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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 20, 21 SPECIAL MEETING ME.
DO WE HAVE A FORM? WE HAVE A FORM, BUT AS IN GENTLEMEN, WE'RE
[1. 21-00025 PA-1-21 9001, 9135, 9301, 9389, 9401, 9501, 9701, 9799, 9801 Cortana Place]
[2. 21-00026 Case 5-21 9001, 9135, 9301, 9389, 9401, 9501, 9701, 9799, 9801 Cortana Place]
GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY.SO I WILL READ, UH, BOTH ITEMS PA ONE DASH 21 NINE (001) 913-5930 +1 938-994-0195 ZERO +1 970-197-9998 ZERO ONE.
CARTERA PLACE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM REGIONAL CENTER TO EMPLOYMENT CENTER ON PROPERTY, LOCATED ON CONTAINER PLACE TO THE EAST OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY NORTH, THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD ON THE PROPERTIES KNOWN AS SCOTT Y'ALL'S SITE DEVELOPER'S SITE WILSON SITE, MERVIN SITE, DEALER SITE, SUICIDE AND TRACK JC DASH ONE OF CARTERA MALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS, COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX.
COUNCIL NUMBER DONE COMMISSIONED ACTION WAS TO APPROVE NINE TO ZERO ITEM TWO CASE FIVE DASH 21 NINE (001) 913-5930 +1 938-994-0195 ZERO +1 970-197-9998 ZERO ONE.
QUARTANA PLACE TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE, C DASH A B DASH TWO TO COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING THREE CW THREE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON CORTANA PLACE TO THE EAST OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY, NORTH TO FLORIDA BOULEVARD ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE GODSHAW SITE DEVELOPER SITE, WILSON SITE, MERVIN SITE, DEALER SITE SUICIDE AND CHECK TRACK JC ONE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS DONE THE COMMISSION ACTION MOTION TO APPROVE NINE ZERO.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE AT THE LIBRARY WISHING TO SPEAK ANYONE HERE OR AT THE LIBRARY FOR THIS MEETING, WISHING TO SPEAK, HAVING NONE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE AT THE CHAMBER OTHER THAN MAYOR, PRESIDENT ROAM HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE HERE OTHER THAN MAYOR, PRESIDENT ROMEO TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM AT THIS TIME, MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, OUR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY ADMINISTRATION, IT HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALLOWING OUR CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF DISINVESTMENT.
WE'VE SEEN THIS ACROSS PROJECTS SUCH AS THE REOPENING OF HOW PLACE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING THE REIMAGINING A PLANK ROAD AND OUR RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
JUST TO NAME A FEW THROUGH OUR COLLABORATION, WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESSES THAT HAVE PROVEN TO BE CRITICAL TO THE GROWTH AND WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM PROUD TO STAND HERE AND FULLY SUPPORT THE REZONING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER QUARTANA MALL, A MALL THAT HAS UNDOUBTEDLY IMPACTED ALL OF US IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
OVER THE PAST 45 YEARS, THIS GENERATIONAL PROJECT WILL CREATE 1000 NEW JOBS FOR OUR AREA RESIDENTS AND TODAY'S REZONING OF CORTEN AMAL WILL BE CRITICAL TO MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
I ASKED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF BATON ROUGE, ONE WHERE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES OR SUCCESS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
MR. PROTEA, ASK HIM ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOHLER.
AND KIND OF MIRRORING WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
UM, I HOPE WE, AS A COUNCIL CAN, UH, COME TOGETHER AND PASS THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN, I GUESS, UH, IN GROWING UP I USED, YOU KNOW, PARENTS USED TO TAKE ME TO CORTEN EXCUSE ME, BEAUMARCHAIS MALL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT SAID WHEN QUARTANA BUILT AND SAT DORMANT FOR SO LONG AND EVERYTHING, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE
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IT BROUGHT BACK INTO COMMERCE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE GROWING UP IN COURT, TANA BALL BACK THEN YOUR PARENTS COULD DROP YOU OFF AND YOU'RE ON THEM ALL THE WHOLE DAY AT EVERYTHING.
AND I WORKED THERE, MY FIRST JOB WAS AT QUARTANA MALL.
UM, BUT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IT GO DOWN LIKE IT DID, AND THEN TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLY GOING THERE, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT AREA OF BATON ROUGE TO REVITALIZE, TO REGROW AND SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT, NOT JUST FOR THAT ONE SITE, BUT AROUND THAT AREA.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD JOIN ME IN VOTING FOR YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARK, IS THAT A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE ONE SECOND SECONDED BY EVERYONE.
LET ME JUST SAY THIS, UH, CORTANA MALL IN BALTIMORE SHADE MALL, UH, WHERE THE MALLS OF MY YOUTH, IN FACT, I USED TO LIVE, UH, IN THE AREA NEAR BALTIMORE SHIT MALL.
IT WAS MYSELF AND MY FRIENDS WHO NAMED THAT AREA MALL CITY BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, BUT WE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET TO THE BIG MALL.
SO WE ALWAYS WOULD CATCH THE BUS TO QUARTANA MALL ON SATURDAYS.
AND AS YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER MOBILE, STAY THERE ALL DAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE DO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO IT IS EXTREMELY IT'S BITTERSWEET.
IT'S EXTREMELY BITTER TO SEE SUCH A LARGE PART OF MY YOUTH GO AWAY, BUT I'M OVERLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS COMING TO THAT SPACE.
AND I'M SO GLAD THERE ARE COMPANIES WHO ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR GREAT CITY AND WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF RECRUITING, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, COMPANIES LIKE THIS TO COME TO OUR CITY AND DO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL, NOT JUST FOR THE AREA, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING STATED, UH, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE? WE MOVING ON TO MOTION ONE, I MEAN, ITEM ONE PASSES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO MOTION BY COLEMAN SET AND TO BOND MOROSA ANY OPPOSITION HAVING NONE.
UH, YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNSEL MEMBER DONE EXTENDING THE MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERTY.
I MEAN, ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION, NO OPPOSITION.
I THINK WE ALL DESERVE TO GET THIS PROJECT, BUT WONDERFUL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE GO, YOU KNOW, LEITH, I AND GAR HAD HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND GETTING THIS DONE BENEATH IS MOVING ON FROM CITY PARISH.
BUT THIS IS A NICE FEATHER IN YOUR CAP TO LEAVE US WITH THE NEED.
SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND GOOD LUCK AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FROM YOUR OWN OUTCOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLDS SECONDED BY EVERYONE? WE WILL RECESS UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK WHERE WE WILL START OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS TODAY AT THREE 30, SO WE'LL RECESS TILL FOUR O'CLOCK AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR REGULAR COUNCIL, BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.