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ONE.[CALL TO ORDER]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2021 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING.THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE ONE SECTIONS 1.2 C NINE AND 1.78 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
ALTA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE GIVEN IN-PERSON AT THE RIVERCENTER BRANCH LIBRARY.
TWO 50 NORTH BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA SEVEN ZERO EIGHT ZERO TWO ON THE FOURTH FLOOR MEETING ROOM IN THE FULL FLOOR MEETING ROOM.
DURING THE MEETING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND COMPLETE NECESSARY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING, BY FILLING OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD INDICATING WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AND PLACE IT IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS COMPLETED THE CARD WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME DESIGNATED BY THE PROTEL, WHICH IS THREE MINUTES.
THE PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK FIRST.
THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALIVE.
THE SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO THE BOARD DUPLICATION OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
THEIR PROPONENTS WOULD BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS, BUT, BUT OUR URGE TO COOPERATE IN AN EFFORT TO SPEND NOT MORE THAN 30 MINUTES ON ANY ZONING CASE, ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS WHO WERE HERE AT THE LIBRARY AND HERE IN THE CHAMBER.
AS IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO THANK RYAN HOLCOMB FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO HIS STAFF, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, THERE'LL BE HERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? FEEL FREE TO ASK HE, OR ONE OF HIS COMPETENT STAFF MEMBERS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE AGENDA
[1. 20-01191 SPUD-3-20 Fieldstone Crossing]
ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEM ONE.UH, WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THIS ITEM.
UH, IT IS SPUD THREE 20 FIELD STONE CROSSING, PROPOSED MEDIUM DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF STORING LANE, SOUTH OF CHANDLER COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCKER.
IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DELETE, UH, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC HEARING FIRST OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK, HAVING NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROCKER.
SECOND BY MOPE, NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES ITEM
[2. 20-01194 Case 47-20 3845 Florida Boulevard]
NUMBER TWO, CASE 47 DASH 23 EIGHT FOUR FIVE FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR LOUNGE, C DASH A B TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD WEST.THE PARKING WAS DRY COUNCIL, DISTRICT SEVEN COLD PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE HERE AT THE LIBRARY, WISHING TO SPEAK ANY COMMENTS? FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS JEANETTE LONDON, AND I'M HERE, UM, TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND THEN, UH, THE UPRIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE APP.
WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THEM, UM, TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
NOW I WANT TO TAKE YOU I TO TRY TO GO, GO SOMEWHERE WITH HIM JUST FOR A MINUTE.
MA'AM WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE IN MY SHOES AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS, BUT NOW THAT THEY OPENED THE NORTH, THE PARKING WE'D HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.
THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TIME THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH IT.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE ADDRESSED OUR ISSUE, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
I'M NOT EVEN WANT TO OPEN UP A BAR AND LOUNGE, WHICH THE BAR LOUNGE.
NOW MY QUESTION IS HOW I SUPPOSED TO, OR HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU HAD THE ONE TO OPEN UP A BAR AND LOUNGE NEXT TO YOUR HOME? YOU KNOW, UM, I'M FIGHTING FOR PEACE FOR THE STOCK OF PRIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THE BOY LOUD ALCOHOL,
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YOU ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT SITUATION.HE CANNOT EVEN CONTROL THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD TO COME TO YOUR GAP ON JANUARY.
THE SECOND I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, THE NORTH, JUST TO SOBEK, BUT HE SAID THAT HE HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM.
NOW YOU TELL ME HOW YOU FIX THE PROBLEM.
UM, I CAN NOT DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO CONSTANTLY LIVE HIS TRUTH.
HIS, HIS WORD IS NOT WORTH THE PAPER THAT'S WRITTEN ON.
SO DON'T LET THEM GIVE YOU A SMOKE SCREEN FLEET AND VOTE AGAINST THIS.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO ADD, I FOUGHT WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR WHEN HE SAID AT THE PAMPHLET, THE MEETING THAT THE MAYOR SUPPORTED THE MAY, I TOLD HER OUT OF HER HUBBARD AND Y'ALL CAN CALL HER AND TALK WITH HER THAT SHE DO NOT SUPPORT A LIQUOR LICENSE.
SHE WAS MISREPRESENTED BY THEM.
I DO WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO WERE AT THE LIBRARY, UH, TO SPEAK THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OR ASKED TO SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN THOSE WHO WERE SPEAKING OPPOSITION AGAINST ARE ASKED TO SPEAK SECOND.
SO THE NEXT WAVE OF SPEAKERS SHOULD BE THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM BEING APPROVED.
AND THEN THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THE SIGN OF BEING APPROVED WOULD ASK YOU TO SPEAK AFTER THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR.
SO AT THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER? YES, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MR. COUNCIL, HOW Y'ALL DOING A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I AM THE BUILDER OVER AT MILLENNIUM PARK.
I WAS SELECTED AS THE BUILDER, AFTER THEY WENT THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS ROLES.
WHAT WAS, AS FAR AS HIRING CONTRACTORS TO DO WORK FOR THEM AT THE PARK.
UM, IT WAS EARLY ON, THEY HAD JOB TURKEY ALREADY SET AND, UM, PARTIALLY APPROVED WITH THE CITY AND PERMANENT OFFICE.
I'VE BEEN, COULD I BEGIN TO CORRECT THEM? A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENED AT THE PARK.
UM, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, I STARTED LEARNING ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES WEREN'T EDUCATED, MEANING YOU HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, A YOUNG MAN WHO FIRST TIME ON THE BUSINESS START, THE BUSINESS DID NOT KNOW PROPERLY HOW TO GO ABOUT THINGS.
IT'S JUST STRAIGHT UP THAT WAY.
HE HAD PEOPLE AROUND HIM THAT ALSO HAD AN IDEA, BUT CREATING THE FIRST CONTAINER IN BATON ROUGE IS A NEW THING.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF THE REALM OF MY EXPERTISE BECAUSE I HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET THE JOB DONE, BUT WE DON'T WANT THE WORST, THIS.
SO I WANT TO ADDRESS REAL QUICK THE WEBSITE THAT WAS UP BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE.
THE PLAN IS NOT FOR A TWO STORY PARK.
THE PLAN HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY DUE TO JUST LEARNING ABOUT BUILDING THE CONTAINER PARK AND BUDGET AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE FIVE BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE ON THAT PARK.
THE ALCOHOL LICENSE, WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT TWO BUSINESSES WILL HAVE WE'LL WANT TO SERVE ALCOHOL.
UH, BECAUSE WE DOWNSIZED THE, THE, THIS, THIS PLAN.
WE HAVE LOST JOBS THAT BRUCE HAS LOST TAX REVENUE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW A LOT OF FACTUAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PUT OUT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
WHEN WE HAVE A BLUEPRINT I HAVE TIMESTAMPS ON FROM LAST SUMMER, FROM WHEN WE STARTED THESE BLUEPRINTS.
IT'S IT'S, IT IS, IT IS TRULY, IN FACT, I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PART, BECAUSE LITERALLY YOU'RE TALKING TO THE MAN WHO CAN ANSWER PROBABLY 95% OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE ZONING BOARD, WE, WE DO WANT THE ZONING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AND ALL THE SPOTS TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, WE NEED TO GET THE ZONE.
ONCE WE START DOING THAT, THERE WILL BE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT CAN STILL STOP US FROM DOING THAT.
SO ALL I ASK US FOR THE CHANCE.
PHILLIPS 1129 NAPOLEON STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
SEVEN OH SEVEN OH EIGHT OH TWO.
MY NAME IS MY ADDRESS IS THREE 45.
BATON ROUGE IS SEVEN OH EIGHT OH SIX.
I'M HERE TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SEE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, BE IT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW WE'RE BEING OVERLOOKED AND DISRESPECTED.
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WE DON'T NEED ALCOHOL.WE DON'T NEED ALL THIS PARKING.
THEY DOUBLE PARKED STEEL AND THEN THEY PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK.
WHAT WE CAN SEE TO GET OUT THE STREET.
THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU ALL THAT.
THE ONLY TIME YOU, THE GOOD THING IS THAT IF THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF OLD LADIES AND OLD ME AS IN THE DAYTIME, THEY'RE ROBBING THEM AT NIGHT.
WE DON'T NEED ALCOHOL BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE.
THANK YOU MA'AM AND AGAIN, AT THIS TIME ONLY THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR
UH, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION SINCE WE WENT TO PLANNING ZONE, I THINK SOMETIME OCTOBER EARLIER, PART OF LAST YEAR.
AND WE, WE, WE, WE JUST FED UP WITH THIS, WANT TO PUT THE ALCOHOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE NEIGHBORS LIKE YOU LIKE YOU ALL.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST BACKUP, BUDDY, BOTH YOUR HEART.
WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THIS.
AND FOR US TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT THEM TO GET YOUNG MAN TO SUCCEED.
IT'S NOT THAT ALCOHOL DON'T NEED TO BE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED Y'ALL TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING? BECAUSE NUMBER ONE IS WHEN THEY COME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL FATALITIES GOING TO GO UP, WE GOT KILLED IN BATON ROUGE RIGHT NOW, TOO MUCH KILLING.
AND THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO IT.
SO PLEASE YOU PLEA THAT YOU HEAR US.
WE KNOW IT'S 12 BECAUSE WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF THIS, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, TREVOR MAGNUS, I'M GONNA POSE, UM, FOR THE, UM, REZONING FOR ALCOHOL.
UM, THE ISSUE BETWEEN MILLENNIUM PARK AND THE NEIGHBORS IS ONE SEPARATE THING.
OTHER THAN THE ALCOHOL WE'RE AGAINST THE ALCOHOL.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE ALCOHOL THERE THAT ARE HERE TODAY, DON'T LIVE THERE AFTER THEY GET THEIR FULL OF MILLENNIUM PARK.
IF YOU VOTE, NOT A REZONE FOR ALCOHOL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THIS REZONING REQUEST THAN MEETS THE EYE.
MILLENNIAL PARK DEVELOPERS HAVE PLANS TO OPEN AT LEAST TWO BARS ON THE SMALL REZONE PARCEL OF LAND.
THEY WILL SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.
THE JACKSONS HAVE BEEN VERY DECEPTIVE ABOUT THIS TWO-BAR PLAN, HIDING IT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE METRO COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLOT MAT AND SATELLITE PHOTO SHOW BUILDING, AND TWO SHIPPING CONTAINERS ON THE REZONE PLOT.
A SPORTS BAR CALLED HUSTLE WILL BE GOING INTO THE EXISTING BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING.
AND A DAIQUIRI BAR CALLED THE DARK SPOT WILL OPEN IN THE TWO IN ONE OF THE TWO STORAGE CONTAINERS.
THE JACKSON'S HAVE STATED IN NUMEROUS MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS, AS RECENTLY AS THE CURRENT TWO TO FIVE, THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO OPEN A SPORTS BAR AT A DECEMBER 8TH MEETING BETWEEN COUNCILMAN COLE, THE JACKSONS AND RESIDENTS, CURTIS JACKSON CONFIRMED THAT THERE WOULD BE A DAIQUIRI BAR AND POINTED OUT THE CONTAINER.
IT WOULD GO IN THAT THAT SPOT HAS ITS OWN INSTAGRAM PAGE WHERE CAM JACKSON POSTS, PICS OF HIMSELF, CLOSING A DEAL WITH AN INVESTOR FOR THE DAIQUIRI BAR, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION PICTURES THAT WERE LABELED CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON THE DARK SPOT.
WHY WOULD THERE BE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE? IF THERE WERE NO PLANS FOR THIS SECOND BAR, A DAIQUIRI BAR WILL INCREASE, GRAB AND GO TRAFFIC ON WABASH.
THE RESIDENTIAL STREET MILLENNIAL CHOSE TO HAVE ITS ONLY ENTRANCE ON THE ORIGINAL FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
ENTRANCE WAS BLOCKED OFF BY DEVELOPERS DESIGN CHOICE.
THEY MAY NOT A CITY MANDATE LIKE THEY HAVE TRIED TO CLAIM THE RESIDENCE.
THE JACKSON'S CHRONIC DECEPTION IS ALARMING AND POINTS TO NOT ONLY A LACK OF INTEGRITY, BUT A HEALTHY DISRESPECT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT BODIES INVOLVED IN THIS REZONING.
THIS DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED WILL HAVE NO LESS THAN 14 BUSINESSES ON THE TINY PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH ONLY 40 PARKING SPACES.
CAM STATED RECENTLY IN AN INTERVIEW
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THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE UP TO 25.SO THIS THING ABOUT FIVE MORE OR ONLY FIVE MORE DECEPTION STRAIGHT UP LIES, DEVELOPERS CLAIM TO HAVE A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT SIGNED YET REFUSED TO SHOW IT TO RESIDENTS WHEN REQUESTED FEELS LIKE MORE DECEPTION SINCE IT OPENED IN JUNE, MILLENNIAL PARK HAS BEEN SELLING ALCOHOL WITHOUT A PERMIT AND MORE THAN A DOZEN EVENTS.
MOST RECENTLY ON JANUARY 2ND AT A NEW YEAR'S EVENT, THEY ADVERTISE FREE CHAMPAGNE IN $4 SHOTS.
AND SO WITHOUT A LIQUOR PERMIT, CLEARLY THESE GUYS THINK THEY CAN DO JUST AS THEY PLEASE MILLENNIAL PARK WILL FLOURISH WITHOUT BARS AND SELLING ALCOHOL.
IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOODS QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WILL BE DAMAGED.
IF THIS REZONING HAPPENS, PLEASE SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS DENIED.
I OWN A PROPERTY ON WABASH AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HAVING A BAR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO DESTROY THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS THERE.
AGAIN, THE ISSUE OF PARKING, THEY TALK ABOUT HAVING A POSSIBLE AGREEMENT WITH THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL.
WELL, IF YOU ALL YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IS ONE DRUNK PEDESTRIAN PRIMED ACROSS POLAR TO BOULEVARD AND GETTING RUN DOWN AND THAT'S GOING TO SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN.
WE DON'T NEED A BAR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A WONDERFUL FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND A BAR HAS NO PART.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, THOSE IN FAVOR TO SUPPORT MAY NOW OFFER A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS OUT, SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, ARE YOU DOING, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE COLLINS, PHILLIPS 1129, NAPOLEON STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA SEVEN ZERO EIGHT ZERO TWO.
I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON PUTTING FIVE BUILT BUSINESSES ON THE SITE.
IF THE PERMIT OFFICE PERMITS, WE WANT TO PUT TO MOORE PARK, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH BUSINESSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PARK THAT WE HAVEN'T SUBMITTED TO THE PERMIT OFFICE DUE TO BLUEPRINT IS BEING WORKED ON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECT TO BE DOING.
AND EVEN MY ELECTRICIAN WHO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW, UH, HE HAS DONE NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL JOBS, GRIFFIN ELECTRIC, UM, HUGE JOBS, 500,000 MILLION DOLLAR JOBS.
AND EVEN HE HAS SAID, WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR TIME FROM DAY ONE.
SINCE I GOT ON THIS PROJECT, I WAS TOLD THEY WANTED TWO BUSINESSES WITH ALCOHOL.
WE DOWNGRADED THE FIVE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED TWO ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON.
THEY'RE NOT ON THE SECOND LEVEL ON THE FIRST LEVEL.
AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I, AS THE BUILDER, I DO NOT WANT TO ADDRESS IT, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
THEY SAY THEY DO NOT WANT ALCOHOL, BUT THEY WELCOME EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE REFERRED TO REFERENCE TO ALL THE KILLING THAT'S GONE ON BACK ROUGE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD NOT ONE VIOLENT ACT ON THIS PARK.
THAT'S A STRAIGHT INSULT TO THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE ON THIS, ON THAT.
WE'VE HAD YOU PULLED THE POLICE REPORTS, WHERE HAS THERE BEEN A STABBING, A SHOOTING THAT RIGHT THERE IS JUST, IT'S AN INSULT TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY IN MY OPINION.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO STATE THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING ON THIS PARK AND HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE PLAN.
IF THE PERMIT OFFICE DECIDES WHICH WE ARE IN TALKS WITH, WHICH WE SUBMITTED OUR FIRST PLAN, WHICH WE DOWNGRADED OUR PLAN BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE REVIEW COMMENTS, WHOA, THIS IS A LITTLE ABOVE OUR HEAD.
SO LET'S DOWNGRADE, WHICH WE DID.
I IMPLORE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND TO LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND REFER TO THE EMAIL COMMENTS.
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MEMBERS ARE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE ITEM IS FROM MAYA, GO LATH.UH, SHE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ALISON REYNOLDS.
THE EVENTS HELD AT MILLENNIUM PARK HAVE ADDED TO RAISE MONEY TO EVENTS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THE OWNERS HAVE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
MILLENNIAL PART PROVIDES A SAFE, FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, TO INVOICE, TO ENJOY FOOD AND DRINK.
THE REZONING OF THE AREA WILL HELP INCREASE REVENUES, WHICH WILL IN TURN, PROMOTE AN INCREASE IN QUALITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT COMMENT, TASHA THOMPSON, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BATON ROUGE AND I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESSES OF THE CITY.
THERE WAS A HUGE DISPARITY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THIS CITY, AND MANY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAS RESULTED IN VERY LITTLE IN ANY SMALL, UH, NORDY OWNED BUSINESSES AND GROWTH HERE COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS THAT ARE FLOURISHING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESIDENTS BEHIND MILLENNIAL PARK ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAFETY, BUT THEIR CONCERNS SEEM TO BE UNSUBSTANTIATED.
MILLENNIAL PARK OWNERS APPEAR TO BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND WORK WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS TO ACHIEVE THE COMMON GOAL.
I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT BUSINESSES ON GOVERNMENT STREET FROM BATON ROUGE HIGH TO ACADIAN ARE ALL SITUATED NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
PARKING ALONG THIS STRIP IS ATROCIOUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME OF THE DAY.
PARKING ANYWHERE NEAR THE GATES OF LSU ON HIGHLAND ROAD IS ATROCIOUS AS WELL.
THE CITY SHOULD BE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF SUPPORTING AND HELPING SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES THRIVE.
THIS PANDEMIC HAS DEVASTATED THE RESTAURANT ENTERTAINMENT FIELD.
THE FACT THAT MILLENNIAL PARK WAS ABLE TO OPEN ITS DOORS, PROVIDE JOBS AND SURVIVE DURING THIS TIME SHOULD MAKE EVERYONE PROUD.
PLEASE VOTE YES TO REZONE THE AREA AND GIVE THE PLACE THE CHANCE IT NEEDS AND DESERVES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM, UH, TISHA MATTHEWS.
I PREVIOUSLY RELOCATED TO KENNER LOUISIANA AFTER RESIDING IN BATON ROUGE FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS.
MILLENNIAL PARK CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AFTER HOSTING A HALLOWEEN EVENT FOR KIDS, THEY OFFERED SNOWBALLS AND FOOD, WHICH WAS AN AMAZING GESTURE AND A SAFE SPACE BEING THAT KIDS HAD BEEN QUARANTINED FOR MONTHS, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY A MOVIE WITH FRIENDS WHILE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN TRICK OR TREATING WASN'T SAFE IN BATON ROUGE.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE POSITIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING IN BATON ROUGE, A CITY WHERE SOME PEOPLE REFER TO AS A WAR ZONE, MILLENNIAL PARK HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER ITS YOUTH.
IT'S NOT SOME JEW JOINT HANGOUT SPOT OR BLOCK PARTY.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LIBRARY FOR KIDS AT MILLENNIAL PARK? YES.
MILLENNIAL PARK HAS OFFERED SEVERAL EVENTS THAT PROMOTE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, NOT TO MENTION COMMUNITY BONDING EVENTS, SUCH AS JUNETEENTH IN 2020 MILLENNIAL PARK OFFERED SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN INCOME BY HOSTING POP-UP POP-UP SHOPS, WHICH HELPED FAMILIES THAT MIGHT HAVE LACKED DUE TO COVID-19.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT THE OWNERS ARE TRYING TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY.
HE COULD BE DOING ANYTHING IN THE WORLD AT HIS AGE, BUT INSTEAD HE IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE, RIGHT? WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS, NOT GANG BANGERS OR DRUG DEALERS.
THE GOAL IS TO BREAK GENERATIONAL CURSES AND NOT CONTINUE THE CYCLE.
THE COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY PREACHING ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE, STOPPING THE VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO? YES, THERE ARE SOME CRACKS, BUT I BELIEVE IF GIVEN A CHANCE, MILLENNIAL PARK WILL BE WITH THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM KIARRA MATTHEWS.
I AM IN SUPPORTIVE MILLENNIAL PARK.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY WAS EXACTLY WHAT BATON ROUGE NEEDED.
I HOPE THERE ARE MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS.
THE NEXT COMMENTS WILL BE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST COMMENT AND OPPOSITION IS FROM TERRY HATTER, PLAIN AND SIMPLE VOTE.
NO ON THE PROPOSED REZONING LONG TIME RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED BY THE MILLENNIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT.
QUALITY OF LIFE HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND ALMOST OVERNIGHT, SINCE MILLENNIAL PARK HAS OPENED THE NOISE AND TRAFFIC ARE ENOUGH.
WE DON'T NEED ALCOHOL BEING CONSUMED THERE.
THE FOOD IDEA IS A GREAT IDEA.
IF THEY CAN GET A HANDLE ON THE NOISE AND LACK OF PARKING, NO WAY, NO.
HOW WILL ALCOHOL DO ANYTHING POSITIVE? THESE GUYS HYPE THEMSELVES AS A FAMILY PLACE.
IF THERE ARE BARS AND DRINKS THAT WILL GET INTO THE BARS, THE DRINKS WILL GET INTO THE FOOD AREA.
AS WE ALL KNOW, OPEN CONTAINERS WILL BE ALL OVER THE PART OF THE PROPERTY, NOT ZONE FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION UNDER SALES.
I URGE THE METRO COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE PLANNING.
COMMISSION'S VOTE AND DENY THE REZONING.
MILLENNIAL PARK WILL BE JUST AS FINE WITHOUT A BAR.
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HE CONTINUES.I'M WRITING AN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED REZONINGS DEVELOPERS HAVE PLANS TO OPEN TWO BARS ON THIS SMALL PROPERTY, AND I FEEL THEY ARE NOT APPROPRIATE OR NEEDED AT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LOCATED AT THE DOORSTEP OF A 30 PLUS YEAR.
MILLENNIAL HAS ALREADY CAUSED MAJOR PARKING ISSUES AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO TO 14 PROPOSED BUSINESSES CURRENTLY OPEN.
THERE ARE ONLY 40 DEDICATED PARKING SPOTS FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
CLEARLY, NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH SPOTS.
THIS PUSHES PARKING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND INTO RESIDENTS.
MILLENNIAL HAS PLANNED FOR TWO BARS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WILL INCREASE PARKING ISSUES, NOISE, AND OTHER ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE OF THE BARS WOULD BE A DAIQUIRI SHOP, DAIQUIRI SHOPS OR GRAB AND GO BUSINESSES.
THIS WILL INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC.
MILLENNIAL HAS CAUSED MANY ISSUES FOR THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS SINCE IT OPENED ON TOP OF THIS QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD IN JUNE OF 2020, ALLOWING THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED WELL AND ADD TWO BARS TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE ALREADY HAS THAT ALREADY HAS SERIOUS PARKING AND TRAFFIC AND NOISE ISSUES.
THE NEXT COMMENTS ARE SUBMITTED BY THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS, DARIEN GARDNER NICOLE, YOUNG WILSON, YOUNG BRENDA'S ZOHO, TAN KURT VAN, CYNTHIA ASHFORD, VICTORIA JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER ROMAN, AND DONALD DAIGLE RESIDENTS OF THE PARK HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED REZONING PROPERTY AT MILLENNIAL PARK.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED ONE TO SEVEN AGAINST THIS REZONING PROPOSAL, AND WE URGE THE METRO COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME REZONING, THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW A BAR AND LOUNGE WOULD GREATLY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
BUT LINEAL PARK HAS CREATED SERIOUS PARKING ISSUES, NOISE ISSUES, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC, AND MORE ADDING BARS TO THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE THESE ISSUES THAT ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACT IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS ONE TO SEVEN, VOTE AGAINST THE REZONING AND DENIED THIS CHANGE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANYONE WITH INTEREST FEE.
I ALSO WANT TO BANK IS CAM JACKSON AVAILABLE.
CAM, ARE YOU IN THE LIBRARY? ARE YOU, UH, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO SPEAK KAM JACKSON GOING ONCE GOING TWICE? OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU? UM, SO I'VE BEEN TO MILLENNIAL PARK, UM, BEFORE, UM, I GUESS TWO OTHER TIMES AND I WAS THERE FOR THE MLK CELEBRATION.
UM, I DID LOOK OUT JUST HAPPENED TO SEE YOUR STORY IN TWO TO FIVE.
AND IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT YOU BUYING OTHER PROPERTY.
UM, THE QUESTION, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TIME WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EVENT WHERE TRAFFIC IS, UH, MAY BECOME AN ISSUE AND SOMETIMES, UM, IS INCONVENIENCE THE RESIDENTS.
UH, JUST AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID, IF, IF YOU TRY TO GET TO AN LSU GAME ON NICHOLSON IN OLD SOUTH BATON ROUGE, UH, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BUT LUCKILY THEY'VE GOTTEN SMART ENOUGH TO START SELLING PARKING LOT PARKING SPACES OUT OF THEIR YARDS.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU IS, UM, HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO YOU HAVE EXISTING TODAY? MAYBE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE.
AND W SO THE, UH, THE OTHER ONES ARE, WERE PART THEN YOU OFFER POP UP, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
IS THAT WHAT I STARTED IN THE CELEBRATION YESTERDAY? YES, CORRECT.
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LOCAL VENDORS COME OUT AND, UM, HAVE A POP-UP SHOP AND SELL BASICALLY THEIR THINGS.
AND THAT DON'T HAVE A STORE OR DON'T HAVE A LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN DO IT.
WE, UM, OFFER BASICALLY ADVANCED WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND HAVE A LITTLE POP-UP SHOP.
THE PARK I PARKED ACROSS THE STREET, UM, I PARKED OFF WAIT, UH, WE BUSH WABASH, IS THAT IT WAY BACK.
IS THAT YOUR PARKING IS PAID PARKING? YES.
THAT IS THE LAW THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH BATON ROUGE.
SO IT'S BEN WITH GIN, BUT YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP THEM.
IS THAT LIKE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT OR THEY JUST DON'T MIND? YES.
SO, UM, MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, THE ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE MAY COMMENTS ABOUT CRIME.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS A ISSUE.
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I DON'T THINK THEY WERE VALID.I THINK IT WAS, UM, SOMEWHAT, UH, INSULTED BY.
I, I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH, UM, THE RESIDENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IT IS A BIG, IT'S A SMALL LOT.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
AND WHEN I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE ON WABASH, THERE'S A TREE THAT, AND PARK, THERE WERE PEOPLE PARKED PARALLEL, BUT THAT WAS ALSO A TREE WHERE I COULD NOT SEE TO GET OUT ON FLORIDA.
NOW, IN CASES LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN EASY SOLVE.
IF YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS DOING TRAVELING, YOU DID HAVE A POLICE OFFICER AND YOU ALSO HAD PRIVATE SECURITY, BUT IT WAS MORE FOR THE EVENT.
WE, YOUR, YOUR EVENT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN SCOTLAND.
DEAL WITH SCOTLAND, BE A SATURDAY, BUT IT IS PROMOTED AS A FAMILY EVENT.
AND I KNOW THAT'S HOW YOU EVOLVED, CAUSE THAT YOU HAD, UM, PICTURE MOVIE PICTURE, UM, OUTDOOR THEATER OR WHATEVER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE FAMILIES, BUT TO EVOLVE INTO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSE AT ALL, BUT ON THIS PROPERTY, IT IS SO NARROW AND SO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF FLORIDA.
AND I THINK THIS SUMMER I SAW WHERE THE PROPOSED, UM, CONTAINER WAS GOING TO BE FOR THE DAIQUIRI SHOP.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY NICE, BUT I CAN'T SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO DRINK SAFELY AND PARK SAFELY AND BE ABLE TO MANEUVER FROM YOUR PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A WAY AND RYAN, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS.
I'M MORE LENIENT TO, UM, WHERE YOU, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BRICK LOOK, THERE'S A BRICK PROPERTY WHERE A SPORTS BAR IS ASSUMING THAT USUALLY IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE SO MANY PARKING SPACES, BUT FOR WHERE YOUR PARK, WHERE THE PARK IS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I HAD TO WHERE, WHERE EVEN YOUR PARKING LOT, I JUST THINK IT'S A BAD MIXTURE WITH ALCOHOL ARE A BLIND PERSON LIKE ME TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE.
SO FOR THAT, FOR THAT REASON, AND THAT REASON ONLY, YEAH, BUT THIS TIME I WANT TO TALK TO RYAN.
CAUSE I DON'T, I TELL Y'ALL NOW.
AND I SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE RESURGENCE OF NORTH BATON ROUGE WILL BE BLACK BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS.
THEY ARE WHAT IS MAKING WITH OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME AND GENERATIONS BEFORE ME FUSS COMPLAINED AND OBSERVED, THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE DOING IT, COME ON, RYAN.
SO I GO IN THIS WITH LIKE CHEERING FOR, UM, CAMERON, BUT SAFETY IS AN ITCH.
AND NOT BECAUSE OF, UH, ANY OF THE REASONS THE RESIDENTS SAID, BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE FRAMEWORK OF WHERE THE PARK IS, IS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHERE NOT NECESSARILY HERE, BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, GONE THROUGH THAT FOUR LANE.
RYAN, IS THIS APPLICATION SAYING BLANKET ALCOHOL USE OR JUST FOR ONE PARTICULAR ENTITY.
SO THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS, OR A REZONING REQUEST TO CIB TO, AND IT'S A STRAIGHT REZONING REQUEST.
THE FOOTPRINT PROPOSED IS 3,100 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN SIZE.
SO IT, THIS IS NOT A NICE BUD OR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT DOES NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAILS SHOWING THE INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACES, LANDSCAPING, AND THOSE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU, YOU WOULD SEE ON, ON THOSE PLAN DEVELOPMENTS.
OKAY, STOP, STOP RIGHT THERE FOR WOMEN.
SO THAT MEANS REALLY ANY BUSINESS ON THE PARK COULD POSSIBLY SERVE ALCOHOL.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT MEETS AND BOUNDS SURVEY DESCRIPTION.
THEN THAT'S, THAT PART IS SCARY TO ME.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS THE, WHERE THERE'S A BUILDING WHERE THE SPORT SHOP BASED ON THE PLANS AND I'M NOT GOOD AT PLANNING, IT WOULD, THAT REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES.
SO DEPENDING ON THE BUILD-OUT ON WHAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AND SUBMITS AT A LATER DATE TO THE PERMIT OFFICE, THAT AT THAT TIME PARKING WOULD BE CERTIFIED AND LOOKED AT THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW AT A LATER DATE.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIRST APPROVE THE
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REZONING FOR ALCOHOL BEFORE ANY OF THAT, LIKE THE CONTRACTOR WAS SAYING, RIGHT, IS THAT LIKE THE CONTRACTOR WAS SAYING THEY CAN'T EVEN PLAN WITHOUT THIS APPROVAL.THE, UH, THE, THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND WHETHER THAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
UM, IF THAT WERE TO BE APPROVED, THERE'S ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN BY THE APPLICANT TO, TO OBTAIN COMMERCIAL PERMITS AND AN ALCOHOL.
HOW IN? UM, SO TONIGHT I CAN'T JUST STAMP THIS, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON HIS POSSIBILITIES.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE STEPS, FOR INSTANCE, IF LIKE THE SPORTS BAR, WHAT WOULD HE NEED YOU TO, LET'S SAY WE DON'T APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR HIM TO SAY, GET THE AIR, THE SPORTS BAR? UM, WHAT IS THAT? CAN YOU DO THAT WITHOUT THIS WAS ON, IN, IN THE FORM OF LIKE AN ICEBERG, HE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT PETITION THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER AN ITEM THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN THE REQUEST TONIGHT.
HE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT THROUGH AN
THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MATERIAL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE AS PART OF THAT APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW IN THAT DAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DENY THIS CALL? CAN IT BE DEFERRED AND Y'ALL LOOK INTO HOW HE COULD, UM, W WHERE HE WOULD JUST HAVE TO START ALL OVER WITH AN APPLICATION? YEAH.
IT WOULD BE A TOTALLY NEW REQUEST.
IT WOULD BE NEW FEES, A NEW APPLICATION.
IT COULDN'T BE DEFERRED AND AMENDED.
SO I WOULD BE MORE LENIENT TO, UM, THIS BE AN ICEBERG WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL AS IT RELATES.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD IN THAT THIS IS NEW.
IT W W IT COULD POSSIBLY ALSO BE GOOD FOR MR. JACKSON AND HIS BUSINESS, UM, EXPANSION WHERE HE CAN GET IT UNDER AN ICE BUCKET.
AND I THINK THE, THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE, UM, MORE FORGIVING WHEN IT COMES TO THE NOISE AND ALL THAT, THAT JUST, THAT TH I DON'T, I DON'T, THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THE NORTH.
THE NORTH THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
THE ONLY THING BOTHER ME IS THIS IS A VERY SMALL SPOT, A LOT IS GOING ON.
IT'S VERY MUCH FUN, BUT IT'S VERY CLOSE TO A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY.
AND, UM, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, NOEL.
UM, SO W WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED RESEARCHING THIS, I WENT BY, UM, THE PARK AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO A NEIGHBOR BEHIND IT, AND I KIND OF TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND, UH, AND PUT EYES ON.
AND I MET WITH COUNCILMAN COLE LATER THAT DAY AND, AND TOLD HIM THE SAME.
AND, UM, WE DIDN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I, I CONTINUED TO RESEARCH IT.
AND OF COURSE I HAD OUTREACH FROM BOTH OPPOSITION, UH, AND PROPONENTS OF IT.
AND, UM, WHAT I HEAR FROM THE OPPOSITION IS, UM, FOR THE MOST PART OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT LINE OF SIGHT ON THE ROADS FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION, UH, WHICH ARE ALL ABSOLUTELY VALID CONCERNS.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THE APPROACH AND THE OPPOSITION TO A ZONING REQUEST LIKE THIS, HOWEVER, IS, UH, NOT THE PROPER MECHANISM FOR ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
UH, THOSE ISSUES, I THINK THERE ARE.
UM, AND I DON'T, I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A NOISE ORDINANCE, CERTAINLY A DISTURBING THE PEACE, IF THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE, UH, WE KNOW THERE'S TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, OBVIOUSLY.
SO IF YOU ARE HAVING LINE OF SIGHT, GETTING INGRESS AND EGRESS OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION, THERE ARE ALREADY MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THOSE.
IF SOMEBODY IS PARKING IN YOUR YARD, WE KNOW THERE ARE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ENFORCE THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT YOU MAY BE HAVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THIS IS A, UM, A REQUEST FOR A ZONING THAT IS, UH, NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING ALREADY, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, A REZONE REQUEST, UH, FOR THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL THAT HAS A SPECIFIC DESIGNATION, BUT ISN'T NECESSARILY A MORE INTENSE USE OR MORE INTENSIVE ZONING, UM, TO OPERATE WHAT IS A LEGAL BUSINESS? WE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALLOW, UH, FOR, UH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS FLORIDA BOULEVARD UNDERSTANDING, YES, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND IT, BUT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW TO HAVE
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A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR RIGHT HERE ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD.UM, AS DISCUSSED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER HURDLES THAT THEY HAVE TO OVERCOME WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR ALCOHOL, UH, PERMIT REQUEST.
THIS IS JUST THE ZONING, THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VALIDATION.
I WOULD IMAGINE ON THE PARKING, UH, DO THEY HAVE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BATON ROUGE, GENERAL? UH, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS DISCUSSION.
SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP IF, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THEY'RE SHUTDOWN, WHEN THE FIRST PERSON CROSSES THE STREET WHO WAS POSSIBLY OVERSERVED AND GETS KILLED.
WELL, AGAIN, THERE'S OTHER ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THERE.
IF YOU HAVE A BARTENDER WHO IS A LICENSED AND IS OVER-SERVING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WHILE I DO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE, UM, OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEWS AND THE REASONING BEHIND IT, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, UM, IT'S ALMOST WELL, WE DON'T LIKE THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
SO WE WANT TO SAY NO TO IT BECAUSE WE WANT THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE VALID ISSUES, BUT I THINK ADDRESSING THEM, OR MAYBE NOT THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE MEASURE BY STOPPING A REZONE REQUEST TO, UM, ALLEVIATE THOSE CONCERNS.
UH, MR. CAM, ARE YOU AVAILABLE OR, UH, MR. COLLINS, PHILIP WITH JACKSON AND MR.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING BACK UP.
UM, FIRST QUESTION TO YOU, IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL? IS THAT FOR EVENTS ONLY, OR IS THAT FOR A COMPLETELY, ALL THE TIME, ANYTIME THAT THE PARKING NEEDS TO BE USED, OR IS THAT FOR THE AGREEMENT FOR EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE ONLY SPECIFICALLY? IT IS ALL DAY EVERY DAY AND IS A FULL YEAR LEASE AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT AS WELL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS ONE OR MR. PHILLIPS NEEDS TO ANSWER IT, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE A, A WRITTEN PLAN AS FAR AS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE, FIVE BUSINESSES TO, UH, TO HAVE ALCOHOL AND EVERYTHING.
AND I GUESS FROM MY EXPERIENCE, AS FAR AS REZONING AND STUFF, ONCE WE REZONE THAT PROPERTY, UM, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS WOULD SAY IT IS.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE STOP, ANY OTHER BUSINESSES OR OPENING UP ANY OF THE OTHER CONTAINERS FROM ACTUALLY SELLING THE ALCOHOL AND THE WHOLE PROPERTY BECOMES ONE BIG BAR.
UM, SO THAT IS A CONCERN THAT I HAVE.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY KIND OF GET A WRITTEN PLAN OR ANYTHING AS FAR AS, UH, LONGEVITY WHERE YOU'RE GOING? UM, WE JUST HAVE, SO AS OF NOW I'M COLLINS THE CONTRACTOR ALMOST TALKING ABOUT WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR PLAN.
SO WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GO IF WE DO GET PASSED AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DAIQUIRI SHOP.
AND DIDN'T THE HUSTLE BAR THAT WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO USE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CONVERTING THAT INTO A RESTAURANT.
SO WE WILL ONLY BE HAVING ONE LOCATION MOVING FORWARD IF WE DO GET APPROVED.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE MENTIONED WAS, UM, PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE PARK.
UH, IS THERE A LOOK TO EXPAND THE PARK? OKAY.
THAT'S ONE THING WITH THE BATON ROUGE GENERAL.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO EXPAND ON IT.
WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO USE IT FOR PARKING.
UM, SO AS FAR AS MY PERSONAL COMMENTS, UM, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT BOTH OF Y'ALL SAID AND EVERYTHING.
UM, I GUESS LOOKING AT IT, I, I WOULD AGREE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GONNA VOTE YET, BUT I GUESS I WOULD AGREE LIKE COUNCILWOMAN BANKS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE ICE BUCKET AND MORE CONTAINED AND HAVING MORE CONTROL OVER.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT A PLAN OF ACTION OR WHATEVER ELSE WAS BASICALLY IN LINE WITH SOME KIND OF AGREEMENTS RESTRICTIONS TO HELP EASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING.
I, I KNOW THE PLAN OF ACTION AND EVERYTHING REQUIRES THAT, THAT THIS IS TOTALLY CAN'T BE DONE AND SO ON, BUT WE DO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AREA OF THE RESIDENTS AND, AND JUST THE GENERAL OVERALL AREA WHEN WE GO TO APPROVE ALCOHOL.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY, CONSIDER THAT, THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU, YOU, WE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE PICTURE, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, IF IT, WHETHER IT WAS DEFERRED OR COMES BACK LATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A, UH, A DESIGNATED PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
AND FOR THIS PART, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE WONDERFUL.
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UM, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE OPENING UP A WHOLE ANOTHER DOOR IN THIS INTRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
UH, MR. HOLCOMB, CAN I PLEASE ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS? SO, UM, CAN YOU GIVE US MORE INSIGHT AS TO WHY THIS WAS, UM, VOTED TO GET VOTED DOWN ON WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? SO IT WAS A THOUGHT, SO YOUR COMMITTEE, SO AS YOU MAY KNOW, THAT THE VOTE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT FAILED BY ONE TO SEVEN VOTE, UH, WITH THAT ONE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE SENDING IT TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE.
BUT, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
IT FAILED BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT THEY HEARD AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THE VOICES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AT THAT MEETING.
AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF DEFERRING THIS ITEM AS FAR AS TIMELINES, CONCERN, AS OPPOSED TO THE EFFECTS OF THIS ITEM FAILING TONIGHT? SHOULD WE NOT APPROVE THIS ITEM? AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPERS ARE CONCERNED, OR THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE CONCERNED WITH REGARD TO THEM BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING FOR A SUBSEQUENT HEARING IN THE FUTURE, THE ONLY BENEFIT TO DEFERRING THE ITEM WOULD BE IF THIS BODY FELT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND, UH, IF THERE WAS ANY BENEFIT THERE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON, ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE.
AS FAR AS THE DENIAL TONIGHT, IF THIS ITEM WERE TO BE DENIED, THEY, THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO PETITION FOR A DIFFERENT REQUEST, UH, A DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORY.
IF THAT WAS ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR A LESSER RESTAURANT USE.
IF IT WAS FOR A SIMILAR BAR AND LOUNGE REZONING REQUESTS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH AN ICE BUD, UH, ON THIS, ON THIS SITE, I DO WANT TO ADD, IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS ON WHERE THIS ALCOHOL WOULD BE ALLOWED THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, I, I KNOW THERE WAS MAPS PROVIDED BY OUR OFFICE AND I AS DEPARTMENT, THE REQUEST FOR ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL IS ONLY THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF PORTION OF LOT, TWO, AND A VERY SMALL PORTION OF LOT THREE EIGHT.
SO IT DOES NOT COVER THE ENTIRE SITE WHERE THE OTHER SHIPPING CONTAINERS ARE.
AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE SIDE, IT'S, IT'S LIMITED TO A VERY DEFINED AREA.
AND SO IF, IF WE WERE, IF THIS MATTER WERE TO FAIL TONIGHT, WOULD THEY BE BARRING, UH, WOULD THEY BE BARRED FROM BRINGING THIS BACK UP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME? OR COULD THEY BRING IT BACK IMMEDIATELY? HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH.
CODE LIMITS A ONE YEAR LIMITATION.
THEY CAN PETITION THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF THE REQUEST IS DIFFERENT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUGGESTING SOME TYPE OF A DIFFERENT USE THROUGH AN ICE BUD.
THEY COULD MAKE THAT CASE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD PROCESS IT.
IF, IF THEY, THEY MADE THE CASE, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT REQUESTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MESSINA, CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? SO AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, BUT MAYBE THE PUBLIC ISN'T MR. MESSINA ACTS IN SEVERAL ROLES WITHIN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, NOT ONLY DOES HE WORK HERE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT HE ALSO PRESIDES OVER CRIMINAL COURT QUITE OFTEN AS A PROSECUTOR IN OUR DWI COURT.
UM, MR. MESSINA, BASED UPON YOUR HISTORY, UH, I FIND THIS ALARMING ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT I'VE HEARD MENTIONED THAT CHILDREN ARE THERE.
THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT ALSO PASSED BY.
AND I DO CONCUR WITH SOME OF MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE NARROW AREA IS AS TO WHICH IT'S SITUATED.
I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT AS WELL.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M INCORRECT.
IT'S NOT THAT NECESSARILY ALCOHOL IS SERVED OR OVERSERVED HERE, BUT IT LOCATIONS SUCH AS THESE ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY CONSUMED ALCOHOL.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET ALCOHOL AT THESE FACILITIES IN THESE LOCATIONS.
AND IT CREATES A PATHWAY FOR DRUNK DRIVERS TO GO AND CONSUME ALCOHOL AT THESE EVENTS AND VENUES.
SO THEN IT PUTS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ENJOYING THESE FACILITIES AT RISK OF BEING RUN OVER BY DRUNK DRIVERS WHO ARE OUTDOOR ENJOYING THESE FACILITIES.
I WOULD GENERALLY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
AGAIN, SOME OF THIS ALSO DEPENDS ON THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT IS GOING TO CLOSE DOWN AT, UM, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UH, LIKE A NORMAL RESTAURANT WOULD, UH, THAT NECESSARILY MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE CASE, BUT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN TILL, UM, YOU KNOW, PRE PANDEMIC TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TYPE OF SITUATION, THEN, THEN, UH, I WOULD, I THINK THAT YOUR STATEMENT IS CORRECT.
OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL CONCEPT AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, ALCOHOL GENERATES MORE REVENUE AND RESTAURANTS ARE, UM, TRYING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO OPERATE IN A PANDEMIC, AND THAT BRINGS IN ADDITIONAL
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REVENUE, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE SAFETY ISSUES, AND I DO BELIEVE THE ICEBERG WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.LET ME FIRST BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO THE, THE JACKSON FAMILY, UH, CAM IN PARTICULAR, IN THIS INNOVATIVE IDEA THAT THEY BROUGHT TO MID CITY AND DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW BRIGHT IDEAS, YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN NOT ONLY THIS CITY, BUT MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THEMSELVES.
SO I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THIS YOUNG MAN, HIS FAMILY, AND ALL THE SUPPORTERS THAT HELPED HIM TO BUILD HIS BUSINESS.
UH, ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS AND IN MY OPINION, AND IN MY OBSERVATION OF THIS BUSINESS, I THINK THE CRIME, UH, ASSOCIATION WAS MISREPRESENTED.
UH, I FOLLOWED THIS PROJECT FROM CONCEPT TO DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE ANY EVENTS AND I HADN'T HEARD OF OR SEEN ANYTHING OF THE LIGHT.
UM, I AM SENSITIVE TO THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERNS, UM, CAM JACKSON, FAMILY.
I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS.
I THINK THAT LOCATION IS LANDLOCKED.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN THAT, IN THAT SITE.
I'LL DO, I THINK IS A GOOD PLACE AND A GREAT LOCATION, BUT I THINK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
I THINK YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.
SO FOR ME, IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THIS ITEM, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH THAT I KNOW YOU CAN AND WE ALL HAVE.
SO IN ORDER TO FULLY REACH OUT TO FULLY REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL, I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION.
THERE ARE OTHER SITES ON THE WEST END, THE EAST SIDE OF FLORIDA, AND ALL THROUGHOUT MAY SIT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE THAT ARE MORE INDUSTRIAL, THAT ARE LESS RESIDENTIAL.
THAT WOULD GIVE YOU SOME BARRIERS WHERE YOU WON'T HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
SO I W I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HADN'T ALREADY TO CONSIDER AND LOOK INTO SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS.
I WAS PREPARED TO OFFER A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE DEFEATED HERE AND HAVE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO REVISIT THIS ITEM.
UM, I'LL LEAN ON THE PARENT'S ATTORNEY AND I'LL PLAN AND DIRECTOR TO KIND OF ADVISE US ON THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL, GIVE WITH THE RESIDENTS, TALK ABOUT A TRANSITION PLAN, MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER SITE, YOU KNOW, OPERATE IN YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY AND THEN MAXIMIZE IT AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY HATS OFF TO YOU.
UH, AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF TWENTY-FIVE YEAR OLD, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE DOING OTHER THINGS, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT THING, PROVIDE JOBS, CREATE AN INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AND CREATING A LEGACY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN BATON ROUGE.
UH, IF MR. JORDAN IS STILL AVAILABLE, I HAD, UH, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR HIM, JACKSON, JACKSON.
I KEPT ON REPEATING THAT IN MY HEAD TO, TO GET IT RIGHT, BUT MR. JACKSON, MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO FEEL LIKE CAV TWO IS TOO INTENSE OF A USE, UH, FOR THAT AREA.
I DO SHARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS, UH, PRESENTED.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT
WHAT DOES
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE SOMEWHAT OF A COMPROMISE A NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS BAD AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BAR, SO I'LL LET RYAN TAKE IT AWAY THOUGH WITH WHAT THAT SOUTHERN CLASSIFICATION WOULD ENTAIL.
SO, B ONE IS, UH, A RESTAURANT, A PRIMARY RESTAURANT WITH ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL SALES.
THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CB ONE AND CB TWO IS CB.
ONE REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF YOUR, YOUR SALES BEAT TOWARDS FOOD.
THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS THAT EXIST NOW ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY, UH, THAT THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE AN OPTION.
IT WAS ADVERTISED FOR CIB TOO.
UM, YOU COULD SEE IF ACCEPTABLE FOR THE APPLICANT.
YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RYAN.
LET ME, LET ME POSE THE QUESTION THIS WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A
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UNIQUE SITE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.AND MR. JACKSON, AND THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS, ARE THEY INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES IN AND OF THEMSELVES OR ARE THEY DO ALL THOSE GROCERY SEATS GO TO ONE COMPANY? AND RYAN, DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS TO THE WAY THE GROSS RECEIPTS ARE CALCULATED FOR PURPOSES OF THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION? WE'LL DEFER TO THE PARISH ATTORNEY ON THAT.
I WENT TOO REPEAT THE QUESTION.
THE, EACH CONTAINER IS DIFFERENT.
UM, SO EACH FOOD CONTAINER, SO IF ONE GETS, YOU KNOW, GETS THE CAV ONE, THEN IT'D BE ABLE TO SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT EVERY SINGLE CONTAINER IS A DIFFERENT RESTAURANT AT DIFFERENT BUSINESS.
SO I'M GOING TO LET THE LEGAL EXPERTS TELL US IF SO REPEAT THE QUESTION AGAIN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, I KNOW THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, RIGHT? SO, SO THE, THE QUESTION THEN WILL BE EACH BECAUSE OF THE WAY HIS BUSINESS HAS SET UP, WILL EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER HAVE TO FALL WITHIN THE EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER THAT SELLS ALCOHOL HAVE TO FALL BELOW THE GROSS, THE 50% GROSS RECEIPTS REQUIREMENT FOR A CAB ONE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ABOVE EYE ISSUE IS GOING TO BE 51% WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES.
SO WHAT IS BEING, AND I HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AND I'M BEING SHOWN THIS.
SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT IS BEING, WE ZONED THE FOOD IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS BEING REZONED.
SO THE FOOD AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE, UM, TO, TO, TO SIT, YEAH.
THE FOOD CONTAINERS ARE OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS BEING REASONED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF CA B ONE WILL WORK FOR WHAT IS BEING REZONED.
I MEAN, IT COULD WORK IF HE WANTS TO PUT A RESTAURANT.
AND SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S THE PROTECTION THAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE.
UM, SO I THINK TO TRULY MAKE IT A RESTAURANT, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE 50% FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER.
UM, SO, UH, LOOK, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'LL JUST TELL YOU GUYS WHERE I'M AT.
IF I'M VOTING ON THIS APPLICATION HERE TONIGHT, I'M OPPOSED TO IT.
UH, BUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE TIME TO EXPLORE THE CAV ONE OPTION, I'M OKAY WITH THE DEFERRAL.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT, BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
THERE, I GUESS, UM, I TOLD THEM I HAD A QUESTION ON THE REZONING.
SO YOU SAID A WHILE AGO THAT THE ONLY A PORTION OF THE AREA IS BEING REZONED.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE BAR.
HOW MANY CONTAINERS ARE IN IT? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A MAP.
UM, HOW MANY BAR, HOW MANY CONTAINERS ARE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW? THAT WILL BE IN RESOLVED.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER ON THE CONTAINERS BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE REQUEST TONIGHT.
THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT THOUGH.
MR. JACKSON, ARE YOU AVAILABLE? THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY CONTAINERS DO YOU HAVE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW? THAT CAN, THAT IS LOOKING TO BE REZONED ONE.
HOW MANY CAN GO IN THAT AREA? UM, THERE'S ALREADY CONTAINERS THERE THAT'LL BE USED FOR FOOD.
SO JUST THAT ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ROOM TO MOVE IT.
AND I RESPECT THAT YOU ONLY GOT ONE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU LOOK INTO FOR, FOR ALCOHOL, BUT I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT IS ONCE THAT AREA HAS BEEN REZONED AND WHATEVER YOU PUT THERE, I WOULD THINK YOU COULD SELL ALCOHOL.
SO IF YOU DECIDE IF THAT AREA CAN HOLD FOUR OR FIVE CONTAINERS, UH, THIS WOULD BE ATTORNEY QUESTION OR WHATEVER.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CAN, BUT WHAT IT CAN HOLD TWO MORE OR THREE MORE OR FOUR MORE, AS LONG AS IT'S IN THAT AREA, BEING REZONED, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL JUST LIKE THE FIRST CONTAINER, CORRECT.
THE LARGE PORTION OF THIS FOOTPRINT.
THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THE SITE AND THAT, AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE REQUESTS.
UH, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO AND LISTEN TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYTHING.
UM, I GUESS, UM, THIS IS WHY, I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD TAKE, I LIKED THE CAV ONE, UM, IDEA, BUT I THINK, I GUESS IN SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, WITH THE WHOLE AREA HAS TO BE REDONE CAV ONE.
SO THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER WOULD THEN BE UNDER THE RESTRICTION OF 50%,
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I GUESS.I GUESS THAT'S AN ATTORNEY QUESTION, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M THINKING IN MY MIND, IN THAT ROUTE.
UM, GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER, UM, AND THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BEING MADE, I THINK THE, THE ICE BITE IS, SEEMS LIKE THE MOST CONTROLLED AND IT WOULD EASE THE MINDS OF THE RESIDENTS, THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND IF MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IF WE DO THE ICE, IF IT COMES BACK AT AN ICE BITE AND THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS AS FAR AS THE RESTRICTIONS AND EVERYTHING WITH AN ICE BUCKET, CAUSE THEN IT SAY, OKAY, XYZ CONTAINER IN BUSINESS CAN BE USED FOR ALCOHOL OR NOT.
OR WOULD IT BE INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLED AS AN ICE FLOOD LIKE THAT? IT COULD BE AS DETAILED AS THE APPLICANT WANTS, WANTS TO TAKE IT.
SO IF HE COMES BEFORE US, WHAT AN ICE BLIGHT AND SAYS THIS CONTAINER, OR THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE, THIS CONTAINER IS GOING TO BE THE ALCOHOL BAR, SELL THE DAIQUIRI SHOP OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
THEN THROUGH THE REZONING OF THAT WITH AN ICEBERG, THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT A QUOTE BAR COULD GO.
UM, MR. JACKSON, AGAIN, I THINK FROM, FROM THE COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING IS BEING MADE, UH, I WOULD REQUEST IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING FROM HERE AND LOOK AT THE WHOLE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GO DAY? UH, RYAN, PLEASE.
UM, I'M STILL SORT OF SORTING IN MY HEAD HERE THAT THIS IS FOR A DEFINED AREA ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY, THE REQUEST TODAY FOR A REZONE.
WHAT, WHAT USES? SO THE PROPERTIES PRESENTLY ZONE C2, WHAT USES ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER C2? SO C2 IS OUR HEAVY ZONING, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
IT ALLOWS ANYTHING FROM LARGE COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESSES TO AUTO REPAIR, UM, TO MULTI-FAMILY THERE'S, IT'S ONE OF OUR MORE, MOST INTENSE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.
PARISH AND RESTAURANT OBVIOUSLY IS ALLOWABLE RESTAURANTS, JUST NOT ON PREMISE ALCOHOL, CONSUMPTION'S NOT ON.
A LIQUOR STORE WOULD BE ALLOWED THE REQUEST TODAY TO REZONE TO CAV TWO IS FOR THE VERY SPECIFICALLY DEFINED AREA.
IT'S NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THESE CONTAINERS ARE LOCATED.
IT'S FOR A VERY SPECIFIC AND DEFINED AREA, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
COUNCILMAN, IF THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH ALL THE CONTAINERS ARE LOCATED ON WAS REQUESTED TO BE REZONED, TO SEE ONE WOULD THAT PROVIDE FOR THE 50%, UM, FOOD SALES TO APPLY TO THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE A CIB ONE REQUEST.
THAT'S NOT C1, BUT THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY.
UH, IF YOU MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, I WOULD, I WOULD CAUTION YOU AND SUGGEST A DEFERRAL TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RE ADVERTISED AT A LARGER FOOTPRINT BECAUSE THE REQUEST TONIGHT WAS JUST IN THIS DEFINED AREA.
THAT WAS THE ADVERTISEMENT MEETING, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT RAN IN THE ADVOCATE.
THAT WOULD BE A NEW REQUEST THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE RE ADVERTISED.
AND IF WE APPROVE THIS REZONING REQUEST TONIGHT, CAN THE EXISTING BUSINESSES BEGIN TO SERVE ALCOHOL IMMEDIATELY? NO, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND MEET ALL THE BUILDING CODES AND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE STANDARDS, MUCH OF WHICH WAS TALKED TONIGHT, PARKING, UM, AND THE BUILDING LAYOUT AND INTERIOR BUILD OUT OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS GO BEFORE THE STATE LICENSING BOARD, ABC OFFICE TO GET THEIR ALCOHOL PERMIT, TO GET THE APPROVALS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED PRIOR TO THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH YOUR OFFICE TO RECEIVE THE APPROVALS, TO OPEN A FACILITY THAT SERVES ALCOHOL.
THAT WOULD GO BEFORE THE STATE ABC OFFICE TO GET THE ALCOHOL, MAYBE.
SO THERE'S TWO, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, HE'S GOT A ONCE HE, THIS PROCESS GOES THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET APPROVED AT THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS IS TO GET APPROVED AT THE ABC OFF.
HE ALSO HAS TO GET APPROVED AT ATC.
AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT HE'S GETTING APPROVED FOR,
UM, SO THERE IS A, THEY HAVE TO POST A NOTICE OF INTENT.
THERE'S A WAITING PERIOD OF TIME, UH, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, GO FORTH JUST BECAUSE IT'S REZONED TO A, B ONE OR COB TWO.
I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, UH, MR. JACKSON AND WHAT THE ENTITY IS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY MAYBE TOO CLOSE TO A PARTICULAR, UH, SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK THIS ONE IS, THIS AREA IS, IS SPINE AS FAR AS, AS CLOSE TO A SCHOOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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TO THEM, TO THE PROCESS.IS THERE ANOTHER STEP WHERE IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOT ANOTHER STEP BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THE OUT THE ABC BOARD IS ANOTHER BODY THAT HAS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE, THEY WOULD EVALUATE PARKING SITUATION.
THEY WOULD EVALUATE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY PARKING, SO TO SPEAK, BUT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
THEY LOOK AT THE, UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY DO LOOK AT, UH, AT, UH, THE DENSITY OF ALCOHOL THAT IS SERVED IN THAT AREA.
IS THIS A FIT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, THEY LOOK AT A MYRIAD OF OTHER OPTIONS OR PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE WITH THIS PROPERTY WHO WOULD EVALUATE THE PARKING SITUATION.
IF THE, IF THE REZONING WAS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHO WOULD EVALUATE THE PARKING SITUATION, THAT WOULD BE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
BUT NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO COME BEFORE A PUBLIC BODY.
AGAIN, THEY WOULD DO THAT AS PART OF THEIR INTERNAL PROCESS, UNLESS IT WAS RESUBMITTED AS AN HOSPITAL.
THANK YOU, MR. PROTEIN COUNSELING TO MOROCCO.
CAN I TALK TO MR. JACKSON AGAIN, PLEASE? YOU STILL AVAILABLE MR. JACKSON, BASED UPON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, GIVEN YOU THE BENEFIT, DO YOU THINK, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO, FOR A POSSIBLE CAV ONE APPLICATION? I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE CAV ONE APPLICATION.
UM, I APPRECIATE SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS HAD SMALL BUSINESSES.
I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
BATON ROUGE IS MAJORITY SMALL BUSINESSES.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT I AM ONE THAT HAS TO SIDE WITH THE CONSTITUENTS AROUND THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
I'M DEALING WITH THE SITUATION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW, AND THE FRUSTRATION THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING FROM THE NOISE, THE MUSIC LIGHT AT NIGHT, UM, THEY CAN'T GET ANY HELP.
THE, THE ESTABLISHMENT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THEM.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE NEIGHBORS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL.
IF THIS PASSES AND THE ALCOHOL, UM, IS THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE THE ALCOHOL, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IN MY DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY GOING TO ESCALATE THE NOISE AND ALL THAT GOES ON OVER THERE.
WE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONSTITUENTS.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DUNN, I THINK FOR THIS GENTLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY, MAYBE TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE HE CAN BE FREE TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO UNDER THE LICENSES THAT HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM IN WITHOUT PUTTING A BURDEN ON THE CONSTITUENTS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO BE LOCKED IN LIKE THAT, AND CONSTANTLY HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS DEAL WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THOSE NEIGHBORS AREN'T GOING TO GO AWAY.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND THAT'S THEIR HOME.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEIGHBORS AND CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
UH, IF, IF WE WERE TO VOTE ON IT AS IS, UM, IPOS, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? WELL, LET ME SAY THIS, UH, D COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN MACHINE MUST BE BROKEN.
AND OVER THERE, IT DIDN'T COME TO ME, BUT WE ALL RIGHT.
MR. JACKSON, COME BACK TO THE PODIUM.
I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I ASKED YOU THE FIRST QUESTION, WHY ALCOHOL ALCOHOL WOULD BRING IN MORE REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO REVITALIZE THE CITY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP CONTINUING WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IT JUST BE BENEFICIAL.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REQUESTED THROUGH THE CITY EVER SINCE I STARTED MILLENNIAL PARK AND I ONLY WANTED TO DO RESTAURANTS.
AND THEN THE CITY KEPT SAYING TO ME, AND WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ADD DAIQUIRIS? WHEN ARE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALCOHOL? AND I NEVER HAD A PLAN TO, AND THEN ONCE WE KIND OF GOTTEN TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND THEN WE SAW THAT WE POSSIBLY WANT TO DO IT.
AND THEN WE APPLIED FOR THE LICENSING AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT HEARING EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS AND EVERYONE'S CONCERNS.
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THE CAV
UM, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'D BE INTERESTED IN, BUT ALCOHOL IS JUST, UM,
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SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO ADD AS KIND OF THE EXPERIENCE EVELYN, YOUR PARK.AND IF WE DON'T GET IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND WE'LL TAKE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US, AND WE'LL, I HAVE ACQUIRED MORE LAND AND I'LL CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE MORE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP BUILDING AND DOING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE.
SMART YOUNG MAN, UH, GUESTS AND MY, I HAVE TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN DUN AND WITH COUNCILWOMAN EMMA ROSSA HERE, BECAUSE THEN I'LL ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION, JACKSON, MR. JACKSON, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? AND IS THERE A BAR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? AND WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? AND THEN D BUY HOMES IN ORDER THAT WE CAN LIVE A GOOD LIFE? AND THESE PEOPLE ARE HOMEOWNERS.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE HOMEOWNERS AND HAVE BEEN THERE A WHILE.
SO ME, I WOULD CONCUR THAT YOU GREAT IDEA, AND YOU KNOW, OFTEN FOLK TALK ABOUT YOU MILLENNIANS AND THE 25 YEAR OLDS AND THE BIT THAT'S GREAT, BUT I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SOME OF THE WISDOM OF THE NON-MILLENNIALS BEFORE YOU STRETCH OUT TO DO SUCH A THING AS THIS, BUT I CONCUR WITH THESE TWO WITH, WITH COUNCILWOMAN AMA ROSA, AND WITH COUNCILMAN, UM, DONE THAT YOU DON'T LIMIT YOURSELF, FIND YOUR, ANOTHER SPOT TO DO THIS AND NOT IN THESE FOLK BACKYARDS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? WELL, LET ME SAY THAT THE ITEM IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF CAM AND HIS FAMILY.
I THINK, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WONDERFUL EVENTS, UM, AT MILLENNIUM PARK AND I THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS FANTASTIC.
UH, WHEN I INITIALLY SAW IT, I VISITED, THEY DON'T HEAR US IN THERE OR THEY CAN'T.
OH, OH, THEY LOST THE CONNECTION COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS WHERE I'LL SPEAK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTEAD OF PRAISING CAMP.
UH, BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION FOR ME IS NUMBER ONE, UH, AS I CAN APPRECIATE IT, RYAN, THERE WAS A BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
AND THE BUILDING THAT EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS THE BUILDING THAT PRIMARILY TAKES UP THE SPACE WHERE THE REQUEST IS BEING MADE.
AND THEN THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAN ON THE PROPERTY OF THE SMALLEST SPACE OUTSIDE WHERE THE STATIONARY BUILDING IS LOCATED.
AND SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SPACE TO PUT OTHER CANS THERE OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO HERE TODAY, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS WHETHER OR NOT WE APPROVED THE PROPERTY BEING REZONED, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FEW MORE STEPS IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY SELL ALCOHOL.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO CAM IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO YOU, CAM, IS THIS AGAIN, I'M PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I VISITED, UH, THE FACILITY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, OPPORTUNITY BEING THERE.
I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A PLEASURE TO SPEAK, UH, THERE AT, ON, ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING THERE, UH, BACK IN DECEMBER WHERE WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE ISSUES AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU IN AN EFFORT TO BE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT.
YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM AND SEASONING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS AS I CAN, AS I CAN.
I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO PASS BECAUSE IT NEEDS EIGHT VOTES TO PASS.
YOU COULD WITHDRAW THE ITEM AND THEN RESUBMIT AS AN ICEBERG OR RESUBMIT WITH A DIFFERENT CAV, ONE AS BEEN SUGGESTED, OR WE COULD DEFER THE ITEM AND YOU CAN POTENTIALLY THE CHP ONE DESIGNATION.
SO AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER WE DO.
DO YOU WANT US TO DEFER THIS ITEM? BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU'VE HEARD, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN FAVOR OF THE BURDEN ITEM AND ALLOW YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE IT AND COME BACK AND PERHAPS DO SOMETHING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE, UH, MORE SUPPORTIVE OF.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM ALTOGETHER AND THEN RESUBMIT AS AN ICEBERG, WHICH BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM A COUNCIL THAT YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALCOHOL COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOLD, OR DO YOU WANT US TO VOTE ON IT? AND IF IT FAILS TONIGHT AND THEN YOU START OVER FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO CAM, WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER TO DO WOULD DEFERRING IT? UM, ONCE IT'S DEFERRED, WHAT I HAD THE POSSIBILITY TO
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SUBMIT FOR THE CAV ONE WALLACE DEFERRED, AND WOULD IT BE ABLE TO, OR WOULD I HAVE TO WITHDRAW, UM, WOULD NOW AND THEN RESUBMIT FOR THE CAV ONE TO GET THE CAV ONE, RIGHT? TO GO TO THE CIB ONE ROUTE, YOUR ONLY OPTION WITH THE CURRENT APPLICATION WOULD BE THE SAME FOOTPRINT THAT'S REQUESTED NOW.AND YOU AND YOU AS A BODY TONIGHT COULD MAKE A MOTION FOR A DOWN ZONING TO CAV ONE IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT, A DEFERRAL, WE COULD CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ON OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
HOW, HOW LONG, HOW MUCH TIME DOES HE HAVE? UH, IT COULD BE A 30 DAY DEFERRAL OR A 60 DAY DEFERRAL.
CAM, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? UM, I'D RATHER WITHDRAW IT AND THEN RESUBMIT FOR, SEE EVERYONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WITHDRAW TO RESUBMIT FOR
YOU COULD WORK ON THAT ALL WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING CLARIFICATION IF WE DIFFER SO HE CAN EVALUATE CAV ONE, IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THIS DEFINED AREA.
AM I CORRECT? IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE DEFINED AREA HE'S PRESENTLY APPLIED FOR TO GO TO CA B.
AGAIN, YOU COULD VOTE TONIGHT AND ON CAV ONE, HE REQUESTED
BUT IF WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, IF HE WANTS TO DISCUSS EXPANDING THAT BOUNDARY FOR CAV ONE, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE WITHDRAWING THAT APPLICATION AND A WHOLE NEW APPLICATION FILED BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF WE DEFER TONIGHT AND MR. JACKSON DECIDED DETERMINES, I WANT TO APPLY FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY CAV ONE, HE COULD WITHDRAW WITHOUT ACTION FROM THIS BODY.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN.
IF THERE ARE NO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUSTLES.
IF HE REDUCES THE MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION, UH, IS THAT ALLOWED? THAT WOULD BE A LOT AS WELL.
SO, SO THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE MEETS AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION.
IT JUST HAS TO BE A LESSER AMOUNT, NOT, NOT, NOT A LARGER REQUEST.
THEN THAT, THAT IN THAT CASE TO MEET DEFERRAL MAKES SENSE.
AND LOOK, I MEANT TO SAY THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MR. JACKSON, AND I GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME, BECAUSE I WROTE IT DOWN.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT'S, YOU'RE DOING AT 25 YEARS OLD.
UH, I WASN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF AT 25 YEARS OLD.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE WATCHED THE WAY YOU'VE CONDUCTED YOURSELF HERE TONIGHT, UH, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT FOLKS HAVE SAID ABOUT YOU, UH, IT SHOWS SOME INTESTINAL FORTITUDE, I THINK.
UM, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO PLACES.
UH, IF YOU KEEP ON WORKING THE WAY YOU ARE AND, AND BEING, BEING WILLING TO STAND UP AND TAKE ON THE RISK, LIKE YOU ARE JUST GOOD JOB, MAN.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO DEFER FILE ON MR. MO, THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.
THE SECOND SECOND BY DON, ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS TO OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO TAKE
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ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE SEPARATELY, UH, PA 20 DASH 21 EIGHT EIGHT FIVE.WHAT DALE BOULEVARD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INSTITUTIONAL TO EMPLOYMENT CENTER ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF WOODDALE BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF EXCHANGE PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE SIX ZERO RELATED CASE 56 DASH 20 CASE 56 DASH 21 EIGHT EIGHT FIVE WITH DALE BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ONE TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL M TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE EIGHT SEAT ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED THE WEST SIDE OF WHAT DALE BOULEVARD, NORTH OF EXCHANGE PLACE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DONE JUNIOR COMMISSION ACTION.
MOTION CARRIED SIX, ZERO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON THESE ITEMS, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ITEM.
WAS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER BANK.
A SPEAKER BUTTON HAS BEEN PRESSED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON ITEMS SEPARATELY? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM THREE COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY DONE SECOND BY OPPOSITION, HAVING NONE CARRY ITEM FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER DONE MOTION TO APPROVE BY DONE.
SECOND BY GREEN AND THE OPPOSITION HAVING NONE MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL MEMBERS.
[5. 20-01265 Case 54-20 6263 Comite Drive]
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54 DASH 2062 63 COMI DRIVE TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO RURAL ON PROPERTY.LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF COMI DRIVE EAST TO PLANK ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT TO DISTRICT BANKS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON JANUARY 11TH, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MO ITEM.
NO PUBLIC HEARING MOTION MOTION BY BACK SECOND BY AMA ROSA OPPOSITION.
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ITEM NUMBER SIX, PA 22 DASH 24 FIVE ONE TWO HIGHLAND ROAD.SO I'M IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOLLAND ROAD, WEST OF BOROUGH ROAD, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12, ROCKER WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON JANUARY 13TH, PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM, NO PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION BY ROCKER.
SECOND BY BY HUDSON OPPOSITION, NONE CARRY
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NUMBER SEVEN.WE'RE GOING TO IS A REQUEST TO DELETE THIS ITEM AS WELL.
61 DASH 2045, 12 ISLAND ROAD TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOLLAND ROAD, WEST OF BOROUGH ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCCA PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT ON JANUARY 13TH, NO PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS MOSTLY BY ROCKET.
SECOND BY THE CHAIR, NO OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES
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NUMBER EIGHT 59 DASH 21 THREE TWO SIX FIVE PERKINS ROAD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, EAST OF METAL PARK AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY SIX, ZERO.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, HAVING THEM BACK THAT ITEM, ANY MOTION TO APPROVE HUDSON SECOND MOROSA OPPOSITION.
[9. 20-01494 Case 60-20 11467 North Harrell’s Ferry Road]
NINE, CASE 60.THERE IS 21 ONE FOUR SIX SEVEN NORTH HAROLD'S THIRD ROAD TO REZONE FROM RORY TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF NORTH HARRIS FERRY ROAD, WEST OF SOUTH SHORE WITH BARNS BOULEVARD, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AMORUSO COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE SIX ZERO PUBLIC HEARING, NO PUBLIC HEARING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND MOROSA SECOND BY GREEN OPPOSITION, NONE CARRY
[10. 20-01495 Case 62-20 626 Staring Lane]
ITEM NUMBER 10 62 DASH 26, TWO SIX STAR AND LANE TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO ZERO LOT LINE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STORY LANE, NORTH TO BOONE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCCA MOTION TO APPROVE EIGHT ZERO IS THE COMMISSION ACTION PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM.THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 10 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU HEAR A FIGHT THEM 10, COME ON DOWN.
NO PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ITEM BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM 10 COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISPROVE OR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? UM, I GUESS I, I JUST NEED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY THAT THE RESONANCE OF THIS, UH, SURROUNDING POTENTIAL SUBDIVISION CAME AND SPOKE WITH ME AND MR. MESSINA, MR. HOLCOMB, AND THEY WERE IN OPPOSITION.
BUT, UM, SINCE THAT MEETING, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM.
SO I GUESS THAT I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY ROCK.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY THE CHAIR, ANY OPPOSITION, NONE CARRY ITEM,
[11. 20-01496 Case 63-20 T 1651 Choctaw Drive]
1163 DASH 20 T ONE SIX FIVE ONE CHOCTAW DRIVE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND LIMITED RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TOOL OR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHOCTAW DRIVE BETWEEN LINWOOD AVENUE AND PIMPERNEL AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN STAFF CERTIFIES ARE WILLING TO READ THAT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT COLEMAN.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVING NONE BACK TO THE COUNCIL MOTION BY COLEMAN SECOND BY MOKE OPPOSITION, NONE KERRY COUNCIL
[Items 12 - 14]
MEMBERS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 14 TOGETHER, I SUPPOSE ONE DASH 21 LOTUS ONE SENIOR HOUSING PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF GRACIE STREET, NORTH TO SPANISH TOWN ROAD BETWEEN NORTH 16TH STREET AND FRISCO STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE COMMISSION ACTION CARRIED EIGHT ZERO ITEM 13.
I SPOKE TO DASH 21 LOTUS TO SENIOR HOUSING, PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY, MULTI FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPANISH TOWN ROAD, NORTH OF GAYOSO STREET BETWEEN NORTH 15TH STREET AND NORTH 16TH STREET
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COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE A ZERO ICEBERG THAT'S THREE DAYS 21 LOAD IS THREE SENIOR HOUSING PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY.MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF GAIL'S THE STREET NORTH OF NORTH STREET BETWEEN NORTH 15TH STREET AND NORTH 16TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10, UH, COLEMAN MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT STIPULATION TO REMOVE THE DUMPSTER PAD CARRIED EIGHT TO ZERO PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS 12 THROUGH 14 PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS 12 AND 14 NOTE PUBLIC HEARING, MOSTLY TO APPROVE.
WHAT STIPULATION IS THERE A MOTION COLEMAN SECOND BY THE CHAIR? ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO TIME OUT.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UH, PARTICULARLY ITEM 14.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT PARKING
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD WITH MERLE MERYL PORSHAY MAP DESIGN GROUP TEN NINE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN NORTH HARRISBURG DRIVE.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING FOR ITEM NUMBER 14.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT PLEASE? YES, THAT WAS A PARKING STUDY DONE AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, UM, THE COUNCIL DO OWN MORE LAND.
WE TRIED TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING, BUT IT WASN'T ZONED PROPERLY.
SO THE PARKING STUDY AFTER STIPULATE THAT WE CAN APPROVE WITH THAT PARKING, BUT YET WE'RE GONNA ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING IN DUE TIME.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
MA'AM YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM? YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK THE CITY PLANNING STAFF, THIS, UM, THE PERMITTING STAFF AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR HELPING US TO GET TO THIS POINT.
YES, MA'AM YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOTION BY COLEMAN SECOND BY COLE, ALL THAT.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE
[15. 20-01535 TND-1-07 Rouzan, Concept Plan, Revision 13]
ITEM 15 T AND D DASH ONE DASH ZERO SEVEN.ROSANNE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 13 PROPOSED ADDITION OF LAND TO OVERALL T AND D BOUNDARIES.
REALLOCATION OF RESIDENTIAL USES AND CIRCULATION CHANGES ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH TO PERKINS ROAD, EAST TO PLASTICO AVENUE, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12, A MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED BY THE COMMISSION ACTION, SIX TO ZERO SIX ZERO PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 15 PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 15, HAVING NONE, OR IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ROCKER SECOND BY AMA ROSA OPPOSITION, HAVING NONE, MOST CAREGIVERS, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM COMPANY AGAIN AT NIGHT FOR THE SERVICE PAULO AND RYAN.
YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB TONIGHT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL AROUND THE APPLAUSE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY AMAROSA SECOND BY ROCKER.
UH, YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
LISTEN, MS. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
UH, THE GENTLE LADY FROM BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BROUGHT A CAKE CAKE AS WELL AS SANDWICHES FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND SHE GOT THE KING CAKE AND IT'S FILLED WITH JELLY CREAM, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO, WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT AND FIVE BLOCKS REMOTE.
SHE BROUGHT IT HERE TO SEE EVEN FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOUR COUNCIL ONE GRANT, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.