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Flock cameras face limits in Livingston Ordinance would ban use of controversial devices on parish roads

City leaders look for River Center solution Team of local, national figures set to redevelop aging facility

BY IANNE SALVOSA Staff writer

BY GIGI LIMAN Staff writer

The Livingston Parish Council is considering banning Flock cameras from parish rights-ofway.

Last week, an ordinance, backed by council member Ryan Chavers, was introduced that would prohibit privately owned Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers on roads owned or maintained by the parish.

“You’re not going to use our parish rights-of-way to surveil people,” Chavers said.

The ordinance would not ban Flock cameras in Livingston Parish altogether. It would apply only to privately owned cameras on parishcontrolled roads, a small portion of the nearly 40 Flock cameras across the parish, according to DeFlock, a grassroots organization that uses crowdsourced data to identify automated license plate readers.

“You’re not The majority of Livingston’s going to use Flock cameras are located our parish along state roads or in private businesses’ parking lots, where rightsthe proposed ordinance would of-way to not apply. The cameras most surveil likely to be affected are those people.” installed by homeowners’ associations at neighborhood enRyAN trances.

CHAVERS, Flock cameras are a superLivingston charged version of traditional Parish Council license plate readers, and the company’s equipment has member been adopted by municipalities across the country to improve public safety. The cameras are produced by Flock Safety, founded in 2017, which is the most dominant automated license plate readers business in the U.S., with more than 80,000 cameras across 49 states, including Louisiana,

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Flock cameras are a supercharged version of traditional license plate readers, and the company’s equipment has been adopted by municipalities across the country to improve public safety.

Though talks of updating the Raising Cane’s River Center has spanned decades, city leaders said Baton Rouge can expect action now.

At a news conference Monday morning, Mayor-President Sid Edwards lauded the team the city-parish has assembled to tackle the River Center redevelopment, which includes Visit Baton Rouge, former Nashville tourism leader Butch Spyridon, consulting firm Hunden Partners and law firm Fishman Haygood, where attorney Charles Landry is partner. Visions for the center’s new era include a 350-room headquarters hotel, a 29,200-square-foot ballroom and meeting rooms, and a 40,000-square-foot flex hall to attract conventions and meetings, according to an August 2025 presentation by Hunden Partners.

“We hit a freaking home run,” Edwards said at the event.

The Visit Baton Rouge Board of Directors authorized the agency to serve as interim management for the River Center at a board meeting Tuesday. As interim management, Visit Baton Rouge will conduct a request for proposal process to find the next management company for the center as it looks toward a new era with its pending redevelopment.

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Proposals for redelopment of the Raising Cane’s River Center include a headquarters hotel, ballroom, meeting rooms and a flex hall.

U.S., Israel meet on Gaza ceasefire but no agreement yet

BY JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA

the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear, with officials signaling moderate optimism but offering no Associated Press concrete commitment by Israel to JERUSALEM — A marathon meeting the latest U.S.-proposed plan.

Hamas has already agreed to the Monday between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime proposal. American negotiators Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left appeared to acquiesce to Israeli

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demands that Hamas disarmament must come before any reconstruction of the devastated Palestinian enclave. They did not publicly signal that Israel had made any commitments to withdraw from the 60% of Gaza that Israeli troops currently occupy.

That’s a major sticking point in the plan and one that Hamas had pressed negotiators to compel Israel to fulfill prior to the meeting. The talks came days after Netanyahu rejected the 15-point, U.S.-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward, say-

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A day earlier, Kushner met for two hours with Hamas’ leader in Egypt.

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Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed

NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds following his guilty plea last week to federal charges.

Judge Gregory Carro issued an order Monday canceling the trial and giving the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting the state case, until Oct. 9 to respond to the defense’s double jeopardy claims.

A hearing will be held on Dec. 10, Carro said, about a week before Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced in the federal case.

Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court to a pair of stalking charges and admitted trailing Thompson to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference and gunning him down outside a Manhattan hotel in 2024. Federal prosecutors said they would seek life in prison when Mangione is sentenced Dec. 18, though federal sentencing guidelines call for a term of 24 to 30 years.

“On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione said.

Immediately after his plea, Mangione’s lawyers filed paperwork seeking to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy and due process grounds.

They described him as a “pawn in parallel prosecutions” and accused state and federal prosecutors of “trying to punish him twice for the exact conduct.”

Mangione has pleaded not guilty in the state case, which also carries the possibility of a life sentence.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in a statement that it would fight efforts to end the state case, in part because Mangione’s federal sentence isn’t yet known.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak deaths pass 2,300

BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s fastmoving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.

The outbreak unfolding in one of Congo’s most vulnerable regions is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, with 4,945 cases including 2,325 deaths, according to government data released overnight into Monday.

It’s Congo’s 17th outbreak, with a toll that has eclipsed that of the country’s 2018-2020 outbreak when 2,299 deaths out of 3,481 cases were recorded.

The latest data shows 101 new cases and 33 deaths reported in the previous 24 hours. Over 1,000 people have recovered, while 730 remain in hospitals or isolation.

The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.

U.S. hiker struck by lightning, dies in Italy

MILAN — An American tourist was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking Europe’s largest volcano following a period of intense activity, Italian firefighters said Monday.

The 29-year-old man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening in an exposed, barren area. He was later declared dead by medical personnel. His name was not released.

The man was found at nearly 4,600 feet in the Rocca Capra area.

Authorities have closed areas of the volcano’s slope to hikers due to the volcano’s prolonged activity — which forced the closure of the airport in nearby Catania for most of last week — but it was unclear if he was in such an area.

CORRECTION A news story published in Saturday’s edition of The Advocate incorrectly stated Louisiana’s December runoff election would be held on Dec. 11. The election date is Dec. 12. The Advocate regrets the error.

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U.S.-Iran peace prospects dim Trump says no timeline for ending war, threatens to bomb Oman

BY CATHERINE LUCEY Bloomberg News (TNS)

The prospects for peace in the Middle East suffered a fresh setback, with President Donald Trump reportedly saying he is in no hurry to end the war with Iran and fighting flaring anew in Lebanon.

Trump told Fox News in a phone interview that a U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports is putting pressure on the country and he has no timeline for resolving the conflict.

He also warned that if “Oman gets in the way we’ll bomb the s*** out of them,” without give any further details. He made a similar threat in May. Oman is negotiating with Iran on how the Strait of Hormuz should be managed, but the U.S. isn’t part of those discussions.

The war with Iran has dragged on for nearly six months with no resolution in sight. Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding in June that was supposed to open a window for the warring parties to reach a more lasting peace deal

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A woman mourns Sunday in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, during the funeral of Hezbollah member Ali al-Haj Hassan, his wife and four children who were killed the previous day by an Israeli airstrike. within 60 days. During that period, which expires Monday, the truce has been repeatedly violated and both sides have said the agreement is defunct.

Iran said a “shipping map” had been finalized as part of a broader agreement with Oman on how to govern traffic in the strait, but Tehran has warned that it won’t necessarily translate into a reopening of the crucial maritime route.

Intensive talks are continuing, but reaching a deal has been time consuming because of secu-

rity complexities and the “obstructionist behavior of destructive elements,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told reporters on Monday.

The price of Brent crude has gained more than 7% since the start of last week as the prospects further dimmed for a swift reopening of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited before the war. The global benchmark rose at much as 1.3% on Monday to $89.68 a barrel.

Tensions in the Middle East were already on the rise over the weekend, when Israel’s military said it killed senior Hezbollah commander Abu Hassan Alaa in southern Lebanon.

Eleven people died in the Israeli strikes on Saturday, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were in retaliation for an attack by the militant group that seriously injured three soldiers.

In recent days, Israel has also struck Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza, the Yemenbased Houthis have at-

tacked ships in the Red Sea, and several vessels have been hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Israeli settlers have meanwhile laid siege to Palestinian homes, drawing international condemnation. Netanyahu has downplayed that violence and blamed a small number of radicals.

The renewed fighting in Lebanon risks derailing a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that calls for Hezbollah’s disarmament, an eventual Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and the Lebanese army taking responsibility for security.

It will also complicate efforts to revive the deadlocked negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, with the 14-point memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran providing for a pause in hostilities “on all fronts, including Lebanon” and free passage through Hormuz. Trump did however tell Fox New that back channels with Iran remain open.

Trump has struggled to find an off-ramp to a war that’s increasingly unpopular in the U.S. and threatens to penalize Republicans in November’s midterm elections. Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is preparing to announce new economic measures on Tehran “like have never been seen.”

Thousands in Indonesia await aid after quake Authorities say at least 58 killed

BY FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press

REO, Indonesia — Thousands of people waited for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores on Monday as the country marked its 81st Independence Day, two days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 others and damaged thousands of homes.

Many residents on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province spent the day mourning victims while military teams tried to deliver food, clean water and clothing to inaccessible communities by plane.

The Saturday morning quake left widespread damage, with buildings collapsed onto parked cars, homes shattered and trees and boulders blocking roads.

“My house is just rubble now,” said Rasyid Jafar, a clothing trader in the village of Reo, the hardesthit area in Manggarai regency. “We need food, medicine and clean water urgently.”

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on Flores camped outside metric tons of emergency collapsed homes under tar- aid.

Nearly 5,400 food packpaulin tents overnight into Monday, sleeping outside ages, two field hospital tents, because of the danger of medicines and clothing were more aftershocks. being delivered to commuFor many residents, the nities across the disaster disaster revived painful zone, as logistical chalmemories of a powerful lenges slowed deliveries to earthquake and tsunami that some hard-hit communities, struck Flores in 1992, killing national disaster agency about 2,500 people.

Deputy Chief Abdul Muhari As thousands of survivors said in a video statement. remain in need of food, shelAuthorities set up two ter and medical treatment, emergency field hospitals in the government said more the worst-hit town of Ruteng ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By FIRDIA LISNAWATI than 1,800 military and po- to treat earthquake victims lice personnel have been after local hospitals were A man examines a building that collapsed during deployed across the disas- damaged, with two crisis an earthquake in Reo, East Nusa Tenggara province, ter zone, supported by 10 management teams overseeIndonesia, on Monday. aircraft and several vessels, ing a health emergency opto distribute more than 100 eration center, Muhari said.

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Justices again rebuff Trump’s push to toss $5M Carroll verdict

BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.

The Republican Carroll president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal.

The court denied Trump’s petition along with several others.

It’s unusual — although

not unheard of — for the court to grant such requests. Trump paid the judgment shortly after the court declined to take up his appeal in June.

Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million. They argue he’s immune from being sued over comments he made about her in 2019, when he was president. The court has not yet acted on that appeal.

Carroll is a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host.

She testified at a 2023

trial that Trump turned a friendly 1990s encounter into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower in Manhattan. The jury found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he denied her allegation in 2022.

Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said they were pleased by the Supreme Court’s decision.

“As a result, the jury’s unanimous verdict that Donald Trump sexually assaulted and then defamed E. Jean Carroll is now final and cannot be challenged in any court,” Kaplan said in a statement.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing.

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‘Heroes,’ ‘Nashville’ star Hayden Panettiere dies at 36 Hayden Panettiere, a onetime child star who soared to fame in the TV shows ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville’ while enduring struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, has died at age 36.

BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press

Hayden Panettiere, a onetime child star who soared to fame in the TV shows “Heroes” and “Nashville” while enduring struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, has died. She was 36.

Police said Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. Lifesaving measures were performed but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

No cause of death has been determined and Panettiere’s death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma and police said officers saw no signs of foul play.

The television and film performer, who would have turned 37 on Friday, had been open about her private battles and wrote at length about them in the memoir, “This Is Me,” which came out in May. She described lifelong scars from her early fame, and acknowledged being addicted to alcohol and enduring postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya, with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By JORDAN STRAUSS “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement provided to ABC. “She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.”

A publicist for Panettiere did not provide any additional details in response to inquiries from The Associated Press.

Panettiere was one of two children born to Skip Panettiere, a former New York City fire captain, and Lesley Vogel, a former soap opera star who

had been the prime force behind her early career before the two became estranged.

Panettiere began acting in commercials and soap operas, including as the evertroubled Lizzie Spaulding on “Guiding Light.” In “This Is Me,” she wrote that the traumas her character endured, from being kidnapped to killing her mother’s boyfriend, led her to associate “catastrophe with adoration.”

“Grown-ups gave me positive attention when — as an actor — I failed, got sick, screamed and cried, killed, grieved, and suffered,” she wrote. “Is it any wonder why I’ve faced so many real

struggles in my life? I’ve often wondered whether — unintentionally — I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

She had much warmer memories of her role as a cheerleader with supernatural powers in “Heroes,” which propelled her to fame in 2006. The series revolved around the mantra: “Save the cheerleader, save the world.”

“I think ‘Heroes’ is really hot because it’s just a really great combination of everything that people love — they love reality, they love sci-fi and things like ‘X-Men’ where they get

to dream of something bigger,” Panettiere told the AP in 2008. “And at the core of it are these human stories that people can relate to, very rugged. And it’s just grabbed everyone in every age group.”

She went on to win three Teen Choice Awards for that role and was nominated for a Grammy for a children’s spoken word album, “A Bug’s Life: Read-Along,” also voicing a role in the Disney animated movie.

Panettiere later played a brash country upstart opposite Connie Britton on “Nashville,” which aired on ABC for four seasons before being canceled and revived on CMT. She did her own singing in the show, which scored some hits on country charts, spawned U.S. tours and earned Panettiere two supporting actress Golden Globe nominations. Eleven songs that Panettiere recorded for “Nashville” appeared on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs charts during the show’s run, including two featuring Britton.

Panettiere’s daughter, now 11, began living with Klitschko full-time in Ukraine when she was 2. At the time, the actor was struggling with

mental health and addiction.

“I think there’s been this very common misconception that I just gave up my child,” she said in an interview with podcaster Jay Shetty in May. “That could not be farther from the truth.”

She said she was in a “horrible cycle for years of battling depression and anxiety and alcoholism and substance abuse” while “just trying to find my way back, my way out of the darkness.”

She entered rehab in 2015, while filming “Nashville.”

“I was the one who put myself in the first treatment center. I was drowning,” she said in a 2023 interview with Women’s Health magazine.

Panettiere had endured numerous family struggles, and tragedy. Her parents’ marriage was strained, and eventually ended. Her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28. Years earlier, Hayden had made the painful decision to part professionally with her mother, who throughout her childhood had “defined and driven her” and watched her “struggle, learn, grow, fall apart, and triumph.”

Feds briefly pause border project in Texas’ Big Bend

BY REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “onthe-ground evaluation.”

The project through the national park in southern Texas has faced fierce bipartisan opposition by critics who say it is marring the area’s pristine environment.

They argue the region’s rugged and remote terrain already serves as a deterrent to migrants and smugglers.

Border crossings in the area have historically been lower than other regions and have dropped even further over the past two years.

“CBP is pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park while I visit and conduct a personal, on-the-ground evaluation,” Rodney Scott, who heads Customs and Border Protection, said on X. Scott said over the next couple of days, he was going to “listen to lo-

cal leadership, community members and stakeholders” to address what he said were “real” national security threats while protecting the park.

While it isn’t clear whether the brief suspension portended a more permanent halt to the construction in the area, it reflected the intensity of the bipartisan opposition and was a rare concession from the administration on a signature promise of the president’s that it has raced to complete.

Congress gave the Trump administration $46 billion

ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local police officers

BY RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.

The agency is proposing to subsidize liability insurance for state and local officers who are trained and deputized to enforce federal immigration laws, according to a planning document published Friday.

ICE’s partnerships with local departments have soared since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year and may get an additional boost with liability insurance by removing

a hurdle that has made some local police departments reluctant to join. The Associated Press is the first to report on this insurance proposal.

Under the plan, officers would purchase insurance covering up to $500,000 in personal liability, which typically funds legal fees, settlements and judgments. Officers would be reimbursed up to $250 annually — roughly what the insurance is expected to cost.

One prominent critic of ICE’s immigration crackdown said the program would be yet another way for officers to avoid personal accountability for misconduct.

“The concern here is that ICE is going above and beyond to guarantee law enforcement does not have even the slightest risk of li-

ability for violating Americans’ rights while helping ICE arrest people,” said David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, who has called on Congress to make it easier to sue ICE agents for wrongdoing.

ICE outlined the plan in a document informing industry officials that it is considering hiring a contractor to help provide outreach, training and communications support for its so-called 287(g) partnerships with local departments, which are named for a section of a 1996 immigration law. The contractor would hire the insurance vendor and process the reimbursements, among other tasks.

ICE had no immediate comment on the plan.

last summer to build a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, and the administration has been charging ahead and waiving numerous regulations in an effort to swiftly build the wall.

Scott has said he expects the first layer of the wall to be built by the end of next year.

But the administration has run into fierce opposition in Texas, especially when it comes to construction in and near Big Bend National Park and a state park to the west.

Customs and Border Protection earlier this year

backed off plans to build a 30-foot-tall bollard wall through the parks but was still moving forward with other border protection measures such as a new road, lights, miles of barriers designed to stop cars from crossing the border and technology such as fiber optic cables to be buried under the fences.

That has sparked opposition from Democratic and Republican sheriffs in the region, former national park officials, local residents who rely on the parks for their livelihood and some Texas

elected officials. Critics have said it will scar the rugged landscape that attracts tourists who raft down the Rio Grande and take advantage of some of the clearest night skies in the U.S. to gaze at stars.

Last week, bulldozers were seen clearing land at the park, sparking even more concern and raising questions from one of the state’s Republican senators.

At the time the bulldozers were seen, the Department of Homeland Security said on X that they were related to “survey and design work.”

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U.S. school vaccination rates inch down yet again

evenly distributed — con- coverage data in its flagship shots for non- medical visits. cine against chickenpox.

Exemptions reach withholding “The root cause of this is The rate held steady for centrations of unvaccinated publication, the Morbidmedical reasons. Exemptions increased in 41 states primarily because there’s so protection against hepatitis children are higher in some ity and Mortality Weekly record high and the District of Columbia. much chaos and confusion B. But that’s a vaccine giv- places than others, which Report. CDC officials usu-

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NEW YORK — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday.

The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before.

That’s an estimated 155,000 children nationally during the 2025-2026 school year.

It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a record, and the vast majority are parents

Experts point to turmoil caused by federal health officials.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a leading voice in the antivaccine movement before President Donald Trump put him in charge of federal health agencies. In the last 18 months, Kennedy and other federal officials have repeatedly tried to revise and reduce childhood vaccination guidance.

Earlier this month, Trump called for revamped childhood vaccination recommendations that promote his discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate

in vaccination recommendation systems in the last year or so,” said Dr. James Campbell, of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The CDC reported that 92.4% of 2025-26 kindergarteners got their required measles-mumps-rubella shots, down slightly from the previous year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccination rate was 95% — the level that makes it unlikely that a single infection will spark a disease cluster or outbreak.

Vaccination rates also fell for polio, for the combination shot against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and for the first dose of the vac-

en shortly after birth, and it will take a few years before recent federal efforts to upend infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendations would appear in the vaccination rates of kindergartners, Campbell said.

The vaccination numbers were posted as the U.S. experiences its worst year for measles since 1991.

The numbers indicate that more than a quarter of a million children entering kindergarten are susceptible to measles, said Campbell, a University of Maryland researcher who is chair of the AAP’s infectious diseases committee.

Those at-risk kids are not

helps explain why measles waves vary in intensity.

The CDC data is coming out as school and health officials across the country are encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated as the school year starts.

“Back-to-school season is an important reminder that protecting our children’s health is both a shared responsibility and a shared goal,” North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai said in a statement. “Vaccines help keep our children and teens healthy and in the classroom.”

In the past, the CDC has released the vaccination

ally speak to the trends and stress the importance of vaccinations.

But since the Trump administration took office early last year, the agency has posted the data online.

This year, the agency issued a three-sentence statement that noted a small decline in vaccination coverage among children entering kindergarten and said: “CDC continues to encourage parents to discuss vaccination options with their doctors.”

Public health officials focus on vaccination rates for kindergartners because schools can be cauldrons for germs and launching pads for community outbreaks.

Flooding risk remains as storms move toward mid-Atlantic

BY OBED LAMY and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents remained on alert while returning to their floodravaged homes Monday as repeated rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain moved east from the Midwest into the mid-Atlantic and high heat scorched much of the South and Southwest.

In central and east central Indiana, emergency operations were still ongoing after days of punishing storms, Gov. Mike Braun said at afternoon news conference, while other areas were shifting to recovery. He said the state had launched a disaster relief fund to provide $5,000 to individuals needing to buy basics such as clothing and food.

“We’re tracking your needs, and we will get you resources,” he said. “We want displaced Hoosiers to have a hot meal, comfortable bed and get into air-conditioning.”

The National Weather Service said heavy rain would continue one more day before a cold front sweeps the

weather pattern off the East Coast on Tuesday. Meanwhile, much of West Virginia, southeast Ohio and northeast Kentucky were under a flood watch through Monday evening, with high water from the series of storms hiking the possibility of flash flooding.

Elsewhere, hot weather posed more of a problem, particularly across the South and Southwest. The weather service issued extreme heat warnings for portions of Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Arizona, Nevada and California.

In Indiana, where days of storms and flooding left at least seven people dead, floodwaters receded in Indianapolis’ White River and rains eased around the state Sunday. But a flood warning remained in effect Monday morning for part of Randolph County in east central Indiana, where thunderstorms had dropped between 1 and 2 inches of rain by 8 a.m., and residents of half a dozen counties were urged to stay off the roads except for essential travel.

“While we have seen encouraging trends, the work

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Scott Conrad, from left, Joseph Workman, Ronan Carey and Kesley Patterson use a kayak to transport items from their flooded homes on Sunday in Indianapolis. is far from over,” said Jacob Spence, director of the Metropolitan Emergency Services Agency in Indianapolis, where city officials launched a website to support affected residents.

Oliver Riggle, 33, said he had just moved into a camping trailer in Indianapolis a few months ago after living in his car.

“Just having privacy again was a huge deal. I mean, I

Gang war and revenge plot led to Tupac Shakur’s slaying, DA says

BY RICHARD WINTON Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip in a killing that rocked the rap world, the trial of the man prosecutors allege did everything but pull the trigger got underway Monday with new revelations.

Nevada prosecutors allege Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former Compton gang member, killed Shakur as revenge for an attack on his nephew hours earlier and are using Davis’ own words in interviews and a book he coauthored as evidence.

In opening statements, prosecutors said an ugly gang rivalry on the streets of Compton led to the slaying of Shakur, a famed rapper and actor, who died six days after he was shot.

The Sept. 7, 1996, shooting, they said, was rooted in a war between Southside CripsBurris Street, led by Davis, and Mob Piru, a gang long associated with Death Row Records. Shakur was closely associated with Death Row, and the record company’s boss, Marion “Suge” Knight, was inside his car the night he was attacked.

The rivalry grew after the Southside Crips became the West Coast security for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ record label, prosecutors said.

Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal said that bad blood came to a head at a Mike Tyson fight that night in Las Vegas. He showed video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’ nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson. Lane, a Mob Piru, had spotted Anderson in the MGM Grand hotel lobby.

Months earlier, Anderson stole Lane’s Death Row Records chain in the Lakewood Mall during an attack.

“Let’s be clear, Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew,” Palal said. “Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself.”

Palai noted that Shakur’s shooting was followed by numerous murders in Compton, including that of an 11-year-old girl.

“In this world, silence means survival,” Palal said. “The one person who has had a hard time being silent is Duane Davis.”

The prosecutor played parts of an interview with a Los Angeles Police Department federal task force in 2008 where Davis acknowledged his role in the rapper’s fatal shooting. They also cited other interviews as well as his own memoir.

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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis appears in court Monday during a murder trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.

The prosecutor said Davis got the gun from Eric Zip Martin, an East Coast drug dealer associated then with Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment.

“He admits putting the gun he obtained that night in the back seat of the vehicle so the shooters could shoot,” the prosecutor said. “You will learn that Duane Davis got the gun. ... You will learn that he got into a white Cadillac. You will learn when the opportunity presented itself for retribution, Duane Davis made sure that the shooter was armed and ready to execute their revenge.”

Palal said Davis and his crew set out in search of Knight and Shakur. In multiple accounts, including in his book “Compton Street Legend,” Davis wrote that they spotted the Death Row caravan stopped at a red light, with Shakur waving to female fans while hanging out of the BMW window.

“Tupac, he gave himself away,” Davis said in the recording played in court. “Otherwise, they would’ve got away.”

Davis was arrested in 2023 and indicted for masterminding the killing and providing the gun.

Michael Sanft, Davis’ defense attorney, told jurors there will be no evidence linking his client to the shooting. “There are no facts to point to Keffe — not one,” he said. “You’re going to hear about this over and over again.”

Sanft recounted decades of probes and noted that prior investigations did not take his client’s statements seriously because they were not credible. “He treats that book like it’s fact,” Sanft said of a lead detective in the case. The defense attorney, in an unusual move, repeatedly undermined his own client’s credibility.

had a door that locked. I had a roof that was mine,” he said. “No one was gonna take it from me, except for apparently Mother Nature.”

A neighbor told Riggle the trailer nearly tipped over as it floated in the floodwaters.

It was still full of water Sun-

day, but by Monday, the water had receded and he was busy throwing away waterlogged belongings.

A handyman who works for a general contractor, Riggle said he hopes to help others salvage their own homes.

“I’ve got tools that I can use

to help be a part of the community,” he said. “We’re just gonna have to have faith that we’re going to be able to pull through because it’s not like we’ve got a safety net.”

South of Indianapolis, officials in Madison Township said firefighters and others rescued 10 people from their homes Sunday night. Others had to be rescued from cars after attempting to drive through flooded roadways.

A 4-year-old boy, three men and three women were among those who had died since the storms that began Aug. 11, said Liz Woods, a spokesperson for the state Department of Homeland Security.

Also, among the seven victims was a 31-year-old cyclist found dead early Sunday in a hole that opened up on a washed-out road in Henry County, east of Indianapolis.

Henry County Coroner Brian Clark said the man, James Briar, appears to have gone around a barricade and fallen into the collapsed road.

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As with traditional license plate readers, the cameras take a picture of every car that passes. Unlike traditional license plate readers, automated readers like Flock use an artificial intelligence algorithm to catalog additional details about cars, including make, model, color, license plate number, dents, roof racks and bumper stickers, and store that information in a database.

Chavers said a complaint about the cameras from a constituent prompted him to conduct research and eventually propose this ordinance as a narrowly tailored move against the technology.

“If it needs to go a step further, I’ll do it,” Chavers said. “Whatever has to be done to protect our privacy.”

State Rep. Danny McCormick, ROil City, has said he will introduce legislation to ban these cameras statewide.

Flock did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the measure.

The cameras most likely to be forced down by the Livingston Parish ordinance are those that HOAs have installed at their neighborhood entrances, if the roads are not private. HOAs own these cameras, and the associations can access the data they capture.

One such system is in Spring Lake, a subdivision in Walker.

Scott Bernard, president of the Spring Lake HOA, said he plans to speak against the proposed ban.

He said the cameras have been instrumental in solving crime in his neighborhood, such as identifying drivers who hit mailboxes.

Homeowners’ doorbell cameras can often capture the color and make of a vehicle that has hit a mailbox, but they do not provide a clear view of the license plate.

The neighborhood’s cameras can ascertain that information, which Bernard said the HOA board then provides to law enforcement.

Bernard said the cameras are

State Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, says he will introduce legislation to ban Flock cameras statewide. overwhelmingly popular in his community and are used responsibly.

“We never look at it unless we have the report of somebody running stop signs or taking out a mailbox,” Bernard said.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, the Page/Rice Public Safety Initiative has worked to extend Flock camera and license plate reader coverage across the parish; it was named after Devin Page Jr. and Allie Rice, two victims of local gun violence.

Just across the Louisiana border in Texas on Sunday, Flock cameras helped locate an alleged kidnapper who had abducted a child and drove to Louisiana, where Flock cameras pinged the car. Automated license plate readers played a critical role in the investigation, and the child was returned to their

family, according to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office.

But as the cameras have become more common in communities across the country, so too have the intense privacy concerns they have prompted. Because the cameras capture every passing car, they collect information not only on vehicles connected to crimes but also on those whose drivers have done nothing wrong. This, critics say, amounts to passive, mass surveillance. Privacy advocates have questioned how long the data is kept, who can see it and how it could be used to track individuals.

Much of the scrutiny of Flock has focused on how much latitude law enforcement has to use the technology. Law enforcement agencies generally do not need to obtain a

warrant to search the database, and several deputies in various states are alleged by authorities to have misused the cameras. In one town in Ohio, a police officer allegedly used the technology 47 times to search for his former domestic partner’s vehicle, according to the police department’s internal investigation. The officer has since resigned.

Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard told the council his agency does not have a contract with Flock Safety, and he does not use Flock cameras.

“I don’t care for the Flock brand camera,” Ard said. “It’s a thirdparty affiliated camera, which means they may share their information with outside people.”

The sheriff said his department owns and utilizes other types of

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cameras across the parish, but no one else has access to them and he controls the data they collect.

As debate over the cameras has galvanized the country and residents have pressed their local leaders for answers, communities have been forced to decide how, or whether, to continue allowing their use. Dozens of municipalities in both Republican- and Democraticled jurisdictions have deactivated cameras or canceled contracts with Flock Safety. Flock Safety responded last week by updating its safety requirements: tightening its data retention window and giving cities more control over which jurisdictions can access its data.

The Livingston Parish Council will meet Aug. 27 to hear public comments on the proposed ordinance and vote on its adoption.

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A River Center spokesperson declined to comment on VBR serving as interim manager.

Visit Baton Rouge will provide marketing integration between the two groups, provide local oversight and serve as a “local point of accountability” for the redevelopment project, VBR CEO Jill Kidder said. The agency will not manage the center’s daily operations.

“Strong management now protects what a future developer — and that’s what we’re all working for — inherits and keeps downtown revitalization momentum going,” Kidder said.

Legends Global manages the river center and its contract is set to expire at the end of the year. Kidder said last week that the company can reapply for the position, but the agency will conduct the full request for proposal process.

Kidder said Edwards approached her a few months ago about VBR serving as the center’s daily manager, but she declined the large undertaking. The two devised a plan for the agency to serve as interim management, providing a local leader for the center as the city-parish continues its search for a firm to head the redevelopment.

Baton Rouge isn’t the only city waiting for a convention center. A convention center hotel in New Orleans hit a rut after state Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, urged against the Bond Commission putting the center on the agenda for its next meeting since its financing plan is not ready.

Attorney Charles Landry, who serves as special legal counsel for the project and is working on the $400 million LSU arena project, says it’s an “embarrassment” that a city like Baton Rouge does not have a headquarters hotel, but recent actions of the city-parish show a clear strategy to get it done. Once the River Center is redeveloped, its success hinges on that of Plan Baton Rouge III, the third iteration of a downtown master plan, he said.

Plan Baton Rouge III sets

his actions toward the River Center. The first course of action they can expect from Spyridon is assistance with the request for proposal process for the next management company, which he said should be a group that can operate the center successfully and “lift the building up.”

He attributes his success in Nashville to all parties involved in projects getting along with each other, which he believes the River Center has now.

“If you’re fighting to get the contractors’ deal before there’s a deal, it doesn’t work,” Spyridon said.

Metro Council member Carolyn Coleman, who represents downtown, said the River Center is a critical part of overall Baton Rouge refurbishments meant to spur tourism and resident retention.

“We need people strolling down Third Street with a poboy in one hand and a hotel key in the other,” Coleman said.

residents and adding public spaces and entertainment to the riverfront, including a youth sports complex.

“I’m not sure we can get a great headquarters hotel if downtown Baton Rouge stays exactly like it is,” Landry said. “It can’t. We have got to accelerate the implementation of Plan Baton Rouge III.” Planning for the River Center is also in tandem with the new LSU arena planning, which Landry said is on track, but declined to disclose the most recent deliverable.

The plan for Visit Baton Rouge to serve as interim management is pending approval by the Metro Council later this month, along with a proposal to hire Spyridon, who led large redevelopment projects in Nashville, as a consultant. Spyridon said in an interview last week that though movement on the project has lagged due to politics and city leadership turnover, the right people are involved in the redevelopment to move it forward.

At the news conference, Spyridon said he doesn’t rest

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Amazon makes it harder for class-action lawsuits

On Friday, Amazon sent its customers an email informing them that the company had updated its terms to include an arbitration agreement and class-action waiver.

The new language reinstates a bulwark the company removed five years ago when it was overwhelmed by 75,000 arbitration claims from customers claiming its Alexa devices were recording them without consent.

The change means customers generally cannot take Amazon to court before a judge and jury.

Customers can still use smallclaims court and individual arbitration, but only after first trying to resolve complaints with Amazon directly. The company said it’ll pay “most of the cost” of arbitration.

There’s no opting out, unless customers stop using Amazon.

In its email to customers, the company said continued use of any Amazon service confirms someone’s agreement to the change.

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Lawsuits filed before Friday can generally still go through.

Stellantis recalls 955,000 vehicles Chrysler parent Stellantis NV said it’s recalling about 848,000 Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles in the United States due to radio software that can prevent rearview cameras from operating properly.

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early next year to stay in compli- and perhaps the city. tice Aug. 8 to the Chicago CommuConstruction paused by Bally’s operates three casinos in nity Builders Collective, a general ance with lenders for its revolving Louisiana: Bally’s Baton Rouge and contracting partnership overseefacility. at Chicago casino site credit Bally’s is looking to raise cash The Queen, both in downtown Ba- ing the casino complex construc-

BY ROBERT CHANNICK Chicago Tribune (TNS)

CHICAGO — Days after pausing construction on nearly all nongaming amenities at its $1.7 billion casino complex going up in Chicago, Bally’s Corporation issued a going concern warning related to liquidity issues.

The warning, part of Bally’s second-quarter earnings filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, states that the Rhode Island-based company is pursuing “a number of financing alternatives intended to enhance its liquidity”

through asset sales, an equity offering or debt financing, according to the SEC filing.

“While the company is actively engaged in discussions on several financing alternatives, the conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern,” Bally’s stated in the filing.

Auditors are required to issue a going concern warning when they believe a company might default on its debt within 12 months. The warning is sometimes a prelude to a bankruptcy filing, and may be a growing concern for investors —

ton Rouge and Bally’s Shreveport.

Bally’s said the financing issues are connected to future developments and are unrelated to the Chicago construction slowdown, which was implemented as part of its escalating standoff with the city over video gambling terminals.

“There has been no change to the status of Bally’s Chicago’s construction based off the company’s most recent 10-Q filing,” the company said in a statement Sunday.

“Bally’s Chicago remains well situated to continue delivering on its obligations.”

Bally’s Chicago issued a reset no-

tion, putting everything from the 34-story hotel and events center to a number of planned restaurants on hold, citing the advent of VGTs as a violation of its agreement with the city.

A group of 28 aldermen sent a demand letter to the casino company Wednesday calling for a public hearing and the resumption of the full development project.

In addition to challenging the legality of the construction slowdown, the aldermen also questioned the financial capacity of Bally’s to complete the $1.7 billion project as planned.

Mexico’s avocado pickers welcome return of country’s exports to U.S. But security fears remain amid extortion, violence

BY MARÍA VERZA and ARMANDO SOLÍS Associated Press

SANTA ANA ZIROSTO, Mexico — It didn’t take long for Mexican avocado picker Francisco Isidro to get back to work after authorities announced the lifting of a U.S. security alert that temporarily halted avocado exports.

Back on the job the morning after the alert was lifted, Isidro threw a rope over an avocado tree about 20 feet high and climbed up.

Fifteen minutes later, he had filled a box with avocados bound for the United States.

“Thank God ... and now we’re getting paid!” he shouted happily after several days without work.

Eight days after the alert affecting Michoacán state and the deployment of more Mexican troops in the region, U.S. authorities fully lifted the restrictions that spurred producers to shut down operations, and exports resumed. Michoacán is Mexico’s main avocado-producing state and a region where four cartels designated by the Trump administration as terrorist organizations operate.

By the weekend, orchards were operating again, packing plants were running at full speed and U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors had returned to certify the fruit and ensure it was free of pests before entering the United States.

The workers were happy to get their daily wages back. Some producers hoped the increased security would reduce violence and extortion. Others feared the calm would not last long.

“We’ll be safe for a while; we’ll see what happens next,” said Valentín Rodríguez, a longtime avocado industry businessperson.

The U.S. alert caught Isidro high in a tree in an orchard in Santa Ana Zirosto, an area of green, low hills in western Michoacán where criminal groups are very active. There were no explanations, just the foreman’s shout to stop cutting.

Isidro, 39 years old and with two decades of experience as a harvester, knew that this meant either starting to look for another job until the situation returned to normal — since they’re paid by the day — or supporting his family solely on what his wife earned from a small store.

More than 90 miles away, in Tacámbaro, an engineer at an avocado packing plant received the alert in the early hours of the morning: The facility should be kept sealed and under quarantine.

Some 200,000 people employed by Michoacán’s avocado industry were left in limbo.

Authorities did not say what threat triggered the alert. But in a state where numer-

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS By ARMANDO SOLIS

A farmhand harvests avocados at an orchard in Santa Ana Zirosto, Michoacan state, Mexico.

In March alone, Mexico shipped nearly 4,800 tons of avocados a day to the United States. ous local cartels make money not only from drugs but also from extortion, there are plenty of possibilities.

Some growers have come to consider extortion an unavoidable production cost. A producer from Michoacán told The Associated Press recently that he pays 1 peso per kilo exported in extortion fees and exports about 90 metric tons a day, which amounts to more than $5,000 in daily payments.

In March alone, Mexico shipped nearly 4,800 tons of avocados a day to the United States. Trucks loaded with avocados are also sometimes robbed on roads in western Michoacán. And some farmworkers have been stopped and beaten by armed men near the border with Jalisco without being told why, according to one worker who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

U.S. inspectors have been assaulted and temporarily detained in the past, triggering similar export suspensions. On some occasions, threats arose after inspectors detected

pests and were pressured not to report them, said an official familiar with their work who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. The U.S. Embassy does not usually provide details about the incidents.

Inspectors have less of a presence in the orchards, which are located in isolated hills where armed groups operate with little interference, and concentrate on packing plants.

“If the United States says that it is suspending technical services for security reasons, it’s impossible to export. If it’s for a plant health, it’s the same,” said Rodríguez, who grows, packs and sells avocados. “We are at the mercy of whatever the U.S. market and government decide to do with the industry.”

More than 80% of Mexican avocados are sold to the U.S. Thousands of tons of avocados travel daily to the United States, especially when demand for guacamole surges ahead of the Super Bowl. To keep that volume moving, certification is key.

Isidro is a “certified” picker. He knows how to disinfect cutting tools before using them, handle the fruit quickly and carefully, and report any spots or damage. The orchards where he works are also certified, providing dining and bathroom facilities for workers.

Jesús Méndez, his supervisor, inspected the boxes before they were loaded onto a truck with the tracking details. The trucks wait until all those in the area are ready before traveling in convoys to packing plants, accompanied by police patrols to prevent robberies.

At the packing plants, inspections continue, checking quality, the fruit’s flesh and possible pests. Once labeled and sealed, the trailers head for the U.S. border. At the slightest security alert, every point along the route can be brought to a standstill.

Oil prices rise, pushing stocks further from record highs

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEWYORK — U.S. stocks edged further from their record heights on Monday after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets.

The S&P 500 fell 0.5% but remains near its all-time high set Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 272 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%.

Wall Street’s losses solidified in the afternoon when oil prices accelerated upward. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 2.7% to $90.87.

It’s been careening back and

forth because of uncertainty about what the war with Iran will do to the global flow of crude. Last month alone, Brent zigzagged between $72 and $102 as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach a deal that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again.

Monday’s rally for oil prices sent Treasury yields in the bond market higher, which in turn raised the pressure on the economy and prices for all kinds of investments.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 4.72% from 4.68% late Friday. It has shot up from just 3.97% before the war with Iran, largely because higher oil prices are worsening inflation and upping the probability that the Federal

Reserve will have to hike interest rates.

Higher rates could keep a lid on inflation, but they do so by intentionally slowing the economy. The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate has already jumped near its highest level in a year because of the rise in the 10-year Treasury yield, though reports last week said that inflation in July was not as bad as earlier in the summer.

Usually around this time of year, anticipation is building on Wall Street to hear from the head of the Federal Reserve about where it may take interest rates. But the Fed’s new chairman, Kevin Warsh, may give little insight at this year’s economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at the end of this

month, according to Thierry Wizman, a strategist at Macquarie Group Warsh has been adamant about giving Wall Street less guidance about the Fed’s plans for interest rates.

Wall Street has run to records despite high inflation in large part because profits are booming for U.S. companies.

Those in the S&P 500 index are on track to deliver growth of roughly 50% for earnings per share in the spring from a year earlier, according to FactSet. That’s much better than analysts expected and would be the best since five years ago, when the economy was erupting out of the chasm created by the COVID pandemic.

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Ukraine energy company says facilities damaged

BY HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked facilities of Ukraine’s Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said Monday.

Russia has repeatedly battered the Ukrainian power grid since its all-out invasion more than four years ago. Moscow hopes to sap Ukraine’s will to fight by denying civilians light, heating and running water during the bitter winter months.

Ukrainian officials, who say Russia is “weaponizing winter,” fear Moscow will pursue its campaign

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Continued from page 1A Tony Blair and the director of the U.S.-created Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov, were also in the meeting with Netanyahu, according to a source familiar with the plans and a diplomatic source. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a closed-door meeting.

At stake are the lives of some 2 million Palestinians in Gaza, rebuilding plans and future control over the territory.

Netanyahu: Talks deep In a statement, Netanyahu’s office said the talks were “deep and constructive.” Israel and the board agreed to establish two working groups — one on the disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza and another focused on public health issues for Gaza.

Israel and the board agreed that the demilitarization “should be prompt and completed before any reconstruction,” the statement said.

A Board of Peace official said they also agreed that the demilitarization must include “every weapon, light and heavy, and every tunnel.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting.

“Backed by President Donald Trump, the parties share clear goals: a fully demilitarized and deradicalized Gaza that poses no threat to Israel, and where Gazans can pursue prosperity and dignity peacefully,” the official said.

Another Board of Peace official said the meeting was “very productive” and resulted in agreement on “a path forward.”

“The Israelis are going to give this a chance. Now it’s up to Hamas to show if it truly intends to comply,” said the official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.

Asked if Israel had committed to the U.S. plan for Gaza, a spokesperson for Mladenov said it was a “work in progress.”

through the coming winter, too.

Russian drones and missiles struck facilities in several regions of the country, with one asset hit multiple times during the week, Naftogaz said, reporting serious damage to equipment and production capacity. No employees were hurt in the attacks, the company said.

DTEK Group, a coal mining and power production company which says it is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector, also said a Russian attack started a fire at one of its mines, killing a 52-year-old man.

With troops largely bogged down by drones and robots along the roughly 780-mile front line, both Russia and Ukraine are expanding

son-in-law, met Sunday with Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on disarmament, according to a regional official and a Hamas official, who both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

Officials from mediating countries Egypt, Qatar and Turkey also were there.

The Hamas official said the Hamas leader demanded that Israel halt its attacks on Gaza and withdraw to the socalled “yellow line” dividing the territory before beginning implementation.

The yellow line was never precisely defined. Israeli forces have moved beyond it and now control about 60% of Gaza. In May, Netanyahu said the next step was to move to 70% control, with Israel “tightening the grip” on Hamas “from every direction.”

Several regional powers including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates issued a statement Sunday condemning Israel’s rejection of the road map. They said Israel “now bears responsibility for obstructing the efforts to bring peace in Gaza.” Other signers included Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia and the ceasefire mediators.

The foreign ministers’ statement called on the Board of Peace and the U.S. to take “immediate and concrete measures” to keep any party from obstructing the plan’s implementation.

Talks spark hope, doubt

While some in Gaza hope that efforts to implement the road map will bring an end to the war sparked by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, others are skeptical.

Mohammad Abu al-Qombuz cast doubt on all talks and visits currently taking place.

“A conference here and there, it is all lies. We need a definitive solution that would work for everybody,” said Abu al-Qombuz, who lives in a Gaza City tent camp, part of the territory’s vast displaced population.

Under the road map, Hamas would hand over Kushner spoke with Hamas weapons to the PalestinKushner, who is Trump’s ian technocratic commit-

their aerial campaigns and devising new long-range weapons.

Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russia killed seven people, while five civilians died in Ukraine after strikes by Moscow’s forces, officials said Monday as they collated overnight attacks.

With the Russian capital now within range of Ukrainian drones that regularly attack the region, organizers canceled a large military music festival due to be held on central Moscow’s Red Square from Friday.

The organizers of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival said on social media Monday that the event was postponed until next year due to reasons beyond their control.

In May, authorities significantly scaled back Russia’s annual Victory Day celebrations on Red Square for the first time in nearly two decades. Officials put the move down to the “current operational situation” but did not elaborate.

Ukraine depended heavily on foreign military aid after Russia’s full-scale invasion of February 2022 but has gradually increased its domestically produced firepower, firing a salvo of more than 800 long-range drones at Russia on Sunday.

Ukraine also has successfully targeted depots owned by Wildberries, Russia’s main online retailer, as far as 1,240 miles from Ukraine’s border.

Russian forces have increas-

ingly hit apartment blocks, ports, schools and hospitals, among other urban targets, killing close to 17,000 civilians, according to the United Nations.

The death toll of 437 Ukrainian civilians in July was 70% higher than the same month in 2025, it said last week, as Russia’s barrages intensified.

Russia has exploited Ukraine’s severe shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, which are the only way of countering ballistic missiles.

But Kyiv is swiftly innovating, with Ukraine now developing its own ballistic missile to hit back at Russia and working with European countries on developing more antiballistic air defenses.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JEHAD ALSHRAFI

Palestinians remove iron from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Sunday. tee meant to oversee daily operations in the territory.

The committee has not yet entered Gaza.

But Hamas has linked the surrender of its heaviest weapons to the creation of a Palestinian state, and the road map entails the creation of a “credible pathway toward achieving Palestinian self-determination and statehood,” something Israel’s current government rejects.

Until the road map is agreed to, other elements of the ceasefire are on hold, including reconstruction and the deployment of international forces to separate Israeli forces from committee-controlled areas.

Netanyahu faces a challenging election on Oct. 27 as he tries to hold onto power with a coalition that includes ministers taking a harsh line on Gaza, and it’s not clear whether he will take decisive steps on the ceasefire before then.

Also coming up is the anniversary of the 2023 attack.

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School Board candidate stays on ballot Incumbent Patrick Martin V re- ing to run. She forgot, Martin tes- Johnson said in his ruling. “So this qualifying form.

Martin allowed to run cently In court, Martin testified that he qualified as the only candi- tified, leading him to believe his comes down to a credibility deterhad prepared an extension for his taxes were filed mination.” in the race for School Board after tax filing issue date correctly when District 9, a seat he has held for the The lawsuit against Martin cites state income taxes on Aug. 4, to be

BY QUINN COFFMAN Staff writer

An East Baton Rouge Parish School Board candidate will be allowed to run for reelection after a judge ruled Monday that the candidate’s missing state income taxes were filed late only due to a good faith mistake in mailing the documents.

Jan Risher LOUISIANA AT LARGE

last four years.

But a legal challenge was issued by a voter last Friday to Martin’s status as a candidate over claims he falsely certified that he was up to date in paying his state income taxes.

On Monday, Martin explained to Judge Ronald Johnson that he gave his tax filings to his wife to be mailed the day before register-

he qualified with the Secretary of State’s Office on Aug. 5.

“Is there a goodfaith belief (from) Martin Mr. Martin that all his tax returns had been filed at the time he made the certification in the notice of his candidacy? He’s testified to such,”

a state law requiring candidates to confirm that they have filed the past five years of state and federal income taxes in order to qualify for their race.

Included as evidence in the lawsuit against Martin was a report from the Louisiana Department of Revenue saying he had failed to file taxes for tax years 2024 and 2025, and a copy of his candidate

mailed to the Department of Revenue in preparation for his campaign for School Board.

That day, he gave his wife the filings in envelopes and asked her to have them mailed. But she forgot, Martin testified.

The following day, on Aug. 5, Martin filed his candidate

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Break with the lunch bunch

All hat, no cattle and 198 boxes

This week marks one year since our house fire. It may also be the week we finally move back into our rebuilt house.

That said, I probably didn’t need to go to the opening of Rancher Hat Bar BR on Saturday.

But I did.

It was a rather wild scene.

Women of all ages were in a near frenzy picking out ribbons, feathers and other details I had never considered as hat decor — like poker chips, playing cards and Indian head nickels.

The new shop opened Saturday next to Trader Joe’s in Baton Rouge. Kate Durham, in from Arizona with Rancher Hat Bar, walked me through the process of customizing a hat. From a wall of choices — trucker hats and cowboy hats in every color — I picked a simple pinky-beige wool felt cowboy hat.

I learned that, technically, it is a cattleman with a cutter bump crown. Durham said this style of hat was most used by working cowboys and cutting horse riders. It’s supposed to sit lower and tighter to reduce the chances of flying off.

Doubtful that most of the working cowboys who were concerned with hats flying off had the hat adornment options available to me Saturday. I selected a leather cord and a single feather for its trim. When else could I add a feather in my own cap?

As Durham began to add the cord (tied with a rancher knot) and feather to my hat, she said I could also brand my hat. The store has dozens of thumbnailsized brands — every letter, a fleur-de-lis, the outline of Louisiana, horseshoes, longhorns and more crosses than I could count.

Employees use a blowtorch to

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STAFF PHOTO By JAVIER GALLEGOS

A group of colleagues who call themselves ‘the lunch bunch’ — Courtney Swanson, from left, Kylie Allen, Toni Grand, Jordyn Kabel and Natalie Landry — enjoy their break together recently under a shaded staircase next to City Hall.

La. reports heat-related deaths from July Heat wave continues for New Orleans area

BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer

Extreme heat is expected to persist across Louisiana for several more days as health and city officials urge residents to stay hydrated and limit outdoor time to prevent heat-related illness.

The Louisiana Department of Health last week reported three heat-related deaths in July, bringing the total number of heat-related deaths for the year to 11.

Last year, the state saw a total of 31 heat deaths.

In New Orleans and across the state, heat fatalities have risen steadily from 2020 to 2025, and the city is particularly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses and heat waves that are becoming longer and more common.

Currently, an extreme heat warning is in effect for southeast Louisiana and southern Missis-

Health Department officials urged residents to look out for symptoms of heat-related illness during the hottest months of the year. Those signs include dizziness, weakness or nausea. Louisianans should also stay hydrated and take breaks indoors or under shade after being in the heat.

New Orleans residents needing to escape the warmth in the next few days can cool down during the day at NORD recreation centers or open library branches. Homeless residents can seek overnight relief at New Orleans Mission, 1130 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., in Central City and The Salvation Army, 4526 S. Claiborne Ave., Uptown.

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER Isis Casanova, communication An extreme heat warning is in effect for southeast Louisiana. The state director for the city’s Office of Department of Health is urging residents to look out for symptoms of Health and Human Services, said last week that city teams tasked heat-related illness during the hottest months of the year. with homeless outreach planned sippi through 8 p.m. Tuesday, acThe heat will be exacerbated by to continue handing out water cording to the National Weather higher-than-normal evening lows to homeless residents, check Service. Heat index values be- for late August, as temperatures on their well-being and connect tween 110 and 115 degrees are creep into the high 70s to low 80s, ä See HEAT, page 2B likely through at least midweek. forecasters said.

Teen shot during soccer game at Independence Park STAFF PHOTO By JAN RISHER

Rancher Hat Bar’s Kate Durham shows the special purple-andgold hat the company has created for its newest custom-hat shop, located at 3535 Perkins Road, beside Trader Joe’s in Baton Rouge.

CRIME BLOTTER staff reports

A teenager standing in the parking lot of the Main Library at Goodwood on Sunday night was injured by gunfire while watching a soccer game in nearby Independence Park, a Baton Rouge police spokesperson

said.

Players and spectators were present as shots were fired about 9:30 p.m., Lt. L’Jean McKneely said.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the shots came from a passing car or elsewhere,

McKneely said. The teen’s injuries were not life-threatening, McKneely said.

There was no official soccer game or practice affiliated with Baton Rouge Soccer Association at Independence Park at the time of the inci-

dent, according to a BREC spokesperson.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Baton Rouge Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

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Candy banned at Baker High Student suffered medical emergency

BY OLIVIA TEES Staff writer

Candy has been officially banned at Baker High School after a student consumed an unknown substance Friday and required medical attention, according to an announcement from Baker School District Superintendent JT Stroder.

Stroder said in a Facebook statement officials cannot confirm what the substance was or when and where the student consumed it.

MARTIN

Continued from page 1B qualifying documents, in which he confirmed that he was in compliance with income tax requirements for the last five years.

He testified that, at the time of his qualifying, he had no doubt his taxes were correctly filed.

It wasn’t until Aug. 9 that Martin realized the letters had never been sent, he testified. The next day, he mailed the filings and, later in the week, delivered them in person to the Louisiana Department of Revenue.

Martin’s attorney, Alesia Ardoin, cited a state Supreme Court ruling from

The school is working closely with Helix Community Schools, the charter group that operates the district, and local law enforcement to determine the source of the substance.

Stroder said that out of an abundance of caution, students are not allowed to bring any candy onto campus until further notice.

Additional attention will be given to food items that appear suspicious.

“We will continue to monitor this situation closely and respond appropriately as verified information becomes available. We appreciate the cooperation, patience and support or our Baker families and community,” Stroder said.

March of this year in her closing arguments. In it, the justices affirmed that candidacy rulings should aim to allow the widest possible selection of candidates for voters to choose from, where possible.

Johnson said his ruling was made in light of that Supreme Court decision, and in light of Martin’s “honest belief” that his taxes had been filed, it motivated Johnson to deny the disqualification attempt.

jected to in court, each attempting to establish a motive for the challenge against Martin, including asking Brooks if she had children in the school district and if she had intentions to run for School Board.

Johnson repeatedly ruled that those questions were not relevant to Monday’s proceedings and that Brooks’ status as a voter was enough to justify her challenge of Martin’s candidacy.

The fact Martin was running unopposed in his disOrigins of the suit trict was also ruled as not The case against Martin relevant to deciding if he was filed by Cynthia Brooks, lied on his qualifying docua registered parish voter ments. eligible to vote in Martin’s district.

Email Quinn Coffman Multiple questions from at quinn.coffman@ Ardoin to Brooks were ob- theadvocate.com.

STAFF PHOTO By JAN RISHER

Columnist Jan Risher, left, and Rancher Hat Bar’s Kate Durham show off hats they designed at the new custom-hat shop in Baton Rouge.

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Continued from page 1B heat the brands, casting the distinctive yet not unpleasant scent of burning wool into the store.

When she asked if I wanted a brand, I had to see the process.

I went with my initials — JR has a certain ring to it when it comes to cowboy hats.

When she handed me the completed hat, I appreciated its restraint. Cord, feather, initials, done. Having nothing else to decide equals a beautiful thing.

Rancher Hat Bar started in January 2023 in California. Baton Rouge is its 18th shop.

The target customer is clearly younger than me — bachelorette parties, girls’ weekends, the kind of crowd that wants a hat and a photo to go with it.

Still, I really enjoyed the experience. It was, frankly, a wonderful moment not to think about all the hats I’m currently wearing.

For $149.18, I walked out

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Continued from page 1B them with available services and resources.

“We continue to encourage residents to take the heat seriously,” Casanova said Monday.

Deaths, hospitalizations The first heat-related death of the year was recorded in Acadiana after a man over the age of 65 died in June from hyperthermia.

Since then, two deaths have been reported in the southeast region that includes New Orleans, along with

in a hat I hope to enjoy for years to come.

Besides, it matches the office we are rebuilding in the house we hope to move into shortly — where I used to have an extensive collection of hats I had collected from all over the world.

There was a traditional headdress worn by the Akha hill tribe in Thailand that I bought from a woman in Phuket.

There was a wild floral cotton hat that I spent my last dime on when I was 26 in San Francisco.

There was a beautiful straw hat with a satin sash that I bought in Prague.

Hats have long been my weakness.

That collection is gone.

But I’ve learned something about rebuilding: Start with one thing you love and go from there.

The house is close but not quite ready. We have inspections to pass, rental furniture to be picked up and a houseful of things to move from one place to another — all within the next four days.

All of this should happen in a certain order, but the

pieces keep changing.

This I know: The rugs need to come first. Then the furniture.

We probably won’t be able to live in the house for another week or so because of something involving a gas line being moved and an occupancy inspection that will follow.

Plus, there’s the delivery of extensively packed items the remediation company deemed OK to salvage — 198 boxes of that.

I’m going on faith that the number of boxes is not as overwhelming as it sounds.

We asked for our favorite dishes back in time for Thanksgiving and learned that each box could hold the vast contents of two cups and a saucer.

The truth is, we don’t really know what survived.

It will be quite the experience to unbox items that have been chilling in an ozone chamber to remove the persistent stench of smoke.

I knew that branding smell was familiar.

three in the northshore region. The northwest region that includes the Shreveport area reported one death.

Nine of the heat-related deaths included people over the age of 65, the age group most at risk for heat-related illness.

In addition to deaths, there have been a total of 3,100 recorded emergency department visits from heat-related illnesses so far this year, according to Health Department data through Aug. 8.

Emergency visits began rising in mid-June across the state, and the southeast Louisiana region has seen the most emergency department visits at 470.

Despite this week’s intense heat, this summer has not been as hot as the past two, according to weather service climate data. As of Monday, average summer temperatures have been just under a degree warmer than normal, records showed.

July’s average temperature was 84.8 degrees, compared with 85.5 in 2025 and 84.6 in 2024. And so far, the average temperature in August is sitting at 84.9 degrees, compared with 85.4 degrees in 2025 and 86 degrees in 2024.

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EAST BATON ROUGE-AREA PERMITS Alist of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish Government from Aug. 10-14.

BUSINESS

5551 CORPORATE BLVD.: build out 26,882 square feet on the first two floors of an office building for Hannis T Bourgeois Accountants, $2 million; applicant, Walker Dauzat; contractor, D&S Enterprise General Contractor.

1808 PERKINS ROAD: remodel 500-square-foot building for sno-ball stand, $30,000; applicant, Terence Hill; contractor, Hill Construction.

12097 OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY: hair and nail salon; applicant, Jamyrea Addison; owner, Steven Davis.

2340 N. SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE: change in use for a cardio fitness and stretching business; applicant and owner, Jodeci Louis.

1927 MILLERVILLE ROAD: wall sign, $3,600; applicant, Phillip Vatelle; contractor, Deep South Signs.

1536 N. FOSTER DRIVE: wireless phone store; applicant and owner, Abdul Minhas.

4830 GOVERNMENT ST.: retail store and warehouse; applicant, Jaylin Ordone; owner, Patrick Moock.

4820 GOVERNMENT ST.: retail store; applicant, Jaylin Ordone; owner, Patrick Moock.

10241 COURSEY BLVD.: wireless phone store; applicant and owner, Abdul Minhas.

5241 HIGHLAND ROAD: wireless phone store; applicant and owner, Abdul Minhas.

7151 FLORIDA BLVD.: office space; applicant and owner, Joe Goudeau; contractor, Edge 7389 Florida Blvd.

7157 FLORIDA BLVD.: office space; applicant, Joe Goudeau.

11814 MARKET PLACE AVE.: speech therapy services; applicant and owner, Ashley Hatfield.

6867 VAN GOGH AVE.: office space for the Baton Rouge Fire Department; applicant and owner, William Firnberg.

355 W. LEE DRIVE: tunnel car wash; applicant, Bob Mcquage.

10221 PATRIOT DRIVE: storing event rental equipment, such as tables, tents and chairs; applicant and owner, Kedric Green.

8235 GREENWELL ST.: 5,475-square-foot church, $1.26 million; applicant and owner, Virginia Mason; contractor, ADO Construction Inc. 9475 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD: 460-square-foot sales office, $10,000; applicant and owner, Nureddin Salem.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: repairs to existing staircase, $12,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 9, unit 81, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 7, unit 47, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 9, unit 86, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 9, unit 87, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 9, unit 83, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 28, unit 273, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 12, unit 112, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 9, unit 84, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor,

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1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: light drywall repair and repainting to building 26, unit 251, $10,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 3, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 5, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 6, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 8, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 17, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 16, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 10, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 13, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 15, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 11, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 1, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 2, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 22, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 18, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 25, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 27, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 29, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 19, $35,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of

window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 20, $35,000; applicant and owner, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

1251 N. ARDENWOOD DRIVE: removal and disposal of window units, installation of new vinyl window units in building 30, $35,000; applicant, Declan Savage; contractor, LECA Construction.

9470 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD: interior remodel to existing McDonald’s with kitchen equipment upgrades, $50,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; contractor, Douglas Cook Enterprises.

2278 O’NEAL LANE: interior remodel to existing McDonald’s with kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; contractor, Douglas Cook Enterprises.

4615 PERKINS ROAD: interior remodel to existing McDonald’s with kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, Stansell Properties & Development.

2225 COLLEGE DRIVE: monument sign and wall sign for apartment complex, $2,000; applicant, Deedee Ockman; owner, Brady Ellis; contractor, TTA Services.

3535 PERKINS ROAD: hat boutique moving in; applicant, Kenny Girard.

2350 BROOKLAWN DRIVE, ZACHARY: Replace the current mobile office trailer on-site with a new one, $86,221; applicant, Andrea Kosick; contractor, Chandler Services.

890 SCENIC HIGHWAY: remodel, adding a stove, repairing kitchen, adding countertops, $1,600; applicant, Bobby Crockett.

4245 NICHOLSON DRIVE: relocate underground fuel tanks for Nicholson Drive expansion, $672,000; applicant, Anna Antill; owner, Cheri Robbins; contractor, Rittiner Equipment Co. 6910 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: interior remodel to existing McDonald’s with kitchen equipment upgrades, $50,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; contractor, Stansell Properties & Development.

7622 PERCY AVE.: political sign; applicant, Doris Hawkins.

1509 HIGHLAND ROAD: personal injury law firm; applicant, Ross Gaudet; owner, Mark Howard.

8350 FLORIDA BLVD.: retail floorcovering store with warehouse space; applicant and owner, Estuardo Orantes.

100 WOMAN’S WAY: renovation to the HR/education department in the support services building at Woman’s Hospital, $240,000; applicant, Ritter Maher; owner, Elizabeth Bridges; contractor, Arkel Constructors.

100 WOMAN’S WAY: renovations within the education department in the support services building at Woman’s Hospital, including adding new simulation lab teaching spaces, $450,000; applicant, Amy Comeaux; contractor, Arkel Constructors.

3617 PERKINS ROAD: barbershop for men’s hair and beard grooming; applicant and owner, Todd Dominick; contractor, Cifreo Construction.

5464 ESSEN LANE: interior remodel to existing McDonald’s with kitchen equipment upgrades, $50,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, F. Baham Construction Co. 2501 BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE: commercial monument sign, $7,177; applicant, Jeremy Halford; contractor, Baton Rouge Sign and Graphics.

12590 PERKINS ROAD: political sign; applicant and owner, Dajuana Moore.

4315 CHOCTAW DRIVE: storage; applicant, Alisha Douse; owner, Ray Williams.

NEW HOMES

30549 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD, GREENWELL SPRINGS: $492,000, 2,574 square feet; applicant, Colin Landry; owner Blake & Erica Torina; contractor, Landry & Associates Holding.

7321 WOODSTOCK DRIVE: $2.5 million, 7,728 square feet; applicant, Jeremy Vasquez; owner, W. Carlos & Julia Spaht; contractor, Element Construction.

2615 JACKSON AVE.: $155,000, 1,651 square feet; applicant and owner, Jack Connor; contractor, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge.

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Funerals Today Bergeron, Hershall

Holy Family Catholic Church at 11am.

Broussard, Inge

Greenoaks Funeral Home, Camellia Parlor, 9595 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge at 11:00am.

Crumholt, Tier

Greenoaks Funeral Florida Blvd. at noon.

Home,

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Gill, Nolan

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 865 Hatchel Lane, Denham Springs at Noon.

LeBeau, Elton

Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 10:30am.

Mallett, Margaret

Matthews Funeral Home, 511 N. Cutting Ave., Jennings at 1:00pm.

Eugene and Amanda Robards. Pallbearers will be Jeff McKnight, Tory Neely, Bennie Delacerda, Preston Milton, David Creech, and Charlie Young. Honorary pallbearers will be Kerwin Ross, Jerry Freeman, Earl Ravencraft, and Darrell Ard. Gene enjoyed her life in Gurley. She loved fishing, the beach, casinos, and a great martini. Most of all, she loved spending time with her precious great grand daughter Gracie. Her most favorite getaway was slipping off to visit and gossip with her best friend Coleen Harvin.

Gene, the last true Southern Belle. Share sympathies, memories, and condolences at www.CharletF uneralHome.com.

O'Daniel, Timothy

dux Bergeron, River Ryan Chelette, Holden and Hayden Bergeron; siblings, J. Brian Bergeron and wife Jill, Monica Bergeron Padgett and husband Phil, Bethanie Bergeron Bass; nieces and nephews, Alexa, Abby, Emily, Zachary, Anna Catherine and David. Hershall was preceded in death by his mother, Elenita Rhodes Bergeron; wife, Stephanie Pegg Bergeron; and niece, Frances Marie Padgett.

Hershall will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Obituaries

Eugenia Gayden Adams, 83, "Gene", a resident of Gurley, LA, died at her home on Friday, August 14, 2026. She was retired, after 25 years of work with the East Baton Rouge School System. There will be a visitation at Charlet Funeral Home, Inc. in Zachary, LA on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 from 9:00 am until funeral services at 11:00 am, conducted by Pastor Orshelle Roberts. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Norwood. She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Rayford William Adams; daughter Georgene "Happy" Munoz and husband Phil Munoz of Gurley, LA; one son, Carl A. Burlingame Jr. of St. Francisville; four grandchildren: Jess'lyn Gayden McKnight, Skylar Weatherly, Preston Milton, and Sarah Freeman; three great-grandchildren: Gracie Gayden Jannise, Emerson Weatherly, and Walker Weatherly. She was preceded in death by her parents: George and Gracie Gayden; and grandparents

George, Mildred Jesse

Crumholt, Tier B.

Ourso Funeral Home, Gonzales at 11:00am.

Adams, Eugenia Gayden 'Gene'

a.m. until noon on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, followed immediately by religious services at noon, conducted by Rev. T.C. French Jr. Interment will follow at Greenoaks Memorial Park.

Bergeron, Hershall Ralph

Hershall Ralph Bergeron passed away at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge at the age of 59. He was a native and resident of Port Allen. Hershall was a college athlete at Louisiana College where he played basketball. He was best known for his kind and generous spirit. Hershall enjoyed cooking and feeding people. He was a true giver who enjoyed making people smile. He was a proud father who adored his children and grandchildren. Visitation will be at Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen on Monday, August 17th, 5 to 8 p.m. and again at Holy Family Catholic Church on Tuesday, 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., celebrated by Rev. Jerry Martin. Cremation will follow. Hershall is survived by his father, George "Ralph" Bergeron; children, Jackson Bergeron and wife Ali, Jordan Bergeron, Beau Bergeron, Blakeley Bergeron; six grandchildren, Chandler, Brooklyn, Mad-

Tier Crumholt, a native of Baton Rouge, passed away at 1:07 pm on Sunday, August 16, 2026, at the Carpenter house at 89 years old. She was a woman whose kindness, love, and gentle spirit left a lasting impression on everyone fortunate enough to know her. Her presence brought comfort and joy to those around her, and the impact she made will continue to live on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her. She retired from the Division of the Department of Health and Human Resources the Pupil Appraisal Division of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. She was a member of Jefferson Baptist Church.

She is survived by her sister, Francis "Tudy" McNabb; two nephews, Freddie McNabb III and Frank W. McNabb; great-niece Ashley McNabb Gough and her husband, Nick Gough; great-niece, Paisley Grace Gough; and numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Crumholt; and parents, Irven and Faye Braai.

Visitation will be held at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 10

Mildred Jesse George, 94, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2026. She was born on January 5, 1932, in Kingsville, Texas, to Emil Adolf Jesse and Irene Broderhausen Jesse, and was raised on a farm in South Texas alongside her four sisters and one brother. From an early age, she valued family deeply, a devotion that remained central throughout her life.

Together with her husband, Charlie, she spent many joyful years traveling across the country to visit loved ones near and far. A devoted and loving mother, she also generously gave her time as a Den Mother for her sons and as a Blue Bird and Camp Fire leader for her daughter.

Known for her tireless spirit, she often walked miles—sometimes as many as ten at a time—to support her sons and their friends in earning merit badges. Amid her many responsibilities, Mildred discovered and nurtured a deep love and natural talent for art. As an elementary and art teacher in the Bogalusa School System and later at Shenandoah Elementary in Baton Rouge, she shared that passion generously with her students. Each year, she devoted countless hours to creating individual portraits of her students for their parents to treasure for a lifetime. She also found great joy in painting the world around her, especially the beauty of nature. Hydrangeas, irises, and magnolias often filled

her canvases, along with the birds she delighted in watching from her window—cardinals, blue jays, mockingbirds, and hummingbirds. Mildred was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 66 years, Charles Harrison George. Although they enjoyed traveling together, they were also content at home, working in their yard and spending time with friends from church and social-service organizations such as Beta Sigma Phi and the United Methodist Women. She is survived by her sons, Charles "Bud" George, Jr. (Amii) of Hendersonville, NC; Samuel L. George (Debbie) of Farmersville, TX; and her daughter, Deborah George Fitzgerald (Mike) of Hoover, AL; as well as her grandsons, Michael Patrick Fitzgerald, II (Megan) and Ashton Charles Fitzgerald.

She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grandnephews, and great-grandnieces and nephews.

Friends and family are invited to visitation on Monday, August 24, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Resthaven Gardens of Memory & Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70816. A memorial service will follow at 10:30 a.m. Graveside services will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2026, at Louisiana National Cemetery, 303 W. Mt. Pleasant Zachary Road, Zachary, LA 70791.

May Mildred's memory be a blessing to all who knew and loved her. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Tunnel to Towers.

ed by the love of her family. Margaret shared 64 wonderful years of marriage with her beloved husband, Jerry, the love of her life. Together, they built a lifetime of beautiful memories. They shared a love for the outdoors and especially enjoyed fishing and hunting together. They also loved to travel, taking cruises and bus tours they organized for groups. Although their adventures took them to many wonderful places, Margaret's favorite thing of all was simply holding Jerry's hand. Their enduring love and devotion to one another were an inspiration to everyone who knew them.

Margaret was preceded in death by her father, Herbert Babin; her brother, Herbert W. Babin; her mother-in-law, LaVergne Roberts; her father-in-law, Ferron Roberts, Sr.; and her beloved daughter, Rene' Roberts. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Roberts; her daughter, Jean Heaslip; her son-inlaw, Kyle Heaslip; and her granddaughters, Hunter Heaslip and Riely Heaslip.

She will be remembered for her loving heart, her devotion to her faith and family, and the extraordinary love she shared with Jerry. Margaret leaves behind a beautiful legacy of faith, cherished memories, and a love that will live on forever in the hearts of those who knew her. Margaret's family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to her care teamDee, Lisa, Kora, Jay, and Carey-for the exceptional physical and spiritual care they provided. Their loving care will always be remembered and deeply appreciated. Services will be held at Our Lady of Mercy church on August 19th with visitation at 9:00 am and service to follow at 10:00 am.

Roberts, Margaret

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Thank you, Coach Bertman, for teaching us how to ‘hold the rope’ There was a time when one could walk up to Alex Box Stadium at LSU, pay $1 and sit right down on the third-base line.

LSU baseball was, like many other university programs, an afterthought that functioned mostly as a springtime diversion while Tiger fans bided their time until football season.

No longer. Now, LSU baseball is a juggernaut, the top-drawing program in the nation and a team expected to make a run to Omaha for the College World Series every year.

That’s due to Skip Bertman.

The legendary LSU coach, who died Friday at age 88, moved from Miami to take over a lightly regarded LSU team in 1984. To say the program took off would be an understatement.

The numbers alone are remarkable: During his 18 years at the helm, LSU made 11 College World Series appearances and won five national titles, all of which came in a dominating 10-year run from 1991-2000. He retired with a record of 870-330-3 and won 89 NCAA tournament games.

He also coached through some of LSU’s most indelible moments: Chris Moock’s third-to-first putout that earned the Tigers their first Rosenblatt dogpile in 1991, Warren Morris’ walk-off home run to win the national title in 1996, and Brad Cresse’s title-winning hit in 2000 are chief among them.

Bertman also turned LSU into a factory of top talent, nurturing future Major League Baseball stars such as Ben McDonald and Todd Walker, and coaches such as Mike Bianco.

His influence extends far beyond Baton Rouge. When he came to LSU, a handful of schools, like Texas, the University of Southern California, Arizona and Miami, dominated college baseball. Bertman’s transformation of LSU helped lift not just the Tigers, but the entire SEC as other schools saw how baseball could become a revenue and fan-interest driver. These days, the SEC is by far the strongest baseball conference in the nation.

Off the field, Bertman’s gracious persona endeared him to fans and administrators alike.

When he stopped coaching after 2000, he was promoted to athletics director, where he oversaw a number of major renovation projects and the hiring of Nick Saban to coach the football team.

He is arguably the most important person in the history of LSU sports.

Bertman was famed for the “hold the rope” mantra he taught his teams. Borrowed from his high school football coach, the mantra asked players to consider who they would want holding a rope if they were dangling above a cliff on the other end. He used it to foster trust, teamwork and belief.

For decades, Bertman held the rope for LSU baseball, the university and the state of Louisiana. Words are too few to express our gratitude and appreciation. We hope he knows that even though he’s gone, we’ve got the rope.

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Donors may support ballroom but other expenses are on taxpayers’ tab

Officials didn’t want Meta facts, so we don’t know either We can’t handle the truth.

That is effectively what your representative on the Public Service Commission has told you.

At their Aug. 12 meeting, I saw the PSC vote 3-1 to not require Meta, which is building a massive data center in Louisiana, to tell the public, under oath, how many jobs Meta will create, how many will be remote and how many of the remote jobs will be overseas.

The commissioners who voted to overturn a judge’s ruling that Meta had to provide this information — to them — indicated that they felt they didn’t need to know the facts to rule whether it was in the public interest to make the massive investment in new power plants to support the data center.

When urged by members of the public to allow the judge’s decision to stand so that we could all know these facts, the public was told by members of the commission that we

should just rely on news reports and press releases from Meta and the governor’s office.

They also said they had not signed a nondisclosure agreement with Meta nor received the related confidential information.

So, why were the majority of the commissioners so sure they didn’t need to know in order to protect the public interest? The only reason they gave, other than we could “read it in the paper,” was that it would be a burden to Meta to provide it.

One of the commissioners, in a jovial, friendly manner, politely asked Meta’s representative at the meeting if he would like to explain.

The Meta representative stood up from the crowd and, in a light-hearted manner with a smile on his face, waved and said, “No.” And the commission voted not to know.

ROBIN MOULDER Baton Rouge

Families caring for sick loved ones need aid The words “your child has Friedreich’s ataxia” changed everything.

As a mother, I imagined school dances, graduations, marriages, families and dreams fulfilled. I never imagined that two of my children would be diagnosed with a rare, progressive neuromuscular disease with no cure.

Caregiving isn’t something I chose, but it is something I embrace with every part of who I am.

I traded my career as a teacher for doctor appointments, therapies, insurance battles, advocacy, accessibility planning and preparation for Zachary and Sydney’s growing needs. I celebrate every milestone while grieving what Friedreich’s ataxia takes away. I hold hope and heartbreak in the same hand.

Supporting caregivers is compassionate and practical public policy.

The Credit for Caring Act would help offset out-of-pocket expenses families face.

The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act would simplify access to benefits and resources, giving families more time to care for the people we love.

People often tell caregivers, “You’re so strong,” but we are not superheroes. We are parents, spouses, children, siblings and friends doing everything we can because love leaves us no other choice.

Behind the scenes are real sacrifices. I put my career on hold and lost income.

Across the country, caregivers provide billions of dollars in unpaid care every year, filling gaps in our healthcare system while often receiving little support.

I am proud to care for my children. They inspire me every day with their courage and determination.

Families should never have to sacrifice financial security, health or the future because someone they love has a disability.

Caregivers don’t need pity. We need policymakers to listen and pass legislation recognizing the essential role family caregivers play.

When caregivers are supported, the people we care for, our families and our communities are stronger.

MELINDA RICHARD Maurice

In Richard Levy’s recent letter, he criticized your paper for publishing a cartoon claiming that the taxpayer was paying for President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom. The letterwriter asserts it is being paid for by private donations.

While it is true that the ballroom, and ballroom only, is being paid for by private donations, the taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars redirected from the Secret Service and the White House Military Office for “security enhancements.” Sort of like, “Build it for free, but the add-ons will cost you!”

The construction of the ballroom is an issue only because of Trump’s ego.

He says he wants it, along with other ego-driven items, including monuments, arches, golf courses, airplanes, helicopter pads, his name on currency and airports, the hanging of a banner of himself on the Department of Justice, the reflecting pool “renovations” — laws, rules and regulations be damned.

The East Wing gets torn down because he wants a ballroom. By doing so, he then creates the need for taxpayerfunded security for a ballroom that he has no authority to build, regardless of who pays for it.

How much longer are we going to put up with this oligarchy?

NAHUM D. LAVENTHAL New Orleans

Nation can no longer ignore crippling debt The F-word is focus: Simply setting goals, a plan to achieve them and deadlines.

Unfortunately, neither political party has focused on the crippling debt we can no longer ignore: $40 trillion, about $300,000 for each taxpayer.

The press can do its part to solve this by making the public aware and how it impacts each taxpayer.

First, publish the national debt daily and the debt per taxpayer in the business section headlines.

Secondly, publish the cost of all proposed legislation and the cost per taxpayer.

Maybe voters will demand accountability for the ridiculous spending that accomplishes little and the obscene fraud in government-run programs.

We have to stop the insanity, and this could be a start.

DON LANDRY Slidell

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COMMENTARY A special golden anniversary Golden anniversaries used to be spe- me along to a Virginia prison, which cial celebrations in the days when peo- included men on death row. Inmates literally reached out to him and enple got married and stayed married.

This year marks the golden anniver- gaged him in conversation. It was resary, not of a married couple, but of an markable to see. organization that invests in the lives Even more remarkable are the thouof people whom politicians largely sands of stories that have emerged ignore. from prisoners who have participated It’s called Prison Fellowship in Bible studies organized by and it was started by Charles Prison Fellowship that are Colson, a top aide to President taught by local people who have Richard Nixon. Colson served been instruments in the transseven months in federal formation of many lives. prison for pleading guilty to In a visit to a “Faith and Law” obstruction of justice in the meeting in Washington recently, Cal Watergate affair in the 1970s, Scott Peyton, Prison Fellowship Thomas senior director of advocacy, and which led to Nixon’s resignaEd Simcox, co-founder of Prison tion.

Fellowship, shared reflections on ColWhen he was released, Colson, who had become an evangelical Christian son’s legacy (he died in 2012) and the before his guilty plea and sentencbeginning of the ministry. Peyton said that after Watergate, “(Colson’s) faith ing, would not forget the men he had did not pull him away from public life. known while behind bars.

It did just the opposite. It pushed him Cynics claimed his “religious conversation” was a ploy for a lighter sen- toward those who are too often forgottence and sympathy from his fellow ten.” believers.

A foundational principle of Prison After several years of consistent Fellowship has been to support public living and dedication to his ministry, policy that “reflects both justice and even Bob Woodward of The Washingmercy and advocating for second chances of formerly incarcerated ton Post acknowledged Colson’s comindividuals.” That is a far cry from plete transformation, genuine faith and dedication to helping inmates and Colson’s previous “tough on crime” philosophy. their families.

The stories of transformed lives can Colson enjoyed an immediate cononly be described as miraculous. One nection with inmates when he visited story is told by Jermaine Wilson who them after his release. He once took

became the mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas, (some irony given the town has a famous prison). Wilson’s father and siblings had been to prison. He says he began using drugs at an early age because he wanted to hang out with older kids. His drug use and other criminal activities sent him to prison several times.

“While I was in prison,” he says, “I cried out to God and said, ‘Lord, I need you in my life.’ I spoke to Christ and I became free. The Prison Fellowship program has helped me to unlearn those negative things that I had learned.” When he got out the last time, it was difficult for him to find employment because of his record. A local church gave him a job cutting grass. Ultimately, he ran for mayor and won. Wilson’s criminal record was expunged in 2015.

Politicians promise to make our lives better, but that is beyond their power. Wilson and many other current and former inmates have discovered a greater and genuine power available to those who will receive it.

If you want to support something that truly transforms lives, instead of believing the empty promises of politicians, visit prisonfellowship.org.

You might wish them a happy 50th anniversary while you are there.

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Kansas might get first Democratic U.S. senator in nearly 100 years About a century ago — in 1932, to be exact — Kansas elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. That was the last time.

But a newcomer to the political world might change that distinction come November, God willing.

His name is Adam Hamilton, better known to his more than 24,000 parishioners as Rev. Hamilton or Pastor Adam. Hamilton, 62, Kathleen leads the largest Methodist congregation in the Parker country at the ministry he founded more than three decades ago, the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. The church has nine locations in multiple states.

Hamilton won the Kansas Democratic primary for Senate on Aug. 4. He’ll face Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in the general election.

Talking and listening to Hamilton, it’s not hard to understand how he created a megachurch. A plainspoken Midwesterner, he’s easy on the ears and keeps things simple. As a fifth-generation Kansan whose family helped establish a small community called Hope, he replaces fire and brimstone with kindness and common sense imbued with biblical wisdom. He said his congregation includes Republicans, Democrats and independents in about equal numbers.

The leap from the pulpit to politics was the gradual result of his revulsion over what has been happening in Washington since President Donald Trump reoccupied the Oval Office. (Hamilton expressed this more diplomatically.)

The policies coming out of D.C. were, the minister said, “an assault on the values I preached and taught for 35 years.” While watching the news each night, he would say, “That’s not OK with me. Somebody needs to do something.”

While he had others in mind, others had him in mind. His wife was not among them. “If you’re going to run, you’re going to have to find another wife,” said the woman he married one week after high school graduation 44 years ago. “She wasn’t smiling,” Hamilton deadpanned, but he didn’t disagree.

“My job is to raise people up to run for office, not for me to run.”

Then one Saturday, after he had preached at a funeral, LaVon Hamilton walked up to her husband and said, “You know, I think I was wrong.”

With that, the two set off on an 18city listening tour in March. They heard frustration, disappointment and dissatisfaction with Washington. As

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Democratic U.S. senatorial candidate Adam Hamilton of Kansas, right, listens as Health Partnership Clinic CEO Amy Falk gives a tour of the low-income family medical facility on Aug. 12 in Olathe. Kan. an agricultural state, Kansas has suffered more than its fair share of consequences from the Iran war, which has led to increased gas prices. It has also dealt with tariffs and billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Kansas leads the country with 28 rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure.

Farmers nationwide paid $1.4 billion more on diesel fuel for this spring’s planting season than last year, according to a report from the Democratic staff of Congress’s Joint Economic Committee. Kansas was ranked fifth nationally in percentage increase, with planting diesel costs rising nearly 84% year over year.

Within one week of declaring his candidacy, Hamilton had raised $1 million.

After two months of campaigning, he had raised $3.66 million.

Though he declared his candidacy just a few months ago and was in a field of 11 contenders, Hamilton easily won the primary. He faces a tough contest against Marshall, a physician who, among other things, is a 2020 election denier and voted to support Trump’s agenda 98.3% of the time during the president’s first term while Marshall was a member of the House of Representatives.

In light of all that’s happened under Trump 2.0, this would seem a timely opportunity for Hamilton, but Kansas has long been a solidly red state.

There’s still plenty of time to move the needle toward a Democratic victory. If nothing else, Americans, including Republicans, ought to welcome an opportunity to elect centrist Democrats to restore a balance of power to Washington.

Hamilton’s decades of ministering to people suffering hardships including divorce, suicide and bankruptcy have given him what Washington often lacks — empathy and compassion. If elected, he hopes to bring his pastoral experience to the Senate while also filling leadership gaps that occurred to him during a recent visit to Liberal, Kansas — yes, a town — and its Wizard of Oz museum.

“Lots of people [in Washington] have lost their minds,” he said, referring to the Scarecrow’s search for a brain. “A lot of them have lost their hearts. And there’s a lot of cowardly lions afraid to say what they know to be true. They’re so afraid they’ll be bullied and primaried that they go along with it until they lose. Then they’ll speak up. But it’s not courageous when you’re on the way out. It’s courageous when you have everything to lose and say, ‘You know, this is wrong and I’m sorry, I can’t support this.’”

Nearly 100 years of Republicanism seems long enough.

Kathleen Parker is on X, @kathleenparker.

Yes, the DSA has a communist problem Sometimes a red scare isn’t such a bad thing.

Over the last several weeks, President Donald Trump has issued forth with five-alarm-fire warnings about the Democratic Socialists of America really being communists, and his opponents have blasted him for the worst sort of McCarthyism.

Trump’s rhetoric has been blunderbuss-like and over the top, but the DSA does have a communist problem.

The DSA is a matryoshka doll of subversion — it is attempting to infiltrate and take over the Democratic Party (with some success), while Marxists are infiltrating and taking over the DSA Rich (also with some success).

Lowry In other words, the most important movement within the Democratic Party is in the process of falling under control of communists. Over the last few years, they have established a majority on the DSA’s National Political Committee, the governing board.

As recent reports in The Atlantic warning about the direction of the DSA have noted, this is not in keeping with the original vision of the organization. The late Michael Harrington was the biggest founding figure of the DSA, and he was a genuinely democratic socialist. (The need for the adjective “democratic” before “socialist” stems from the fact that so many varieties of socialism are undemocratic.)

A 20th-century intellectual and organizer, Harrington came to prominence with his 1962 book on poverty in the U.S., “The Other America.” Harrington’s policy prescriptions may have been misbegotten, but he wasn’t a hater with totalitarian tendencies or an opponent of Western civilization obsessed with destroying Israel — in fact, he was pro-Zionism.

Harrington and similarly battle-hardened socialists of his generation had plenty of experience watching social organizations get penetrated and destroyed by Marxist-Leninists in the process that Trotskyites called “entryism.”

So they wrote a provision into the DSA’s bylaws allowing for the expulsion of anyone “under the discipline of any self-defined democraticcentralist organization.”

Now the measure has been repealed. ProHarrington members of the DSA formed a group called the North Star caucus to preserve his vision; the hard leftists countered with the Red Star caucus.

Members of Red Star wrote a dispatch a couple of years ago lamenting how the DSA was once upon a time “an anti-communist, Labor Zionist, social democratic organization,” and calling on “all communists in the United States to join us in the democratic struggle within the DSA.” Sure, the DSA isn’t perfect, but “as communists contest for and win hegemony within the organization, we continue to move toward a revolutionary horizon.”

It wasn’t bluster. The orientation of the DSA has changed in recent years. As far as an animating spirit, it’s “Goodbye, Michael Harrington” and “Hello, Hasan Piker,” the left-wing influencer who thinks fondly of Chairman Mao and of anti-Israel terror groups.

True to its new posture, the DSA refused to condemn Hamas after Oct. 7, and the New York City chapter promoted a pro-Hamas rally immediately after the attack. In response, about two dozen longtime members of the DSA, some of them former leaders, quit the group. “It is time,” they wrote, “to find other organizational vehicles to advance an emancipatory, humane democratic socialism.” (Good luck.)

All this should matter. Like it or not, the DSA is not a fringe group with exotic concerns anymore, but a mainstream force nominating Democratic candidates across the country. As such, its internal politics deserve intense scrutiny.

Needless to say, if Republican candidates were pledging fealty to a group increasingly subject to the control of self-professed fascists, it’d be an enormous story and they’d have to disavow their association.

That there isn’t such pressure on DSA candidates from the legacy media is testament to how any warning about domestic communism is discounted as groundless alarmism, and how communism — as a supposedly idealistic force — doesn’t carry the same malodor as fascism.

Now, the Democratic Party isn’t about to become a vehicle for communism, but the DSA — the cradle of so many new, attention-getting Democratic candidates — is well on its way.

Rich Lowry is on X, @RichLowry.

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A teenager wades through a pool of water in a washed-out section of a damaged road in Mountain View, Hawaii, on Sunday.

Lala uproots trees in Hawaii; thousands without power

BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER utility said about 117,300 Associated Press

HONOLULU — Thousands were without power Monday after Tropical Storm Lala uprooted trees from downtown Honolulu to the Big Island, where intense flashflooding isolated alreadyremote communities.

Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall. Intense rainfall and flooding caused a muddy mess as the storm moved past Hawaii’s main islands.

The storm was projected to continue moving westward and was forecast to become a hurricane again at sea and far from land by Wednesday.

Public schools statewide, some private schools and state offices were closed Monday. Cleanup efforts began in earnest with crews repairing bridges. Drivers were urged to use alternate routes.

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customers were without power as of Monday morning after the passing storm’s strong winds took down trees, utility poles and transmission towers. The Big Island’s power transmission system suffered “extensive damage,” the utility said.

The 911 emergency service number was temporarily out of service on the Big Island because hurricane impacts were affecting radio and telephone communications, the Hawaii Police Department said, but was back up by the afternoon with a few disruptions.

There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for Hawaii on Monday, but life-threatening surf and rip current conditions remained, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Saturation caused by heavy rainfall could still cause some landslides, but winds were no longer a threat, National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Blood said.

“There’s no real looming hazards that we’re facing now,” he said. “Lala’s off to the west.”

No one is believed to have died when some 100 homes were swept from their foundations and washed away on the Big Island, authorities said.

Laupahoehoe, on the northeast coast of the Big Island, saw the heaviest recorded rainfall at 43.54 inches. The highest winds were atop the towering Mauna Kea volcano, where gusts hit 140 mph.

At the lower elevations, residents all across the island chain experienced tropical storm force winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph, Blood said.

Federal officials have pledged recovery help. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said Monday he spoke with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about federal support and urged him to approve a forthcoming request for emergency funding to help clear debris and repair damaged roads and highways.

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LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt passes the ball during preseason practice Monday.

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FLEETING FEET Secretive Kiffin not thrilled about short video of LSU QB Leavitt on run

BY JON BLAU

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On Monday, LSU football released 27 seconds of footage from its first preseason scrimmage.

Those 27 seconds were jammed with a couple of dozen shots from Saturday, all tightly framed and quickly cut.

The supercut revealed no formations, routes or coverages. It was just scenes of athletes running in open space and defenders landing a couple of killer blows.

What was most attention-grabbing was a flash of quarterback Sam Leavitt at the 16-second mark, putting his right foot in the ground and sharply cutting to his left. The camera angle flipped to show Leavitt reaching the football across the goal line with his right arm.

It was further proof that Leavitt, who was sidelined in 2025 by a foot injury, is ready to run. But that wasn’t necessarily something LSU coach Lane Kiffin wanted the world to see.

“I didn’t know we released those, so I don’t know what’s on there,” Kiffin said, seemingly annoyed as he looked down at the podium in front of him.

He smiled as he continued: “Don’t know

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LSU head coach Lane Kiffin watches practice Monday. Kiffin later told media that QB Sam Leavitt is moving ‘great’ at practice.

LSU is a ranked team coming into the 2026 season.

Lane Kiffin’s first LSU squad came in at No. 11 in the initial Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.

Ohio State and Oregon were ranked first and second, respectively.

LSU’s first opponent, Clemson, is just outside the Top ä Koki Riley’s 25. The other Tigers had the preseason poll, most points of PAGE 2C teams in the “receiving votes” category. Clemson had 112 voting points, while the next most went to Florida with 51.

The top-ranked team in the SEC is No. 3 Georgia. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 5 Texas, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 10 Oklahoma.

Texas, Texas A&M and Ole Miss are all on LSU’s schedule, along with No. 13 Alabama and No. 20 Tennessee.

Although five teams received at least one vote for No. 1, not a single SEC team garnered such a vote.

With Ohio State and Oregon at 1-2, the Big Ten Conference boasts the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever.

The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14 in voting by 69 media members who cover college football.

Ohio State will go into a season No. 1 for the ninth time, and first since 2015.

The Buckeyes are now tied with Alabama for second-most preseason No. 1 rankings behind Oklahoma’s 10.

Oregon has its highest preseason ranking in program history after opening at No. 3 four times.

Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas round out the top five. Reigning national champion Indiana starts at No.

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When scrolling on his phone one day, Quincy Riley came across an Instagram account called “Film Watchers” that piqued the New Orleans Saints cornerback’s interest.

The page was dedicated to breaking down tape of NFL plays, and at first, Riley didn’t know the analysis would be credible.

But soon, Riley realized the person behind the account knew “ball.” Riley, 25, found himself visiting the page more and more often — so much so that he says he would check to see whether there were any breakdowns of the Saints’ upcoming opponent to glean any information he could.

“Everything he says is very knowledgeable,” Riley said.

Riley isn’t alone in that opinion.

There are hundreds of other NFL players who make up Film Watcher’s total following that’s north of 500,000 on Instagram and 800,000 across all of his platforms. The channel has reached such a level of acclaim that players such as Riley and Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love agreed to be interviewed about their own plays, offering detailed explanations about the complexities that football is all about.

Behind the account is Pete Herzog, a 21-year-old St. Louis resident who just so happens to be a diehard Saints fan.

ball knowledge to some extent — it connects with the audience better.”

This is what has separated Herzog in a crowded space. These days, detailed breakdowns of the X’s and O’s can be found in every market. The film that coaches use — the all-22 — is readily available on services such as NFL Pro. Nationally, analysts such as ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky and the NFL Network’s Brian Baldinger have become popular as they share clips on X that explain the game within the game.

Herzog will be the first to admit he doesn’t have an extensive football background. While he started playing in the second grade and lasted all the way through high school, Herzog said he was never exposed to the “advanced systems” that run in the NFL. But Herzog believes that lack of background actually helps him.

For one, he’s sought to increase his knowledge of the game even as his channel takes off. That’s partly why, for instance, he started his interview series with players. But Herzog said he thinks his limited experience keeps him from overrelying on jargon that can bog down a video.

“When you spend so much time in these advanced systems, you begin to kind of over-assume what

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Herzog’s videos have a simple appeal. With the top of the screen featuring Herzog talking into a microphone and the bottom of the screen dedicated to whatever play is being broken down, Herzog uses software to illustrate concepts and explain what’s happening in a tone that’s easy to digest. Each clip post-

ed to his Instagram generally lasts no longer than three minutes.

He speaks with an enthusiasm that’s unmistakable. As complicated as football can be, Herzog wants people to follow long and love the sport as much as he does.

“The way I do the video is I describe what I’m seeing, because the audience can see exactly what I’m seeing,” Herzog said. “If you describe what you’re seeing instead of using advanced terminology — instead of trying to flex foot-

the average person knows about the game,” he said.

Every once in a while, Herzog’s analysis will open him up for criticism. In May, he misidentified a Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman as playing from a threetechnique stance (positioned outside the guard’s shoulder) when, in reality, he was in a 4i (lined up on the inside shoulder of the tackle).

Comments piled on, including from former offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz.

“I appreciate the effort to watch the film and provide analysis,” Schwartz wrote. “However there’s just some basic things that are incorrect in this video.”

Asked about the ordeal, Herzog admitted he was wrong but added “nobody’s ever going to be 100% accurate.” Football, especially, is a sport that is hard to interpret correctly. What may look like a mistake by one player routinely turns out to be another person’s fault because he wasn’t in the right spot. And it’s difficult to understand assignments without having access to the playbook or by asking those involved.

But Herzog’s error, no matter how small, brings up an interesting question — one that’s particularly relevant in an era that has seen a rise of armchair-style analysis online. Is it possible to actually learn football without having played at

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No Ducking my initial No. 1 team Oregon edges Texas; LSU makes cut at No. 6

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

No, it’s not Christmas. It’s the start of another college football season that is expected to give us more to talk about than ever before.

Lane Kiffin at LSU, and new regimes at Michigan, Ole Miss, Florida and Penn State.

Can Indiana repeat its historic championship? How will Texas Tech Koki respond after the Riley Brendan Sorsby fallout?

We can start to preview this season with my AP Top 25 preseason poll. Here are my baseline rankings before the 2026 season gets underway.

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Texas linebacker Colin Simmons plays in a game against Florida on Oct. 4 in Gainesville, Fla.

start an attack that was dreadful a year ago.

Many readers will be surprised to see Georgia all the way down at No. 8. Although I’d be surprised if the Bulldogs miss the CFP, I question whether they have enough playmakers for Gunner Stockton to throw to or a pass rush that’s good enough to change the complexion of games.

Until proven otherwise, this team lacks difference-makers.

Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Alabama are all playoff contenders after Georgia. Of those four teams, I like Oklahoma’s odds the best because of my faith in coach Brent Venables’ defense and quarterback John Mateer being healthy again after a thumb injury derailed a promising start to last season.

a more cohesive attack.

Minnesota? Really?

Oregon at top The Ducks bring back the core of a team that reached the College Football Playoff semifinals last year, most notably persuading quarterback Dante Moore to come back to school and delay his chances of becoming a topfive pick in the NFL draft.

Wide receiver Evan Stewart is back from an injury and provides Moore another elite weapon alongside sophomore wideout Dakorien Moore. The defense is also more loaded for coach Dan Lanning. All four starters across last year’s dangerous front are back, and Oregon added top Minnesota safety Koi Perich out of the transfer portal.

No team in the country has a better combination of top-tier talent, returning experience and coaching than Oregon. Two new and unproven coordinators may be the Ducks’ only flaw.

Texas — with edge rusher Colin Simmons, Arch Manning at quarterback, wide receiver Cam Coleman and offensive tackle Trevor Gossby — arguably has more elite talent than Oregon.

But after the offensive line and running game torpedoed its chances of making the CFP last year, coach Steve Sarkisian has to prove that he can orchestrate

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LSU, other SEC notes Outside of Texas, LSU has the best roster in the SEC. The Tigers have an offensive coaching staff that guided Ole Miss to the CFP semifinals, and they bring back defensive coordinator Blake Baker after two successful years in Baton Rouge.

Baker and company are armed with more talent on all three levels of the defense, thanks to the additions of Ole Miss edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen, Ole Miss linebacker TJ Dottery and Boise State safety Ty Benefield out of the portal. On offense, Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt and Colorado left tackle Jordan Seaton will try to jump-

Don’t dismiss the Golden Gophers. Coach PJ Fleck’s team is led by a quarterback with first-round upside (Drake Lindsey) and has two of its top three wideouts back from a year ago.

The defense should be one of the better units in the country thanks to a dangerous pass rush.

Minnesota struggled to generate explosive plays on offense last season despite winning eight games. I think Fleck has the pieces to open up the attack, especially with Lindsey back after getting a year of starting experience.

The team Minnesota edged out for the last spot in my rankings was Louisville. I’m a big fan of coach Jeff Brohm, but the offensive line is questionable, and

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Ohio State transfer Lincoln Kienholz is unproven as a starting quarterback.

Neither team made my justmissed list, but if a few things go right for these programs, they could end up in everybody’s rankings eventually.

California has a first-year head coach (Tosh Lupoi) and a plethora of new players on both sides of the ball, but sophomore quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele is arguably the best quarterback in the ACC already, and Lupoi did an excellent job of surrounding him with talent through the portal. The big question is whether the Golden Bears can hang around on defense.

UCLA has a bunch of question marks, especially on both lines of scrimmage. But hiring Bob Chesney as head coach from James Madison was an inspired decision, and the Bruins could do a lot worse at quarterback than Nico Iamaleava. Relying on JMU players to help spark a rebuild has worked in the recent past; just ask Curt Cignetti at Indiana.

Three more deep sleepers I’m keeping an eye on are Oklahoma State, Maryland and Kentucky.

Don’t be stunned if any of these programs crack my Top 25 at some point.

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LSU offensive lineman Aliou Bah, left, battles offensive tackle JaKolby Jones during drills at practice on Friday. LSU is ranked No. 11 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.

n Notre Dame has its highest SMU and No. 24 Louisville. There are no Group of Six schools in the preseason ranking since it was Top 25.

No. 2 in 2006. The Fighting Irish, which has a Heisman candidate Poll nuggets in quarterback CJ Carr, brings a n Ohio State will try to become 10-game winning streak into the the 12th team to start and finish season and is still smarting from No. 1 since the AP preseason poll being left out of the playoff. n Kiffin’s first LSU team is No. debuted in 1950. The last team to do it was Alabama in 2017.

11 after finishing 7-6 and unranked

LIV Golf is ending its season one week earlier than planned, announcing Monday it will not hold the team championship in Michigan next week and instead crown the team champion this week 20 miles north of Indianapolis.

The 12 events this year — New Orleans was previously postponed — is the smallest schedule for LIV since it was launched with massive Saudi Arabia funding in 2022 and featured eight tournaments.

Jon Rahm already has clinched the individual season title for the third straight year. LIV Golf Indianapolis, which starts Thursday at The Club at Chatham Hills, will determine who finishes second and third among the players, and the top team.

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Notre Dame received six firstplace votes, Indiana got eight and Miami one.

This is the first year a conference has held down the top two spots in the preseason poll since Oklahoma and Nebraska of the Big Eight were 1-2 in 1987.

The last time the Big Ten had the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the preseason was 1961, when Iowa and Ohio State topped the poll.

The Big Ten has won three straight College Football Playoff championships (Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana) and will be going for an unprecedented fourth straight national title. This is the fourth consecutive year the Big Ten has had two of the top three teams in the preseason rankings.

The SEC leads all conferences with nine teams, marking the third straight year it has had at least that many. Five of the top 10 teams are from the SEC for the first time since 2013.

Four Big 12 teams are ranked, with conference champion Texas Tech the highest at No. 12. The ACC has three ranked teams, with the Hurricanes joined by No. 19

LSU will host an event celebrating the life of Skip Bertman at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the event will be free to attend. It will also be streamed live on ESPN+ and the LSU Sports Facebook and YouTube pages.

LSU recommends parking in lots 401 and 404. Concessions will not be available, but attendees may bring a sealed water bottle.

The public will sit in the upper bowl of the PMAC. Lower bowl and floor seating will be reserved for guests of the Bertman family.

Bertman, who died on Friday at 88, won five national championships as the LSU baseball head coach before serving as athletic director for seven years. During his time as athletic director, LSU won nine national championships.

LIV Golf cancels Michigan event, ending season early

My AP Top 25 preseason poll 1. Oregon, 2. Texas, 3. Notre Dame, 4. Ohio State, 5. Indiana, 6. LSU, 7. Miami, 8. Georgia, 9.

Oklahoma, 10. Southern Cal, 11.

Ole Miss, 12. Michigan, 13. Texas A&M, 14. Alabama, 15. BYU, 16. Houston, 17. Texas Tech, 18.

Washington, 19. Tennessee, 20.

Florida, 21. SMU, 22. Penn State, 23. Clemson, 24. Arizona, 25. Minnesota Just missed: Louisville, Iowa, Virginia Tech, Virginia

LSU to host celebration of life for Bertman at PMAC

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1. Ohio State (40) 0-0 1672 2. Oregon (14) 0-0 1597 3. Georgia 0-0 1513 4. Notre Dame (6) 0-0 1510 5. Texas 0-0 1483 6. Indiana (8) 0-0 1440 7. Miami (FL) (1) 0-0 1379 8. Texas A&M 0-0 1131 9. Ole Miss 0-0 1102 10. Oklahoma 0-0 1047 11. LSU 0-0 988 12. Texas Tech 0-0 983 13. Alabama 0-0 904 14. BYU 0-0 839 14. USC 0-0 839 16. Michigan 0-0 718 17. Washington 0-0 501 18. Penn State 0-0 482 19. SMU 0-0 434 20. Tennessee 0-0 394 21. Utah 0-0 304 22. Iowa 0-0 260 23. Houston 0-0 252 24. Louisville 0-0 198 25. Missouri 0-0 117 Others receiving votes: Clemson 112, Florida 51, Boise State 43, Arizona 32, TCU 11, Navy 10, South Carolina 10, Illinois 9, Oklahoma State 8, Vanderbilt 8, Pittsburgh 7, Virginia Tech 6, Minnesota 5, UNLV 4, New Mexico 4, Georgia Tech 4, James Madison 3, Auburn 3, Memphis 2, California 2, Liberty 1, Western Michigan 1, Tulane 1, Virginia 1

under Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson. n Ten of the 12 CFP teams last season are ranked. The two that aren’t are James Madison and Tulane from the Group of Six. n No. 23 Houston has its first preseason ranking in four years and third since 1991.

Staff writer Jon Blau contributed to this report.

Arkansas baseball coach signs contract through ’31

FAYETTEVILLE,Ark. — Dave Van Horn, the Division I active leader in career wins, has signed a new contract keeping him as Arkansas coach through 2031, the school announced Monday.

The contract replaces the 10-year agreement he signed in 2021 and will increase his pay to $2.1 million annually with possible bonuses.

The 2027 season will mark Van Horn’s 39th as a head coach and 25th at Arkansas. Van Horn has led the Razorbacks to eight CWS appearances, including a national runner-up finish in 2018. Arkansas has played in 22 NCAA regionals and won three Southeastern Conference regular-season championships and one SEC Tournament.

Of his 1,345 wins at the D-I level, 974 have come with Arkansas.

Vikings place veteran Adams on injured reserve

EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings safety/linebacker Jamal Adams was placed on injured reserve Monday, two days after leaving a preseason game on a cart with a right knee injury.

Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection and former LSU standout, is expected to have seasonending surgery.

Adams was hurt in his first game with Minnesota after signing on the eve of the start of training camp.

The Vikings signed cornerback Bryce Phillips to fill Adams’ spot on the roster. Phillips originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City following the 2026 NFL Draft. His brother, Clark Phillips, plays cornerback for Atlanta after starring collegiately at Utah.

Bears sign former Saints first-round pick Davenport

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have signed veteran defensive end Marcus Davenport and defensive back Deantre Prince.

Davenport played the past two seasons with Detroit but was limited to 10 combined games due to chest and triceps injuries. The 29-year-old played the 2023 season with Minnesota after starting his career in 2018 with the New Orleans Saints as a first-round draft pick.

Davenport had a combined 101/2 sacks his first two seasons with the Saints and in 2022 played under Dennis Allen, now Chicago’s defensive coordinator. Davenport has 25 sacks in 77 career games.

The Bears also waived running back Coleman Bennett and tight end Nikola Kalinic.

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RATING THE RANKINGS LSU was No. 11 in Monday’s preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll after coming in No. 13 in the coaches poll, indicating voters see the Tigers as a CFP contender. Kiffin said he puts no stock in preseason rankings. “I don’t think anything of it,” he said. “We don’t know as coaches, let alone media or coaches of other teams. There are so many new players to figure it out.” Kiffin does not vote, though Tulane coach Will Hall does.

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SCRIMMAGE STUFF The Tigers held their first preseason scrimmage Saturday, a closed door 170-play test with half of it involving live tackling. Perhaps not surprising since the LSU defensive coaching staff returned mostly intact from 2025, but Kiffin said defense generally held the upper hand.

“The first defense played extremely well,” Kiffin said. “They gave the offense a lot of pressure and had good coverage.

That was good to see. The first offense struggled for a while but played well later.”

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PLAYER OBSERVATIONS Tight end Trey’Dez Green was held out of practice Monday. He has often been seen in noncontact yellow jerseys in camp, so his health is worth monitoring.

Kiffin praised the development of backup quarterback Husan Longstreet, saying “his throwing motion looks completely different.” Kiffin again had little to say about defensive end Damien Shanklin, who hasn’t been seen during preseason workouts. Shanklin is still on the roster, but it increasingly looks like he won’t play in 2026.

AL wild-card race looks like a mess, could be lots of fun

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Trendon Watford drives on Pelicans guard Trey Murphy during the first half of a game at the Smoothie King Center on March 12, 2023.

Pelicans sign ex-LSU player Watford for one-year deal

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

The New Orleans Pelicans are bringing Trendon Watford back to Louisiana.

Watford, a 6-foot-8 forward who played at LSU, has agreed to a deal with the Pelicans, a source confirmed to The Times-Picayune on Monday morning. The oneyear deal is worth $2.9 million.

The Alabama native played the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons at LSU, making first-team All-SEC his second year.

Watford played last season with the Philadelphia 76ers. He

averaged 6.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists. The highlight of his season was a triple-double (20 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists) in a victory over the Toronto Raptors. The 17 rebounds and 10 assists were both career highs.

Watford’s career began in Portland when he signed with the Blazers after going undrafted out of LSU. In 2022, he was named MVP of the Summer League championship game in Las Vegas.

Watford spent two seasons with the Blazers. He played the following two seasons with the Brook-

lyn Nets before signing with the 76ers in July 2025.

Watford has played in 270 NBA games, averaging 7.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

Watford’s signing is one of the few moves the Pelicans have made this summer after finishing just 26-56 last season. The team re-signed veteran center DeAndre Jordan and drafted New Orleans native and St. Augustine High alum Jaron Pierre in the second round. They also hired Jamahl Mosley as head coach in May. Email Rod Walker at rwalker@ theadvocate.com.

Pels’ G League team will hold open tryouts

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

Do you still have hoop dreams of making it to the NBA? Perhaps there’s still a chance.

The Laketown Squadron, the G League affiliate for the New Orleans Pelicans, will host a one-day open tryout for local players on Sept. 19. The tryout will be held at the Pelicans’ practice facility in Metairie from 8:30 a.m. until noon.

Players who try out will compete for an invitation to the Squadron’s training camp.

Before each season, G League teams hold open tryouts, searching for local talent to add to their rosters. Each team can invite up to three players from its respective tryouts to training camp that fall.

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There was levity in Kiffin’s response but also some truth in his statement.

Kiffin isn’t trying to reveal too much ahead of his Sept. 5 debut versus Clemson. The former Ole Miss coach has opened about a dozen practices for media members, but each viewing window is limited to individual drills and lasts about 10-12 minutes.

Kiffin painted with a broad brush as he described what he saw Saturday during a 170-play scrimmage, half of which featured live tackling.

“I thought the first defense played extremely well. Gave the offense a lot of pressure and really good in coverage,” Kiffin said. “Anytime in

G League teams for the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls have also announced dates for their tryouts.

Participants are required to submit a nonrefundable $300 fee and complete the registration, medical consent and eligibility forms by 5 p.m. Sept. 18. All forms will be sent to participants after payment is received.

The Pelicans’ G League team will play games this season at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. It played the previous five seasons in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Squadron already has its

share of local flavor. The team will be coached by Brandon Demas, a New Orleans native who started off as a ball boy for the team and worked his way up to joining the Pelicans coaching staff. The team’s general manager is Thomas Scott, the son of former New Orleans Hornets head coach Byron Scott.

The Squadron also announced that New Orleans native Javan Felix will be on Demas’ coaching staff. Felix, who played at St. Augustine and the University of Texas, served as an assistant on Loyola University’s NAIA national championship team in 2022. He later became an assistant at UNO. Email Rod Walker at rwalker@ theadvocate.com.

scrimmages, both sides are never gonna look really good. So the first offense struggled for a while, then came back and played well later, which is what we hope for.”

If any takeaways can be distilled from the first two weeks of preseason camp, it’s that Kiffin has been impressed by the defensive line, which has been bolstered by transfers and freshman standouts.

The defense as a whole, he said, has taken the biggest leap forward as “alphas” such as linebacker TJ Dottery (Ole Miss), edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen (Ole Miss) and safety Ty Benefield (Boise State) learn to work together.

It sounds like the Tigers’ pass game is still catching up to the run game, which isn’t all that surprising given Leavitt’s limited spring.

Running back Harlem Berry had a “good, long” touchdown run,

Kiffin said, during the scrimmage.

As far as specifics, he didn’t add much more. Kiffin plays it closer to the vest than most, but limiting information has become standard practice in college football.

There was some upset in Clemson this past week when Dabo Swinney shrunk the invite list for his program’s scrimmage to just former players and family members.

“Just tightening it down,” said Swinney, who lamented that reporters will still find a way to learn things about his team that he would rather they not.

Kiffin comes from the Nick Saban school of limiting practice access, and he answers questions selectively. He even refused to go into detail earlier in camp when he was asked why the Tigers have alternated between morning and evening practices, claiming a competitive disadvantage if he di-

The middle of the American League standings has turned into a mediocre mess.

It might make for a fascinating playoff race.

There are seven teams fighting for the final AL wild-card spot, and all of them have a record below .500. The Baltimore Orioles would make the playoffs if the season ended Sunday, sporting a 61-63 record.

Right behind them: The Texas Rangers (61-64), Toronto Blue Jays (61-65), Detroit Tigers (6064), Minnesota Twins (60-65), Cleveland Guardians (60-65) and Seattle Mariners (59-66). The Houston Astros could be in the mix as well with a 63-62 record that gives them a narrow advantage in the AL West.

Many of those teams were sellers at the trade deadline this month. The Blue Jays traded outfielder Daulton Varsho to the Astros; the Orioles traded former No. 1 pick Adley Rutschman to the Red Sox; and the Tigers dealt ace Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers and right-hander Casey Mize to the Padres.

Now at least one of those teams might find itself playing baseball in October anyway.

Only three teams in MLB history have made the playoffs with a losing record, and all of them happened during seasons when the schedule was much shorter than normal.

The 1981 Kansas City Royals (50-53) qualified for the postseason thanks to a split-season format caused by a players’ strike during the middle of the summer. In 2020, the Houston Astros and Milwaukee Brewers both squeezed into the playoff bracket with a 29-31 record during the pandemic-shortened season that had an expanded playoff field of 16 teams.

The workhorse returns Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara has had a great bounceback season with a 13-7 record and 3.43 ERA after struggling

last year following Tommy John surgery that caused him to miss the 2024 season.

He’s also doing what he does best — pitch deep into games.

The 2022 National League Cy Young winner has already thrown 1702/3 innings this year, which leads the big leagues by a large margin. If he continues at this pace, he’ll throw roughly 220 innings in 2026.

Throwing more than 200 innings has become increasingly rare over the past few decades as teams lean more on their bullpens. Only three pitchers reached the mark last season — Logan Webb, Garrett Crochet and Cristopher Sanchez.

Just 20 years ago in 2006, there were 45 pitchers who hit 200 innings.

If Alcantara manages to make it to 220 this season, that will be most in the big leagues since — Sandy Alcantara. He threw 2282/3 innings during 2022 when he won the Cy Young.

Dodgers in the dumps The Los Angeles Dodgers are the two-time reigning World Series champs and one of the favorites to win the title again this season.

They sure aren’t playing like it these days.

Los Angeles is 5-11 in its past 16 games, having been swept by the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs and losing series to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers in that span. Since July 1, the Dodgers are 18-21.

“I say this because it’s just been four or five, six weeks of below average production in our offense.

It’s just the truth, and I think we have just haven’t played clean baseball for quite some time, and that speaks to the defense,” manager Dave Roberts said.

The Dodgers have a chance to gain some momentum this week with three games against the Colorado Rockies and three more against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Rockies are in last place in the NL West while the Pirates have fallen to 61-65 after a promising start to the season.

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Baltimore Orioles infielder Gunnar Henderson, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Tyler O’Neill against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

vulged his rationale.

It’s been possible to ascertain that freshman defensive linemen Deuce Geralds, Richard Anderson and Lamar Brown are in the mix for snaps because they were featured on the first- and second-team defenses in a “pursuit” drill early in camp.

Even so, Kiffin admitted Monday he has some reservations about playing freshmen early in a sport dominated by fourth- and fifthyear players. Camp has just been a means to see how ready Geralds, Anderson and Brown are in their debut seasons.

“How much can we get them ready to do? And can they play really well versus the mistakes that they make?” Kiffin said. “Especially because of our schedule, the opener and the ninth SEC game, you don’t have those (lower-level nonconference) games you had before (to play younger players).”

Educated guesses can be made about where LSU stands less than three weeks away from the opener against Clemson. But the cohesiveness of the offensive line, the connectedness of Leavitt and his receivers and the actual ferocity of the Tigers’ pass rush won’t be known until it’s debuted in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 5.

Kiffin doesn’t want much revealed in August. After he kidded about LSU’s release of scrimmage highlights, Kiffin did elaborate some on Leavitt.

“He’s moved great,” Kiffin said.

“We knew obviously what an athlete he was, especially two years ago on film. But he moves around great, got out of a lot of trouble with some great pass rush and great pressures that came at him.”

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BY DAVE SKRETTA AP sportswriter

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Washington Commanders linebacker Von Miller looks on after a game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 4 in Philadelphia.

Cowboys welcome Miller’s sacks output, leadership

BY DAN GREENSPAN

Associated Press

OXNARD, Calif. — Von Miller can help the Dallas Cowboys on the field and their inexperienced group of edge rushers in the locker room.

“He’s been in the game for a while. All-Pro, Pro Bowl guy, Super Bowl MVP, Super Bowl champion.

He brings a lot of knowledge and experience,” outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku said Monday, one day after Miller agreed to terms with his hometown team.

The NFL’s active sack leader with 1381/ 2 in 203 games over 14 seasons, Miller should bring the attributes on and off the field to further elevate what seems to be a much improved defense under new coordinator Christian Parker.

Miller had nine sacks in 420 snaps for the Washington Commanders last season, which would have led a Cowboys unit that was one of the worst in football by nearly any measure. Coach Brian Schottenheimer indicated the 37-year-old Miller would be used in a similar fashion, primarily allowing him to rush the quarterback.

“Still got first-step quickness. He still understands angles. He’s still got a great assortment of counter moves,” Schottenheimer said.

“And, again, our plan to use him, we think, will help him be very, very functional. He’s not going to play 60 plays a game. That’s not what we’re looking for.”

Miller’s experience might be just as valuable, having played on two championship teams with the Denver Broncos in 2015 and Los Angeles Rams in the 2021.

Ezeiruaku first met Miller last year when the Cowboys drafted him out of Boston College in the second round, and they immediately developed a rapport. Now, Ezeiruaku will get the chance to work with him every day.

Miller benefited from the tutelage of Hall of Fame pass rusher

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“There’s probably always context to everything (that) you can always fine-tune as you go,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said. “People have passion for this game that want to educate others and also want to continue to evolve from their own standpoint. I think that’s good.”

Moore said he thinks it’s “awesome” that the film breakdown industry has taken off.

For Herzog, his channel exploded in a matter of months.

Launched in December 2024 on TikTok, Herzog first went viral the following March when his breakdown of running back Ashton Jeanty racked up more than 300,000 views — far surpassing his typical 4,000-or-so views.

The success of that encouraged him to keep going — Herzog said he briefly contemplated quitting before that — and he said he truly

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Washington Commanders linebacker Von Miller rushes during a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 25 in Landover, Md. DeMarcus Ware early in his professional career, and he indicated to Ezeiruaku he intends to offer the same kind of mentorship.

“He said he wanted to be the DWare for him to me, if that makes sense,” Ezeiruaku said. “And coming from a guy that’s a Hall of Fame guy — you know he’ll be a first ballot, in my opinion — that means a lot. That means he sees the potential.”

Ezeiruaku, who had two sacks and nine tackles for loss as a rookie, shouldn’t be the only beneficiary. The Cowboys drafted Malachi Lawrence out of UCF at No. 23 overall, and they have other youngsters still learning how to create pressure.

Before bringing in Miller, the Cowboys had two outside linebackers with more than 10 career sacks. Rashan Gary had 461/ 3 sacks from his 106 games with the Green Bay Packers before he was traded to Dallas in March, and James Houston has 141/ 2 in four seasons with the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Cowboys.

“Adding him is only going to

make anything better,” Gary said of Miller. “So, like I said, having a guy that won Super Bowls, that won Defensive Player of the Year, that played at a high level for a very long time is going to be great for me and the whole entire room.”

The links between Miller and the Cowboys were apparent long before the deal was finalized. Miller grew up in the suburbs of Dallas and had been working out at the team’s complex throughout the offseason, frequently posting photos and videos from those sessions on social media. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones had expressed interest multiple times throughout training camp in adding more impact players by trade or free agency to bolster the defense.

Ezeiruaku wasn’t surprised when he found out about his new teammate on Sunday.

“Did I think it was gonna happen? Yeah, I thought it was gonna happen. Like I said, I’ve been talking to him, and it was in the air, and we were talking about the possibilities,” Ezeiruaku said.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Thirty-two teams passed on offensive tackle Khalil Benson a total of 224 times in the NFL draft.

They all passed on him after the draft, too.

It wasn’t until the Kansas City Chiefs invited him to their rookie minicamp — no guarantees, no promises, no expectations beyond those the former Indiana lineman put upon himself — that Benson even found his way onto a professional practice field.

He hasn’t left since.

The right tackle charged with protecting Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza while helping the Hoosiers win the national title impressed the Chiefs enough to warrant a call-back for the rest of the offseason. Before long, Benson had worked his way through the depth chart, eventually getting reps with the starters and suddenly protecting two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes.

Over the weekend, Benson was one of the bright spots for Kansas City in its preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

“Honestly, I just kind of kept my head down,” Benson said when asked about his long, circuitous, overcome-all-obstacles road to the NFL. “I knew my time was going to come and really just stayed humble. Stayed faithful. Kept praying to God. Just making sure that I was ready to be on call when it was that time.”

So how does a starting offensive lineman — one that stands 6-foot-6 and weighs about 320 pounds — on a national champion go almost entirely overlooked coming out of college? It’s a question a lot of folks are asking these days.

Benson was similarly overlooked coming out of Southaven High School, which sits just across the Mississippi line from Memphis, Tennessee. He wound up going to Indiana but tore his ACL during preseason practices, forcing him to redshirt that season. He did not play at all the following year, which was the season played amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Benson finally played in 2022, including five starts for the Hoosiers at right guard, and he

started all 12 games the next year, when it seemed as if his star was ascending. But then coach Tom Allen was fired after a 3-9 finish and Benson transferred to Colorado, where he played nine games for coach Deion Sanders and protected his son and quarterback, Shedeur Sanders.

After dealing with yet more injuries with the Buffaloes, Benson opted to transfer back to Indiana for his final season of college.

“I mean, he’s got talent,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, when asked why no NFL teams seemed willing to give Benson a chance.

“I’m not sure.”

Benson has made the most of the opportunity Kansas City has given him.

The Chiefs appeared to be set along the line, returning first-round pick Josh Simmons at left tackle, Kingsley Suamataia at guard, fourtime Pro Bowl center Creed Humphrey, two-time Pro Bowl pick Trey Smith at the other guard and Jaylon Moore at right tackle.

Soon, though, Benson was rotating with Moore in the starting group. And when Smith missed practice recently because of a hip injury, Benson showed some versatility by kicking inside, offering positional flexibility that has become so important in the NFL these days.

“He’s learning,” Reid said.

“Very strong, powerful, good feet, good athletic ability. And he’s working at it — the consistency part, scheme-wise — so physically he’s got all the tools there. So we’ll just keep working at it and see where it goes.”

Given that Mahomes is coming off a torn knee ligament, there has never been more pressure on the offensive line in Kansas City than this season. But even Mahomes has taken note of the new guy lining up in front of him.

“If you can fix your mistakes, and get better and better each and every day, usually good things happen,” Mahomes said, “and that’s what he’s done ever since he’s been here. I mean, it started in the OTAs and the rookie minicamp, honestly. I remember watching film on that and seeing that guy and seeing him kind of do stuff the right way. And he’s kind of built and got better and better.”

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Kansas City Chiefs tackle Kahil Benson, left, and defensive end R Mason Thomas practice during training camp on July 31 in St. Joseph, Mo.

REPORT: SAINTS WR TYSON TO MISS ABOUT 2 MONTHS

Herzog has become. When the Saints rejected Herzog’s request Last week, New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore hinted that rookie wide receiver Jordyn Tyson’s hamstring injury for a media credential for this year’s training camp, he slid could linger into the regular season. into quarterback Tyler Shough’s On Monday, the unfortunate truth came out: Tyson’s hamstring, which he injured during joint practices against the DMs to see whether he could do Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday, will keep him off the field for about two months. NFL Media was first to report the anything about it. The two had become friendly through social news. media, and a Shough jersey hangs Tyson suffered the injury after making a catch in practice.As he was contacted from behind, his foot slipped out framed in the background of Herfrom under him — a combination of circumstances Moore said would result in a hamstring injury for most players. zog’s videos.

The biggest knock on Tyson as a prospect in this year’s draft cycle was whether he could withstand the rigors of Shough, according to Herzog, a full 17-game NFL schedule.Tyson endured multiple injuries throughout his college career, including a hamstring was more than accommodating.

The quarterback hooked Herzog injury that cost him several games last season as well as much of this offseason. up with a friends-and-family pass New Orleans accepted the risk and selected him eighth overall. for two days of training camp.

Now the Saints must decide whether Tyson will begin the season on injured reserve. In that case, he would not be Herzog made the trek from St. Louable to return until Week 5 at the earliest, when the Saints host the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 11. is to attend the sessions in late July.

“He’s a really good human beLuke Johnson ing,” Herzog said of Shough. “I’m grateful he’s so, so generous and found his footing when identify- channel in hopes that maybe it a ton.” After transferring from going above and beyond.” ing a tendency that teams used could help him break into coach- Auburn University, he also takes Said Shough: “He does a great to attack the Baltimore Ravens ing one day. These days, Herzog online classes at a local commu- job of just highlighting all parts when they rotated from a single- is committed to the channel full- nity college. He lives at home of the game. He has such a great time. He earns income from the with his parents. high look to Cover 2. energy about him. Definitely got to “Honestly, now, I get to sleep get on his channel hopefully in the “I was like, ‘Holy [expletive], views his clips generate, and this is how it works,’ ” Herzog he’s partnered with outlets such until noon every day,” Herzog future.” said. “This is how coaches see as Bleacher Report and the NFL said with a chuckle.

There are additional perks Email Matthew Paras at matt. it. That format kind of clicked.” to gain additional exposure.

Herzog said he isn’t “making to becoming as well known as paras@theadvocate.com Initially, Herzog launched the

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Skill positions a plus for North Iberville DISTRICT 8-1A FOOTBALL PREVIEW

BY JACKSON REYES Staff writer

Here are five players to watch and five things to know about District 8-1A, plus a look back at last season’s standings, before the 2026 high school football season begins.

4. Southern Lab will look to replace quarterback Jerry Bottley, who is now at Delaware State.

One potential candidate is newcomer Brice Preston. The senior transferred from Liberty High to C.E. King High in Houston before transferring again to Southern Lab. Preston threw for 977 yards and 11 touchdowns, along with 404 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns, last year.

5. St. John will also look for its next starting quarterback after the graduation of Tyler Edwards.

Two-way player Ahmad Wilson could be the one to step up in that role. While normally at running back, Wilson has run for over 900 yards in each of the past two seasons and could run St. John’s offense under center.

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH Bra’jon Melancon

WR/CB | North Iberville, Sr. The Kansas State commit accounted for 775 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns on 40 catches last year. He also had 46 tackles, five interceptions and three pass breakups. Melancon will be a key piece for the Bears this year.

Jeremy Favorite

RB | North Iberville, Sr. The skill positions are a strength for North Iberville this season, and that includes Favorite. The senior ran for 1,813 yards and 19 touchdowns on 145 carries last year.

LOOKING BACK

Ramaj Flowers

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

WR | Southern Lab, Fr.

North Iberville running back Jeremy Favorite, second from right, follows offensive lineman Ethan Thomas, right, in a District 8-1A game against St. John on Oct. 10, 2024, in Plaquemine.

The freshman receiver has

drawn the attention of several top college programs this summer. linebacker totaled 130 tackles, 17 He holds offers from 11 schools, tackles for loss and nine sacks. including Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tulane. The 6-foot-3, Landon Daigle 185-pound receiver could make an LB | St. John, Sr. immediate impact.

Daigle is one of the top returning Omari Morgan starters for St. John this season.

The all-district linebacker should LB | Southern Lab, Sr. help anchor a squad looking to reThe Kittens return one of the top place key members on both sides defensive players in the district of the ball. He led the team in tackin Morgan. The 6-foot, 215-pound les last year with 90.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW 1. District 8-1A gets a fresh look, with three schools (Southern Lab, Thrive Academy and Capitol) joining the fold.

With Ascension Catholic’s move to District 10-1A, the district will also feature a new first-place team this season.

2. First-year head coach Steven Thomas takes over at North Iberville this season. Josh Gast took

over at his alma mater, St. Paul’s, this offseason. This is Thomas’ first time being a head coach. He was previously at Zachary for 12 years, including nine seasons as defensive coordinator.

3. Another program with a firstyear coach is Capitol. Reggie Ware takes over the team after Capitol went winless in 2025. The school has also reclassified from Class 2A to Class 1A. A fresh district could aid in the rebuild.

North Iberville Last year: 10-3 (quarterfinals), 3-2 in 8-1A Southern Lab Last year: 7-5 (second round), 3-0 in 9-1A St. John Last year: 7-4 (first round), 3-2 in 8-1A East Iberville Last year: 2-8, 1-4 in 8-1A Thrive Academy Last year: 1-8, 0-3 in 9-1A Capitol Last year: 0-10, 0-6 in 8-2A White Castle Last year: 0-10, 0-5 in 8-1A

Logano makes push for NASCAR points as Chase approaches

BY NATE RYAN

Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By JEFF LEWIS

Toronto Tempo guard Brittney Sykes prepares to take a shot against the Los Angeles Sparks on May 15 in Los Angeles.

Tempo looks to Sykes’ return for a lift after 10-game slide

BY DOUG FEINBERG

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The expansion Toronto Tempo is struggling for wins in its first season, but help could be on the way soon with the return of Brittney Sykes.

The Tempo guard has been out for two months with a left plantar fascia injury she suffered in a June 16 game against the Indiana Fever. Without her the team has struggled, dropping 10 straight games. Toronto was in the mix for a playoff spot before the skid that has left the Tempo at 10-23 for the season, the third-worst record in the league.

Sykes said at practice Monday that she just needed to be cleared by the doctor to be able to play.

“It’s been a testing eight weeks, but, you know, it taught me a lot about myself. I got to show up for my teammates and the org in a different way,” Sykes said. “I’m just grateful that I got that time. I got a lot of therapy sessions in. I got to find out a lot about myself. In this point in my career, I’ve been here before, but it seems like this injury was way harder to deal with.”

Even when she wasn’t able to play, Sykes was a veteran presence on the team, trying to keep her teammates’ heads up during the skid.

She could make her return against Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Tuesday. The Tempo has a busy week ahead, with back-toback games against Indiana at home and then against Washington on the road. Then Toronto will trek across Canada to Vancouver to face Portland on Friday and Las Vegas on Sunday.

It will be the second straight season the WNBA will play games in Vancouver; Atlanta faced Seattle last season there in front of a soldout crowd.

The timing is tough because the Tempo just came back from a fivegame road trip in which it crisscrossed the U.S., with games on the West Coast, Atlanta and Dallas before returning home.

After the two games in Vancouver, the team finishes off its preWorld Cup schedule with three more road games in Seattle, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

The Tempo also played a pair of games in Montreal in July, splitting with Dallas and New York.

Power poll rankings Minnesota held onto the top spot in the power poll again this week as the unanimous choice. The Lynx beat Portland and Las Vegas on the road last week. Golden State was second and the Aces were third. Indiana, Washington and New York

were next. Atlanta was seventh, with Dallas, Portland and Chicago following the Dream. Phoenix, Los Angeles, Connecticut, Seattle and Toronto rounded out the poll.

Honoring Taurasi The Phoenix Mercury retired Diana Taurasi’s No. 3 jersey on Sunday in a halftime ceremony with a star-studded crowd in attendance.

At the end of the evening, Taurasi stepped to the microphone one more time, pausing as the crowd gave her a 45-second standing ovation. Her 30-minute speech was a mixture of seriousness and comedy, drawing laughs from the thousands of fans who stayed after the Mercury lost to Portland.

Player of the week Clark was the AP player of the week. Indiana’s star guard averaged 25.7 points, 9.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds to help the team win all three of its games last week. Other players receiving votes were Allisha Gray of Atlanta, Olivia Miles of Minnesota and A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas.

Game of the week Indiana at Dallas, Thursday. The teams will play for the second time in two weeks, with the Wings looking to get a measure of revenge for the loss last week in Indiana.

Joey Logano has three championships in the NASCAR Cup Series but none in the Chase system that has returned this season.

The Team Penske driver is embracing the challenge of proving he can win a title in the format that puts a greater emphasis on banking consistently strong finishes.

“Do I have a little chip on my shoulder? That’s a clear yes,” Logano said with a chuckle after his victory Saturday at Richmond Raceway. “So much so that our team slogan is ‘4 the haters.’

That’s where we’re at. That’s good extra motivation.”

With an impressive surge from 20th to ninth in the standings over the past six races, Logano has flipped the narrative on the elimination playoffs that were in place for 12 years.

From 2014-25, the waning races of NASCAR’s regular season typically were a scramble to make the championship field as a win earned a berth.

But that safety valve has disappeared in the Chase, which will rely entirely on points to set the 16-driver field.

The top 16 in the provisional Chase have been unchanged for the past four races, and the grid for the 10-race title run likely will remain the same at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend.

Shane van Gisbergen holds the 16th and final spot by 50 points over Ryan Preece, who dropped 21 points further below the Chase cutline with a 17th-place finish at Richmond.

The next three drivers ranked outside the Chase — Ross Chastain (12th at Richmond), Brad Keselowski (26th) and Erik Jones (27th) — also lost ground, diluting the potential drama of a surprise qualifier.

“The number of guys that feel the pressure of making the Chase is probably less,” said Christopher Bell, who is among seven drivers who have clinched Chase spots. “In years past, everybody on the outside still had an opportunity to get in, and now

it’s kind of dwindled to a couple guys fighting for the spots.”

There’s been more intrigue toward the top half of the standings — particularly the progress of the Team Penske trio.

As Logano continued his push up the points ladder, teammate Ryan Logano Blaney moved past Ty Gibbs into second in the standings at Richmond. Austin Cindric, Penske’s third driver, shored up his title eligibility with a career-best third on a short track to move up a spot to 15th in the points.

Denny Hamlin has a 115-point lead on Blaney and likely will clinch the Chase’s top seed Sunday at New Hampshire, which will be followed by the Aug. 29 regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway.

The standings then will be reset for the Chase, which begins Sept. 6 at Darlington Raceway with the championship leader ahead by 25 points. Second will start 10 points ahead of third, and the remaining 14 spots will be separated by five-point increments.

“Getting to second is top of mind because every point is going to matter,” Blaney said.

There also is an emphasis on finishing the regular season in the top half of the points standings.

Racing Insights, a NASCAR analytics firm, ran more than 25,000 computer simulations of Chase outcomes, and the champion started in the top six 85% of the time.

Logano, who made the Chase only once while racing under the system in his first five Cup seasons from 2009-13, is 36 points from sixth-ranked Chase Elliott.

“We’ve been able to switch our goals from making the Chase to winning the championship,” said Logano, whose No. 22 Ford was ranked 17th before winning two of the past four races. “It’s quite the turnaround. I look at the last month and a half, we’ve been capable of winning all of them.”

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SCOREBOARD Hole-in-one

Sand Save Percentage 1, 10 tied with .00%.

All-Around Ranking 1, Scottie Scheffler, 183. 2, Ludvig Åberg, 252.

3, Sam Burns, 273. 4, Collin Morikawa, 282. 5, Jake Knapp, 286. 6, Doug Ghim, 315. 7, Chris Gotterup, 337. 8, Tommy Fleetwood, 343. 9, Si Woo Kim, 344. 10, Kevin Yu, 345.

Liam Harrison

Course: City Park Hole: No. 9 Club: Pitching wedge Witnesses: Lucas Wassan, Luke Dennis

Odds

LPGA Tour Statistics

Sports Betting Line NFL

Scoring 1, Nelly Korda, 69.18. 2, Haeran Ryu, 69.51. 3, Jeeno Thitikul, 69.91. 4, Hyo Joo Kim, 70.16. 5, Miyu Yamashita, 70.29. 6, Lydia Ko, 70.36. 7, Ruoning Yin, 70.53. 8, Ina Yoon, 70.73. 9, Sei Young Kim, 70.74. 10, Hannah Green, 70.76.

Driving Distance 1, Julia Lopez Ramirez, 288.2. 2, Riley Smyth, 287.76. 3, Auston Kim, 280.58. 4, Polly Mack, 279.96. 5, Ina Yoon, 277.93. 6, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, 277.91. 7, Laney Frye, 277.36.

8, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, 276.33. 9, Helen Briem, 276.18. 10, Nastasia Nadaud, 274.72.

Greens in Regulation 1, Haeran Ryu, .79%. 2, Jeeno Thitikul, .75%.

3, Lottie Woad, .73%. 4, 7 tied with .72%.

Putts per GIR 1, Hyo Joo Kim, 1.71. 2 (tie), Minami Katsu and Angel Yin, 1.73. 4 (tie), Nelly Korda and Mi Hyang Lee, 1.74. 6, Gaby Lopez, 1.75. 7, 6 tied with 1.76.

Birdies 1, Aki Iwai, 254. 2 (tie), Minami Katsu and Haeran Ryu, 232. 4, Lottie Woad, 230. 5, Jeeno Thitikul, 229. 6, Yan Liu, 220. 7, Miyu Yamashita, 219. 8, Jin Hee Im, 211. 9, Pajaree Anannarukarn, 210. 10, Ina Yoon, 207.

Eagles 1, Brooke M. Henderson, 14. 2 (tie), HyeJin Choi and Nelly Korda, 9. 4 (tie), Jenny Bae, Minji Kang, Sei Young Kim and Ryann O’Toole, 8. 8, 6 tied with 7.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Pornanong Phatlum, .60%. 2 (tie), Celine Borge, Peiyun Chien and Nelly Korda, .59%.

5 (tie), Jin Hee Im and Minjee Lee, .58%. 7, Patty Tavatanakit, .57%. 8, 3 tied with .56%.

Rounds Under Par 1, Haeran Ryu, .70%. 2, Aki Iwai, .55%. 3, Miyu Yamashita, .59%. 4, Nelly Korda, .76%. 5, Jeeno Thitikul, .62%. 6, Minami Katsu, .59%.

7, Lottie Woad, .54%. 8, Ruoning Yin, .58%. 9, Chizzy Iwai, .52%. 10 (tie), Hye-Jin Choi and Jin Hee Im, .53%. 12, Jenny Bae, .55%.

Thursday

FAVORITE OPEN at HOUSTON 1½ at LA CHRGRS 1½

Friday

FAVORITE at PITTS at JAX at DENVER

Through Aug. 16

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (38½) Las Vegas 1½ (39½) San Fran

OPEN 2½ 2½ 4½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3½ (39½) NY Jets 1½ (39½) Carolina 6½ (38½) Green Bay

FAVORITE OPEN at DETROIT 1½ at IND 2½ at CLEVELAND 1½ at MINNESOTA 2½ New Orleans 1½ NY Giants 1½ at NE 1½ at CINCINNATI 3 at TAMPA BAY 3 at ARIZONA 1½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3 (36½) Wash 2½ (37½) Atlanta 1½ (39½) Buffalo 3 (37½) Baltimore 1½ (37½) at RAMS 2½ (37½) at MIAMI 1½ (38½) Phila 1½ (40½) Chicago 3½ (37½) Knsas City 1½ (37½) Dallas

FAVORITE OPEN at TENNESSEE 3

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (38½) Seattle

Saturday

Sunday

MLB

Tuesday

American League FAVORITE LINE N.Y Yankees -113 at TAMPA BAY -142 at KANSAS CITY OFF at HOUSTON -167 National League FAVORITE LINE at PHILA -240 St. Louis -118 San Diego -112 LA Dodgers -177 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -185 at PITTSBURGH -143 at BOSTON -172 at MILWAUKEE -157 Atlanta -132 at TEXAS -162 at CHI CUBS -164

UNDERDOG at BALTIMORE Toronto Athletics LA Angels

LINE -109 +120 OFF +136

UNDERDOG Miami at CINCINNATI at N.Y METS at COLORADO

LINE +198 -104 -104 +142

UNDERDOG San Francisco Detroit Arizona Seattle at MINNESOTA Washington Chi White Sox

LINE +149 +117 +140 +128 +108 +132 +138

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana Atlanta New York Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 23 21 22 20 13 10 8

L 12 13 14 14 22 23 25

Pct GB .657 — .618 1½ .611 1½ .588 2½ .371 10 .303 12 .242 14

x-Minnesota Golden State x-Las Vegas Dallas Portland Phoenix Los Angeles Seattle

W 29 24 24 20 15 13 12 7

L 7 9 12 15 20 23 22 30

Pct GB .806 — .727 3½ .667 5 .571 8½ .42913½ .361 16 .353 16 .18922½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games Chicago 82, Seattle 80 Indiana 95, Atlanta 91, OT Portland 88, Phoenix 85

Monday’s Games

Golden State 91, Dallas 80

Tuesday’s Games

Indiana at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Connecticut, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Las Vegas, 8 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Pro football NFL Glance Thursday’s Games

Cincinnati 16, Detroit 14 Pittsburgh 28, Green Bay 9 Indianapolis 13, New England 13 Arizona 27, Las Vegas 14 L.A. Chargers 27, Houston 7 Tennessee 19, San Francisco 13

Friday’s Games

Denver 27, Atlanta 7 Tampa Bay 24, N.Y. Jets 16 Washington 20, Miami 7

Saturday’s Games

Buffalo 29, Carolina 14 Chicago 34, Cleveland 10 Minnesota 13, N.Y. Giants 10 Jacksonville 24, New Orleans 20 L.A. Rams 20, Kansas City 12 Baltimore 24, Philadelphia 7 Dallas 17, Seattle 7

Thursday, Aug. 20

Las Vegas at Houston, 7 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Chargers, 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 21

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.

Green Bay at Denver, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 22

Washington at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Indianapolis, noon Baltimore at Minnesota, noon Buffalo at Cleveland, noon N.Y. Giants at Miami, 3 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Cincinnati, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 6 p.m.

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 23

Seattle at Tennessee, 7 p.m.

Golf PGA Tour Statistics Through Aug. 16

Scoring Average 1, Scottie Scheffler, 68.612. 2, Matt Fitzpatrick, 69.474. 3, Rory McIlroy, 69.477. 4, Collin Morikawa, 69.565. 5, Tommy Fleetwood, 69.607. 6, Sam Burns, 69.646. 7, Cameron Young, 69.706. 8, Xander Schauffele, 69.714.

9, Jake Knapp, 69.716. 10, Si Woo Kim, 69.718.

Driving Distance 1, Aldrich Potgieter, 331.1. 2, Rory McIlroy, 328.9. 3, Michael Brennan, 326.4. 4, Marco Penge, 325. 5, Nicolai Hojgaard, 324.1. 6, Rasmus Hojgaard, 323. 7, Gary Woodland, 322.3.

8, Chris Gotterup, 322. 9, Min Woo Lee, 321.8.

10, Jesper Svensson, 320.2.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Russell Henley, 72.73%. 2, Davis Chatfield, 71.20%. 3, Joel Dahmen, 71.05%. 4, Aaron Rai, 70.92%. 5, Lucas Glover, 69.65%. 6, Si Woo Kim, 69.25%. 7, Emiliano Grillo, 69.18%. 8, Brandt Snedeker, 69.07%. 9, Tommy Fleetwood, 68.59%. 10, Collin Morikawa, 68.52%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, 10 tied with .00%.

Total Driving 1, Jordan Smith, 56. 2, Alex Fitzpatrick, 58.

3, Kristoffer Ventura, 66. 4, Neal Shipley, 67. 5, Scottie Scheffler, 74. 6, Ludvig Aberg, 82. 7, Cameron Young, 86. 8, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, 88. 9, Michael Thorbjornsen, 92. 10, Xander Schauffele, 94.

SG-Putting 1, Jacob Bridgeman, .720. 2, Sam Burns, .697.

3, Scottie Scheffler, .680. 4, Vince Whaley, .639. 5, Alex Noren, .589. 6, Beau Hossler, .571. 7, Maverick McNealy, .540. 8, Akshay Bhatia, .524. 9, 2 tied with .520.

Birdie Average 1, Scottie Scheffler, 4.81. 2, Si Woo Kim, 4.51.

3 (tie), Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa, 4.41. 5, Kevin Yu, 4.34. 6, Ludvig Aberg, 4.32.

7, Jacob Bridgeman, 4.26. 8, Sam Burns, 4.24.

9, Keith Mitchell, 4.26. 10, Robert MacIntyre, 4.21.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Jake Knapp, 57.2. 2, Kristoffer Ventura, 60.4. 3, Matt Wallace, 81.7. 4, Nicolai Hojgaard, 84. 5, Rasmus Hojgaard, 85.8. 6, Tommy Fleetwood, 91.4. 7, Billy Horschel, 92.6. 8, Aldrich Potgieter, 94.5. 9, Shane Lowry, 98.2. 10, Keegan Bradley, 99.7.

PGA Tour FedEx Cup Leaders Through Aug. 16

Points 1.Scottie Scheffler 4,873 2.Matt Fitzpatrick 3,426 3.Cameron Young 3,183 4.Si Woo Kim 2,701 5.Wyndham Clark 2,542 6.Sam Burns 2,416 7.Chris Gotterup 2,288 8.Tommy Fleetwood 2,247 9.Collin Morikawa 2,242 10.Ludvig Åberg 2,130 11.Xander Schauffele 1,981 12.Jacob Bridgeman 1,761 13.Rory McIlroy 1,745 14.Russell Henley 1,740 15.Akshay Bhatia 1,730 16.Hideki Matsuyama 1,600 17.Ryan Gerard 1,540 18.Min Woo Lee 1,481 19.Kristoffer Reitan 1,473 20.Alex Fitzpatrick 1,416 21.J.J. Spaun 1,414 22.Viktor Hovland 1,397 23.Alex Smalley 1,375 24.Justin Rose 1,355 25.Ryan Fox 1,352 26. Tom Kim 1,341 27.Adam Scott 1,315 28.Kurt Kitayama 1,259 29.Bud Cauley 1,258 30.Rickie Fowler 1,258 31.Gary Woodland 1,256 32.J.T. Poston 1,237 33.Nicolai Højgaard 1,208 34.Alex Noren 1,197 35.Jake Knapp 1,196 36.Robert MacIntyre 1,191 37.Aaron Rai 1,146 38.Ben Griffin 1,124 39.Sepp Straka 1,122 40.Sungjae Im 1,052 41.Michael Thorbjornsen 1,051 42.Nicolas Echavarria 1,040 43.Patrick Cantlay 1,029 44.Justin Thomas 1,027 45.Ryo Hisatsune 908 46.Sahith Theegala 898 47.Michael Brennan 875 48. Eric Cole 875 49.Maverick McNealy 863 50.Matthew McCarty 845 51.Keith Mitchell 838 52.Jordan Spieth 818 53.Max Homa 811 54.Harris English 798 55.Pierceson Coody 795 56.Harry Hall 777 57.Sam Stevens 760 58.S. Yellamaraju 752 59.Corey Conners 730 60.Daniel Berger 709 61.Michael Kim 706 62.Shane Lowry 683 63.Nick Taylor 668 64.Patrick Rodgers 657 65.Brian Harman 643 66.Jordan L. Smith 638 67.Jackson Koivun 625 68.Aldrich Potgieter 599 69.Ricky Castillo 598 70.Matti Schmid 597 71.Steven Fisk 573 72.Beau Hossler 550 73.Matt Wallace 550 74.Keegan Bradley 548 75.Mac Meissner 546 76.Andrew Putnam 538 77.Davis Thompson 516 78.Johnny Keefer 504 79.Jackson Suber 500 80.Austin Smotherman 498 81.Tom Hoge 497 82.Jason Day 495 83.Stephan Jaeger 494 84.Andrew Novak 489 85.David Lipsky 487 86.Denny McCarthy 473 87.Brandt Snedeker 462 88.Zachary Bauchou 459 89.Taylor Pendrith 458 90.Kevin Roy 457 91.Chandler Phillips 449 92. Kevin Yu 441 93.Doug Ghim 439 94.Brooks Koepka 438 95.John Parry 435 96.Ben Kohles 426 97.C. Bezuidenhout 422 98.Tony Finau 416 99.R. Neergaard-Petersen 404 100.Billy Horschel 403 101.Lucas Glover 398 102.Taylor Moore 379 103.Max Greyserman 379 104.Kris Ventura 373 105.A.J. Ewart 373 106.Lee Hodges 371 107.Rasmus Højgaard 370 108.Benjamin James 365 109.Emiliano Grillo 361 110.Chandler Blanchet 347 111.Davis Riley 329 112.Marco Penge 329 113.Rico Hoey 326 114.Seamus Power 310 115.Keita Nakajima 288 116.William Mouw 287 117.Zecheng Dou 284 118.Mackenzie Hughes 283 119.Mark Hubbard 282 120.Austin Eckroat 276 121.Joel Dahmen 274 122.Zac Blair 265 123.Max McGreevy 256 124.A. Dumnt De Chassrt 248 125.Jesper Svensson 240 126.Matthieu Pavon 236 127.Seonghyeon Kim 235 128.Chris Kirk 231 129.Karl Vilips 226 130.Davis Chatfield 220 131.Hayden Springer 220 132.Chad Ramey 219 133.Hao-Tong Li 218 134.Gordon Sargent 211 135.Brice Garnett 210 136.Pontus Nyholm 205 137.David Skinns 193 192 138.Jimmy Stanger 139.Ben Silverman 190 140.Hank Lebioda 188 141.Jhonattan Vegas 178 142.Daniel Brown 175 143.Matt Kuchar 172 169 144.Takumi Kanaya 145.Patrick Fishburn 159 146.Erik Van Rooyen 154

Money $20,511,275 $14,118,067 $14,302,482 $9,610,944 $10,636,186 $8,743,540 $7,882,219 $6,984,605 $8,601,712 $6,835,271 $7,275,225 $7,678,365 $8,506,606 $6,019,835 $7,514,799 $5,526,457 $5,987,898 $5,693,252 $6,227,739 $4,590,614 $4,878,908 $6,371,326 $5,118,908 $4,939,356 $5,468,659 $4,663,710 $4,149,268 $5,047,158 $4,493,948 $4,870,736 $4,409,712 $5,752,029 $4,822,868 $4,169,215 $3,882,296 $4,353,388 $5,094,602 $4,103,407 $4,307,687 $3,190,077 $3,750,041 $3,768,179 $3,923,596 $3,654,774 $3,335,671 $3,182,448 $2,818,668 $2,869,154 $3,306,377 $3,044,181 $2,876,447 $3,142,574 $2,689,554 $2,744,753 $2,879,709 $2,634,758 $2,688,189 $2,634,639 $2,552,971 $3,325,228 $2,533,219 $2,514,221 $2,432,660 $2,538,290 $2,464,739 $2,041,932 $1,947,262 $1,969,406 $1,747,734 $1,786,514 $1,692,519 $1,548,296 $1,930,724 $2,225,547 $1,685,976 $1,959,004 $1,542,788 $1,738,454 $1,693,527 $1,888,736 $1,778,908 $1,864,529 $1,651,123 $1,777,945 $1,584,323 $1,652,371 $1,220,767 $1,336,103 $1,520,679 $1,320,034 $1,392,538 $1,319,753 $1,259,146 $1,658,567 $1,290,549 $1,259,281 $1,108,094 $1,621,910 $1,098,718 $1,362,544 $1,433,605 $1,283,441 $1,475,909 $1,180,422 $1,036,911 $1,172,645 $1,189,949 $1,119,670 $1,161,769 $998,300 $1,153,946 $1,169,674 $949,319 $943,759 $850,071 $1,004,371 $824,818 $847,677 $800,419 $844,083 $845,600 $835,975 $823,986 $671,386 $863,313 $674,303 $710,507 $810,565 $631,942 $543,011 $626,747 $690,382 $741,536 $573,114 $639,166 $576,724 $440,914 $586,392 $521,220 $576,457 $750,811 $485,126 $539,464 $504,146 $429,988 $416,807

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division

147.Luke Clanton 148.Kevin Streelman 149.Joe Highsmith 150.Sam Ryder

149 140 138 138

$432,974 $353,154 $516,150 $368,375

Tennis Western & Southern Open Results

Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore Toronto

W 75 69 67 61 61

L 49 55 58 64 65

Pct .605 .556 .536 .488 .484

GB — 6 8½ 14½ 15

Chicago Detroit Cleveland Minnesota Kansas City

W 65 60 60 60 51

L 58 64 65 65 74

Pct .528 .484 .480 .480 .408

GB — 5½ 6 6 15

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 63 61 59 49 49

L 62 64 66 75 76

Pct .504 .488 .472 .395 .392

GB — 2 4 13½ 14

Central Division

West Division

Monday

At Lindner Family Tennis Center Cincinnati Purse: $9,415,725 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Monday from Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Round of 32 Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina, def. Martin Landaluce, Spain, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Flavio Cobolli (7), Italy, def. Alexander Blockx (28), Belgium, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.

Alex de Minaur (5), Australia, def. Arthur Fery (32), Britain, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Rafael Jodar (12), Spain, def. Alejandro Tabilo (22), Chile, 6-2, 6-1.

Jakub Mensik (14), Czechia, def. Rinky Hijikata, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.

Women’s Singles

Round of 32 Iga Swiatek (7), Poland, def. Maria Sakkari (29), Greece, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Diane Parry, France, def. Lois Boisson, France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Elena Rybakina (2), Kazakhstan, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Sorana Cirstea (15), Romania, def. Anna Kalinskaya (18), Russia, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 5-0, ret.

Diana Shnaider (14), Russia, def. Maja Chwalinska (19), Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Linda Noskova (6), Czechia, def. Clara Tauson (27), Denmark, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Jessica Pegula (3), United States, def. Emma Navarro (25), United States, 7-5, 6-2.

Men’s Doubles

Round of 32 Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Argentina, and Luciano Darderi, Italy, def. Lorenzo Musetti and Matteo Arnaldi, Italy, 7-5, 7-6 (4).

Evan King and Robert Galloway, United States, def. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, and Manuel Guinard (8), France, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 10-7.

Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (4), Italy, def. Arthur Rinderknech, France, and Valentin Vacherot, Monaco, 7-6 (10), 3-6, 10-5.

Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Marcelo Arevalo (3), El Salvador, def. Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev, Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 10-3.

Nikola Mektic, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek, United States, def. Brandon Nakashima and Robert Cash, United States, 7-5, 6-4.

National League

Sunday’s Games

Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 8, Boston 3 San Diego 5, Cleveland 0 Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 3, L.A. Angels 0 Athletics 5, Texas 2 Seattle 3, Houston 2

Monday’s Games

Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 6 Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 5 Kansas City 9, Athletics 5 Boston 11, Arizona 1 Atlanta at Minnesota, n Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, n

Tuesday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 8-6) at Baltimore (Baz 4-12), 5:35 p.m.

Detroit (Montero 9-7) at Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 12-5), 5:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Whisenhunt 3-3) at Cleveland (Griffin 13-4), 5:40 p.m.

Toronto (Soriano 9-6) at Tampa Bay (Martinez 12-3), 5:40 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 8-10) at Boston (Suarez 4-3), 6:10 p.m.

Athletics (Perkins 2-9) at Kansas City (Lynch 4-4), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Mahle 4-9) at Minnesota (Matthews 6-8), 6:40 p.m.

Seattle (Miller 4-6) at Milwaukee (Harrison 9-3), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Gausman 6-11), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Kent 0-0) at Texas (Quantrill 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Klassen 1-1) at Houston (Javier , 7:10 p.m.

Soccer MLS Glance Eastern Conference W Nashville 13 Inter Miami CF 11 Chicago 10 New England 9 Charlotte FC 8 Cincinnati 7 New York City FC 7 New York 7 D.C. United 5 Orlando City 6 Columbus 5 Toronto FC 4 Philadelphia 5 CF Montréal 4 Atlanta 4

L 2 3 6 7 7 6 7 8 5 10 9 7 10 10 12

Western Conference

T 4 5 2 3 4 6 5 4 9 3 5 8 4 5 3

Pts 43 38 32 30 28 27 26 25 24 21 20 20 19 17 15

GF GA 39 15 46 36 34 24 29 25 32 28 46 45 33 27 30 41 27 30 31 48 27 31 26 33 28 35 25 36 21 34

W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 11 3 4 37 40 17 Houston 11 6 2 35 28 24 Los Angeles FC 10 6 4 34 35 20 San Jose 10 6 3 33 38 27 FC Dallas 8 5 6 30 34 26 St Louis City 8 6 5 29 27 25 Real Salt Lake 8 6 4 28 30 26 Colorado 8 10 1 25 29 25 Minnesota United6 6 7 25 21 26 Portland 7 9 3 24 34 35 Seattle 7 8 3 24 20 24 San Diego FC 6 7 6 24 33 29 LA Galaxy 5 8 7 22 24 30 Austin FC 4 10 5 17 23 38 Kansas City 4 13 2 14 18 48 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday, August 15

Atlanta 2, New York 1 Charlotte FC 3, Columbus 1 D.C. United 1, CF Montréal 1, tie Cincinnati 1, Orlando City 1, tie Toronto FC 2, New England 1 Houston 1, LA Galaxy 0 Nashville 4, Miami 1 Colorado 2, Sporting Kansas City 0 Minnesota 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie San Diego FC 1, Los Angeles FC 0 St Louis City 3, San Jose 1

Sunday, August 16

Chicago 2, Portland 1 Philadelphia 3, New York City FC 2 FC Dallas 2, Austin FC 1 Vancouver 2, Seattle 0

Wednesday, August 19

New York City FC at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

CF Montréal at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

New England at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte FC at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m.

St Louis City at Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles FC at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.

Austin FC at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m.

San Diego FC at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Houston at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Selected the contract of RHP Wyatt Olds from Worcester (IL). Optioned LHP Raymond Burgos to Worcester.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Reinstated 3B Maikel Garcia and 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Omaha (IL). Optioned 3B Josh Rojas and RHP Jose Cuas to Omaha. Designated RF Starling Marte for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contract of C Alex Jackson from St. Paul (IL). Placed RF Austin Martin on the 10-day IL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated LHP Shane McClanahan from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Joe Boyle to Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Lazaro Estrada outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated RHP Justin Martinez from the 60-day and LF Jordan Lawlar from the 10-day IL. Optioned 1B Tyler Locklear and RHP Gerardo Carrillo to Reno (PCL). Designated RHP Andrew Hoffmann for assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Zach McCambley from Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Kent Emanuel from Louisville. Designated RHP Ron Marinaccio for assignment.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP TJ Shook from Albuquerque (PCL). Designated RHP Michael Lorenzen for assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of 1B Christopher Morel from Syracuse (IL).

Designated 3B Gabriel Arias for assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled LHP Quinn Mathews from Memphis (IL).

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 74 67 64 60 56

L 50 58 61 66 69

Pct .597 .536 .512 .476 .448

GB — 7½ 10½ 15 18½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 77 72 64 61 59

L 48 53 61 65 65

Pct .616 .576 .512 .484 .476

GB — 5 13 16½ 17½

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

W 74 67 66 51 50

L 51 58 59 73 74

Pct .592 .536 .528 .411 .403

GB — 7 8 22½ 23½

Central Division

West Division

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta 5, Arizona 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 8, Boston 3 San Diego 5, Cleveland 0 Miami 7, Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 7, Minnesota 5 St. Louis 11, Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Colorado 13, San Francisco 7

Monday’s Games

St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1, 1st game Philadelphia 6, Miami 5 Boston 11, Arizona 1 Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 5, 10 innings, 2nd game Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 5 N.Y. Mets 2, San Diego 1 Atlanta at Minnesota, n Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, n L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, n

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit (Montero 9-7) at Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 12-5), 5:40 p.m.

Miami (TBD) at Philadelphia (Wheeler 104), 5:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Whisenhunt 3-3) at Cleveland (Griffin 13-4), 5:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Leahy 9-4) at Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7), 5:40 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 8-10) at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Ray 10-7) at N.Y. Mets (Thornton 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Mahle 4-9) at Minnesota (Matthews 6-8), 6:40 p.m.

Seattle (Miller 4-6) at Milwaukee (Harrison 9-3), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (TBD) at Chicago Cubs (Gausman 6-11), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Kent 0-0) at Texas (Quantrill 4-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lauer 7-6) at Colorado (Feltner 5-6), 7:40 p.m.

BOX SCORES

Women’s Doubles

Round of 32 Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Barbora Krejcikova, Czechia, def. Nicole MelicharMartinez, United States, and Cristina Bucsa (4), Spain, 6-3, 1-6, 10-4.

Zhang Shuai and Xinyu Jiang, China, def.

Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Janice Tjen, Indonesia, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 10-7.

Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Maia Lumsden, Britain, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, and Anastasia Detiuc, Czechia, 6-3, 6-3.

Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Darija Jurak Schreiber, Croatia, and Fang-Hsien Wu, Taiwan, 6-2, 4-6, 10-7.

Caty McNally and Iva Jovic, United States, def. Xu Yifan and Qianhui Tang, China, 6-3, 5-7, 10-7.

East Division

St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1 1st game St. Louis

Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi Báez lf 4 1 0 0 De La Cruz ss 4 0 0 0 Church cf 0 0 0 0 Stewart 1b-3b 4 0 1 0 Herrera dh 2 1 0 0 Stephenson c 3 0 0 0 Walker rf 4 0 2 0 Suárez dh 4 0 0 0 Burleson 1b 4 0 2 2 Myers cf 4 1 2 1 Fermín 2b 3 0 0 0 Toglia lf-1b 3 0 0 0 Crooks c 1 0 0 0 McLain 2b 2 0 0 0 Winn ss 4 0 1 0 Marte rf 3 0 0 0 Jordan 3b 3 0 1 0 Hayes 3b 2 0 0 0 Pereira cf-lf 4 0 1 0 Bleday ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Pagés c 2 0 0 0 Wetherholt 2b 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 30 1 3 1 St. Louis 200 000 000 — 2 Cincinnati 000 100 000 — 1 DP_St. Louis 0, Cincinnati 1. LOB_St. Louis 9, Cincinnati 5. 2B_Burleson (32), Walker (27), Stewart (24). 3B_Jordan (4). HR_Myers (4).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Mathews 4 2 1 1 3 7 Gastelum W,3-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Graceffo H,5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Soriano H,18 1 0 0 0 0 1 Stanek H,23 1 1 0 0 0 1 O’Brien S,31-36 1 0 0 0 0 3 Cincinnati Emanuel L,0-1 5 5 2 2 3 4 Mey 2 1 0 0 1 3 Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Moll 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP_Emanuel (Báez).

ABS Challenge_Toglia (Strike-Confirmed); Pereira (Strike-Confirmed); De La Cruz (Strike-ConfirmedUmpires_Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Brock Ballou; Second, Edwin Moscoso; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt.

T_2:40. A_20,434 (43,891).

N.Y. Mets 2, San Diego 1 San Diego

New York

ab r h bi Tatis rf 3 0 0 1 Cronenwrth 2b3 0 2 0 Machado 3b 3 0 1 0 France 1b 3 0 1 0 Merrill cf 4 0 1 0 Campusano c 3 0 0 0 Sheets dh 3 1 1 0 Bogaerts ss 3 0 0 0 Rengifo lf 4 0 1 0

ab r h bi Ewing lf 4 1 1 0 Lindor ss 2 1 0 0 Bichette 3b 3 0 1 1 Benge rf 3 0 1 0 Robert cf 2 0 0 1 Young 1b 3 0 0 0 Semien 2b 3 0 1 0 Polanco dh 3 0 1 0 Pache pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Alvarez c 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 7 1 Totals 26 2 5 2 San Diego 010 000 000 — 1 New York 200 000 00x — 2 DP_San Diego 1, New York 1. LOB_San Diego 8, New York 3. SF_Tatis (6), Robert (2).

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Buehler L,7-6 6 2 2 2 2 4 Hart 2 3 0 0 0 3 New York McLean W,9-8 6 6 1 1 4 3 Pintaro H,1 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 2 Lavender H,5 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Duarte S,2-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 HBP_McLean (Sheets).

ABS Challenge_Buehler (Ball-Overturned to Strike); McLean (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Hart (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires_Home, Chris Segal; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Edwin Jimenez; Third, Erich Bacchus.

T_2:23. A_27,842 (42,136).

Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 6

Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 5

Baltimore

2nd game

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi O’Neill rf 5 0 2 0 Díaz dh 3 2 2 1 Alonso dh 5 1 2 1 Aranda 1b 5 1 2 1 Holliday 2b 5 1 1 0 Caminero 3b 4 0 1 0 Mayo 1b 5 2 2 1 Hicks c 3 0 0 0 Henderson ss 5 1 2 0 DeLuca ph-rf 1 0 1 2 Encrn-Strnd 3b5 1 3 4 Simpson lf 4 0 1 0 Beavers pr 0 0 0 0 Vilade rf 3 1 1 1 Jackson lf 4 0 0 0 Fortes c 0 0 0 0 Taveras lf 1 0 0 0 Mullins cf 4 0 1 0 Narváez c 2 0 0 0 Palacios 2b 3 1 1 0 Franklin cf 2 0 2 0 Mateo ss 2 1 1 2 Cowser ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Walls ph-ss 2 1 1 0 Totals 41 6 14 6 Totals 34 7 12 7 Baltimore 010 230 000 — 6 Tampa Bay 001 300 30x — 7 E_Encarnacion-Strand (4). DP_Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0. LOB_Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 7. 2B_Mayo (12), Henderson (22), Aranda (20). HR_Mayo (16), Alonso (28), Encarnacion-Strand (6), Díaz (18), Vilade (11), Mateo (5). SB_Franklin (2), Palacios (11).

IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Young 4 8 4 4 1 3 Sanders 2 0 0 0 0 3 Cano L,2-3 0 3 3 3 0 0 Walker BS,0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Garcia 1 0 0 0 1 2 Tampa Bay 3 0 3 McClanahan 3 1⁄3 4 3 2 Legumina ⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 Wells BS,4-5 1 3 3 3 0 0 Kelly 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 Booser W,1-0 1 ⁄3 2 0 Baker S,35-38 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Cano pitched to 4 batters in the 7th.

HBP_Legumina (Narváez), Cano (Díaz).

WP_Booser.

ABS Challenge_Young (Ball-Confirmed); Booser (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Booser (Ball-Overturned to Strike).Pitch timer violations_Walker (pitcher).

Umpires_Home, Felix Neon; First, Jordan Baker; Second, Stu Scheuwater; Third, Dillon Wilson.

T_2:58. A_10,159 (25,025).

St. Louis

Cincinnati

ab r h bi Wetherholt 2b 5 0 2 0 Herrera c 4 1 1 1 Pagés c 0 0 0 0 Burleson 1b 5 1 1 0 Walker dh 5 2 3 0 Báez rf 5 0 0 0 Church cf 3 1 1 1 Fermín ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Winn ss 4 0 1 1 Torres lf 3 0 1 1 Pereira pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Jordan 3b 4 0 1 1

ab r h bi De La Cruz dh 4 1 2 1 Stewart 2b 4 0 1 0 Bleday lf 4 1 3 0 Suárez 3b 3 1 3 1 Marte pr 0 0 0 0 Hayes 3b 0 0 0 0 Toglia 1b 4 1 1 1 McLain ss 4 0 1 0 Rodríguez rf 4 0 1 2 Trevino c 3 0 0 0 Myers ph-cf 1 1 1 1 Friedl cf 3 0 0 0 Stephenson c 1 1 0 0 Totals 40 5 11 5 Totals 35 6 13 6 St. Louis 000 202 010 0 — 5 Cincinnati 100 003 001 1 — 6 E_Suárez (3). DP_St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1.

LOB_St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 5. 2B_Walker (28), Toglia (2), Suárez (16). HR_Herrera (14), Myers (5). SB_De La Cruz (21), Walker (17). SF_Suárez (3).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Pallante 6 10 4 4 1 5 Strzelecki 3 2 1 1 0 4 Bruihl L,0-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Cincinnati 2 Lowder 6 ⁄3 8 4 4 2 5 Burke 1 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 3 McCambley 1 1 0 0 0 2 Pagán W,5-1 1 0 0 0 1 2 Bruihl pitched to 1 batter in the 10th.

ABS Challenge_Stewart (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Pitch timer violations_Lowder (pitcher).

Ejected_Marmol.

Umpires_Home, Nic Lentz; First, Edwin Moscoso; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Brock Ballou.

T_2:54. A_12,166 (43,891).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Aug. 18 1915 — Boston opened Braves Field with a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

1931 — New York’s Lou Gehrig played in his 1,000th consecutive game. Gehrig went hitless in the 5-4 loss to Detroit.

1948 — Brooklyn’s Rex Barney pitched a one-hitter for a 1-0 win over Robin Roberts and the Philadelphia Phillies at Shibe Park.

1956 — The Cincinnati Reds hit eight home runs and the Milwaukee Braves added two to set a National League record for home runs by two clubs in a nine-inning night game. Bob Thurman’s three homers and double led the Reds in the 13-4 rout.

1960 — Lew Burdette of the Milwaukee Braves pitched a no-hitter, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0. Burdette faced the minimum 27 batters.

1965 — Hank Aaron of Milwaukee hit Curt Simmons’ pitch on top of the pavilion roof at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis for an apparent home run. However, umpire Chris Pelekoudas called him out for

being out of the batter’s box when he connected. Nevertheless, the Braves won the game 5-3.

1967 — California’s Jack Hamilton hit Tony Conigliaro on his left cheekbone with a fastball in the fourth inning of a 3-2 loss to Boston. Conigliaro was carried unconscious from the field and missed the remainder of the 1967 season and the entire 1968 season.

The 22-year-old already had more than 100 home runs to his credit.

1977 — Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched his fifth one-hitter to tie the National League record. Sutton gave up a two-out single in the eighth inning to San Francisco’s Marc Hill. The Dodgers won 7-0.

1995 — Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to reach 300 career saves, surviving a rally by the Atlanta Braves in the ninth inning of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 4-3 victory.

2000 — Darin Erstad of Anaheim made a spectacular, game-saving catch in the 10th inning and followed it with a homer in the 11th as the Angels defeated the Yankees 9-8.

LIVING

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All about althea

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Grab the magnifying glass and get to bug watching. Here’s tips for the hobby in La.

This old garden favorite is worth revisiting.

Here’s why.

Whether a song, a movie, a family recipe or a pair of broken-in blue jeans, old favorites are hard to beat. New things come along and distract us from these dependable standbys — but somehow, we always find GARDEN our way back NEWS to their familiar comfort.

In the garden, an old favorite that’s worth revisiting is althea (Hibiscus syriacus), which you may know as rose of Sharon.

This flowering shrub, a native of Asia, was brought to the American colonies in the 1700s. It gained popularity quickly, becoming a bestseller in early nursery catalogs and remaining a landscape staple well into the 20th century.

This was especially true in the South, where gardeners prized its ability to bloom profusely even in the heat of summer.

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Althea blooms are attractive to pollinators and last throughout summer.

Unlike many of the 300-plus Hibiscus species grown around the world, althea is not tropical. It’s a temperate, deciduous shrub that handles both our intense summers and typical winters with grace.

Althea naturally grows as a multitrunked shrub, although some people train it to be a single-trunked tree. It works well as a specimen plant or a hedge. It reaches 8 to 10 feet tall, sometimes more, and up to 6 feet wide.

Pollinators love althea’s pretty flowers, which bloom from May until August or early September. In true Hibiscus fashion, the flowers are shortlived, lasting just a day or two.

But new buds appear throughout the summer.

Different cultivars offer single blooms as well as semidouble and double forms that have a ruffled appearance.

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Brandon Johnson helped others log in 57 species of arthropods, which included 17 species moths and one butterfly.

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ut down that flyswatter and grab the magnifying glass.

Bug watching is the latest craze and is surging in popularity. All it takes is a white sheet, a light, a magnifier and some patience.

Insects make up roughly half of the animal kingdom. Life would be impossible without them, and many nature lovers are learning that they’re fascinating to observe.

One recent muggy night, members of the Louisiana Master Natu-

Eratoneura comoides is a leafhopper species identified by its superhydrophobic, anti-reflective coating on the cuticle.

ralists of Greater Baton Rouge invited the public to join them on the grounds of LSU Hilltop Arboretum for a sheeting event celebrating “Moth Week,” a national celebration of the nighttime pollinators held every July.

White sheets draped on clotheslines were tied to trees and illuminated with UV lights. The sheets were stationed far apart to attract moths and other arthropods. Observers used headlamps, cellphones and cameras to see the creatures up close and, when spied, were added to the iNaturalist community-science project.

Insects are visible during the day, but the real show begins after dark and lasts until daylight, where there’s a better chance of seeing the jewels of the night — moths — but also thousands of other insects with a wide array of colors and patterns, including beetles or flies, like the orange and white Eratoneura comoides, or the black, green and white striped Tylozygus bifidus.

Participants Tyne and Christian Bankester said they enjoyed seeing the specimens up close.

Luna moths, also called American moon moths, are one of the larger moths found in North America, with common wingspans from 4.5 to 7 inches.

The colorful Io, or peacock, moth takes its name from Greek mythology — Io was a mortal lover of Zeus.

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IT’S ‘LI F E - CHANG ING .’

National visitation program seeks to break stigmas of those incarcerated

BY IZZY WOLLFARTH Contributing writer

When Val Browning’s friend suggested he participate in a local prison visitation program with the Louisiana Parole Project, he agreed, but, before his visit in May 2023, he said he didn’t expect to get much out of the experience.

“I expected everybody that I met to have a long rap sheet,”

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A small group of incarcerated people and visitors discuss topics at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel.

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100 Black Men of Metro BR installs new president Baton Rouge is a local nonprofit that has been mentoring Black Local attorney Miyouth in Baton Rouge chael B. Victorian was for over 30 years. recently installed as Its volunteers work president of the 100 with youth in areas of Black Men of Metro education, economic Baton Rouge. Victoriempowerment, health an, a longtime member Victorian of the local branch of the na- and wellness and community tional organization, succeeded involvement.

“I have grown up in this orAndre Harmon as president.

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‘No gifts — Oh, twist my arm, I’ll take a gold watch’ What would you advise? Now, Dear Miss Manners: I accepted an I feel like if I don’t contribute at invitation to a party for a friend’s husband at their home. It hadn’t oc- least $100, it will impact this longstanding friendship. If it curred to me to bring a gift had occurred to me to bring — most likely I would have a gift, I might have brought simply brought a nice card a book, not something that and a bottle of wine. costs $100 or more.

A few days before the Do you find it unusual to party, I was surprised to repropose friends buy a speceive this message: “Some Judith of you have asked about cial watch in this way? I beMartin gifts — and truly, your preslieve it used to be common MISS for an employer to offer the ence at this event is already MANNERS gift of a watch for a retiring the greatest gift of all! employee who has been esHowever, if you still wish to contribute something, we warmly pecially valued or long-tenured. invite you to participate in a group Gentle reader: Miss Manners finds gift: a special watch for (husband). it strange that people now feel You are welcome to bring cash or responsible for the presents they a check, or to make a direct bank expect to receive. Surely it should deposit.” be the prospective donors who

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Continued from page 1D “I think it’s cool. It’s a great date night activity,” Tyne Bankester said.

For the record, Christian Bankester documented the sharp-headed Sharpshooter and the Afflicted Dagger moths.

LMNGBR member Brandon Johnson and his wife, Yipin, helped others log in 57 species of arthropods, which included 17 species of moths and one butterfly. Johnson has been participating in the club’s past sheeting events at Hilltop, LSU Burden and BREC parks, particularly during the City Nature Challenge held each spring.

Observers have helped the Hilltop Arboretum iNaturalist project site accrue a robust species count.

To date, the site has 21,458 observations; 15,193 of these are insects, accounting for 2,081 different species.

Last year’s National Moth Week drew more than 150,000 participants across 80 countries. Their observations help researchers track how different moth species react to climate change.

Johnson explained that Moth Week is held in July due to the peak time in North America when most are likely to see the greatest number of

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Continued from page 1D Browning, from Baton Rouge, said. “I expected them to not be doing much.”

When he visited the Elayne Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, his expectations were proven wrong.

The visit was part of a national initiative, the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, a national nonprofit organization committed to humanizing incarcerated people by facilitating conversations between people in prison and those in the outside world. The Louisiana Parole Project, also a nonprofit, has much of the same mission, dedicated to reentry services and mentorship.

Formally launched in 2020, the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice operates in 30 facilities across 16 states, including Louisiana.

Visits take about three hours and consist of a tour of the prison grounds, including dormitories, recreational centers and yards, and they end with small group discussions between volunteers and people in prison.

In 2022, the Louisiana Parole Project took its first step in implementing the program locally with a visit to the Elayne Hunt Correctional Center.

Since 2001, Louisiana has been preparing individuals for release through a series of reentry programming, including educational and literacy courses, on-site job training and vocational paths for incarcerated people.

These programs range from cosmetology courses under the direction of the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology to welding classes, upholstery training and CPR and First Aid certifications.

About 7,000 people incarcerated in Louisiana have earned industry-based certifications, and around 600 have received high school equivalency preparation with a 77% graduation rate,

species. The week selected depends on the lunar calendar when there is the least amount of moonlight.

In Louisiana, it’s easy to bug watch all year long, although counts may be lower in cooler months, Johnson said. Some species in Louisiana only emerge in winter. Teri Rome, a LMNGBR member and self-described butterfly and moth enthusiast, said she enjoys bug watching in her backyard.

“You don’t always need a sheet,” she said. “I turn out the lights, wear white, and put on a white shower cap with my headlamp. The moths think I’m a giant flower.”

Rome said she makes a bait mixture of bananas, beer and vanilla to sit out in a bowl or paint on nearby trees or fence posts.

“You can throw a sheet over a fence or drape over a shrub and place a flashlight behind it to attract them,” said Rome, who enjoys moth sheeting with her granddaughters.

Most members of the Louisiana Master Naturalists program throughout the state were introduced to bug watching by Charles Allen, a retired botany professor and author from Pitkin. Allen hosts the nocturnal naturalists and arthropod classes as well as native plant identification classes on his nature preserve, Allen Acres. He’s

according to the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

“The biggest surprise is when they meet the men and the women on the inside, and they’re surprised at the opportunities that they have inside the prison, like education, vocational and also college courses,” said Matthew Pineda, the community engagement manager at the Parole Project and co-leader of the prison visitation program.

He said many incarcerated people have master’s degrees, are church pastors and lawyers, and leave prison with professional skills.

Two days after Browning’s visit, he began charting out his future as an advocate for second chances and rehabilitation in prison. He believes the prison visitation program should be made available in every state.

“It should be at every correctional facility in this country because I think it would give people a better idea of what goes on in a correctional facility, what inmates do when they’re inside,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the location, you would think it’s somebody from down the street.”

Since its inception in Louisiana, the Louisiana Parole Project has expanded into four prisons: Dixon Correctional Institute, Hunt Correctional Center, Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women and Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Around 1,300 volunteers and 80 groups have since participated, with group sizes ranging from 12 to 25 people.

Karyn McConnell, executive director of the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice, said the experience is often described as “life-changing” for both those incarcerated and participants from outside the prison walls.

“People have seen movies and shows so they think they have an idea of who is incarcerated, but that perception is not really accurate or complete,” McConnell said. “The Douglass Project provides

ought to think up what to give — if anything, as presents are often customary but never mandatory.

It may even be true that your friends were besieged by demands to know what to buy the guest of honor/host. And they didn’t know that they could brush this off by saying, “Oh, that’s not necessary” — not only omitting the presentpresence cliché (because we’re all sick of it), but not then undermining it with what sounds, at least to you, like a demand.

It is not. Give your old friends the benefit of the doubt by assuming that they made their suggestion through awkward ignorance, not from greed, and that they invited you for fun, not for profit.

But if this is wrong, and if it takes

been an official bug watcher since 2001.

Allen initially started with two sheets tied between trees and a mercury vapor light on his 26 acres. Now, he houses 20 permanent moth sheets hung on treated poles and has installed electrical boxes to plug in lights. Allen checks his sheets twice daily: two hours after dark and just before daylight.

“I find that there are a lot more moths and other insects just before daylight and after the lights have been on all night,” Allen said.

His moth count for Allen Acres is 1,450, and other insects is over 1,200. About 200 of his moth counts are the only record for Louisiana, and one moth from Allen Acres, the Bean Pod Borer, is the only one for the United States.

“I think we are the only place in the world with 20 moth sheets and lights,” he said.

For more information, email Allen at Native@camtel.net.

This article was supplied by the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge, which seeks to advance awareness, understanding and stewardship of the natural environment. For more information, email info@ lmngbr.org.

opportunities for all participants to share their humanity with each other. Really, the folks inside are just people that made mistakes who want to better their lives.”

She said that those in prison still worry, dream and love their families the same as anyone else and that walls do not exclude them from humanity and compassion.

Andrea Buttross, deputy assistant secretary from the Louisiana Department of Corrections, wrote in an email that reentry services play a critical role in improving public safety and overall morale inside prisons.

“By providing education, workforce training, treatment services, and structured reentry planning while individuals are incarcerated, we increase their chances of securing employment, rebuilding family connections, and avoiding future criminal behaviors,” said Buttross. “Ultimately, effective reentry services reduce recidivism, strengthen communities, and support long-term outcomes that benefit the individual, the correctional system, and the public as a whole.”

Browning said he supports being tough on crime, yet recognizes that incarcerated persons are capable of change.

“Somebody who’s been in jail for 30 years is not the same person that they were when they committed that crime,” he said. “If someone’s done all the right things, they’re not getting in trouble. … Why shouldn’t we reward an incarcerated person?”

Izzy Wollfarth received her master’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University in May. She reported this story with the support of the nonprofit Louisiana Collegiate News Collective, an LSU-led coalition of eight universities, funded by the Henry Luce and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundations.

a $100 bribe to maintain a longstanding friendship, you might ask yourself whether the friendship has been standing too long.

Dear Miss Manners: My beloved mother-in-law recently passed away. While I am old-school and wear only black to funerals, I have noticed that “the times, they are a-changing.”

While getting ready to go and say our final goodbyes, I asked my husband which string of pearls, which I had inherited from my mother, would be more appropriate. The look he shot me left no doubt that it was a faux pas.

My heart sunk, as I had only thought to honor his mother and mine. Was I truly amiss?

Gentle reader: No. Pearls are con-

sidered the most subdued of jewels, second only to the jet jewelry to which Victorian women were limited during their long periods of formal mourning.

Miss Manners would consider that bereavement sometimes makes people irrational, and try not to hold it against your husband if he is normally reasonable. And resolve not to ask his opinion of your appearance.

Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2026. There are 135 days left in the year.

Today in history: On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

Also on this date: In 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony (in presentday North Carolina), returned to Roanoke after nearly three years abroad only to find the settlement deserted; the fate of the “Lost Colony” remains a mystery.

In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Proclamation of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I. In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Lolita” was published in the United States.

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Continued from page 1D Colors range from white, pink and purple to red and even bluish tones, sometimes with pink or red veins and throats. Small, toothed leaves provide a dark green contrast during the growing season before falling in the cooler months.

Traditional althea varieties readily self-seed and can spread like weeds.

But modern cultivars are sterile, meaning they don’t

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Continued from page 1D operate,” Victorian said in a news release. “More importantly, I have seen the payoff when our participants become successful later in life. This gives ‘the 100’ the feeling that we are indeed filling a need.”

In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three days and nights with a mid-morning set by Jimi Hendrix.

In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than a billion dollars’ worth of damage.

In 2004, in Athens, Paul Hamm won the men’s gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event; controversy followed after it was discovered that a scoring error cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the title.

In 2005, a judge in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced BTK serial killer Dennis Rader to 10 consecutive life terms, the maximum the law would allow.

In 2014, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis

convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.

In 2023, a former neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others over a yearlong campaign of deception as she preyed on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns. Days later, Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for release.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Carole Bouquet is 69.

Actor Denis Leary is 69.

Actor Madeleine Stowe is 68. ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff is 65. Actor Edward Norton is 57.

Actor Christian Slater is 57. Actor Kaitlin Olson is 51. Actor-comedian Andy Samberg is 48. Artist-model Frances Bean Cobain is 34. Actor-singer Maia Mitchell is 33. Actor Madelaine Petsch is 32. Actor Josephine Langford is 29, Singer Clairo is 28. Olympic gold medal swimmer Summer McIntosh is 20.

produce seed.

One such cultivar is Aphrodite, a product of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s althea breeding program from the 1970s and ’80s. A 1988 release, Aphrodite — with its pink petals and red throat — was one of the LSU AgCenter’s first Louisiana Super Plant selections.

Another cultivar of note is White Pillar, a newer cultivar with bright white flowers and a tall, columnar shape that is an excellent fit for tight spaces.

Although althea is blooming now, it’s best to wait

until fall or winter dormancy to plant. Choose a well-drained location — althea doesn’t like wet feet — with plenty of sun.

You’ll get the most blooms in full sun, but part-sun conditions are OK. Althea has few insect pest or disease problems, and it doesn’t require a lot of maintenance. Most plants stay in an attractive, vaselike shape on their own. If you decide to prune, do so in late winter or early spring — which also is a good time to put down an application of fertilizer.

Victorian is an attorney with the Phelps Dunbar Law Firm. He is a past president of the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society of Baton Rouge, an organization of Black legal professionals and students. He follows in the footsteps of his father, Michael W. Victorian, a past president of the local group and currently vice chairman of the national 100

Black Men of America.

Other officers include Don Johnson, president-elect; Rodney Coates, secretary; Melvin Chambers, Jr., vicepresident of operations; Stanley L. Adkins, vice president of development; Roy McClain, vice-president of programs; Stanley C. Savage, vice president of finance and Tyrone Dunn, vice membership.

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zodIAC LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Think big, but know your limits. Set boundaries and implement discipline, and what you achieve will be a learning experience that helps you propel what you want to present and promote.

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How you set things up will reflect how well you do. Knowing exactly what's available mentally, physically and financially will put your mind at ease.

LIBRA (sept. 23-Oct. 23) Take any negativity you encounter and turn it into sunshine. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Choose the path that allows you the freedom to be yourself. scORPIO (Oct. 24-nov. 22) Refuse to let situations escalate, costing you your position, reputation or relationship with an associate or loved one. Put more time and effort into money management, contracts and medical issues. sAGIttARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) Take pride in how you live. A well-run home can propagate an attitude that makes your life easier. Address clutter and unfinished business, and you'll alleviate pressure. Use your intelligence. cAPRIcORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Put your discipline and energy into cleaning up any mess that is crowding your space. Dig in and go above the call of duty to ensure you offer the best assistance.

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Leave nothing undone or in someone else's jurisdiction. Set a budget.

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ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Restraint is necessary when dealing with financial or medical issues. Too much of anything will work against you. Limit what you agree to do, and look out for your best interests when dealing with partnerships. tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Take a break, sit back and observe. A lifestyle change that points you in a healthier direction or fitness and dietary improvements will pay off personally and professionally if you put in the time and effort.

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The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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By PHILLIP ALDER Isaac Asimov said, “It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”

Some bridge experts are known for making unusual bids. Then, even when they produce an obvious call, opponents tend to assume that they were being “clever.”

In this deal, which occurred during a social game, look at the South hand. After two passes, East opens one club. What is the “obvious” call for South?

East’s opening bid would not meet with universal agreement. Since partner is a passed hand, game is unlikely. There is a good case for opening one heart (or one spade). Yes, partner will expect a fivecard suit, but if West ends on lead, he is more likely to find a good choice than after a one-club opening.

I think South should overcall three no-trump. Yes, it looks weird with those major-suit holdings, but he has eight winners. A dummy worth its salt will add a ninth. And a slam is unlikely opposite a passed partner.

If South bids three no-trump and it is passed out, what should West lead?

Unless South is being subtle, he has a long, solid minor and is ready for a club lead. West should choose a major, presumably a heart.

Note that the defenders can take the first eight tricks, four hearts and four spades. But after a minor-suit lead, South

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PUBLIC NOTICE --INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids for construc‐ tion of the following pro‐ ject will be received by the City of Bastrop, (hereinafter referred to as “Owner”). Bids will be received by the Owner, until 10:00 AM (local time) on August 31, 2026 at which time all bids re‐ ceived will be publicly opened and read aloud at the office located at 202 East Jefferson, Bas‐ trop, LA 71220.

No bids will be received after the above time and date.

STATE PROJECT NO. H. XXXXXX Morehouse Memorial Airport, More‐ house Parish.

Morehouse Memorial Air‐ port – Drainage Improve‐ ments & Utility Reloca‐ tion $335,000.00 PROPOSAL GUARANTY: Five Percent (5%) of Base Bid Amount.

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Drawings, specifications and contract documents were prepared by Volk‐ ert, Inc., 114 Venable Lane, Monroe, Louisiana 71203. The bid package may be examined in the office of Volkert, Inc., 114 Venable Lane, Monroe, Louisiana 71203.

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The bidder must com‐ plete the Past Criminal Convictions of Bidders (Attestations) form. The bidder must also provide an affidavit attesting that public contract was not secured through em‐ ployment or payment of solicitor (see Non Collu‐ sion Declaration) form.

By submitting a bid/pro‐ posal under this solicita‐ tion, the bidder or offeror certifies that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred or suspended by any Fed‐ eral department or agency from participa‐ tion in this transaction.

The successful Bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond ac‐ ceptable to the City of Bastrop, in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract in conformity with the Con‐ tract Documents. The contractor for the con‐ tract shall purchase and maintain such insurance as will protect him/board from claims which may arise out of, or result from the contractor's ex‐ ecution of the work, whether such execution be by himself or by any subcontractor or by any‐ one directly or indirectly employed by any of them or by anyone from whose acts any of them may be liable.

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Federal Requirements: This project is federally funded and federal provi‐ sions and requirements apply. Federal provisions made part of, but not limited to this contract include: Buy American Preference, Foreign Trade Restriction, Davis Bacon, Affirmative Action, Gov‐ ernmentwide Debarment and Suspension, Govern‐ mentwide Requirements for Drug-free Workplace.

days of bid opening:

The Contractor agrees to comply with 49 USC § 50101, which provides that Federal funds may not be obligated unless all steel and manufac‐ tured goods used in AIP funded projects are pro‐ duced in the United States, unless the Fed‐ eral Aviation Administra‐ tion has issued a waiver for the product; the prod‐ uct is listed as an Ex‐ cepted Article, Material Or Supply in Federal Ac‐ quisition Regulation sub‐ part 25.108; or is included in the FAA Nationwide Buy American Waivers Is‐ sued list.

Bidders are notified that the award of the contract shall be by the Owner and that construction administration and in‐ spection will be per‐ formed by the Engineer and final acceptance will be made by the Owner upon recommendation of the Engineers and sub‐ ject to approval by the FAA.

Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employ‐ ment Opportunity: 1. The Offeror’s or Bid‐ der’s attention is called to the “Equal Opportu‐ nity Clause” and the “Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications” set forth herein.

2. The goals and timeta‐ bles for minority and fe‐ male participation, ex‐ pressed in percentage terms for the Contrac‐ tor’s aggregate work‐ force in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as fol‐ lows: Timetables Goals for minority partic‐ ipation for each trade: 6.5% These goals are applica‐ ble to all of the Contrac‐ tor’s construction work (whether or not it is Fed‐ eral or federally as‐ sisted) performed in the covered area. If the Con‐ tractor performs con‐ struction work in a geo‐ graphical area located outside of the covered area, it shall apply the goals established for such geographical area where the work is actu‐ ally performed. With re‐ gard to this second area, the Contractor also is subject to the goals for both its federally in‐ volved and non-federally involved construction.

The Contractor’s compli‐ ance with the Executive Order and the regula‐ tions in 41 CFR Part 60-4 shall be based on its im‐ plementation of the Equal Opportunity Clause, specific affirma‐ tive action obligations required by the specifi‐ cations set forth in 41 CFR 60-4.3(a) and its ef‐ forts to meet the goals.

The hours of minority and female employment and training must be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade, and the Contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minori‐ ties and women evenly on each of its projects.

The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from Contractor to Contractor or from project to project for the sole purpose of meeting the Contractor’s goals shall be a violation of the contract, the Executive Order and the regula‐ tions in 41 CFR Part 60-4.

Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed.

3. The Contractor shall provide written notifica‐ tion to the Director of the Office of Federal Con‐ tract Compliance Pro‐ grams (OFCCP) within 10 working days of award of any construction sub‐ contract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation.

The notification shall list the name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor; employer identification number of the subcontractor; esti‐ mated dollar amount of the subcontract; esti‐ mated starting and com‐ pletion dates of the sub‐ contract; and the geo‐ graphical area in which the subcontract is to be performed.

4. As used in this notice and in the contract re‐ sulting from this solicita‐ tion, the “covered area” is City of Bastrop, Louisiana, Morehouse Parish.

Title VI Solicitation Notice: The City of Bastrop, in accordance with the pro‐ visions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 USC §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby noti‐ fies all bidders or offer‐ ors that it will affirma‐ tively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this adver‐ tisement, [select disad‐ vantaged business enter‐ prises or airport conces‐ sion disadvantaged busi‐ ness enterprises] will be afforded full and fair op‐ portunity to submit bids in response to this invita‐ tion and will not be dis‐ criminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

Successful Bidders are required to submit to the Owner, the following documents within 10

Statement of Bidder’s Qualifications Certification of Bidder Regarding EEO Demonstration of Good Faith Efforts Letter of Intent - DBD Bidders Assurance of DBE Participation DBE Good Faith Effort Documentation Attestations Affidavit Non Collusion Declaration

Liquidated damages for delay will be in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for delays other than those caused by adverse weather conditions, acts of God, acts of delay caused by scheduling of operation by the Engi‐ neer or the Owner ad‐ verse to the interest of the contractor.

Bids must be submitted on the Standard Form of Proposal included herein and the successful bid‐ der will be required to execute the Owner's Standard Form of Con‐ tract for Construction, together with the perfor‐ mance bond and pay‐ ment bond, within ten (10) days after formal award of the contract. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty five (45) days after the time schedule for the opening of bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids for just cause.

The contractor shall dis‐ play his Contractor's Li‐ cense Number promi‐ nently on the outside of the envelope.

At the time and place stipulated, all proposals on hand will be opened and read aloud.

Any proposal received after the specified day and hour will be returned unopened.

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Each bid must be con‐ tained in a sealed enve‐ lope, and each envelope must be clearly marked as applicable: BIDS: Aviation Fuel Sup‐ plier for False River Re‐ gional Airport by [Vendor name] Bid Documents may be picked up at False River Air Park Commission, 8662 Airport Road New Roads, LA 70760 or re‐ quested via email to hzrairport@yahoo.com.

All questions must be submitted in writing by email to hzrairport@ yahoo.com by August 14, 2026 at 5PM Central Time.

Preference is hereby given to materials, sup‐ plies and provisions, pro‐ duced, manufactured or grown in Louisiana, qual‐ ity being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the state.

All bidders are afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in re‐ sponse to this invitation.

The False River Air Park Commission reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to negotiate the terms and conditions of the Bids, to waive irregu‐ larities and/or formali‐ ties, and to make an award in a manner deter‐ mined to be in the False River Air Park Commis‐ sion’s best interest.

197409-aug 18-1t $235.22 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Task Force at it’s office located at 1175 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 until 10am/Thursday, Septem‐ ber 3, 2026 for the follow‐ ing: MEDIUM DUTY TRUCK WITH HAULER BED Full Information and bid specs may be obtained upon request from Chuck Hurst, Louisiana Sheriffs’ Task Force, 1175 Nichol‐ son Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, by phone at 225-343-8402, or by email at Chuck@lsa.org. The right to reject any and all bids and waive informali‐ ties is reserved.

No bids, after being sub‐ mitted, may be with‐ drawn after the sched‐ uled time for opening of bids.

197786-AUG 18-25-2T $178.98

/s/_________________ Honorable Mark Moore, Sr., Mayor City of Bastrop

“ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

PUBLISHED: Ouachita Citizen – Au‐ gust 6, 2026, August 18, 2026, August 20, 2026 and August 27, 2026 Baton Rouge Advocate – August 6, 2026, August 18, 2027, August 20, 2026 and August 27, 2026 196487 Aug. 6, 18, 20, 27, 2026 4t $716.48 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 149 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd.

Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026545, SICO Brand Name Furniture – Statewide, 9/3/26 RFx No. 3000026613, Snowplow Dump Trucks DOTD, 9/3/26 RFx No. 3000026614, Truck Tractors – DOTD, 9/3/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified.

The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities.

Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 197756-AUG 18-1T $13.20 PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR BID FOR AVIATION FUEL SUPPLIER FOR FALSE RIVER REGIONAL AIRPORT (HZR) Notice is hereby given that the False River Air Park Commission is so‐ liciting Bids for a con‐ tractor to supply aviation fuel to False River Air Park Commission Airport (HZR or herein referred to as “Airport”) for up to a period of five (5) years with an option to renew for another five (5) years.

This Bid also includes the supply of related delivery equipment at HZR. Bids will be received until September 2, 2026 at 1:00PM Central Time in the False River Regional Airport Terminal Building located at 8662 Airport Road New Roads, LA 70760 and thereafter opened and publicly read for the following: “Avia‐ tion Fuel Supplier for False River Regional Air‐ port”.

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Sealed bids will be opened and publicly read by the Purchasing De‐ partment of The Univer‐ sity of Louisiana at Mon‐ roe, Coenan Hall, Room 140, 4014 LaSalle Street, Monroe, Louisiana, at 2:00 PM, September 10, 2026 for the following: Bid #50006-25 – Environmental Monitor‐ ing Sites (instruments, equipment, and supporting hard‐ ware/software) Bid #50006-027 – Work‐ station EPYC 9005 E211-XL Bids must be returned to the Purchasing Office in sealed envelopes. Bids must be submitted on the form enclosed here‐ with, and in strict confor‐ mity with the intent of same without modifica‐ tions. Bids must be signed in ink, dated, and title of person signing bid must be shown on bid.

Complete bidding docu‐ ments may be obtained from the The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, 71209-2250, via fax re‐ quest at 318/ 342-5218 or State of Louisiana LaPac https://wwwprd1. site: doa.louisiana.gov/OSP/ LaPAC/pubMain.cfm .Use bid #50006-027.

No bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of thirty (30) days after re‐ ceipt of bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any in‐ formalities incidental thereto.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe ad‐ heres to the equal oppor‐ tunity provisions of fed‐ eral civil rights laws and regulations.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE ---3KING HILL FIELD 26-283 thru 26-285 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026, upon the application of EXPAND OPERATING LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ i d ill

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Public Notices Conservation p tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the King Hill Field, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

1. To authorize Applicant to drill, designate and utilize one cross unit hor‐ izontal well to serve as an alternate unit well for HA RA SUW, HA RA SUS and HA RA SUY, at the lo‐ cation and in the general manner shown on the plat submitted with the application, or at any other legal location within such units, (the well to be drilled in lieu of the westernmost cross unit horizontal well ap‐ proved for HA RA SUS and HA RA SUY by Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance Order No. 1243-C26, effective April 29, 2025), and to approve ex‐ ceptions to the spacing provisions of Order No. 1243-C, effective January 6, 2009, as to the com‐ mon boundaries of the units which will be served by the cross unit horizontal well, and in accordance with LAC 43:XIX.4307, et seq.

(Statewide Order No. 29S).

2. To find that the pro‐ posed horizontal well is necessary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the Hay‐ nesville Zone underlying the units on which it is proposed to be drilled which cannot be effi‐ ciently and economically drained by any existing well on such units, will prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, protect correlative rights and promote the full and efficient devel‐ opment of the natural re‐ sources of this state.

3. To provide that if the horizontal portion of a well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) will be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not on the penetration point or ter‐ minus of the well in the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A. 4. To provide that pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed well shall be sepa‐ rated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance.

5. To provide that the unit allowables for the units to be served by the pro‐ posed well may be pro‐ duced from the unit well, from any alternate unit well, or from any combi‐ nation of such wells serving the unit, at the discretion of the opera‐ tor.

6. To provide that pro‐ duction from a cross unit horizontal well shall be allocated to each unit penetrated by the well in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as determined by an “as drilled” survey performed after the well has been drilled and completed.

7. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in full force and effect the provisions of Order No. 1243-C, ef‐ fective January 6, 2009, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 1243-C Se‐ ries of Orders, the units created thereby, and of all applicable Statewide Orders.

8. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 1243-C, ef‐ fective January 6, 2009.

A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, LA 8/13/26;8/18/26 S lck IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AT THE HEARING, PLEASE CON‐ TACT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORK‐ ING DAYS OF THE HEAR‐ ING DATE. 197767-aug 18-1t $82.21

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be ac‐ cepted in the Purchasing Department at Louisiana Delta Community College until 2:00 P.M., CST, Sep‐ tember 04, 2026, as per the specifications. Bids must be returned to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope marked with the Bid Number and Opening Date and Time.

Bids must be submitted on the form enclosed herewith, and in strict conformity with the in‐ tent of same without modifications. Bids must

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be signed in ink, dated, and title of person sign‐ ing bid must be shown on bid. Bid Number 40010-10626 - Provide Drug Screening Services.

No bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of thirty (30) days after re‐ ceipt of bids. Louisiana Delta Community College reserves the right to re‐ ject any and all bids and to waive any informali‐ ties incidental thereto.

Complete bidding docu‐ ments may be obtained from Louisiana Delta Community College, Kori Hearon, khcaron@bpcc. edu telephone (318) 6786242.

197828 Aug. 18, 1t $122.91 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY OF ST. GEORGE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HIMMEL ORDINANCE NO. 2026-025 TO ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CON‐ STRUCTION BOARD OF APPEALS AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, Title 1, Chap‐ ter 5, Section 511 of the City of St. George Code of Ordinances established a Construction Board of Appeals (CBOA); and WHEREAS, the powers and duties of the CBOA are set forth in the City's Building Code (Title 8 of the City of St. George Code of Ordinances); and WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City Council that no fee schedule has been es‐ tablished for applica‐ tions made to the CBOA. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the St. George City Council, State of Louisiana, as fol‐ lows: Section 1: The follow‐ ing fee schedule is hereby established for applications to the Con‐ struction Board of Ap‐ peals: 1. Appeal Fees Type of Appeal

Fee

Residential (1-2 Family Homes) $200.00 Commercial, MultiFamily, and All Other Occupancies $800.00 2. After-the-Fact Appeals An appeal involving work commenced or com‐ pleted without the re‐ quired permit(s) or ap‐ proval(s), or after en‐ forcement action has been initiated, shall be subject to an Appeal Fee equal to three (3) times the standard appeal fee.

For purposes of this sec‐ tion, an after-the-fact ap‐ peal includes, but is not limited to: • Work commenced with‐ out a required permit; • Work completed with‐ out a required permit; • Work performed after the issuance of a Stop Work Order or Notice of Violation; or • An appeal involving work that proceeded after a permit applica‐ tion or requested ap‐ proval was denied.

3. Payment Appeal fees shall be paid in full before an appeal application will be ac‐ cepted for administrative review.

Payment of an appeal fee does not guarantee that an appeal will be granted or that the requested re‐ lief will be approved.

4. Refunds Except as set forth herein, Appeal Fees are non-refundable once an appeal application has been accepted for ad‐ ministrative review.

The Building Official may authorize a refund only when: • The fee was collected in error; • The appeal was submit‐ ted in error through no fault of the Appellant; or • A refund is otherwise authorized by the City's adopted fee schedule or administrative policies.

Section 2: Conflicts. The specific terms and condi‐ tions of this Ordinance shall prevail against other ordinances of the City to the extent that there may be any con‐ flict.

Section 3: Severability. If any provision of this Or‐ dinance is declared in‐ valid by a court of com‐ petent jurisdiction, the other provisions shall re‐ main in full force and ef‐ fect.

Section 4: Effective Date.

This ordinance shall be effective upon publication, but not sooner than ten days after its passage.

This ordinance having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was: For: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot Against: Absent: Dellucci Abstain‐ ing / Recused: Adopted this 11th day of August, 2026 Signed this 12th day of August, 2026 Delivered to the Mayor on the 12th day of Au‐

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gust, 2026 _____________ Lorraine Beaman, City Clerk 197843 Aug. 18, 1t $59.68 PUBLIC NOTICE --METROPOLITAN COUNCIL GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT AUTHORITY EAST BATON ROUGE SEW‐ ERAGE COMMISSION CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE Wednesday, July 22, 2026 3:30 PM The Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and the City of Baton Rouge convened in zoning session on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM, in the Council Chambers of the Govern‐ mental Building, Room 348, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Meeting was called to order by the Presiding Officer and the following members were present: Present: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hud‐ son, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Absent: Hurst Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge of June 1976, as contained in and made a part of the “Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge for 1958,” as amended so as to: The following proposed ordinance was intro‐ duced by Ms. Coleman and read in full at the meeting of the Metropol‐ itan Council on June 24, 2026. With a public hear‐ ing called thereon for this meeting, the pro‐ posed ordinance was read in full for a second time.

ORDINANCE 19901 CASE 16-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE, NORTH OF GARDERE LANE, ON PROPERTY NOW OR FORMERLY KNOWN AS TRACT C-5-A2-A OF CHATSWORTH PLANTATION. SECTION 41, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA, TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL THREE (LC3), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED

BY THE PLANNING COM‐ MISSION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Gaudet and seconded by Ms. Harris to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso,

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Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19902 CASE 17-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MEADOWDALE DRIVE, SOUTH OF GREEN ACRES DRIVE, ON PROPERTY FORMERLY NOW OR KNOWN AS LOT 26-B OF GREEN ACRES SUBDIVI‐ SION. SECTION 77, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA, TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (A1) TO SINGLE FAMILY RESI‐ DENTIAL (A2), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED

BY THE PLANNING COM‐ MISSION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Harris to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19903 CASE 18-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COURSEY BOULEVARD, WEST OF STUMBERG ON PROPERTY LANE, NOW OR FORMERLY KNOWN AS LOT C OF THE A. G. SAVELL PROPERTY. SECTION 29, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA, TO RE‐ ZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE (LC1), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED BY THE PLANNING COMMIS‐ SION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was ll d f d l d

y called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19904 CASE 19-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CURTIS STREET, EAST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY, ON PROPERTY NOW OR FOR‐ MERLY KNOWN AS LOTS 8 AND 9 OF MORECO SUB‐ DIVISION, SQUARE 1. SEC‐ TION 50, T6S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA, TO REZONE FROM LIMITED RESIDEN‐ TIAL (A3.1) TO HIGH DEN‐ SITY MULTI-FAMILY RESI‐ DENTIAL (A3.3), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED BY THE PLAN‐ NING COMMISSION, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT‐ TACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Cole‐ man to approve the pro‐ posed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as fol‐ lows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19905 CASE 20-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROAD, MILLERVILLE NORTH OF SOUTH HAR‐ RELL’S FERRY ROAD, ON PROPERTY NOW OR FOR‐ MERLY KNOWN AS LOT C2-2-2 OF THE G. B. MUNDINGER TRACT. SEC‐ TION 47, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA, TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TWO (LC2), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED BY THE PLAN‐ NING COMMISSION, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT‐ TACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed di i

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OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE Notice is hereby given to all citizens of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge and to all other interested persons, of the introduction at the regular meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, held on August 12, 2026 of the proposed resolutions/ordinances, the titles of which are set forth hereinafter, and that public hearing will be held thereon by the Metropolitan Council at 4:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 26, 2026, in the Council Chambers (Room 348) on the third floor of the City-Parish Governmental Building in this City, these proposed resolutions/ordinances being entitled as follows: Lot A, Square 26, South Baton Rouge Jefferson Davis Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds): Lot 7, Square 28, South Baton Rouge Tyler Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds): Lot 5, Square 34, Scotland Addition Finch Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds): Lot 15 Square 5, Valley Park Delta Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds): Lot 13 & 14, Square 4, Valley Park Delta Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds): 197700-678112-Aug. 18-1t $ 108.16

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g p p ordinance. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19906 CASE 21-26 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE OF 2024, AS CONTAINED IN AND MADE A PART OF THE "COMPREHENSIVE ZON‐ ING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE", AS AMENDED, SO AS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY located on the east side of South Sherwood Forest Boule‐

vard, south of South Har‐ rell’s Ferry Road, on property now or formerly known as Tract C of the Max Tobias Tract. Section 49, T7S, R2E, GLD, TO RE‐ ZONE FROM Rural to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (restaurant) (CAB-1) and Light Commer‐ cial One (LC1), AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH PREPARED BY THE PLAN‐ NING COMMISSION, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT‐ TACHED The Presiding Officer an‐ nounced that a public hearing on the above or‐ dinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Dunn Jr. to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Noel, Kenney, Moak, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst

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With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ADJOURN A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and sec‐ onded by Mr. Noel to ad‐ journ. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and re‐ sulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

The Presiding Officer de‐ clared the meeting ad‐ journed _____________________ Council Administra‐ tor/Treasurer _____________________ Mayor-President ProTempore 197654-AUG 18-1T $181.03

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8D ■ Tuesday,August 18, 2026 ■ theadvocate.com ■ The Advocate Legal Notices THE September 9, 2026 MINERAL LEASE SALE NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OFFICE OF STATE RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE MINERAL AND ENERGY BOARD FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70821 Notice is hereby given in conformity with La. R.S. 30:126 that sealed bids will be received in the Office of State Resources, LaSalle Office Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (P. O. Box 2827, Baton Rouge, LA 70821) on or before 12:00 noon on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 for a lease to explore, drill for and produce oil, gas and any other liquid or gaseous minerals in solution and produced with oil or gas on the following described tracts (Tract Nos. 46103 through 46127, inclusive).

The sealed bids shall be opened publicly on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 in the LaSalle Office Building, 617 N. 3rd Street, Capitol Complex, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The descriptions for the Tract(s) nominated below were, for the purpose of acquiring a mineral lease(s) or a geophysical agreement(s), provided and corrected exclusively by the nominating party.

Therefore, any mineral lease(s) or geophysical agreement(s) awarded by the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board (Mineral Board) from the Tract(s) listed below are without warranty of any kind, either express, implied or statutory including, but not limited to, title or the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

An error or omission in the nominating party’s Tract description may require that a State mineral lease(s) or geophysical agreement(s) be modified, canceled or abrogated due to the existence of conflicting leases, operating agreements, private claims or other future obligations or conditions within the Tract(s) described. In such case, however, the Mineral Board shall not be obligated to refund any consideration paid by the Lessee prior to such modification, cancellation or abrogation including, but not limited to, bonuses, rentals and royalties.

Tract(s) available for leasing may be situated in the Louisiana Coastal Zone as defined in Act 361 of the Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1978 (promulgated as LSA-R. S. 49:213) and may be subject to the guidelines and regulations promulgated by the Office of Coastal Management of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources for operations in the Coastal Zone.

Further, in accordance with Article XII, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and notwithstanding any language herein to the contrary, any mineral rights granted by the Mineral and Energy Board to the tract(s) advertised herein are subject to the surface usage for integrated coastal protection or hurricane and flood protection projects promulgated, funded and effected through the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, and the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and its divisions,

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Bids may be for the whole or any particularly described portion of the land advertised, but no bids will be accepted that does not equal the Minimum Royalty as set forth in La. R.S. 30:127 or which are not in compliance with the provisions of Sub-part A of Chapter 2, Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, other applicable laws or the guidelines established by the Board through the Office of Mineral Resources.

The Minimum Royalty is not to be construed as an amount acceptable to the Mineral Board, it being the policy of the Mineral Board to reject any bid which does not reflect tract potential. The Board considers bonus, royalty percentage, and also compares royalty granted to landowners in the area.

Multiple portion bids on the same tract may be accepted by the Mineral Board, even though they overlap. In the case of overlapping portion bids on the same tract, each of which is otherwise acceptable to the State, the Mineral Board has the sole discretion, to determine which one of the multiple bids on the same tract is most advantageous and in the best interest of the State.

The Mineral Board may base it decision on factors such as but not limited to the royalty, per acre cash payment, bonus, any additional consideration.

The selected bid, (referred to as “Bid A”), will be given priority in having a lease issued.

The Mineral Board will also indicate the acceptability of other portion bids on the same tract, if any, in the order of their acceptance (referred to respectively as “Bid B”, “Bid C”, etc.). Once the plat of “Bid A” ‘s portion has been rendered as accurately as possible, “Bid B” will be contacted and given an option to take a lease on the remaining portion of his portion bid acreage not overlapping “Bid A” ‘s bid portion, at “Bid B’ ‘s per acre bid price (both as to bonus and rental); and thereafter, each successive bidder whose bid is otherwise acceptable will be given the option to take a lease on whatever portion remains of his portion bid acreage at his respective per acre bid price, less and except any prior portion bid acreage on which the successful bidder has opted to take a lease.

The Mineral and Energy Board does not obligate itself to accept any bid, and that acceptance is at the sole discretion of the Mineral Board which reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to grant a lease on any portion of the tract advertised and to withdraw the remainder of the tract.

Refer to the “Notice of Publication” for the general guidelines, minimum requirements, and additional notes associated with each tract advertised.

The “Notice of Publication” can be found at: h t t p : / / w w w . d n r. louisiana.gov/index. cfm/page/1454.

The rights to g e o t h e r m a l resources, free sulphur, potash, lignite, salt and other solid minerals are to be excluded from any oil or gas mineral lease and any bid purporting to include those rights will be disregarded as to the extent of those rights only.

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INLAND TRACTS (Tract Nos. 46103 through 46124 inclusive, herein cannot specify a lease primary term exceeding three (3) years).

TRACT 46103 Vermilion Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 1,741,453.75 and Y = 483,628.39; thence South 21 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West 3,840.29 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 1,740,052.65 and Y = 480,052.81; thence North 65 degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds West 1,212.65 feet to a point having Coordinates X = 1,738,949.51 and Y = 480,556.40; thence North 21 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds East 3,168.42 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 1,740,105.48 and Y = 483,506.42; thence North 42 minutes 45 minutes 01 seconds East to a point being the Southeast corner of State Lease No. 20180, as amended, having Coordinates of X = 1,740,287.27 and Y = 483,703.08;thence Northeasterly along a curve to the left having a chord bearing of North 37 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds East, a chord distance of 140.20 feet, a radius of 2,035.05 feet, a delta angle of 03 degrees 56 minutes 52 seconds, and an arc distance of 140.23 feet along the boundary of said State Lease No. 20180, as amended, to a point having Coordinates X = 1,740,371.65 and Y = 483,815.04; thence South 80 degrees 12 minutes 47 seconds East 1,098.08 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 10.02 acres.

TRACT 46104 Vermilion Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 1,740,231.15 and Y = 479,971.32; thence South 21 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West 2,115.49 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 1,739,459.33 and Y = 478,001.65; thence North 80 degrees 27 minutes 57 seconds West 1,238.88 feet to a point having Coordinates X = 1,738,237.57 and Y = 478,206.85; thence North 21 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds East 2,436.69 feet to a point having

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Coordinates of X = 1,739,126.57 and Y = 480,475.58; thence South 65 degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds East 1,214.24 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 6.58 acres.

St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,603,527.37 and Y = 426,359.73; thence South 63 degrees 27 minutes 37 seconds East 15,294.25 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,617,210.00 and Y = 419,526.00; thence South 28 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West 17,908.13 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,608,654.00 and Y = 403,794.00; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes 22 seconds West 7,567.83 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 403,627.51; thence North 10,204.49 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence East 2,439.37 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,603,527.37 and Y = 413,832.00; thence North 12,527.73 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 1,795 acres.

islands arising therein lands and other formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,551,792.00 and Y = 424,710.00; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 45 seconds East 17,148.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,568,939.73 and Y = 424,806.02; thence South 10,974.02 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,568,939.73 and Y = 413,832.00; thence West 17,081.73 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,551,858.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 52 seconds West 10,878.20 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 674 acres.

or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,585,482.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence East 15,606.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence South 10,204.49 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 403,627.51; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes 22 seconds West 15,609.78 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,585,482.00 and Y = 403,284.08; thence North 10,547.92 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 1,609 acres.

Coordinates of X = 2,669,250.00 and Y = 331,355.00; thence South 15,395 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,669,250.00 and Y = 315,960.00; thence West 8,000 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 315,960.00; thence North 15,395 feet to the point of beginning, LESS AND EXCEPT all that portion of State Lease No. 21864 which lies entirely within the above described tract, being more fully described as follows: Commencing at a point being the point of beginning of the above described nominated tract having coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 331,355.00; thence South 07 degrees 54 minutes 44 seconds East 7,627.62 feet to a point being the point of beginning of said State Lease No. 21864 having Coordinates of X = 2,662,300.00 and Y = 323,800.00; thence East 4,000.00 feet to a point in Block 30, Breton Sound Area having Coordinates of X = 2,666,300.00 and Y = 323,800.00; thence South 5,000.00 feet to a point in Block 35, Breton Sound Area having Coordinates of X = 2,666,300.00 and Y = 318,800.00; thence West 4,000.00 feet to a point in Block 34, Breton Sound Area having Coordinates of X = 2,662,300.00 and Y = 318,800.00; thence North 5,000.00 feet to the point of beginning, the nominated tract containing approximately 2,368.23 acres.

TRACT 46105 Vermilion Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 1,735,494.19 and Y = 478,715.51; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East 2,943.30 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 1,738,437.49 and Y = 478,717.05; thence South 21 degrees 23 minutes 52 seconds West 987.82 feet to a point having Coordinates X = 1,738,077.09 and Y = 477,797.32; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds West 2,582.41 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 1,735,494.68 and Y = 477,797.26; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds West 918.25 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 5.24 acres.

TRACT 46106 Portion of Block 46, Chandeleur Sound Area, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,590,108.00 and Y = 433,062.00; thence South 63 degrees 27 minutes 37 seconds East 15,000.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,603,527.37 and Y = 426,359.73; thence South 12,527.73 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,603,527.37 and Y = 413,832.00; thence West 2,439.37 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence North 11,070.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 424,902.00; thence West 15,000.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,586,088.00 and Y = 424,902.00; thence North 26 degrees 13 minutes 37 seconds East 9,096.48 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 466 acres.

TRACT 46107 Portion of Blocks 45, 46, 47, and 48, Chandeleur Sound Area, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in

TRACT 46108 - St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,568,939.73 and Y = 424,806.02; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 46 seconds East 17,148.54 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,586,088.00 and Y = 424,902.00; thence South 11,070.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,586,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence West 17,148.27 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,568,939.73 and Y = 413,832.00; thence North 10,974.02 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 1,571 acres.

TRACT 46109 Portion of Block 46, Chandeleur Sound Area, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,586,088.00 and Y = 424,902.00; thence East 15,000.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 424,902.00; thence South 11,070.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,601,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence West 15,000.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,586,088.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence North 11,070.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,098 acres.

TRACT 46110 - St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all

TRACT 46111 - St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,551,858.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence East 15,624.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,567,482.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence South 10,944.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,567,482.00 and Y = 402,888.00; thence North 54 degrees 59 minutes 25 seconds West 19,075.65 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 380 acres.

TRACT 46112 - St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,567,482.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence East 18,000.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,585,482.00 and Y = 413,832.00; thence South 10,547.92 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,585,482.00 and Y = 403,284.08; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes 22 seconds West 18,004.36 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,567,482.00 and Y = 402,888.00; thence North 10,944.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 1,630 acres.

TRACT 46113 Portion of Blocks 46, and 47, Chandeleur Sound Area, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion

TRACT 46114 Portion of Block 31, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of Block 31, Main Pass Area, Revised, having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 331,355.00; thence East 11,150 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 331,355.00; thence South 9,025 feet to a point on the South line of said Block 31, Main Pass Area, Revised, having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence West 3,150 feet along the South line of said Block 31, Main Pass Area, Revised, to the Northeast corner of State Lease No. 21543, as amended, to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,658,100.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence continue West 1,910 feet along the North line of said State Lease No. 21543, as amended, to the Southeast corner of State Lease No. 22331, having Coordinates of X = 2,656,190.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence North 21 degrees 55 minutes 22 seconds West 6,133.53 feet along the Eastern line of said State Lease No. 22331, to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,653,900.00 and Y = 328,020.00; thence North 48 degrees 43 minutes 44 seconds West 5,055.91 feet along the boundary of said State Lease No. 22331 to the point of beginning, containing approximately 1,518.71 acres.

TRACT 46115 Portion of Blocks 30, 31, 34, and 35, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 331,355.00; thence East 8,000 feet to a point having

TRACT 46116 Portion of Block 32, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 326,629.48, said point being the Southwest corner of State Lease No. 22316, as amended; thence North 79 degrees 45 minutes 24 seconds East 3,229.73 feet along the Southern boundary of State Lease No. 22316, as amended, to a point being its Southeast corner having Coordinates of X = 2,638,528.25 and Y = 327,203.82, said point also being a point on the Southern boundary of State Lease No. 1227, as amended; thence along the boundary of said State Lease No. 1227, as amended, the following: North 79 degrees 45 minutes 24 seconds East 3,665.48 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,642,135.31 and Y = 327,855.65, South 18 degrees 56 minutes 08 seconds East 1,943.31 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,642,765.92 and Y = 326,017.50, thence East 3,834.08 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,646,600.00 and Y = 326,017.50, and North 5,337.50 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,646,600.00 and Y = 331,355.00, said point being the Northeast corner of said State Lease No. 1227, as amended; thence East 3,500.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 331,355.00, said point being the Northern corner of State Lease No. 22331, as amended; thence along the

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TRACT 46117 Portion of Block 33, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence East 12,970.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,648,320.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence South 7,320.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,648,320.00 and Y = 315,010.00; thence West 12,970.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 315,010.00; thence North 2,518.51 feet to a point on the Southern boundary of State Lease No. 22114, as amended, having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 317,528.51; thence along the boundary of said State Lease No. 22114, as amended, the following: East 1,229.84 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,636,579.84 and Y = 317,528.51, North 1,320.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,636,579.84 and Y = 318,848.51, and West 1,229.84 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 318,848.51; thence North 3,481.49 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,142.26 acres.

TRACT 46118 Portion of Blocks 33, and 34, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the North line of Block 34, Main Pass Area, Revised, having Coordinates of X = 2,658,100.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence East 3,150 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 322,330.00; thence South 11,230 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,661,250.00 and Y = 311,100.00; thence West 12,930 feet to a point having Coordinates of X =

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TRACT 46119 Portion of Block 48, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 307,570.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 307,570.00; thence South 7,370.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point on the Eastern boundary of State Lease No. 12002, as amended, having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence North 686.10 feet along the Eastern boundary of State Lease No. 12002, as amended, to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 300,886.10 being the Northeast corner of State Lease No. 21002, as amended; thence North 6,683.90 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,495.58 acres.

TRACT 46120 Portion of Block 47, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 307,570.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 307,570.00; thence South 7,370.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence North 7,370.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,495.58 acres.

TRACT 46121 Portion of Block 48, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish,

Legal Notices Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the Eastern boundary of State Lease No. 12002, as amended, having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence South 7,380.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence North 4,099.76 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 296,919.76 being the Southeast corner of State Lease No. 12002, as amended; thence North 3,280.24 feet along the Eastern boundary of State Lease No. 12002, as amended to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,498.97 acres.

TRACT 46122 Portion of Block 47, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 300,200.00; thence South 7,380.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence North 7,380.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,498.97 acres.

TRACT 46123 Portion of Block 50, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence South 7,370.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,664,850.00 and Y = 285,450.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point having

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TRACT 46124 Portion of Block 49, Breton Sound Area, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana, together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on September 9, 2026, situated in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence East 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 292,820.00; thence South 7,325.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,650,100.00 and Y = 285,495.00; thence West 14,750.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,635,350.00 and Y = 285,495.00; thence North 7,325.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 2,480.34 acres.

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TRACT 46125 Caddo Parish, Louisiana A certain Tract of land, excluding the beds and bottoms of all navigable waters, belonging to and not presently under mineral lease from Caddo Parish Commission on September 9, 2026, being more fully described as follows: Those certain adjudicated properties located in Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, described as Lot 42, Rose Park Annex, Unit No. 1, with Geo. #171409 038 0042 and containing a net .10 acres; Lot 27, Marva Park Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 035 0027 and containing a net .12 acres; Lots 21 AND 22, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0084 and containing a net .09 acres; Lot B, Re subdivision of Lots 242, 243, 244, 245 AND 246, Country Club Heights Subdivision, Unit 4, with Geo. #171409 030 0002 and containing a net .09 acres; Lots 25 AND 26, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0074 and containing a net .09 acres; Lot 21 AND the West 15 ft. of Lot 20, Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0021 and containing a net .07 acres; Lot A, Country Club Hills Subdivision, Unit 3, with Geo. #171409 004 0053 and containing a net .05 acres; the East 5 ft. of Lot 9, Blk. H, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 008 0071 and containing a net .02 acres; the East 5 ft. of Lot 12, Blk. H, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 008 0072 and containing a net .02 acres; the West 5 ft. of Lot 9, Blk. H, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 008 0073 and containing a net .02 acres; the West 15 ft. of the East 20 ft. Lot 9, Blk. H, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 008 0074 and containing a net .03 acres; Lots 24, 25 AND West 20 ft. of Lot 26, Blk. M,

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replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 009 0067 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 33, 34, 35 AND East 4 ft. of Lot 32 AND West 1 ft. of Lot 36, Blk. N, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 010 0057 and containing a net .12 acres; Lots 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 AND West 21 ft. of Lot 32 AND East 6 ft. of Lot 26, Blk. N, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 010 058 and containing a net .23 acres; Lots 37 AND East 24 ft. of Lot 36 AND West 19 ft. of Lot 38, Blk. N, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 010 0059 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 39, 40, AND East 6 ft. of Lot 38, Blk. N, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 010 0061 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 24, 25, AND East 4 ft. of Lot 23 AND West 19 ft. of Lot 26, Blk. N, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 010 0066 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 33, AND 34, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0033 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 19, 20, AND West 23.8 ft. of Lot 18, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0070 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 50 AND 51, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0072 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 52, 53, AND West 2 ft. of Lot 54, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0078 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 57 AND East 23 ft. of Lot 56, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0079 and containing a net .10 acres; Lots 4, 5, AND West 20 ft. of Lot 3 AND East 3.5 ft. of Lot 6, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0081 and containing a net .11 acres; Lot 55, AND East 23 ft. of Lot 54 AND West 2 ft. of Lot 56, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0085 and containing a net .07 acres; Lots 8, 9, 16 AND 17 Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0057 and containing a net .20 acres; Lots 6, 7, 10, 11 AND West 18 ft. of Lot 5 AND East 15 ft. of Lot 13, Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0058 and containing a net .20 acres; Lots 28, AND 29, Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0060 and containing a net .08 acres; Lot 20 AND West 1 ft. of Lot 19 AND East 24 ft. of Lot 21, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0020 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 58, 59, 60, 61 AND 62, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0058 and containing a net .20 acres; Lots 69, AND 70, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0069 and containing a net .08 acres; the West 2 ft. of Lot 15, AND all of Lot 16 AND East 24 ft. of Lot 17, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0076 and containing a net .08 acres; Lot 18, AND West 1 ft. of Lot 17 AND East 24 ft. of Lot 19, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0077 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 22, AND 23 AND West 1 ft. of Lot 21, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0094 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 30 AND 31, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0095 and containing

a net .08 acres; Lots 73 AND 74, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0097 and containing a net .11 acres; Lots 65 AND 66, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0104 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 9 AND 10, Blk. U, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 015 0009 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 43 AND 44, Blk. U, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 015 0043 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 1 AND 2, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0001 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 3 AND 26, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0003 and containing a net .13 acres; Lots 4 AND 7, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0004 and containing a net .08 acres; Lot 8, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0008 and containing a net .06 acres; Lots 32 AND 33, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0032 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 34 AND 35, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0034 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 36 AND 37, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0036 and containing a net .08 acres; Lots 38 AND 39, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0038 and containing a net .07 acres; the East 15 ft. of Lot 31, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0047 and containing a net .02 acres; Lots 29 AND 30, AND West 10 ft. of Lot 31, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0052 and containing a net .10 acres; a tract located in Country Club Heights Subdivision, Unit 2, with Geo. #171409 017 0099 and containing a net of .06 acres; the West 99.9 ft. of Lot 141, Country Club Heights Subdivision, Unit 3, with Geo. #171409 026 0002 and containing a net of .29 acres; Lot A, Re Sub of Lots 242 to 246, Country Club Heights Subdivision, Unit 4, with Geo. #171409 030 0001 and containing a net of .08 acres; Lot 12, Henderson Pines Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 033 0012 and containing a net of .08 acres; Lot 9, Rose Park Annex, Unit 1, with Geo. #171409 038 0009 and containing a net of .08 acres; Lot 11, less East 143.7 ft. AND North 76.67 ft. of Lot 9, Golf Links Boulevard Subdivision, less the portion in Country Club Drive, with Geo. #171409 047 0045 and containing a net .53 acres; all the above described property located in Section 9, T17N, R14W containing a total of 11.07 Gross acres and 5.53 Net acres.

The description is based on information provided by the State Agency regarding location and ownership of surface and mineral rights.

N O T E : Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, at the end of the primary term or any extension thereof by operations, if the Commission of Conservation of the State of Louisiana establishes a drilling unit which included a part of the land herein leased, the production of oil, gas and other minerals from such unit shall maintain this lease in full force and effect only as to such portions of the leased land embraced in said pooled unit; and this lease shall expire as to that part of the land herein leased not included in such unit; and lessee, its successors and assigns agrees to relinquish by formal instrument any portion of the leased land not included in a unit created by the Commission of Conservation while this lease is in effect.

0036 and containing .08 acres; Lots 10, 11, AND West 21 ft. of Lot 9 AND East 5.7 ft. of Lot 12, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0071 and containing .23 acres; Lots 41 AND 42, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011 0076 and containing .15 acres; Lots 26, AND 27, Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0026 and containing .15 acres; Lots 22, AND 23, Blk. P, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 012 0059 and containing .15 acres; Lots 10, AND 11, Blk. S, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 013 0010 and containing .16 acres; Lots 15 AND 16, Blk. S, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 013 0055 and containing .16 acres; Lots 25, AND 26, Blk. S, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 013 0058 and containing .16 acres; Lots 23 AND 24, Blk. S, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 013 0066 and containing .26 acres; Lots 71 AND 72, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0071 and containing .16 acres; Lots 32, AND 33, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0087 and containing .16 acres; Lots 48, 49, AND West 3 ft. of Lot 50, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0105 and containing .17 acres; the East 22 ft. of Lot 54 and Lots 55, 56 AND 57, Blk. T, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 014 0109 and containing 0.31 acres; Lots 5 AND 6, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0005 and containing .26 acres; Lot 9, Blk. V, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 016 0009 and containing .06 acres; Lot 25, Henderson Pines Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 033 0025 and containing .31 acres; Lot 28, Rose Park Annex, Unit 1, with Geo. #171409 038 0028 and containing .15 acres; Lots 10 AND 11, Central Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 046 0022 and containing .29 acres; and the following property owned by the Parish of Caddo described as Lot 5, Replat of Greenwood Road Commercial Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 052 0005, and containing 2.88 acres; all the above described property located in Section 9, T17N, R14W containing a total of 6.66 acres.

The description is based on information provided by the State Agency regarding location and ownership of surface and mineral rights.

herein leased, the production of oil, gas and other minerals from such unit shall maintain this lease in full force and effect only as to such portions of the leased land embraced in said pooled unit; and this lease shall expire as to that part of the land herein leased not included in such unit; and lessee, its successors and assigns agrees to relinquish by formal instrument any portion of the leased land not included in a unit created by the Commission of Conservation while this lease is in effect.

NOTE: Lessee, it’s successors or assigns, may produce oil, gas and other minerals from the leased premises by drilling from a surface location on other lands, but notwithstanding any other provision of this lease, Lessee, it’s successors or assigns, shall not use the surface of the Lessor’s property for drilling or any other operations without prior written permission of Lessor, which permission may be withheld at Lessor’s discretion.

NOTE: Upon the expiration of the primary term hereof or any extension thereof by operations, this lease shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect except as to all that part of the leased premises then included within the geographical boundaries of a producing unit duly established by governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction, from the surface of the earth to a depth of 100 feet below the deepest depth from which any well commenced during the primary term hereof on the leased premises or on lands pooled therewith is completed and from which there is production in paying quantities, such depth determination to be made on a unit by unit basis. In the absence of units so established, this lease shall terminate except as to 40 acres around each producing oil well and 160 acres around each producing or shut-in gas well located on the leased premises, in as near the form of a square as is practicable, from the surface of the earth down to a depth of 100 feet below the deepest depth from which said well or wells are completed and from which there is production in paying quantities, such depth determination to be made on a well by well basis.

NOTE: This lease shall exclude free sulphur, potash, lignite, salt and any other hard or solid mineral. Lessee shall not have any rights to explore, drill for, mine, produce or take any action whatsoever in regard to any such hard or solid mineral deposits.

NOTE: The Caddo Parish Commission will require a minimum bonus of $3,000.00 per acre and a minimum royalty of not less than 1/4th or 25%.

TRACT 46126 Caddo Parish, Louisiana A certain Tract of land, excluding the beds and bottoms of all navigable waters, belonging to and not presently under mineral lease from Caddo Parish Commission on September 9, 2026, being more fully described as follows: Those certain adjudicated properties located in Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, described as Lots 8 AND 9, Blk. S, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 013 0056 and containing .16 acres; Lots 15, 16, AND West 18.75 ft. of Lot 14 AND East 12.5 ft. of Lot 17, Blk. M, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 009 0063 and containing .25 acres; Lot 36, Blk. O, replat of Forest Glen Subdivision, with Geo. #171409 011

NOTE: Lessee, it’s successors or assigns, may produce oil, gas and other minerals from the leased premises by drilling from a surface location on other lands, but notwithstanding any other provision of this lease, Lessee, it’s successors or assigns, shall not use the surface of the Lessor’s property for drilling or any other operations without prior written permission of Lessor, which permission may be withheld at Lessor’s discretion.

N O T E : Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, at the end of the primary term or any extension thereof by operations, if the Commission of Conservation of the State of Louisiana establishes a drilling unit which included a part of the land

NOTE: Upon the expiration of the primary term hereof or any extension thereof by operations, this lease shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect except as to all that part of the leased premises then included within the geographical boundaries of a producing unit duly established by governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction, from the surface of the earth to a depth of 100 feet below the deepest depth from which any well commenced during the primary term hereof on the leased premises or on lands pooled therewith is completed and from which there is production in paying quantities, such depth determination to be made on a unit by unit basis. In the absence of units so established, this lease shall terminate except as to 40 acres around each producing oil well and 160 acres around each producing or shut-in gas well located on the leased premises, in as near the form of a square as is practicable, from the surface of the earth down to a depth of 100 feet below the deepest depth from which said well or wells are completed and from which there is production in paying quantities, such depth determination to be made on a well by well basis.

NOTE: This lease shall exclude free sulphur, potash, lignite, salt and any other hard or solid mineral. Lessee shall not have any rights to explore, drill for, mine, produce or take any action whatsoever in regard to any such hard or solid mineral deposits.

NOTE: The Caddo Parish Commission will require a minimum bonus of $3,000.00 per acre and a minimum royalty of not less than 1/4th or 25%.

TRACT 46127 Caddo Parish, Louisiana A certain Tract of land, excluding the beds and bottoms of all navigable waters, belonging to and not presently under mineral lease from Caddo Parish School Board on September 9, 2026, being more fully described as follows: Those certain tracts of land located in Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1: A certain tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, containing 4.00 acres, more or less, being more particularly described in that certain Deed, recorded March 26, 1925, under, Book 211, Page 735, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Geo #171409-0370004-00.

Tract 2: A certain tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter

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Geo #171409-037-000400.

Tract 3: A certain tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, containing 3.81 acres, more or less, being more particularly described in that certain Deed, recorded June 11, 1975, under Instrument Number 656021, Book 1498, Page 67, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Geo #171409-037-007600.

Tract 4: A certain tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 9, Township 17 North, Range 14 West, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, containing 2.00 acres, more or less, being more particularly described in that certain Deed, recorded May 20, 1958, under Instrument Number 179924, Book 835, Page 464, of the Conveyance Records of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Geo #171409-037-650000.

The aggregate of the above tracts 1-4 herein is 11.81 acres, more or less.

The description is based on information provided by the State Agency regarding location and ownership of surface and mineral rights.

NOTE: After the original term of the Lease, production from the leased premises, or from land unitized or pooled therewith, shall only maintain the Lease or otherwise provided therein from the surface of the earth to one hundred feet (100’) below the deepest then producing formation drilled by Lessee; after the primary term has expired, the Lease shall terminate as to all deeper strata. Lessee shall execute a recordable release as to such released depths upon Lessor’s request.

NOTE: No deductions from Lessor’s royalty except severance taxes.

NOTE: The Lease to be granted without warranty of any kind or nature, express, implied, or statutory, not even as to the return of any monies or benefits received under any of the terms hereof, but with full subrogation of all rights of warranty to which Lessor may be entitled.

NOTE: Without the express written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld at the sole discretion of Lessor, Lessee shall not conduct any surface operations on the leased premises.

NOTE: The Caddo Parish School Board will require a minimum bonus of $3,000.00 per acre and a minimum royalty of twenty-five (25%) percent.

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ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES WANTED Applications for ARCHITECTURAL Services for the following projects will be accepted until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 01, 2026.

(Your attention is called to the 2:00 p.m. deadline -- exceptions WILL NOT be made). Applications shall be submitted on the standard LSB - 1 (September 2019 edition) only, with no additional pages attached.

Please be sure to use an up-to-date copy of the form. These forms are available at the Office of Facility Planning and Control and on the Selection Board page of the Facility Planning & Control website at https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/fpc/selection-boards/.

Do not attach any additional pages to this application. Applications with attachments in addition to the pre-numbered sheets or otherwise not following this format will be discarded. One fully completed signed copy of each application shall be submitted. The copy may be printed and mailed or printed and delivered or scanned in PDF format and e-mailed. Printed submittals shall not be bound or stapled. E-mailed PDF copies, as well as printed copies, shall be received by Facility Planning & Control within the deadline stated above. The date and time the e-mail is received in the Microsoft Outlook Inbox at Facility Planning & Control shall govern compliance with the deadline for e-mailed applications. Timely delivery by whatever means is strictly the responsibility of the applicant. By e-mailing an application the applicant assumes full responsibility for timely electronic delivery.

DO NOT submit both printed and e-mail copies. Any application submitted by both means will be discarded.

1. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services Architectural Design Services, Region A (North) Program 1 - Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. This project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region A (North) area, otherwise known as “Region A” of the Louisiana State University System. Region A is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Shreveport, LSU Health Shreveport, and 3 LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings; including associated utility infrastructure; drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure; and the demolition of public facilities.

This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

2. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services Architectural Design Services, Region A (North) Program 2 - Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region A (North) area, otherwise known as “Region A” of the Louisiana State University System. Region A is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Shreveport, LSU Health Shreveport, and 3 LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure; and the demolition of public facilities.

This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features

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will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

3. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region B (Southwest) Program 1 Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region B (Southwest) area, otherwise known as “Region B” of the Louisiana State University System. Region B is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Alexandria, LSU Eunice, and 3 LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities.

This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

4. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region B (Southwest) Program 2 Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region B (Southwest) area, otherwise known as “Region B” of the Louisiana State University System. Region B is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Alexandria, LSU Eunice, and 3 LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities.

This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may

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require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

5. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region C (Baton Rouge) Program 1 - Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region C (Baton Rouge) area, otherwise known as “Region C” of the Louisiana State University System. Region C is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU A&M (Baton Rouge), Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU AgCenter, and nine (9) LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities. This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

6. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region C (Baton Rouge) Program 2 - Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region C (Baton Rouge) area, otherwise known as “Region C” of the Louisiana State University System. Region C is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU A&M (Baton Rouge), Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU AgCenter, and nine (9) LSU AgCenter Research Stations. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities. This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately

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contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

7. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region D (New Orleans) Program 1 Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region D (New Orleans) area, otherwise known as “Region D” of the Louisiana State University System. Region D is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Health New Orleans and LSU New Orleans. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities. This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

8. Louisiana State University System IDIQ Professional Services – Architectural Design Services, Region D (New Orleans) Program 2 Multiple Award Contract, TBD, Louisiana, Project No. TBD. The project consists of one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) master contract for the purpose of addressing deferred maintenance needs in the Region D (New Orleans) area, otherwise known as “Region D” of the Louisiana State University System. Region D is comprised of the following LSU System campuses: LSU Health New Orleans and LSU New Orleans. The work includes project needs as determined by the agency, up to, and including the complete renovation of buildings, including associated utility infrastructure, drainage, street, sidewalk, and site infrastructure, and the demolition of public facilities. This IDIQ professional design contract shall not include design services for new buildings. It is considered beneficial for the selected Designer to be familiar with LSU campus standards, active campus operations, and applicable code, accessibility, historic preservation, hazardous materials, and sustainability requirements. Contracts issued under this selection will consist of a master contract for professional design services where an agency can issue multiple, separate task orders to the Designer for different design efforts. Fees for individual task orders issued under the master contract will utilize the state fee curve. The master contracts issued under this selection shall have a term not to exceed two years and shall have a maximum total fee of one million dollars, not inclusive of amendments that shall be related to services necessary for the completion of ongoing projects. The owner is not obligated to issue task orders in any quantity that equals the maximum total fee by the end of the term of the agreement and may cease the issuance of task orders prior to the end of the term of the agreement. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain leadbased paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications.

The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design associated with issued task orders issued for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Depending on the scale and scope of the task order issued, the following may be required to be implemented on the part of the selected Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program: the Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program: the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. Task orders associated with this project may require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. Task orders associated with this project may require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions

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of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are TBD ($0 to $10,000,000.00), with a fee TBD not to exceed $1,000,000.00. Contract design time is 730 consecutive calendar days; including TBD days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of TBD per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Patrick Fulkerson, Facility Planning & Control, patrick.fulkerson@la.gov, (225) 219-4270.

9. Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing Open-Bay Barracks Phase 2, Pineville, Louisiana, Project No. LA26-A-044.

This project consists of the construction of a new approximately 68,400 s.f.

Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing (CT UH) Barracks Building Phase 2, including, but not limited to, associated site improvements, hardscape, and site utilities. The proposed barracks will be a two story, open-bay structure designed to house 320 beds. The building will consist of a concrete slab-on-grade foundation, structural steel framing, and brick fascia, with all required HVAC, electrical, plumbing, thermal, and moisture protection systems necessary to support the facility. Construction documents, including drawings and specifications from previous projects, will be provided to the Designer for reference and use. The design shall closely match the exterior architectural character, construction materials, and functional layout of recently constructed barracks facilities. The basis of design shall be the existing CT UH barracks prototype developed for the training center in Pineville, Louisiana, with modifications as necessary to adapt the design to the project site, applicable codes, and projectspecific requirements. Design services shall be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and Bidding and Contracts (up to 65%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this.

At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. Design and construction of the project shall follow the Louisiana National Guard Guiding Principles, Design Guide (DG) 415-1, DG 415-5 and NG Pam 415-12, and the Build America, Buy America Act; as well as all applicable federal, state and local building codes, including life safety codes. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Design will include all investigative site surveys as necessary including, but not limited to, topographic, geotechnical, survey, drainage and other investigations as required. Investigative services may be authorized as an increase to the Designer’s fee. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer.

The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. This project will be administered by the Military Department and applicants should be thoroughly familiar with their requirements and procedures before submitting an application. Any questions about these requirements and procedures should be directed to the Military Department. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to the Military in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $34,301,000.00 with a fee of approximately $1,395,122.00. Contract design time is 210 consecutive calendar days; including 70 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000.00 per day will be assessed.

For questions related to the project please contact Maj Scott Mucci, Military, scott.m.mucci.mil@army.mil.

10. Building Renovation, James Warren Lee Hall, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Project No. 01-107-24-05, F.01004847.

The project consists of comprehensive renovations to James Warren Lee Hall, located on the Baton Rouge (Main) Campus of Southern University. Originally constructed in 1962, the existing two story Lee Hall, at approximately 61,000 s.f., primarily houses the University’s Department of Chemistry and includes classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, faculty and administrative offices, and associated building support spaces. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, comprehensive professional design services to support renovations required to address critical architectural and building infrastructure needs. The selected Designer’s responsibilities will include evaluating existing interior conditions, developing interior construction and space reconfiguration solutions, evaluating and addressing accessibility improvements in compliance with applicable codes and standards, and improvements to the building envelope. Envelope-related work includes exterior walls, windows, doors, waterproofing systems, roofing systems.

The project scope also includes site and civil considerations. The selected Designer will provide design solutions related to site preparation, service access routes, walkways, driveways, site accessories, site lighting, and landscaping. The selected Designer will be responsible for coordinating and integrating the evaluation and design of improved building infrastructure systems. These systems include mechanical, electrical, plumbing, laboratory systems, security systems, fire and lifesafety systems, building automation and controls, telecommunications infrastructure, and security infrastructure. The selected Designer shall lead and coordinate the efforts of consulting engineers and specialty consultants as needed to deliver cohesive, coordinated, and complete design solutions. Additionally, related to roofing systems, the scope includes the removal of the existing roofing systems down to the existing roof deck, installation of tapered & un-tapered polyisocyanurate insulation and cover board to achieve the required R-Value and positive drainage, pre-finished metal and liquid flashings, reinstallation of existing roof drains (replace as required), and a State of Louisiana approved 2-Ply SBS modified bitumen (cold-applied) 20-Year warranty roofing system. The Designer shall be responsible for evaluating and confirming the existing roof deck condition, and to verify that no water is migrating to the interior of the building. Design will include replacements (and/or adjustments as required) to rooftop equipment curbs, and support for rooftop mounted items (pipe, conduit, HVAC lines, lightning protection, etc.). If there is no roof access roof hatch or ladder, some will be included for access. All pertinent design including structure, envelope, roof, all needed exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, data/telephone, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of required scope elements are to be included in the project. Furniture, fixtures, and equipment will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by task orders associated with this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain lead-based paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design services for the project are to include, as necessary, building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements. Design services for this project will be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Document Submittal (up to 55%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include

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additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program will apply to this project, and the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $18,275,000.00 with a fee of approximately $793,312.00.

Contract design time is 270 consecutive calendar days; including 90 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $750.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Mike Bourque, Facility Planning & Control, michael.bourque@la.gov, (225) 342-0832.

11. New Workforce Academic Center, Louisiana State University - Alexandria, Alexandria, Louisiana, Project No. 19-602-26-01, F.19002688.

The project consists of a new, approximately 46,600 s.f. Workforce Academic Center for Louisiana State University – Alexandria. The modern two story facility will relieve critical space constraints and provide state of the art instructional environments essential for continued growth. The facility will require expanded classroom and laboratory space to support sustained enrollment. The building will serve as LSUA’s primary hub for workforce aligned education, supporting high demand fields such as healthcare, advanced manufacturing, information technology, and skilled trades. Key program components include an auditorium, seven 40-seat classrooms, a large lecture room, a multi-purpose classroom, advanced computer labs, specialized curriculum labs, conference rooms, and faculty/staff offices. These spaces will deliver hands on, real world training that mirrors professional settings. Design services for this project will be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Documents Submittal (55%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program will apply to this project, and the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through selfperformance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $17,500,000.00 with a fee of approximately $629,665.00. Contract design time is 450 consecutive calendar days; including 150 days review time.

Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $500.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Evan Dowden, Facility Planning & Control, evan.dowden@la.gov, (318) 8400802.

12. Brown Hall Renovation, University of Louisiana-Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, Project No. 19-629-26-01, F.19002689.

This project consists of renovations to Brown Hall located on the University of Louisiana-Monroe campus in Monroe, Louisiana. The 25,500 s.f. facility will undergo a comprehensive renovation, including replacement of all electrical, mechanical, and plumbing infrastructures. The renovated facility will include technologically advanced classrooms, specialized instructional and clinical laboratories, faculty and administrative offices, student collaboration and study spaces, conference rooms, secure equipment storage, and supporting infrastructure designed to meet the evolving needs of physical therapy education. The renovation must preserve the building’s historic character while incorporating modern building systems, improved accessibility through the addition of an elevator, enhanced life safety systems, and energy-efficient building components. Design services for this project will be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development and Construction Document Submittal (up to 55%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an airmonitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If leadbased paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain lead-based paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer.

The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $7,600,000.00 with a fee of approximately $350,645.00. Contract design time is 365 consecutive calendar days; including 122 days review time.

Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $300.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Joe Partain, Facility Planning & Control, joe.partain@la.gov, (318) 840-0808.

13. Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing Open-Bay Barracks 1 & 2, Slidell, Louisiana, Project No. LA26-A-039.

This project consists of the construction of a new approximately 17,000 s.f. Collective Training Unaccompanied Housing (CT UH) Barracks Building, including, but not limited to, associated site improvements, hardscape, and site utilities. The proposed barracks will be a two story, open-bay structure designed to house 107 beds. The building will consist of a concrete slab-on-grade foundation, structural steel framing, and brick fascia, with all required HVAC, electrical, plumbing, thermal, and moisture protection systems necessary to support the facility. Construction Documents, including drawings and specifications from previous projects, will be provided to the Designer for reference and use. The design shall closely match the exterior architectural character, construction materials, and functional layout of recently constructed barracks facilities. The basis of design shall be the existing CT UH barracks prototype developed for the Training Center in Pineville, Louisiana, with modifications as necessary

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to adapt the design to the project site, applicable codes, and projectspecific requirements. Design services shall be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and Bidding and Contracts (up to 65%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. Design and construction of the project shall follow the Louisiana National Guard Guiding Principles, Design Guide (DG) 415-1, DG 415-5 and NG Pam 415-12, and the Build America, Buy America Act; as well as all applicable federal, state and local building codes, including life safety codes. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Design will include all investigative site surveys as necessary including, but not limited to, topographic, geotechnical, survey, drainage and other investigations as required. Investigative services may be authorized as an increase to the Designer’s fee. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. This project will be administered by the Military Department and applicants should be thoroughly familiar with their requirements and procedures before submitting an application. Any questions about these requirements and procedures should be directed to the Military Department. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to the Military in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $7,200,000.00 with a fee of approximately $325,714.00. Contract design time is 210 consecutive calendar days; including 70 days review time.

Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $300.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Maj Scott Mucci, Military, scott.m.mucci.mil@army.mil.

14. Hurricane Laura Repairs, New Center for Advancement of Meat Production and Processing (CAMPP) and Site Development, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Project No. 01107-05B-13, F.01004845; 01-107-05B-13, F.01004846 (Supplement).

The project consists of the construction of an approximately 7,350 s.f. meat processing and educational facility to be located at the McNeese Agricultural Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The project will include an additional approximately 3,750 s.f. of covered exterior space for livestock corrals, waste handling, and loading/unloading operations. Site development will include livestock handling areas, unloading system, access drives, a gravel circulation loop for public livestock drop-off, a washdown pond, rendering and waste collection areas, and associated utilities infrastructure. The facility will include spaces for controlled harvest, processing, cold storage, packaging, instructional classroom/ laboratory use, a viewing corridor, retail sales, administrative offices, separation of public and operational areas, and durable, cleanable finishes suitable for food processing environments, and all associated support spaces. Project shall comply with USDA-FSIS requirements for small meat processing facility design standards, process flow, sanitation, and inspection, including separation of clean/dirty zones, controlled circulation, and appropriate material selections. The scope of work shall include, but not limited to, the provision of high-capacity water supply and drainage for washdown operations, with runoff directed to existing pond system serving livestock holding areas, and grease interceptor for wastewater treatment, as well as provision of refrigeration and cold storage systems with redundancy and monitoring, and interior laundry to meet sanitation requirements. Design shall coordinate emergency generator and automatic transfer switch as required. Environmental review and site clearance, including evaluation for cultural resources and protected species/habitat, are required by applicable state and federal regulations. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer.

Design shall coordinate all required utilities, rough-ins, structural support, and spatial allowances necessary to accommodate both relocated and new FFE equipment. Design services for this project will be limited to Program Completion, Schematic Design, and Design Development (up to 35%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project.

If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. This project will require the services of an owner contracted thirdparty Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. Funding for this project is provided, in part, by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and their participation and oversight may be expected in all phases of the project. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $5,572,500.00 with a fee of approximately $138,288.00.

Contract design time is 270 consecutive calendar days; including 90 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $150.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Joseph Young, Facility Planning & Control, joseph.young@la.gov, (225) 405-0496.

15. Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation, 3rd Floor Renovations, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, Project No. 19-604-26-01, F.19002685.

This project consists of the build-out of a 7,540 s.f. shell space to provide clinical offices and associated support spaces on the 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation Building on the LSU Health Sciences Center campus, located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

All design including interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. The Percent for Art program will apply to this project, and the Designer will cooperate with the selected artist to incorporate the artwork into the design of the building. Refer to La R.S. 25:900.1 for requirements. The Designer shall retain an accredited

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LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain lead-based paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $2,500,000.00 with a fee of approximately $207,146.00. Contract design time is 300 consecutive calendar days; including 100 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $200.00 per day will be assessed.

For questions related to the project please contact Jay Seastrunk, Facility Planning & Control, jay.seastrunk@la.gov, (504) 568-8545.

16. 415th Readiness Center Modernization, Carville, Louisiana, Project No. LA27-A-011.

This project consists of complete interior and exterior modernization work at the 415th Readiness Center, including renovations of interior offices, kitchen, classrooms, storage, latrines, drill hall and associated spaces of the 63,531 s.f. 2003 Readiness Center. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, the replacement of interior and exterior openings, repairs to exterior facade, code improvements as required, new interior finishes and MEP system improvements. Design and construction will take into account that the building may remain occupied for the duration of the project. Design services shall be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and Bidding and Contracts (up to 65%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. Design and construction will take into account that the building may remain occupied for the duration of the project. Design and construction of the project shall follow the Louisiana National Guard Guiding Principles, BABA and NG Pam 415-12; as well as all applicable local, state and federal codes. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense. The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain lead-based paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Design will include all investigative site surveys as necessary including, but not limited to, topographic, geotechnical, survey, drainage and other investigations as required. Investigative services may be authorized as an increase to the Designer’s fee. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service, through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. This project will be administered by the Military Department, and applicants should be thoroughly familiar with their requirements and procedures before submitting an application. Any questions about these requirements and procedures should be directed to the Military Department. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to the Military in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $2,000,000.00 with a fee of approximately $109,620.00. Contract design time is 180 consecutive calendar days; including 60 days review time.

Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $125.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Maj Scott Mucci, Military, scott.m.mucci.mil@army.mil.

17. Camp Villere Dining Facility, Slidell, Louisiana, Project No. LA27-A-012.

This project consists of the construction of a new approximately 3,300 s.f. dining facility at the Camp Villere site in Slidell, Louisiana, including, but not limited to, associated site improvements, hardscape, and site utilities. The exterior design of the dining facility will match the building adjacent to the new dining facility. The building will consist of a concrete slab-on-grade foundation, structural steel framing, brick fascia, and metal roofing and will include all required HVAC, electrical, plumbing, thermal, and moisture protection systems necessary to support the facility. Design and construction will take into account that Camp Villere will remain occupied for the duration of the project. Design services shall be limited to the Program Completion, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents and Bidding and Contracts (up to 65%) according to the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction, 2020 Edition. The fee has been adjusted to account for this. At the owner’s option the contract may be amended to include additional phases with the corresponding fee adjustment. Design and construction of the project shall follow the Louisiana National Guard Guiding Principles, BABA and NG Pam 41512; as well as all applicable local, state and federal codes. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the construction of the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. All design including building structure, envelope, roof, all associated exterior and interior finishes, interior and exterior signage, mechanical, electrical power and lighting, plumbing, with sprinkler, fire alarm, building controls management, security cameras, access control, and the infrastructure necessary for the installation and construction of these elements are to be included in the project. The Design will include all investigative site surveys as necessary including, but not limited to, topographic, geotechnical, survey, drainage and other investigations as required. Investigative services may be authorized as an increase to the Designer’s fee. Furniture, fixtures, equipment and data/telephone will be provided under separate contracts, although coordination of these items and systems with the work will be necessary on the part of the Designer. The Percent for Universal Design program will apply to this project. The Designer will identify and develop features that utilize universal design principles and incorporate them into the project. The cost of these features will be at least 2% of the estimated construction cost. This project will require the services of an owner contracted third-party Commissioning Agent. The Designer will be required to coordinate with this separately contracted party, and the participation and oversight of the third-party Commissioning Agent is to be expected in all phases of the project. The project will require that the Designer utilize total performance methodology to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Louisiana State Energy Conservation Code. The Designer will be required to provide the analysis as an additional service,

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through self-performance if qualified, or via consultant as a reimbursable expense. This project will be administered by the Military Department, and applicants should be thoroughly familiar with their requirements and procedures before submitting an application. Any questions about these requirements and procedures should be directed to the Military Department. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to the Military in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $2,000,000.00 with a fee of approximately $99,654.00. Contract design time is 180 consecutive calendar days; including 60 days review time.

Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $125.00 per day will be assessed. For questions related to the project please contact Maj Scott Mucci, Military, scott.m.mucci.mil@army.mil.

18. Demolition of Buildings Located on Rainbow Drive, Central Louisiana State Hospital, Pineville, Louisiana, Project No. 09-330-2601, F.09000098.

This project consists of the abatement and demolition of twenty buildings at the Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana. These structures, totaling approximately 168,000 s.f., were built between 1941 and 1965, and are a mix of single and two story structures ranging from 42 s.f. to 22,800 s.f. Exterior facade consists of either wood or brick.

The State ID of the buildings are S06692, S06690, S06691, S06630, S06681, S06688, S06746, S06683, S06687, S06706, S06684, S06674, S06673, S06629, S06716, S06636, S06761, S06770, S06760, S06740.

The Designer shall determine the scope requirements for all utility disconnections, capping and removal of utility lines, slab and sidewalk removal, walkway cover removal if required, site backfilling and site drainage. The scope of work shall include removal and disposal of all building materials to natural ground level while maintaining positive drainage of the sites. The Designer shall retain an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Inspector to complete an inspection of all suspect building materials that will be removed/impacted by this project as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain asbestos, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an accredited LDEQ Asbestos Designer to design the asbestos abatement specifications. If asbestos air monitoring will be required during abatement activities, the Designer will obtain an air-monitoring firm as a reimbursable expense.

The Designer will survey the site for other hazardous materials and include in the specifications. If lead-based paint or mold inspections are required these will be provided as a reimbursable expense. If any materials are found to contain lead-based paint or mold, the Designer shall provide, as part of their basic services, an industrial hygienist to design the abatement specifications. The Designer is responsible for identifying and specifying any contractor provided and owner provided testing required for the project. If any owner provided testing laboratory services are required for the project, the Designer will obtain a minimum of three quotes for the engagement of a testing laboratory, with which the Designer will contract as a reimbursable expense. The Designer shall prepare and submit all required drawings to Facility Planning & Control in AutoCAD and hard copy. Drawings shall follow the format specified in the “Instructions to Designers for AutoCAD Drawings Submittal”. The available funds for construction (AFC) are approximately $2,000,000.00 with a fee of approximately $153,314.00. Contract design time is 270 consecutive calendar days; including 90 days review time. Thereafter, liquidated damages in the amount of $200.00 per day will be assessed.

For questions related to the project please contact Joe Partain, Facility Planning & Control, joe.partain@la.gov, (318) 840-0808.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL PROJECTS: Applicants are advised that design time ends when the Documents are “complete, coordinated and ready for bid” as stated in to Article 3.3.1 (4) of the Capital Improvements Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction. Documents will be considered to be “complete, coordinated and ready for bid” only if the advertisement for bid can be issued with no further corrections to the Documents. Design time will not necessarily end at the receipt of the initial Construction Documents Phase submittal by Facility Planning and Control. Any re-submittals required to complete the documents will be included in the design time.

In addition to the statutory requirements, professional liability insurance covering the work involved will be required in an amount specified in the following schedule. This will be required at the time the Designer’s contract is signed. Proof of coverage will be required at that time.

SCHEDULE LIMITS OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY Construction Cost Limit of Liability $0 to $10,000,000 $1,000,000 $10,000,001 to $20,000,000 $1,500,000 $20,000,001 to $50,000,000 $3,000,000 Over $50,000,000 To be determined by Owner Applicant firms should be familiar with the above stated requirements prior to application. The firm(s) selected for the project(s) will be required to sign the State’s standard Contract Between Owner and Designer.

When these projects are financed either partially or entirely with Bonds, the award of the contract is contingent upon the sale of bonds or the issuance of a line of credit by the State Bond Commission. The State shall incur no obligation to the Designer until the Contract Between Owner and Designer is fully executed.

Firms will be expected to have all the expertise necessary to provide all architectural services required by the Louisiana Capital Improvement Projects Procedure Manual for Design and Construction for the projects for which they are applying. Unless indicated otherwise in the project description, there will be no additional fee for consultants.

Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneurship Program (the Hudson Initiative) and applicants are encouraged to consider participation. Information is available from the Office of Facility Planning and Control or on its website at https://www.doa.la.gov/doa/fpc/.

Applications shall be delivered or mailed or emailed to: LOUISIANA ARCHITECTURAL SELECTION BOARD c/o FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL E-Mail: selection.board@la.gov Use this e-mail address for applications only. Do not send any other communications to this address.

Mail: Post Office Box 94095 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095 Deliver: 1201 North Third Street Claiborne Office Building Seventh Floor, Suite 7-160 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 The meeting date for the Louisiana Architectural Selection Board is Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM in room 1-100 Louisiana Purchase Room of the Claiborne Building, 1201 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.

If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to participate in this meeting, please contact Cheryl Schilling at Cheryl.Schilling@la.gov or (225) 342-6060 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting.

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OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE Notice is hereby given to all citizens of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge and to all other interested persons, of the introduction at the regular meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, held on August 12, 2026 of the proposed resolutions/ordinances, the titles of which are set forth hereinafter, and that public hearing will be held thereon by the Metropolitan Council at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 26, 2026, in the Council Chambers (Room 348) on the third floor of the City-Parish Governmental Building in this City, these proposed resolutions/ordinances being entitled as follows: RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute an amendment to the Licensing and Naming Agreement with Raising Cane’s Restaurants, LLC, and ASM Global/ Legends Global LC, LLC/SMG, to extend the initial ten-year term by one year and accept an additional annual donation in exchange for extending said license and naming agreement. All other terms and conditions of the License and Naming Agreement shall remain the same. By Mayor’s Office.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Finance Director to rebate $2,290,573.11 in 2% City sales tax paid on materials and equipment used in the construction of the Cortana Project to the Cortana Corridor Economic Development District in accordance with the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement authorized by Resolution No. 55848, adopted August 25, 2021; and appropriating the necessary funds for this purpose. (Budget Supplement 9162). By Finance Director.

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Authorization the Mayor-President and/or Chairman of the Airport commission to execute a contract with Enmon Enterprises, LLC DBA JaniKing of Baton Rouge in the amount of $134,498.34 for Floor Care Services at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport. The Contract term is 12 months beginning September 1, 2026, in the amount not to exceed $134,498.34 per year, with two (2) optional (1) year renewals, upon mutual consent of the Parties at the same price, terms and conditions. (Account No. 58100900-30-0940-0000-0000-000000-642200). By Aviation Director.

RESOLUTION Authorization for the Mayor-President and/or Chairman of the Airport Commission to execute a Professional Services Contract with Marrero, Couvillon and Associates, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $59,700.00 to provide the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport with design documents and construction management services for the TSA Baggage Area HVAC upgrade project. By Aviation Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President, on behalf of Buildings and GroundsBuilding Maintenance Division to amend contract #800007207 between the City of Baton Rouge and Corporate Mechanical Contractors to increase the contract amount by $375,000.00 and extend the contract term for (1) additional year though July 31,2027, authorizing the execution of all related documents. Account 1000-7800-10-7830-0000-0000000000-643500. By Building and Grounds Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute an agreement with Spurlock Company, Inc. for Demolition and Abatement Services, Package A21 in an amount not to exceed $74,750.00. By Development Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute an agreement with The Luster Group, LLC for Demolition and Abatement Services, Package A22 in an amount not to exceed $76,117.35. By Development Director.

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Authorizing the Finance Director to rebate $285,115.24 in 2% Parish sales tax on ExxonMobil construction projects for the period April 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 to the EBRP Redevelopment Authority dba Build Baton Rouge in accordance with the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement authorized by Resolution 57729 dated 03/13/2024; and appropriating the necessary funds for this purpose. (Budget Supplement 9163). By Finance Director.

Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute an agreement with Tiger Demolition, Inc. for Demolition and Abatement Services, Package A23 in an amount not to exceed $77,500.00. By Development Director.

Authorizing the Mayor-President to entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement on behalf of the Constable’s Office with the State of Louisiana and to appropriate funding the amount of $50,000 for first responder activities from funding provided in Act 3 of the 2026 regular legislative session. By Constable Terrica Williams.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to entering into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement on behalf of the Constable’s Office with the State of Louisiana and to appropriate funding the amount of $80,000 for first responder activities from funding provided in Act 3 of the 2026 regular legislative session. By Constable Terrica Williams.

ORDINANCE Amending the Code of Ordinances for the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge Title 1 Municipal and Parish Organization, Chapter 3 Personnel, Part IV Employees’ Retirement System, Subpart 2 Pension Plan, Section 1.251 Definitions so as to add definitions of employee groups; non-public safety employee, public safety fire employee, and public safety other employee; and amend Section 1:253 (n) Administration so as to provide for employer contribution percentages to be separately calculated for non-public safety employees and public safety fire employees and public safety other employees. By Aisha K. Mirza, Interim Director Retirement Administrator.

RESOLUTION Suspending the requirement of the food sales threshold under sec.

9:1003(G) during the duration of the Movebr construction of Interstate I-10/Perkins Road overpass. By Councilwoman Racca.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President on behalf of Buildings and Grounds – Building Maintenance to execute a contract with American Facility Services, Inc. for Janitorial Services at Juvenile Complex Facilities.

Contract term is 12 months beginning September 1, 2026, in the amount not to exceed $140,488.14 per year, with four (4) optional (1) year renewals, upon mutual consent of the Parties, at the same price, terms, and conditions. Account 1000-7800-10-7830-0000-0000-000000642200. By Building and Grounds Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to enter into an agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc. for maintenance and support of the Munis and Executime software platforms in an amount not to exceed $480,000 for a term of July 14, 2026 to July 13, 2027. By Information Services Director.

ORDINANCE Amending Title 12 (Nuisances), Chapter 2 (Noise), Section 12:101 (SameEnumerated), so as to add a Decibel Threshold to Residential area. By Councilman Moak.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute Contract Amendment No. 1 to the Contract for Professional Services with Dymond Security Services LLC, as a community liaison, for an additional amount of $18,000, bringing the total contract amount not to exceed $66,000. The amendment will also allow for an extension of the contracted term beginning October 1, 2026, and commencing December 31, 2026. (Account No. 1000-4000 10-40100000-0000-000000-643500.). By Mayor-President. By Mayor’s Office.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President, on behalf of the Office of Community Development, to amend Contract No. 800006535 with Hunt, Guillot & Associates (HGA) to extend the contract term from December 31, 2025, through December 31, 2026, or upon completion, and to execute all related documents. By Community Development Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to enter into an agreement with Google Technology Corporation through SHI (Software House International) Corporation for a four and half years of cloud services and migration services. For the first six months, that includes migration services and cloud services, the amount does not exceed $220,000. For the subsequent four years of cloud services the amount does not exceed $224,000 per year. By Information Services Director.

RESOLUTION Amending A25-98852 (Contract#800007599) with Corporate Green dba Green Seasons to increase the contract amount by $100,000 to allow for irrigation repairs, mulching and special landscaping needs. This would increase the contract amount to $175,659.56. By Library Director.

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Exchange of Property Lots 2 & 4 into Lots 2A & 4A 4524 Virginia Street & 4341 Florida Street PUBLISH: August 18, 19, 20, of year 2026 197806 Aug 18, 19, 20, 3t $47.41 PUBLIC NOTICE

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p p p lic hearing is considera‐ tion and adoption of the City of Zachary Master Plan as the City’s official long-range planning and policy guide for future growth, development, land use, and community character.

Resubdivision Lots Y-1 into Lots Y-1-A & Y-1-B 20900-21000 MacHost Road PUBLISH: August 18, 19, 20, of year 2026 197807 Aug. 18, 19, 20 3t $47.41 PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Zachary Plan‐ ning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at Zachary City Hall 4700 Main St. Zachary, LA 70791 during the Plan‐ ning Commission’s regu‐ lar meeting.

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The details of the current draft of the proposed Master Plan can be viewed online at www.cit yofzachary.org PUBLISH: August 18, 19, 20, of year 2026 197797 Aug. 18, 19, 20, 2t $59.53 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a PublicPrivate Partnership pro‐ ject to design, construct, and operate a high-qual‐ i i l hi l

Office of Community Development in connection with the Monte Sano Bayou Drainage Project in an amount not to exceed $2,380,868.52. By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute the Entity-State Agreement with the State of Louisiana via Department of Transportation and Development, in connection with State Project No. H.011543 and F.A.P. No. H011543, Traffic Signal Coord & Synch (EBR) LA 3164, US 61-X, US 61, LA 37 and LA 408 Project in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to a contract for Robertson Avenue Sidewalks (Hollywood Street to Denham Street) CityParish Project No. 24-EN-HC-0028, Design Services with All South Consulting Engineers LLC. For additional design services associated with MOVEBR ADA Transition and Enhancement Projects, being City-Parish Project No. 24-EN-HC-0028, in an amount not to exceed $23,529.44, bringing the total contract amount not to exceed $203,409.33. (Account No.9217100123-4370.00000-0000000000-653240). By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 5 to a contract for Engineering Services with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. for additional engineering services associated with MOVEBR Constantin/Dijon Ave Phase II (Midway to Bluebonnet), being City-Parish Project No. 20-CP-HC-0067, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00, bringing the total contract amount not to exceed $866,386.00. (Account No. 9207100039-4370.00000-0000000000-653100). By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to a contract for Engineering Services with SJB Group, LLC for additional engineering services associated with MOVEBR Capacity Project Highland Rd & Siegen Ln Intersection Improvements, being City-Parish Project No. 20-CP-HC-0004, in an amount not to exceed $ 21,661.74, bringing the total contract amount not to exceed $569,361.70. (Account No. 9217100064 – 4370.00007-0000000000-653240). By Transportation and Drainage Director.

Authorizing the Mayor-President to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (CEA) for the Department of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with East Baton Rouge Protection District #9 (Alsen). This CEA is for the City-Parish, through EMS, to lend Alsen LUCAS (Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System) automated CPR devices. The CityParish and EMS wish to improve public health and provide access to lifesaving equipment throughout the Parish of East Baton Rouge and within East Baton Rouge Protection District #9. By Emergency Medical Services Director.

Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to a contract for Engineering Services with Buchart Horn, Inc. for additional engineering services associated with MOVEBR Capacity Projects, being City-Parish Project No. 20-CP-HC-0034, in an amount not to exceed $156,297.26, bringing the total contract amount not to exceed $635,712.03. (Account No. 9207100025 – 4371 00000-0000000000653240). By Transportation and Drainage Director.

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Authorizing the Mayor-President, on behalf of the Baton Rouge Police Department to award a multi-year contract for RFP No. 2025-10-5140, Janitorial Services for Public Safety Complex located at 9000 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, La 70815 to Elite Professional Commercial Cleaning Services LLC, and directing the execution of the contract for an amount not to exceed $305,311.26 over a three-year term beginning September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. Annual amount to be paid $101,770.42 per monthly invoice; with funding from the Police Department’s general fund. By Police Chief.

Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute a Contract for Professional Engineering Services with Sustainable Design Solutions, LLC for services associated with the MOVEBR Projects 35th Sidewalks ( Zion St to North St) being City-Parish Project No. 26-EN-HC-0008, and Hearthstone Drive Sidewalks (Claycut Road to Kleinert St.) being City-Parish Project No. 26-EN-HC-0009, in an amount not to exceed $132,188.47. (Account No. 9217100140-4370.00000-0000000000-653240 & 92171001414370.00000-0000000000-653240). By Transportation and Drainage Director.

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Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute the Maintenance Agreement for mowing and litter pickup along certain state routes with the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. By Development Director.

Rescinding and directing the Clerk of Court to cancel the Notice to Attend recorded on March 4, 2026, at Original 335 of Bundle 13421, and the Decision and Order recorded on June 17, 2026, at Original 237 Of Bundle 13440 In The Matter of “City of Baton Rouge vs. Home 1st, LLC” – Condemnation Proceeding No. 11788 (5573 Douglas Ave., Lot 153, Legion Village Subdivision). Reason for the rescission: The owner wants to renovate the property but needs this order rescinded so he can obtain permits. By Councilman Hurst.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute an Memorandum of Understanding between Visit Baton Rouge and the City of Baton Rouge/ Parish of East Baton Rouge for to establish the framework and process by which the City-Parish shall engage VBR to provide Interim Management of the River Center Facilities. By Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman and Councilman Dwight Hudson.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute a professional services agreement with Total BS, LLC for professional consulting services in connection with the River Center Project for a term from August 2026 to July 31, 2027 for an amount of $250,000 for the first year, and $275,000 for the second year with funding provided by the River Center Economic Development District. By Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman and Councilman Dwight Hudson.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to enter into and execute a Developer Agreement between the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, and Habitat for Humanity. The agreement will allocate $250,000 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds and authorize the execution of all related documents. By Community Development Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute a Contract for Professional Services with Arcadis U.S., Inc. for the Bayou Manchac Restoration & Ward Creek Realignment Grant Project, being Project Number 26-DRUS-0024, in the amount not to exceed $1,749,968.28. Said project is funded through the Louisiana Watershed Initiative. By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute a Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Entity State Agreement with the State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, in connection with State Project No. H.004100 – I-10 (LA 415 to Essen Lane) on Interstate 10 and Interstate-12, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Director of Purchasing to execute the Agreement between the City of Baton Rouge – Parish of East Baton Rouge Department of Transportation & Drainage and Quality Engineering & Surveying, LLC for proposed lighting on Central Thruway between Florida Boulevard and Greenwell Springs Road in the City of Baton Rouge and the City of Central. By Transportation and Drainage Director.

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President of Buildings and Grounds - Building Maintenance to execute a contract with A-1 Pinnacle Elevator for the City of Baton Rouge Elevator Maintenance. Contract scheduled to start October 1, 2026 with an initial term of one (1) year in the amount not to exceed $257,840.00 for various City Parish Departments, with four (4) optional (1) year renewals with a 5% increase each year in price, upon mutual consent of the Parties, as the same terms and conditions. See memo for various account numbers. By Building and Grounds Director.

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RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute and file and application with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, for a grant in the amount of $95,275.00 to provide funding for the Alcoholic Beverage Control and the Juvenile Underage Drinking Enforcement (JUDE) Task Force, and approving the line item budget for the JUDE Task Force and authorizing execution of all documents required in connection therewith. By Parish Attorney.

CONDEMNATION INTRODUCTIONS The Estate of Ollie Richardson and The Estate of Jessie Richardson Sr 23485 Plank Rd., Carter, Albert Tract, Lot 7 (Lot 7 of Albert Carter Tract, Meas. 95.46 Ft. Front on the West Side of the Plank Road x 300 Ft.) - Council District 1 - Noel Vivian J. Craig, Deborah R. Williams, Cathy Williams Gibson, Cynthia Williams Wells, and Cedric Antonio Williams 2784 Andover St., Lot 18+ (Lot 18 & 19), Sq. 25 Scotland Addition Subdivision - Council District 2 - Kenney Boun Siripanyo 5605 Silverleaf Ave. (All Buildings and Structures Located on the Parcel), Lot 204 Merrydale Section 2 Subdivision - Council District 5 – Hurst Alana Leach 9711 El Scott Ave. (Duplex Associated with 9711 and 9713 El Scott Ave.), Lots 20-A & 20-B Bryan Estates Subdivision - Council District 5 - Hurst Annie Collins, Leola Collins, Patricia Collins, Charles Edward Collins, Melvin Dewayne Collins, David Louise Collins, and Sharon Denise Collins 1500 N 23rd St., Lot 20, Sq. 1 Lawndale Subdivision - Council District 7 – Harris The Estate of Peter Chambers and The Estate of Florence Chambers 1900 N 38th St., Lot 230 Belfort Subdivision - Council District 7 - Harris Gladys Lemelle, Charles Chenier, The Succession of Joseph Chenier (P93367), The Stephanie Lemelle Living Trust (1PT), and Ronald Stevenson (2) 604 S 10th St. (Based on GIS and Assessor Mapping, The Structure Straddles Parcel IDS 133132 and 112836), Lot 1 PT (E 50 Ft.) & 2, Sq. 4 Day Subdivision - Council District 10 - Coleman Steven Jerome Gray 842 Aster St., Lot 53+ (Lot 53 and the West 10 Ft. of Lot 52) University Park Subdivision - Council District 10 - Coleman Mary Patin and The Estate of Joe Johnson 435 E Polk St., Lot 69 PT+ (E ½ of Lot 69 and W ½ of Lot 70), Sq. 10 South Baton Rouge Subdivision - Council District 10 - Coleman Joe Nathan Ford and Harriet Duncan Ford 9795 Merganzer Ave., Lot 36-A, Sq. 15 Highland Farms Subdivision - Council District 2 - Kenney

RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute the Agreement between the City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge and Louisiana

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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT AUTHORITY EAST BATON ROUGE SEWERAGE COMMISSION CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICT CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE Wednesday, July 22, 2026 4:00 PM The Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge and the City of Baton Rouge convened in regular session on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM, in the Council Chambers of the Governmental Building, Room 348, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Meeting was called to order by the Presiding Officer and the following members were present: Present: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Absent: Hurst CONDEMNATIONS JAMESEAN DUNBAR located at 1202 N 43rd St., Lot 25, Sq. 19, Greenville Extension Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11813.

MONIQUE MARIE KORNBACHER, DEVIKA KORNBACHER, EDWARD JAMEK KORNBACHER, JARDE NIEKEL MELLION, THE ESTATE OF EDWARD HAROLD KORNBACHER, AND THE ESTATE OF MURIEL DENISE JONES located at 434 Lorri Burgess Ave. (Formerly East Washington St.- Includes Covered Storage Area & Abandoned Truck), Lots 4, 5, & 7, Sq. 8, South Baton Rouge Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11814.

CHARLIE FIELDS, PEGGY LEE FIELDS, CHARLES T. FIELDS, MARY ANN PHARR, AND THELMA FIELDS located at 3878 Uncas St., Lot 3, Sq. 207, Suburb Istrouma Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11815.

HONESTIORES PROPERTY LLC 3852 E BROOKSTOWN DR., (ANY AND ALL AUXILIARY BUILDINGS (DOES NOT INCLUDE CHURCH)), FROM ORIGINAL 803 OF BUNDLE 13397, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACTS A & B PER MAP AT ORIGINAL 584/BUNDLE 12268 – F/K/A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE PROPERTY PIONEER PARK SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 – HARRIS The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

CEDRIC JAMES PITCHER 1618 N 23RD ST. (HOUSE), LOT 7 PT (PORTION OF LOT 7 OF A RESUB. OF THE GOMEZ TRACT, MEAS. 58 FT. ON ITS EAST AND WEST LINE X 128 FT., MORE OR LESS ON ITS N & S LINES), GOMEZ SUBDIVISION GOMEZ SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 – HARRIS The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

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JOHNNY JONES, FRANK OLIVER COLLINS, THE ESTATE OF ALICE EARL JONES BOWMAN, AND THE SUCCESSION OF ELVIN JONES located at 4069 Tuscarora St., Lot 8 (Less & Except That Portion Sold to Dept.) 9+ (Lot 9 & Lot 10 Less & Except; That Portion Expropriated by the State of LA. & Dept. of Hwy.), Sq. 14, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11818.

WATASHA COVINGTON AND JAMIE COVINGTON located at 1056 Progress St., Lot 55+ (Lot 55 & 56), Sq. 2, Progress Park Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11819.

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ANGELI BERGERON 2151 CEDARDALE AVE., LOT 26, SQ. 19 UNIVERSITY GARDENS SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 - RACCA The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on September 23, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

PETE T. CITTADINO, JR AND TERRY BANKSTON CITTADINO 8926 CORLETT DR., LOT 64 CEDAR GLEN SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 - KENNEY The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

LENORA S. DRAKE located at 3021 Lorraine St., Lot H, Sq. 3, Delmont Place Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11820.

DANIEL GABRIEL BOWMAN AND LATOYA MARIE BOWMAN 303 BON CREST AVE., LOT 214 CRESTWORTH SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 - KENNEY The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed condemnation proceeding was Lashanda Lupin. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

CHARLES E. WILSON AND MARIAN W. WILSON 5083 FAIRFIELDS AVE., LOTS 11 & E ½ OF 10, SQ. 12 EAST FAIRFIELDS SUBDIVISION COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 - HARRIS The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

WILBERT JONES AND WAYNE DRAKE 5221 FORD ST. (HOUSE AND ALL ABANDONED VEHICLES), LOT 5+ (LOTS 5, 6, 7 & 8), SQ. 25 ZION CITY SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 - HURST The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ROBERT J. ROGERS AND MARVIS LEBOUF ROGERS 4989 MOHICAN ST., LOT 150 + (LOTS 150 & 151, FAIRWOODS. LESS THAN PORTION OF LOT 151 WHICH WAS ACQUIRED BY CITY OF B.R.) FAIRWOODS SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 – HARRIS The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

OLLIE FLEMING, STEPHANIE FLEMING TRIM, MARI S. ROBILLARD, RAVEN CAMPBELL, EDWARD FLEMING, ERIC D. FLEMING, CHIQUITA SEYMORE, KIMBERLY MONIQUE RAYBURN A/K/A KIMBERLY MONIQUE TERRANCE, CHRISTOPHER RAYBURN, THE ESTATE OF OLLIE FLEMING, AND THE ESTATE OF VERA FLEMING 754 N 39TH ST. (ANY AND ALL STRUCTURES AND/OR REMNANTS OF STRUCTURES LOCATED ON LOTS 21 AND 22, SQUARE 2, GREENVILLE ADDITION, REGARDLESS OF THE MUNICIPAL ADDRESS DISPLAYED OR USED.), LOTS 21 & 22, SQ. 2 GREENVILLE ADDITION SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 – HARRIS The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

LUCILLE GREEN ARMSTRONG 2750 70TH AVE. (4TH BUILDING EAST OF NOTTINGHAM ST., SOUTH SIDE OF 70TH AVE.), LOTS 33 & 34, SQ. 51 BANK ADDITION SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 - KENNEY The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst

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PAYNE(S) located at 1618 N 48th St., Lot 43, Sq. 31, Greenville Extension Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11823.

WOODROW ROBINSON, LILLE BEATRICE HOLLOMAN PARSONSMARION, ARSHEAL BARNES, LULA H. WILSON, LULA RAY HOLLOMAN WILSON, RICHARD KNIGHTEN, JOHN HARRELL HOLLOMAN, CONNIS HOLLOMAN TENNESSEE, SHEDRICK (CEDRIC) HOLLOMAN, FRANK ROBINSON, CEDRIC ULYSSES HOLLOMAN, FRANKLIN ROBINSON, JR, CHRISTOPHER VERNARD KNIGHTEN, EDITH STAP, AND THE ESTATE OF MARY HARRIS located at 1707 N 44th St., Lot 1, Sq. 25, Greenville Extension Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11817.

GEORTOSHA D MATERRE, CELESTINE T JILES, RUTH TURNER MATERRE, NINA WHEELER, THE HEIRS OF LEROY TURNER, THE ESTATE OF LAURA DEVAULL, THE ESTATE OF FLORA BAUGH, THE ESTATE OF IRMA TURNER WALL, AND THE ESTATE OF REV. JOHNNY TURNER JR 958 PROGRESS ST., LOT 41, SQ. 2, PROGRESS PARK ADDITION SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 – COLEMAN The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on September 23, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

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SATERIA ANNETTE TATE 3852 BYRON ST. (HOUSE AND REAR GARAGE), LOT 115+ (LOT 115 & THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 114) NORTH HIGHLANDS ESTATES SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 - HURST The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn Jr. and seconded by Ms. Racca to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney, Moak With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 3 absent, the motion was adopted.

JOSEPH COLLINS located at 4836 Jean St., Lot 84, New Fairfields Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11816.

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BENNETT J. VIRDURE, THE ESTATE OF LEONARD VIRDURE, THE ESTATE OF JUANITA HIGGINBOTHAM VIRDURE, THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL FINES, AND THE ESTATE OF SERENA FINES located at 512 Saguaro Ave. (All Structures Located on the Described Lots, Situated in the Southeast Corner of the Intersection of Saguaro Avenue and Main Street), Lots 11, 12, & 13, Sq. 11, Morningside Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11821.

DONNIE NORTHERN located at 4370 E. Brookstown Dr. (House + Any and All Auxiliary Buildings), Lot 66, Kean Place Subdivision, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 11822.

BCJ PROPERTIES, L.L.C. 1215 EDDIE ROBINSON SR DR., LOT 4 PT+ (N 40TH FT. OF THE S 1/2 OF LOTS 4 & 5), SQ. 276 SUBURB SWART SUBDIVISION - COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 - COLEMAN The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above condemnation proceeding was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed condemnation proceeding. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed condemnation proceeding to the council meeting on October 28, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

THE ESTATE OF JAMES A PAYNE(S), SR AND THE ESTATE OF ROSA V

The following proposed resolution was introduced by Ms. Coleman and read in full at the meeting of the Metropolitan Council on June 24, 2026. With a public hearing called thereon for this meeting, the proposed resolution was read in full for a second time.

RESOLUTION 59472 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO AMEND OF THE RAISING CANE’S RIVER CENTER RENTAL WAIVER AGREEMENT WITH VISIT BATON ROUGE AND ASM GLOBAL FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2028 TO INCREASE THE TOTAL RENTAL WAIVERS AVAILABLE TO BE AWARDED FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2027 BY $325,000, TO AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED $725,000.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. Interested citizens appearing in favor of the proposed resolution, but not wishing to speak were Laura Cating, Jill Kidder, and Triston Monte. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Mr. Gaudet to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET SO AS TO TRANSFER FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00 FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING SALARIES TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE PARISH ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Hudson and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to delete the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59473 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ENTER INTO AN OPERATING SERVICES CONTRACT WITH KOLOGIK SOFTWARE INC. TO PROVIDE SOFTWARE SERVICES FOR THE SECURE EXCHANGE OF INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (ICJIS) DATA, WHICH ENABLES LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO CRIMINAL INFORMATION/HISTORY. THE ESTIMATED COMPENSATION FOR THE FOUR (4) AGREEMENTS WILL NOT EXCEED $48,480.00, PAID ANNUALLY, FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $193,920.00, EFFECTIVE JULY 6, 2026, THROUGH JULY 5, 2030. THE AGREEMENT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, SPECIFICALLY THE POLICE GENERAL FUND. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59474 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM (EBRPSS). THIS CEA ESTABLISHES TERMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF BRPD PERSONNEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL-TIME ASSIGNMENT OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER (SRO) TO EBRPSS (MCKINLEY H.S.) FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Adams to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59475 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS - BUILDING MAINTENANCE DIVISION TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE & CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR REPLACEMENT CONTROL PANEL AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $62,821.50.

CONTRACT TERM BEGINS 6/1/2026-12/31/2026. (ACCOUNT #10003000-20-3020-0000-0000-000000-647200-4000).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59476 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE SERVICES, TO EXECUTE A RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH JUSTICE BENEFITS, INC. (JBI) TO ADMINISTER THE TITLE IV-E FEDERAL FOSTER CARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM AT A RATE OF TWELVE PERCENT (12%) OF REVENUE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY-PARISH FOR ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENT ACTIVITIES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2026; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59477 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN THE AMOUNT OF $223,500.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was

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called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59478 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $194,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59479 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TASKFORCE D/B/A CRESCENT CARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $196,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59480 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $298,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59481 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $215,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59482 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $245,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC (EHE) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: Kenney Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstaining, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59483 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN THE AMOUNT OF $253,596.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59484 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $340,000.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD

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MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59485 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH NO AIDS TASKFORCE D/B/A CRESCENT CARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $130,270.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59486 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO, INC. (HAART) IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,098,373.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59487 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $959,008.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A “Yea” and “Nay” vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59488 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $684,381.00 AWARDED UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PART A PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: Kenney Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstaining, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59489 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,508.00 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE (MAI) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59490 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH CAPITOL CITY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,354.00 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE (MAI) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: Kenney Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstaining, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion

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RESOLUTION 59491 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES RYAN WHITE PROGRAM, TO EXECUTE A SUBRECIPIENT CONTRACT WITH HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE FOR REGION TWO, INC. (HAART) IN THE AMOUNT OF $228,537.00 UNDER THE RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE (MAI) PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT PERIOD MARCH 1, 2026 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2027, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Dunn Jr., Hurst With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59492 AMENDING RESOLUTION 48064, SECTION 5 (B) SO AS TO EXPAND THE LIMIT OF THE NUMBER OF BOARDS A PERSON CAN SERVE ON FROM TWO TO FOUR. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. An interested citizen submitting an emailed comment against the proposed resolution was Phillip Lillard. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A “Yea” and “Nay” vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF CONTROL, TO EXECUTE THE FIRST OPTIONAL ONEYEAR RENEWAL OF CONTRACT #800007078 WITH OOK JANITORIAL SERVICE, INC., IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $720,000, FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 1, 2026 THROUGH MAY 31, 2027, WITH ONE OPTIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWAL, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,440,000.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Noel to delete the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59493 AUTHORIZING MAYOR PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS FOR PURPOSE OF PROVIDING NEW PORTABLE RADIOS FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THIS LEASE INCLUDES THE EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE, UPGRADES OF SAME, EXTENDED WARRANTIES AND OTHER SUPPORT. TOTAL COST FOR TEN YEARS $9,206,273.60. PAID YEARLY STARTING 7-1-2027 AT $1,000,000.00 TILL 7-1-2032, AND THEN $801,568.40 PER YEAR FOR 7-1-2033 TO 7-1-2036.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Hudson and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59494 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH CENTRAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 4 (CENTRAL). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND CENTRAL LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN CENTRAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #4.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59495 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH THE CITY OF BAKER (BAKER). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND BAKER LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN THE CITY OF BAKER THROUGH THE CITY OF BAKER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59496 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #3 (BROWNSFIELD). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND BROWNSFIELD LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #3.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

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RESOLUTION 59497 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #7 (CHENEYVILLE). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND CHENEYVILLE LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #7.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59498 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #6 (DISTRICT 6). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND DISTRICT 6 LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN THE EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #6.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59499 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #5 (EAST SIDE). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND EAST SIDE LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #5.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59500 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT # 8 (PRIDE). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITYPARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND PRIDE LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND WITHIN EAST BATON ROUGE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT #8.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59501 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (CEA) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH THE CITY OF ZACHARY (ZACHARY). THIS CEA IS FOR THE CITY-PARISH, THROUGH EMS, TO LEND ZACHARY LUCAS (LUND UNIVERSITY CARDIOPULMONARY ASSIST SYSTEM) AUTOMATED CPR DEVICES. THE CITY-PARISH AND EMS WISH TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF ZACHARY THROUGH THE ZACHARY FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Moak and seconded by Mr. Kenney to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59502 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH EISNER ADVISORY GROUP LLP IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $61,500 TO PERFORM A PROCESS ASSESSMENT EVALUATION FOR COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND RECORDING REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH BATON ROUGE CITY COURT AND BATON ROUGE CITY CONSTABLE’S OFFICE. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Ms. Racca to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59503 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT AND AMENDMENT ON BEHALF OF THE DIVISION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & SERVICES, OFFICE OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM LOUISIANA WORKS, DISCRETIONARY FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,003.00, IN SUPPORT OF RIDE TO WORK 2.0: PEDALING TOWARDS PROGRESS PROJECT FOR A TOTAL $1,539,479.00 FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR OF 2025 GRANT PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Gaudet and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None

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RESOLUTION 59504 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT NO. 1 TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH PATCH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, LLC FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEBR ENHANCEMENT PROJECT SCOTLANDVILLE PLAZA ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, BEING CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO.24-EN-AS-0021, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,250.00, BRINGING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $143,250.00. (ACCOUNT NO. 9107800010-4610.000000000000000-653900).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Mr. Hudson to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59505 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORPORATION, FOR SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVEBR PROJECT GROOM ROAD (LA 19 TO PLANK ROAD) BEING CITY-PARISH PROJECT NO. 19-EN-HC-0035, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $51,166.55, BRINGING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,531,753.18.(ACCOUNT NO. 9217100076-4370.000000000000000-653240).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. A motion was made

by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59506 RESCINDING AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CANCEL THE NOTICE TO ATTEND RECORDED ON OCTOBER 13, 2025, AT ORIGINAL 153 OF BUNDLE 13399, ORIGINAL 154 OF BUNDLE 13399 AND THE DECISION AND ORDER RECORDED ON DECEMBER 1, 2025, AT ORIGINAL 156 OF BUNDLE 13407 IN THE MATTER OF “CITY OF BATON ROUGE VS. JOHN CHRISTOPHER PILLEY AND CLINTON T. FRANCIS” - CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING NO. 11691 (5836 BYRON ST., LOT 13 SQ. 2, WHITE PLAINS SUBDIVISION).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES The following proposed ordinance was introduced by Mr. Dunn Jr. and read in full at the meeting of the Metropolitan Council on May 27, 2026.

On June 24, 2026, the public hearing was held and final action deferred until July 22, 2026. With a public hearing called thereon for this meeting, the proposed ordinance was read in full.

ORDINANCE 19907 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 342, GREENDALE, PONTOTOC STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DONATION OF ITS INTEREST IN SAME TO THROUGH HIS EYES MINISTRY, THROUGH THE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROGRAM WITH THE PAYMENT OF THE ADVANCED COSTS REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT, AS AN IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LA. R.S. 47:2201 ET SEQ., THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 7, SECTION 14, AND PRIOR ORDINANCE OF THIS COUNCIL ESTABLISHING THE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE PROGRAM. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19908 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOTS 6 & 7 SQUARE 12, PROGRESS PARK SUBDIVISION, BOND STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO PLANK ROAD CLBT, INC. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $500.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $650.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19909 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 19pt, SWART ADDITION SUBDIVISION, SENETTE STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO WAYNE LAWRENCE HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $2,800.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

The following proposed ordinance was introduced by Ms. Coleman and read in full at the meeting of the Metropolitan Council on June 24, 2026. With a public hearing called thereon for this meeting, the proposed ordinance was read in full for a second time.

ORDINANCE 19910 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 15+ SQUARE 2, RICHMOND PARK SUBDIVISION, NORTH 32ND STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO NICOLAS STEWART & DIANA OLIVER HIS/HER AGENT

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OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $100.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $950.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19911 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 10, SQUARE 6, SCOTT SUBDIVISION, CABLE STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO LAFAYETTE & CO. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $100.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/ HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19912 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT C, SHERWOOD VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS SUBDIVISION, NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO EQUITY REAL ESTATE HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $11,500.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19913 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 4 SQUARE 35, SCOTLAND ADDITION SUBDIVISION, EDWIN STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO WHITMORE & WHITMORE ENTERPRISES, LLC HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $7,000.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19914 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 3, BALDRIDGE PLACE SUBDIVISION, CHIPPEWA STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO LAFAYETTE & CO. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $3,000.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/ HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19915 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 3, SQUARE F, CRAWFORD ADDITION SUBDIVISION, ERIE STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO LAFAYETTE & CO. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,000.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19916 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 12, VICTORIA GARDENS SUBDIVISION, WINBOURNE AVENUE, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO LAFAYETTE & CO. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $4,000.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19917 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE A PORTION OF SQUARE 30, SOUTHDOWNS SUBDIVISION, GLASGOW AVENUE, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO NORCO LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $2,300.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

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ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19918 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 25+, SQUARE 12, BANK SUBDIVISION, 70th AVENUE, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO KEVIN COOK HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $7,100.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/ HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19919 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 8, SQUARE 5, SCOTLAND HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, PINTAIL STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO KENNETH LAWRENCE HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $62,000.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19920 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 54, DEER PARK SUBDIVISION, DEER CREEK DRIVE, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO JOSEPH JEANPIERRE, JR. HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $700.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19921 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 285, CRYSTAL PLACE SUBDIVISION, EAST BEAVER DRIVE, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF SAID LOT TO DAVID K. WAWERU HIS/HER AGENT OR ASSIGN FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF $1,600.00 CASH, OR TO THE HIGHEST OFFEROR WHO SUBMITS HIS/ HER OFFER ALONG WITH A CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $500.00.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE Lot: Lot 7, Square 28 Subdivision: South Baton Rouge Applicant: Kiara Roberts Address: Tyler Street Metro Council District: 10 - Coleman Initial Bid Amount $ 100.00 (Mow to Own) Advanced costs required (certified funds): $ 555.00 Assessed Value: $ 9,900.00 Taxes Due: $ 6,529.86 (Adj in 2003) Bids Received: 7/15/2026 The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to defer the proposed ordinance to the council meeting on August 26, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ORDINANCE 19922 AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO DECLARE LOT 76, SQUARE 12, SOUTH BATON ROUGE, EAST POLK STREET, PREVIOUSLY ADJUDICATED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS SURPLUS PROPERTY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF ITS INTEREST IN SAME TO ROBERT SMITH, JR. FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ONE HUNDRED & 00/100 ($100.00) DOLLARS CASH, AND THE PAYMENT OF THE ADVANCED COSTS REQUIRED FOR THIS LOT, AS A MOW TO OWN PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LA. R.S. 47:2202(B) ET SEQ., AND PRIOR ORDINANCE OF THIS COUNCIL. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above ordinance was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed ordinance. A motion was made by Mr. Kenney and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed ordinance. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Kenney, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst With 11 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 1 absent, the motion was adopted.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER INTRODUCTIONS None.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER ITEMS RESOLUTION 59507 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR INTERSTATE MOWING, LITTER/TRASH PICKUP, AND SPRAYING WITH H & O INVESTMENTS,

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LLC FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $615,752.10 PROVIDED NO DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED OR WORK PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICABLE 2026 MAINTENANCE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DOTD. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Noel and seconded by Ms. Racca to approve the proposed resolution with the amendment that no work is to begin until the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement is approved. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

APPOINTMENTS BOARD OF APPEAL: Concurring in the Mayor-President’s replacement of Michael LeBas, who is not seeking reappointment. This is a three (3) year term.

Current Ballot A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr. Moak to appoint Jeff Pollard, nominated on the floor by Councilwoman Adams, and concurred by the Mayor-President’s office. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH: One appointment to fill the unexpired term of Chris Brown. This term expires August 9, 2030 (Must be a resident commissioner) Current Ballot A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to appoint Beverly Claiborne. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

COMPLETE STREETS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Consideration of replacing Mark Hienicke. This unexpired term ends on December 10, 2028 (Self nominated citizen).

Current Ballot Kaysie Bonnette (submitted application) Mason Ramsey (submitted application) Drew Walker (submitted application) A motion was made by Mr. Hudson and seconded by Mr. Moak to appoint Drew Walker. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

COMPLETE STREETS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Consideration of replacing Jake Polansky. This unexpired term ends on January 13, 2030. (BRAC now Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership nominee).

Current Ballot Jamee Blink (submitted application) A motion was made by Ms. Racca and seconded by Ms. Adams to appoint Jamee Blink. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

ITEMS CHANGE ORDERS RESOLUTION 59508 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CHANGE ORDER, BEING CHANGE ORDER NO. 3, TO THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND DENLEY BROWN CONTRACTORS, LLC, FOR (MBR-CAP) PICARDY-PERKINS CONNECTOR (MALL OF LA BLVD) - PACKAGE 4 - RAILROAD UNDERPASS AND PUMP STATION, BEING PROJECT NO. 12-CS-HC0043D. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59509 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CHANGE ORDER, BEING CHANGE ORDER NO. 2, TO THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND LAKESHORE ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION, INC., FOR RIVER CENTER ARENA AND BALLROOM ROOF REPLACEMENT, BEING PROJECT NO. 20-ASCCP-1255.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59510 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CHANGE ORDER, BEING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1, TO THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND STRICKLIN AND PORTER CONSTRUCTION, LLC., FOR NEW SURFACE PARKING LOT, BEING PROJECT NO. 21-ASC-CP-1515.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59511 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CHANGE ORDER, BEING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1, TO THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND BUFFALO ELECTRIC, INC, FOR RIVER CENTER EXHIBITION HALL ELECTRICAL FEEDER, BEING PROJECT NO. 21-ASC-CP-1568.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso

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and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

FINAL ACCEPTANCES RESOLUTION 59512 ACCEPTING ALL WORK DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTRACT FOR RIVER CENTER ARENA AND BALLROOM ROOF REPLACEMENT, PROJECT NO. 20-ASC-CP-1255.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59513 ACCEPTING ALL WORK DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTRACT FOR RIVER CENTER EXHIBITION HALL ELECTRICAL FEEDER, PROJECT NO. 21-ASC-CP-1568.

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Mr. Moak to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

ACCEPTANCE OF LOW BIDS RESOLUTION 59514 AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR MADISON AVENUE SIDEWALKS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT (N. 15TH STREET – N. 18TH STREET), BEING PROJECT NO. 23-EN-HC-0013, TO THE LOWEST BIDDER THEREFOR, COMMAND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, LLC; AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT COVERING SUCH WORK. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59515 AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR BLUE GRASS DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS & SIDEWALK PROJECT (CADILLAC ST. – FORTUNE ADDITION PARK), BEING PROJECT NO. 24-EN-HC-0019, TO THE LOWEST BIDDER THEREFOR, PIVOTAL ENGINEERING, LLC; AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT COVERING SUCH WORK. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59516 AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR GOODWOOD BLVD SIDEWALKS & BIKE PATHS (AIRLINE HWY. - SHARP ROAD), BEING PROJECT NO. 24-EN-HC-0002, TO THE LOWEST BIDDER THEREFOR, PROCIVIL LLC; AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT COVERING SUCH WORK. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Adams and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

OTHER ITEMS PRESENTATION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN FROM THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above presentation was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed presentation. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn Jr. and seconded by Ms. Harris to defer the proposed presentation to the council meeting on August 12, 2026. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

OTHER ITEMS TO BE ADOPTED (EMERGENCY) RESOLUTION 59517 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE A CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING THE PUBLIC APPROVAL OF BONDS FOR THE CAPITAL AREA FINANCE AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 147 (F) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Adams to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59518 AIRPORT AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 07-22-24-01 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 3 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT (800006014) WITH STEVEN BALDWIN ASSOCIATES TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR THE GOVERNANCE MODEL REVIEW, ASSESSMENT, AND TRANSFER IN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $137,030.00 AND TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT END DATE TO DECEMBER 31, 2026. (ACCOUNT NO. 5810-0900-30-0910-0000-0000000000-643540-).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking against the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn Jr. and seconded by Ms. Coleman to approve the proposed

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resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59519 AIRPORT AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 07-22-26-02 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 4 WITH WHLC ARCHITECTURE FOR AIR TEST AND HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM UPGRADES AT THE BTR METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $77,322.00. (ACCOUNT NO. 98000001065821000000-0000000000-652800).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn Jr. and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59520 AIRPORT AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 07-22-26-03 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO SUBMIT AND EXECUTE A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) FOR THE TICKET COUNTER & BAGGAGE CLAIM BELT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION) IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000,000.00; AND AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. (FUNDING SOURCE: FEDERAL $10,450,000.00; STATE $550,000.00). (CONTINGENT ON GRANTS REVIEW APPROVAL).The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution.

A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Harris to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None

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PUBLIC NOTICE --City of Baker School Board Workshop Agenda Special Board Meeting Agenda Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 5:30 P.M. School Board Office Monique Butler, President – Presiding

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” - B.B. King A special board meeting will follow the conclusion of the workshop.

Workshop AgendaA. Policy Discussion 1. CBSS Helix Governance Agreement for Federal Programs 2. Financial Governance Agreement for Federal Programs 3. 2026 Legislative Up‐ date Policies 4. RFA – Cooperative En‐ deavor Agreement Pro‐ fessional Services Con‐ tractor A. Meeting Commencement 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Silent Meditation 4. Pledge of Allegiance B. Welcome of Visitors C. Recognitions D. Approval of Agenda (Action) E. Action Items-The pub‐ lic may comment on Ac‐ tion Items. Public Com‐ ment is limited to 2 min‐ utes per individual.

1. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of CBSS Helix Gov‐ ernance Agreement for Federal Programs 2. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of Financial Gover‐ nance Agreement for Federal Programs 3. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of RFA – Coopera‐ tive Endeavor Agreement Professional Services Contractor with ACTion Educational Services, LLC. 4. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of Attendance Im‐ provement Specialist FTE and Job Description.

F. Information Items G. Announcements 1. Date of Next Meeting – September 1, 2026 H. Adjournment (Action) 197820 Aug. 18, 1t $27.68

PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Central Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Thurs‐ day, August 27, 2026, at 5:00 pm at Central City Hall at 11530 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818, to consider the follow‐ ing: V-26-0009: Variance at 11674 Core Lane. Request to allow an accessory building in a side yard (App. 1, Sec. 2.2) with a side yard setback of 14 feet where 25 feet is re‐ quired (App. 1, Sec. 12.3.B.2). On Lot A-1, Ger‐ ald Sides Property, in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zoning district. (Appli‐ cant/Owner: Daryl Saia) V-26-0010: Variance at 15400 Frenchtown Road.

Request to allow an ac‐ cessory building in a side yard (App. 1, Sec. 2.2) with a side yard setback of 12.5 feet where 25 feet is required (App. 1, Sec. 12.3.B.2). On Lot A, Effie & Dennis Vicknair Property, in the R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) zoning district.

(Applicant: Dylan Payne, for Alicia Geiger) V-26-0011: Variance at 11852 Sullivan Road. Re‐ quest to allow a side yard setback of 2.0 feet where 8.0 feet is required (App. 1, Sec. 4.3.B.3). On Lot 98, Central Subdivi‐ sion, in the R-2 (SingleFamily Residence) zoning district.

(Appli‐ cant/Owner: Gary Etheridge) 196798-aug 10-18-26-3t $82.78 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Central Plan‐ ning & Zoning Commis‐ sions will hold public hearings on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 6:00 l i ll

Public Notices Meet/Hear/Min g pm at Central City Hall, 11530 Sullivan Road, Cen‐ tral, LA 70818, to consider the following: Planning Commission S-26-0013: Subdivision at 16011, 16031, 16115, 16181, and 16289 Green‐ well Springs Road. Re‐ quest for a prelimi‐ nary/final plat to subdi‐ vide Tract HM-2-A, Harold Monk Property, into five tracts, comprising 14.087 acres in the R-2 (SingleFamily Residence) zoning district. (Applicant: Pro‐ fessional Land Surveyors of Louisiana LLC, for Harold Monk) S-26-0015: Exchange of Property at 13846 and 13856 Beaver Bend Road.

Request for a prelimi‐ nary/final plat to ex‐ change property be‐ tween two tracts (H-4-A and H-5-A, Webb’s Forest Subdivision). Comprising 26.559 acres in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zon‐ ing district.

(Appli‐ cant/Owner: Carl E. Richard, for Joseph B. Richard, David R. Richard, Carl E. Richard, Elizabeth Ann Richard Perrin, Aubrey L. Richard, James E. Richard, Bret E. Mounce, and Lori H. Mounce) S-26-0016: Combination of Lots at 11110 and 11156 Joor Road. Request for a preliminary/final plat to combine two lots (A-1-A and C, Edith S. Morgan Property). Com‐ prising 2.076 acres in the B-5 (Large Scale Com‐ mercial/Business) zoning district.

(Applicant: Brandt David, for Pops Plaza LLC and Myrtle David) Zoning Commission Z-26-0004: Rezoning at 7836 and 7850 Droze Road. Request to rezone Tracts 4-A-1 and 4-B-1, Beatrice Wright Property, from R-1 (Single-Family Residence) to R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zon‐ ing district. Comprising 6.58 acres.

(Appli‐ cant/Owner: Natasha Vargas) PD-26-0002: Illumination Park Planned Unit Devel‐ opment (PUD) Prelimi‐ nary and Final Develop‐ ment Plans. Request for PUD Preliminary and Final Development Plans for an outdoor drive-thru light show on 21.87 acres of property at the north‐ east corner of Central Thruway and A. J. LeBlanc Road, on Tracts 2-A-1 and 2-A-2, Emile Lesage, Sr. Property, in the R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) & ORD (Office, Re‐ search and Develop‐ ment) zoning districts, Central Thruway Overlay.

(Applicant: James Ho‐ hensee) T-26-0005: Zoning Overlay Districts. Amend Title 7 Unified Development Code (UDC) and Appen‐ dix 1 Comprehensive Zoning Code (CZC) to move zoning overlay dis‐ tricts from the CZC to the UDC, make minor adjust‐ ments, and provide for related matters.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUISITION 11297769 OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE REGULAR ZONING MEETING OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE Notice is hereby given to all citizens of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge and to all other interested per‐ sons, of the introduction at the regular meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, held on July 22, 2026, of the pro‐ posed ordinances, the ti‐ tles of which are set forth hereinafter, and that public hearing will be held thereon by the Metropolitan Council at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 19, 2026, in the Council Chambers (Room 348) on the third floor of the City-Parish Govern‐ mental Building in this City, these proposed or‐ dinances being entitled as follows: ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located

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at 13118, 13122, 13126, 13130 and 13040 Scenic Highway To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Neighborhood Center to Industrial, lo‐ cated on the east side of Scenic Highway, south of Rafe Mayer Road, on property now or formerly known as Lot Y-1 and 118-B of the Shady Acres Subdivision. Section 48, T5S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 2 - Ken‐ ney) PA-4-26 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 13118, 13122, 13126, 13130 and 13040 Scenic Highway To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) and Limited Residential (A4) to Light Industrial (M1) on property located on the east side of Scenic Highway, south of Rafe Mayer Road, on property now or formerly known as Lot Y-1 and 118-B of the Shady Acres Subdivi‐ sion. Section 48, T5S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 2 – Ken‐ ney) CASE 23-26 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 9798 Greenwell Springs Road To rezone from Light Commercial (C1) to Commercial Alco‐ holic Beverage (restau‐ rant) (C-AB-1) on prop‐ erty located on the south side of Greenwell Springs Road, west of Platt Drive, on property now or for‐ merly known as a portion of Lot C of the W.A. Henry Lee Tract. Section 26, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 5 – Hurst) CASE 22-26

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Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59521 AIRPORT AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 07-22-26-04 AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT AND/OR CHAIRMAN OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION TO SUBMIT AND EXECUTE A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) FOR THE ACQUISITION & INSTALLATION OF 19 VEHICLE MOVEMENT AREA TRANSMITTERS (VMATS) IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000.00; AND AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. (FUNDING SOURCE: FEDERAL $76,000.00; STATE $4,000.00). (CONTINGENT ON GRANTS REVIEW APPROVAL).

The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Amoroso to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59522 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT, ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR REQUISITION NO. 6356 BETWEEN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND UNITEDBR LLC, INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR A NEW TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $300,000.00, FUNDED BY LOUISIANA OPIOID ABATEMENT SETTLEMENT FUNDS, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking in favor of the proposed resolution was Jennifer Richardson. A motion was made

by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Adams to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: Racca Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstaining, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES WITH FISHMAN HAYGOOD, LLP ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE- PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE. The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. No interested citizens spoke either for or against the proposed resolution. A motion was made by Mr. Dunn Jr. and seconded by Ms. Racca to approve the proposed resolution as amended. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Moak, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney With 10 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 2 absent, the motion was adopted.

RESOLUTION 59524 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HISTORICAL SCHOOL USE, ABSENCE OF RECORDED CONVEYANCE, AND CONSENT TO CONTINUED USE AND LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES The Presiding Officer announced that a public hearing on the above resolution was in order at this time. An interested citizen speaking without favor or opposition to the proposed resolution was Pennie May Landry.

A motion was made by Ms. Coleman and seconded by Ms. Harris to approve the proposed resolution. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney, Moak With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 3 absent, the motion was adopted.

ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Ms. Amoroso and seconded by Mr. Noel to adjourn. A Yea and Nay vote was called for and resulted as follows: Yeas: Adams, Amoroso, Coleman, Dunn Jr., Gaudet, Harris, Hudson, Noel, Racca Nays: None Abstains: None Did Not Vote: None Absent: Hurst, Kenney, Moak With 9 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstains, 0 not voting, and 3 absent, the motion was adopted.

The Presiding Officer declared the meeting adjourned ______________________________ ______________________________ Council Administrator/Treasurer Mayor-President Pro-Tempore 197653-678004-aug 18-1t $ 3,642.46

RESOLUTION 59523 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR-PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT

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g p the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 7740 and 9400-9500 Pettit Road Proposed sand and gravel mining operation located on the south and west side of Pettit Road, north of Comite Drive, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as the W. Y. Pettit Tract of the Eva T. Graves Land LLC and Tract 8-B-2A of H. B. Weiland Prop‐ erty. Section 33, T5S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 2 - Kenney) MCUP-1-26

(CZMA), the public may submit comments on proposed projects to Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, Office of Permits and Compliance, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487. Applications may be inspected during OPC business hours at 617 N. 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Comments must be received within 15 days of this notice to be considered. For more information, contact Mark Hogan at (225) 2199530 or (800) 267-4019.

of 1978, as amended (La. R.S. 49: 214.21-214.41), and the regulations of the Louisiana Coastal Re‐ sources Program (LCRP).

The CZMA requires pub‐ lic opportunity for com‐ ment on projects under review. Commenters may review information made available by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man‐ agement (BOEM) and Bu‐ reau of Safety and Envi‐ ronmental Enforcement (BSEE) on specific OCS Plans at https://www.data.bsee. gov/Plans/Plans/Default. aspx and for pipeline applica‐ tions at https://www.data.bsee. gov/Pipeline/PipelinePer mits/Default.aspx The Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy (OPC) re‐ views Exploration Plans and Development Opera‐ tion and Coordination Documents submitted to the BOEM, and Pipeline Rights of Way submitted to the BSEE, for projects in OCS waters offshore of Louisiana. Comments on these plans are solicited from any interested party. Plans may be in‐ spected during business hours at 617 N. 3rd St., Baton Rouge, LA. Send comments to, Office of Permits and Compliance, Attn. M. Hogan, P. O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA, 70804, or to Mark.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy, Office of Per‐ mits and Compliance (OPC) is currently re‐ viewing the following project for Consistency with the State and Local Coastal Resources Man‐ agement Act of 1978, as amended (La. R.S. 49:214.21-214.41), and the regulations of the Louisiana Coastal Re‐ sources Program (LCRP).

Pursuant to Section 306 (d)(14) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (CZMA), the public may b it t

Direct Federal Action: C20260144 COE-NOD FY 2026 Mississippi River Channel Improvements in Iberville, St. James and Plaquemines Parishes C20260146 COE-NOD Mor‐ ganza to the Gulf Hurri‐ cane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project FSEIS, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes Federal License Permit: C20260145 LDWF Cultch Material Deposits in Sev‐ eral Areas of the Pontchartrain Basin (Public Oyster Seed Grounds), St. Bernard Parish Special Public Notice Section 307 (c)(3)(B) of the Coastal Zone Man‐ agement Act of 1972, as amended (CZMA), re‐ quires that oil and gas exploration and develop‐ ment in federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) be conducted in a manner consistent with Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Re‐ sources Management Act of 1978, as amended (La. RS 49 214 21 214 41)

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PUBLIC NOTICE --19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. P-115810, SECTION 33 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF RICHARD HERMAN JONES, JR. NOTICE OF PETITION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Kathleen Mills Jones, as Adminis‐ tratrix of the Succession of Richard Herman Jones, Jr., No. P-115810, Section 33 on the Docket of the 19th Judicial District Court, has filed a Petition seeking authority to sell certain immovable prop‐ erty of the Succession of Richard Herman Jones, Jr., as described in the Petition for Authority to Sell Immovable Property at Private Sale filed in the record of these pro‐ ceedings. h

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These proceedings are pending before the 19th Judicial District Court in and for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The ad‐ dress of the Court is 300 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this ______ day of Au‐ gust, 2026.

Public Notices Successions g Court for authority to sell property of the succes‐ sion to Sandra Vaughn pursuant to a purchase agreement executed on July 16, 2026The motion can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of this second publica‐ tion and any opposition to the petition must be filed prior to homologa‐ tion.

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ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 4743, 4747, 4751, 4755 and 4759 Peerless Street and 4730 Paige Street To rezone from Single Fam‐ ily Residential (A2) to Two Family (A2.9) on property located on the north side of Peerless Street and south of Paige Street, east of Moon Street, on property now or formerly known as Lot 9-A, 10-A, 11-A, 12-A, 13-A and 40-A of the Fortune Addition Subdivision, Square 11. Section 96, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 5 Hurst) CASE 24-26 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 228 West Chimes Street To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (bar and lounge) (C-AB-2) on prop‐ erty located on the north side of West Chimes Street, west of Highland Road, on property now or formerly known as a por‐ tion of Lot 6 of the Cam‐ panile View Subdivision, Square 1. Section 54, T7S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 10 Coleman) CASE 25-26 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 14832 Old Hammond Highway To rezone from Rural to Neighborhood Commercial (NC) on property located on the south side of Old Ham‐ mond Highway, west of Lakemont Drive, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as Lot 7-D of Larry Worthy Property. Section 39, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 4 Moak) CASE 26-26 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of h i f

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