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GOOD MEETING EVERYONE.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S

[ROLL CALL]

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL CALL.

MR. HALL, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN GROWL HERE.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON, DEAR COMMISSIONER ALLEN HERE.

COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELEANOR HERE, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, COMMISSIONER HILL AND COMMISSIONER STERLING.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ON UNTIL THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 17TH MEETING MOVED BY COMMISSIONER STERLING AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVE, UH, MINUTES SEEING NONE THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? AM I ASKED THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IN THE RULES FOR

[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]

CONDUCTING PUBLIC YEAH.

RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS, ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT THE RIVER CENTER BRANCH LIBRARY, TWO 15 NORTH BOULEVARD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 2 FOURTH FLOOR MEETING ROOM.

DURING THE MEETING, ALL COMMENTS WILL BE STREAMED LIVE TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND BROADCAST ON WWW DOT DOT GOV ON METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND AT AND T CHANNEL 99 AND ON THE CITY OF BOSTON.

OH, SORRY.

STEVE BOSTON.

EXCUSE ME.

THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE FIVE, FACEBOOK LIVE TYNAN COMMISSION MEETING WILL ALSO BE STREAMED LIVE TO THE RIVER CENTER BRANCH BRANCH LIBRARY MEETING ROOM COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 4:00 PM OF THE MEETING.

DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.

AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEM'S PUBLIC HEARING ANY INTEREST IN PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND@HTTPSSLASHWWWDOTRLA.GOV SLASH PC APPLICANT.

AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM, TO REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR THEM.

ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.

PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK.

THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.

SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU.

VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MR. MORIN CONSENT ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEM NUMBER 14, CASE 31 21, 1 77 61 TIGER BEN ROAD TO RESIGN FROM RURAL TO ZERO LOT LINE RESIDENTIAL 82.6 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TIGER BEN WEST OF EAST COURT ROAD.

WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON JUNE 21ST ITEM NUMBER 15 AS 5 21 GARDEN HILLS SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT NORTH SIDE OF TIGER BEN ROAD WEST OF EAST A COURT ROAD.

ALSO WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON JUNE 21ST CONSENT ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL ITEM NUMBER THREE, PA SEVEN DASH 21 1 5 6 9 4 AND 1 5 6 9, 6 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY TO AMEND THE CONFERENCE OF LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF GROOM ROAD DEFERRED TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BANK ITEM NUMBER FOUR S FOUR DASH 21 FOR VENTO SUBDIVISION PROPOSALS OR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE IT'S SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF GROOM ROAD ALSO DEFERRED TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, ITEM NUMBER SIX, P A 10 DASH 21 3 2.

OKAY, FIVE AND 3, 2 1 5 JONES CREEK ROAD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF JONES CREEK ROAD, SOUTH OF SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD, DEFER TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

OKAY, AND MOROSA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 33 21 3 2 0 4 5 AND 3, 2 1 5 JONES CREEK ROAD TO REASON FROM RURAL TO TOWNHOUSE HOUSE 82.5 ON PROPERTY BE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF JONES CREEK ROAD, SOUTH OF SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD DEFERRED ALSO DEFERRED TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMAUROSIS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT S 8 21.

THE PARK AT JONES CREEK PROPOSED TOWNHOUSE SUBDIVISION WITH PRIVATE STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED

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ON THE EAST SIDE OF JONES CREEK ROAD, SOUTH OF SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD ALSO DEFER TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER MRO ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 2226 DASH 21 1 0 0 3.

BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO BAR AND LOUNGE.

ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD, WEST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE DEFER TO JULY 19TH BY THE PLANNING ITEM 16 CASE 32 21 1 4 3 4 4 SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO ZERO LOT LINE RESIDENTIAL EIGHT 2.6 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTH HARRIS FERRY ROAD WEST OF PRESIDENT DAVID'S DRIVE TO, TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER AMORUSO ITEM NUMBER 17 S SEVEN DASH 21.

THE GARDENS AT FOREST PARK PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PRIVATE STREETS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD WEST AND PRESIDENT DAVIS DRIVE DEFERRED TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER MROC ITEM NUMBER 20 CASE 36 21 1 1 3 2 4 GRAND STREET TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO RURAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GRANBURY STREET, NORTH OF BLUNT ROAD DIFFER OR TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, ITEM NUMBER 24, PUD ONE DASH OH THREE TOWN CENTER AT CEDAR LODGE CREEKSTONE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR ROBOTS I'S PERMISSIBLE USE IS TO INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, NORTH OF CORPORATE BOULEVARD TO FIRST TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS AND JULY AND ITEM NUMBER 20 PUD 1 21 ELIZA GARDENS FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROPOSED LOAD DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE DEFERRED TO JULY 19TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER CONSENT ITEMS FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER 10, CASE 27 21 9 30 O'NEAL LANE, SUITE THREE TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C TWO TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO BAR LOUNGE, C A B TOO ON PROPERTY.

OKAY.

THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF ONI, ELAINE NORTH OF WOODWICK AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER 11, CASE 28 21 2 5 7 LEE DRIVE SUITE.

OH, TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C TWO TWO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LEE DRIVE, NORTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 12, KS 29, 21 20 24 THOMAS ROAD TO REZONE FROM GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, A FOUR LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE LC, ONE AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CAV ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THOMAS ROAD, EAST OF SCOTLAND'S ZACHARY HIGHWAY ITEM NUMBER 13, CASE 30 21 TO 50 SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE TO REZONE FROM HEAVY ONE AC ONE TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE, NORTH OF GOVERNMENT STREET, ITEM NUMBER 18, CASE 34 21 1 1 0 0 SLASH 1 2 0 0 MYRTLE STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO LIMITED RESIDENTIAL A 3.1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MYRTLE STREET, WEST OF SOUTH 12TH STREET ITEM NUMBER 19 CASE 35 21 1 4 1 9 JULIA STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO HIGH DENSITY.

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL A 3.1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JULIA STREET, WEST OF SOUTH 15TH STREET ITEM NUMBER 21 CASE 37 21 1-885-WOODDALE BOULEVARD TO REZONE

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FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE EIGHT C ONE TO G GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, A FOUR ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODDALE BOULEVARD, NORTH OF EXCHANGE PLACE ITEM NUMBER 22, I SPUD 1119 LAROSA REVISION ONE PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY.

RESIDENTIAL USES ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHLAND ROAD, WEST OF KENILWORTH PARKWAY ITEM NUMBER 25, PUD SIX DASH 13, THE LAKES AT HARVEST AND PHASE TWO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, EAST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 30 CS FOUR DASH 21 FOSTER PLACE PROPOSED FLAG, LOT SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF HOOPER ROAD AT THE END OF HIGHLAND GARDENS ROAD AND THE ITEM 31 S SIX DASH 21, CYPRESS AT ARRENDALE SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF NORTH ARDEN WOULD DRIVE SOUTH OF GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL THESE REQUESTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UDC.

THANK YOU, MR. MORON, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, YOU HAVE HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA COMMISSIONER BANKS? I DON'T THINK WE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DIFFER.

I THINK WE CAN PULL IT.

AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, DEFERRED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WHICH ITEMS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? PULLING 30 WAS DEFERRED BY YOU LAST MONTH.

UM, WE COULD PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO HEAR THE AUTUMN AND POTENTIALLY MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT WHEN WE GET TO IT, PULL ITEMS 12 AND ITEM 30.

OKAY.

IS THAT A COMMISSIONER BANKS? OKAY.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO WISH TO HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS PULLED? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SPEAK ON ANY, THANK YOU SEEING NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION, THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STERLING? UH, SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER

[2. PA-6-21 18500-18600 Old Scenic Highway]

TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 6 21 18 5 0 0 TO 18, 600 0 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY B A 6 21 18 500 THROUGH 18 600 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY 17 BY BLANK BLANK.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF ALL SCENIC HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF CEDAR TREE CONCEAL DISTRICT ONE.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AGRICULTURE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD B A 6 21 18 500 THROUGH 18 600 ALL SCENIC HIGHWAY.

THE FAIRPHONE MAY 17 BY PLANNING DIRECTOR, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON IT, 2185 AND A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES.

WE'VE RECEIVED TWO MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PLAN AMENDMENT AND A MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION

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FROM COUNCILMEN.

NO, I HAVE A COPY OF THAT EMAIL THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

HEY, THIS IS JONATHAN STARNS.

I'M AT 8 4 4 0 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.

I AM THE, UH, APPLICANT, UH, OR ONE OF THE APPLICANTS ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY JUST TO SEEK, UH, YOUR APPROVAL OF THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, SO THAT WE COULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH, WITH, UH, THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND, UH, SEEK TO DO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RELATED TO THE PROPERTY, UH, OR OUR PROPOSED PLANS ON IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? PERMISSION HEAL.

IS THIS, UM, IS THIS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS, UM, WAS LOOKED AT BY, BY ZACHARY, BERT? WHAT WAS THE ALBUM? WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THAT? THAT'S CORRECT COMMISSIONER? NO, THIS ITEM WAS SENT TO THE CITY OF ZACHARY ON APRIL 14TH.

UM, ALONG WITH PUBLIC NOTIFICATION CARDS THAT WERE SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA ON APRIL 30TH, UM, DENIAL WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE ZACHARY CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 21ST.

THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, WE CAN'T HEAR COUNCILWOMAN BANKS ON THE MICROPHONE.

NO, I JUST THINK WE HAVE, AND THAT I HAVE IDOLS IN MY AREA TOO, THAT ARE PART OF THE ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND AT SOME POINT I THINK, UM, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ZACHARY SHOULD HAVE A MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS OR HAVE A PLAN TO EXPAND THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM.

UM, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, BUT, UH, TO CONTINUE REALLY HAVE, UM, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING AND KNOWING THAT, UH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OR IF THERE IS NOT A PLAN TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY.

UM, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULDN'T BE PASSIVE ABOUT AND WAITING TO WAIT TILL A DEVELOPER GETS TO US.

BUT, UM, AT THIS TIME I DO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN KNOLL AND HE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH THE CITY OF ZACHARY AND AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PROPER TRANSITION, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE, BUT, UM, TO, UH, DENY OUR POOL OF THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO DENY THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? IS THERE A COMMENT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, UH, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, PLEASE? MY COMMENT IS, UM, FOR, UH, THE APPLICANT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO BEING A ZONE OF INFLUENCED OR, UM, THE PARISH AND THE CITY OF ZACHARY THERE'S, UH, EVEN IN THIS LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UM, BRANDON, NO, HE TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE BEING A CONCERN.

AND, UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

I DO LIVE IN THE ZACHARY AREA AND I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES AND THAT'S ONE THING I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING

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UP A LOT IN REFERENCE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO LIKE A DRAINING DRAINAGE PLAN.

UM, I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK INTO THE DETAIL OF HIS APPLICATION.

UM, DID HE SUBMIT A DETAILED DRAINAGE PLAN ON HOW THAT WAS GOING TO IMPACT THE NEIGHBOR OF THE SUBDIVISION NEXT DOOR GLEN? SO THIS ITEM WAS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS JUST A PLAN AMENDMENT.

THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY ON, ON A REZONING OR A PLAN AMENDMENT.

UM, ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL ON THIS SITE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR GET SUBMITTED TO THE PERMIT OFFICE, WHERE WOULD BE A REVIEW THAT THE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS AND THE DRAINAGE STUDY WOULD BE REVIEWED AT A LATER DATE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, DIRECTOR ON, CAN YOU, UM, AGAIN, GIVE US, UH, A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE AND HOW THAT CORRELATES TO US MAKING OUR DECISION AS WELL.

SO THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE STARTED OUT AS A, AS A COURTESY TO A BUDDING MUNICIPALITIES, UM, WHERE WE WOULD GIVE THEM NOTICE WHEN WE RECEIVED, UH, AN APPLICATION WITHIN X NUMBER OF FEET OF, UH, OF THEIR JURISDICTION.

IT WAS THEN FORMALLY EXPANDED, UM, TO BAKER, UH, CENTRAL AND ZACHARY TO SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE ATTACHMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, TO THEM IN WHICH THEY PUT AN ITEM ON THE PLANET ON THERE'S THAT ZACHARY PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA, AND THEN SEND IT TO THEIR COUNCIL IN WHICH, UM, THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS ITEM.

LAST SECOND, THE MOTION OF THE DENIAL OF THIS APPLICATION.

OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO DENY THAT A MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO DENYING THIS ITEM? ONE? OBJECTION NOTED FROM VICE CHAIRMAN.

DO YOU EVER IN A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN, ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED

[5. PA-9-21 10146 South Vignes Road]

COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLAN AMENDMENT 9 21 1 0 1 46 SOUTH VEINS ROAD B A NINE TWENTY ONE TEN ONE FORTY SIX SOUTH BIG NEGRO.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF SOUTH BIG NATE ROAD, NORTH OF WHO TO DO ROUTE CONCEALED DISTRICT NINE HOT.

THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AGRICULTURAL GROUP TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, A NINE TWENTY ONE TEN ONE FORTY SIX SOUTH VIC NATE ROAD STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE IN SUPPORT TO THIS ITEM, AND ALSO ONE MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

MY NAME IS SCOTT BARDWELL.

I'M AT 79 0 6 BOULEVARD.

I REPRESENT THE APPLICANTS AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS? THERE'S NO ONE HERE, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM.

COMMISSIONER ALLEN MOVED TO A BRIEF, THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

THAT MOTION IS SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED

[12. CONSENT FOR APPROVAL Case 29-21 2024 Thomas Road]

COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, CASE 29, 21 2 0 2 4 THOMAS ROAD CASE 29, 21, 20 24 TOMAS ROAD.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF THOMAS ROAD, EAST OF A SCOTLAND SAKARI HIGHWAY CONCEALED.

THESE THREE, TWO BANKS.

THE APPLICANT IS LEISHA MACKAY.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESOLVE FROM OR RESIDENTIAL, A FOUR TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE L C1 IN COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC, BEVERAGE

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RESTAURANTS, C A B ONE PROPOSED USE RESTAURANT SERVING ALCOHOL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL CASE 29, 21, 20 24 ROAD STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS TO THE SIDE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AYESHA MACKAY.

MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 2 4 THOMAS ROAD.

UM, I AM THE APPLICANT AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, THIS ITEM, YES.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

MR. MCKAY.

YES.

MA'AM.

YES, I AM.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM.

I WOULD LIKE YOU AND I TO, UM, TALK ABOUT IT.

UH, IF I KNOW THIS WAS A FORMER DAYCARE, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABC CAUSE, UM, THOMAS ROAD IS, IS A DANGEROUS HIGH TRAFFIC, UM, WHERE THEY DRIVE FAST.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TRAFFIC.

UM, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE THERE.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALCOHOL DESIGNATION THAT YOU WILL BE, UH, ASKING.

AND I KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING CAUSE I USED TO GO THERE WHEN IT WAS A DAYCARE AND IT WASN'T VERY BIG.

AND SO, UM, I'M NOT DENYING THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO DEFER IT.

AND IF YOU AND I CAN GET TOGETHER THIS WEEK, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE, I HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING YOUR MESSAGES AND, UM, FROM OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, BUT, UH, I DO NEED TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH YOU.

OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.

OKAY.

THERE WAS A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO THE FURTHEST ITEM.

UH, I'M ASSUMING YOU LIKE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS THAT THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR 30 DAYS IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THERE'S A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.

THIS IS FOR THE APPLICANT.

IS THE APPLICANT COMFORTABLE WITH A 30 DAY DEFERRAL ON THIS? YES, SIR.

THAT'S ALL.

SECOND ADVENT IS A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO DEFERRING THIS ITEM SAYING NONE? THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

I, I WAS EXPECTING A, UM, A SECOND FROM A CONSUMMATE ADDISON BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS OUR SCOTLAND BILL AND WE CALL THEM JUKE HOUSES THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAPPEN, KNEW IT OR WE CAN KEEP IT.

GOOD FOR THAT JUICE PALS.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

YOU'VE BEEN SERVED.

NOTICE I'M GOING TO WAKE UP OVER HERE.

I WANT TO LET THE APPLICANT KNOW ON THAT SIDE.

THE NEXT MEETING IS JULY 19TH, MONDAY, JULY 19TH, STEVE.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL

[23. SPUD-1-21 @ Highland]

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23 SPUD 1 21 AT HIGHLAND EXPORT 1 21 AT THAILAND.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST NORTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD, CONSTANT.

THESE THREE 12 FRANCA.

THE APPLICANT IS JOHN .

THE PROPOSED USE IS HIGH DENSITY.

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIX IT USE EXPORT 1 21 AT THAILAND STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF ATTENDED A MEETING ORGANIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON ON JUNE 9TH WITH A GROUP OF CITIZENS AROUND HIGHLAND ROAD AND ON JUNE 15TH, ORGANIZED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO

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WITH A GROUP OF CITIZENS, AGAIN FROM HIGHLAND ROAD AND A GROUP FROM AD HIGHLAND AT THE PROPERTY.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 216 MESSAGES OF OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I'M WALTER MONSOOR 6 7 6 7 PERKINS ROAD WITH CSRS WHO REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, AS IT WAS READ, UH, BY, UH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, ALL, UH, MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET, UM, ALL DRAINAGE AND OFFSITE, OFFSITE DRAINAGE RATHER.

AND, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MACK.

THE APPLICANT, UH, PRESENTLY IS ABLE TO USE THIS PROPERTY FOR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

WHEREAS THIS IS A DOWNSIDE ZONING AS WE CONSIDER IT BECAUSE IT WILL BE GENERATING LESS TRAFFIC TRIPS AND CREATING LESS DRAINAGE CONCERNS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AND BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CORDS THAT ARE PROPONENTS FOR THIS ITEM? SPEAKER CARDS? UM, YOU ARE PROPONENTS.

OKAY.

10 IN OPPOSITION.

OKAY.

I LIKE TO INVITE THE FIRST, UH, SPEAKER.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, BRENT MONTEREY, TEN EIGHT TWENTY HOLLAND ROAD, 7 0 8 1 OH ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SITE IN ALL DUE RESPECT.

THE ENGINEER'S THEORY FOR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WORKING.

THAT IS IF YOU HAVE A SITE THAT IS NATURALLY LOWER AND HOLDING WATER, NATURALLY YOU CAN DIG A HOLDING POND AND ALLOW THE FIELD FROM THE HOLDING POND TO FEEL THE SITE TWO TO FIVE, TWO TO SEVEN FEET.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ALLOWED BEFORE 2016 AND STILL TODAY AREAS THAT WE'RE NATURALLY HOLDING PAUSE TWO TO FIVE FEET BELOW THE STREET TO BE FILLED ON SITE, BY DIGGING A NEW HOLDING POND AND USING THE FIELD TO FEEL THE SITE FOR SUBDIVISION.

THE FACT THAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT THIS DOES NOT WORK.

THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2016 SHOWED YOU THAT THEY HAD HOMES THAT FLOODED FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT NEVER FLOODED IN BATON ROUGE BEFORE THE FLOOD OF 2018 AND 2019 HAD ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT NEVER FLOODED BEFORE.

EVEN IN 2016, THEY FLOODED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 18, 20 19, THIS YEAR IN 2021 NEW ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT NEVER FLOODED IN 20 16, 20 18, 20 19 BEFORE FLOODED BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE FIELD, TWO TO SEVEN FEET NEEDED TO FEEL THIS NEW SUBDIVISIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE RULES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.

THE NEW HOLDING PONDS THAT ARE DUG ON FULFILL OR FOR BEFORE A HOUSE HAS EVEN BUILT IN THE SUBDIVISION.

THE PROBLEM IT'S LIKE A FUNNEL AND THE WATER IS FORCED TO GO THROUGH THE FUNNEL, BUT THE FUNNEL ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE WATER TO FLOW THROUGH FAST ENOUGH.

AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND BACKWATER AS WELL.

THE SOLUTION YOU HAVE TO STOP ALLOWING PROJECTS THAT NEED TO EVEN HAVE ONE FOOT OF FIELD THROUGH THE FUNNEL AND WIDEN THE FUNNEL.

AND THE PROBLEM HAS TO BE FIXED OR WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD AREAS OF NEW HOUSES OR EXISTING HOUSES THAT WILL NOW FLOOD ANOTHER SOLUTION.

DITCHES NEED TO BE CLEARED AND CLEANED OUT.

AND IF POSSIBLE THEY NEED ADDITIONAL PUMPS THAT CAN PUMP WATER INTO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE TRAFFIC.

OKAY.

IF YOU'VE EVER WAS ON HOLLAND ROAD BETWEEN SEVEN AND 9:00 AM IN THE MORNING OR FOUR 30 AND 6:30 PM IN THE EVENING, IT'S A NIGHTMARE, MORE TRAFFIC, ANY MORE PROJECTS WILL NOT HELP THE SITUATION.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR NEW ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THIS AREA FOR FLOODING AND TRAFFIC QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE POSITIVE OF PUTTING THE PROJECT ON THIS SITE AS WELL?

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IS THERE A BETTER, IS IT A BETTER SITUATION TO BE ON NEW SUBDIVISION AND FLOOD EXISTING HOUSES? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

I'M CHARLES .

I LIVE AT 16 0 4 6 HIGHLAND BLUFF COURT IN BATON ROUGE.

I'M HERE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE SO-CALLED BATON ROUGE GROWTH COALITION HAS WAY TOO MUCH INFLUENCE ON OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THIS GROUP OF REALTORS AND BUILDERS ARE ALL SEEKING CONSTANTLY TO BUILD IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN.

UH, DESPITE WHAT DAMAGE THAT DOES TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS AND WHAT INCREASED DRAINAGE LOAD, IT IMPOSES ON THE ALL RACE RISK BY USE FOUNTAIN.

AND MANSHACK THE DEVELOPER AND ENGINEERS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF IRONY AT ALL.

THEY ARE THE SAME ENGINEERS WHO DESIGNED THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH ITSELF FLOODED ON MAY 18TH.

AND THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY ARE SUCH EXPERTS THAT JUST TRUST WHAT THEY SAY.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WELL, THIS EXACT BUILDING FLOODED YEAH, FIVE WEEKS AGO.

MEANWHILE, THERE'S PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND THE SO-CALLED BATON ROUGE GROWTH COALITION IS IGNORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTIES OUT OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OLD NORTH, ALL OF OLD BATON ROUGE FROM GOVERNMENT CREEK NORTH.

SO WHO IS THIS HELPING? IT'S NOT HELPING THE EXISTING PEOPLE, ALL NORTH OF GOVERNMENT STREET.

MEANWHILE, THE PLANNING STAFF ON THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION INCORRECTLY CLAIMS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES.

WELL, MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR DEFINITION IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USAGES, BUT FROM ALMOST A MILE UP HIGHLAND ROAD TO MORE THAN FOUR MILES DOWN HIGHLAND ROAD, THERE ARE ZERO, ZERO HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS, AND CERTAINLY NOTHING REMOTELY COMPARABLE TO A 70 FOOT TALL HIGH RISE IN THIS ALMOST FIVE MILE STRETCH.

THERE, FIVE CHURCHES WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE AND THERE IS ONE LOW DENSITY SINGLE-STORY DRIVE-THROUGH BANK SET FOR BACK FROM HIGHLAND ROAD, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE THAT A HIGH DENSITY HIGH RAJ COULD BE CONSIDERED COMPATIBLE USE THIS PROPERTY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN REZONED SOME YEARS BACK, REGARDLESS OF ITS CURRENT ZONING, THERE IS NO PUBLIC ELECTED JUDGE IN THIS PARISH.

IT WOULD OVERTURN THE THOUGHT OF A PUBLIC BODY SUCH AS YOURS ARE A PUBLICLY ELECTED BODIES, SUCH AS THE METRO COUNCIL WHEN THEY ARE MAKING A DECISION BASED ON PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH INCLUDES DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WE ARE IN DREADFUL SHAPE AND OUR PARISH IS SHORT OF MONEY ALREADY.

MEANWHILE, YOU'VE GOT HIGH GROUND NORTH OF GOVERNMENT STREET, IT'S BEING IGNORED.

AND FROM THE NORTH GATES OF LSU AT NICHOLSON TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, TO THE GATES OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, THEY HAD HIGH LAND, PLENTY THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN PARTICULAR AREAS CLOSE TO EITHER THE UNIVERSITY IDEAL, BUT ATTRACTING YOUNG ENGINEERS DO THAT ROUGE NOT TO DEVELOP THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BLUE BONNET, SWAMP AND OTHER FUCKING LOAN.

THANK YOU.

SO YOUR TIME IS UP.

WE'LL NEED TO CALL THE NEXT WEEK.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

AND WE'LL ASK ALL, ALL THE SUBSEQUENT SPEAKERS TO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE.

YOU MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU.

UH, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, KENNY FREEMAN 4 1 4 MYRTLE HILL DRIVE.

UM, I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN MY APPROACH BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW YOU CANNOT ANSWER, BUT I GREW UP IN BATON ROUGE.

AND REMEMBER WHEN JEFFERSON HIGHWAY WAS TWO LANE FROM GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY OVER TO AIRLINE HIGHWAY.

NOW IT'S FOUR LANE BECAUSE OF REASONS THE BELL GROWING DEVELOPMENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HAVE ANY OF YOUR DRIVEN DOWN JEFFERSON HIGHWAY FROM CORPORATE, SAY TO ELSON BRACELET LATELY, WHAT SHOULD BE A FIVE MINUTE DRIVE? NOW IT TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

QUALITY OF LIFE IN BATON ROUGE.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED NEAR BLUE BONNET AND BURBANK, AT LEAST THREE THAT I KNOW OF BEFORE THIS ONE, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS START PLANNING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING ASPECTS.

START LOOKING AT NOT JUST THIS ONE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT GETS CHECKED OFF WITH THE BOXES, LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF IT.

LOOK HOW THEY ALL COLLECTIVELY IMPACT RATHER THAN JUST THIS ONE HERE OR THAT ONE THERE.

AND THIS AREA, THERE'S A

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TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON AND BEEN APPROVED AND JUST WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THAT SITUATION.

SO AGAIN, I ASK YOU TO START LOOKING AT THE PLANNING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING HORN.

LASTLY, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, AND I KNOW YOU CANNOT ANSWER, BUT TO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER JUSTIN THOMPSON, HE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL PAINTER THAT WORKED FOR ONE OF MY COMPANIES EVERY DAY.

WHEN HE WENT INTO THE PLANTS, HE HAD A CHECKLIST, A SAFETY CHECKLIST THAT HE WOULD LOOK AT.

DID HE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS? WHAT WERE THE SAFETY HAZARDS? WHAT WERE THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS ON MAY 18TH? HE DROVE DOWN BLUE BONNET.

HE DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED A CHECKLIST.

HE IS A GENTLEMEN THAT DROWNED ON BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD, DROWNED ON BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD.

ON MAY 18TH.

YOU HAD TO PULL HIM OUT OF HIS CAR.

GRANTED, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, BUT IT'S STILL BLUE ON IT.

HE DROWN.

SO I ASK YOU IF NOTHING ELSE, BUT JUSTIN THOMAS THOMPSON, THAT IF YOU DON'T REJECT IT, AT LEAST THE FIRST MIKE HAS LIFE AND DEATH COUNT FOR SOMETHING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ALAN.

RIGHT? THE NEXT SPEAKER AT THIS TIME, RANDY RICE, 1 31 SUMMER GRAPES DRIVE.

UM, I LIVED THREE DOORS OFF OF THE HISTORICAL SCENIC HIGHLAND ROAD.

I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UH, WITH AN OFFICE ON SUMO AVENUE.

WE'VE OWNED THAT OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HAD A FLOODING ISSUE UNTIL MAYBE 18.

WE GOT A FOOT OF WATER IN OUR OFFICE, NEW DEVELOPMENTS UP AND DOWN SUMMA AVENUE, JUST LIKE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE BLUE BONNET HIGHLAND ROAD CORRIDOR CAUSED THAT FLOODING.

THERE ARE TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN SUMMA.

WE HAVE NEW HOTELS.

OH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, OH, LOL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RIGHT OUT MY BACK DOOR.

WE'VE HAD INADEQUATE DRAINING FLOODING AND THAT AREA SINCE 1986 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE SINCE OUR OFFICE CONDOMINIUMS HAVE BEEN BUILT.

THIS AREA THAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY, ALSO FLOODED IN MAY.

AND NOW YOU WANT TO PUT IN MORE BUILDINGS AND THROW OFF MORE WATER, DOING SOMETHING WITH RETENTION.

POND IS NOT THE ANSWER IT FLOODED IN MAY INCREASING IT BY 20% IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE FLOODING.

THERE IS A FLOODING PROBLEM.

THERE IS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

THE INFERENCES TO THIS PROPERTY ARE HORRIBLE AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MORE TRAFFIC WITH TWO WAYS IN AND TWO WAYS OUT OR TWO INSTANCES IN AND OUT.

AND THAT'S IT.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT 240 APARTMENTS ON THIS SAME PROPERTY.

PLEASE USE THE WORD AND THINK ABOUT THE WORD PLANNING AND HELP US PREVENT MORE FLOODING AND ALL OF BATON ROUGE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

CAROLYN RICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, HIGHLAND RIDGE.

I'M VERY OPPOSED TO THIS NEW PLAN TO BUILD 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL SPACE ON THE CORNER OF HIGHLAND AND BLUE BUNNY THAT JUST FLOODED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE AND THE CHURCH, THIS THEY'RE FLOODED.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD MORE BUILDINGS THERE THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE.

IT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS ALREADY SO CONGESTED.

THE LOCATION THAT THEY WANT TO DO THIS IS, IS IN THE FLOOD PLAN, THE FLOOD PLAIN, WHY WOULD MORE BUILDINGS BE APPROVED IN AN ALREADY FLOODED AREA? THE LADY THAT SITS SAT NEXT TO ME IN THE MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, SHE GOT THREE FEET OF WATER IN HER HOUSE.

SHE HAS NEVER FLOODED BEFORE.

WE JUST KEEP POURING MORE CONCRETE, BRINGING IN DIRT AND BUILDINGS WITHOUT CONSIDERING WHERE IS THE WATER GOING TO GO? I ASKED THAT THIS PROJECT BE DEFERRED UNTIL SOME MORE PLANS CAN BE MADE AND FLOODING ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED AND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED.

NONE OF THAT, IT, NONE OF THE INS, NONE OF THE INFORMATION THEY GAVE US THIS MEETING, UH, JUST WHAT TWO NIGHTS AGO, NONE OF THAT INFORMATION WAS UP TO DATE.

THE TRAFFIC STUDY HAD BEEN DONE

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IN 2015.

THAT'S NOT UP TO DATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE FLOODING, UH, ISSUES WERE LOOKED AT, BUT WE IT'S TIME TO PUT A STOP TO BUILDING THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I ASK IT TO BE DEFERRED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

I'M DARRELL BAGEL.

1, 1, 1 SHEDDING LAKE PARKWAY, BATON ROUGE, UH, 2016, THE WATER CAME UP.

IT WAS STILL TWO AND A HALF, THREE FEET AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.

THIS LAST FLOOD, I BELIEVE TWO THINGS REALLY CAUSED THE 24 HOUSES ON MY STREET, THE FLOOD, THE PENNINGTON LEVY, THE PENNINGTON WALL IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER ON, UH, HIGHLAND AND BLUE BONNET.

THE DRIVE GOING TO THAT BUILDING THE BUILDING ITSELF SETS UP, WHICH FLOODED, BUT THE DRIVE ITSELF HAS GOT TO BE TWO FEET ABOVE WHERE THAT MARSH WAS PRIOR TO THAT CONSTRUCTION.

AND THAT ACTED AS A DAM WATER THAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE FLOATED BACK TOWARD THE SWAMP.

COULDN'T GO THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THAT BUILDING AND DRIVE 24 HOUSES, LIKE I SAID, FLOODED ON OUR STREET, NEVER BEFORE WE HAVE WATER LIKE THAT.

I THINK IF YOU WOULD DO YOUR JOB A 10 YEAR OLD CAN UNDERSTAND THIS FLOOD ISSUE IF EXPLAINED TO THEM PROPERLY.

SO I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER REZONING OR DOING SOMETHING TO STOP THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER.

PLEASE HAVE TURNER HER AT 9 2 5 4 SCRIPT WITH RODEN, UH, SOUTH BATON ROUGE, UH, MAKE A LARGER CONTEXTUAL POINT, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND INTENSITY IS INCREASING THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THE LEGACY OF PAST PROJECTS BY THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE AN INCREASING BURDEN ON EXISTING DRAINAGE STRUCTURE.

EVEN IF NO MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.

EVEN IF NO MORE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE WE, THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT HAS BEEN COMING PAST, OR NOW JUST READ JUST SOME QUOTES FROM ONE OF THE COAUTHORS.

I'VE GOT SEVERAL PAPERS OF QUOTES, BUT IT'S THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST.

AND YOU COULD GO TALK TO HIM IF YOU WANT AND GET THEIR IDEA.

BUT THEY'VE WRITTEN THIS UP AS A CREDENTIAL ANALYSIS, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TO PECS DEPICTS A PATTERN TOWARDS INCREASING HANDHELD VALUES, IRISH RIVER DISCHARGE FROM 1940 TO 2002, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FRESHWATER INFLOW RAINFALL INTENSITY.

THIS IS ABOUT OUR REGION, UH, FROM 1950 TO 2 16, 20 16 OR BROAD INCREASE AND SIMPLE DAILY INTENSITY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST REGION.

SINCE 1958, THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING HEAVY RAIN SWAMPS HAS INCREASED BY 27% IN THE SOUTHEAST AND 20 FROM 1960 TO TWO 18 AVERAGE, HOURLY ACCUMULATIONS ARE INCREASING PRODUCING MORE RAINFALL, OF COURSE, AND ME INTERESTING, UH, OBSERVATION, IF MORE AREAS BECOME URBANIZED WHITE, HOURLY PRECIPITATION EVENTS BECOME MORE ON AVERAGE, HEAVIER AND SHORTER DURATION, MORE RAINFALL RUNOFF, WHICH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR FLOODING.

I'M SORRY.

AND SO, AND SO THAT LEGACY OF PAST PROJECTS BY THEMSELVES ARE INCREASING BURDEN ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

IF WE STOP NOW, ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN FLOODED WILL FLOOD WORSE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINE.

IT TESTED YOUR RAINFALL IS NOT OFF.

THEY'RE SHORTER BURSTS OF A LARGER AMOUNT OF MATERIAL.

SO I ASKED YOU TO DEFER THIS, OKAY, THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS WAYNE STROHMEYER AND I ACTUALLY LIVE ON HIGHLAND ROAD, HAD THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY SINCE 1985.

AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT EVERY YEAR THE SITUATION GETS WORSE ON HIGHLAND ROAD, THE FLOODING GETS WORSE AND WORSE.

THE TRAFFIC GETS WORSE AND WORSE.

AND ON MY PARTICULAR LOT, I STILL HAVE MUCH STANDING WATER THAT INTERFERES WITH MANY THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

IT HURTS SOME OLD ESTABLISHED OAK TREES THAT ARE UNDERGOING

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STRESS.

THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES IS SOMETHING THAT BEAUTIFUL HIGHLAND ROAD IS KNOWN FOR.

IT'S AN AWFUL THING TO SEE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ME.

MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD HOUSING DAMAGE, LOT DAMAGE, ET CETERA, FRIENDS, ALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE STILL SUFFERING.

THE DEBRIS THAT WERE THROWN OUT AND STILL NOT BEEN PICKED UP AFTER MANY WEEKS, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHY ARE WE BUILDING SUCH A LARGE BUILDING IN A FLOOD PLAIN? WHY ARE WE ADDING SO MANY CARS TO HIGHLAND ROAD, WHICH CAN'T HANDLE THE TRAFFIC.

NOW WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED TO EXIT THE PROPERTY AND KIDS GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT TIMES BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION? I COULD TALK ABOUT MANY MORE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE PROBLEMS AND OTHERS HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THESE PERSONAL INSIGHTS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN HIGHLAND ROAD ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED BY THE PROSPECT OF THIS PROJECT GOING THROUGH.

SO I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE HELP US, UH, THE FURTHEST AT THIS POINT AND GIVE US SOME TIME TO ADDRESS MANY OF THESE ISSUES FURTHER AND ADDRESS, UH, SOME OTHER CHANGES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM .

I LIVE AT 8 25 MYRTLE HILL DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS FROM THIS PROPERTY.

IN QUESTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THIS PROPERTY CAME UP FOR A REZONING AND WAS DENIED A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF TRAILER ON THE PROPERTY.

BUT AFTER THE SWATTERS MR. ARVIS SMITH FROM THE ARBORETUM SPOKE AT THAT WAS DENIED.

UM, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN AGAINST THIS.

HAD I KNOWN THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS BEING RESOLVED.

I LIVE ON THE BONNET SWAMP.

ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL DRAIN INTO THE BLUE BONNET SWAMP, WHICH IS IN MY BACKYARD.

IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN DOWN HIGHLAND ROAD FROM BLUE BONNET TO SEGUIN AND LOOK AT BAYOU FOUNTAIN, UH, IT'S STILL WAY UP FROM FLOODS LAST MONTH.

THAT'S WHERE THE BLUE BONNET SWAMP, UH, ENTERS, UH, AND DRAINS.

UH, SO I WOULD SAY I'M, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.

UH, ALSO I NOTICED IN THE PAPER THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE 400 APARTMENTS BUILT, UH, BEHIND WALMART, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THIS INTERSECTION.

SO THAT WOULD BE 240 APARTMENTS PLUS 400.

UH, AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

UM, BLUE, UH, HIGHLAND ROAD IS EIGHT HIGHWAY.

IT'S ONLY TWO LANES, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA, UH, CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.

SO I WOULD LIKE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO DENY THIS.

I DON'T SEE MUCH REASON FOR US TO DEFER IT.

IF SOMEONE IS MAYBE SUGGESTED, I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST DECIDE ABOUT THAT TODAY AND DENY THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

I'M DEREK THERETO, PRESIDENT OF THE PARKINSON HIGHLAND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.

MY TWO ON MY BLOG POST TO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THE MULTIFAMILY 240 UNITS GOING INTO THIS COMPLEX, UM, ARE ORIGINALLY BACK IN 2015 WHEN THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY CAME UP, THE ORIGINAL ZONING CAME UP AT HIS PROPERTY.

UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT TIME HAD STATED THAT THEY WERE MOST INTERESTED IN, UH, PRODUCING OR BUILDING OFFICE SPACES AND RETAIL SPACES.

WELL NOW WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF 240 UNITS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY NOT GOING TO FIT IN WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.

THIS LOCATION JUST CAN'T SUSTAIN THIS TYPE OF, UH, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.

AND, UH, THIS DENSITY OF, UH, OF RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, THE, UH, THE FLOODING SITUATION EVERYONE'S ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT.

SO, UH, BUT BASICALLY, I MEAN, THAT, THAT CONTINUES

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AND WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON BURBANK, UH, IF YOU LOOK, THEY'RE BRINGING IN DIRT OR DIGGING PONDS, AND THEY'RE RAISING THE LEVELS, UH, OF THE, OF THE LANDSCAPE SIX FEET OR MORE IN PLACES WHERE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE FLOOD PLAIN, WE'RE LOSING THE FLOOD PINE IT'S BEING BUILT UP AND BUILT ON.

SO THAT THE FLOOD PLAIN IS NOW BEING PUSHED ON TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING THERE.

THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS NOT TO GET COMPLETELY INTO THEM, CAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT, BUT BASICALLY RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT IS, IS DECENT DESIGN IN MOST CASES, BUT AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, UH, IF YOU COULD ONLY GO RIGHT OUT AND THOSE THAT WANT TO GO LEFT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY, HOW IT WROTE BEING TWO LANES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY ROUGH DEAL TO TURN AROUND AND GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO GO AND, AND, UH, BLEW ON IT RIGHT NOW.

UH, I THINK, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT JUST IN RECENT YEARS, A BLUE BEHIND IT HAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 35,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.

TRAVELING ARE TRAVERSING THAT PARTICULAR ROAD ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE GATHERING SOMEWHERE AROUND 10,000, MAYBE 12,000 ON HIGHLAND ROAD.

ROUGHLY THOSE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHICH YOU LOOK AT.

AND, UH, UH, SO WITH THESE CONCERNS AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY, YOU, YOU EITHER DENY IT OR DEFER IT OR MORE DISCRETION CAN TAKE PLACE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS? I HAVE ONE MORE CARD FROM MR. DAVID CROCKETT.

UH, MY NAME'S DAVE CROCKETT.

I LIVE IN THE KNOXVILLE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MORMON CHURCH.

AND WHILE I'M IN CHURCH, JUST GOING TO BACK UP TO THIS FACILITY.

SO WE'RE THE CLOSEST SUBDIVISION TO WHAT THIS FACILITY IS.

AND WE WENT TO THE MEETING THAT WAS HELD LAST TUESDAY AND GOT SOME INPUT.

AND THERE'S SOME THINGS I LIKED ABOUT IT.

AND SOME THINGS I DID, I DON'T HAVE TO REITERATE WHAT WAS SEVEN, WHAT WAS SAID, OR HAVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE FEEL IT WAS PRETTY HOSTILE.

UH, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PRESENT THIS TO OUR ASSOCIATION AND TO, TO REPRESENT THE ASSOCIATION HAS NOT BEEN VETTED BY US.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST SEE IT POSTPONED AND GET A GOOD VETTING ON IT.

BUT, UH, I AM CONCERNED WHEN, UH, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT, UH, UH, BUILDING THIS THING, THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND THE DRAINAGE HAD GONE DOWN ALL CREDIBILITY, WENT OUT THE WINDOW WHEN I HEARD THAT COMMENT.

SO I'M OPPOSED TO IT.

THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO MORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU AT THIS TIME.

I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL RESPONSES, BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO SPOKE AGAINST THIS, THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR.

UH, AND I EMPATHIZE WITH THEIR POSITION.

UH, I HAVE NOT FLOODED.

I HAVE, UH, NOT HAD TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEREFORE, UM, UH, I CAN'T STAND IN THEIR SHOES, BUT I DO KNOW THE, THE PEOPLE THAT I DO KNOW, UH, MR. CROCKETT, MR. , MR. ANDRE, MR. THERETO.

UM, THEY'RE FINE.

PEOPLE I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR YEARS AND I RESPECT THEM VERY MUCH, BUT WHAT WAS SAID AND WHAT THE MAIN OBJECTIONS ARE, ARE NOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

IT'S ABOUT THE PLANNING AND BATON ROUGE.

IT'S ABOUT THE FLOODING IN BATON ROUGE.

IT'S ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN BATON ROUGE, IT'S A GLOBAL OR A MACRO COMPLAINT.

AND WHEN THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT IT WOULD GENERATE LESS TRIPS AND HAVE LESS DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT WAS MADE IN CONTEXT OF WHAT CAN PRESENTLY BE DONE AT THAT SITE.

WHAT PRESENTLY CAN BE DONE AT THAT SITE IS A MUCH LARGER DEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT IS BEING ASKED FOR TODAY.

SO IF THIS IS DENIED OR IF IT'S DEFERRED AND ULTIMATELY DENIED THE OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER CAN GO WITH THE

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LARGER PROJECT, WHICH MAY HAVE MORE ADVERSE EFFECTS THAN THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO IT NOW, UNDERSTAND, I HEAR THAT RULES NEED TO BE CHANGED.

I HEAR THAT WE NEED TO PUMP WATER TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

I HEAR THAT, UM, NO NEW ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES SHOULD BE DEVELOPED ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD.

THAT THE GROWTH COALITION ARE THE BAD GUYS OF BATON ROUGE.

AND THEY RUN THE CITY AND THEY RUN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY RUN THE COUNCIL THAT THIS PROPERTY NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REZONED.

LET ME STOP THERE.

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN REZONED.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REZONED AGAIN.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND AGAIN, I'LL TAKE THIS POINT TO MAKE, TO YOU LOOK AT WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THIS PROPERTY.

NOW, WHAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED TO BE DONE ON THIS PROPERTY NOW, AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE DONE ON THIS PROPERTY.

THAT'S THE COMPARISON THAT IS BEFORE YOU NOT ASKING FOR A REZONING OF A BRAND NEW PROPERTY IN A BRAND NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE ASKING FOR A DOWN ZONING OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

YOU'RE BEING ASKED BY THE PEOPLE WHO OBJECTED THIS TO START LOOKING AT EVERY PROJECT AND CONTEXT WITH EVERY OTHER PROJECT, A GLOBAL PLANNING THAT'S BEEN DONE.

WE HAVE PLANNED BATON ROUGE.

WE HAVE, UH, THE UDC, WHICH OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY REDONE AND MODERNIZED.

YOU HAVE A VERY COMPETENT PLANNING STAFF AND A VERY DEDICATED PLANNING STAFF.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS TO GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.

THIS PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT DESERVE TO HAVE PROPERTY IN ESSENCE EXPROPRIATED.

AND WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT SUMA AVENUE DEVELOPMENTS AND NO IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 1986 AND HOW EVERYTHING GETS WORSE EVERY YEAR.

WHAT WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THIS PROPERTY TODAY AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

INSTEAD, I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS OTHER INFORMATION WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH, RIGHT, UH, WHO HAS AGREED WITH OUR PLAN, UH, TO ENHANCE AND TO, UH, TO IMPROVE THE BLUE BONNET SWAMP.

THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER BANKS, STA MONSOON.

YES.

MA'AM WHEN, UM, A DEVELOPER DECIDES TO, UM, DEVELOP A PROPERTY.

WHAT ARE ASSUMING THERE'S A MARKET FOR IT? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? WELL, CERTAINLY, I MEAN, SPECULATION IN THIS DAY IN TIME IS, IS A PRETTY RISKY, UH, TYPICALLY A DEVELOPER WILL DO A MARKET DEMAND SURVEY, UH, IN THIS CASE WITH APARTMENTS, UM, THEY WILL SURVEY THE APARTMENT MARKET, PARTICULARLY IN THAT, UH, THAT AREA OF THE CITY AND SEE IF THERE'S A NEED AT THAT PRICE POINT THAT THEY INTEND TO BUILD AT, UH, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS MR. V WHO OWNS THE AD HARLAN AND IS THE CEO OF GENERAL INFORMATICS.

UH, I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU MAY KNOW, HAS A TREMENDOUS, UM, AT T BUSINESS AND AS A RESULT

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OF THAT, A LOT OF HIS EMPLOYEES, UM, WORK FROM OUT OF STATE, EVEN THAT COULD VERY WELL BE RESIDENTS OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX BECAUSE THIS GENERATION AS A WORK LIVE, RECREATE PLACE GENERATION.

SO IT IS, UH, TYPICALLY IN THEIR, UH, THEIR WHEELHOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, TO LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY IN THE SAME PLACE.

UH, THERE AUTO ADVERSE, THEY USE UBER, THEY USE BICYCLES HERE.

THEY WOULD BE WALKING TO, AND FROM THEIR WORK, NOT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE APARTMENTS WOULD BE RENTED BY THEM, BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY THE CLIENTELE THAT THESE APARTMENTS WILL ATTRACT.

OKAY.

SO, UM, YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

WHERE ARE YOU FINISHED? OKAY.

SO, UM, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, YOU SAID THAT WAS A MARKETING PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

AND ARE YOU SAYING, CAUSE I'VE HEARD 200 AND 400 NEW APARTMENTS.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE'S A MARKET DEMAND FOR WELD UP TO 600 APARTMENTS IN THIS AREA? WELL, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE 400 APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT BEHIND THE WALMART, BUT TO THESE 240 APARTMENTS TO BE BUILT AT THE, AT HOWLAND DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DEVELOPERS FEEL THERE'S CLEARLY A MARKET, UH, OR THEY WOULDN'T BE WILLING TO SPEND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY WILL SPEND TO BUILD THIS FACILITY, THIS, THIS VENUE.

OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY PERSPECTIVE ON ALL THIS, WHO'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM, UM, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVEN'T HAD A NEW SUBDIVISION OR A MIDDLE CLASS, UM, HOUSING AT ALL IN, UM, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, UM, BAKER IN SCOTLANDVILLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M THINKING A LOT OF THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY BEGINS WITH WHITE FLIGHT.

I BELIEVE A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH GREED.

UM, I HAVE, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE LIKE SMART GROWTH, OR EVEN WHEN THERE WAS A DOWNTOWN, THEY'LL SAY, WELL, YOU CAN'T DICTATE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, BUT CERTAINLY AT SOME POINT, SOMEBODY HAS TO REALIZE WHERE INEQUITY PLAYS IN THIS.

UM, THE REASON WHY YOU'RE CONSTANTLY HOUSING PEOPLE IN THE SAME AREA, AND YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC, YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FLOODING AND YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT DEBRIS IS BECAUSE YOU STILL RUN IT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THEY'RE STILL RUNNING.

UM, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THINK EQUITABLE.

I HEARD A GENTLEMAN UP, HE SAID, PLEASE HELP US.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN THE ALISON HAVE ASKED, PLEASE HELP US WITH THE LANDFILL.

PLEASE HELP US WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.

AND SO FOR ME THOUGH, I, I DIDN'T FLOOD EITHER.

UM, I'M IN SCOTLAND, WHICH HAS GOD'S HOLY LIFE AND, AND THE HIGHEST, UM, LEVEL IN THE ENTIRE PARISH, UH, WHERE THEY HERE AS MR. PARA LOU SAID, LOTS OF LAND.

UM, YOU BROUGHT UP GENERAL INFORMATICS, WELL MAYBE GENERALLY INFORMATICS SHOULD HAVE A PLACE, THEIR HOME OFFICE SOMEWHERE NEAR SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND THEN BUILD HOUSING NEAR SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.

UM, SO A LOT OF THIS IS PART OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT WE FACED.

UM, AND AT SOME POINT THEY'RE THERE, THEY ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A PRICE TO PAY.

UM, WHETHER YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE PART OF ABOUT OMISSION OR COMMISSION, A WORK LIST, RECREATE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT.

UH, WE WANTED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH AS WELL, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, A LOT OF THIS AREA, THIS IS THE SAME AREA THAT WAS BEING TARGETED BY BRICK AND MANY OTHER THINGS, FLUENT PEOPLE TO MOVE THE ZOO.

YOU KNOW, SO THOUGH, SO I SYMPATHIZE ON ONE END ON OTHER END.

SOME FOLKS GOT TO LOOK IN WITH NOT OUTWARD.

I HAVEN'T HEARD, UM, YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE WE'RE, THE CITY HAS BEEN RUN BY, UM, BY OUR SMART GROWTH.

I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM SMART GROWTH, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING MR. MOUNTAIN SEWER THAT, UH, JUST THIS WEEK, SOMEBODY SAID THE CITY WAS BEING RUN BY CSRS.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS A PERSPECTIVE.

I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM,

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BECAUSE UNTIL FOLKS GET THE MESSAGE AND ALL THE FOLKS OUT THERE, THEY DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREA START SAYING, AND START A CAMPAIGN, SAY, GO NORTH, GO NORTH, GO NORTH.

I'M A VOTE FOR EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO SPEAK UP.

SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPERTY IF THERE'S A MINIMUM AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT SAY, IT'S A DEMAND.

IF IT'S ABOUT, UM, HOT PUDDING BUSINESSES AND TRAFFIC IS WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING HOME TO SKYLER DEAL.

I DON'T, I HAVE A PROBLEM IF I HAVE TO GO TO AN EMERGENCY AND HAVE TO GO TO A HOSPITAL SPINDLE TO GO SOUTH.

SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS SYSTEMIC AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SOLVED BY A YES OR NO ON THIS AGENDA ITEMS. AS MANY TIMES, THAT'LL DEVELOP A COMP THAT'S AS MANY TIMES AS A ISSUE.

THERE'S A CERTAIN STIGMA OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO CONTINUE TO GO SOUTH.

I DON'T, I'M NOT MOVED AT ALL BY THE THREAT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO LEAD A PARISH AGAIN, WHITE FLIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS ITEM GOES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I SEE ONE OF THESE, UM, IS JAN ROCKET.

THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, ROWDY GO DAY.

I PRAY.

I REALLY WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IN A COUNCIL MEETING MEETING ABOUT THESE ITEMS. SO FOR ME, UM, MR. MARTIN SEWER, UM, THE ITEMS THAT THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR ITEMS, I'M NOT VOTING AGAINST THEM.

CAUSE WE KNOCKED THE PROBLEM SETTING HERE IN THIS ROOM.

THE PROBLEM IS OUT THERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BANKS, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.

I HAVE ONE, MAYBE A TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR MR. MONS OR, UM, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF GOING FOR A REZONING TO A SPUD WHEN YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL UNITS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

SO HE HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE W WHY THAT DECISION, WHY THIS ITEMS BEFORE US, IF YOU HAVE THE KIND OF ZONE IN THAT YOU COULD THEORETICALLY BUILD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS ON RIGHT NOW, MR. ALLEN, I'D LIKE, OR JEFF BILL WITH OUR OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JEFF BELL.

I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PROJECT MANAGER AT CSRS 67 67 PERKINS ROAD, SUITE 200 AT RAVES, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 0 8.

AND THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

UH, THE APPLICANT, AS WELL AS THE OWNER HAS PARTNERED TO REALLY CREATE A UNIQUE CAMPUS, UH, FOR THE AT HIGHLAND PROJECT.

AND CURRENTLY THE, UH, GENERAL OFFICE HIGH RISE.

AS SOMEONE STATED EARLIER, CAN, UH, BUILD A BUILDING WITHIN THE GENERAL, UH, OFFICE HIGH RISE AT THE 75 FEET WITH ADDITIONAL HEIGHT FOR OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND AS WELL AS ALLOWED BY THE UDC, THE CAMPUS AND THE VISION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE AT HIGHLAND PROJECT DOES NOT ENVISION A 75 FOOT HIGH BUILDING.

IT DOES NOT ENVISION USES, UM, THAT, UH, WORK COMPOSED OF THE GENERAL OFFICE HIGH RISE.

THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LIVE, THE WORK AND THE PLAY, WHICH IS THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE BATON ROUGE, UM, BRECK, BLUEBONNET, SWAMP.

AND WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED WITH BRETT ABOUT THAT HAPPENING.

SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S TO CREATE A MORE COMPATIBLE AND UNIQUE CAMPUS HIGH-TECH CAMPUS FOR THE AT HIGHLAND PROJECT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ALLEN, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

YES.

IF, UH, JEFF, COULD YOU STAY THERE FOR A MINUTE, PLEASE? YEAH.

YES, SIR.

UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED ABOUT DRAINAGE, UH, IN DEALING WITH THE, UH, IN RESPECT TO THE BLUEBONNET SWAMP.

OH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, UH, HOW YOU DID, HOW MUCH OF YOUR DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE INTO THE SWAMP? HOW MUCH OF YOU, HOW MUCH OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SITE NATURALLY DRAINS INTO THE SWAMP NOW, W W W HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IMPACT THAT? BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE TO THIS CITY.

SO IT WAS JUST LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT, UH, THE BLUEBONNET SWAMP.

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SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

THE, UH, INTENT IS TO NOT ADVERSELY INFECT AFFECT THE BLUE BONNETS WALL WITHIN THEIR DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY THAT WE PROVIDED WITH THE APPLICATION.

WE DO HAVE, UM, MEASURES PUT IN PLACE SUCH AS, UH, BMP STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR BIOSOILS FOR WATER QUALITY, UM, FILTRATION AND INFILTRATION FOR STORM WATER.

AND YES, EVENTUALLY THE WATER WILL GO INTO THE BLUE BONNET SWAMP, BUT AGAIN, OUR POST CONSTRUCTION, UH, FLOW IS GOING TO BE EQUAL TO THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION FLOW FOR OUR SITE.

AND, AND YOU ALL, WILL, YOU ALL BE IN, IN SOME WAY TREATING THAT WATER OR DEALING WITH IT? I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING OFF OF A ROOFS, ET CETERA, OR IS THERE SOME, IS THERE SOME MECHANISM FOR DEALING WITH THAT BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE SWAMP, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS AND A COMPONENT OF THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THAT THERE WILL BE SOME UNIQUE FEATURES WITHIN THE BIOSWELLS AND THE PLANT MATERIAL ON THE BIOSWELLS TO, UH, BEGIN TO FILTER.

OH, THE WATER.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER HILL.

YES.

JEFF, IF YOU COULD STAY THERE FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.

YES, SIR.

UM, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ON, ON THE DRAINAGE AND, AND I LIKE YOU TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU PROVIDING MITIGATION ON THIS SITE OR THE DRAINAGE, UH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT? OR ARE YOU COUNTING ON THE BLUE BONNET, SWAMP AND BREX PROPERTY TO PROVIDE THAT MITIGATION FOR YOU? UH, NO, SIR.

EVERYTHING WILL BE PROVIDED ON SITE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

JEFF, I THINK ANDY KIND OF ASKED THE QUESTION.

IT WAS A CONCERN OF MINE.

IF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO IT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEED FOR THE SPOT? I SUPPOSE.

I THINK YOU CLARIFY THAT QUESTION.

UH, AGAIN, I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS VISION TO CREATE A UNIQUE CAMPUS, UM, AND CREATE A BUILDING THAT IS AT SCALE MORE SCALE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, MOVIES, UH, OFFICE AND HEADQUARTERS WERE GENERAL INFORMATICS.

OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IF YOU CAN ALREADY BUILD UP TO 75 FEET IN YOUR CURRENT IS NOT UP THAT, THAT NATURE THEN AGAIN, WHY WOULD THE ZONE THAT I HEARD EVEN WALTER SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT YOU COULD DO NOW, EVEN LESS INTENSIVE UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING? THAT IS CORRECT.

WE COULD DO THAT IF WE SO CHOOSE.

SO WHY WOULD BE THE NEED TO DO THIS? I GUESS THAT'S THE HEART OF THE QUESTION FOR ME? WHAT WOULD BE THE NEED? IF YOU'D KNOW, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING.

IF I HAVE ENOUGH ACRES ON MY HOUSE, ON ME, I GOTTA GO BUILD A MANSION ON IT.

CAUSE THE GOVERNMENT AND NO ONE ELSE IS TELLING YOU TO DO THAT.

YOU'RE MAKING THAT CHOICE.

IF YOU TELL YOUR ARCHITECTURE DESIGN IN A CERTAIN WAY, YOU NEED TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, A PUBLIC BODY.

I GUESS THAT'S THE HEART OF THE QUESTION FOR ME.

YOU CAN DO IT.

I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

YOU'VE ALREADY STATED THAT.

YES, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S FITTING THE VISION OF THE HIGH-TECH CAMPUS AND LOOKING AT THE CHANGES WITHIN THE WORKPLACE THAT HAVE OCCURRED SPECIFICALLY SINCE COVID-19 UNFORTUNATELY, UH, PRESENTED ITSELF LAST YEAR, THE, THE WORK LIVE ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED AND WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING IN WORKERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THIS WORK ENVIRONMENT, SIMILAR TO FACILITIES AND HIGH-TECH CAMPUSES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

ADDISON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT DIRECTOR HOKUM, UH, MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, MAYBE TRY TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, ANOTHER DEGREE OF CLARIFICATION ON WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE SPUD THAT, THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY ALLOWED.

UH, WHY, WHY MIGHT BENEFIT, UH, THE VISION THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING OF, UH, FROM THE CURRENT ZONING JURY, AS THE APPLICANT LAID OUT, THE, THE NUMBER OF UNITS ON THIS SIDE, MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.

SO JAY GOL GENERAL OR GENERAL OFFICE HIGH RISE, GOH AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL TWO ALLOWS A DENSITY OF 29.3

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UNITS, AN ACRE THAT THE TOTAL SITE IS ROUGHLY EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES.

SO WITH THE MATH, THEY CAN GET, UM, RIGHT OVER 240 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT A HEIGHT UP TO SIX STORIES ON THE GOH PORTION, UP TO FOUR STORIES ON THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL PORTION, THE APPLICANT APPROACH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE SOMETIME AGO, UH, WITH THEIR DESIGN TEAM.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MASTER PLAN, UH, THIS SITE, UM, THEY, UH, HAD HAD A BUILD-OUT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LOSE MANY OF THE EXISTING LIVE OAK TREES AND A LOT OF THE GREEN OPEN SPACE.

UH, THEY WERE LOOKING TO PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE.

THAT WAS PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL VISION.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL, SINCE THE FLOODS OF 2016, MADE MANY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

ONE OF THOSE WAS REQUIRING OPEN SPACE, THE SMALL PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT, OR SPUD THAT THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TONIGHT, UH, THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 1.28 ACRES OF COMMON OPEN SPACE AND 0.6 ACRES OF GREEN OPEN SPACE.

WHAT THE APPLICANT IS DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

THOSE THERE'S MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN SPACE IS THEY'RE PROVIDING 3.5 ACRES OF COMMON OPEN SPACE AND 2.7 ACRES OF GREEN OPEN SPACE.

THAT WAS ALWAYS THEIR VISION WAS TO HAVE A UNIFIED CAMPUS, UM, WITH THE AMENITIES THAT THAT SITE PROVIDES WITH, WITH ACCESS TO THE BRECK PROPERTY.

I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM BRECK AND REED WERE SHORED THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, AND IT'S A POSITIVE EMAIL OUT, UH, OUTLINE THE, THE WORK THAT THE APP GETS DONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO BOAT DRAINAGE AND THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE.

AND, UH, BRICK IS, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROPERTY TO, UM, MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON, ON THIS PROPERTY OF, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE MINIMUMS. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON WHY THEY'RE DOING A SPOT, IT WAS TO VARY THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

THERE WAS SOME INTERNAL SETBACKS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING THAT THEY COULD NOT CONFIGURE THE PROPERTY TO THE OUT THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING.

UH, THEY, THEY LOOK TO THE SPUD TO BURY SOME OF THOSE SETBACKS AND CONFIGURATIONS ON WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, UM, IF THIS APPLICATION IS TO BE APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND SENT ON TO THE COUNCIL, THEY WOULD BE LOCKED IN TO WHAT'S WHAT'S ON THEIR PLANS VERSUS DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING.

THEY COULD CIRCUMVENT, UH, MANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS DEPENDING ON HOW THEY DEVELOP THIS SITE ON A PIECE MAIL, UH, BASE BASIS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, HOPING COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

DID I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY THAT DEAL? ANY, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I MEANT FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON? YOU GOOD? OKAY.

UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.

YEAH, JUST A FEW COMMENTS.

UH, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO TELL THE APPLICANT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DID HEAR THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD, UM, WITH, UH, THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, UH, AND ALSO, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THE REP, THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, UM, 200 OVER 200 PLUS AN OPPOSITION.

I MEAN, ONE THING THAT, UM, I ALWAYS DO ENCOURAGE IS, YOU KNOW, VOICE YOUR OPINION.

I'M AT A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS THAT WE SEE.

WE ALWAYS DON'T HEAR WHETHER YOU'RE FOR YOU'RE AGAINST IT.

SO HAVING THAT FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE'RE WHERE MY CONCERN LIES IS WHEN I SIT BACK AND I'LL DO LOOK AT THE FLOODING, UM, IT IS RECENT.

I DO SEE IT AS IT IS REAL, UH, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING NEAR THE BAYOU FOUNTAIN, THE BLUEBONNET SWAMP, WE KNOW IT'S A LARGE PORTION OF IT IS IN A FLOOD PLAIN.

THOSE ARE CONCERNING TO ME.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT WITH, UH, THE SPINE VERSUS WHAT THEIR CURRENT USAGE IS, BUT I CAN'T REALLY SIT HERE AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD.

WHEN WE DO, WE DO HAVE A, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A, WHETHER IT BE A DRAINAGE OR FLOODING ISSUE IN BATON ROUGE, THAT THINGS ARE NOT GETTING BETTER.

SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

UM, AND IF IT MEANS NOT APPROVING AN ITEM AND NOT SUPPORTING AN ITEM, AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OURSELVES TO LOOK AT SOMETHING'S GOT TO GET BETTER.

AND FOR RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T WITH A GOOD CONSCIENCE, LOOK AT KNOW, LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FLOODED AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FAIR SHOOT THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND I THINK AS, YOU KNOW, AS A PARISH, WE'VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT

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IT WHEN, IF WE DO VOTE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER L UNDER OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.

YEAH.

I THINK WE'VE OVER TIME.

A LOT OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME UP WHERE DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS, A LOT ITEMS THAT I MAY HAVE VOTED FOR WHERE THOSE WERE BIG COMPLAINTS.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS OUT, UM, IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE'VE ASKED THE CITY PARISH BEFORE ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THIS AREA AND THE WIDENING OF HIGHLAND ROAD AND, AND KIND OF WHAT WHAT'S IN THE CARDS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN AN ANSWER THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE WITH A KIND OF DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.

AND SO THAT GIVES ME SOME PAUSE.

I GUESS I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE THAT I THINK THAT PLANNING DIRECTOR CAN MAKE A PRETTY REASONABLE CASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM THE DEVELOPER AND UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHAT'S WHY THIS WHAT'S THE INTENT OF IT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CURRENT ZONING THAT EXISTS ON THE SITE.

SO I GUESS I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO REZONING THIS WITH THE CHALLENGE THAT CAN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT'S THERE TODAY, DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

IF NOT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE REALLY A VALID REASON FOR, FOR WHAT'S COMING IN THIS AREA? SO I'LL MOTION TO DENY THIS TONIGHT.

UM, FOR THOSE REASONS NOT INHERENTLY THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE IS A BAD IDEA, BUT I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD A REASONABLE CASE FOR IT.

AND I CAN'T GET BEHIND IT.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO DENY THIS ITEM.

UH, THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLA FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT FROM VICE CHAIRMAN YES, I'VE BEEN VERY CONFLICTED BY THIS THE WHOLE TIME THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, AND THERE ARE VERY GOOD CASES TO BE MADE IN BOTH SIDES.

UH, IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS, THE OWNER HAS BY RIGHT.

CAN GO FURTHER.

SO WE'RE LOCKING HIM IN, IF YOU WILL, AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THERE ARE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE FLOODING AND THE DRAINAGE AND THE TRAFFIC, AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN HOLD ONE OWNER, UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ALL THE OWNERS.

WE DO NOT HAVE A MORATORIUM.

AND I KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE US WERE ASKING US TO DENY AND TO PUT IN THE MORATORIUM, WE ARE A CREATURE OF THE METRO COUNCIL, THE METRO COUNCIL INSTALLS A MORATORIUM.

THEN THAT IS OUR OBLIGATION.

THAT IS WHAT WE DO.

WE, WE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE A LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, BUT OUR JOB IS TO DO OUR BEST JOB TO INTERPRET THE UDC.

I AM VERY CONFLICTED BY THIS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO, TO, UH, DEFER WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN HOLD THIS DEVELOPER OR THIS OWNER TO A STANDARD, WHICH WE HAVEN'T HELPED DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS BEFORE AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY BAD FLOOD, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO STOP EVERYTHING.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

SO AT THIS POINT I AM VERY CONFLICTED.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT IDEA, BUT THEY HAVE THE, UH, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO FURTHER, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING IT TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY, THIS IS ENOUGH.

NOW, IF THEY COME BACK TO US AND SAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS, YOU KNOW, OH, WELL, WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS.

YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA CHANGE OUR SPUD TO THIS, THIS AND THIS? AND I KNOW SPUDS DO CHANGE.

I'M JUST, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, I KNOW MO UM, NO, MR. MONSOOR FULL DISCLOSURE YEARS AGO, I USED TO WORK AT CSRS.

UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I SAY ALL THAT I AM GOING TO OPPOSE THE DENIAL AND I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT THANK YOU.

IS IT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? NO, THAT JUST SAYS I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THAT MOTION.

YOU WERE JUST WHO OBJECTED TO THE MOTION.

I'M NOT OBJECTING TO, TO ANDY AT ALL.

PRETTY NICE GUY.

I JUST, I, I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR THAT MOTION.

OKAY.

THERE'S AN OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS I'LL SAY THAT, UH, I THINK THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN EXISTING ZONING, WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN AT ALL, OR TO EVEN HAVE TO HAPPEN AT A MUCH SMALLER SCALE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ISN'T THE, THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

WE'RE DEALING WITH A SITUATION WHERE, UH, THEY CAN DEVELOP

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WEIRD.

UH, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A, WHAT YOU COULD ARGUE AS A MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING, UH, THAT WILL STILL ALLOW THIS, THIS, THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS PROJECT THAT HAPPENED.

BUT, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE ALSO, AS VICE-CHAIRMAN KINDA ALLUDED TO, UH, KIND OF LOCKING THEM IN AS, AS THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE THOSE DETAILS AND STICK TO THEM OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE WOULD NEED TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY, CORRECT.

UH, DIRECTOR HOPE.

UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS, UH, THE LATTER AND NOT THE FORMER, I'LL BE, I'LL BE A SECOND.

MY OBJECTION AS WELL, ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, WHAT I TRY TO DO IN THIS BODY AND ANYBODY I'VE EVER SERVED ON IS BE CONSISTENT.

SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT'S NICE BUD, OR WHETHER IT'S STRAIGHT ZONING.

AND I CERTAINLY WILL HEAR THE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD AS BODY VERY SOON, THAT ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE, WHETHER IT'S DOWN THE STREET OR WHETHER IT'S WRONG, A CORNER, AND WE HAVE THE DRAIN IS ISSUED.

WE'VE DENIED FOLK.

WE'VE HAD THE IDEA OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

HAVEN'T VOICED THEIR CONCERN.

WE PASSED THEM.

AND SOMETIME WE DENY THEM.

AND SOMETIME IT'S SOMETIME THE APPLICANTS, AS SOON AS THEY ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH THAT, WE FIND REASONS TO EITHER SUPPORT OR DENY SOMEBODY.

AND I TRY TO CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE MERITS OF EACH ONE OF THESE APPLICANTS ON THEIR OWN FACE.

UH, IF AN APPLICANT OR SOMEONE ASKS US TO ACT, EXCUSE ME, UM, TO VOTE FOR AN ITEM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE UDC.

IT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT.

AND OF COURSE, FINALLY, THAT IT ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPING OUR PARISH THAT IS SO-CALLED HANDED HARM, THE STOPPED, BUT I WANT US ALSO AS A BODY TO BE CONSISTENT.

AND I'M GOING TO POINT OUT WHEN THE OTHER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS BEFORE THIS BODY THAT WE DON'T, HOW ARE THEIR APPLICATION AND THEIR PROJECTS THE SAME.

AND, UM, UH, FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

I MEAN, WE, CAN'T ALL DENY HAND HIN AND OUR COLLEAGUES HERE MOTION AND SAYING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

YOU GOTTA VOTE FOR ONE OR THE OTHER.

SO HERE'S GOING TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE IT.

OKAY.

UH, THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

AND I THINK, UH, WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT DIRECTOR HOLCOMBE AND I JUST HAD, IT WILL PROBABLY MAKE THINGS A LITTLE CLEANER, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE VOTE AND WHAT THE VOTE, WHAT THE RESULT OF THE VOTE WOULD, WOULD MEET WOULD BE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL SECOND THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION FROM THE VICE CHAIR.

AND I'LL ACTUALLY CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE FOR THAT, UH, FOR THAT MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'M SORRY.

YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT COMMISSIONER HE'LL I APOLOGIZE, PLEASE.

I UNDERSTAND, UM, BOTH MOTIONS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN PUT BOTH, I AM GREATLY CONCERNED THAT, UM, WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE GROUP OF, OF RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA THAT STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

UM, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, AND MORE CLARITY, UH, BETWEEN A GROUP OF DEVELOPERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, EVERYBODY HAS, UH, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE, UH, WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE AND, AND HAVE SOME CLARITY AROUND, AROUND THE FACT.

UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE TONIGHT, THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, WHICH, WHICH CONCERNS ME A BIT.

UM, AND ACTUALLY AS OPPOSED TO VOTING TO THE NIGH OR VOTING TO APPROVE, I DON'T WANT IT TO MAKE A MOTION SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE DEFER IT TO ALLOW THAT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND THAT COMMUNICATION TO TAKE PLACE.

OKAY.

SO THERE IS A, UH, ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO THE FURTHEST ITEM.

AND HOW LONG WOULD YOU, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REQUEST IT THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR COMMISSIONER HILL? I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, GIVEN THE, THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TOPICS AND THE, THE INFORMATION AROUND

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TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE THAT NEED TO BE, UM, COMMUNICATED, I WOULD RECOMMEND 60 DAYS, THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? WELL, YES, I THINK, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH, YOU CAN'T HAVE THREE, UM, MOTIONS.

EITHER SOMEONE NEEDS EITHER ONE OF THE FIRST TWO NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON OR SOMEONE NEEDS TO, UM, WITHDRAW THEIR MOTION.

IS THAT I WORK.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.

VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST.

SO WE'LL BE VOTING ON THE MOST RECENT, UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS.

NO, THIS SUBSTITUTE MOTION THEN WE'LL BE VOTING ON FIRST IS TO APPROVE THE AD ON THE MOTION WAS BY ADDISON AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

OKAY.

DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

FIRST CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

YES.

VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

IS THIS TRUE? BUT LET'S DO A APPROVE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED.

YES.

LET'S START AGAIN.

CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

YES.

VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ALAN, NO COMMISSIONER BANKS.

COMMISSIONER ELANOR.

NO COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

COMMISSIONER HILL.

NO.

AND COMMISSIONER STERLING.

NO, THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A FIVE TO FOUR BOAT.

IT'LL BE SENT TO COUNCIL ON, ON JULY 21ST.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOGAN.

AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AT

[Items 26 & 27]

THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEMS MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE ONE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL IN TWO DIFFERENT PLAN DEVELOPMENTS SIDE I'M 26 AND 27 PUD 17 0 6 AND POD ONE 20 GREAT HEARTS SCHOOL, NORTH PORTION AND SOUTH PORTION BOUGHT 1706 GRAY HARVEST NOR PORTION THE PRESET HARVEST ON FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN RELATED TO BOTH ONE 20.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF EAST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE CONSULT DISTRICT THREE.

GADI.

THE APPLICANT IS JOSEPH JABARA.

THE PROPOSED USE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION MIX IT USE BOUGHT ONE 20 GRAY HORSE IS CALLED FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SOUTH PORTION HARVEST ON THESE THREE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED USE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, FUTURE LAND USE EXPLANATION MIX.

IT USED BOUGHT 1706 AND BOUGHT ONE 20 GRAY CAR SCHOOL, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

STEPH CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN AND MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA OF THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE AND PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

FINALLY, COMMISSION STAFF HAVE RECEIVED SIX MESSAGES IN SUPPORT TO THE ON AND ONE IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS WOODARD WITH CSRS 67 67.

COULD YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC FOR US? WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU, GEORGE.

THANK YOU.

TRAVIS WOODARD WITH CSRS 67 67 PERKINS BATON ROUGE, 7 0 8 0 8.

HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS COMMISSIONERS ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER COURTS THAT

[01:40:01]

WISH THAT ARE PROPONENTS OF THIS ITEM OR THESE ITEMS? NO MEMBERS OF PUBLIC, NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT ALL THAT WISH TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, MOTION TO APPROVE.

THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT MOTION FOR, FROM COMMISSIONER HILL.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED

[29. CS-3-21 West Paul Tract]

AT THIS TIME? WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 29, CS 3 21 WEST PAUL TRACTOR CS 3 21 WEST BALL TRACK FLAT, NOT THE PROPERTIES LOCATED SOUTH OF ROAD AND EAST OF MCKEE LANE.

CONSTANT.

THESE THREE ONE, NO.

THE APPLICANT STEVEN LOCKWOOD, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL LOT ACCESS THROUGH PUBLIC STREETS.

FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS C S 3 21 WEST PORT TRACK FLIGHT STEPH CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

I'M AFRICAN STEVEN.

LIQOUR 6 1 6 1 PER COUNTRY.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS? I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD IN, IN FAVOR.

ROBERT PAUL, PLEASE COME UP AT THIS TIME.

MY NAME IS ROBIN ROBIN HALL.

OH, I STAY AT 1425 YEAR OLD.

I HAD ONE ALPHA WEST BALTIMORE STATE OR THE PROBLEM.

THE LAST TIME I STAND BEFORE YOU ALL THAT, WE HAD A DISAGREEMENT.

WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE SIGNED OFF FOR HER TO GET SO HIGH TRIAL WHERE YOU CAN COME FROM NOW ON THE ROAD TO AI, TO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, SIGNED WE'LL PUT OFF AT HARD DROUGHT AND MICKEY LANE.

AT THAT TIME, ALL ARRANGED FLAT TO THE MCKEE.

THEY DON'T WANT ENTRANCE TO THAT LAND.

I MEAN, TO THAT TODAY, ROAM WITH HAVING SAID, TOM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I TALKED TO STEVEN AND STEVEN CAME UP WITH A NEW MAP AND HE AGREED THAT ALL THEY GONNA DO IS COUGH THEM OUT OF A ROLE TO AI.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I MADE IT.

MY KEYS WAS HERE.

THEY HAD TO LEAVE.

SO THEY ALL MUCKY LAND AND THEY DON'T WANT NO ANSWER.

JUST IT AND EXIT.

SO HIGH ENTERS THAT ANSWER SHOULD BE FROM FLOWER ROW TO AI.

THANK YOU.

AND IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS, RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THERE'S NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK DO, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, MOSTLY FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM SAYING THAT THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? WE WILL MOVE ON

[30. CONSENT FOR APPROVAL CS-4-21 Foster Place]

TO ITEM NUMBER 30 CS 4 21 FOSTER PLACE C S 4 21 FORSTER PLACE FLAT, LOT THE PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF HOOPER ROAD AT THE END OF HIGHLAND GARDENS ROAD, CONSULT DISTRICT TWO BANKS.

THE APPLICANT STEVEN , THE APPLICANT PROPOSED FOR RESIDENTIAL LORDS ACCESS THROUGH PUBLIC STREETS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, C S 4 21 FOSTER PLACE FLATTENED OUT STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THEY MOVE IN ON STEVEN RECORD THE APPLICANT 6 1 61

[01:45:01]

PERKINS ROAD, UH, AND THIS, UH, PROJECT WE'RE CREATING TWO, ONE ACRE TRACKS FROM THE FRONT CUTTING OUT OF A 20 ACRE TRACK.

I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS? UM, THERE ARE TWO IN FAVOR, DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

AND THERE IS ALSO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK ON THAT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO IN FAVOR, DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK AND NO ONE AND NO ONE IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER HILL I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER BANKS.

UH, I SECOND, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON.

UM, I NEEDED TO HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION FOR, UM, THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER.

YES MA'AM.

OH YEAH.

I, I, THE REASON I, UM, I REMEMBER GETTING, UM, CORRESPONDING WITH MR. CAMINO, I BELIEVE, BUT IT'S TWO ACRES AND YOU JUST MAKING IT FOR, AM I CORRECT? UM, YEAH, NO, IT'S UM, TWO NEW, TWO LOTS IN THE FRONT.

UH, AND YOU MAKING IT ONE ACRE AND YOU'RE MAKING IT FOR A LOT, CORRECT? WELL, THE ORIGINAL TRACK IS 28, 20 0.4 ACRES.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE CREATING THREE TRACKS AFTER WE CREATED THE TWO, ONE ACRE TRACKS.

OKAY.

I LEFTOVER 18 ACRES.

THERE'LL BE THE THIRD TRAP.

OKAY.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

CAUSE UM, I HAD A CALL FROM, UM, SOMEONE I'LL FOSTER.

WELL, AND THAT JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER, BUT THAT WAS ALL JUST WANTING TO GET THAT.

UH, AND UM, YES, I SECOND, THIS IS OKAY.

OKAY.

THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[32. CONSENT FOR APPROVAL SP-8-21 Cypress at Ardendale]

NUMBER 32 S P 8 21, CYPRESS AT ARNDALE SB 8 21.

CYPRUS ARE THEN THERE.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

WEST SIDE OF DRIVE.

SOUTH OF GREENVILLE IS SPRINT ROAD, CONCEALED DISTRICT SIX, DAWN.

THE APPLICANT IS JOHN CHECKS NIGHT OR THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 21 BUILDINGS, 170 UNITS OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH COMMUNITY AND ACCESSORY BUILDINGS ACCESS THROUGH PUBLIC STREETS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE TO SEE NATION IS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

SB 8 21.

CYPRUS ARE, ARE IN THERE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS .

I REPRESENT ONE OF THE APPLICANTS.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CYPRUS AND URBANDALE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN NORTH ARLAND WITH DRIVE AND SOUTH DAKOTA GREENWALD SPRINGS ROAD.

THIS IS A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF ABOUT 170 A UNITS, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF AND ITS FINALE THE ABOUT FOUR PHASES.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAS HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATION.

UM, MANY PARTIES, INCLUDING ON BUILD BATON ROUGE, UH, PARTNER SOUTHEAST AND THE EAST BATON ROUGE, HOUSING AUTHORITY AS SONG.

UM, THE STYLE OF THE HOUSING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS MULTI-FAMILY, BUT IT'S VERY, IT'S NOT AN A IN A SOUTH LOUISIANA VERNACULAR AND IT'S COMPRISED OF MANY TOWNHOMES DUPLEXES BOTS AS WELL AS SOME, UH, GARDEN STYLE OR GARDEN FLATS AS THEY'RE KNOWN HERE.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, JOHN FROM CSRS HERE THAT CAN ASSIST TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS? THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM BY SHARON MCGRAW, A MOTION WE APPROVE, UH, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SAY NONE OF THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 33 INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT.

AND THE COMMISSION OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED AN IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITY IN CHAPTER 11

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OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

UM, WE HOPE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THIS REGARDING FRONT-LOADED GARAGES OR CARPORTS PER SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

CURRENTLY THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 25 FOOT SETBACK WHEN YOU'RE PROPOSING A FRONT-LOADED GARAGE IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS RIGHT NOW, THE EXISTING LANGUAGE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE, UH, IT STATES THAT THAT IS MEASURED FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IN THE QUESTION AND CONCERN THAT HAS COME UP IS ON PRIVATE STREETS WHERE THERE'S NOT A DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE LOOK TO, UH, WORK WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND HOPE TO BRING YOU A DRAFT, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOKUM AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER COURTS FOR THIS ITEM? NO, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, EMOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.

COMMISSIONER HILL I MOVE.

WE APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND FROM JEREMY GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED

[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]

AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.

MR. HALL, JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AT YOUR SEATS.

YOU HAVE UPDATED COPIES OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 15, CHAPTER 16, APPENDIX I N J A THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AGAIN.

UH, THESE WERE APPROVED RECENTLY BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH AND REFRESH YOUR MEMORY.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOKUM.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS AND I WILL BEGIN BY CONGRATULATING OUR LATEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

MS. JASMINE THOMAS SENIOR PLANNER IN THE LONG RANGE DIVISION, JASMINE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE OF RESEARCH FOR LONG RANGE PROJECTS.

SHE IS ASSISTING WITH THE STUDY OF EXISTING SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCES SO THAT WE CAN PROPOSE GUIDELINES FOR BATON ROUGE.

SHE ALSO HELPS WITHOUT EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE LACK OF BROADBAND ACCESS TO THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR.

ADDITIONALLY, JASMINE JUST PASSED THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS AICP CERTIFICATION EXAM.

SO SHE IS NOW AN AICP CANDIDATE OR A I C P C.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING.

JASMINE THOMAS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

JASMINE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROWLED SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE OF THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE.