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[ROLL CALL]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOLCOMB, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT HERE.

COMMISSIONER RADISON, MR. ALLEN COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELLENDER HERE, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, COMMISSIONER HILL HERE AND COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU, MR. HOLCOMB.

AT THIS TIME,

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 19TH MEETING MOVED BY COMMISSIONER? STELLAN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLEN, ELEANOR.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO HAVING THAT ITEM APPROVED SAYING NONE THAT ITEM HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE

[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

WE'LL ASK MR. LINNDRUM TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

GOT A QUICK UPDATE FOR Y'ALL.

UH, SAID THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, BUT AN OBJECTIVE OF FUTURE BR IS TO EXPAND THE DESIGNATION OF LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN LANDMARKS.

SO, UM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE HOSTING A BEAUREGARD TOWN OPEN HOUSE ON AUGUST 26, UH, AT THE CARVER BRANCH LIBRARY FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM.

THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH BEAUREGARD TOWN AND, UH, FOSTER DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED OVERGAARD REGARD TOWN, LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AND DESIGN GUIDELINES.

SO THAT'S OUR ONLY UPDATE FOR YOU ALL THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU MR. LANDRIEU

[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]

COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IN THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS 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 CITY HALL, 2, 2, 2 ST.

LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 2 THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48.

DURING THE MEETING, ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE BUILDING MUST WEAR A MASK IN AN EFFORT TO SOCIAL DISTANCE CAPACITY WILL BE LIMITED AND OVERFLOW WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE EIGHTH FLOOR.

ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW.LA.GOV ON METRO COUNCIL OR METRO, EXCUSE ME, METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND 80 AND T CHANNEL 99.

AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING.

DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.

AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEMS, PUBLIC HEARING, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM AND THEY GIVE A FORM@AHTTPSWWW.PR LA.GOV, PC APPLICANTS, AND APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL.

WE'LL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THESE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM.

IT SHOULD 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.

AND THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.

THE SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS INTO AVOID DUPLICATIONS OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN.

WELL, WE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. MORIN, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON OUR OWN CONSENT FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEM NUMBER TWO, PA SEVEN DASH 21 1 5 6 9 4 AND 1 5 6 9, 6 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY TO A, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF GROOM ROAD, WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON AUGUST 8TH, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE FORMAL ITEM.

NUMBER NINE, CASE 48, 21 1700 THROUGH 1818 0 6 AND 1794 STORING LANE TO REZONE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO ZERO LOT LINE EIGHT, 2.6 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STARRING LANE.

SOUTH OF KINGS HILL AVENUE DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 20TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM NUMBER 10 S NINE DASH 21, SILVERSIDE COVE SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY.

ALSO LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF STORING LANE, SOUTH OF KINGS HILL AVENUE

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DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 20TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM 11 CASE 53 21 25 0 4 25 44 GOVERNMENT STREET IN 5 35 ST.

ROSE AVENUE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A TWO TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE C A B TWO, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND C ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GOVERNMENT STREET AND ST.

ROSE AVENUE DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 20TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM 21 T AND D 1 0 7.

ROSEANNE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 16 REVISED CONCEPT PLAN TO ADD SIX LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF PERKINS ROAD, EAST OF AVENUE DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 20TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, THE FOLLOWING, EXCUSE ME, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE 21 29, 21 20 24 THOMAS ROAD TO REZONE FROM GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, A FOUR TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE L C1 AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, A B ONE ON PRETTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THOMAS ROAD, EAST OF SCOTLAND, ZACHARY HIGHWAY ITEM 12, CASE 54, 21 94 0 5 GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD TO RESERVE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C TWO TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD, EAST OF JUUL ROAD ITEM 13, CASE 55, 21 23 10 SCENIC HIGHWAY TERESA FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE TWO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BARN LOUNGE.

ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF ADAMS AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER 14, CASE 56, 21 73 15 BACARDI AVENUE TO RESIGN REASON FROM LIMITED RESIDENTIAL, A 3.1 TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE H C ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CARDIAC AVENUE IN O'DONOVAN DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 15, CASE 57, 21 87 51 SEEKING LANE TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE H C ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SEEKING LANE, NORTH OF PERKINS ROAD ITEM 16 CAKES, 58, 21 17 47 O'NEAL LANE TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO H C2 AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT C A B ONE ON PROPERTY CADEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF O'NEAL LANE, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12, ITEM NUMBER 17, CASE 59 21 1 1 6 7 0 AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM RURAL THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE H ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY, EAST OF SIEGEN LANE, ITEM NUMBER 18, K 61 21, 1 8 OR A 3 1 8 5 8 3 1 8 6 1 5 1 8 6 2 4 1 8 6 2 5 1 8 7 3 1 1 8 7 5 1 1 8 9 2 5 AND 1 9 0 1 9 SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL AND SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AGRICULTURE, ONE R E A ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD, EAST OF WHITE SHADOWS NUMBER 19 CASE 62 21 93 48 SCENIC HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 AND LIMITED RESIDENTIAL.

A 3.1 TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, ONE H C1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SCENIC HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF ROSENWALD ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 20 K 63, 21 84 0 1 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED

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ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GREENLAND SPRINGS ROAD, EAST OF GREEN TREE DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 22, PUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO MCALISTER'S DELI IN ARBY'S BURBANK BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE-THROUGHS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE WEST HAVE BEEN HER ROAD ITEM NUMBER 23 T AND D ONE DASH ZERO SEVEN BANK DEVELOPMENT, ROSEANNE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROPOSED BANK AND EXTENSION OF ROSEANNE SQUARE AVENUE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, EAST OF ROSEANNE AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER 26 S P 12 DASH 21 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT CENTER, PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BACARDI AVENUE IN BRITTANY DRIVE IN ITEM 27, ASP 1321, THE RESERVE AT HOW PLACE SOUTH PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PLANK ROAD, NORTH OF 72ND AVENUE PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND UDC.

OKAY.

MISSION MEMBERS.

YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE, YEP.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HAVING, UH, WHERE THIS APPLIED TO SOMETHING I HAVE.

SO LIKE UNDER CONSENT THEY HAVE NUMBERED.

WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

OH, THEY HAVE NO BREATH.

I MIGHT BE WRONG.

NUMBER THREE, NUMBER EIGHT.

SO NUMBER EIGHT, FOR INSTANCE IS AN ON CONSENT ITEM FOR APPROVAL.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING IMPROVED AT THIS TIME IS HOW DO I MOVE FORWARD? YOU CAN JUST ASK TO HAVE THAT ITEM PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN IT WOULD BE HEARD ON ITS REGULAR REGULAR AGENDA ORDER.

I WOULD LIKE THAT.

AND THEN NUMBER 19 IS NUMBER IS FINE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY.

AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR WHO WISH TO HAVE AN ITEM.

OH, OKAY.

THERE'S NO MEMBERS ON A THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THANK YOU.

SO SAY NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO HAVE THESE ITEMS APPROVED, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER STERLING SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HERE, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED? WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[3. S-4-21 Trivento Subdivision]

WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE, SUBDIVISION 4 21 FOR VENTRAL SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S 4 21.

TRUE VENTO SUBDIVISION PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF GROOM ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.

THE APPLICANT IS ADAM KURTZ.

THE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS RURAL.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION WITH 986, RESIDENTIAL LOTS S 4 21 TRIVENTO SUBDIVISION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE EDC.

FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED OPPOSITION FROM THE CITY OF ZACHARY, ONE MEMBER OF THE ZACHARY CITY COUNCIL, TWO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND ALSO A RESOLUTION FROM THE ZACHARY SCHOOL BOARD, DIGITAL 158 MESSAGES FROM THE PUBLIC IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM

[00:15:06]

LIKE YOU DIRECT THE HOLCOMBE COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MEDICINE.

HERE'S WHAT THE COMMISSION, MY NAME IS ERIC PIAZZA REPRESENT THE APPLICANT BEFORE HE DENIED HIS A IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

THIS IS NOT A REZONING REQUEST.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED RURAL AND WILL BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE EXISTING ZONING.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GROOM ROAD AND OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY.

ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, COUNCILWOMAN BANKS AND COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN KNOLL ORGANIZED A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WAS ATTENDED BY THE, THE APPLICANT MYSELF AND IS ENGINEERED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE PAUL BUCK AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS CERTIFIED THAT WE MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND MAYBE THIS A USE BY RIGHT WITHIN THE PERMITTED ZONING.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, DURING REBUTTAL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CORES IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL STATE REPORTS.

OKAY.

AND THEN WE'LL CALL OUR SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN AN OBSERVATION OR AN OPPOSITION.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, ZACHARY POLICE, CHIEF DAVID MCDAVID.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING PLANS ON A COMMISSION.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO BE AN OPPOSITION OF THIS, UH, PROVINCIAL SUBDIVISION AND AN A REASON, BIG REASON.

WHY IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE ZACHARY? RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY WITH 40 OFFICERS.

UH, REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FBI STATS ARE PROBABLY EIGHT TO MAYBE 15 SHORT, UH, IN OUR JURISDICTION THAT WE NEED TO BE HIRING, UH, EBR, WHICH IS IN OUR JURISDICTION, HAD THEY HAVE TO OWN DURING THE DAY AND TWO AT NIGHT, THERE ARE BACKUP WHERE THEY'RE BACKUP AND SAME THING WITH BAKER PT.

THEY'RE SHORT.

ALL OF US ARE SHORT RIGHT DOWN.

YOU'RE ADDING ALMOST 2200 HOMES IN THAT AREA, INCLUDING THIS SUBDIVISION HERE.

AND THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH IT IS.

AND IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT MAPQUEST, I DID A STUDY TODAY AT TWO O'CLOCK.

IF I GO OUT AND WE HAVE A CALL IT WGN WORKER ROAD, WHICH IS AT PLAYING, IT'S ALMOST 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE.

IF WE NEED TO GO BACK SOMEBODY UP OR TO BE THERE FOR SOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SHOOTING OR WHATEVER IT COULD BE.

IT'S 15 MINUTES WHILE AGO WHEN I LEFT ZACHARY, WE'RE 15 AS OVER 19 MINUTES TO GET THERE.

THE GROOM ROAD FROM THE FATHER IS ALMOST THE FARTHEST POINT ZACHARY.

SO THAT STRESS AND THOSE VERY THIN AND ZACHARY PD AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 23 SQUARE MILES TO COVER ALMOST 24 AND ZACHARY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST COME OUT WITH THE CENSUS THAT'S 19,316 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ZACHARY, DOWN AT 2020, UH, THAT WITH 29.1% GROWTH IN THE DECADE.

UH, SO BACK IN, UH, 20, UH, 2000, WE HAD THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THIRTY SIX HOUSEHOLDS WITH 43.4% UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

SO YOU KNOW THAT THESE HOMES ARE BEING BUILT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO COME TO ZACHARY WITH THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THERE.

EXACTLY.

I WENT THROUGH MY YEARS, MY KIDS WENT THROUGH THERE AND MY GRANDKIDS ARE GOING THROUGH THERE.

THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA IS HORRENDOUS.

UM, I HAVE 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER WORSHIPED BRICK BEEN THERE OVER 50 YEARS.

SHE COMES OUT BY THE TREADS AND CARE PLACE AND BREAKFAST.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE SCHOOL BACK THERE.

SHE HAS TO GO TO THE RIGHT.

SHE CAN'T COME OUT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE, PROBABLY CLOSE TO THAT KIAN, WHICH IS DOWN ABOUT 10 IS DISCO.

AND SHE HAS TO GO THAT WAY OR TRY TO FIGHT TO GET ACROSS TO THE HIGHWAY TO GET HOME, WHICH IS A MILE AROUND THE CORNER ON NEWELL STREET.

SO IT'S A MAJOR HAZARD PROBLEM AND A PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ME.

IT'S JUST, UH, A LOT OF THAT'S GOING ON.

I WROTE A LETTER TO MILES TO KNOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

I THINK I WROTE A SCREW BOARD TO MY SCREW BOARD MEMBERS.

I ASKED THEM IS THE, UH, SCREW BOARD ABLE TO HANDLE THIS.

UH, DO I NEED TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS FOR SRO GROWS THE THING.

AND I MET WITH THE, UH, THE DEVELOPERS IN BAKER.

THE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME ABOUT THIS COURSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE BIG ISSUE FOR ME AND WILL STRETCH US.

THEN WE ASKED THE DEVELOPERS DID Y'ALL LIVE IN ANY OF YOUR PRODUCTS, CRICKETS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I LIKE TO CALL UP OUR NEXT SPEAKER.

ZACHARY COUNCILMAN LAY ON MONTGOMERY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M LEIA MONTGOMERY COUNCIL AND DISTRICT FIVE.

UM, THE REASON WHY I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS OTHER DIVISION COMING.

NUMBER ONE, OUT PLAYING THE ZONING

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COMMISSION.

THEY DENIED IT SEVEN TO ZERO.

THEY DENIED IT BECAUSE WHEN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT GOES DOWN, THESE NARROW STREETS, THEY HAVE A HARD TIME MANEUVERING THE BIG VEHICLES.

SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THAT IN ITSELF WOULD CAUSE A PUBLIC SITE THAT HASN'T JUST LIKE CHEEK.

MY DAY JUST SAID, UM, I WROTE DOWN, I WROTE DOWN WITH A SCENIC AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT'S OPEN.

THAT'S CALLED COPPER ME UP.

YOU FAMILIAR WITH ZACHARY.

IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT AREA, WHEN SCHOOL IS EITHER AND OUR SCHOOL IS LETTING OUT, THEN IT IT'S LIKE COLLEGE DRIVE GETTING THROUGH THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE REAL HARD FOR YOU TO GET THROUGH THAT.

SO WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THE CLOSEST ONE TO THAT I WOULD SAY IS, UH, I THINK IT WAS OFF MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD.

SO SOMETHING DID HAPPEN OVER HERE.

AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO GET THERE.

IT WOULD TAKE THEM AT LEAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO GET TO THAT POINT.

AND THE COP, THE CHIEF OF POLICE JUST SAID THAT THE POLICE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THERE FROM WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE CENTER.

EXACTLY.

WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO GO A LOT FARTHER THAN THE FIRE STATION.

SO BASICALLY THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE HOUSES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE MAKING THEM REAL DENSE.

UH, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ALREADY INTIMIDATED.

WE JUST HAD A 29.1% INCREASE IN POPULATION, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS THAT JUST COMING OUT.

I JUST WANT TO INFORM Y'ALL FROM A PUBLIC WORKS PERSPECTIVE, ZACH, WE CANNOT HANDLE THIS.

WE, WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, FLOODING AND DRAINAGE, ALL THAT Y'ALL PILE AND NEIGHBORHOODS ON TOP OF US.

AND WE CANNOT HANDLE THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.

PLEASE MAKE THE BEST DECISION.

I KNOW I WAS PLAYING IN THE ZONE AND PEOPLE THAT WE APPOINTED, THEY DENIED THIS.

SO I ASKED THIS PLAN, THE ZONING, PLEASE HONOR THE DECISION OF ZACH MISPLAY LANDS ON THE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACHARY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, BRANDY WESTMORELAND.

GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU.

I AM ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL, BOARD DISTRICT TWO.

AND I'M ALSO THE PAST PRESIDENT RECENTLY RELEASED THE CENSUS DATA SHOWS THAT WE'VE SEEN RAPID GROWTH OVER THE PAST DECADE IN THE ZACHARY AREA, THE ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS ALWAYS RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE TO OFFER STUDENTS THE BEST EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S EVIDENCE OF OUR NUMBER ONE RATING FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS, THEY INCREASED GROWTH HAS BEEN HANDLED VERY WELL, BUT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO SEE CAPACITY ISSUES WITHOUT MORE CLASSROOMS AND STAFF EDUCATION CAN SUFFER DUE TO THE STRESS PLACED ON AND THE ALL-IMPORTANT STUDENT TEACHER RATIO.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 2,500 TO 3000 HOUSING UNITS APPROVED AND NOT YET COMPLETED IN THE ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, MANY FROM LARGE DRUG DEVELOPERS THAT HAD THE ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO BUILD THEM AT A VERY RAPID PACE.

THIS IS ALREADY ALARMING, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR THE POTENTIAL INFLUX FROM THESE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT.

THE ADDITION OF THIS PROPOSAL OF 986 HOMES IS HONESTLY TERRIFYING WHEN IT COMES TO THE POTENTIAL CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE WILL BE FACING.

EVEN WITH THE INCREASED TAX REVENUE FROM THE HOUSES, THOSE DOLLARS WOULD HAVE TO BE BONDED AND NEW SCHOOLS WOULD HAVE TO BE BUILT, BUT THAT IS ONLY AFTER THE CHILDREN WILL ALREADY BE MOVED IN AND ENROLLED INTO OUR DISTRICT.

THIS WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE CURRENT STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE INCOME AND STUDENTS TO INCREASE THE CLASSROOM SIZES AND WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE A NET NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION THAT SO MANY OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO OFFER TODAY.

PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OUR CHILDREN.

AS YOU MAKE THIS DECISION, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE DENY THIS REQUEST, ALLOW US THE TIME TO CATCH UP ON THE RECENT GROWTH BEFORE APPROVING ANOTHER LARGE SUBDIVISION AS THIS ONE.

CURRENTLY WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO OFFER VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE, UNDER THE GRADE OF SEVENTH.

AND THAT'S DUE TO OUR CURRENT STAFFING AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THE BOARD, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE, TO BE ABLE TO GATHER INFORMATION AS DEVELOPMENTS ARISE AND TO BE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THE GROWTH.

IT IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR TEACHERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACHARY COUNCILMAN, JOHN LEBLANC, GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU.

THIS SHIFT THIS AFTERNOON, I'M A COUNCILMAN, UH, CITY ZACHARY.

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I AM ALSO A RETIRED FIRE CAPTAIN AMT FROM BEVERAGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND MY, UH, LIST HERE IS ON SAFETY REASONS.

WHY I THINK THAT THEY'RE TRUE VETO SHOVED THE VISION SHOULD NOT BE BUILT.

AND I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ONE THING IS I STARTED OFF TIME IS EVERYTHING IN EMERGENCIES.

RESPONSE TIME IN A NORMAL SITUATION IS JUST ABOUT THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.

THE FRANTIC OR ROAD STATION ZACHARY IS THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE PROPOSED TRIVENTO, UH, FIRE STATION.

IT'S 5.3 MILES AWAY WITH A SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTE RESPONSE TIME UNDER NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND THAT 10 TO 11 MINUTE AT PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES FROM THE MAIN STATION IN TOWN, IT IS 6.4 MILES AWAY WITH AN AVERAGE 12 MINUTE RESPONSE TIME UNDER NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WITH NO SCHOOLS UNDER PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES AND SCHOOLS ZONES.

IT IS 15 MINUTES OR MORE.

THAT IS A LOT OF TIME.

THE CALLS THAT COME IN THAT I'VE DEALT WITH OVER MY CAREER OR TRAP TRAP VICTIMS AND HOUSE FIRES.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE THERE IN AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE THAT PERSON IN HOUSE CARDIAC ARREST EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYONE THERE DOING CPR ON THESE PEOPLE, EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES, THEIR CHANCES ARE HAVING AN IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE PROXIMITY, THESE PROXIMITY, EXCUSE ME, PROXIMITY.

YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT.

SO THE HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I SEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.

THAT IS A PROBLEM.

THE LAKE THAT TAKES THE FIRE, THE FIRE TRUCKS TO GET THERE.

WHEN YOU GET THERE AND SAY THE WIND IS BLOWING ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS AND I'M TELLING YOU TONIGHT, I HAVE, I HAVE SEEN THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE DONE IT.

SO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO WHEN YOU GET THERE, IF THE WIND'S BLOWING, MAYBE A WINTER DAY, YOU MAY HAVE TWO HOUSE FIRES.

OKAY? THAT, THAT PRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM, EVEN MORE PROBLEMS. UH, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT IT IS, UH, WE ARE BUILDING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MORE HOUSES AROUND, BUT WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY FIRE STATIONS.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING IT IN EMS STATIONS.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY MORE POLICE STATIONS.

WE ARE STRETCHING OUR RESOURCES TO VER TO THE BITTER END AND, UH, WHAT IT'S DOING, IT'S ACTUALLY PUTTING LIVES AT STAKE AND WE DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS.

AND I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON VOTING THIS DOWN, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THINK OF YOUR FAMILY LIVING UP THERE.

THINK OF YOUR MOM, YOUR DAD, YOUR KIDS, OR YOURSELVES LIVING UP THERE.

AND, UH, ALSO I HAVE A LOAD INFORMATION ON EMS. EMS HAS A 9 24 HOURS, ROGER, A FEW MORE SECONDS, BUT, BUT YOUR TIME IS UP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ANYWAY.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER BOY.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M GOING TO BE READING A QUICK STATEMENT FROM MRS. NANCY LOCKET OF ZACHARY.

AND I AM ALSO JENNIFER BOYD.

I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 2 CENTS AT THE END OF IT.

AT TIMES, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS NOT KEPT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE UP WITH THE GROWTH IN BAKER.

THIS MEANT THAT THEY HAD HIGH RISK FOR PROBLEMS, INCLUDING AUTO ACCIDENTS.

IN SPITE OF LOCALS, TRYING TO GET THE STATE TO IMPROVE THE HIGHWAY 19 GROOM ROAD INTERSECTION DUE TO A HIGH NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

THE STATE DID NOT DO IT IN TIME ON A BEAUTIFUL HOT JULY AFTERNOON.

IN 1998, MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS RIDING WITH HER BEST FRIEND TO CORTANA TO BUY THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, A WEDDING PRESENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 19 AND GROOM ROAD.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT ONTO GROOM, OUR KATIE'S BEST FRIEND MISJUDGED, HOW FAR HER VISION WAS OBSCURED DUE TO A NORTH FACING TRUCK.

THE ONCOMING TRUCK COULD NOT STOP.

IT HIT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR.

THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO STOP LIFE SUPPORT FOR OUR DAUGHTER.

BASED ON YOUR SURGEON REPORTS, WE REMOVED SUPPORT AND WE BURIED HER SEVERAL DAYS LATER, HER FRIEND SHOULD NOT HAVE TURNED.

THE STATE SHOULD HAVE IMPROVED THE INTERSECTION DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PREVIOUS ACCIDENTS THERE.

THE COURTS AGREED AND THEY CONTINUE.

WE CONTINUE TO LEAVE EVERY MOMENT WITHOUT OUR KATIE.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE MONEY FROM DEVELOPING THEIR LAND, BUT THERE ARE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES THAT ONE CANNOT PREDICT, BUT THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.

I LIVE FURTHER NORTH ON OLD SCENIC, NEAR ROLLINS ROAD.

AND I REMEMBER HOW AWFUL THIS ROAD ONCE WAS AND CERTAINLY WISH THE STATE HAD LOOKED AHEAD

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AND FOUR-LANE DID WHEN THEY IMPROVED IT.

THERE ARE BIG PROBLEMS. THEY'RE ALREADY SPEAKING OF THE ROLLINS ROAD INTERSECTION.

THANK GOD.

NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME REASON THAT I HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT UPDATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

BUT I DECIDED TO SHARE MINE WITH YOU.

NOW, IN MY OWN WORDS QUICKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IT IS A NECESSITY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE HEALTH, THE SAFETY AND THE WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS.

WHEN MAKING SUCH AN IMPACTFUL DECISION.

I RESPECTFULLY HOPE THAT YOU CHOOSE THE SAFETY OF THE EFFECTED COMMUNITIES OVER THE DR.

HORTON DOLLARS AND MAKE THE EASY LOGICAL DECISION TO DENY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN, LAURA.

O'BRIEN GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS.

UM, I'M LAURA BRYAN.

I REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, TAKING THE BRUNT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUSINESSES ALONG NON 64 WILL SUFFER GREATLY AT THE TRAFFIC LOAD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.

UM, I LIVE IN ZACHARY.

I WORK IN ZACHARY, MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL THERE.

SO I BELIEVE I HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.

UM, THE POLICE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT TAKING A LEFT.

IT'S LITERALLY FROGGER IN THE MORNINGS.

I HAVE TO TAKE A LEFT.

THERE'S NO WAY AROUND.

THE NEXT THING IS A STOPLIGHT AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TURN BACK AROUND UNLESS I TURNED BACK INTO MY CELL DIVISION AND TAKE ANOTHER LEFT.

SO TRAFFIC IS A HUGE ISSUE.

AND, UM, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DEVELOP DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD.

I THINK THE CITIZENS OF ZACHARY DESERVE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.

UH, WE DESERVE RESPECTFUL GROWTH.

WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY A WHOLE LOT, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE SAFE FOR US TO BE THERE DURING MY TERM.

WE'VE MADE THREE UDC CHANGES TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

WE'VE INCREASED OUR OPEN SPACE, INCREASED LOT SIZES.

AND IT'S FRUSTRATING AS SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO BALANCE CITY BUSINESS, THAT SOMEONE CAN COME IN OUR BACK DOOR AND TOTALLY BLOW THE ROOF OFF OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PLANNED.

UM, I THINK ONE OF THE LATEST BRANDY HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 HOMES IN PRODUCTION RIGHT NOW 900 OF THOSE HOMES ARE IN DISTRICT THREE, ALONG NON 64.

IT'S ALL ON A THREE MILE RADIUS, THREE, THREE MILE STRETCH OF LAND.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 300 HOMES BEING IN SHOVEL TRAIL.

SO TREE APPROVED THROUGH YOU SEE IT OR BEND MEADOW, GLEN.

UM, THE LATEST ONE THAT DR.

HORTON HAS DONE, WHICH IS MIRAVAL.

IF YOU LOOK AT MIRAVAL'S WEBSITE, THEIR SLOGAN THAT THEY USED TO SELL THEIR HOMES IS, UM, LET ME FIND IT.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, UM, WHERE RURAL MEETS.

I THINK IF THOSE PEOPLE KNEW A THOUSAND HOMES WERE COMING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM, IT WOULD NO LONGER BE RURAL.

AND IT SURELY WOULDN'T BE CONVENIENT TRYING TO TAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN.

UM, AS WE CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, UM, RIGHT NOW IT TAKES ME ABOUT FOUR MINUTES TO GET FROM MY HOUSE TO THE TURN ON TO 61, A TIME TO TODAY DURING PEAK HOURS.

AND IT TOOK ME ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES.

SO I THINK ADDING MORE HOMES AT THIS POINT IS GOING TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THE THOUSAND HOMES THAT Y'ALL ARE PREDICTING, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIT IN AS MANY HOMES AS POSSIBLE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S FRUSTRATING, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, TO PLAN AHEAD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE TRIED TO, TO SLOW DOWN OUR GROWTH SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN KEEP UP.

SO OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPORT DURING THIS GROWTH TIME.

NONE OF THESE HOMES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BUILT, SO THEY'RE STILL WAITING TO BE BUILT.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT DO Y'ALL USE TO LOOK AT THAT? I MEAN, CAUSE WE HAVE 900 HOMES COMING ON NON 64 AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL THOUSAND POSSIBLY.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT ARE THE SCHOOLS GOING TO DO WITH SCHOOL BUSES? WE DON'T HAVE BUSES THAT GO THAT FAR RIGHT NOW AND WE SHARE ALL OF OUR BUS SYSTEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET FOUR BUSES TO HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE CITIZENS OF ZACHARY, OUR INVESTMENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

UM, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT US, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TAXPAYERS, WE PAY TAXES, PAYERS JUST LIKE YOU DO.

AND I THINK WE DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLINE THIS.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACH RISK SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, KEN MACKIE.

HE'S NOT HERE.

OKAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACHARY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, MINDY SLAUGHTER.

ALSO NOT HERE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARRIE.

GODBOLD ALSO NOT HERE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT .

HE ACTUALLY IS HERE.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

UM,

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I'M JUST NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT THESE, UH, PIT MINE, CITIZENS, ZACHARY HAS TOLD Y'ALL, BUT LET'S CONSIDER COMMON SENSE FOR ONCE IN VOTING, I KNEW IS DR.

HORTON.

IT MEETS ALL THE RUBBER STAMP, BUT COMMON SENSE TELLS EVERYBODY ZACHARY DOES NOT WANT THIS COMMON SENSE, TELLS THIS BOARD, WE CANNOT AFFORD THE TRAFFIC, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, EVERYTHING IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO PUT ON ZACHARY.

SO FOR ONCE, LET COMMON SENSE PREVAIL INSTEAD OF RUBBER STAMPING UDC.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TWO MINUTES.

SHE'LL SPEAK OF COURSE, BUT THOSE MEMBERS DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

I'LL READ THOSE NAMES AND FOR THE RECORD, STEPHANIE EAST AND JESSICA HUNT, UH, BEFORE I INVITE THE APPLICANT FOR A REBUTTAL, UH, LIKE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF AN INVITE TO THE PODIUM.

UH, COUNCILMAN BRANDON KNOLL.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.

SO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF, UH, GOOD INFORMATION TONIGHT.

UM, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB.

I MISSED IT AT THE BEGINNING.

HOW MANY, UM, EMAILS IN FAVOR DID YOU HAVE? WE DID NOT HAVE ANY IN FACT, OKAY.

I THOUGHT SO.

I JUST WANT YOU TO, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

I'M A COMMERCIAL BANKER I'LL FUND DEVELOPMENTS ALSO OWN A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE.

I PROMISE YOU I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

I'M A FAN OF THE GROWTH COALITION.

I LIKE ERIC A WHOLE LOT.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

HE'S REPRESENTED DEAL HARDEN AND THIS PROPOSAL, I THINK IT'S WRONG.

I THINK IT'S BAD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RURAL NATURE OF THIS AREA, PEOPLE MOVE UP TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT FOR A RURAL FEEL.

I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.

YOU CAN ASK ANY REALTOR IN THE AREA.

YOU CAN ASK.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE, WHAT I'M SEEING SO OFTEN IS THERE'S NO ABILITY TO YOU.

CAN'T FIND IT.

LOCAL DEVELOPERS, LOCAL BUILDERS CAN NOT COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, LARGE TRACK DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN.

SO YOU'RE JUST NOT SEEING AS MUCH OF THE LARGE ESTATE, LOTS LIKE YOU USED TO THAT WE'RE CHASING PEOPLE INTO THE FELICIA ANNA'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.

I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING MEETS, RIGHT? EVERYTHING MEETS, UH, WITH YOUR PLAN STAFF REPORTS, AS IT MEETS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S AROUND THIS PROPERTY, THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE USE MAP, THIS PROPERTY, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IT TOUCHES IS ACTUALLY RURAL AG.

SO THE STAFF REPORT COULD SAY IF THEY WERE TRYING TO DO RURAL AG IT COMPLIES BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IT TOUCHES WITH ROY, WHEN I TALK ABOUT OPPOSITION TO THIS, CERTAINLY I'M COMING TO YOU AS THE METRO COUNCILMAN DISTRICT ONE, REPRESENTING ALL OF THESE FOND FOLKS.

I'M ALSO COMING TO YOU AS A PROPERTY OWNER, AS A HUSBAND TO A, UH, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT ZACHARY ELEMENTARY.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY AS, UH, A FATHER OF TWO CHILDREN IN ZACHARY SCHOOLS, UH, I VALUE THE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION THAT THEY RECEIVE TO ADD ON TO SOMETHING THAT, UH, MR. DEVILLE, YEAH, IN SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

HE HAD A REASON.

HE WAS HERE.

HE WAS HERE LAST TIME, UH, WHEN IT WAS THE, HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT AND HE CALLED ME AND APOLOGIZED.

UH, HE TRIED TO GET A SCHOOL BOARD, PRESIDENT, KEN MACKEY TO BE HERE FOR HIM.

HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT EITHER.

UM, HE WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR INDUSTRIAL AT THIS LOCATION.

UM, THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE INTENDED USE MAP HAS.

IF, IF THIS SUBDIVISION IS ALLOWED, IT TAKES THAT POTENTIAL AWAY.

WHAT INDUSTRIAL HAS BENEFIT, THE REASON IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT INCREASES THE TAX BASE WITHOUT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO YOU'RE TAKING AWAY JUST ONE MORE VIABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COULD REALLY GIVE A BOOST TO THE TAX BASE.

GP IS HUGE FOR ZACHARY SCHOOLS.

THEY WERE TERRIFIED WHEN THEY STARTED TO SHUT DOWN PART OF THE GP.

EVERYBODY WAS SCRAMBLING.

WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT IS IT GOING TO HAVE? RIGHT.

SO, UH, YOU HEARD ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, WITH THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE.

WHEN I CAME INTO THIS SEAT, I MADE IT A POINT TO GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT I SERVED WITH PREVIOUSLY ON THE ZACHARY COUNSEL.

AND I SAID, I ASSURE YOU YOUR ZONE, THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE MATTERS.

I SAID, MACRA RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT MAKE THEM WITH, WITH, I NEED SOME MEAT.

GIVE ME AMMUNITION.

DON'T JUST GIVE ME A BLANKET.

NO, OR YES.

AND I WAS PART OF THAT BEFORE.

AND I STARTED BRINGING IT UP AT THE END AND WE STARTED TALKING.

I SAID, LOOK, IF WE'RE ALWAYS A NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO IT.

SO STARTED SAYING

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YES.

AND WE STARTED GIVING REASONS WHY.

AND I PLEDGED TO THEM, IF THEY DO THAT, THAT A PROMISE, I WOULD BACK THEM UP.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TONIGHT.

AND I'M BACKING THEM UP.

I'M NOT HERE JUST TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND SAY, HEY, I TRIED, I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS WRONG.

I BELIEVE THIS DOESN'T FIT.

I UNDERSTAND RURAL ZONING.

AND WE HAVE IT ALL OVER THE PARENT.

BUT MY GOD, IF YOU LOOK RIGHT AT THE DEFINITION OF RURAL 986 HOMES ON 358, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC ISSUES.

WE'VE GOT ROAD ISSUES.

YOU'VE HEARD MORE THAN ENOUGH TONIGHT DEALING WITH HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BEING PROBLEMATIC.

ERIC SAID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

IT MEETS THAT SHE SHOULD JUST PASS IT.

RIGHT? WELL NOT WHEN IT'S TO THE DETRIMENT OF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, I TOOK MOST OF THE ISSUES YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

I ALREADY SPOKE WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT IT.

THEY FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON GOOD LEGAL FOOTING FOR DENIAL, FOR THE REASONS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.

YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL VERSED ON THAT.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, ASK MR. MESSINA TO COME UP HERE AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY SITTING IN THAT SEAT FOR THEM, METRO COUNCIL, TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT PUTTING THE PARISH IN A BAD POSITION.

I PROMISE YOU.

I'M NOT HERE TRYING TO PUT YOU IN A BAD POSITION.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DESERVES TO BE DENIED.

I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH REASONING BEHIND IT.

I DON'T THINK YOU'VE HEARD ANY GOOD REASONS OTHER THAN, HEY, IT MEETS WITH YOUR MINIMUM REQUIRES, RIGHT? UH, SO I THINK YEAH, OF ALL AMMUNITION YOU NEED, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.

AND CERTAINLY I'M WELCOME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

NO, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THERE WAS THE COMMISSION.

UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS OVER TWO MILES FROM THE ZACHARY CITY LIMITS.

HIS PROPERTY IS NOT IN ZACHARY.

IT'S IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

IT'S NOT IN HIS ZACHARY CITY LIMITS.

I CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE MEMBERS OF ZACHARY PLANNING COMMISSION IS ACCURATE CITY COUNCIL.

DIDN'T, DON'T GET TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER, BUT I DON'T MAKE THE RULES, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR THE RULES.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MEET THE RULES AND THE CODE OF THIS PARISH BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL INPUT THERE.

ONCE AGAIN, I DO NOT MAKE THE RULES.

THE RULES ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

THIS PA THIS PROPERTY WILL PAY A TAX TO THE FIRE DISTRICT.

IT WILL PAY A TAX THAT WILL GO TOWARDS POLICE.

IT WILL PAY A TAX THAT WILL GO TOWARDS THE ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE USED.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ALL OF THAT MONEY CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE AND PLAN FOR WHATEVER NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME, WHERE PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPED, MONEY IS GENERATED AND THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN PLAN.

PEOPLE GET SCARED OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HOUSES ON THIS PROPERTY.

THINK ABOUT THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS THAT GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S COMING OVER TIME.

THERE IS NO WAY THIS PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED IMMEDIATELY.

IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO DO IT, BUT NOW INSTEAD OF GETTING 10 PROJECTS THAT COME TO YOU ALL AT ONE TIME WITH ALL DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, AND THEN WE POSSIBLY OVERWHELM THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL GET DEVELOPED OVER TIME.

IT GIVES EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN.

THERE'S A IN ADDITION, THERE IS A BAKER HAS SOME SERVICES THAT ARE VERY CLOSE, SOME FIRE SERVICES.

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT BOTH BAKER AND ZACHARY AND BATON ROUGE SHERIFF'S SERVICES AND BACK EACH OTHER UP ALL THE, ALL THE TIME.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THIS HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE WELFARE ARGUMENT.

BUT I THINK HONESTLY, IT'S BEING A LITTLE BIT EXAGGERATED THAT THERE'S, THAT WE CANNOT MAKE THIS WORK.

AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, THIS PROPERTY HAS ONE ENTRANCE ON OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY.

IT HAS TWO ENTRANCES ON BROOME ROAD.

DOTD WILL REQUIRE THAT THE DEVELOPER DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY DOTD MAY REQUIRE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE HIGHWAY.

I'M SURE THEY WILL.

THIS DEVELOPER WILL PAY A TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE THAT WILL ALSO BE USED TO HELP ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AND MAKE THOSE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.

NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE VOLUNTEER.

THEY ALL HAVE TO HAPPEN.

I THINK WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THIS PROPERTY, AND ALMOST EVERY PROPERTY THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, WE HEAR THINGS LIKE I LIVE NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO FLOOD ME.

I'M RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

THE TRAFFIC'S GOING TO BE BAD.

I'LL LIVE IN THAT AREA.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.

LOOK AT THE MAP ON WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS.

IT IS A LONG WAY

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FROM OTHER DEVELOPED PROPERTIES.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADJOINING NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE, COMPLAINING EVERYTHING YOU'RE HEARING ARE GENERAL ISSUES THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING IN ZACHARY OR OUTSIDE OF ZACHARY.

BUT IT'S THE ENTIRE AREA.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT MEETS ALL THE RULES.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRULY BEING ASKED IS DON'T APPROVE ANYTHING UP THERE.

INSTALL A MORATORIUM IN THE ENTIRE AREA, BECAUSE WE, THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT COME IN, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THINK ABOUT THE STANDARD YOU'RE YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO IMPOSE AND HOW THAT APPLIES TO EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.

YOU'RE YOU DON'T GET FACED WITH PEOPLE ASKING YOU TO DENY PROJECTS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE BATTERIES, TRAFFIC IS BAD, OR BECAUSE THERE WAS CRIME IN BATON ROUGE, THOSE STANDARDS DON'T APPLY.

THOSE ARE GENERAL STANDARDS THAT APPLY THROUGHOUT THAT.

IT'S NOT THE STANDARD OF HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE.

THE QUESTION IS, DOES THIS PROJECT, THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT CREATE A HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE ANSWER ISSUE.

AND IT DOES NOT.

WE MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THIS IS A USE BY RIGHT.

IT'S NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST.

DOESN'T MEAN YOU LIKE IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS VIA THE NUMBER THREE PERMISSION TO BANKS.

YES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

UM, MR. ERIC, I FOUND, UM, I KNOW IN ZACHARY, THERE ARE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE COMPLETED SEVEN DIVISIONS FOR DRR.

AND IS THAT CORRECT? I DO NOT KNOW.

OKAY.

SO A LOT OF THE QUESTION I HAVE TODAY BASED ON, UM, THAT YOU SHOULD CUT.

YEAH.

SOMEBODY SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE MANY OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER, INCLUDING THE, UM, THE MEETING WE HAD IN BAKER, FOR INSTANCE, UM, THE, SOME OF THE CONCERNS WHERE THEY'RE OVERCOMING AN OVER CONSUMPTION OF DR.

HARDEN TRACK THE ELEMENTS IN THAT ONE AREA.

SO HOW MANY ARE THERE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU? I REALLY DO NOT KNOW.

UM, AND OKAY.

YOU DON'T KNOW A COUNCILMAN? UM, NO.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY SO I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE ARE THREE SUBDIVISIONS UNDER WHAT, THREE D R HORTON SUBDIVISIONS THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND NOT YET COMPLETED IN ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE'S AT LEAST THREE THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE COMPLETED.

AND THERE'S, I BELIEVE AT LEAST TWO THAT ARE PLANNED AND NOT YET APPROVED OR TRYING TO COME THROUGH.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S UH, SO WE KNOW THAT THIS ONE IS A THOUSAND HOMES AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL KNOW THESE QUESTIONS.

UM, ERIC ON AVERAGE, HOW MANY HOMES? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE C, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT EIGHT ON AN AVERAGE, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE IN NEED EACH SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER DEALER, HORTON DEVELOPMENTS, ALL OF THEM IS ACCURATE.

NO IDEA.

MY FOCUS IS ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE OTHER PROJECTS JUST DON'T APPLY.

BUT IT'S JUST, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ALL THESE MONTHS ABOUT ARE OVER.

UM, THE FACT THAT THIS ONE IS A THOUSAND, UM, THE FACT THAT IT'S A RURAL AREA WHERE THEY LIKE THEY, THEY ARE MORE GEARED TOWARDS, UH, LARGER HOMES ON LARGER TRACK, CUSTOM HOMES VERSUS TRACK HOMES.

SO IF YOU HAVE EIGHT AND LET'S JUST SAY THIS 1,001, AND SINCE, SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW, I'LL SAY THAT'S AN 8,000 HOMES ON THIS ONE COMMUNITY, UM, IN TOTAL, AND THAT THAT'S BIRDERS, YOU KNOW, LONG RANGE, SHORT RANGE, WHATEVER I WAS LOOKING AT.

UM, AND THIS WAS ANOTHER ISSUE YOU SHOULD, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL KNOW ANOTHER QUESTION, BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME TO OUR ATTENTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHAT SCHOOLS I SEE THAT, UM, METRO VIEW WOULD, THEY WILL CATER TO NORTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY, ROLLINS PLACE, ELEMENTARY, ZACHARY

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ELEMENTARY, AND COPPER MILL ELEMENTARY.

THE CLOSEST ONE IS 1.7 MILES COPPER MEALS.

SO IF ASSUMING THAT'S WHERE THOSE CHILDREN WOULD GO, THEN MAYOR OF ALL THE CLOSEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS 3.4 AGAIN, THAT'S COPPER MEAL.

SO THAT'S TWO BIG DEVELOPMENTS JUST ON COPPER MEAT.

THAT WOULD BE ON COUNTY CAR FOR ME, OR WHEN I LIVED AT THE WEBSITE, IT DID NOT INCLUDE, UM, THE SCHOOLS FOR A FOUNTAIN VIEW OF STATE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CLOSEST TO FOUNTAIN VIEW? I KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT THIS BEFORE.

YEAH.

I LITERALLY, I W YOU USUALLY, YOU USUALLY HAVE YOUR GUY WITH YOU FROM DR.

HART AND WHERE'S HE HE'S OUT OF TOWN TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY.

OOH, OKAY.

THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH, THE PROBLEM IS, UM, I DO GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT AND MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, BUT WHAT IF THAT'S ALL IT TOOK? WE WOULDN'T HAVE OUR ANOTHER STEP, WHICH IS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

IT WOULD JUST BE APPROVED.

AND THAT WOULDN'T BE IN SOME CASES, EVEN ANOTHER STEP WHERE IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL.

SO IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S THERE MORE, THERE'S MORE TO MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION.

IT DOES HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, NOT ALL IT.

NUMBER ONE FOR ME IS THE RESIDENTS, UM, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE HOME OWNERSHIP.

AND WHEN YOU CHOOSE A COMMUNITY, YOU SHOULD HAVE A BIG SAY IN HOW IT CONTINUES TO GROW OR THE LACK THEREOF.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMINGLY THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT HEALTH SAFETY AND ALL THAT.

AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAY GENERALLY, THOSE ARE THE SAME THINGS THEY MIGHT FLOOD TO TRAFFIC, BUT BEING THAT THIS IS MY DISTRICT.

I ALSO KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING THAT WILL, WOULD, WOULD NOT IMPACT THIS SUBDIVISION FAVORABLY.

FOR INSTANCE, THE CITY OF BAKER IS WORKING ON, UM, INCORPORATING ALL OF 7 0 8 0 7.

SO THIS IS 7 0 8 0 7.

AND THE MAYOR CURRENTLY IS WORKING ON INCORPORATING THIS AREA.

NUMBER TWO, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BAKER, THE POLICE, THE BAKER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE BUILDING A FIRE STATION.

IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND YOU'RE HAVING A FIRE AND YOU HAVE THIS LARGE CONSUMPTION OF HOMES, YOU HAVE NARROW ROADS, YOU ALREADY HAVE HER ISSUE, UM, BETWEEN HIGHWAY S ON, ON SCENIC HIGHWAY.

ALL OF THAT IS NOT A GOOD MARINADE FOR THIS SUBDIVISION.

SO IF SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO COME OUT ACROSS THE STREET IN A FIRE TRUCK AND OTHER PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THEIR SUBDIVISION, THAT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN TALK.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF RELOCATING THE PARISH PRISON TO JETSON, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE FUTURE PLANS THAT WOULD, COULD PASSIVELY NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO NOT ONLY SELL THESE HOMES, BUT ALSO TO EXPAND.

AND DR.

HART WOULD BE GONE ON TO THE NEXT.

SO FOR THESE RESIDENTS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S GOOD TO HAVE NOT ONLY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION OR COUNCILMAN, NO ZACHARY, A SCHOOL BOARD AND MYSELF, IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO US ABOUT SMART GROWTH.

AND WITHOUT THAT KNOWLEDGE, WE CAN'T MAKE PLANS.

I HAVE TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS PROJECT BE, UM, DENIED NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE CREDIBLE THINGS, NOT JUST FEELING THINGS BUT CREDIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HEARD TODAY.

BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN JUST IN MY COMMUNITY IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TRACK HOMES AND WE'VE HAD THEM IN BANK SUBDIVISION, THEY CALLED THEM 2 25.

YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU DON'T BE DISHONORED SCHOLAR BILL.

AND THERE ARE CYCLES OF TRACK HOMES RELATIVELY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE TWO OR THREE SALE.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO OR THREE RENTALS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO TWO OR THREE OF,

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UH, SECTION EIGHT OR WHATEVER THE NEW TITLE IS.

SO I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY BEING STUCK WITH A LOT OF HOMES.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE TO BE SOLD BECAUSE I'VE SEEN, UM, I THINK THE OTHER ONE IS ON 9 64.

I'VE SEEN THE ONE ON LAURA, ZACHARY.

THEY AREN'T EVEN A THIRD FIELD, THIRD COMPLETED.

UM, THEY ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPANDING ONCE YOU BUILD THEM.

SO THERE IS FUTURE GROWTH.

AND LASTLY, I'M CONCERNED, UM, THAT I WAS TALKING TO A REALTOR IN ZACHARY AND I WAS ASKING HIM ABOUT THE HOME SALES.

CAUSE I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME, THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOK AT.

HE SAID, THE THING ABOUT DR.

HARTMAN IS THEY ALSO LEASE A LOT OF THEIR HOME.

AND SO WHEN YOU LEASE IN HOMES AGAIN, THAT IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOMES.

SO ONCE YOU LEASE THEM, THEY'RE NO LONGER NECESSARILY NEW HOMES AND NEW CONSTRUCTION THEY'RE USED AND USE CONSTRUCTION.

SO IT'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS ABOUT THIS THAT, UM, DOES NOT SIT RIGHT WITH ME, ERIC.

UM, BUT YOU, YOU, YOU DID A GOOD JOB, BUT I WOULD ASK MY, UM, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE, GOD, JOIN ME IN DENYING, BRIEFLY RESPONDED TO TRUE.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE ISSUE IS NOT THE PLAT, IT'S THAT A PARTICULAR DEVELOPER THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE FOR.

I MEAN, NOT, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE ISSUE IS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PROJECT'S NOT GOING TO COMPLY AND THE PROJECT'S NOT GOING TO MEET THE CODE.

IT'S THAT, THERE'S THIS FEAR THAT DR.

HORTON'S NOT GOING TO BUILD THE TYPE OF HOUSE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN ZACHARY ONE.

SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE FACT THAT MY COMMENTS REGARDING BAKER INCORPORATION, UM, A FIRE STATION, A PRISON GRAPHIC SCHOOLS.

SO WHAT DEVELOP, WHAT, WHAT, HOW ARE ANY OF THOSE THINGS PARTICULAR ONLY TO DH HARDEN? AND IT WOULDN'T BE PARTICULARLY TO ANY OTHER, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T ONLY WANT TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN FAIR ENOUGH.

BUT IF, IF THERE IS A PUSH TO INCORPORATE INTO THE CITY OF BAKER, I DON'T THINK THAT HAS ANY EFFECT ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PLAT SHOULD BE APPROVED WHEN IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.

IF THAT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS IF BAKER BUILDS A FIRE STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A GOOD THING FOR SERVICES, BUT I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT.

ONCE AGAIN, WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.

I, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT IF WE WERE IN THE CITY OF ZACHARY, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE TWO MILES AWAY AND WE MET THE ZACHARY STANDARD AND THEY WERE HAPPY, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY IF WE WERE IN BAKER, EVERYBODY GETS HAPPY.

WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS COMMISSION AND THIS UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND I, AND UNFORTUNATELY EVERY CODE IS DIFFERENT, BUT AS I INDICATED, IF THAT'S ALL IT WAS ABOUT, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE.

IF WE WERE ASKING FOR REZONING, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME HERE AND IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, AND IT'S NOT A REZONING.

THAT MEANS THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT PLAY IN THE DECISION.

AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT ARE VERY REAL.

AND YOU, SO YOU CA IT'S NOT, IF IT WAS JUST ABOUT IF IT WAS JUST A CHECKLIST AND THAT WASN'T A BOX THAT SAID OTHER, WE, THE OTHER, AND THE OTHER, GOING TO TRUMP, SOMETIME ALL THE OTHER CHECKLISTS.

AND, UM, IT'S JUST SO HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS ALSO, UM, AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY LOOK AT THINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE.

AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE DR.

HARTMAN HOMES AND ON AN AVERAGE, ALL THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE FOUR TO SIX DEVELOPMENTS ARE MORE 84%.

THE MAJORITY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERWHELMINGLY THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE HOMES ARE, ARE CAUCASIAN.

SO I COULD GO A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY BILL ON ONE THIRD OF THE RESIDENTS

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IN THE COMMUNITY ARE BLACK.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF, AND I LOOKED AT THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT THEIR DIVERSITY.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

SO FOR ME, I LOOKED DEEP, I LOOKED FAR, I LOOKED THINGS AND I'LL HAVE ANYTHING TO DO.

I LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS.

AND SO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO AS A COUNCIL WOMAN.

UM, SO FOR ME, IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF AREAS WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T MEET, BUT THE NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER ONE, REGARDLESS AS TO WHO IT IS, IS THE TRAP, THE SCHOOL, THE OVERBURDENSOME IN THE SCHOOLS, THE FACT OF WHAT THE, WHAT IS BEING, UH, INTRODUCED WITH THE MAYOR BAKER, WANTING TO BRING THIS WITHIN HIS CITY, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY OF, THEY AREN'T IN THE SEAT OF BAKER.

SO YOU GOTTA, WE HAVE A, YOU HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT COULD LOOK AT THE HOUSE BURN, BUT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC IN AND OUT.

THOSE ARE REAL THINGS.

AND THOSE ARE REAL CONCERNS.

NOW, IF THEY GET, THEY LEVERAGE OUT IN SOME TIME, AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALSO INDICATED ABOUT, I MEAN, NOT YOU, IT IS, IT IS ON, IS INDUSTRIAL, AND IT, WE AREN'T HERE FOR THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO SHOVEL-READY.

AND SO THERE IS A GREATER, THERE'S STILL A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST LAND SENATE.

IT IS SHOVEL READY.

IT'S BEEN CERTIFIED SHEPARD READY BY THE BANDWIDTH AREA CHAMBER.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS, AND I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO, UM, BE IMPACTED NEGATIVELY ALL THE TAXES THAT YOU SAID WILL BE PAID TO THE CITY OF ZACHARY FOR THIS BAKER LAND.

IF WE GET AN INDUSTRY TO BE PAID IN BAKER, BUT HE'S BAKER LAND.

AND I LIKE TO DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD FURTHER DEBATE IT AGAIN.

I DO ASK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONS TO DENY, UM, THE SEVENTH DIVISION MOTION.

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

IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION BY SHARON MCGRATH? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT MOTION ON OBJECTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS THAT JACK OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT IN ADDITION TO THAT, PERSONALLY, YOU PLEASE.

THANK YOU MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, I THINK I HEARD A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT IT HAS SOMEONE TO ADDRESS.

UM, ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THE FIRST SPEAKER SPOKE ABOUT HOW NARROW THE STREETS WERE, UH, IS CAN YOU EVER GO GET TECHNICAL PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC WORKS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, HOW CAN WE HAVE A SUBDIVISION BEING PROPOSED WITH STREETS THAT ARE NARROW, THAT DOES NOT, THAT DOES NOT MEET THE CODE, RACHEL, YOU LIKE TO COME AND DRESS.

I W I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME IN AND DRESS IT, PLEASE.

I HEARD THAT A LOT.

AND I MEAN, THAT'S A SERIOUS COMMENT TO BE MADE TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR PARISH.

SO, UM, THE STREETS WE, WHY WE DEFERRED LAST MONTH WAS BECAUSE WE HAD HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR, THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE REVISED THEIR STREET, CROSS SECTIONS TO MEET, UM, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT THEY HAD PRESENTED IN THAT WE HAVE APPROVED.

SO THE STREETS ARE THERE ADEQUATE FOR THE LOADING CAPACITY THAT, THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY PRESENTED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON THEM.

OKAY.

SO WE WON'T HAVE NARROW STREETS.

NO, SIR.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, MINIMUM 24 FOOT BACK.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT COMMENT.

THE SECOND ONE, I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

NOW I'M GOING TO ASK TWO PEOPLE WHO FUCK IN THE PAST.

ONE OF THEM WAS A CHIEF.

I THINK THE FIRE CHIEF CAME UP AND I THINK THE POLICE CHIEF, I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THE COUNCIL.

I'VE ALSO SERVED IN A COUPLE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE BOARDS ON, IN THE PAST.

AND, UM, WOULDN'T IT BE TRUE THAT EVEN IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE AREA, WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ALL, ALL OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

THEY BOTH THE BACK, WELL, I'M GONNA LET HIM ANSWER THAT.

WELL, THAT'S FINE.

WHOEVER ANSWERS IT.

WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ALL PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES, INCLUDING BAKER, INCLUDING, UM, WE WOULD HAVE IN YOUR AREA, NOT JUST THE ZACHARY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE

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BATON ROUGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, ALISON FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MUCH CLOSER PROXIMITY TO PROBABLY ANYBODY ELSE.

BUT DON'T, WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ALL THESE ENTITIES THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THE PAST.

AND THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN EXACTLY RESPONDED TO CALL IN TRIVENTO SUBDIVISION AND ALL THEIR RESOURCES WERE BROUGHT DOWN.

ZACHARY WOULD HAVE TO END UP GETTING A TRUCK FROM SAY, CENTRAL CHENEY BILL, UH, POSSIBLY DISTRICT SIX TO COME SPRING BY THE STATION TO COVER THE CITY, ZACHARY IN MY EXPERIENCES WITH THAT.

AND I'VE DONE THIS AND I DO SPEAK ON EXPERIENCE.

AND WHEN YOU DO GET A TRUCK FROM ANOTHER AREA TO COME FILL YOUR STATION, WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR HYDRANTS ARE AT.

UH, YOU, DON'T NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE STREETS AND THEY'LL GET ME WRONG.

THEY CAN BE FOUND.

BUT MY POINT IS, AND LIKE A TRY TO EXPRESS HERE BEFORE IS, IS TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN ALIVE, YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU HAVE TO BE FAST.

YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER, BUT THEN WHEN YOU BURN THE TRUCK FROM ANOTHER AREA TO COVER THAT AREA WITHIN SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO SUFFER TOO.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A RIPPLE EFFECT.

OKAY.

WELL, CAN YOU, WOULD IT BE CORRECT IF THAT HAPPENED SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE, AND ONCE AGAIN, COUNCILMAN, UH, COMMISSIONER, ONCE AGAIN IS YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE CHANCES OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS TO WHICH WE ALL HAVE.

OKAY.

BECAUSE WHEN EXXON BLEW UP, WE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE RULER TO HAVE FIGHT THAT FIRE.

SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR AND AN EXTRA ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD BE TAKEN ON HIS OWN MERIT.

I WOULD NOT MEAN THAT A REGULAR HOUSE FIRE, WHICH STRAIN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH BAKER, ALISON ZACHARY.

OKAY.

SO I TALKED ABOUT MUTUAL AID.

IT'S ALL I TALKED ABOUT.

THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK OUT OF THIS ROOM THINKING THAT THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR LIVES WOULD BE AT RISK BY ANYTHING WE DO AT THIS COMMISSION.

THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO ANYBODY.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE HOUSE OR A THOUSAND BECAUSE WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS PAYING ALL YOU ENTITIES.

YES, WE REALLY DO.

AND WE DO THAT FOR A REASON.

I LIVE IN JANESVILLE AND IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN, WE HAVE CHAIN AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND.

WE ARE PRIMED TO RESPOND.

WE HAVE EVERYBODY WHO RESPOND.

IF THE NEED IS NECESSARY, HE'LL BE QUICK TO TURN YOU AWAY.

SO THE SAME THING WILL BE APPLIED TO THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND ANYTHING WASN'T ON BROOME ROAD OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT BE AT RISK BETA DIFFER, BUT I JUST TALKED ABOUT MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.

WHAT DO YOU DO HAVE MUTUAL ARRAY, MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.

YOU DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE TIMES DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO GET TRUCKS FROM DIFFERENT PORTS AREAS TO COME IN.

SO IT DOES, IT DOES AFFECT, IT DOES SLOW DOWN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES THE TRUCKS TO GET THERE.

AND, UH, UH, ONE THING.

YES.

MA'AM WELL, I HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.

I MEAN, HE CAN'T SHE DID.

OKAY.

SO, SO ALLOW ME, I SHOULD SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHY I RAISED MY HEAD UP, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU TO ADDRESS MY QUESTION OR CONCERN, THAT'D BE ONE THING.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I JUST WANTED THE QUESTION TO ASK.

SO THIS PUBLIC CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE MUTUAL AID PROCESS THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL ENTITIES.

NOT THIS ONE.

NOT EXACTLY WHEN ANYONE ELSE CORRECT.

BUT I'LL ASK THE FINAL QUESTION, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT QUESTIONS HERE THAT THE RAISED ON THE PUBLIC SIX SPEED, SEVEN STREETS WITS, AND THE PUBLIC ACCESS AND SAFETY ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES.

AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEAL WITH THOSE.

AND SHE'S HAD MISS RACHEL TO COME FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT.

SO THAT, THAT ISSUE WITH GIRLS OF HOW NARROW THE STREETS IS GOING TO BE IN A FIRE LIKE FIRE AND AMBULANCE HAS NEEDED TO GET DOWN THE STREET AND ALL THAT STUFF.

THERE WAS NO ONE'S GOING TO ADVOCATE BILL A SUBDIVISION TO LEAVE ANYBODY AT RISK.

NO ONE, I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE PUBLIC WORKS, APPROVE IT.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THE DEVELOPER DO IT.

SO WHILE IT MAY SOUND LIKE A GOOD PITCH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE WANTED THE FACTS AND THE FACTS WOULD BE THAT THAT AGENCY BEING THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT LICENSE.

OR I WOULD OPEN UP THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA,

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THAT'S CLEAR, THAT'S CLEAR.

AND WE WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THOSE CRITERIA.

BECAUSE IF THE ROADS ARE TOO SMALL, WE CAN'T GET AN AMBULANCE DOWN OR A FIRE TRUCK DOWN OR WHATEVER WHO WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT GOVERNMENT WOULD APPROVE SUCH A DEAF SUBDIVISION LIKE THAT AND WHAT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD LET SOMEONE DO THAT.

THAT WAS THAT ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO THE NARROW STREETS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN TERMS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN RESPONSE TO THE EMS. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS ONE TOO.

I HAD THANKED THE COUNCIL LADY ANSWERED, AND I THINK SHE HAS A BLUE SHIRT ON HERE.

I DON'T KNOW, REMEMBER HER NAME ON, I APOLOGIZE, LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO HER.

I LIKE HER TO COME FORWARD FOR A FUCKING, WE TALKED ABOUT 9 63 AND THE 9 64.

I WROTE THE WRONG 1, 9 64.

UM, AND HOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SUFFER NOW 9 64, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

UM, NOT JUST THIS ONE PARTICULAR PROPOSED PROPERTY.

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO REFLECT BACK BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST STARTED SERVING IN 2000 ON THIS COUNCIL, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT DOWN SIXTY FOUR, NINE SIXTY FOUR.

SO WE CALL IT, WE DIDN'T HAVE A COPPER MILL.

WE DIDN'T HAVE, BASICALLY THOSE SENIOR HIGH WAS JUST A WHOLE SYDNEY HIGHWAY TODAY.

IT'S A METROPOLIS.

IF YOU DRIVE DOWN, LET'S BE FAIR.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE.

I DIDN'T SEE THIS KIND OF OUTCRY.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS AMAZING.

WE HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DID.

NOT A LOT OF THEM, BUT WHEN IT GOT TO THIS TABLE, IT PASSED THROUGH.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS ONE IS THE DR.

HORTON SUBDIVISION.

AND IT'S 160 HOMES.

THAT'S A LOT LESS THAN ALMOST A THOUSAND HOMES DOWN THE STREET.

THERE'S A 301 RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT.

IT'S 125 RIGHT NEXT TO THAT'S 1 25.

SO THEY'RE ALL LITTLE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

LITTLE BECOMES BIG.

THESE AREN'T BECOME A BIGGER THING.

OKAY.

WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT NOT DL HARDENED BY NAME? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ROTE THOUSAND 500, 200, WHATEVER THE NUMBER MIGHT BE, I WOULD SAY IN THE CONSTITUENCY.

CAUSE I STARTED HERE WITH MR. WELCH.

IN THAT TIME I SERVED HERE, I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT ON HOW WE APPROVE OR DENY, THEN LET'S BE CONSISTENT ON PROVEN AND DENIED.

CAUSE THEN WE STARTED PICKING THE BABIES.

WE LIKE THIS.

WE DON'T LIKE THIS ONE.

WE LIKE THIS.

WE DON'T LIKE THIS ONE.

AND THEN THAT, OKAY, WELL I WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY DEVELOPMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE SINCE WE DEVELOPED COPPER MEAL OFF 9 64.

OKAY.

SUBDIVISION OR THE, THE HOMES THAT THE SCHOOL, OH NO, NO SUBDIVISIONS AND RESTAURANTS AND OTHER MATERIALS, ITEMS OF LIFE THAT CREATED THAT, THAT TRAFFIC GROWTH PATTERN WE TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST THE HOMES, RIGHT? COPPER MILL.

THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.

NOW IT'S ACTUALLY IN CITY LIMIT.

WELL, NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK IN CITY, OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS BECAUSE THE SAME IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT.

SEE, WE STARTED SPLITTING WHETHER IT'S IN ZACHARY'S PRINCIPLE AND WHETHER IT'S ON ZACK WAS PERIPHERAL AND THE SAME THING WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S INSIGHT, RISK PRINCIPLE, OR IS IN, UH, THE, THE, WHAT WE CALL THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THESE BATON ROUGE PARISH.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE AGAIN, IF WE PICK AND THOSE ARE ANZAC RATES, PRINCIPAL, THEN I CAN TELL YOU, THEIR DEER ARE HARDENED FACILITIES ON PLANK ROAD.

THEY'LL DEAL HARDENED FACILITIES BEHIND OUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PROPERTIES.

I'M JUST, THAT'S MY POINT.

SO WHEN WE BECOME BIG, IT'S NOT BASED ON ONE DEVELOPERS PUTTING IN 1000 OR 200 AT A TIME, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GROWTH.

WE HAVE A TWO LANE HIGHWAY STATE HIGHWAY WITH A THOUSAND HOMES ABOUT TO ENTER, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT 600 THAT AREN'T EVEN BUILT YET THAT ARE APPROVED.

HOW ARE WE ALL GONNA DRIVE DOWN THE STREET? AND MY POINT BEING, I MAY NOT HAVE EXPLAINED IT WELL ENOUGH, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO COPPER MILL IS 9 64.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL IS NON 64.

YOU CAN GO DOWN.

HECK YUM.

BUT I MEAN, HOW'S THE BUS GOING TO GET DOWN THAT DIRECTION, BACK UP THE SIDE ROAD, OLD BAKER AND BACK THROUGH, IT'S JUST A LOT, A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU ANSWERED TO, UM, COUNCILMAN LEVEL-ONE DRIVE THROUGH A DR.

HORTON SUBDIVISION OR ANY TRACK HOME.

IT'S NOT THE ROADS THAT ARE SMALL.

IT'S THE FACT THAT THEIR GARAGES ARE SMALL.

YOU CAN ONLY FIT ONE CAR.

SO THE OTHER CARS IN THE ROAD, I JUST WROTE WITH A FIRE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE COULDN'T GET DOWN THE ROAD.

WE COULD NOT GET THE FIRE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD.

WE HAD TO TAKE, RIGHT? EXCUSE

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ME, TAKE A RIGHT DRIVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND TRY TO MEANDER THROUGH CARS.

PLUS IT WAS THE TURNAROUND.

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED.

WHEN IT CAME TO US MONTHS AGO, THE TURNAROUND FOR THE FIRE TRUCK, HE COULD NOT TURN AROUND.

IF A FIRE TRUCK CAN'T TURN AROUND A BUS, SURELY CAN'T TURN AROUND.

SO THOSE THINGS WEREN'T MENTIONED EARLIER BEFORE THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

OKAY.

UM, AGAIN, WE DON'T OWN 9 64.

SO THE STATE IT'S IN RIGHT NOW IS THE STATE IT'S GOING TO BE IN WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 2000 MORE HOMES ON IT, POTHOLES DITCHES ON THE SIDE.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH.

I MEAN, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

WHO'S GOING TO FIX THAT FOR US.

WE DON'T GET THE TAX DOLLARS.

HE SAID THE SCHOOLS GOT IT.

THE SCHOOL GETS IT.

CINDY IS ACCURATE, GETS NOTHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH OUR CITY TO GET TO ANY SCHOOL YOU WANT TO GO TO, TO GET TO GAS, TO GET TO GROCERIES.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY QUICKER TO GO TO THE BAKERY TO GET GROCERIES.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SALES TAX AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THE TRASHY ROUTES.

OKAY, WELL AGAIN, YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING AND SEE EXACTLY TO DO A MONITORING, NO FUTURE TONS OF ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL.

THEY ARE NOT DRIVING IS ACCURATE TO GO TO SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE, JUST VERY, VERY QUICK WITH COMMISSIONER ADAMS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE APPROACHING SIX 30.

OKAY.

WE'RE STILL ON THIS VERSUS THE REGULAR REGULAR AGENDA.

SO WE CERTAINLY WANTED YOU TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE CLARIFICATION YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE.

BUT, UH, AND THAT GOES TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT CERTAINLY WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE TIME AND BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO ALLOW THE MEETING TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED MR. CHAIRMAN HAVE TO RESPECT THE TIME OF OUR COMMISSION AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

SO I FOR GLIDING MY FUTURE QUESTION.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

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

I BELIEVE THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

THERE ARE TWO OBJECTIONS.

I BELIEVE ONE FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT AND THE OTHER FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

HE JUST HAD A QUESTION.

THAT WAS JUST THE QUESTION.

SO NOT AN OBJECTION.

OKAY.

SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS TO DENYING THIS ITEM ON THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON

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TO ITEMS. I BELIEVE THE NEXT TWO ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.

THAT'S GREG AS CHAIRMAN THE NEXT TWO ITEMS OUT OF THE SPORT FOUR AND FIVE MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL HEAR ITEMS. NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLAN AMENDMENT 1621, AN ITEM NUMBER FIVE K 60 21 35 35 MOHICAN STREET, PA 16, 21 35 35 MOHICAN STREET WITH RELATED CASE 60 21 PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOHICAN STREET, SOUTH OF PRESCOTT ROAD, WEST OF LYNCH STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLT.

THE APPLICANT IS WENDY DANIELS.

THE CURRENT FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE REQUESTED FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION OF URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL 82.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FOR HIGH DENSITY.

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL EIGHT 3.3 FOR PROPOSED USE OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PA 16, 21 35 35 MOHICAN STREET WITH RELATED CASE 60 21 STEP RECOMMENDS DENIAL BASED UPON THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARING APPROPRIATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA.

STAFF CAN ALSO NOT CERTIFY THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST.

IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING WERE CONFORMED TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF USAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A PETITION SIGNED BY 100 CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF THESE TWO ITEMS. 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 COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS WENDY DANIELS.

I AM WITH BEACHWOOD RESIDENTIAL.

I'M THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LOCATED AT 35 35 MOHICAN DRIVE.

UM, THIS SITE CURRENTLY HOUSES, THE WELLER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.

UM, THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY

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FIVE ACRES.

IT CONSISTS OF THE OLD SANCTUARY AND AN EXISTING EDUCATIONAL, UM, FOR APPROXIMATELY 70,000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE, THE BUILDINGS WERE ABANDONED AND THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, UH, SENIOR HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, 55 YEARS OLD, UM, AND OLDER.

UM, WE WOULD RESTORE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND RENOVATE, UH, THE CHURCH SANCTUARY AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AND PROPOSE, UM, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING AT THE REAR OF THE PROJECT.

UM, AGAIN, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE, UM, REQUESTED SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM THAT WISH TO SPEAK WHILE WE HAVE ONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, THAT IS FOR PEARL PORTER.

AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

Y'ALL DOING, I'M EXCITED.

I'M EXCITED.

YOU GUYS, YOU ALL OKAY.

OH MY THREE MINUTES.

DON'T LET ME GET STARTED.

OKAY.

UH, MY NAME IS PRIYA PORTER AND THE REASON WHY REASON BEING, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT'S MY HOUSE RIGHT THERE IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? I'M RIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH I BEEN THERE, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE BACK IN 1993 AND THAT'S WHAT, 28 YEARS.

AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE WHO DID THAT? WE KNOW WHAT'S UP AND RUNNING AND DOING GOOD.

AND THEN WE WOULD DEFINITELY WENT DOWN AND GOT ABANDONED.

OKAY.

BUT I WAS PRAYING TO GOD, PLEASE LET SOMETHING GOOD.

COME THERE.

WE LET SOMETHING GOOD.

COME THERE.

AND WHAT WE GOT WITH ME WAS REDONE.

UH, WHEN THE, UH, THE LAST TIME PROPERTY ON THE NOW HE GOT THERE, HE STARTED CLEANING IT UP, CLEAN IT UP.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS COMING, BUT I WAS HOPING SOMETHING GREAT WAS COMING.

AND WHEN HE CAME TO, WHEN I FOUND OUT I GOT THE THING ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, I STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT I GOT AN IDEA.

THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN QUARTER AND I'M SO EXCITED, SO EXCITED.

AND THAT'S WHY I WENT OUT AND GOT ALL A HUNDRED SIGNATURE.

I WENT AROUND IN THE DAY, BUT HULU AND I WENT TO LETTING THEM KNOW EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT.

AND I'M LOVING TO COME TO SENIOR CITIZENS.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY GET TOLD TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THINGS GOING ON WITH THEM.

SO WITH ME AND MY HUSBAND WANTED TO THANK TO THE HUGGIES, THE CLEANING CHURCH.

YOU HAD TO PUT HIM BEFORE WE MOVED THERE.

HE USED TO CLEAN THE TABLE WITH ME AND MY CHAIR.

WE HAD, UH, WE HAD SIX CHILDREN.

AND, UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT TIME AGO NOW, BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT THING, BUT I WAS SENIOR CITIZEN AND I AM IN 2000% WITH IT.

AND IF Y'ALL NEED MORE SIGNATURE, I'LL GO OUT AND GET Y'ALL SOME OF SIGNATURE, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE IT A GREAT THING.

AND I'M GONNA BE BACK THERE BY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE THING CAME TO PRETTY CAME TO ME RIGHT AFTER MY FATHER PASSED AWAY.

MY FATHER JUST PASSED AWAY, JULY THE SEVENTH, 97 AND YEAR NINE, SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OUT.

AND WE THANK GOD.

I THANK GOD FOR THERE.

AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SENIOR CITIZEN IF AT THIS PROJECT TO COME BACK AT THIS TIME RIGHT AFTER I BURIED MY FATHER.

THAT'S WHY I HAD TO PASS IN THE BATHROOM, TEAR UP.

BUT BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE, PLEASE YOU OUT.

IS IT A GREAT PLACE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT DID, BUT I'M NOT JUST GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR, I THINK A CITIZEN.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 28 YEARS BEING MY HUSBAND, I RAISED MY SIX CHILDREN THERE AND I HAVE ONE DECEASED DAUGHTER AND ALL MY KIDS WE'VE BEEN BACK THERE.

SO IS MY TIME UP TO USE IT ALL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, BUT I AM JUST PLEASED.

AND EVEN ONE MORE THING.

IF I GO NOW INTO FIND OUT THAT I WILL, UM, IT'S WINDED WITH THE SCHOOL WITH MY SON JUST CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW MY TIME IS UP.

PLEASE DO ALL FOR YOUR LOSS, MS. FORD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

OKAY.

SO Y'ALL KNOW WHY I'M ON FUCKING SEEING AND SISTER ALL Y'ALL SEEN.

Y'ALL COMING TO THE FACT THAT IF I HAVE THE OTHER SPEAKER CORD IS FOR LESLIE TRISH, BUT SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

YEAH.

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T.

WE'VE RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS.

THANK YOU.

THE, YOUR MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

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AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.

COMMISSIONER STERLING.

I MOVE TO APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLORIDA APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR COMMISSIONER STERLING.

THAT MOTION IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM, THESE ITEMS SAYING THAT THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

MR. CHAIRMAN,

[Items 6 & 7]

THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER OUT SIX AND SEVEN, PA 17 21, 1 59 AND 1 69 SOUTH ARDEN WOULD DRIVE RELATED TO ICEBERG 5 21 DUNE TEAR.

PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH ARDEN WOULD DRIVE NORTH OF GLENWOOD DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.

COLT.

THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS.

THE CURRENT FUTURE BR LANDIS' DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REQUESTED FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AWAN WITH THE REQUESTED ZONING OF INFILL SMALL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

HIGHSPOT FOR A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH 14.2 UNITS PER ACRE, PA 17 21, 1 59, 1 60 SOUTH ARDEN WOULD DRIVE WITH RELATED CASE.

I SPLIT 5 21 DUNE TERR STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AND A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES TO STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AN INFILL SMALL PLAN.

DO YOU NEED DEVELOPMENT BEING COMPATIBLE AND SURROUNDING YOU SINCE AND CONFORMING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS? IF THE COMPANION PLAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE OLD GOODWOOD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ON AUGUST 3RD, WHO EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

WE RECEIVED 25 MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION AND 12 IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, HOLD THEM COMMISSIONED 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.

COMMISSIONERS CHAD STEVENS, MR. ENGINEERING SURVEY IN 93, 45 IN OUR OWN AVENUE.

I ALSO HAVE TONIGHT WITH ME, MISS ERIN KING, SHE'S THE OWNER.

SHE'S GOING TO BE TAKING A MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF HERE AT THE BEGINNING.

UM, AS YOU HEARD, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY A ONE, UH, WITH A FUTURE BLM USE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ARE ASKING FOR, UH, AN ICEBERG AND A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, UM, THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, UM, OUR COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND INSTITUTIONAL THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET FROM FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

UM, PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ARE ALSO INSTITUTIONAL MIXED USE.

UH, THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.

UM, WHEN YOU EXAMINE THE PROPERTIES UP AND DOWN FLORIDA BOULEVARD, AND THAT ARE IN A SIMILAR DISTANCE TO FLORIDA, YOU ALSO FIND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD USES, UH, STATED IN THE PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS.

THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH LAND USE ITEM AND ACTION, 4.14 ENSURE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.

THAT WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USES TO THE, TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST, UM, BETWEEN THE WERE NON-RESIDENTS USES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROTECT STABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE ARGUING TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.

UH, THE REQUESTED ASP PROVIDES THAT TRANSITION.

THE ASPART IS SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED RESIDENTIAL, UH, JUST LIKE ADJACENT PROPERTIES JUST TO THE HIGHER DENSITY.

THE DENSITY, AS I MENTIONED IS 14 UNITS TO THE ACRE.

UM, THAT'S ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE DENSITY TO THE NORTH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW 29 UNITS TO THE ACRE.

UH, THE DENSITY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS 4.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE, UM, DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC HAD BOTH BEEN REVIEWED BY DPW DRAINAGE STUDY HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE'RE NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.

WE ARE MEETING A REQUIREMENT OF A 25 YEAR STORM IS REQUIRED IN THAT, NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.

UM, AND THEN THE TRAFFIC AGAIN IS 30 LOTS.

IT'LL PRODUCE 30 PEAK HOUR TRIPS.

UH, BASICALLY ONE TRIP EVERY TWO MINUTES IN THE PEAK HOUR.

UM, DPW DOES THAT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THEY HAVE, UH, DETERMINED THAT NO IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS TRAVEL BLOATING.

AND I WILL GIVE WAY TO MS. KING, GOOD EVENING, I'M ERIN KING PROPERTY OWNER.

HE TOOK A LOT OF MY TIME, BUT HE'S IMPORTANT.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS MASK OFF REAL QUICK.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE, DO Y'ALL EACH HAVE THE PACKET THAT WE'VE HAD THAT WE GAVE WHEN WE WALKED IN? OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PACKET CAUSE THERE'S SOME VISUALS.

UM, THE FIRST FEW PAGES ARE WHAT THE CURRENT LAND USE IS.

UM, LITTER DUMPING.

UM,

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LAST WEEK WE FOUND A SHATTERED CELL PHONE AND A BUCKET OF MEAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW, YOU COULD BUY BUCKETS OF MEAT.

UM, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF LITTLE FORT IN THE WOODS, PROBABLY SOME KIDS OR SOMETHING THAT WE JUST SAW THAT THIS PAST WEEK AS WELL.

UM, CAUSE IT'S PRETTY THICK.

AND WHAT DID BACK THERE DRINKING IS GOING ON? MAKESHIFT TENT REMAINS.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCARDED PILLOWS, BLANKETS AND CLOTHING ITEMS. UM, THE NEXT PAGE IS, UM, IT'S BEEN BEING USED AS FIREARM TARGET PRACTICE.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE ADJACENT LOTS, UM, THEIR PERIMETER FENCING IS, UM, UH, COULD ALLOW FOR THOSE TRESPASSERS THAT ARE ON OUR PROPERTY TO ENTER EXISTING, UH, LOTS AND YARDS, BUT WHAT COULD THIS PLACE BE INSTEAD? SO THE NEXT TWO PAGES ARE KIND OF LIKE THE PROGRESSION OF HOW THE DESIGNS ARE, HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH.

CHAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF, 30 DETACHED, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT WHY DUNE TEAR.

THE NAME IS DOING TEAR BECAUSE IT WAS OWNED BY YEARS AGO BY A PO POET MARY WALL.

AND SHE READ, WROTE A BOOK OF POEMS, POETRY, EXCUSE ME, UM, CALLED OF ONE EARTH, UM, OR DUNE TEAR IN FRENCH AND BASICALLY THE PHRASE ITSELF CONNECTS NATURE TO SELF AND SELF TO COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

AS FAR AS THE BUILDERS ARE CONCERNED, THESE ARE THE DEVELOPERS AND THE BUILDERS ON.

THEY HAVE 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.

THEY HAVE REPURPOSE THE VILLAS AT RED STICK.

UM, THEY DID NOT DEVELOP THE RED STICK LOSS.

THEY REPURPOSE, THE REVEAL IS AT RED STICK AND THIS YEAR THEY WANT THE 20, 21 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD.

THE PEOPLE VOTED FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PROJECT, UM, FOR HOMES UP TO 350,000.

AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO CLOSE ON THEIR LAST ONE AND HOPEFULLY START PHASE TWO.

UM, RELATIVELY SOON ON THAT PROJECT, UM, PAGE 17 IN CASE I'M TRYING TO GO REALLY FAST.

UM, THAT'S JUST THEM BEING PRESENTED THE AWARD.

UM, THE NEXT PAGE IS SOME OF THEIR EXAMPLES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO PAGE 20 TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS.

I SAID, THEY'RE THE DEVELOPERS AND THE BUILDERS.

A LOT OF TIMES DEVELOPERS, THEY WILL DEVELOP THE LOTS AND THEN THEIR RISK DISSIPATES.

AFTER THOSE LOTS ARE SOLD, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE FROM THE GROUNDBREAKING UNTIL THAT LAST HOUSE IS SOLD.

SO THEIR RISK AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS LARGE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND BRING A PRODUCT THAT'S MUCH NEEDED INTO THAT FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LOCATION REAL QUICK.

SO PAGE 22, UM, TALKS ABOUT, WHICH HAD TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE TO THE NORTHERN BORDER, THE ENTIRE NORTHERN BORDER ACROSS THE STREET, UM, IS THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, UM, TO THE WEST AND THEN THE OTHER LOTS, EIGHT, EIGHT RESIDENTIAL, LOTS OF, BUT THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.

UM, FOR PAGE 23, IT JUST KIND OF TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY.

IT'S GOING TO BE SMART, HOME ENABLED, LOW MAINTENANCE, NATURAL LIGHTING, UM, THREE CAR OFF STREET PARKING PER HOME, OFF STREET, GUEST PARKING, A GARAGE CONNECTIVITY, MID CITY, OLD GOODWOOD FLORIDA BOULEVARD, UM, THREE TO FOUR BEDROOM HOMES AND AROUND ONE 90 A SQUARE FOOT.

SO TWO 60 TO $325,000 FOR THESE HOUSES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE NEXT PAGE IS SOME FINISHES.

LET ME SEE, I'M GOING TO KIND OF SKIP AROUND.

SO ADDRESSING SOME CONCERNS.

WHAT ABOUT PRIVACY? UM, SO THERE'S A 20 FOOT, 20 FOOT BUFFER ON THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL LOTS, A 10 FOOT BUFFER ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

UM, WE ALSO, AFTER TALKING TO S TO SOME ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, UM, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ONLY HAVING A SIX FOOT FENCE.

SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND THEY WERE OKAY WITH THAT.

UM, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION HAS ALSO BEEN, UM, FOR THE, TO PLANT NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS, UM, FOR BEAUTY, WILDLIFE, AND LONG LIVING AND BASICALLY BEAUTY FOR DECADES.

UM, AND WE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN SOME CAREFUL CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING DESIGNED FOR THE REAR OF THESE NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEBODY LOOKING OVER INTO THEIR YARD.

UM, WHAT ABOUT THE TREES? WELL, LOCAL FORESTER HAS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY AND HAS INFORMALLY REPORTED THAT A LOT OF THE TREES ARE DEAD.

MANY OF THEM ARE STARTING TO DIE OR NEARING THE END OF THEIR LIVES.

AND WE HAVE A HUGE INVASIVE VINE PROBLEM.

UM, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE TREES ARE WATER OAK, GUMBALL TREES, WIDE OAKS.

UM, SO IN CONTRAST, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NATIVE TREES LIKE THE, UM, SWEET BAY, MAGNOLIA, NUTTALL, OAK, AND CYPRUS, AND SO ON.

UM, ALSO I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH WILL HELP BRING THE COMMUNITY, THOSE RESIDENTS OUT AND WORKING TOGETHER, UM, ALL, WHAT ABOUT

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THE DENSITY? SO FOR THE REST OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CATEGORY FOR FUTURE BR WELLINGS SHOULD BE LESS THAN EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.

HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE HAD A FUTURE USE DEFINED AS A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD DUE IT'S DUE TO ITS TRANSITIONAL LOCATION BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

FUTURE BRS CONCERT, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MORE THAN JUST THAT ONE SENTENCE MENTIONED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

I'M ON SLIDE 34 THAT ONCE, AND IT'S UP SHOULD BE EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT FITS THE SPIRIT OF THE FUTURE BR DIVERSITY AND HOUSING ENCOURAGEMENT OF ICEBERG DEVELOPMENTS, 20 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT, AND THE FIVE CORE VALUES, EQUITY, SAFETY, DIVERSITY, STRONG COMMUNITY, STRONG COMMUNITY, STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY.

ALSO ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 35 QUOTED FROM FUTURE BR EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'LL BE ENCOURAGING THE MARKET TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS TO OWNER AND RENTER HOUSEHOLDS EARNING BETWEEN 35,000 AND $100,000 ANNUALLY BECAUSE THESE HOUSEHOLDS CAN AFFORD 8 75 TO 2,500 A MONTH.

AND HOUSING COSTS A LARGE, LARGER RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES SHOULD BECOME FEASIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO AGAIN, WE FEEL THIS PROJECT IS OF A TRANSITIONAL NATURE FROM BOTH A DENSITY AND A PRODUCT STANDPOINT, AND BESIDES BEING LARGELY IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT OF FUTURE BRS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE'S YET ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED.

I'M GOING TO BE ON PAGE 38 IN A MOMENT.

WHAT ABOUT THE PROPOSED FLORIDA BOULEVARD, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, WHICH THAT COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR SAYS THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR AN URBAN LAND USE AND REDEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN ALONG FLORIDA BOULEVARD, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND AN ANSWER TO OUR HOUSING NEEDS.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR DESIGN, RENOVATE AND RECONSTRUCT VACANT PROPERTY AND TO DESIGN, RENOVATE, EXPAND, AND CONSTRUCT RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS.

WE FEEL THAT DUNE TEAR CERTAINLY ALSO ECHOES THE SPIRIT OF THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA AND WOULD HOPE PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCIL IF WE GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE, UM, WOULD AGREE.

UM, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT PAGE 39.

I KNOW I'VE WENT THROUGH A LOT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, THERE'S A VISUAL THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

NO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, SO GPOA, ONE OF OUR MAIN OPPONENTS HAS STATED THAT THEY WILL OPPOSE OPPOSE ANYTHING MORE DENSE THAN AWAN ZONING OR 10,500 SQUARE FEET.

THEY HAVE ALSO HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT DOING TARA IN A RECENT EMAIL, SENT OUT TO GPOA MEMBERS.

GPO HAS HELD MEETINGS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF, DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS, AND ADJACENT RESIDENTS, AND HAS REACHED A CONCLUSION OF STRONG OPPOSITION.

THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING AREAS WILL CAUSE ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO ADJACENT RESIDENTS WITH ONE ZONING AND WILL SET A PRECEDENT THAT MAY ALLOW FUTURE REZONING ATTEMPTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE ON OTHER GOODWOOD PROPERTIES.

THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS ALMOST THREE TIMES THAT OF ANY OTHER LAND USAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THE LOTS IN A RECENT ICE BUDD TOWNSHIP AT OLD GOODWOOD ARE NOT 10,500 SQUARE FEET.

HOWEVER, THE GPO HAD NO OBJECTIONS AND REMAIN NEUTRAL.

THERE'S EVIDENCE ON PAGE 41 OF THAT.

AND THEY DID NOT SPEAK AT THE, IN OPPOSITION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.

SO PAGE 42, THIS REPRESENTATION SHOWS LOTS THAT ARE DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND A ONE AND A TWO ZONING WITHIN THE, BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND FLORIDA WITH NGPO WAYS DISTRICT THAT ARE UNDER 10,500 SQUARE FEET.

SOME OF THOSE ALSO INCLUDE THE I SPLIT OF GARDENS, UM, AND THE ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTED WITH THE WHITE STARS.

THOSE ARE TOWNHOUSES, A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS AND SO ON.

SO IF YOU COULD FLIP TO PAGE 43, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT IMAGE.

UM, IT TALKS ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

YOU USE THIS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT'S THIS PAGE.

OKAY.

SO THE BLACK REPRESENTATION ON HERE SHOWS THE COMMERCIAL OR HIGHER DENSITY PROPERTIES.

BLUE ARE THE STREETS.

THE RED IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY PURPLE IS OUR LADY OF MERCY AND THE WHITE IS A ONE OR A TWO RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

SO IT APPEARS OBVIOUS THAT THE MAJORITY OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR WITHIN THE AREA SERVED BY THE GPOA HAS HIRED IN CITY ZONINGS.

THEN THEIR PROPOSED ARGUMENT FOR AWAN DENSITY AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ADJOINS SUCH TYPE HIGH DENSITY PROPERTIES AGAIN ON THEIR NORTH, AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET ON THEIR WEST.

AND THIS IMAGE GOES ONE BLOCK

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NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, AND ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY TO SHOW SO THAT ALRIGHT, I SHOWED ON THE, UM, PREVIOUSLY, THE GPO HAS STAYED DUNE.

TERRA IS ALMOST THREE TIMES THAT OF ANY OTHER LAND USAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHAT ABOUT OLD GOODWOOD CROSSING, FLORIDA PLAZA, TOWNHOUSES, TOWNHOUSES, UM, ACADIAN VILLAGE CONDOMINIUMS AND SO ON.

ARE THESE NOT PART OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, ANYONE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO ADJACENT RESIDENCES AND OR DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES.

PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE COMMISSION WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO DO SO WITH SUPPORTING FACTS AS TO HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH AVERAGE HOME PRICES AROUND $300,000 WILL CAUSE ANY ECONOMIC DAMAGE OR LOWER YOUR PROPERTY VALUES.

DUNE TARA WILL BE A SPEAR WILLS HELP SPEARHEAD TO REDEVELOPMENT AND THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AND BE IN LINE WITH THAT PROPOSED FLORIDA BOULEVARD, ECONOMIC DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE, IT WILL HELP INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES.

IT'LL PLAY A SMALL, BUT A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT PART.

UM, FOR MAKING BATON ROUGE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE MOVING INTO BATON ROUGE AND IT'LL FILL A MUCH NEEDED MARKET GAP.

WE FEEL STRONGLY OPTIMISTIC, OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DOING TEAR.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RIGHT VISION, THE RIGHT BUILDERS, THE RIGHT PRODUCT, OR THIS TRANSITION AREA, AND THAT IT WILL POSITIVELY BENEFIT THE GREATER GOODWOOD COMMUNITY, MID CITY AND THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.

AS A WHOLE, WE WERE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO LEAVE A PLACE BETTER THAN HOW YOU FOUND IT.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO FROM VACANT LAND TO HOUSES, FROM HOUSES TO HOMES, FROM HOMES TO A CONNECTED COMMUNITY, FROM A COMMUNITY TO A GREATER ECONOMY.

PLEASE WELCOME DOING TERROR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OH, THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB.

ON THE TIME.

MY NEXT BIG ACCORD IS FOR LAWRENCE KING.

SARAH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHE'S A WONDERFUL WORLD WHEN ISN'T, SHE WE'VE COVERED A LOT.

I'M GOING TO SINK IN A MINUTE, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE SPIRIT AND PASSION ABOUT WHY THIS PROJECT FOR THIS LOCATION LOOKING AROUND.

I'M NOT THAT OLD.

I'M 43.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN HE SAID DOWNTOWN WAS NEVER GOING BACK.

MS. CITY WAS NEVER COMING BACK.

FOREIGN MINISTER WAS GOING TO GO DOWN.

NOTHING IN THE NORTH WAS WORTH EVEN BOTHERING WITH.

LOOK WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? PEOPLE LIVING DOWN HERE, PEOPLE SHOPPING DOWN HERE AND THAT SPREAD IS SPREADING THE CITY.

IT'S GOING DOWN.

GOVERNMENT STREET.

THIS TOWN IS IN A GOOD PLACE AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BETTER.

UH, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S PROPOSED DOWN ON PLANK ROAD ON NICHOLSON COURT, HANNAH, FOR SURE.

YOU'RE RIGHT WHERE WE ARE THAT FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR THERE'S NEEDS WITH THE GROWTH.

ONE OF THOSE IS HOUSING.

WE COULD, AS IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED, LOOK AT BUILDING $600,000 HOUSE OR MORE ON THIS PROPERTY, WE COULD TRY TO GO LOWER.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE SHOT FOR WHERE WE DID WAS WE WANT THAT ACCESSIBLE QUALITY WHOM DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOME HOMEOWNERSHIP IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO MAKING A COMMUNITY SOLID.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

HOW DO WE FIT SO MANY? WELL, WE SACRIFICE A LITTLE YARD, GET MORE COMMON SPACE.

STILL HAVE A LOT OF TREES COMING IN.

I LOVE WATCHING TREES GROW.

IT'S LIKE WATCHING THIS TOWN, RIGHT? RIGHT.

IT'S IT'S COMING BACK.

IT'S BLOSSOMING.

THIS IS A PROJECT I KNOW GOING CAN BE PROUD OF FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUT IT ON THE GROUND AND CENTER THAT WITH THIS TOWN SHARE WITH Y'ALL.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO REALLY CONSIDER APPROVING IT.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GARY FONTENEAU COMMISSIONERS.

ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED VERY VERIFIABLE FACTS.

YOU WILL ALSO HEAR OPINIONS, SOME BASED ON VERIFIABLE FACTS AND SOME MAYBE NOT.

AND YOU WILL HEAR OPINIONS OBVIOUSLY BASED ON EMOTIONS, NOT INTENDED TO BE FACT BASED AT ALL, BUT NECESSARY TO HEAR.

NONETHELESS, YOUR CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS IS SEPARATE FACTS AND OPINIONS AND DECIDE IF THIS PROJECT IS A GOOD ONE, WHICH DESERVES YOUR APPROVAL TO PROPERLY ENHANCE HIS BATON ROUGE PARISH AND THE MAJORITY OF THE

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RESIDENTS.

I LIKE TO ADD YOU AS FOR ADDITIONAL FACTS FOR YOU TO KEEP IN MIND, AS YOU LISTEN TO OTHERS, OPINIONS AND OR FACTS THROUGHOUT THIS DISCUSSION FACT, ONE PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND THE REPRESENTATIVES PROACTIVELY AND RECENTLY INITIATED A COMPLIMENTARY MEETING WHEN JULY 28TH, WITH SEVERAL GPA'S BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDING TO PRESENT, AND THE PROJECT CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTIONS.

YES, MEETING WENT SURPRISINGLY WELL AND AFTER THE INFORMATION WAS REVIEWED, AND THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD HAD ENDED A BOARD MEMBER HELD UP THE INFORMATION PACKET AND SAID, AND I QUOTE, THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.

THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT, BUT SO NO ONE THINKS I'M TAKING THAT STATEMENT OUT OF CONTEXT.

ADMITTEDLY, HE DID FOLLOW THAT STATEMENT UP WITH, BUT WE CONSIDER TRANSITION AREAS TO BE FROM THE MEDIAN ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND TO THE NORTH, NOT ON OUR SOUTH SIDE.

I THINK IF YOU CHECK THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD, ECONOMIC DISTRICT MAP, THERE THERE IS NO APPARENTLY DIFFERENT RICHIE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN TRANSITION AREAS, NORTH AND SOUTH TO FLORIDA.

FACT, NUMBER TWO, AT THE END OF THIS SAME MEETING, THE ATTENDING BOARD MEMBERS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE GPOA HOMEOWNERS.

SO THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE COULD PRESENT THE SAME INFORMATION AND ANSWER AND ADDRESS ANY HOMEOWNERS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

SO WHEN ONLY FOUR DAYS LATER, IT WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT A MEETING WITH GPOA HOMEOWNERS WAS SCHEDULED ON THAT AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS REPS DECIDED IN GOOD FAITH TO ATTEND THE MEETING, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES HANDOUT INFO, PACKAGE PACKAGES, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS HAS BEEN SUGGESTED PREVIOUSLY BY THE BOARD MEMBERS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE DUNE TEAR PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS REPS WERE NOT AFFORDED THE TO DISCUSS THE INFORMATION FROM THEIR VIEWPOINT, NOR WHETHER THEY ALLOWED A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, BUT RATHER RATHER ASK VERY EARLY IN THE MEETING TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES AND LEAVE THE MEETING.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE STILL PRESENT.

WHEN A BOARD MEMBER BRIEFLY DESCRIBED A DEVELOPMENT TO THE HOMEOWNERS, AGAIN, IN THAT INTRODUCTION, HE MENTIONED THE TRANSITION AREA AND AGAIN, HELD UP THE INFORMATION AND STATED THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT, BUT HE CONTINUED THAT THEY CONSIDER THE TRANSITION AREA TO BEGIN AT THE CENTER OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD, MEDIAN AND EXTEND NORTHWARD, NOT SOUTHWARD INTO THAT AREA.

MAYBE WE WILL HEAR A LOGICAL EXPLANATION TO CV THAT DISPUTES THE LOGIC OF THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD, ECONOMIC DISTRICT SUPPORTED BY MAYOR BROOM.

I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE AS THE GPOA BOARD HAS STATED, THIS IS A TRULY GOOD PROJECT AND YOU SUPPORT DUNE TEAR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER COURT IS FOR WOLF WASH HOUR.

UH, GOOD EVENING, A WOLF WAR SHOWER, 1650 CAMERON AVENUE.

I HAVE LIVED IN OLD GOODWOOD'S SINCE 2009.

UH, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME UP AND IT SEEMS AT ANY TIME, ANYTHING THAT'S LESS DENSE THAN A ONE, UH, IS SHOT DOWN IMMEDIATELY BY THE OLD GOODWOOD, UM, BOARD.

AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REALIZE HERE IS THAT THE GPOA BOARD ARE WHAT THEY REPRESENT IS THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTING ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE IS ROUGHLY BETWEEN SEVEN AND 800 MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF GPOA.

DPOA IS NOW TRYING TO DO A CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT THAT IS ENCOMPASSING 2300 HOMES.

SO THEY'RE ONLY SPEAKING FOR ABOUT 30% OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY SAY THE GPOA BOARD AND ITS MEMBERS ARE AGAINST SOMETHING.

UH, I AM A MEMBER OF GPOA AND I AM, AGAIN, I AM FOR THIS PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE AT THE EDGE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

WE NEED MORE, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS ON THE CRUST OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD TO, UM, TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

UH, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PROPERTY VALUE, WITH THE PRICES OF THE HOMES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING AT $300,000, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE SALES IN THAT AREA, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SELLING FOR.

AND THIS IS ONLY GOING TO ADD NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW HOMES.

AND ESPECIALLY AS THEY HAVE SAID WITH THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND DOWN FLORIDA BOULEVARD, WHETHER IT'S AMAZON, A CENTER AT OLD CORTANA OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE NEED SOME THINGS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO.

AND I DON'T LIKE THE, UM, I, MR. KING SAID, WHEN HE CAME UP HERE, IF YOU TRIED TO MAKE THIS A ONE THAT WOULD BE SIX TO SEVEN POTENTIAL, LOTS THAT YOU COULD PUT ON THIS TWO ACRES AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ALONE, KNOWING THAT THIS IS WHAT I DO.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THREE TO $400,000 IN INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.

THAT'S GOING TO PUT YOUR LATS AT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AT A RIGHT AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY PAID FOR THE LAND, BUT THE END OF THE DAY, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS LOT.

THAT'S A FIVE TO $600,000

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HOME THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN BATON ROUGE THAT ARE GOING TO PAY FOR A FIVE OR $600,000 HOME BORDERING FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT, BUT THE $300,000 PRICE POINT IS WHAT FITS IN THAT AREA.

AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA.

AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL APPROVE THIS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER COURT IS FOR TOM M.

UM, I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU, MAN.

COME ON.

I'M GONNA LET YOU DO A GOOD JOB.

MY NAME IS TOM MARAY.

I WAS BORN IN BATON ROUGE AND DESTROYED THAT FOR THE RECORD.

WHAT'S THAT? OH, THAT'S OKAY.

I'M USED TO IT.

ANSWER TO HIM.

ANYTHING WITH THEM MOVED AWAY.

WHEN I WAS THREE MONTHS OLD, CAME BACK WHEN I WAS 12.

MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 74.

I WENT TO KENILWORTH LEHIGH ONE YEAR AT CATHOLIC.

I WENT TO LSU LIKE IT WAS 13TH GRADE.

HEY SWEETIE.

FOUR, I MOVED OUT, CAME BACK 29 YEARS LATER.

CAUSE MY WIFE SAID I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH MY FRIENDS IN BATON ROUGE THAT WE'RE MOVING HERE.

WE WANT TO TAKE ROOTS HERE.

SO I CAME HERE AND I BOUND A LOT AND BUILT A HOUSE.

I GOT TO BUILT ANYWHERE, NOT THE BEST THING ABOUT BATON ROUGE, UH, PROPER BATTERY'S METRO AREA, TRAFFIC.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE STUCK IN SUBURBIA.

EVERYBODY CAN GO OUT THERE THAT THAT'S THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. I WANT TO BE IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN.

I'VE LIVED IN ORLEANS PARISH.

I LIVED IN NEAR DOWNTOWN ST.

LOUIS.

I LIVE NEAR RIGHT ON THE GREEN LINE IN CHICAGO.

I'M NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM URBAN THINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGHT BACK TO KEEP OUR CITIES.

SO I BUILT A HOUSE HERE WHERE I CAN WALK THE STORE'S BIKE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DOWN HIGHWAYS AND GET KILLED AND UM, AND ENJOY JUST BEING HERE ALL THE TIME.

AND WHAT I CAN'T STAND IS IS THE IGNORANCE OF WHAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE 2020 CENSUS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THIS NUMBER 66 IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE METRO AREA.

WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND LITTLE ROCK.

WE'RE A BIG CITY, BUT YOU HAVE THIS MENTALITY OF PEOPLE'S LIKE, OH NO, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR ANCHORAGE AND OKAY.

AND THAT'S GOOD.

WE WANT THOSE ENCLAVES.

WE WANT THAT VALUE.

BUT THAT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA PAY THE PRICE OF BEING A CITY.

AND BY THE WAY, WHOEVER'S IDEA WAS TO PUT THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND LAVEL IN GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS THE POINT.

I LOVE THAT.

HE SAID, I SEE, I HEAR ALL THIS TALK.

PEOPLE NOT USED TO ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I'VE LIVED OTHER PLACES.

I'VE SEEN IT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET USED TO BEING A CITY.

AND THE CITY COMES WITH DENSITY ISSUES, DIVERSITY ISSUES, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.

THEY'RE GOING TO RUFFLE YOUR FEATHERS.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THEM AT FIRST.

BUT LIKE WOLF SAID BEFORE, AND I'M A NEIGHBOR OF ALSO LIVING ON SOUTH CARROLLTON, UH, BETWEEN, UH, CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR AND SMELL FILLED.

WITTERS COWS, RIGHT? BUT IN THE, IN THE GOODWOOD AND OLD GOODWOOD AND WE LOVE IT THERE.

AND WIFE, WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE LOVE KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS AND THE PROXIMITY OF EVERYTHING.

BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE OF THAT IS YOU DON'T LET THE EDGES.

RIGHT.

AND I'M SORRY.

BUT WHEN I GREW UP IN FLORIDA BOULEVARD, EVERYTHING WAS ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

IT'S GOT TO COME BACK.

I DO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

I'VE GOT A MATTER OF FACT, I'M DRIVING A CLIENT AROUND THEM, ALL FROM OUT OF TOWN AND WANTS TO PUT A BUILD OF A GROCERY STORE.

I THINK HE WANTS TO GO TO THE MORE POVERISHED AREAS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERSERVED.

AND I GO, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN FOR THE BOULEVARD.

THEN WE'LL GO AND DO SOME HINTERLANDS BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE RIPE FRINGE, THIS DEVELOPMENT.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO A ONE WITH A HIGH VALUE IN A BIG MANSION WITH A BIG LOT, RIGHT UP TO THAT, YOU'RE MISTAKEN.

YOU NEED TO ALLOW FOR CERTAIN TRANSITIONS SO EVERYBODY CAN KEEP THEIR VALUE ON THE INSIDE AND YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THOSE EXPENSIVE LOTS AND HAVE A HOUSE.

RIDICULOUS.

I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S SMART AND IT'S A GOOD PLAN AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY NEXT BIG ACCORD IS FOR SHANDY HEIL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AS A PROPERTY OWNER, ALONG THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR AND A PROPONENT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS PROPOSED IN THIS AREA THAT WILL KEEP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND FAMILIES IN THE AREA.

I AM IN FAVOR OF CONSCIOUS DEVELOPMENTS LIKE DUNE TEAR THAT WE'LL WANT TO REVIVE UNDER UTILIZED LAND IN OUR CITY.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED OUTSIDE THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA, WHICH IS ALWAYS A CONCERN WITH THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO IMPROVE VIABILITY, GET RID OF BLIGHT IN THE AREA AND AIM FOR THE RE VITALIZATION THAT, UM, THIS CORRIDOR IS NEEDING.

AND ALSO IT'S, IT'S A CORRIDOR THAT MY FAMILY AND I TRAVEL ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ANY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW PLACES TO LIVE THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, IN A, A MEDIAN RANGE, IN MY OPINION, IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY A, A GAME CHANGER.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TO SPEAK OF COURSE, FOR TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

THOSE ARE FOUR GERMAN HERNANDEZ AND MORIELLO HERNANDEZ.

WE HAVE 14 CARDS FOR MEMBERS THAT WISH

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TO SPEAK THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.

I'LL CALL UP THE FIRST AT THIS TIME, DENNIS VITRINE, SIR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

UM, UH, MY NAME IS DENNIS PADRE AND I'VE SERVED SEVEN TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN ZONING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SINCE 2002.

OH, WHEN TOWN CENTER FIRST STARTED PROBABLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROBABLY 75, 80 ZONING MATTERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WE'D MET WITH THE DEVELOPERS, THE ARCHITECTS, THE PLANNING AND ZONING FOLKS, ATTORNEYS, OH, YESTERDAY, COUNCILMAN COLE ATTENDED A MEETING ABOUT 60 OR SO RESIDENTS AND SUE TOLD US HE WAS IN 100% SUPPORT OF OUR POSITION.

I PREPARED A, UH, UM, A STATEMENT AND THEN, AND THE APPLICANT READ SOME OF IT, BUT I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ, READ OUR ENTIRE STATEMENT.

FUTURE BR IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018 BY EBR PARISH.

THE MASTER PLAN WAS PUT IN PLACE AFTER CONSIDERABLE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH IN OUR PARISH, GPOA PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROCESS AND THE PUBLIC DEBATE AND OUR RESIDENTS LIKE SO MANY OTHER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN THAT DEBATE TO HELP SHAPE THAT DOCUMENT.

IT DEFINES LAND USE STRATEGIES AND IT SEEKS TO IDENTIFY VARIOUS TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH OLD GOODWOOD IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN FUTURE BR AND IT IS DEFINED AS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AND SHOWN ON THE FUTURE BUR MAPS AS THE SAME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE DENSITY PER ACRE IS ALSO DEFINED ON THE FUTURE BR MAPS, THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE LAND USAGE PLAN TO COME PACK NEIGHBORHOOD, FUTURE BR ADDRESSES, COMEBACK NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT GIVES YOU EXAMPLES, A STROMA SPANISH TOWN AND BORE BOARD DOWN.

THAT'S NOT ALL GOODWOOD.

WE, OUR OPINION THAT THE CURRENT LAND USAGE ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS RESIDENTIAL IS CORRECT, AND THAT ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY NATURE.

WE BELIEVE THAT ZONING IS DESIGNED TO BE STATIC.

IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT AND THAT ANY PROPOSED REZONE MUST DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING REASONS THAT IMPROVES THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

THIS DOES NOT DO THAT.

IN FACT, WE BELIEVE IT CAUSES ECONOMIC DAMAGES TO ALL OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE A ONE ZONING AND THEY WILL TESTIFY TO THAT FACT IN JUST A BIT DENSITY.

WE'VE DONE STUDIES THREE TIMES THE DENSITY OF ANYTHING LIKE IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DENSITY WHILE A SPEAKER THAT WILL FOLLOW ME.

YEAH.

I'M SORRY, SIR.

YOU SOMETIME, IS THAT ALRIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM OTHERS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS GWEN BIZET.

ALMOST STRIKE, PLEASE.

DON'T DO THAT.

UH, MY NAME IS GWEN BIZET AND I LIVE ON SOUTH ORTON WOULD DRIVE AND I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1993, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT WILL BE AT THE END OF MY STREET.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DENSITY.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, PARKING AND, AND PRIVACY AND SO FORTH.

UM, I UNDERSTAND WITH THE DIET WITH, UH, GOVERNMENT STREET, THEY'RE MOVING THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, FROM GOVERNMENT OVER TO FLORIDA AND OVER TO NORTH BOULEVARD.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, SOUTH OREGON WOULD IS A NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT GOES, YOU KNOW, FOR TRAVELING FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH AND SO FORTH, THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE NOW, IT'S NOT FUN.

PEOPLE USE IT AS A SPEED WAY, BUSES FLY DOWN IT AND SO FORTH.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT ADDING 30 TOWNHOMES AT THE END OF THE STREET

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IS POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY BECAUSE I FEEL THAT MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD THAT HE'S MADE GO TO RENTALS AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, RENT A APARTMENT AND SO FORTH OR A TOWNHOME AND SO FORTH.

BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THIS HOME 20 SOMETHING YEARS OR WHATEVER, AND MY PROPERTY HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEWS CONSTRUCTION ON SOUTH ORANGE WOOD.

AND AT THE OTHER DAY AT THE MEETING, UM, LUKE WAS SAYING THAT THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS VALUED AT $435, $435,000.

SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE AREA AND IT DOESN'T REALLY REPRESENT.

OH, GOODWOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER CORD IS FOR HENRY KENNY, HENRY, KENNY, AND I LIVE AT, UH, I LIVE AT THE MOMENT IN, UM, BOCA ASH LAKE, BUT I OWN PROPERTY AND, AND BUILDING A HOME AT 65 36 OR SELL AN OLD GOODWOOD, UH, I WANNA SAY AT THE OUTSET, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT I MIGHT WANT TO JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE TAKEN UP THE AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER PLAN FIRST.

I'M NOT SO SURE WE CAN EVEN GET TO THE SECOND MATTER UNTIL YOU GET TO THE FIRST.

SO I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WAS THE PROPER WAY TO DO THIS, BUT WE'LL, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE LINE.

UM, THE FIRST THING IS WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER ABOUT ANY NEED FOR A CHANGE IN THE ZONING.

NO.

HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT AN ERA FOR THE ZONING? SO THE ONLY EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU ALL IN YOU'RE A FACT FINDER IN A LOT OF REGARDS, THE ONLY EVIDENCE HAS TO BE, THEY WANT TO TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB.

AS SOMEBODY SAID, WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD REALLY IS OF NO MATTER DOES IT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE TO YOUR WELL THOUGHT OUT, UH, FUTURE BR PLAN.

AND SECONDLY, DOES IT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT YOU ALL HAVE ESTABLISHED TO CHANGE THE ZONING? LET'S JUST START WITH SOME FACTS.

THIS IS A 2,500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE WITH A GARAGE THAT IS SO MUCH LESS THAN THE 6,000 SQUARE FEET REQUIRED OF AN ADJACENT LOT.

SO DON'T, DON'T FORGET.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHO SAYS THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BUILDING RESTRICTION.

THIS COULD BE RENTED OUT.

EVERY ONE OF THESE CAN BE A RENTAL HOME.

OKAY.

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE HARM TO THE SURROUNDING AREA TO PLOP 30 QUOTE TOWNHOUSES.

THESE ARE NOT TOWNHOUSES 30 COMPACTED HOMES WITH A THREE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK, THREE FEET.

YOU CAN BARELY WALK THROUGH THAT.

OKAY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REASONS FOR THE CHANGE.

I'M GOING TO READ YOUR SECTION 3.23 OF THE, OF YOUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

OKAY.

HOW DO YOU JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS REMAINING GS OUT THE WAY I COMPUTED IT, BUT I WANT TO COMMEND YOU TO THIS, NOTHING WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, NOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, FUTURE BR PLAN HAVE BEEN MET ZERO OF THOSE.

AND BY THE WAY, I KNOW THE STAFF WORKS VERY HARD THAT RYAN AND GILLIS WORKED VERY HARD, BUT BOTH OF THOSE REQUIRE A REPORT FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

THERE IS NO REPORT.

THERE'S A SENTENCE AT THE END, BUT THERE'S NO REPORT.

SO MAYBE THE NEXT TIME ASSUMING WE GET THROUGH THIS ONE, OKAY.

MAYBE WE COULD WORK ON THE FUTURES OF HAVING A REPORT RATHER THAN A SENTENCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

AND NEXT CARD IS FOR LUKE.

SHENICE GOOD EVENING, LOU KENESHA, UM, UH, FROM THE OUTSET FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M A REALTOR.

I'VE BEEN A REALTOR FOR 40 YEARS.

I LIVE ON SOUTH IRONWOOD, ONE BLOCK FROM THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

UH, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

UH, I DON'T THINK IT LOOKS ANYTHING LIKE GOODWOOD IT'S, UH, UH, THE

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RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S THERE, UH, WITH, UH, AS HOMEOWNERS, UH, AND I'VE LIVED THERE 40 YEARS, UM, HAVE WATCHED THE VALUES GO UP.

UM, AND WE, WE HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW FOR 4 35, RIGHT ON SOUTH IRONWOOD.

WE HAVE ONE ON MARRIOTT FOR 3 99 TO THE PRICES, THE VALUE.

SO READY TO GO ON UP INTO THE NEIGHBORS REALLY LIKED THAT.

OBVIOUSLY WHEN MS. KING FIRST STARTED, I NOTICED SHE STARTED ABOUT ALL THE BLIGHT AND ALL THE ALCOHOL BOTTLES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY SAW ON SOUTH AUSTIN WARNER.

I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME.

I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, PICKING UP TRASH, PICKING UP BABY DIAPERS, PICKING UP BEER BOTTLES, PICKUP.

THAT'S A LITTER PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS ONE LOT.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE WOODS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A MOVIE, BUT I'M INTO THE WOODS.

I'VE BEEN IN THERE AND I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE BLIGHT.

IT'S NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS, AS ONE WOULD THINK IT IS, BUT IT'S VERY COMMON UP AND DOWN SOUTH ARDEN.

WOULDN'T SOME OF THE SURROUNDINGS, UM, STREETS TO FIND BLIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN BATON ROUGE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF LITTER ISSUES.

UM, BUT I'M, I'M CONCERNED AS WELL ABOUT THE FUTURE, UH, PRICING, UH, FOR THE HOMES WHILE IT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

IT'D BE GREAT.

UM, I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT IN KEEPING WITH BR, UM, AS FAR AS COMPACT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T EVEN MEET THAT.

SO JUST QUICKLY, AND I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING LATE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT STATE THAT I LIVE THERE.

I SEE IT EVERY DAY.

UM, I DON'T THINK IF IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF WHAT IT SET OUT TO BE.

AND I THINK, UM, MR. ADDISON HAD SAID ALSO IN THE EARLIEST SPEAKING, THAT WAS, IS GOOD FOR ONE IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE RULES.

AND AS LONG AS WE DO THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT BIG OF COURT IS FOR PAULA MAURO.

NOT VERY ORGANIZED.

I'M ONE OF THOSE EMOTIONAL PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS IS MY BACKYARD, MY HUSBAND AND I IT'S OUR FIRST HOME.

OUR ONLY HOME WITH CONTINUED JUST TO IMPROVE OUR HOME RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WOODS AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE TO IMAGINE 30 HOUSES IN MY BACKYARD, LOOKING OVER MY BACKYARD, MY DAUGHTER'S PLAYGROUND, MY PRIVACY WIPED AWAY IN AN INSTANT.

AND WHAT OUR CAN'T COMPREHEND IS THE ASKING PRICE, I THINK IS IT'S SO ADELINE.

I KNOW OUR HOUSE IS OVER 200 SQUARE FEET, 2000 SQUARE FEET UM, BORDER OF AN ACRE IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.

I COULDN'T SELL MY HOUSE FOR $300,000.

SO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO SELL SOMETHING WITH NO YARD? I JUST CAN'T SEE THAT.

I SEE IT BEING, YEAH, IT'S GOING TO COST THIS MUCH TO LIVE HERE.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOWER THAT PRICE.

AND WHEN THEY LOWER THAT PRICE AGAIN, IT'S JUST, I'M BEGGING, Y'ALL NOT TO LET THIS HAPPEN TO MY HOME, TO MY CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE IT'S GRADE.

THERE'S NO OTHER WORD.

IT'S GREED.

WE CAN TALK 16 HOUSES, BUT 30.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LESLIE.

LESLIE AND MCCLELLAN.

HI, MY NAME IS LESLIE MCLAUGHLIN.

I'M A PROPERTY OWNER ON MARQUETTE AVENUE AND I THINK THIS COMMISSION FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, UM, I DO HAVE TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FELLOW, UM, ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN OPPOSING THE REZONING.

UM, I LOVE THE, UH, ROUNDABOUT MYSELF ON LOBDELL, UH, LIKE LUKE.

UM, I HAVE WALKED AND PICKED UP TRASH.

I'VE TRAPPED NEUTERED AND FED STRAY CATS SO THAT THEY DON'T OVERRUN

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BLIGHT.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE IS AGAINST A NICE DEVELOPMENT.

THE LAND IS PURCHASED.

IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT 30 IS A LOT.

I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE OBJECTION TO THE DENSITY.

NOW I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMISSION OFFERED TO DISCUSS A COMPROMISE IN THE NUMBER OF HOMES WITH DEVELOPER, BUT THAT OFFER WAS DECLINED.

SO I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN ALL OR NOTHING.

AND SO MY ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO SAY NOTHING AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FOR MATTHEW DIAZ.

GOT IT.

UM, MY NAME IS MATT DIAZ.

I LIVE AT 3 45 WEST GARDEN WOOD DRIVE.

MATTER OF FACT, THIS TIME I'M GONNA TAKE THIS DOWN, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY I'VE LIVED IN, UH, THE NORTH PART OF GOODWOOD FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

I'M RAISING FOUR KIDS THERE AND I JUST PAID MY HOUSE OFF LAST MONTH.

UH, ANYWAY, IN GENERAL, I'VE BEEN ON THE GPA BOARD FOR FOUR OF THOSE YEARS.

AND, UH, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT A1C ZONING.

SO IT'S 2.1 LOT, 2.1 ACRES.

AND SO OF COURSE I GOT MY CALCULATOR OUT TWO POINT ACRES, 2.1 ACRES TIMES, AWAN ZONING AT 4.1 ACRES PER LOT IS A LITTLE NORTH OF EIGHT UNITS ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE LINES I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UM, SPOKEN WITH OTHER GPA BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT WITH MY NEIGHBORS, WE ALL SAID ONE HOUSE WOULD BE FINE.

TWO HOUSES WOULD BE FINE.

THREE HOUSES, WE'LL BE FINE.

FOUR HOUSES, WE'LL BE FINE.

FIVE HOUSES WILL BE FINE.

SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT HOUSES WOULD BE FINE.

THERE'LL BE NO OBJECTIONS FROM GPOA ON THIS.

AND THERE'D BE ALMOST NO OBJECTION TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ON THIS.

SO THEN I SAID, LET'S GO LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

AND I PULLED OUT THE MAP OF IT AND IT HAS LITERALLY 30 PALACES ON 2.1 ACRES.

SO WE'RE GOING FROM 4.1 HOUSES PER ACRE TO 14.2 HOUSES PER ACRE.

UH, I SAID, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OF RESIDENTIAL ZONE DAY ONE, 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE LOOKED AT NEARLY ALL OF THE REST OF GOODWOOD WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE.

UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS.

THE FIRST IS, WHICH IS ICE SPOTS INSIDE OF GOODWOOD FOUR, OUR FIVE ICE BUTTS OF PAST THE PAST DECADE.

UH, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY TAJ COURT, IT'S EIGHT UNITS ON 1.4 ACRES AT A DENSITY OF 5.7 UNITS PER ACRE.

THERE'S THE DEAL YET AT THE OLD WITH PLANTATION, WHICH IS SIX LOTS ON ONE AND A HALF ACRES, BUT FOUR UNITS PER ACRE.

THERE'S THE TILTON CORE TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS EIGHT LOTS ACROSS 1.69 ACRES.

AND THERE'S THE VILLAS THAT ALL GOOD WITH ELDERFLOWER ALLEY, WHICH IS 23 LOTS AT 3.81 PER ACRE.

SO JUST FOR COMPARISON SIX, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE FOUR EYE SPREADS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE ALREADY BUILT OUR 5.7 UNITS PER ACRE, FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, 4.7 UNITS PER ACRE, AND SIX UNITS PER ACRE.

AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO 14.2.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THIS, THIS DENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH GPOA BOUNDARIES AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER ICE BUDS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOW, WHEN I SAID THERE'S EXCEPTIONS, THERE WAS AN EXCEPTION.

THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT HAVE DENSITY THAT IS COMPARABLE TO THIS PROJECT ARE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF GOODWOOD AND CONDO COMPLEXES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF GOODWOOD.

SO IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO THINK OF IT, NOT AS 30 OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, BUT AS 30 CONDOMS OR 30 APARTMENTS TO BE HAD, OR 30 MEDIUM DENSITY RENTAL UNITS.

SO AGAIN, THE OFFICIAL POSITION OF GPOA AND THAT DIAZ AS A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT CERTAINLY WE'LL TAKE 1, 2, 4, 8 UNITS, UH, WITH NO OBJECTIONS WHATSOEVER, BUT THIS, UH, THIS IS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN OR EXPECTED.

AND SO WITH REGARD TO CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTENCY, WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, AND CONSISTENT, WE SEE WITH OTHER ICE SPUDS WITHIN ABOUT A MILE OR TWO RADIUS OF GOODWOOD, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE HAD ASKED YOU TO REJECT THIS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FOR MADELINE MORO.

YEAH.

I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S AVAILABLE.

UH, THE NEXT WEEK OF COURT IS FOR MARK MAURO.

LADIES, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, APPRECIATE

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ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND KEEPING BOUNDARIES AS STRAIGHT AS YOU CAN.

I'M MARK MOORE.

I LIVE AT 1 46 MARQUETTE.

I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE ALMOST 35 YEARS.

UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, BEING A MEMBER OF BATTERIES.

UH, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE AND, UM, UH, I ACTUALLY TRIED TO BUY THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE AND I CONGRATULATE MR. MS. KING FOR OWNING IT.

NOW, IF THEY READY TO SELL IT, I'M WILLING TO BUY IT.

UH, ALSO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A THING THAT WE REALLY WATCH THE, JUST THE DRAINAGE BEHIND IT.

UH, WE WATCHED THE NEIGHBORS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT.

UH, WE WATCH ALL THE BUSINESSES MS. MS. KING.

I DON'T THINK HE HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY OR BEHIND ME OR TO THE LEFT OF ME AT A RIGHT AS WE DO.

I REALLY HOPE THEY DO.

UM, IF THEY DID, LIKE, I THINK THEY DON'T, UH, 30 HOUSES COME ON AND WE'VE MR. DIAZ HAS JUST EXPLAINED EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, UH, EXAMINATION OF THE, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT NECESSARILY TO HAVE THAT MANY PIECES OF PROPERTY, IF WE CAN GO A LOT LESS, WE DEFINITELY CAN LIVE WITH IT.

UM, WE OFFER DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP, UH, THE LITTLE WOODED AREA UP TWO ACRES OF LAND.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF OLD TREES ON HIS PROPERTY COULD BE CLEANED UP REALLY GOOD, BUT GOSH, NOT 30, NOT 30.

AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.

HEAR US OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SOMETHING, BUT JUST NOT 30.

GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND I SPEAK IN COURT IS FOR DAVID REES.

AH, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I HAVE, UH, LIVED, UH, MY WIFE AND I AND, UH, OLD GOODWOOD'S SINCE 1988.

UH, MY WIFE AND I, WE WE'VE RAISED OUR CHILDREN HERE AND, UH, WE LOVE OLD GOODWOOD.

AND, UM, WHEN WE HEARD THAT, UH, THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT WAS BEING PLANNED, UH, WITH 30 APARTMENT SIZE HOUSES ON TWO ACRES OF LAND, WE WERE JUST ASTONISHED THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE PUT FORWARD WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION TO THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, ADJOINING PROPERTIES.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UM, IS VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THESE HOUSES BEING BUILT.

WE'LL HAVE 60 CARS GOING IN AND OUT OF THIS PROPERTY AT RUSH HOUR.

AND I HAVE A PROPERTY AT THE, UM, ON SOUTH ARDEN WOOD AT EASTWOOD AND THE, THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE.

I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC BEING COMMITTED TO THAT AREA AT THIS TIME.

IT'S LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE WOODED PROPERTY PUT TO GOOD USE, BUT 30 APARTMENT SIZE HOUSES.

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH PLEASE.

UH, HALF OF THAT, A QUARTER OF THAT, ANYTHING LESS THAN 30.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR VIC SWAIN.

HELLO EVERYONE.

UH, VIC SUE ON HERE.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK.

I'M ALSO OPPOSED PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE PROPERTY DENSITY PRECEDENT THAT WOULD BE SET ONCE YOU OPEN THAT DOOR, YOU CAN'T CLOSE IT.

EVERYBODY IN HERE IS GOING TO BE TRYING TO PUT 30 HOUSES ON TWO ACRES EVERYWHERE.

I LIVE ON MARION DRIVE.

THAT IS THE STREET THAT IS SOMEWHAT OF A CUT-THROUGH FROM GOVERNMENT STREET TO SOUTH HARDWOOD, TO RIGHT WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

MY DAUGHTER CATCHES THE BUS.

IT'S A BUS STOP RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF SOUTH DARDEN WOOD AND GLENWOOD, I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF THE STREET CARS FLY DOWN THAT STREET CONSTANTLY.

AND WHEN I SAY CONSTANTLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT BOTH SOUTH IRONWOOD AND MY STREET MARION DRIVE, BECAUSE IT'S A CUT-THROUGH SCHOOL BUSES CARS.

WE'VE HAD TRAFFIC STUDIES ON BOTH SOUTH, SOUTH ARDEN WOOD AND MARION DRIVE.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET SPEED BUMPS ON MARIAN DRIVES FOR 10 YEARS.

NOW, THE SPEED AND VOLUME IS

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ALREADY TOO MUCH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING ANOTHER MINIMUM 30, IF THEY'RE ALL THEY HAVE ONE CAR.

I DOUBT THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

I BELIEVE SOMEONE SAID IT'S THREE CAR GARAGES.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PLAN IN THAT MUCH DETAIL, BUT I CAN IMAGINE IF THE IS 25 FEET THE GARAGE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FIT THREE CARS? BUT THAT'S NOT THE HERE NOR THERE.

THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY A PROBLEM.

I SEE THIS CREATING MORE OF A PROBLEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVE ON THE CRUST AS SOME PEOPLE CALL IT AN I APPLAUD DEVELOPMENT.

I'M ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.

IT'S TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO COMPROMISE.

I JUST THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO COMPROMISE.

ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JOE.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER CORD IS FOR CAROLYN REES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, UH, ADDRESS THIS.

UM, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE, WE LIVE ON GOVERNMENT STREET, BUT WE PREVIOUSLY DID LIVE IN THAT AREA AND WE DO HAVE A HOUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, ON THE CORNER OF EAST FOUR THEN OR SOUTH ORANGEWOOD.

AND, UH, WE DO OPPOSE THIS.

UM, WE LIVE ON GOVERNMENT STREET HAPPENED, UH, AGAINST, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM US ON TOD.

AND WHEN THAT CAME UP, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, LIKE THREE TIMES WHAT THEY, THEY INITIALLY THEY LATER PUT IN, UM, WE, WE ARE NOT AGAINST, UM, PROGRESSION.

I MEAN, WE KNOW WE HAVE VERY LARGE LOTS.

WE KNOW THINGS ARE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP AND EVERYTHING, BUT LIKE ALL THE OTHER, UM, LITTLE SPUDS, THE DANCE CITY IS NOT 14 HOUSES TO A ACRE.

THIS DANCE CITY IS JUST TOO MUCH.

UM, HALF OF THAT, MAYBE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, OH, A CAR HERE AND THERE, UH, THREE, THREE CARS OFF THE, THE, THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, IT'S, IT'S A SINGLE GARAGE AND THEY MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF PADS FOR A CALL, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OTHER CARS TO BE THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING, THAT'S LIKE, NOT, THAT'S NOT ANY CARS.

THINK IF THEY HAVE A PARTY, ANYTHING, THIS IS A ONE STREET IN ONE STREET, YOU KNOW, ONE LANE AND ONE LANE OUT, YOU HAVE A PARTY, YOU HAVE VISITORS, THERE'S CARS, PARKING ON ALL THE STREET ON ALL ALONG THE STREET AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN'T GET THROUGH.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE DANCE CITY IS BEYOND ANYTHING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M NOT AGAINST PROGRESS, BUT THIS DENSITY IS, WILL DESTROY THE LOOK AND THE FEEL OF OLD GOODWOOD.

AND THERE'S TOO MANY NICE HOUSES, BEAUTIFUL TREES, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA ON, IN OUR, ON OUR, UM, UH, ALLEY EASTWOOD.

WE HAVE THE DOG, UH, STATION SO PEOPLE CAN WALK THEIR DOGS AND PICK UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD LIVING GOING ON RIGHT THERE.

AND TO PUT SO MANY MORE CARS WHEN THERE IS TRAFFIC THAT COMES SPEEDING DOWN, IT YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE DESTROYING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT SO MANY HAVE REALLY WORKED TO, TO ACHIEVE IN THAT AREA OF OUR GOODWOOD OF ALL GOOD WORDS.

SO I JUST APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO ME.

UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THE DENSITY IS JUST FAR TOO MUCH.

I'M NOT AGAINST PROGRESS, BUT THE DENSITY IS JUST TOO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR JAMIE FARNBERG.

HI, I'M JAMIE FARNBERG.

I LIVE AT 1450 SOUTH CARROLLTON, AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I'M OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CURRENT DENSITY AND ZONING.

AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.

THANK YOU.

I FIND A SPEAKER CHORD IS FOR NATHAN WEBSTER.

GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.

UM, WHEN I CAME HERE AND IS, IS DENSITY, RIGHT? 30 UNITS IN TWO ACRES, I HEARD THE DEVELOPERS COMPARE IT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF FLORIDA.

YOU ALL DROVE

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ON THAT SIDE OF FLORIDA LATELY.

CAN WE REALLY COMPARE SOUTH OF FLORIDA TO NORTH OF FLORIDA, RIGHT? SHE SAID THAT $350,000 OR $300,000 SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THESE HOMES.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE PROPERTIES AT THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND GOVERNMENT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS SELLING FOR THAT MUCH.

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN PACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER THE SAME WAY.

I THINK THERE'S AN EXAGGERATION HERE.

IT WILL BRING THE PROPERTY VALUES DOWN AND ANYTHING PACKED, LEAD TIGHT, PACKED THAT TIGHTLY WITH 30 UNITS ON 2.1 ACRES ENSURE ENOUGH TO BECOME RENTAL PROPERTIES.

AND IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO LOWER INCOME PROPERTIES AND RENTALS.

AND THEN THE SECTION EIGHT.

THERE'S NO DOUBT.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO AREAS, UM, JUST LIKE IT ALL OVER TOWN, THE SAME THINGS HAPPENED.

I HEAR ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY MENTIONED CLOUD CANAL.

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHERE CLOUD CANAL IS? THAT'S WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS GOING.

I LOOKED IT UP ON THE MAP.

HAS ANYBODY LOOKED IT UP ON THE MAP? CAN YOU TELL ME YES, IT RUNS NORTH SOUTH.

IS THAT RIGHT BEHIND THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT THAT ARE, BUT OKAY.

IS THERE, IS THERE, HAS THERE BEEN A PLAN RELEASED ON ALL THE DRAINAGE THAT THERE'S, BUT I I'VE SEEN THAT FROM WHO? YEAH.

UM, YEAH.

I JUST THINK THAT I TH I JUST THINK THAT THE NOTION THAT THESE HOUSES WILL BE AFFORDABLE AT $300,000 IS AN EXAGGERATION.

OKAY.

WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL FOR THAT MUCH.

UH, SOMEBODY THAT'S MAKING 30 TO $50,000, LIKE SHE SAID, LIKE THE DEVELOPERS SAID THEY CAN MOVE INTO THERE.

IF YOU'RE MAKING 30 TO $50,000, YOU CAN'T AFFORD A $300,000 HOUSE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT, RIGHT? SO THAT TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE, THOSE HOUSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME DOWN FOR THEM TO BE SOLD.

AND ALSO YOU HAVE THE PRIVACY ISSUE, UH, THAT THE HOUSES ARE TALL.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK OVER BACKYARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

OH, ARE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF TIME, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

I THINK THAT WE'LL TAKE THE SMALL ONES FIRST.

THEN WE HIT THE BIG ONE.

UM, AGAIN, MULTIPLE PEOPLE MENTIONED TOWN HOMES, APARTMENTS.

THIS IS NOT TOWN HOMES OR APARTMENTS, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL SIX FEET BETWEEN EACH HOUSE, NOT THREE.

UM, TO THIS POINT, NUMBER ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE MINOR POINT, GOODWOOD GPOA, THEY HAVE RENTALS.

AND THEN THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE RENTAL PROPERTY ANY MORE THAN THEIR PROPERTY RENTAL PROPERTY.

UM, THEY CAN RENT THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY'D LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE A RESTRICTION AGAINST THAT.

UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BECOME ANY MORE THAN THEIRS IS THE SAME AS THE SAME AMOUNT OF RENTALS.

UM, PRICING AGAIN, THEIR PRICING IS BASED OFF THEIR PROJECT VILLAS AT RED STICK.

UM, THEY'RE DOING BASICALLY THE SAME PRODUCT.

UH, THEY KNOW WHAT THE VALUES ARE.

THEY WOULDN'T BE MAKING THESE CLAIMS IF THEY WEREN'T SELLING THEIR HOUSES FOR, UH, WHAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN SELL THEM FOR HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST, THE LAST MAN MENTIONED HEIGHT.

THIS IS THE EXACT SAME HEIGHT THAT IT'S ALLOWED IN GPO 35 FEET, TWO STORIES.

THOSE ARE THE SAME HOUSES THAT CAN BE BUILT WITHIN GPO.

SO THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT ON ANY OF THOSE LOTS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THE OVERRIDING POINT IS DENSITY.

UM, AGAIN, DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THAT THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH OF US COMMERCIAL, UM, YOU CAN DO MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AT 29 UNITS TO THE ACRE, UM, PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH.

THEY ARE CORRECT ARE 4.1.

UM, THIS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF 14.

UM, THEY MENTIONED A LOT OF ASS BUDS AND MS. KING MENTIONED, THOSE ARE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY ONE.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT, IT IS ON THE FLORIDA CORRIDOR.

IT'S 450 FEET FROM FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

UH, VERY DENSE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, UH, YOU KNOW, 4.1 TO THE SOUTH IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S A TRANSITIONAL USE, UM, TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT

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ABOUT TRAFFIC.

AGAIN, A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PRODUCES ONE CAR PER FAMILY.

I MEAN, PER HOUSE IN THE PEAK HOUR.

YES.

ARE THERE 60 CARS? SURE.

ALL 60 PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ONE TIME, JUST LIKE THEIR HOUSES.

UM, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 30 CARS IN AN HOUR.

THAT'S ONE PER TWO.

UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED NOT BEING ABLE TO GET SPEED BUMPS.

MOST LIKELY.

THE REASON THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE A STUDY.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VOLUME ON THEIR STREETS.

THIS AREA IS SERVED BY A GRID OF STREETS.

THE TRAFFIC CAN DISPERSE THE TRAFFIC AND GO TO FLORIDA.

AGAIN, WE'RE 450 FEET FROM FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

SO THE TRAFFIC DISPERSES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, THAT'S MOST LIKELY, AGAIN, I HAVEN'T ASKED DPW, BUT THAT'S MOST LIKELY WHY THAT THEY CAN NOT GET SPEED BUMPS IN THEIR AREA.

UM, AGAIN, THE DENSITY, IT'S A TRANSITIONAL AREA.

YOU'VE SEEN THE ZONING MAP, YOU KNOW, THIS DISTANCE OFF OF FLORIDA, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF USES COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL, HIGHER DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S IN THE ECONOMIC DISTRICT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, CHAMPION FOR HOUSING THAT IS IN THIS RANGE OF PRICING.

UH, AGAIN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN LIVE IN $600,000 HOUSES, WHICH WE ALL WISH WE COULD, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SHE MENTIONED 35,000 TO A HUNDRED K THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE BR PLAN RECOMMENDS HOUSING CHOICES.

HE'S RIGHT.

SOMEBODY MAKING 35,000 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIVE HERE, BUT SOMEBODY MAKING 60, 70, YEAH.

WHO HAS A SPOUSE, THAT'S MAKING 60 OR 70, THEY COULD AFFORD A HOUSE HERE.

UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO AFFORD A $600,000 HOUSE.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AGAIN, IT'S A TRANSITIONAL AREA.

UH, THE DENSITY FITS IN THAT REGARD.

AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THEM THAT THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GPOA, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP AGAINST HOUSES ON ALL FOUR SIDES AT A 4.1.

UH, I MAY AGREE WITH THEM AND THEY'VE HAD SOME HIGHER DENSITY THAN 4.1 APPROVED IN THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THIS IS ON THE EDGE IN THE TRANSITIONAL AREA, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND MS. KING CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'D ASK FOR APPROVAL COMMISSION MEMBERS THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THIS ITEM ARE FOR THESE ITEMS, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHO TO ADDRESS THIS TO SPECIFICALLY.

SO MAYBE, UH, UH, MR. , UH, IF YOU COULD COME UP FOR A SECOND, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS AS TO WHERE GPO SEES THE TRANSITION ZONE BEGIN ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

I, THE COMMENT THAT MADE THERE DID NOT MAKE SENSE, AND WE DID NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION TO THAT EFFECT.

OKAY.

UM, SO IT'S, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS TO WHERE DOES GPO AC THE TRANSITIONS OUT? WELL, I'LL, I'LL BOUNDARY IS FOR THE BOULEVARD.

OKAY.

SO, SO, SO THIS, THIS AREA IS THIS AREA.

I LOOKED IT UP AND IT, THE SUBDIVISION IS ARDEN WOOD OR EITHER MARQUETTE PLACE.

IS THAT PART OF GPOA? ABSOLUTELY.

YES.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY 50 DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL FILINGS THAT MAKE UP WHOLE GOODWOOD THAT MAKE UP A GOOD, THAT I LIVE IN BROADMORE AND THERE ARE 53 FILINGS.

YES, SIR.

AND YEP.

ABOUT 2000 HOUSES.

UM, BUT THEY'RE ALL BROAD, MORE BROAD, MORE PLACE, MORE FILE, YOU KNOW, GROWING MORE FORTH, ET CETERA.

UM, OKAY.

AND, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS, UH, THERE HAD BEEN SOMETHING MENTIONED ABOUT STATIC AND THE ZONING BEING STATIC.

AND I, PART OF THE PROBLEM AND THE REASON WE SIT HERE EVERY MONTH IS BECAUSE THERE WERE ALWAYS CHANGES TO BE MADE IN ZONING.

AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IT TO BE THROWN OUT IT'S TO BE CONSISTENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO EVERY RULE AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN THE MILITARY, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY TELL YOU, NO PLAN EVER PASSES FIRST CONTACT.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE, ADAPT AND OVERCOME.

NOW THAT BEING SAID, UM, I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE, AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE DENSITY.

UM, THE, THE UNITS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THESE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT, RED STICK OVER ON HAMMOND THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

I USED TO DESIGN THESE WHEN I WAS LIVING IN NEW ENGLAND.

IT'S A VERY COMMON THING.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT PARTICULARLY YOUNGER.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT SMALLER HOUSING, BUT THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE.

OKAY.

UM, SO THE QUESTION I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW IS WHERE DOES GPO SEE THE TRANSITION? CAUSE THAT WAS, THAT WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT, OH, WELL, IT'S OVER THERE.

AND, WELL, WE DID NOT MAKE THAT COMMENT, PERHAPS A RESIDENT DID.

SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMENT.

FIRST

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ONE, STATIC ZONING SHOULD BE RELIABLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE AN A ONE ZONED PROPERTY, YOU SHOULD RELY, RELY ON THE ZONING LAWS OF YOUR SURROUNDING AREA WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR INVESTMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT, UM, TAKE THIS CAUSE I'M STARTING TO GET HOT.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT SUCH THAT IT CAN NEVER, EVER, EVER CHANGE.

CORRECT.

AND I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE THING THAT, THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME OR THE, THE, THE DEAL, THE DEAL BREAKER FOR ME IS IF THIS WERE INSIDE OF DEEPER INSIDE OF GPO AND NOT IN WHAT CLEARLY LOOKS LIKE A TRANSITIONAL ZONE, I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT TO SEE THIS.

OKAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THESE ICE BUDS PERSONALLY, INSIDE OF INSIDE OF THESE AREAS, BUT THEY MEET THE LAW AND IT BECOMES TO MY MIND, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE APPROPRIATE.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED IN LAW.

BUT SO I SEE HERE IS THAT WHAT'S NORTH OF YOU, THAT'S THE OLD GROUND PATTI, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

YES.

THE NOW IS HORRIBLE.

UM, RIGHT ACROSS IS A, IS I BELIEVE A STATE AGENCY, CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY.

NOW DOWN SOUTH BELOW IT, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE, UM, SOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.

SO RIGHT NOW, UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN REALLY SHOW ME SOMETHING, UH, THE DENSITY DOES CONCERN ME, BUT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A TRANSITIONAL AREA AND BECAUSE THE SOUTH LINE OF THIS LINES UP, RIGHT.

VERY NICELY WITH THEIR OTHER TRANSITIONAL IN THE AREA, I I'M, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT IT.

SO, SO, SO TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL, LET, LET, LET ME JUST, WE CAN'T CAUSE, CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY AT SEVEN 30, SO I DON'T WANT TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOU ALL SAW THIS AND WHAT YOU ALL SAW AS THE TRANSITION.

SO THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED.

SO WHEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, I MADE MY PEACE AND I'LL SHUT UP NOW, BEFORE I KEEP GOING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER STERLING.

I MOVED THAT WE DENIED THIS CASE.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY THESE TWO ITEMS. I BELIEVE IT'S FOR THESE TWO ITEMS, CORRECT? THE COMMISSIONER.

TERRIBLE.

IS THERE A SECOND? THERE WAS A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO DENY THESE ITEMS. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, COMMISSIONER BANKS, UH, WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT? COMMISSIONER BANKS? YES.

THANK YOU.

THE PAR PORTS ARE ONE OR TWO CALLS.

THERE'S A ONE CAR GARAGE WITH A PARKING SPOT IN THE, UH, DRIVEWAY.

SO THERE'S TWO CARS, PARKING SPOTS PER UNIT AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC.

AND THERE'S FOUR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS, WHICH FOR WHERE THE GREEN ANA HIT AND THE MALE KIOSK.

SO IF THIS, THESE WERE DOUBLE CARPORT, HOW MANY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GET INTO ON THAT LOT? IF THEY WERE DOUBLE GARAGE GARAGE? I MEAN, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE, THE BUILDING PLANS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE THE SINGLE GUARD GARAGE YOU'RE DOING TWO-STORY UNITS TO GET BETWEEN 14 AND 1700 SQUARE FEET.

SO IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER, IF YOU DID ANOTHER SPOT, IT'S 10 BY 20 TO ADD TO THAT, YOU WOULD LOSE 200 SQUARE FEET FROM THE HOUSES, FROM THE NUMBER OF HOUSES WE W THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO LOSE HOUSES.

THEY COULD JUST DO SMALLER HOUSES, 1200 TO 1200 TO 1500 AT THAT POINT.

OKAY.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH EITHER, BUT, UM, YEAH.

SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID TODAY, I HAVE BEEN 100% DOWN.

I'M LIKE, CAN I BOTTLE THIS, MOVED THEM TO MY DISTRICT? BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE NUMBER OF HOMES.

AND I THINK THAT WILL BE SOLVED.

AND YOU ALL WILL ALSO CONSIDER DOUBLE CARPORTS.

I DO UNDERSTAND, UM, MANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS I'M FROM A TIME WHERE PEOPLE BOUGHT SINGLE HOME FAMILY WITH BIG YARDS BACK YARDS.

UM, MY SON JUST PURCHASED A HOME AND I WAS THINKING I WAS GONNA DRIVE UP TO A BIG OLD FRONT YARD AS A YOUNG GRANDKIDS.

AND IT'S JUST, IT'S A DOUBLE CAR PORT HOME LIKE THIS YOUNG.

AND I'M LIKE, WHY DID YOU BUY A TOWNHOUSE OR WHATEVER THAT COP HE SAID, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL OUR TIME CUTTING GRASS.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WORK, COME HOME, SPEND TIME WITH OUR KID.

SO I GET THAT.

THAT'S THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOW, BUT ALSO THEY, MOST OF THEM HAVE

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TWO CARS.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE BEGIN TO ENTERTAIN THEIR CARS EVERYWHERE.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK.

THAT IS MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THIS.

THAT IS NOT, UM, THE TWO CARS.

AND I THINK THAT NOT, IT SHOULDN'T BE WHAT YOU MAKING MATCHBOX HOUSES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT OR MORE SO THAT YOU, UM, MAKE IT WHERE FAMILIES CAN GROW IN THE HOME, SPEND TIME, OR BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT QUALITY LIFE AND BE ABLE TO BLEND WITH THE EXISTING, UM, COMMUNITY AND EXISTING HOMEOWNERS.

SO I'M SORRY THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO DENY THIS BECAUSE I HAVE TO DENY THAT THE, I WISH IT WAS A SITUATION WHERE THAT WAS SOME COMPROMISE.

AND I THINK YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPROMISE, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON CHOSE NOT TO, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE TONIGHT SAID THEY ASKED US FOR THIS AND WE GAVE THAT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, SO I HAVE TO GO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING TO DENY IT.

I DO HOPE TO SEE THIS AGAIN, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S MORE WORK THAN NEED TO BE DONE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BANKS.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO THE, NOT AS ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING, THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT MOTION AS ONE OBJECTION FROM RUSH JEREMY GROUT, ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? HANG ON.

THAT ITEM IS DENIED COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[8. Case 29-21 2024 Thomas Road]

EIGHT AND CASE 29, 21, 20 24 THOMAS ROAD, FREEDOM CASE 29, 21, 20 24.

THOMAS ROAD PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THOMAS ROAD.

HE'S THE SCOTLAND'S ZACHARY HIGHWAY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.

THE APPLICANT IS IYISHA MCKAY.

THE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS GENERAL RESIDENTIAL APRIL WITH THE REQUESTED ZONING FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE FOR PROPOSED RESTAURANT SERVING CASE 29, 21, 20 24 THOMAS ROAD STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDINGS IS AN CONFORMANT TEAM, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

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

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS ON, I DON'T BELIEVE AFRICANUS, UH, AVAILABLE SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, UM, THEY INVITE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BANKS HAD, UH, SOME QUESTIONS MAKE A MOTION TO DECLINE.

I MEAN, MOTION TO WITHDRAW, DENY WHATEVER ONLY THE APPLICANT CAN WITHDRAW ON THE APPLICATIONS APPROPRIATE MOTION WOULD BE TO DENY DENIED.

THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO THE NOVICE ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? ONCE MORE? THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS THAT DID NOT AS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION THAT NEED TO GET WAIVED THINKING ON THAT MOTION DIES.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FRONT VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? WELL, OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? I BELIEVE THAT GRADES A FIVE TO ONE VOLT, SO THAT MOTION PASSES MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ONE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[24. CUP-4-16 The Brighton School, Revision 2]

ITEM NUMBER 24, CUP FOUR 16, THE BRIGHTON, THE SCHOOL REVISION TWO CUP FOUR 16.

THE BRIGHTON SCHOOL REVISION TO PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PARK FOREST DRIVE AND SOUTH SIDE

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OF PARK MEADOW AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AMOROSO THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS.

THE FUTURE VR LANDIS' DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

A ONE.

THE PROPOSED USE IS FOR SEVEN NEW BUILDINGS, INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE INCREASE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AREA CUP FOUR 16, THE BRIGHTON SCHOOL REVISION TWO STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UDC REQUIREMENTS.

IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WE WILL RECEIVE ONE MESSAGE OF CONCERN FROM A NEARBY NEIGHBOR.

THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.

AND YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES.

CHAD STEVENS, ZIMMER ENGINEERING, 93 45 INTERLINE AVENUE.

UM, THIS IS THE BIDEN SCHOOL.

IT'S AN EXISTING SCHOOL IN PARK MEADOW SUBDIVISION ON PARK AVENUE, PARK VIEW, OAKS SUBDIVISION, SORRY.

UM, THEY ARE ADDING SEVEN BUILDINGS REPLACING TWO OF THOSE.

SO THE NET CHANGE OF FIVE, HOWEVER, THREE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER ARE TEMPORARY AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE, UM, THEIR NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR FROM 160 TO 292.

SO THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR STUDENTS FOR THIS YEAR.

SO THOSE THREE BUILDINGS IN THE CORNER ARE TEMPORARY UNTIL THAT 5,400 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE CAN BE BUILT.

UM, SO THOSE THREE, UH, TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, UH, MAY OR MAY NOT STAY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE OVERALL, UH, ATTENDANCE AT THE SCHOOL.

UM, WE, WHERE WE DID GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, WE DID GET APPROVAL OF REDUCING THE SETBACK FROM 25 TO FIVE FOR THE GYM ADDITION, WHICH WAS A LUNCH ROOM AND FOR THE TWO TEMPORARY BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE IN THE SETBACK, UM, WE'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM DPW AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE THE, UM, THE BOARD DIRECTOR, MS. JONES AND MR. THE DEVELOPER HERE DO TONIGHT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CORE PERMISSION, MS. JONES.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE FEELS SHE NEEDS TO SPEAK.

OKAY.

AND WE HAVE ONE IN OPPOSITION THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR ROBERT.

THE DRE IS HE PRESENT.

HE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.

SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS, COMMISSIONER HILL.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HERE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED EMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS

[25. S-10-21 Garden Hill Subdivision]

TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 25 SUBDIVISION 10 21 GARDEN HILL SUBDIVISION S 10 21 GARDEN HILL SUBDIVISION PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE TIGER BEN ROAD, WEST OF EAST ACCORD ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON.

THE APPLICANT IS DEREK MURPHY.

THE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION AS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS RURAL.

THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS FOR 56, RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH AN OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 4.0 UNITS PER ACRE, S 10 21 GARDEN HILL SUBDIVISION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.

WE RECEIVED 29 MESSAGES AND OPPOSITION IN THREE AND SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMBE COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

I'D LIKE TO WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS DEREK MURPHY, 1 8 3 2 0 HIGHWAY 42 IN PORT VINCENT, LOUISIANA REPRE RIGHT HERE REPRESENTING GARDEN HILLS SUBDIVISION IN AMERICA, HOMELAND, LLC.

THIS SUBDIVISION INCLUDES A 56 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON FOUR POINT 14.2 ACRES MEETING THE EXISTING ZONING REQUIREMENTS WE ORIGINALLY HAD AT ANOTHER.

UH, ANOTHER PROPOSAL COMING BEFORE THIS COMMISSION WITH, WITH DREW

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THAT WAS ASKING FOR THAT A COMPANY WAS A COMPANY BY REZONING WITH, UH, HAD 62, 0 LOT LINES, UH, LOTS.

WE MET WITH ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THAT PROJECT AT THAT TIME AND RESUBMIT THIS PLAN, WHICH MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

WE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, BUT RECEIVED THE DRC RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS ARE VERY OVARIAN CYSTS.

WE DO MEET THE UDC REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED THE DRC APPROVAL.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR APPROVAL.

WE'RE NOT HERE ASKING FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

WE DO MEET THE CODE AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE THREE, THE SPEAKER CORE.

IT'S AN OPPOSITION.

THE FIRST IS FOR STEVE WELCH AND MR. WELCH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE THE MINUTES.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I'M STEVE WELCH.

I'M A RESIDENT OF ROSE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR GARDEN HILL.

UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANT TO MAKE.

I HAVE FUN SPEAKING POINTS.

I'LL PROBABLY GO OFF TOPIC HERE, BUT JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE MET THE CODE, BUT WERE DENIED.

WE SEEN SOME THINGS THAT WERE DIDN'T MEET, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, MAIN, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE, FROM THE STAFF, WHAT WAS APPROVED.

SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M AGAINST THIS.

AND YEAH.

UM, AS A DEVELOPER, AS MENTIONED, IT MEETS THE CODE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS ALONE, TIGER BIN, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER PRIOR HAVE COME BEFORE US, THE, UM, THE CHARACTER OF THIS IS ALMOST ZERO LOT LINE.

SO THEY BARELY INCREASED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO A LITTLE BIT ABOVE ZERO LOT LINE RIGHT NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS 80 BY ONE 60 LOTS.

SO IT'S A BIG CONCERN OF OURS.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE MY PERSONAL HOUSE BACKS UP TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, IT'S DOWN THE HILL, IF YOU WILL, ON TIGER.

BEEN IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT I'M BEHIND MY HOUSE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD FOUR TO FIVE FOOT OF FIELD RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE.

SO THINK ABOUT IF THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU INSTANTLY HAVE FIVE FOOT ELEVATION ABOVE YOUR NORMAL FENCE LINE, IF YOU WILL, AND LOOKING OVER.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE PERSONAL THING, UH, FOR ME, UH, THAT, THAT I'M AGAINST IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE DEVELOPER HERE, THE DEVELOPER WE'VE TRIED TO MEET WITH, WE'VE MET WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM AND THEY'VE BEEN CORDIAL TRYING TO HELP ACCOMMODATE US, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ENGINEERING FIRM, THEY CAN'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER.

WE TRIED TO COMPROMISE IF YOU WILL, WE'RE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED IN CON LIKE ROSE HILL.

AND SO, BECAUSE HE HADN'T COME TO THE TABLE, IF YOU WILL, AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND TRYING TO, UH, COMPROMISE WHERE WE'RE AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT AT THE VERY LEAST, UM, A DEFERRAL WOULD, WOULD BE NICE HERE BECAUSE ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OUR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY TO BE IN CHARACTER IN CON AND THE FLOODING AND STORMWATER CONCERNS WE HAVE OR OUT THE WINDOW.

UM, SO I ASKED FOR YOU TO CONSIDER DENYING AND AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, DEFER TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR ALAN GOOD EVENING OR GOOD MORNING, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

UH, I'M ALAN TIBIDEAU.

I LIVE AT 701 7 DYING AT THE STRIVE.

I BACK UP TO THIS, UH, PROPOSE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROSE HILL.

UH, HOA.

OUR POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT, UH, OWNERS OF THIS TRACK SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THIS PROPERTY.

IT'S BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF OF IT.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR POSITION THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN AND DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO PROGRESS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, BUT IT MUST BE SMART PROGRESS.

HOWEVER, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY ISSUES RESOLVES REVOLVES AROUND THE AESTHETICS AND NATURE OF HOMES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH HOMES IN A RURAL AREA IN RADICALLY DIFFERENT THAN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHILE THE UDC MAY ALLOW 50 BY ONE 20 LOTS.

THIS IS IN 50 BY ONE 20 LOTS

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WITH TRACK HOMES I MIGHT ADD.

THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE AREA.

SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME IN A FACTS.

LOTS OF JASON TO GARDEN HILL ON THE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES, LOTS OF JASON, THE GARDEN HILL TO THE WEST OR IN THE ROSE HILL SUBDIVISION QUARTER OVER AN ACRE TO HALF AN ACRE LAUREL HILL, HALF AN ACRE, UH, I'M SORRY, A QUARTER ACRE TO HALF AN ACRE, THE WOODS, HALF AN ACRE TO ONE AND A HALF ACRE.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, AND I CAN GIVE YOU MORE OF THOSE STATS THAT COME FROM THE, UM, THE ZONING MAP ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WEBSITE BY COMPARISON GARDEN HILL HOMES WILL BE ONE WILL BE 0.1, THREE ACRES, LESS THAN HALF OF MANY OF THESE OTHER SURROUNDING, UH, LOTS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD STAY UP, REPORTED A REPORT PREPARED FOR THIS MEETING POINTS OUT THAT GORDON HILL WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE JASON PROPERTIES UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY SECTION.

THE FIRST BULLET STATES ADJACENT TO LOW SING TO A BLOOD DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO NORTH SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.

THE ORIGINAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN CREATED BY THE DEVELOPER DESCRIBES THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY.

RESIDENTIAL LOTS ONLY IN EAST BATON ROUGE.

PARISH CAN 50 BY ONE 20 LIVES BE CONSIDERED RURAL AND LOW DENSITY.

I MEAN, WHERE WE'RE AT HERE ALREADY HEARD BRANDON NOBLE SPEAK TO THIS SUBJECT EARLY TODAY, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT ZACHARY, UM, THE DEVELOPER AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER WERE CHECKING FOR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE SETTLING FOR THE MINIMUM WHEN THE MINIMUM IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THERE'S OTHER CONSISTENCIES I COULD GO INTO A LOT OF THEM.

ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS SUBDIVISION THAT WE'LL BE CONNECTING TO ROSE HILL, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE BEING FORCED AND WE GET THE REASONS FOR THAT, BUT IT'S LIKE THE PRIORITY IS BEING GIVEN TO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I GUESS JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE HERE, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THAT YOU DEFERRED THIS PROPOSAL UNTIL GORDON HILL CAN BE REPLAYING TO COME CLOSER TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVE IT IN THE AREA, MEANING THE TIGER BIN RURAL ROAD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I FIND A SPEAKER CARD AS FOR ALAN WAGUESPACK.

GOOD EVENING.

I HOPE Y'ALL NOT TOO TIRED.

UM, I'M, ALAWITES BACK AGAIN.

AND I LIVE IN ROSE HILL SUBDIVISION RIGHT NEXT TO THE GARDEN HILL AND, UH, I, MYSELF TOO, AM OPPOSED TO THE SUBDIVISION.

I, UM, WILL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THAT IS A PRETTY IMPERVIOUS STRUCTURE.

AND THE PARISH CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE, UH, IMPERVIOUSNESS NATURE OF THE LANDSCAPE THAT ROUGE YOURSELF.

THE CITY IS ON HIGHER GROUND AND ALL OF THE WATER FLOWS SOUTH TO THE SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST SOUTH TO THE CITY FROM THE NON-HAZARDOUS FLOOD ZONE THAT IT HAS, IT IS FLOOD ZONE IN THE SOUTH.

THE EAST BATON ROUGE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS VERY GOOD, EVEN MORE PEOPLE WORKING ON IT.

IT POINTS OUT A LOT OF AREAS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.

DISCUSSED, REVIEWED A LOT OF ENGINEERING GOING ON.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FINISHED UNTIL 2022.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE JUST, SO IN OUR AREA, WE'RE IN A CLAY CUT BY YOU WATERSHED.

WE SAW A VIRTUAL MEETING AND WE SAW SOME AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT NEEDED ADDRESSING THERE'LL BE AN ADDRESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

AND YOU LOOK ALL THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE, YOU HAVE DRAINAGE BASINS THAT ARE FULL OF SLUDGE.

YOU HAVE CANALS, YOU HAVE DITCHES, YOU HIT BY VIEWS THAT ARE OVERRUN THAT NEED CLEANING, THAT WORK'S BEING DONE, BUT IT ENDS UP IN OUR AREA.

MOST OF THE WATER, AND WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER IMPERVIOUS AREA IN OUR PARTICULAR AREA, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE MORE WATER.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE I'M CONFIDENT IN THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR THE, UM, RETENTION PONDS.

I THINK THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING WITH THIS

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POTENTIALLY POSITIVE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.

ANOTHER AREA IS A DANGER OF TIGER BEN ROAD.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE HAVE TRUCKS.

WE HAVE DOOLEY'S PULLING TRAILERS THAT ARE A FOOT INTO THE OTHER LANE.

THERE'S NO TURNING LANE DOES NO SHOULDER AND NO TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN DONE REGARDING YOU SUBDIVISION.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER, A SUBDIVISION ON ELLIOTT ROAD.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF A STUDY HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT.

SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE CUMULATIVE OVERALL CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE AREA INSTEAD OF TAKING LIKE ONE SUBDIVISION AND IMPROVING THAT AND NOT LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS THAT THAT HAS ON THE OTHER AREA.

UH, TIGER BEND ROAD IS NOT GOING TO BE IMPROVED.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO STOP AT ANTIOCH AS THE PLAN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MESS BACK IT'S DANGEROUS ALREADY.

AND, UH, I DIDN'T COVER EVERYTHING I WANTED TO, BUT I'M OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US.

THANK YOU AT THIS TIME.

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME BACK.

UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE DEVELOPER DID MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROSE HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

IT WAS WITH THE OTHER, UH, SUBMITTAL.

UM, MR. HOLCOMB WAS THERE AS WELL.

SKILLED.

UH, THE, THE COMPROMISE WAS, IS THAT WE DREW OUR ORIGINAL, UH, APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED THIS ONE WHO MET CODE.

THEY HAD A CONCERN WITH THE SIZE OF THOSE LOTS AND THE REZONING.

AND SO WE DID A COMPROMISE AND COMING BACK WITH LOSS, ALL SEVERAL LOTS, WE MADE LATE, LARGER LOTS.

WE DID NOT HAVE ZERO LOT LINES OF MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE AREA.

UH, SO THAT COMPROMISE WAS MADE WITH, WITH THIS.

AND YOU SUBMITTED AND STARTED THE PROCESS OVER.

UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE GENTLEMEN.

WE DID, WE DID DISCUSS A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF THIS.

UH, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS A 56 LOT SUBDIVISION, WHICH REQUIRES US TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT GETS VETTED BY THE ENGINEERS OF DPW DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH AND COMMENTS GET ADDRESSED WHILE WE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS TO JUST SAY THAT THE DETENTION FINDS DOESN'T WORK OR THE FOAM WATER NEEDS TO BE VETTED OUT FURTHER.

IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT AFFECT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONLY IN A 50 BY ONE 20 IN RURAL, BUT THEN SHAPE CHANGE THE CODE, CHANGE THE LAWS IF THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS PARISH WANTS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PARISH HAS.

THAT'S WHAT THE LAWS ARE ON THE BOOKS.

AND WE MEET THAT LAW.

WE MEET THAT CODE AND EVERY ASPECT OF THAT, UM, WE, WE DID NOT DO A TRAFFICKING BACK STUDY.

A GENTLEMAN WAS CORRECT BECAUSE, AND HE'S BEEN VERY PERISHED.

WE PAID TRAFFIC IMPACT FEES.

UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE LOOK THROUGH, UH, LOOK AT EVERY PROPOSAL.

AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES OR OTHER OR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC PROVIDE ASSETS THAT MAKES COMMENTS, AND WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO, UH, BUT IT TAKES YOUR BONDS.

EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY, AS WE GET INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FURTHER, UH, THIS DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY WOULD BE COMPARED.

IT WOULD BE VETTED.

IT WILL GO THROUGH, AND IT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, UH, ENSURE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE A, A COMPLETE STAFF OR A COMPLETE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND SHOW THEM THAT WE DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS SO FORTH, BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

AGAIN, NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS, NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES WE'RE HERE TELLING YOU THAT WE MEET THEM CODE BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

UH, WE DID COMPROMISE IT.

DON'T WANT TO THINK WE DIDN'T DO THAT.

THIS IS A NEW SUBMITTAL WITH THAT COMPROMISE IN PLACE.

AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND HERE TO ANSWER IT.

ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

PERMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THIS ITEM.

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

I BELIEVE THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT MOTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SAYING NOW THAT ITEM IS APPROVED, UNLESS YOU'RE MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS BEGINNING WITH THE DIRECTOR'S

[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]

COMMENTS.

I'LL BE QUICK.

AND I KNOW

[03:05:01]

IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT FOR EVERYONE.

REAL QUICK UPDATE THAT STAFF DID ATTEND THE RECENT FEDERATION OF GREATER BAD AND WHERE YOUR CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

THEY HAD A FORUM ON A DRAINAGE ISSUES AROUND THE PARISH BEING THE FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE, UH, THE, UH, PREVIOUS FLOOD EVENT.

WE ATTENDED THAT ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH, 2021 ON THE ZOOM MEETING.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS I DO WANT TO MAKE A WISH, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY OR COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR OWN COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS.

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

AND I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING.

THIS, THIS MONTH EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, GLEN HANNAH, WHO WAS A MANAGER OF THE CURRENT PLANNING DIVISION GLENN IS GLENN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT APPEAR ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.

THIS REQUIRES THAT HE MAINTAIN STRICT DEADLINES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ITEMS ARE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND REMAIN ON SCHEDULE.

HE HAS ALSO HELPED TO DEVELOP MORE EFFICIENT PROCEDURES FOR THE CURRENT PLANNING DIVISION TO ENSURE THAT ACCURATE STAFF REPORTS ARE PREPARED FOR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

JOIN ME.

AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATE AND GLENN, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? THE MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE? THE MEETINGS IS ADJOURN.

GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE TO STAY SAFE.