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WEBVTT JENNIFER: TODAY'S MEETING WITHTHE LIUETENANT GOVERNOR IS THEFIRST OF WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICESAYS WILL BE MANY DISCUSSIONABOUT WHERE THE MONUMENTS WILLGO OUTSIDE OF ORLEANS PARISH.>> I HAD HOPED WE WOULD BE ABLETO NOT HAVE TO GET INTO ABIDDING PROCESS FOR THE STATE TOOBTAIN THEM.BUT THE MAYOR'S PRETTY SET ONDOING IT HIS WAY.JENNIFER: HIS WAY, IS ACOMPETITIVE REQUEST FORPROPOSALS OR RFP.THE MAYOR AND A SELECTION OFCITY OFFICIALS WILL DECIDE WHICHPROPOSAL TO TAKE THIS SUMMER.>> IT WILL HAVE TO BE VOTED ONBY THE CITY COUNCIL.JENNIFER: NUNGESSER, AS HEAD OFTHE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE,RECREATION AND TOURISM, WANTEDTHE STATE TO HAVE A SAY, INWHERE THE MONUMENTS WOULD BEULTIMATELY DISPLAYED, BUT INLESS THAN 30-MINUTES AFTER THEMEETING BEGAN, HE WAS BACKOUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, SURPRISED,LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THEMONUMENTS.>> I LEFT THERE WITH THEINDICATION THAT IT IS MORE THANJUST THE VALUE OF TAKING THEMDOWN, THAT THEY WOULD BE WANTINGSOME VALUE FOR THE STATUES WHICHWAS NOT SOMETHING I EVEN THOUGHTABOUT PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.>> THIS IS PROPERTY OF THE CITYSO WHENEVER IT IS BEING DONATEDTO OTHER ENTITIES, THE CITY HASTO RECEIVE SOME VALUE FOR IT.BUT PROFIT IS AN INCORRECT TERM.JENNIFER: BECAUSE OF A DISPUTECONNECTED TO THE P.G.TBEAUREGARD STATUE, ONLY THE LEE,JEFFERSON DAVIS, AND LIBERTYPLACE MONUMENT WILL BE INCLUDEDIN THE RFPTHE MAYOR'S OFFICE ISSUED ASTATEMENT FOLLOWING HIS MEETINGWITH THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORWHICH READS IN PART QUOTE THEUSE IN A COVER -- THE LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR SIMPLY ASKED THAT WEGIVE HIM THE MONUMENTS TO RUN APROCESS OF HIS OWN.I HAVE ASKED THE LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR TO BE PART OF THE RFPPROCESS WE HAVE OUTLINED ANDLOOK FORWARD TO GETTING FORMALIDEAS THE STATE HAS TO SHAREABOUT HOW TO PLACE THECONFEDERATE STATUES IN PROPERHISTORICAL CONTEXT.END QUOTE THE DEPUTY MAYOR SAID HE WAS INTHAT MEETING TODAY AND SAID THEVALUE OF THE MONUMENTS WAS NEVERDISCUSSED.THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAID THEY DO

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