accountability for this property than anyone else has in decades. It should come as no surprise that the team behind this project is local because outside investors would have walked away by now. So here we are, an opportunity to breathe some life into a property that has been vacant for 21 years, a team of locals who are willing to risk millions of dollars while others have given up and the potential to turn around a major corridor in New Orleans. The alternative is to allow it to sit for another few decades and let it attract more of the things that I described previously. I'm asking the city council to approve this project. I'm further asking that the elected and appointed leaders of New Orleans stop wasting opportunities like this. Thank you. Thank you, Patrick. Members, I'm coming up on time, but I have a few cards that are wishing to speak and then I have several that are here in support not wishing to speak. So if we can extend it for about 15 minutes. Moved by Councilman Hughes, seconded by myself. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, we will add, how long do you want, 10 minutes? Yeah, that should be good. 10 minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Danielle Lee. Hello, my name is Danielle Lee and my address is 3509 Constant Street. I'm reading a statement into the record from Maddie and Justin Eason with their permission. They live across the street from the site. New Orleans City Council, we wanted to clarify our perspective on zoning docket 06726 as Council continues to consider the proposal. When this process began, we were not in favor of a car wash being built across from our home.

We do not believe a car wash is an ideal use immediately adjacent to residential properties and we believe the zoning rules requiring additional scrutiny for this type of use are appropriate protections for neighborhoods like ours. Those concerns led us to become deeply involved in the review process through the NPP meeting ongoing conversations with the ownership team and the planning commission process. We advocated for changes to better protect Uloa Street. We greatly appreciate the ownership team's willingness to listen, collaborate with us and repeatedly revise the project in response to neighborhood concerns. The wall and substantial landscaping relocation restriction of the Uloa access and other agreed upon protections have made the proposed development a much better fit alongside the residential homes on Uloa. The responsiveness throughout this process is a significant reason our position changed and why we ultimately spoke in support of the revised proposal at the planning commission. At the same time, we strongly believe this long underutilized property needs productive development. Over more than a decade, the significant proposals we have been able to identify for this site have been automobile oriented uses, a gas station and car washes. A previous car wash proposal in 2023 did not come to fruition. The property subsequently changed ownership yet we are not aware of a residential retail mixed use or other alternative development actually being proposed. There are other uses we would personally prefer to see on this property, but preferring another use is different from having another viable development proposal. We are concerned about rejecting a concrete proposal based on the expectation that a preferable development will eventually take its place, particularly given the history of this property. We do not view this as a simple question of whether a car wash is good or bad for the neighborhood. We believe the restrictions on this type of development are justified and we also believe the proposal demonstrate the value of that review process. The ownership team took concerns about. Thank you, Danielle. Eric McDonald in support. Good afternoon, council members. My name is Eric McDonald. I live at 6519 Memphis Street. I am one of the developers. I thank you for your time and consideration of this matter and we are here to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Eric. Ethan, same thing, part of the applicant. Avery Foray in support. Chance Hebert followed by Henry. I can't read your last name. Okay. Here in support, not wishing to speak. Henry also in support, not wishing to speak. Steven Yost with First 72 Plus here in support, but not speaking. Pastor Tyrone Smith, First 72 Plus. Is Pastor Smith here? Good evening. I'm Pastor Tyrone Smith, First 72 Plus. I'm here today, really, like I heard him say earlier, who gonna fill Big Duck's shoes? And we have an organization called First 72 Plus where we help formerly incarcerated men come out of prison. So when somebody had called me about this opportunity that if they could build a car wash, to get the car wash up and running, they would be able to give a lot of men that's coming out of home a job because coming out of prison without a job, their chances of going back is great. And that's the reason why we call it First 72 Plus because the first three hours, three days you get out of prison can make or break you. And so when they get out of prison and they could come to a job, that will help the city a lot. Crime will go down. People will not be re-offending going. back to prison. So I'm here to really apologize to the people that have their car, trying to get their car washed, don't want the car washed. But this is an opportunity for to save a person's life and help them to not go back to prison. So thank you for your time. Thank you, Pastor. Remaining cards I have in support, not wishing to speak, Kendrick Howard, Marlon Kins, Rodney Sherman, Raynard Berryhill, and then Mark Ulam. And that is the last of the cards, public comment. OK. So land use is ultimately about balance. We need new business. We want to turn long blighted properties into productive parcels that improve public safety and cut down on quality of life issues. We need a vibrant city where businesses can grow and contribute to tax revenues that help us fund critical city services. Our budget crisis isn't simply the result of bad management, but it's also lack of growth. But neighborhoods are the thriving centers of New Orleans life. We are elected to connect neighbors to power, to protect and promote their quality of life, and to make things work for them. So in comes the balance. This site is zoned MU1, which encourages a mix of residential and commercial uses. This is a large lot owned by a private owner, not city land, that has been vacant, long been vacant under various ownership, has attracted crime, blight, and trash, but not development for almost two decades. Blighted buildings in the back lot were removed as recently as 2023. It sits along a busy commercial corridor with a mix of existing commercial uses. Illegal dumping along Ulloa has become commonplace in recent years, which all of my colleagues understand comes with a distressed and blighted property. These types of forgotten spots breed quality of life issues until they are brought back into life through positive development. Because it has been vacant so long, it has also attracted prostitution, drug use, et cetera, this year. There have been over 45 calls for police service from NOPD, including an unfortunate overdose death on the lot. There was previously an opportunity to develop it several years ago, but it didn't happen and nothing has been proposed since then. This new development of Tommy's Car Wash is within the bounds of our zoning laws and comes with an approval recommendation from our independent city planning commission.

While my office saw opportunity, we also saw challenges brought up by neighbors throughout the process and agreed we need better protections for neighbors. I'm proud to say we won those better protections through design and detail modifications to address the biggest issues, including better design consideration of traffic, noise, and beautification. How did we get there? Well, I did what I always do, and I went to work. My staff and I have worked for weeks to determine if there's a reasonable balance of support and opposition for this project, whether we can make the developers concede to reasonable requests from neighbors to improve their project and build better balance. I took an extra step to demand developers hold a second meeting to update neighbors on planned changes and studies, and they did. I personally knocked doors on Uloa Street to understand neighbors' views directly across the street. And because there were additional changes to the impact and questions, I held a final community meeting earlier this week directly on the site. Following all the input and feedback from neighbors, I worked to improve the possible noise, traffic, and lighting impacts to directly address concerns. On top of the changes recommended by the CPC, we completely removed any entrances or exits from Uloa Street, which was a major concern to neighbors I spoke to directly and the ones that live directly across the street. This is a huge improvement that ends the traffic issues on Uloa and requires only the entry and exit onto busy commercial thoroughfares, which is Carrollton and Tulane, instead of spilling into the neighborhood. We also prohibited amplified music from both the business or its customers. We demanded to see a lighting study, and it showed little to no light leakage into the residential areas. And the developers will continue working with neighbors to adjust the lights once they are up. Overall, after all the work we did to get improvements of this development from the developer and extra outreach we have done in the community, I believe this is a reasonable development and clearly an improvement over a blighted parcel that has attracted crime for almost two decades. The lighting and security improvements to the site are preferable to the empty lot that now collects litter. And after careful review by our independent city planning commission, it was recommended for approval for this site. The local developers are committed to our community. They are committed to putting an empty lot back into commerce, and I will hold them accountable to the guarantees that they've made to neighbors. I appreciate the engagement work sent to me by neighbors in opposition and in support. However, I cannot rely on second-hand information. My direct information from neighbors and one-on-one conversations show more support than opposition's, and I can only not rely on what I know. Therefore, I move to approve motion number M26-358 to approve and grant the conditional use subject to eight provisos and three waivers. Second, Greene. Seconded by Council Member Greene. All those in favor? There we go. It never comes off. There we go. Seven yays, zero nays. Thank you. Let me just read it into record real quick. We have a motion lined over M26-358 by Council Member McCarran, approving and modifying the applicant's request for zoning docket 6726, subject to three waivers and provisos one through six, recommended by the city planning commission report with two additional provisos. Withdrawing motion lined over M26-357. At the top of page 17, we have item seven, legislative grouping zoning docket 7026, night trappers LLC, requesting a text amendment to amend article 26, section 26.6, and article 20, section 23JJ to allow secondary live entertainment with service and sale of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption at a recording studio only if approved via conditional use. The proposed tax amendment would affect properties within the HMC2 district, HMMU district, HUMU district, SLC district, C1 district, C2 district, C3 district, MU1 district, MU2 district, CBD1 district, CBD2 district, CBD3 district, CBD4 district. The recommendation of CPC being for approval. We have motion M26-396 by Council Member Harris approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7026. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC, will you brief us on your report? Yes, this is a consideration for a tax amendment to the C0 to allow secondary live entertainment with service of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption at a recording studio as a conditional use. This would apply within the more intensive commercial districts only that already allow both recording studios and secondary live entertainment, whether by right or conditionally. However, they are not permitted in conjunction, thus the reason for this tax amendment request. As part of this tax amendment, Article 26 and Article, sections of Article 26 and 20, which are the definitions and the use standards for live entertainment would be amended as well in order to reflect the change. The applicant is simultaneously applying for conditional use approval for the aforementioned use under ZD-7126, which will be heard after this case, pending approval of this request. Knowing that the tax amendment ensures that live entertainment is only allowed while recording of music is taking place, the commission recommended approval of the request. Thank you. I have three comment cards in support. This motion approves the tax amendment that would permit secondary live entertainment with service and sale of alcohol beverages for onsite consumption at a recording studio only if approved via conditional use. This amendment will apply citywide. Secondary live entertainment at a recording studio is not currently a permitted use nor a conditional use, so this would make it a conditional use.

The applicant is simultaneously applying for conditional use approval of the aforementioned use under the next matter, pending approval of this request. I move, can I get a second? Second. I don't have it. Seconded by Council Member Greene. I need one more vote. Five yays, thank you. Six yays, thank you. At the top of page 18, we have item A, legislative group in zoning docket 7126, nighttrippers LLC, requesting a conditional use to permit secondary live entertainment and sale of alcoholic beverages for onsite consumption at a recording studio in an HUMU, Historic Urban Neighborhood, mixed-use district on Square 44, lot four in the four-municipal district bounded by Jackson Avenue, Phillips Street, Russo Street, and St. Thomas Street, municipal address 514 Jackson Avenue. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to two provisos. We have motion M26397 by Council Member Harris, approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7126 and modify it as stated in the motion. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC. This is the accompanying request that would allow the operation of a recording studio in an existing building, which was a former fire station. There's no extensive modification or addition to the building footprint or the facade. CPC believes that live entertainment with alcoholic beverage sales would be consistent with the uses in the surrounding area, which include restaurants, Walmart, cultural facilities. The proposed use is also generally consistent with the purpose of the HUMU district, which is primarily for commercial uses that serve as focal points in neighborhood centers. Most comments received during CPC were in support. While in support of the proposal, some speakers had concerns about the hours of operation for live entertainment, as well as potential trash generated by the use. They were, however, open to work with the applicant. The commission made a motion to approve the request, which passed unanimously. Thank you. After the CPC approval, the applicants engaged with the community to reach agreement on the additional provisos included with this motion. With the additional provisos, this proposal is strongly supported by the nearby residents and the Irish Channel. I'll move. Seconded. I need one more vote. 78, thank you. At the top of page 19, we have item nine, legislative groupings. On the docket 7326, a long way motion line over M26366 has been deferred to the meeting of 10.1. At the top of page 40. Item 10, Legislative Group and Zoning Docket 7426, Four-Family Trust, requesting a conditional use to permit the expansion and floor area of an established multi-family dwelling at HURD2, Historic Urban Two-Family Residential on Square 46, Block 16, 17, 18, and the 6th Municipal District, bounded by Calhoun Street, Parry S Street, Pretania Street, and Henry Clay Avenue, Municipal Address 1227-29, Calhoun Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval, subject to two provisos, we have Motion M26395 by Council Member McCarran, approving and granting the applicant's request for Zoning Docket 7426, subject to two provisos, contained within the CPC Staff Report. Thank you. CPC? This is a site that's located mid-block on Calhoun Street between Pretania and Parry Street with a square footage of over 11,000 square feet. It's developed with a three-story, three-unit multi-family residence. The proposal would include adding an additional 300 square feet to the first floor and an additional 1.5 bath to the second floor. They are also proposing an additional bedroom and bathroom on the third floor. CPC does not believe the modifications would negatively impact the surrounding neighborhood. The usage would remain the same, and the overall number of bedrooms would increase from seven to eight. There was no opposition, and CPC recommended approval, subject to two provisos, one of which requiring that the applicant provide proof of a Homestead Exemption. Thank you. I have three comment cards in support. David Farr, followed by Judith Stone-Collins. Yes, good afternoon. My name is David Farr. My wife and I have owned the property at 1229. We purchased it in 1992, more than 30 years ago. We love New Orleans and this neighborhood, and now that we are retired, we are finally in a position to undertake the renovation we have wanted to do for many, many years to restore this beautiful house. The property has been a three-unit residence since 1948, or about that right around then. Our son currently, who is an engineer, lives on the third floor. Our intention is to remain in this house for the rest of our lives. We work closely with the architect and the City Planning Commission, and the CPC staff recommended approval of our request. The project represents our long-term commitment to our home and the neighborhood, and I respectfully ask for your approval. Thank you. Thank you, David. Judith Stone-Collins, followed by Alexander, and I can't read your last name, sorry. Hello, I'm Judith Stone-Collins, and I live across the street from the property at 1208 Calhoun Street, and I've lived there since 2005, and I came out to speak in support. This is a gorgeous old home, but it needs some renovation.

It's on a triple lot, and I believe that the only concerns from any neighbors were about street parking, and the lot has a really long driveway, and I believe that the Fars are planning to install an automatic gate on their driveway to make it easier to use, because they would also like to utilize their off-street parking, and nearly everyone on our street has a driveway, and when I left this morning, there were only like three or four cars parked on the street in that block, and so I've never had trouble parking on the street, and I like the fact that the renovation is going to preserve the look of the home from the street, and it's a gorgeous, gorgeous old home, and they're not going to look at subdividing the lot and building another unit, because it's on a triple lot, so it's not really going to change things in the neighborhood very much, so I just wanted to speak in support. Thank you. Thank you, Judith. Alexander? Hello. My name is Alec Adamic. I am the architect of record for the project, and I just wanted to note that the reason for the conditional use process is because it's a non-conforming use. It's three units instead of two, but it's been this way for many, many years, and I thank the staff for their time with the positive report and City Planning Commission as well. If you have any questions, I can answer them. Thank you. Members, this request is to add a single bedroom to a large, established multifamily home. Owners have owned the property since 1992 and split their time between New Orleans and Nevada. The owners live on the second floor. They rent out the second floor to long-term renters, and their son resides on the third floor. There are currently seven bedrooms. This request adds one bedroom and reconfigures some bathrooms without significantly changing the home's footprint. My office does not receive any opposition to this request. Three neighbors sent in letters to City Planning voicing concerns about parking, and the applicant has reached out to them directly. One additional bedroom in a home occupied by families and professionals is not going to significantly impact this. Therefore, I move to approve motion number M26395 and grant the conditional use subject to two provisos. Seconded by Councilmember Burrell. Six yays, no nays. Thank you. Seven. Seven yays. Seven yays. Thank you. At the top of page 21, we have item 11, Legislative Group and Zoning Docket 7526, L. Ridge-Stevens, requesting a zoning change from an HUB-1 Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District to an HUMU Historic Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use District for a conditional use to permit the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages on Square 1, 1077 Lodge C1 in the 3rd Municipal District, bounded by NorGalvis Street, Desire Street, NorMero Street, and Pieta Street. Municipal Address 3315-3319 NorGalvis Street. The recommendation of the CPC being effective denial for lack of majority. We have motion M26404 by Councilmember Greene denying the applicant's request for Zoning Docket 7526. Thank you very much. City Planning Commission. Yes, this is an existing commercial structure that's located in the middle of a three-block strip of HUB-1 Neighborhood Business District in the St. Claude and Florida area. It has been operating as a small grocery store for over a decade, and the applicant wishes to sell packaged alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. The CZO requires that businesses located in the HUB-1 District must be at least 5,000 square feet in floor area to apply for a conditional use for the retail sale of packaged alcohol. Because this store is only approximately 1,500 square feet, with no plans nor opportunity to expand, a zoning change is required to HUMU. Located in close proximity to residential areas, the use is susceptible to create certain nuisances that could affect surrounding properties, though if responsibly managed, any adverse alcohol-related impacts can be mitigated. However, the request would be a spot zone because it would create a new HUMU district for just one lot within a larger HUB-1 District. The staff does not believe the proposed zoning is a more suitable zoning classification for the site. Further, the implementation of the spot zone would confer an advantage on the subject property, from which all other adjacent commercial properties are denied. There was no opposition during the CPC hearing, but some commissioners noted that zoning changes like these should not be done one property at a time. Instead, the merit for one entire commercial corridor to be used one way or another should be discussed with the community during the master plan amendment process. A motion to deny the request failed to pass for lack of legal majority, which results as an effective denial. Thank you very much. Before my comments, we do have comment cards, and I'll call an order received. Mr. Eldridge-Stevens. Good afternoon. My name is Eldridge-Stevens, and I'm here regarding 3319 North Galveston Street. We're here today to request a zoning change from HUB-1 to a MUB-1. Being labeled HUB-1 prevents us from selling beer at the neighborhood store. We're simply here to say that the determination of whether to sell alcohol should be made not just by the location, but by the integrity of the merchant making the request. After all, you have the power to give or take away the alcohol permit. The store owners are honorable people and are willing to be held accountable for their actions. And the neighborhood should not be punished just because of where they reside. It is an unjust inconvenience and expense to have to travel outside your neighborhood just to purchase a beer. Please give us serious consideration. I'm sure we can abide by any particular requirements you might impose. Okay, Mr. Stevens, thank you for being here. Mr. Renard Williams. Good afternoon. My name is Renard Williams. I'm a community activist of the Desiree and Florida community area.

I have been there for like 50 years and it's very inconvenient for us to go outside our community to buy alcohol. My mother has been there for over 80 years and sometimes she has to have a beer to come down from her hard work and the things that she is doing. Like I say, it's very unfair that we have to go outside our community to support other communities for us to be able to do what we do. At the same time, I don't think it's fair that we have to be suffering or we have to have a proper cause for us to have our people to do the things that we need to do to be comfortable. Like I said, I'm an activist and I do the same things, some things for my elder people that I have to go and walk in 100 degrees to go get a beer outside of my community. So I support my people so they can be okay at the end of the day. I just want to say thank y'all. I hope y'all are listening and hope y'all understand the things that we're trying to do, we're trying to accomplish as a community so we can come together. And like I say, ever since Hurricane Katrina, we've been having problems with this situation, and I hope we can come to some kind of solution or some kind of resolution so we can be comfortable in our own community and stop supporting other communities so we can come up as a community and together. Thank you and have a great day. Thank you for your comments. Candace Williams. All right, good afternoon, council members. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak today. My name is Candace. I am the owner and operator of GNC Meat Market located at 3319 North Gavis here in New Orleans. I'm here today to respectfully request that the city allows GNC Meat Market to sell beer and approve the necessary zoning change for the entire area around the neighborhood that would permit us to do so. GNC Meat Market is an established neighborhood convenience and grocery business. We believe being able to offer beer would allow us to better serve our existing customers and provide an additional convenience for the surrounding community. I also want to point out that this area was previously zoned in a way that allowed alcohol sales. So our request is not about introducing alcohol sales into an area that has never permitted them. We are asking the city to reconsider the current zoning and allow our business to have the opportunity to sell beer subject to all applicable regulations. We have also spoken with neighboring community associations, and we have received their approval and support for our request. We value our relationship with our neighbors and believe their support demonstrates that our business is viewed as a responsible part of the community. There is currently stores approximately a half a mile from GNC Market that sells alcohol. In addition, there is a store block from me that has come down as well to seek approval in selling alcohol. So we are specifically requesting permission to sell beer only. We are prepared to comply with any city and state requirements. We're not asking the city to disregard any rules, but we're asking for a fair opportunity to have our location reconsidered. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Wardell Carrier. Good afternoon. My name is Wardell P. Carrier. P stands for perfect. That's what I try to be, perfect. But you know there's only one man perfect. And that's who I work for. That's the only God I trust. And in order to get to him, I got to go through J.C. Jesus Christ. He died for us. He went through us. We're never going through anything like that. All we're asking for. I lived on one street all my life. Desire. My father moved three times. Dad, why you move three times on the same street? You see, I love this phone. Can't get enough of this phone. I want to die here. He got all three of his wishes. Be able to see the Saints win the Super Bowl. Be able to see the black president. And he died in his bed. And all he drank was Milwaukee less. That's all I'm asking for. Walk around the corner, drink a little beer. One street all my life. Seventy years. And it took that away from me. I feed my church, feed my block. Sometimes feed the Fifth District. You know what I mean? Just what I do. You know, it comes from the heart. You cannot buy this. But I work hard for the money. All I want to do is let them have it. Let them have it. No problem. Just to have a drink. Bring it back. Appreciate the time. Peace and understanding. God bless you all. All right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Carrier. Melvin Williams. And then there will be Eric Hudson. Good evening. I'm here to ask that y'all please allow this hotel to sell beer. I think it's wrong for us to be here and go into another neighborhood to support that neighborhood and to be supporting my own neighborhood. I would like that very much. Please, y'all, take that into consideration. Have a nice day. Thank you, Mr. Williams and Eric Hudson. Good afternoon. My name is Eric Hudson, and I reside at 2038 Desire. I'm a relatively new homeowner. I purchased my home in 2023, and I am actually right across the road from the business. This is a community business, and it is much needed. I love my community again, but it is in a food desert, and what that means is what I've experienced so far is with what we have now without this store, places that manipulate prices, places that also manipulate expiration dates, and they do this with relative impunity. This store is different. They sell fresh produce where there has been none. Not only do they sell fresh produce, but they also allow you to request other items. So you can get kombucha. You can get fresh orange juice. Again, this stuff was not provided before, and all you have to do is let the managers know, and they will order it for you. It's a family store, and it's been an oasis for seniors, for students. They do book giveaways. They provide barbecues. They also cook on Sundays where you can purchase po'boys and ribs for very minimal prices.

Again, it's something that this community needs. I think that we are mature enough where after a long day's work, we can go and walk across the road and have a beer. I support this measure. I support this community store, and we need a lot more of this in that community. Thank you so much. Thank you very much for your comments. We do have at least one online comment. I'm going to ask if we would read it into the record. This is from Marguerite Doyle Johnston. She says, I'm opposed to giving Mr. Eldred Stephen a liquor license. Wait, what? What was her comment? The comment says, I'm opposed to giving Mr. Eldred Stephen a liquor license. Okay. I want to make it clear before we move forward that this application to the city planning commission was for a packaged alcoholic beverage sales ability. That includes hard liquor, even though we've heard beer mentioned on numerous times. What is being brought before us today is different from the actual request that was made of the city planning commission. I want to make clear on a couple of issues that are important. I appreciate the service that the neighborhood grocery provides to the community. However, my concern is with changing the underlying zoning of this one individual property from HUB1 to HUMU to allow for packaged alcohol sales. General packaged alcohol sales. The reason that we don't have packaged alcohol sales at this location and in that square is because during the comprehensive zoning ordinance procedure, the community stated their desire to not have, to not allow that. So therefore, it is not allowed at one particular property. A zoning change remains with the property and has implications beyond the current business. I believe this issue is better addressed comprehensively rather than through rezoning a single parcel. For these reasons, I support denial of the application. But I want to make it clear to my colleagues that information that I've heard today, just based on these presentations, which is a potential change relative to what was the request of the city planning commission, gives me cause to want to allow, since this is not on deadline, additional time and consideration and a meeting that might involve the issue of just beer. Just beer. However, that decision cannot be made today. We are not on deadline. Based on what I've heard, fellow members of the council, I'm simply asking that this be deferred to the next meeting. It's ordered. At the top of page 22, we have item 12. Legislative group and zoning docket 7626. Parga McShane, LLC. Requesting a conditional use to permit a hotel over 10,000 square feet in a floor area in an HMC 2 historic marina bywater commercial district in a transient lodging interim zoning district on square 377, lots A and B1 in a third municipal district bounded by Parga Street, Joseph Gilliam Street, North Rampart Street, St. Anthony Street, municipal address 1722-32 Parga Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to three provisos. We have motion M26388 by Councilmember King approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7626 subject to three provisos as recommended in the CPC report. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The CPC, the floor is yours. Yes, the site, while it is located in a zoning district that normally allows a hotel by right, this development requires a conditional use because it is located in the citywide transient lodging interim zoning district. interim zoning district. It is also a conditional use because it is over 10,000 square feet. The applicants are requesting to utilize the two existing structures and a proposed new construction structure as a 30-bedroom hotel, totaling approximately 12,000 square feet of floor area. The staff finds that the proposed use is consistent with the master plan. It meets the standards for approval in the zoning ordinance and the standards for approval that are written in the interim zoning district. There was general discussion among the commission with questions regarding parking and the intensity of transient uses within the area. No position from the public. CPC recommended approval subject to three provisos. Thank you. A comment call from Joshua Paul. All right, he is in support. Myles Granderson. Myles Granderson, 800 Barone, representing the applicant. I'll be quick. This was approved by CPC. It was also recommended for approval by CPC staff, so I'd like to thank both there. Again, this is in the IZD, which is the whole city for any hotel now, so that's mainly why we're here. There's also a few extra, 2,000 extra square feet for above 10,000, which is the other reason why we're here. It is, as mentioned, reusing two existing buildings and doing that in a historically appropriate way and building a new one on what's now a vacant lot on the corner of St. Claude and Pauger. We do have letters of support from the two neighbors directly across the street. If there are any questions, happy to answer them, but we think this is a good project that's fairly straightforward, but happy to answer any questions. Thank you. And as far as anything goes, do you want to mention no variances were asked in this project? Not for size, not for parking or anything else. This was built to code, thank you, or designed to be built to code, thank you. All right, this is an additional use request to permit a new construction hotel along the commercial corridor at the edge of the Marion Triangle. The application enjoys the support of CPC staff as well as the recommendation of approval from the full City Planning Commission, and our office has not received any comment in opposition. There was a resident, a nearby resident, who voiced concerns over parking at the CPC hearing. I would like to reassure neighbors that our CZO requires the developer to provide for all street parking before any business license can be issued. This is a move of adoption. Second. Can I get a second, please? Second by Council President Morrell. Motion machines.

Seven yays, no nays, thank you. At the top of page 23, we have item 13, legislative group and zoning docket 7726, Trinity Church, requesting an amendment to ordinance number 28,694, MCS zoning docket 921, to expand the Trinity School campus to include lot six on square 172, 1223 Josephine Street, and to authorize the construction of a nursery school building on lot six and 8A, proposed lot 8B on square 172, and an HURD to historic urban two-family residential district on lot six and 8A, proposed lot B on square 172, lot 16A on square 203, lots 13, 14, 15, 1A, TE1, TE2, and an undesignated lot on squares 171 and 178. In the four municipal district bounded by Jackson Avenue, Pretania Street, Josephine Street, Chestnut Street, St. Andrew Street, and Camp Street, municipal addresses 1207, 1227 through 1329, and 1401 through 1411 Jackson Avenue, 2112 and 2119 through 25 Coliseum Street, 1200 through 1326, and 1223 to 1233 Josephine Street, 1211 through 29 Camp Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval, subject to nine provisos. We have motion M26398 by Council Member Harris, approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7726, subject to nine provisos as recommended by the City Planning Commission. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC, will you brief us on a report? This is a conditional use application for the expansion of Trinity Episcopal School in the Lower Garden District. The school was granted a conditional use approval to operate a primary educational facility in 22, sorry, 2002, yes, when the school underwent an expansion. Since then, there has been two amendments to their approved conditional use plans, a waiver of off-street parking, and the addition of a vacant lot across Josephine Street from the campus. The school has since acquired the lot adjacent to that lot that is located across the street, and this request is considering another amendment to the campus boundaries by combining these two lots into one lot. The school seeks to relocate the planned nursery school building and parking to this site. The boundary expansion constitutes a minor expansion of the existing facility, and staff does not anticipate that it would greatly increase impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. The school intends to use the expanded site and new building to operate the school's nursery program. This use is similar to childcare centers that are permitted by right in the Historic Urban Neighborhood residential districts. Further, the approved plans already include the planned nursery building on Coliseum Street on the main campus that would essentially be relocated to the newly combined lots on Josephine Street. Therefore, the use as a nursery program within a primary educational facility would not be anticipated to generate a significant amount of activity that is incompatible with the area. The design of the new nursery building is not complete at this time. Therefore, the staff and CPC recommended provisos for HDLC approval for the new building design, as well as CPC approval of a revised campus development plan. There was no opposition at the hearing, and the commission recommended approval subject to nine provisos. Thank you. We agree with CPC, and the proposal receives support at the MPP meeting and the CPC meeting. I've moved. Can I get a second? Seconded by Council Member King. Seven yays. Thank you. At the top of page 24, we have item 14, Legislative Group and Zoning Docket 7826, First Emmanuel Baptist Church. Requesting a zoning change from an HURM-1 Hysteric Urban Multifamily Residential District to an MU-1 Medium Intensity Mixed-Use District or an HUMU Hysteric Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use District in a conditional use for park and live principal use on Square 238, Lot X-1 in a four-municipal district bounded by Carondelet Street, St. Andrew Street, St. Mary Street, and St. Charles Avenue. Municipal address 1900 Carondelet Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to three provisos and one waiver. We have motion M-26-399 by Council Member Harris, approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7826 subject to three provisos and one waiver as recommended by the City Planning Commission. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC, will you brief us on your report? The applicant is seeking a zoning change from a Hysteric Urban Multifamily Residential District to either HUMU, Hysteric Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use District, or MU-1, Medium Intensity Mixed-Use District, along with a conditional use to permit the development of a principal parking lot that would contain between 47 and 49 spaces on a vacant lot along Carondelet Street. The parking lot is intended to serve the future Warbler Hotel and nearby businesses. While the site has historically functioned as informal parking for the adjacent church, it has remained zoned residential and has no verified history of commercial development. The applicant is also requesting a waiver to negate landscaping requirements along the Carondelet Street buffer. There was discussion during the CPC hearing about the requested zoning change constituting a spot zone to provide parking spaces for a nearby hotel that is not required by the CZO. However, after clarification on the recommended provisos, the commissioners motioned to approve Subject to Three Proviso and a waiver of the buffer landscape requirement. Thank you. I have several comment cards. Maddie Charleston is up first, followed by, I can't read this. Oh, Jason Seidman. Do you want to? Oh, this is for the next one. All right. CPC recommended approval. This is currently a vacant grass lot that has been used as additional parking for the adjacent First Emanuel Baptist Church. As CPC indicated, this will be developed into a proper parking lot with 47 to 49 spaces used for the upcoming Warbler Hotel that's being built on St. Charles Avenue. With that, I'll move. Can I get a second? Seconded by Council Member McCarran. 78s, thank you.

At the top of page 25, we have item 15, Legislative Group and Zoning Docket 7926, 4001 Magazine on the LLC. Requesting a conditional use to permit a restaurant in an HUB-1 Historic Urban Neighborhood business district in the Magazine Street Restriction Overlay District on Square 227, Lot X in the 6th Municipal District bounded by Magazine Street, Constantinople Street, Marengo Street, and Camp Street. Municipal Address 4001 Magazine and 910 Constantinople Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to three provisos. We have Motion M26-400 by Council Member Harris approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 7926 subject to three provisos as recommended by the CPC. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC, can you brief us on your report? Zoning Docket 7926 is a conditional use for a standard restaurant in an HUB-1 zoning district located at 4001 Magazine Street. The site currently features a commercial building with a paved parking area between the front lot line and the building. The commercial building was most recently operated as a snow wizard. The proposed use is aligned with previous uses at the address, the intent of the master plan, and the zoning district, and does not constitute an intensification of use. Additionally, the proposal converts the parking area on Magazine Street into an outdoor eating space that improves the character of the streetscapes. For these reasons, CPC is recommending approval of this zoning docket subject to three provisos. Thank you. Now, Maddie and Jason. You get two minutes each. Thank you. Maddie Charleston, I'm here as a representative for 4001 Magazine Street. We agree with City Planning's recommendation for approval, and we want to thank Council Member Harris for this. well, too. We're excited to be able to add another restaurant to Magazine Street with a lot of the recent closures. We're excited to work with the outdoor seating. We've been in contact with nighttime economy to make sure that we follow any future sound abatement issues that might happen right there as well, too. But we're just excited to get this project started. Thank you. Jason, do you want to speak? Hi, everyone. I'm Jason. I'm just here to answer any questions you might have. It's an exciting project, and I'm very proud to be kind of part of the fabric of Magazine Street here. Thanks. Thank you. Any questions for Jason? All right. This site currently features a commercial building with a paved parking area between the front lot line and the building. The commercial building was operated as a snow wizard and has been out of operation since around 2014. The applicants proposed to use the property and convert the paved parking to an outdoor seating area. The neighbors did raise noise concerns from the outdoor seating, but that's been resolved via a noise abatement plan requirement that's included as a provisor in this. So with that, I'll move, seconded by Council Member McCarran. Any one more vote? Six shays. Thank you. Thank y'all. At the top of page 26, we have item 16, Legislative Grouping 8026, Sarino, LLC, requesting a conditional use of permanent hotel in the CBD 5 Urban Core Neighborhood, Lawrenton's Mixed-Use District in the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District on Square 218, Blocks 8 and 6 or 21 in the 1st Municipal District bounded by Carondelet Street, Gerard Street, Julius Street, and St. Charles Avenue, Municipal Address 714-16 Carondelet Street and 730 Gerard Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to two provisos. We have motion M26-401 by Council Member Harris, approving the applicant's request for zoning docket 8026 subject to two provisos and the modifications as stated in the motion. Thank you, Madam Clerk. CPC, will you brief us on your report? Yes, this proposal would convert a vacant three-story 6,500 square foot mixed-use structure into a 15-bedroom hotel and provide off-street parking along Gerard Street. Your request does not include any alteration to the building footprint and will maintain the integrity of the site's facade. Overall, CPC believes that the proposal is suitable. Since the neighborhood is primarily commercial, it will place an under-utilized site back into commerce. There is no opposition at the CPC hearing and the Planning Commission recommended approval subject to two provisos. Thank you. I don't agree with CPC, but I have modified CPC's provisos to exclude short-term rentals from their approved transient lodging use. This did receive community support. I've moved. I need a second. Seconded by Council Member Greene. 78s, thank you. At the top of page 27, we have item 17, Legislative Group and Zoning Docket 9326, St. John's and St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart, requesting a conditional use to permit the expansion of a secondary educational facility in the H.U.R.D. to the Third Urban Neighborhood Two-Family Residential District, Municipal Addresses 1863-69 Love Street. The recommendation of the CPC being for approval subject to eight provisos. We have motion M26393 by Council Member Greene, approving the applicant's request for Zoning Docket 9326 subject to eight provisos within the CPC report. City Planning Commission, do you wish to report? Yes. The applicant is proposing to expand the St. Augustine School Campus with the construction of a new baseball facility, which will be in a single-story structure with a floor area of 6,700 square feet. This will be a practice facility that will include a weight room, locker room, two offices, a storage room, a toss area, as well as batting cages. The proposed parking will be utilized by staff and students. CPC believes the request is consistent with the master plan. It will enhance an existing educational facility, activate a vacant lot, and improve the vibrancy of the surrounding neighborhood. There was no speaker in opposition to the request, and the Planning Commission recommends approval subject to eight provisos. Thank you.

To my fellow Council Members, it's time to wake this meeting up a bit. For the first time in the 75-year history of St. Augustine High School, we're building an indoor practice facility. So, St. Augustine High School is requesting a conditional use to expand its campus with a 6,700 square foot indoor baseball practice facility, including batting cages, a weight room, a locker room, and offices. City Planning Commission staff found the project compatible with the neighborhood, and I'm so pleased that they're doing it in the 7th Ward neighborhood right adjacent to the school. I do note that it's a practice facility and not a stadium. It won't host games. The City Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval subject to eight provisos addressing final plans, traffic parking, bicycle parking, and landscaping. There was no opposition at the neighborhood meeting, and for those from St. Augustine High School who might be watching, I want to thank you for this investment. Another investment in this extremely important community, the 7th Ward, and I'm looking forward to the groundbreaking and the ribbon-cutting for this facility. So I'm going to move and ask for a second. It's been seconded by Shaw graduate Freddie King III. The Catholic League is in the house today. So I move. It has been moved. Members, please vote your machines. Seven yeas, no nays. Thank you very much. Everyone will get an invitation to the groundbreaking. And we have a great architect involved with that, too. Should I mention his name? Yes. At the top of page 28, we have item 18, Legislative Group and Ordinance Calendar 34385, along with motions lying over M23-426 and M23-427 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. At the top of page 29, item 19, Ordinance Calendar 35117 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. Item 20, Ordinance Calendar 35530 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. At the bottom of the page, item 21, Ordinance Calendar 35536, by Councilmember Harris, by request. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on or over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 4916 South Robeson Street to fix the minimum price in terms of a servitude agreement to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purpose nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way to set forth reasons for the servitude and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. Thank you, Madam Clerk. This servitude will generate $210 annually, subject to a 15% increase every five years. I've moved, seconded by Councilmember McCarran. Seven years. At the top of page 30, item 22, Ordinance Calendar 35537, by Councilmember McCarran, by request. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on or over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 5400 Magazine Street to fix the minimum price in terms of a servitude agreement to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purpose nor shall such use interfere with the use of public right-of-way to set forth reasons for the servitude agreement and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. Thank you, members. This is one that will generate $2,298 annually. I will move, seconded by Councilmember Harris. Vote your machines. Six yays, seven yays, no nays. Thank you. Item 23, Ordinance Calendar 35538, by Councilmember McCarran, by request. An ordinance to approve rates for slip leases located on or over property owned by the City of New Orleans at the Municipal Yacht Harbor to approve slip leases granted from the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation to individual leases pursuant to Section 2928 of the Code of the City of New Orleans beginning in 2027 and otherwise to provide respect thereto. Thank you, members. As it says, it's to approve the rates for the slip leases over at the Municipal Yacht Harbor. If anyone has any questions, I know Brian's here, but seeing none, I will move to approve. Seconded by Councilmember Harris. Vote your machines. Seven yays, no nays. Thank you. At the bottom of the page, Item 24, Ordinance Calendar 35547, by Councilmember King, by request. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a grant agreement between the City of New Orleans, United States Department of Transportation, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, for a term greater than one year. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a grant agreement between the City of New Orleans, United States Department of Transportation, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation, for a term greater than one year, for the public purpose of designing Phase 2 of the Claiborne-Cordova Cultural Innovation District in the City of New Orleans, as more fully detailed in the Grant Agreement Exhibit A, and otherwise, Supervisor expects thereto. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We do have a comment card from Ms. Nyree Ramsey, who is in support of this initiative. This ordinance authorizes the City to be a sub-recipient, along with the Louisiana Department of Transportation, as a grant recipient on a grant agreement for the Reconnected Communities Program in the amount of $500,000. LDOTD previously received a $2.5 million grant award to study the Claiborne Corridor and possible removal of the exit ramps on Esplanade Avenue.

$2 million of the funding was rescinded last year, leaving $500,000 remaining, and the full study is no longer feasible. In order to utilize the remaining $500,000, LDOTD is allowing the funds to be used for architecture and engineering work for the next phase of the CID, called Tambourine & Fan, which is a section from Orleans Avenue to just past Esplanade Avenue. Ujima Economic Development Corporation has an existing agreement with the city to be a project manager for this work, CNO Capital Projects, City of New Orleans Capital Projects is also in the loop. The Office of Economic Development and Ujima have been working with LDOT to draft a solicitation for the work. The project has recently, was recently assigned to LDOT, to the LDOT project manager and we hope that LDOT will put out the solicitation quickly once the grant agreement is signed by all parties with this move of adoption. Second by Council Vice President Willard, Voice of Machines, Seven yays, no nays, thank you. At the top of page 31 item 25 on this calendar 35,548 is deferred to the meeting of 10-1. Ordinance calendar 35,549 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. Ordinance calendar 35,550 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. At the top of page 32 we have ordinance calendar 35,551 by Councilmember Harris by request. An ordinance to amend ordinance 30,531 MCS as amended entitled an ordinance providing an operating budget of expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the year 2026 to transfer funds from the New Orleans Police Department to the Department of Public Works for grounds transportation and otherwise to provide respects thereto. Fiscal note was received. Thank you. Councilmembers as you recall we passed a budget ordinance moving ground transportation, viewers operating and personnel funds to NOPD. Since then the decision was made for the ground transportation bureau to remain within DPW. Kyle's here to answer any questions if you have any if not I'll move. Seconded by Council Vice President Willard. Seven yays, thank you. Ordinance calendar 35,552 by Councilmember Harris by request. An ordinance to amend ordinance 30,530 MCS as amended entitled an ordinance providing operating budget of revenues for the City of New Orleans for the year 2026 to appropriate additional funds to the housing trust fund to satisfy the funding requirement in accordance with section 6-2012 D of the charter of the city charter which provides that an amount equal to not less than 2% of the annual general fund operating budget shall be appropriated and used exclusively to ensure that the availability of affordable housing for low to moderate income residents of the city and otherwise to provide respects thereto. Fiscal note was received. Thank you Madam Clerk. These ordinance represents 1.5 million dollar increase to the housing trust fund due to the increased revenue that was recognized earlier this year. Since the general fund increased the housing trust fund must increase proportionately given the language in the charter approved by the voters in 2024. This funding has already been approved to cover two programs by both the Advisory Committee and the Council that is the gap funding that was proposed by Council Vice President Willard for fortified roofs. Since this increase was recognized after the initial 2026 budget was passed we have to come back to allocate these additional funds which will be pulled from the 2026 affordable housing bonds just like the rest of the housing trust fund. Are there any questions from the dais? If not I do have one card from Jordan Rogers. Good afternoon. We want to thank the council for taking action to make the housing trust fund whole before the end of the fiscal year and honoring both of the city charter and the will of 75% of New Orleans voters. This is exactly what voters intended when they established a permanent dedicated investment in affordable housing. However, the work ahead remains significant. Housing NOLA identified a need for over 55,000 additional affordable housing units. I'm sorry affordable housing opportunities and the housing trust fund was created to help New Orleans meet that challenge. As council begins a 2027 budget process we urge you to protect the purpose of these dedicated dollars. The next housing trust fund allocation should not be used to backfill office of community development or filling financial gaps for a handful of larger projects that should have access to other funding sources. These dollars should expand our housing system by supporting homeowners, renters, small landlords, small developers, preserving and creating housing opportunities that otherwise would not happen. Thank you for making the housing trust fund whole. Now let's make sure every dollar delivers the additional housing impact voters intended. Put housing first. Thank you. Thank you Jordan. I've moved. Council Vice President Willard has seconded. I need two more votes. Seven yeas. Thank you. At the bottom of the page item 30, ordinance calendar 35,553 by Councilmember Harris by request. An ordinance to amend ordinance 30,531 MCS as amended in title. An ordinance providing an operating budget of expenditures for the city of New Orleans for the year 2026 to appropriate additional funds to the housing trust fund to satisfy the funding requirement in accordance with section 6-201 2d of the city charter which provides that an amount equal to not less than 2% of the annual general fund operating budget shall be appropriated and used exclusively to ensure the availability of affordable housing for low to moderate income families of the city and otherwise to provide respect there to fiscal note was received. Thank you. This is much of the same. I've moved. Council Vice President Willard has seconded. Seven yes. Thank you. At the top of page 33, we have item 31. Ordinance calendar 35,554 by Councilmember Green by request.

An ordinance to approve and authorize the city of New Orleans fine through the New Orleans Aviation Board to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the United States Department of Transportation, Build America Bureau, and otherwise to provide respect there to. For the sake of the council members and general public, the information is as follows. The ordinance authorizes the New Orleans Aviation Board to accept 1.15 million dollars in federal funding to study, design, and financing strategies for seamless on-airport transit at Louis Armstrong International Airport, including the potential use of autonomous vehicles on the airport's shuttle express connector roadway. This is an opportunity to explore innovative transportation options that would improve connectivity and the passenger experience at our airport and I wish to emphasize that it pertains only to the airport relative to the autonomous vehicles. I move for approval. Seconded by Councilmember Hughes. Members, please vote your machines. Seven yeas. Thank you for your support. Item 32, ordinance calendar 35,555 by Councilmember Harris by request. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement between the City of New Orleans and the Louisiana Public Health Institute for a term greater than one year for the public purpose of expanding access to critical safety net programs for residents of New Orleans by creating an enrollment and benefit access coordinator position within the New Orleans Department of Health and Human Services, as more fully detailed in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Exhibit 8, and otherwise Supervisor respects thereto. Thank you, Madam Clerk. This position is fully funded by the LPHI, covering a hundred percent of salary, health benefits, and equipment, allowing the city to significantly expand access to public benefits while providing only administrative supervision and desk space. If anybody has any questions, Jeannie Donovan is here. Hearing none, I will move. Seconded by Council President Morrell. One more vote. Seven yeas. Thank you. At the bottom of the page, ordinance 35,556 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. At the top of page 34, item 34, ordinance calendar 35,557 has been deferred to the meeting of 10-1. Ordinance calendar 35,558 has been withdrawn. At the top of page 36, we have item 37, ordinance calendar 35,562 by Councilmember McCarran by request. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Parish of Jefferson, the State of Louisiana, the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Management Corporation, the New Orleans Building Corporation, and the East Bank Consolidated Special Service Fire Protection District of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for development of a parcel of land owned by the State of Louisiana in the West End that is generally bounded by Lake Pontchartrain West Roadway and property of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through a request for proposal and otherwise Supervisor expects there soon. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Members, this is West End Development, CEA, finally in front of us. This is obviously an incredible opportunity for multi-parish collaboration. Redevelopment of West End will benefit residents and visitors of both Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. I'm thankful for the leadership and cooperation of Mayor Moreno, Representative Stephanie Gilfordy, Councilmember Liljeburg, and the Jefferson Parish President Lee Hsieng. This project and the accompanying CEA is no small feat. It has taken years of work between the City, State, and our neighbors in Jefferson Parish to get to this point. I'm proud to bring this and support the CEA and move us one step closer to reinvesting in the natural gem that is West End. With that, I will move to approve. Councilmember, you had green. Just for a second, I just wanted to thank you for the work that you've done. I'm familiar with this project and what has been involved, but I think it's appropriate for me to, in addition to your work, thank Councilman Jerusalem for the work that he did over many years because this was a troubling project. It involved multi-parish cooperation and I just want to say that I've watched it and it's good to see it coming together. Thank you for your work. I wanted to also mention him. Thank you. Yes. All right. With that, I motioned, seconded by Councilmember Hughes, vote your machine. Seven yays, no nays. Thank you. All right. Item 38, ordinance calendar 35,563 has been withdrawn. Item 39, ordinance calendar 35,564 by Councilmember Green, by request. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a grant agreement between the City of New Orleans, the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety for funding of the New Orleans New Orleans Roadway Lighting Safety Supplemental Plan through the Safe Streets and Roads for All SS4A Grant. As Moe Fuller said, fourth in the grant agreement and made part hereof and otherwise to provide respect thereto. This ordinance authorizes the City of New Orleans to enter into a $450,000 Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Agreement with the United States Department of Transportation and Development to develop the New Orleans Roadway Lighting Safety Plan, which focuses on reducing nighttime injuries and fatalities among pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. The grant includes $360,000 in federal funding and a $90,000 local match. I'm looking forward to this particular program, the administration helping to continue the trend that we've seen, which is a reduction in fatalities on our roadways. There's still a lot to do. I move for approval. If there are no comments, seconded by Council Vice President Matthew Willard. Members please vote your machines. Seven yeas and the measure is approved. Thank you.

At the top of page 37, we have item 40, Ordinance Calendar 35,565 by Council Member Greene. An ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans and the Association of the St. Augustine Alumni of New Orleans for the improvement and beautification of the neutral ground located at 2620 AP2 Road Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119, through the installation and maintenance of ground lighting around the two live oak trees is more fully set forth in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement and made part hereof, and otherwise, Supervisor respects thereto. Before you get started, Mr. Greene, do you need Matthew to handle this? I think you're a member of the Alumni Association. There might be a conflict, Ashley. I just want to make sure. But I still get to comment. Okay. Whatever I'm just saying. In the interest of complete safety. I just want to make sure there's no conflict because I know you're a member of the Association as well. Yes, I am. So I'm going to ask and I'm going to say graciously that you may move and whoever wishes to move, but I've got to tell you this, that this ordinance authorizes the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City and the Association of St. Augustine Alumni of New Orleans to install and maintain ground lighting around two live oak trees and on the neutral ground across from the school at 2620 A.P. Turrell. 2600 is where the school is. This address is the official address of the location. The Association is going to obtain all the required permits, fund the project, and maintain the lighting with no city funds required. It's going to be a beautiful addition to the Seventh Ward community. The second one that St. Augustine is proposing, but I'm just glad to see this investment taking place in that important community. So it's been moved by Council President, Council Member Harris, seconded by Council President J.P. Morrell. Members, please vote your machine on this exciting measure. What did you say? I'd like you to abstain. Well, I technically am, so I will withdraw because I am not going to have a front page article on anything. All right, so it's been approved six yeas with one abstention due to membership in the great St. Augustine High School Alumni Association. We have item 41, motion M263783 by Council Member Morrell, a motion to amend the City Council 2026 regular meeting schedule to change the start time of its October 1, 2026 meeting to suspend the council rules to hear a special order of business, out of order, and excess of the allotted time. Thank you. This is simply a motion to allow us to start earlier for breast cancer awareness. I will move. Can I get a second? Second. Seconded by Council Member Karen. Please vote your machines. All right. Thank you very much. Seven yeas, no nays. Item 42, we have Resolution R26375 by Council Members Morrell, Willard, McCarran, Harris, King, Green, and Hughes, a resolution identifying the organizations selected to receive grant funds under the CESA Community Support Grant Program in the amounts awarded to each. Thank you. I will move. Can I get a second? Seconded by Council Member Hughes. Please vote your machines. Seven yeas, no nays. At the top of page 38, item 43, we have Resolution R26376 by Council Members Willard, Morrell, McCarran, Harris, King, Green, and Hughes, a resolution identifying the organizations selected to receive funds under the City Council PACS Communication Louisiana Community Grant Program in the amounts awarded to each. I will move. Can I get a second? Seconded by Council Member McCarran. Please vote your machines. I will. Aye. Aye. Seven yeas, no nays. Next item, Madam Clerk. We have item 44, Motion M26385 by Council Member Morrell, adding the President of Council as a signatory to the Torch Relay Agreement K26 between the City of New Orleans and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games 2028 Exhibit 8 and made part hereof, and adding the President of Council is hereby authorized to sign the contract in otherwise identical versions thereof with a signature page for the President. Thank you. This agreement moralizes New Orleans' role as a key stop on the 2028 Olympic Torch Relay as the Olympic flame makes its way towards Los Angeles for the opening of the Summer Games. It represents a unique chance to showcase our city, our people, and our culture of the country and the world. This agreement has been developed in concert with the administration, the Council, and New Orleans and Company, and is part of an ongoing effort to help bring opportunities like this to our city and establish New Orleans as an important destination for major national and international events. Because this agreement cements New Orleans' participation in the event happening more than a year from now, Council approval is required. However, there is no real cost to the city beyond the customary operational support. It's a huge opportunity that we hope will generate revenue and bring visitors and positive attention to the city. I will move. Before we vote, Council Member Morrell, we need to suspend Rule 57. Okay, I will move to suspend Rule 57. Second. Seconded by Council Member Willard. All in favor? Any opposed? Hearing none. Seven yays, no nays. I'll move to add. No, we can vote on the motion. I move, seconded by Council Vice President Willard. Please vote your machines. Seven yays, no nays. Thank you. All right. Item 45, we have a motion M26386 by Council Members Willard, Morrell, and McCarron by request. Adding the President of Council as a signatory to the loan agreement between the City of New Orleans and Young Women's Christian Association of Greater New Orleans and authorizing the President of Council to sign the loan agreement between the City of New Orleans and Young Women's Christian Association of Greater New Orleans. We have the Economic Development Committee recommended approval. Thank you, Madam Clerk.

Council Members, this motion approves a $250,000 ten-year forgivable loan between the City and YWCA to rehab a comprehensive resource center at 601 South Norman Francis Parkway. I think Council Member Harris wanted to be added as an author to this, so can we do that? I'll move adoption. It's been seconded by Council President Morrell. All in favor? Please vote your machine. And I would also like to be added, but I'm sure everybody would. Please add everyone. Madam Clerk? Waiting on one more vote. All right. Seven yays. It's been adopted. Thank you. At the top of page 39, we have item 46, motion M26387 by Council Members Will and Morrell and McCarron. By request, we'll be withdrawing this one and substituting for, I mean, bringing in a substitute motion, adding the President of Council as a signatory to the Consultant Service Agreement between the City of New Orleans and Greater New Orleans Development Foundation and authorizing the President of Council to sign the Consultant Service Agreement between the City of New Orleans and Greater New Orleans Development Foundation. Economic Development Committee recommended approval. Madam Clerk, do we need to vote on the substitute contract or? No. Okay. All right. Thank you. Members, this is a motion approving a Consulting Services Agreement between the City and Greater New Orleans Development Foundation, who's going to award Workforce Development $75,000. I move adoption. It's been moved by Council President Morrell, seconded. One more vote. Seven yays. It's been adopted. Thank you. We have item 47, motion M26394 by Council Member McCarron, directing the City Planning Conditions Commission to conduct a public hearing to consider renaming the 350 feet of North Line Street bounded by Cecil Street and Monticello Avenue and Sapone Meadows Street. Thank you. Members, this name change is intended to correct an anomaly created more than 70 years ago. In the 1870s, the City of Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans, creating an anomaly. In street names, Upper Line Street and the City of Carrollton was changed to Monticello Avenue, but Carrollton's Lower Line and North Line Streets remained unchanged. In the 1950s, almost all of North Line Street was renamed Palmetto Street, except for a small sliver extending to the Jefferson Parish Line. This creates an unnecessary burden on North Line residents and only leads to confusion for postal carriers, delivery drivers, and first responders. Several city departments have requested the name change to correct this quirk. Only one address is assigned a North Line address, and this only impacts about 350 feet of the street. Therefore, I move to approve Motion M26394 to begin the renaming process. Seconded by Council Vice President Willard. Notes your machines. Seven yays, no nays. Thank you. We have Item 48, Motion M2642 by Council Members Morrell and Willard, a motion established in the regular City Council meetings for the year 2027. I will move. I'll give you a second. Seconded by Council Vice President Willard. Please note your machines. Seven yays, no nays. We have Motion M2643. 3 by councilmembers Morrell and Willard a motion established in the 2027 city government holiday schedule the only thing of note is that we added the Katrina Memorial Day for next year I have moved councilmember Willard a second it please vote your machines looking for one more seven yeas no nays councilmembers oh we have one under suspension well motion m26 for five by councilmember Hughes a resolution supporting the application of the city of New Orleans in partnership with the Sankofa community development cooperation to the Louisiana office of state parks division and outdoor recreation to seek federal financial assistance for the land and water conservation fund for the improvements of the Sankofa wetland park we need to move to receive a move second by council president Morrell all in favor any objection seven yeas no nays we need to move to a I move second by council president Morrell all in favor any objection seven yeas no nays I move second by council president Morrell all in favor any objection seven yeas no nays thank you members we can suspend the rules to go to ordinance on first read so moved second moved by Willard seconded by Morrell we are on first read first read ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five fifty eight ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five fifty eight by council member Harris by request an ordinance to amend ordinance number thirty thousand five thirty one MCS as amended entitled an ordinance providing an operating budget of expenditures for the city of New Orleans for the year 2026 to appropriate funds returned by Habitat for Humanity to the Department of Code Enforcement for operating expenses and to pay an outstanding settlement and otherwise to provide with respect there to our next calendar number thirty five thousand five sixty seven by council member McCarran by request an ordinance authorizing the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement among the city of New Orleans the New Orleans recreation Development Commission and st. Patrick Booster Club incorporated for a time greater than one year for the public purpose of supporting promoting stimulating public interest in and raising and distributing funds to benefit the construction creation preservation and maintenance of public parks and playgrounds recreational facilities and recreational and other leisure programs and activities in the city of New Orleans as more fully detailed in the cooperative endeavor agreement attached here to as exhibit a and otherwise to provide with respect there to our next calendar number thirty five thousand five sixty eight by councilmember King an ordinance to provide for the designation of public property within a specified area of the city of New Orleans as a temporary special event zone clean zone during the time period beginning at 6 a.m.

Monday April 5th 2027 and ending at 6 p.m. Monday April 12 2027 relative to the use of these public areas in conjunction with the 2027 French Quarter Festival and during the time period beginning at 6 a.m. Monday July 26 2027 and ending at 6 p.m. Monday August 2nd 2027 relative to the use of these areas in conjunction with the 2027 Satchmo Summer Fest and related activities and events produced by French Quarter Fest was incorporated to provide for a temporary prohibition of certain commercial activities and the special events clean zone unless approved sanctioned or authorized by the city are except for it and sponsors special event permit if an applicable to provide with establishment of one or more public participation areas to provide for the establishment of fines and penalties for violations of this ordinance to establish the special event clean zone within the area bounded by the area generally bounded by the East Bank of Mississippi River Orange Street Chapel to the street Calio Street Rampart Street and Escalade Avenue including Goldrick Woldenberg Riverfront Park including Governor Nick Nicholas Walpark Spanish Plaza Louis Louis Armstrong Park Crescent Park and Louisiana State Museums New Orleans Jazz Museum and the airspace above the specified boundaries and otherwise provide with respect there to our discounted number thirty five thousand five sixty nine by councilmember Morrell and arduous to amend and reordain sections 2-905 of the code of the city of New Orleans regarding the city's use of fossil fuel powered vehicles to remove the phase in language to require the exemptions be considered by a council committee in accordance with council rules and otherwise provide with respect to to our discounted number thirty five thousand five seventy by councilmember King by request and arduous to amend and reordain ordinance number thirty thousand five thirty two MCS entitled and arduous providing a capital budget for the year 2026 to affect the following change to the 2026 capital budget to the appropriate funds to the Chief Administrative Office to appropriate funds to the Chief Administrative Office and otherwise to provide with respect there to or in this calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy one by councilmember Hughes and arduous to authorize the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into amendment number one to an existing cooperative endeavor agreement between the city of New Orleans and the Sankofa Community Development Corporation to accomplish the valuable public purpose of improving drainage systems and increasing water runoff storage capacity in the lower ninth ward by storing stormwater overflow and reducing land subsidence through a green infrastructure project. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy two by councilmember King by request and arduous to authorize the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on or over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address eleven thirty seven Esplanade Avenue to fix the minimum price in terms of state servitude agreement to declare that such use is granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement and otherwise survive with respect there to. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy three by councilmember King an ordinance to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an HMC 2 historic marionette from a bywater commercial district and the transient lodging interim zoning district on square 377 lot D in the third municipal district bounded by Joseph Guglielmo Place, Cogger Street, North Rampart Street, and St. Anthony Street. Municipal address 1822 Joseph Guglielmo Place and otherwise provide with respect there to zoning docket number 6626. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy four by councilmembers McCarran, Hughes, and Harris by request. An ordinance to amend and reordain sections 26-616 of the code of the city of New Orleans relative to the nightly fee for each night of occupancy of a dwelling unit used as a short-term rental and otherwise to provide with respect there to. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy five by councilmember McCarran by request. An ordinance to authorize the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into amendment number one to a previously executed cooperative endeavor agreement between the city of New Orleans and Lantern Light Incorporated relative to providing mental health services and support desired to modify the provisions of the CEA and extend the term thereof for an additional five years as more fully set forth in the amendment number one form attached here to as exhibit A and made a part hereof and otherwise to provide with respect to. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy six by councilmember Willard. An ordinance to amend and reordain sections 146-5, 146-584, 146-585, and 146-586 of the chapter 146 in section 154-699 of chapter 154 of the code of the city of New Orleans to amend the enforcement process for obstructions of the public right-of-way to define obstruction subject to the permit requirement to increase the applicant and permit fees for obstructions in the public right-of-way to adjust the rates charged with towing and storage of and established fines for obstructions removed from the public right-of-way and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy seven by councilmember King by request.

An ordinance authorizing the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement between the city of New Orleans and Thrive New Orleans with the term greater than one year for the public purpose of creating education courses and programming and horticultural to achieve economic growth in green infrastructure and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. Ordinance calendar number thirty five thousand five seventy eight by councilmember Harris by request. An ordinance authorizing the mayor of the city of New Orleans to enter into amendment number two to an existing cooperative endeavor agreement between the city of New Orleans and the National World War II Museum Incorporated to extend the term by two years for the public purpose of improving pedestrian walkways along Andrew Higgins Drive including enhancements within part of the museum operation corridor for the benefit of and enjoyment by New Orleans citizens and visitors and to encourage convention center participants to explore the historic warehouse district and the museum operations corridor in the city of New Orleans. As more fully detailed in amendment number two to the cooperative endeavor agreement form attached here to as Exhibit A and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. That concludes the ordinances on first read. Motion to adjourn.