[CALL TO ORDER]
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COUNCIL MEMBERS.WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WELCOME TO A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO CALL A MEETING TO ORDER AFTER.
DO WE HAVE A CORE? WE HAVE A FORM AT THIS
[1. 21-00694 PA-7-21 15694 and 15696 Old Scenic Highway]
TIME.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM ONE IS PA SEVEN DASH 2 1 1 5 6 2 4 AND 1 5 6, 9, 6 OLD CINDY HIGHWAY TO AMEND A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY LOCATED EAST SIDE OF OLD SENIOR HIGHWAY NORTH OF GREEN ROAD COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO DEFER TO AUGUST 16 CARE SEVEN ZERO, WHO WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DELETE.
HOWEVER IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MOST OF THE LEAD, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, NO SECONDARY BY BANKS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OF ITEMS TWO AND THREE
[Items 2 & 3]
TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BOTH SEPARATELY.HOWEVER, PA 10 21 3 2 0 5 AND 3, 2 1 5 JONES CREEK ROAD TO AMEND THE COMPANY.
THAT'S THE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF JONES.
KEEP ROLLING SOUTH TO SOUTH HARRISBURG ROAD COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARROT FIVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, CASE THREE THREE DASH 21 3 2 0 5 AND 3, 2 1 5 JONES CREEK ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TOWN HOUSE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF JONES KEY ROAD, SOUTH OF SOUTH HELL FOR HIS ROLE COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT ON ALSO PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARROT FIVE TO TWO, JUST AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE, THE APPLICANTS HAVE WITHDRAWN THE APPLICATION.
SO I MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
UH, YES, MA'AM UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK, UH, WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IN OPPOSITION, CLOD, HODGES, AND THEN WISH TO SPEAK, BUT AN OPPOSITION CLOUD HODGES, ANYWHERE ELSE HERE CAN GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRAYER.
YOU HAVE 16 COMMENTS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ALL WERE OPPOSED TO IT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON ITEMS SEPARATELY.
THERE'S A MOTION TO DELETE THE ITEM BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M ALSO SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION ITEM TWO HAS BEEN DELETED.
ITEM THREE, MOTION TO THE LEAD BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ALSO SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR OR ANY OPPOSITION.
[4. 21-00824 Case 29-21 2024 Thomas Road (Part 1 of 2)]
FOUR, CASE 29 DASH 21, 20 24 THOMAS ROWE TO RESOLVE FROM GENERAL RESIDENTIAL LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THOMAS ROAD, EAST OF SCOTLAND, ZACHARY HIGHWAY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS PLANNING'S FINDINGS STAFF CERTIFIED, EXCUSE ME, MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE TO ONE PUBLIC HEARING.IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR? WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO THE LEAD BY BANKS.
SECONDLY, BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.
ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MOTION HAS BEEN DELETED.
[Items 5 & 6]
TO TAKE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER.WE'RE GOING TO VOTE SEPARATELY, ONLY EIGHT VOTES ON THIS ITEM IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE APPROVED, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SENIOR LANE, NORTH OF CEDAR PARK AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS MOTION TO APPROVE CARROT SEVEN ZERO ITEMS, 6 45.
THERE'S 21 62 75 SENIOR LANE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE PROPERTY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SIGNAL LANE, NORTH OF CEDAR PARK AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 11, ADAM MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ANY ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX ITEMS, FIVE AND SIX PROMOTE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, ADDRESS IS 22 0 9 CEDAR DALE AVENUE IN BATON ROUGE, 7 0 8 0 8.
A BEAR OCCURS IN A BEER COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.
YOU REPRESENT THE SELLERS HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS TO THE REQUEST TO DOWNSIZE HOME, UH, THE PROPERTY, EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY USED CAR DEALERSHIPS.
WE'VE GOT TEAM ON ONE SIDE AND ENTERPRISE ON THE OTHER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CARMAX ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM US.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUIREMENTS.
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ANYONE ELSE HAD TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX, FIVE AND SIX COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAMS. SECOND ABOUT DONE ALL ITEM FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.WE GO TO ITEM SIX, MOTION TO APPROVE BY ADAM.
SECOND ABOUT DONE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM SIX CARES.
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TO TAKE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT TOGETHER.WE NEED EIGHT VOTES TO APPROVE PA 13 21 81 7 80 INNOVATION PARK DRIVE TO A MINUTE COMPREHENSIBLE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INNOVATION PARK.
DRIVE EAST TO BLUEBERRY COURT COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE GO DAY COMMISSION ACTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO ITEM 8 47 DASH 21 8 1 7 8 INNOVATION PARK DRIVE TO RESOLVE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INNOVATION PARK DRIVE EAST OF BURBERRY COURT COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, VOTE A MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING COMMISSION IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT, GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER GORDY, WISHY PLEASURE.
WHY DON'T YOU TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY OPPOSITION ITEM SEVEN CARRIES COUNCIL.
I HAVE A NUMBER EIGHT MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GO.
THEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MONK, ANY OPPOSITION ITEM
[Items 9 & 10]
CARERS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NINE AND 10 TOGETHER.
EIGHT VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CRATER LAKE DRIVE SOUTH.
THE GREAT SMOKEY AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DONE MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM NUMBER 10 38 DASH 21 29 4 4 CRATER LAKE DRIVE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO EVERY COMMERCIAL ONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CRATER LAKE DRIVE SOUTH THE GRAY SMOKEY AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DON JR COMMISSION ACTION.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS EIGHT, EXCUSE ME.
AT NINE AND 10, ANYONE HERE FOR NINE AND 10, WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DONE MOTION TO APPROVE SECONDED BY ADAMS. ANY OPPOSITION ITEM NINE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
ITEM 10 IN MOTION BY DON 75 MO ANY OPPOSITION I'M CARRIES.
[Items 11 & 12]
NOW TAKE ITEMS 11 AND 12 VOTES NEEDED FOR APPROVAL ITEM 11 PA 15 DASH 21, 1,207 MAMMOTH AVENUE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF MAMMOTH AVENUE, EAST AND WEST PURDUE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE GREEN, THE MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING COMMISSION ITEM 1251 DASH 21 1 0 2 1 7 MAMMOTH AVENUE TO RESOLVE IT FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF MEMBER AVENUE, PLEASE.TWO WEST PURDUE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE ROUTINE MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 11 AND 12.
WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE BY GREEN.
SECOND ABOUT DONE CAUSE ITEM 11, ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 11 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SECOND, IF I'VE DONE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED
[13. 21-01005 Case 39-21 7310 Airline Highway, Suite I]
CASE 1339 DASH 21 73, 10 AIRLINE HIGHWAY, SUITE ONE TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY ONE BOARD AVENUE EAST VICTORIA DRIVE LIKE SIX B BIG DOOR OF VICTORIA FARM SECTION COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLIN MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 13, ANYONE HERE SPEAK ON ITEM 13 BACK TO COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR.
[14. 21-01006 Case 40-21 1128 and 1148 O’Neal Lane]
GO TO ITEM 14 CASE 40 DASH 21 1 1 2 8 AND 1, 1 48 O'NEAL LANE TO REZONE FROM GENERAL OFFICE LOW RISE TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD, NEAR LAND NORTH OF EASTERN RIVERDALE AVENUE, COUNCIL, DISTRICT EIGHT MRO, SOME MOTION TO APPROVE BY PLANNING COMMISSION SEVEN ZERO.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14? NOT SO WE BACK TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSA STEPPED OUT.
DID SHE MAKE MENTION TO ANYONE HERE THAT SHE HASN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THIS ITEM? UH, COUNCIL? NO.
MA'AM SO WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
CAUSE I LIKE TO HER TO WEIGH IN 14.
SHE HAS TO SAY, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I NEED TO GO BACK TO NUMBER FOUR AT SOME POINT.
UH, CALCIUM, REMEMBER AMARILLO.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASANT ITEM? 14 MOTION TO APPROVE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M A ROSA WATER WENT DOWN THE WRONG PIPE.
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USED TO SAY IT A SECOND BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.HUSSON ANY OPPOSITION MOTION TO APPROVE
[15. 21-01007 Case 41-21 5151 Plank Road, Suite 130 (Part 1 of 2)]
AND GO TO ITEM 15 CASE 41 DASH 21 51 51 PLANK ROAD, SUITE ONE 30 TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC, BEVERAGE AND PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PLANK ROAD.COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN MOTION TO APPROVE AS CARRIES SEVEN ZERO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15, WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO NO ONE IS HERE FOR, FOR THIS ON PLANK ROAD, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION, HUH? BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, HAVE A DISCUSSION FIRST.
CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO MOTION TO FAIL FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.
SO LET'S GET SOME MORE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN, UM, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM, IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE DELMONT BILL, HIS SHOPPING CENTER IS, IT'S OFF OF A DEMO.
AND SO OVER THERE WE JUST GOT, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED THE, UH, MEDICAL FACILITY, UM, OAK POINT.
WE ALSO HAVE A DENTAL FACILITY THERE.
IT'S ALSO WHERE PICCADILLY IS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HAIR STORES.
THIS IS AN EVENT SPACE, UM, THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DEVELOPER SINCE HE STARTED THIS PROJECT.
AND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IS GET A LAW, A LICENSE, ALCOHOL LICENSE, UM, EVENTUALLY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO HAVE LIQUOR, SIP LIQUOR, BE ON THE PREMISES FOR HIS EVENT, IT'S NOT A CONVENIENCE STORE IS LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN EVENT SPACE IN RED TABLE RESTAURANT.
IT'S CALLED THE RED TABLE RESTAURANT, BUT IT'S AN EVENT CENTER AND A RESTAURANT.
AND SO THIS YOUNG MAN HAS, UM, OTHER, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
AND LIKE I SAID, HE MADE A GREAT EFFORT TO WORK, TO, TO GET ME UPDATED ON EVERYTHING.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH PLANNING.
THEY APPROVED THE SEVEN AND OPA COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN.
IF THERE'S A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO WHAT I DID, UM, EXCUSED HIM FROM COMING TODAY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANY ISSUE UNTIL HE CALLED ME EARLIER.
AND I HEAR ALL OF THAT AND THIS IS IN DISTRICT 10 AND UH, I HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
I'VE CALLED FOR HIM AT THE NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE INFORMATION THERE AND THE OWNER, I GUESS, OF THE, SHE SAID THAT SHE ALL, SHE WAS THE LANDLORD.
SO TO SPEAK, I HAVEN'T HEARD IS THERE IS THERE IS, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE REDIRECTED HIM.
WELL, UH, THERE'S NO DUNBAR, UH, COME ON DOWN.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT FOR YOU OR MAYBE IT'S NOT, BUT UH, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR FACILITY.
HOW YOU DOING MAN? I'M DOING WELL.
SO I CALLED FOR YOU BECAUSE I HAD NOT HEARD FROM YOU REGARDING THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING AND I KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION, COUNCILMAN MACOLA, IF I MAY THEN SHOW UP, WHY DON'T WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO LATER IN THE MEETING? WHY DON'T YOU DO JOHN HAVE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION IN YOUR OFFICE VERY QUICKLY.
THERE MAY BE THINGS HE MAY WANT TO SAY TO YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IN YOUR OFFICE AND NOT ON THE RECORD.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE COULD TAKE IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
I JUST THINK IT'S BEST TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO THINGS AS IF THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION RELATIVE TO HIM BACK IN, HE WAS IN COUNCILMAN WAS GREEN, THIS DISTRICT AND NOT DEALERS, YOU REACHED OUT TO HIM.
HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST THINK IN ANY EVENT, THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM PRIOR TO IT BEING PUBLIC.
SO, SO MINOR POSTPONEMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND THEN BRING IT BACK UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, WHY DON'T WE DEFER THIS? AND FOR LATER ON FOR THE NEXT TIME, BUT YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL GO AHEAD BEFORE FOR NEXT MONTH.
I SAID, WELL YOU MEAN, UH, THE FURTHER TO THE NEXT MONTH, NO ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN TODAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN NEXT MONTH AFTER YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND I WILL COME BACK UP ON 15TH AND DID THOSE, YOU CAN SPEAK ON IT RIGHT NOW.
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KNOW THAT I HAD THIS PEOPLE COUNCILMAN COLEMAN UNTIL THE POINT NOW TO WHERE I HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE DON'T WANT TO BUILD IS COMPETENT AND REO ABOUT TO START MAKING ME PAY PLAY.AND SO THIS WAS THE TURN AND THAT'S WHY I WAITED THREE MONTHS FOR THE HEAD OF THIS FINAL MEETING.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CASE.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME COUNSELING? YES.
CAN I GET RYAN TO COME UP FIRST? I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
RYAN, I JUST WANT TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM YOU.
HAVE YOU BEEN ACTIVELY FOLLOWING THIS FILE? YEAH, SO WE, UH, THIS AUTUMN WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OPPOSITION.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS IN COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN'S DISTRICT.
AND, UH, SHE, UH, SOUNDS LIKE SHE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT DELMONT VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES REACHED OUT TO US AND CONFIRMED THEY, THEY WERE OKAY AND HAD NO IDEA.
I WANTED TO GET RYAN'S FEEDBACK AND HIS TAKE ON IT.
I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO MAKE A SIMILAR SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE COUNCILMAN COLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SIDEBAR.
UH, THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME CONFUSION.
I DON'T THINK MANY OF US KNEW THAT, UH, THERE, MY VILLAGE WASN'T IN DISTRICT FIVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION IS.
IF, IF THEY'VE CONFUSED, BECAUSE THEY'VE ALSO BEEN INSTANCES WHERE ITEMS ON THE PLANNING AGENDA WERE ATTRIBUTED TO ME, THAT WAS NOT IN MY DISTRICT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME CLARITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FIVE OR THIS IS DISTRICT 10, BECAUSE THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, UH, AS IT RELATES TO MR. DUNBAR, I'M GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THESE ZONING, UH, PROCESSES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF TIME OF GETTING THIS DONE BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, YOU COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE LEASE HOLDER AND YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENT AND AGREEMENTS BASED ON A REALISTIC TIMEFRAME OF THIS GETTING DONE.
NOW, THIS IS NOT COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN'S CONCERN, BUT IT IS THE APPLICANT'S CONCERN.
THE WAY IT WOULD DELAY THE START OF THE PROJECT.
ANOTHER 30 DAYS WE'LL HAVE FINANCIAL RAMIFICATIONS ON HIM AND HIS BUSINESS.
SO I WOULD ASK COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN BANKS TO CONSIDER THAT AND DO, AS COUNCILMAN COLE HAS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE SIDEBAR NOW AND SEE IF THINGS CAN GET WORKED OUT ON THE SIDE AND THEN BRING IT BACK AT THE END OF THE MEETING VERSUS DEFERRING IT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
BECAUSE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS, 30 DAYS ARE NOT OPERATING, UH, HAVING RESOURCES FLOATED OUT THERE.
PEOPLE MAKE OR BREAK THE BUSINESS.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S COUNCILWOMAN, COLEMAN'S A PREROGATIVE BECAUSE IN HER DISTRICT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO OFFER COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
I CAN GIVE MY CHILD THAT I RAISED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW, REQUEST TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. UH, RIGHT.
WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES IN, WHAT DO YOU ALL TELL THEM REGARDING THE DISTRICT? WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, WE ALSO SEND THEM A, UH, A NOTICE OF THE MEETING AND I BELIEVE HE DOES.
IT ALSO HAS THE DISTRICT NUMBER IN IT AS WELL.
DO YOU RECALL GETTING THAT INFORMATION UP TO THE MIC STANDING UP? SO I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO IT MORE, BUT I DID THOUGHT IT WAS ERICA.
YOU, DID YOU TALK DID? CAUSE I KNOW I'M I KNOW.
I, EVERY TIME I GET AN APPLICATION, YES MA'AM THEY ALWAYS TELL ME PLANNING IS OWN.
I ALWAYS ASK PLANNING IS ON A, DID YOU TELL THEM, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY IN CASES LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE WHENEVER THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME OTHER STEPS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO, LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.
YOU WANT AN ABC LICENSE THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND WHEN THERE ARE SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT HAPPY, ESPECIALLY IN A SUBDIVISION.
I MEAN, THE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE BID CENTER.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO RENT IT FOR PARTIES? THIS IS A FULL RESTAURANT.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO RENT IT FOR PARTIES? YEAH.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, I JUST, WE JUST GO IN AS A FULL RESTAURANT.
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SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS GREATER WHENEVER YOU GOING TO HAVE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT STEPS.SO FOR ME, SINCE I KNOW I'M GOING TO GET THAT IF AS A COUNCIL WOMAN, I KNOW THEY'VE, IF THEY'VE TOLD THE APPLICANT AND THEN THE APPLICANT REACHED OUT TO ME, IT'S AN ISSUE FOR ME BECAUSE WHEN THE DRAMA HAPPENED, IF I DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AT THE BEGINNING WHERE I'M ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ENERGY COMING AND I GOT A COP HELP THEM ALONG THAT WAY WITH PERMITTING, THEN, UM, I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA APPROVE ANYTHING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, I'M NOT PART OF, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUR 30 DAYS, BUT I HAD THAT ALL THE TIME TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
AND IT IS DURING THAT PROCESS, THAT THEY MIGHT BE CLEANING, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNED OR WHETHER WE APPROVE THIS OR NOT, YOU SIGN, AND WHETHER WE PROVE THIS OR NOT, THERE'S WORK, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
UM, INCLUDING GETTING ALL THIS INFORMATION ON THE OTHER THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, I SUPPORT HER AND DEFERRING YOUR ITEM FOR 30 DAYS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME.
ALL OF IT IS COMING TO YOU, THE APPLICANT TO FIND OUT WHO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS, IT HAS BECOME INCUMBENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING TO LET YOU KNOW WHO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN.
AND IT'S AN INCUMBENT TO YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE SOUND LIKE THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS.
AND I ACTUALLY, WHEN IT CAME ON PLANNING AND ZONING, I TOOK A PICTURE WHAT, A MONTH AGO, OR TWO WEEKS AND SENATOR, I SAID, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS? SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO I THAT'S WHY I'M ABLE TO SECOND IT BECAUSE I SAID, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK ON THIS.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TALK TO HER ANYMORE ABOUT IT, BUT TODAY THE FACT THAT SHE'S CAUGHT, I DON'T CALL ANYBODY IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY DON'T GET IN TOUCH WITH ME, THAT'S IT BECAUSE I KNOW PLANNING IS OWN AND I HAD A PAPERWORK THAT THEY GOT INTO IT.
MA'AM I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, SO YOU DID KNOW ABOUT THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
SO THE PLAN IS ON, WHAT AM I SAYING IS I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW.
SO WAS YOU SUPPOSED TO CONTACT ME? LIKE I SAID, IF THE CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAD, BUT IT HAS, THAT'S WHY THEY TELL YOU AT THE APPLICATION, SEE YOU.
AND I'M JUST, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PHONE CALL WAS CALLED TODAY.
NO, I WAS SAYING THE DEMO VILLAGE OWNERS, THEY CALLED ME TODAY.
THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, DO YOU KNOW THE YOUNG LADY NAME IS CAROLYN COLEMAN? I'M LIKE, NAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT OCCURRED.
AND ALL I'M JUST TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD DECK, CHANCES 30 DAYS PER CALLING YOUR LANDLORD.
AND THAT'S A CALL THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE.
SO THAT WAS NICE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW? BUT, UM, YEAH.
YO, WHAT THE PROJECT YOU HAVE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON, NO.
WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT'S YOUR TALK.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT ISSUES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.
I, I FEEL WE'RE QUEEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
I DID SPEAK WITH RYAN, UM, AND I'M BEING HONEST, CALIFORNIA COLEMAN FROM THE PLANET FITNESS TO THE OLD POINT, PEOPLE THEY HAVE ALL CALLED ME.
I'M GOING TO SEND A DETAILED EMAIL SO YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE CONTACTS WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
I DID NOT KNOW IT WASN'T IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I DIDN'T LOOK AT HIS APPLICATION PER SE.
HE PROVIDED ME THE PAPERWORK AND CALLED ME A WHILE BACK.
AND SO I TOLD HIM HE JUST ADDED IT PROCEEDS TO KEEP ME UPDATED.
SO, AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT STUFF, THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, I GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO, I'M AGREEING WITH YOU HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT APPARENTLY EVEN PLACES LIKE THE PLANET FITNESS AND, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE.
SO I'M WANTING TO GIVE THEM YOUR INFORMATION.
SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE COUNCIL PERSON IN THAT AREA.
RYAN TOLD TO ME THAT IT'S LIKE A CORNER AND I AM NOT TERRITORIAL OVER ANY PARTICULAR PLACE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT ECONOMIC BOOM FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH MOVEMENT IN DELL MONTH, IN A MINUTE.
AND THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN COUNCIL PERSON, ALL THE DEAL, MONEY ISSUES HAVE BEEN SCREAMED TO ME, BUT I'M SENDING IT NOW.
SO THIS, SO THIS CONVERSATION, I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING, THERE'S NO WAY, LIKE YOU SAID, CAN WE GO TO THE BACK, BUT CAN WE DELAY? THERE WAS NO AS NONE OF THAT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S STRICTLY
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UP TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO DEFER, UH, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DEFER.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, COLEMAN SEVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS? A MOTION ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.
STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, MR. DUNBAR, ALL WE WANT TO MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
[16. 21-01008 Case 42-21 14060 Florida Boulevard]
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 16 NOW CASE 42 DASH 21 1 4 0 6 0 FLORIDA BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM RURAL LIGHT COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD, WEST OF PONDEROSA DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MOLT PLANNING COMMISSION MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16, WE WENT BACK TO THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER MODE.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? OH, SOMEBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK, COME ON DOWN AND STATION NAME.
AND NOW JUST FOR THE RECORD, HOW ABOUT MY NAME IS TYRONE TURNER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF OAK MANOR SUBDIVISION 1 26 LAFFITE DRIVE BATON ROUGE.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
AND UM, I REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS STREET.
IT'S ONLY 42 HOUSES ON THE STREET.
UM, WE HAVE HAD CON IF I COULD JUST DIVIDE THIS UP REAL QUICKLY INTO TWO THINGS AND Y'ALL PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF IT.
CAUSE I'VE CONTACTED ALL OF Y'ALL WE HAVE BEFORE I'VE LIVED THERE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.
WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPERTY BETWEEN, OR THE EASEMENT, OUR SERVITUDE BEFORE BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY, THIS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
AND ALSO BETWEEN OUR LOT, I GOT THE PLAT MAP AND AS WE SUSPECTED, WE HAVE 15 FEET OF SERVITUDE OFF OF EACH LOT.
WE HA I HAVE FOR HE'S 15 YEARS, TRIED TO GET THE CITY TO COME OUT AND, AND CLEAR THIS SPOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TERRIBLE DRAINAGE BEHIND OUR PROPERTY.
WE HAVE STANDING WATER FOR DAYS.
UM, UH, THIS, THE SEWER LINE RUNS ON OUR PROPERTIES.
IT DOESN'T RUN ON THE SERVITUDE.
AND SO I ALLOWED THE CITY TO COME ONTO MY PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY HAD A CAR CRUSHED 60 YEAR OLD PIPE PIPE PIPE ON MY PROPERTY THAT WAS CAUSING TROUBLE.
ALLOWED THEM TO COME ONTO MY PROPERTY.
THEY ASKED US THAT THROUGH THIS PROPERTY, TEN FOUR, SIX ZERO FOUR BOULEVARD.
AND THEY CAME ON, THEY TORE UP MY FENCE.
THEY TAUGHT ALL OF MY SHRUBBERY.
THEY FIXED THEIR PIPE AND AFTER THEY WENT AWAY, THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY DIRT OR SOD OR ANYTHING THERE.
SO MY PROPERTY COLLAPSED INTO LEAST FOUR OR FIVE FEET.
I HAVE BEEN CONTACT WITH THE 3, 1, 1 I'VE ALSO CONTACTED ENERGY.
ENERGY, SAYS THAT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDER THEIR LINES TO KEEP IT CLEANED OUT.
EVERY TIME I'M A TREE FALLS, THEY JUST CUT THE TREE AND THEY LEAVE IT BACK THERE.
THEY CAME OUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THEY CLEARED SOME OF THE SHRUBBERY, NOT SHRUBBERY, BUT BUSH BACK THERE.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THEY JUST LEFT IT BACK THERE AND IT'S PROBABLY HOLD UP.
AND UM, SO OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS DRAINAGE.
OF COURSE, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THESE 60 YEAR OLD CLAY PIPES THEY'RE CRUSHED AND THEY LEAKS SEWER AND THEY LEAK WATER.
I MEAN THE WATER BACKS UP INTO THEIR YARD AND THEY HAVE SEWER IN THEIR YARD AND THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR, UM, POEMS. THEY'RE VERY UPSET.
THEY HAVE TO PUT DIRTY TOILET HISTORY AND A PAPER BAG, A PLASTIC BAG AND PUT IT IN THEIR BINS.
AND I HAVE, UH, POST TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE ROBINSONS HAVE BEEN VERY KIND AND VERY UNDERSTANDING OF MY CONCERNED.
AND OH, THE ONLY OPPOSITION I HAVE IS TWO THINGS.
IT'S THAT WE DO HAVE SERVITUDE 15 FEET OR SERVITUDE OFF OF EACH OF OUR LOTS.
AND THERE I WENT AND TOOK IT PITCHER AND THERE IS A, LOOKS LIKE A SURVEYOR FLAG, WHICH IS 15 FEET OFF OF OUR FENCE LINE.
SO YOU HAVE NO SPACE IN BETWEEN OUR HOMES.
WE WERE JUST ALMOST HOME, HOME, HOME, HOME.
SO WE HAD NO WAY OF GETTING ANY DIRT BROUGHT BACK THERE.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING ANY KIND OF, UH, STUFF BACK THERE.
THE CITY HAS NO WAY OF GETTING TO THEIR SEWER LINES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, I'M SORRY, THAT'S YOUR TERM? I'M SORRY.
SO ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT THE CITY PROVIDE AND ASSESSMENT AND ASSESSMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16? ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16? ANYONE ELSE? YEAH,
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I AM THE APPLICANT.UH, I'M NOT SURE FOR THE RECORD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, 2 5, 4 LELO DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 0 6.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND MR. TURNER'S, UH, CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT APPLIES TO REZONE ISSUES, BUT THEY ARE VALID CONCERNS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
MA'AM ANY ONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16? ALRIGHT.
WE NOW GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER MOPE.
A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS REAL QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BOTH PARTIES FOR, UH, TALKING WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, MR. TURNER, I WENT BY AND VISITED HIS PLACE.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
UM, JUST TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SOME UPDATE.
I, I SPOKE WITH THE ROBINSONS ACTUALLY YESTERDAY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIRT IN THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO WORK WITH, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND IN THE CITY WHEN THEY STARTED GOING THROUGH THE NEXT PROCESS WITH SURVEYING AND EVERYTHING WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EVEN WIDENING THE SERVITUDE POSSIBLY A LITTLE MORE.
UH, WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT SOME MORE TO EVERYBODY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK COMMENT THAT, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN EMAILED AND SAID, AND BOTH PARTIES, UH, THE WAY YOU ALL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND WORKED WITH MYSELF TO HOPEFULLY BETTER THIS AREA, THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, IT'S GOING TO NOT ONLY HELP THEM OUT AS FAR AS THE CEMETERY AND THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT, UH, ALSO FOR THE DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOPEFULLY OPEN UP SOME ACCESS LATER ON.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MOLT SECOND, AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 16 HAS BEEN
[17. 21-01009 Case 43-21 7611 Burbank Drive]
APPROVED.WE NOW GO TO ITEM 17 CASE 43 DASH 21 7 6101 BURBANK DRIVE TO REZONE FROM SMALL PLAN, EVEN A DEVELOPMENT TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE EAST TO SOUTH KENILWORTH PARKWAY, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, GO TO MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 17? ANYONE HERE SPEAK ON ITEM 17.
CAN WE DO HALF EMAIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU RECEIVED ONE EMAIL COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO DECIDE THEM.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON.
SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THE SHAHEEN, UH, 4 8 2 0 2 WOULD CORD BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 0 9 ON THE APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING AND UH, NOT SURE WHAT THE OBJECTION WOULD BE, BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING IT.
UH, DID YOU CARE TO START, UH, ASK ME? YEAH, UH, WE'LL GIVE IT TO JUSTIN.
AND THEN JUSTIN SAID NOBODY WILL GIVE IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN READ IT.
UH, ANYONE ELSE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 17? ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 17? ALL RIGHT.
WE GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, MOTION TO APPROVE OUR GOAL DAY SEVEN OF OUR KNOLL.
UH, ANY OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[18. 21-01010 Case 44-21 2863 and 2873 O’Neal Lane]
WE GO NOW TO ITEM 18 CASE 44 DASH 21 2 8 6 3 AND 2 8 7 3 OATMEAL LANE TO RESOLVE FROM RURAL.IT'S A LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ODL LANE, NORTH TO SOUTH HARRIS FERRY ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN ITEM 18? ANYONE WHO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 18? I SEE SOMEONE COMING NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS EMOTION.
SO POOL BY HUDSON'S SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR.
ANY OPPOSITION ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[19. 21-01011 Case 48-21 1700-1800, 1806 and 1794 Staring Lane]
WE GO NOW TO ITEM 19.UH, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER TO THE OCTOBER IS ONLY MEETING TO REASONABLE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO ZERO LOT LINE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF STONE LANE, SOUTH TO KINGS HILL AVENUE, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12, ROCCO, MOST OF THE DEFERRED TO SEPTEMBER 20TH, CARROT SEVEN TO ZERO, BUT I DO HAVE YOU HAD NOTICED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER IT OCTOBER A ZONING MEETING.
IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN ITEM 19? WE GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL NUMBER OFF OF MOST OF THE PHONES THAT OCTOBER MEETING A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
[20. 21-01012 Case 49-21 4715 Bennington Avenue]
NOW TO ITEM 20 KS FOUR NINE DASH 2 1 4 7 1 5 BENNINGTON AVENUE TO RESOLVE FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOL BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO[00:35:01]
A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BENNINGTON AVENUE, EAST OF VALLEY CREEK DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, LACO COMMISSION ACTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO MOTION TO APPROVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20 BACK TO COUNCIL COUNCIL NUMBER, OFFER MOTION TO APPROVAL BY ROCCA SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION ITEM CARRIED[21. 21-01013 Case 52-21 545 South Foster Drive]
AS WE GO NOW TO ITEM 21 CASE 52 DAYS, 21, 5, 4 OR FIVE SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT AND PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH FORSTER DRIVE FELT THE GOVERNOR STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLE MOTION TO APPROVE 70 ZERO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21 MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE CHAIR THAT
[22. 21-01014 TND-1-07 Rouzan, Concept Plan Revision 15]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM 22 T AND D W 1 0 7 RULES ON CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, 15 REVISE AND USES TO INCLUDE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND ADD LOW DENSITY.RESIDENTIAL INCREASE IN OVERALL UNIT COUNT FROM 750 TO 805 ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH TO PROGRAM ROAD AND USED TO GLASGOW AVENUE, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12, ROCCA PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE SIX ZERO.
WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER REQUESTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKER REQUESTS.
WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FIRST BEFORE WE GO TO THOSE OTHER SPEAKERS, MR. CHARLES LANDRY, SEE EVERYBODY FACE TO FACE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS.
UH, CHARLES LANDRY, UH, SUITE 800, UH, 100 NORTH STREET, UH, BATON ROUGE.
I ACTUALLY GOT CRITICIZED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE THE LADY SAID THAT I DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN ROSEANNE.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THAT ADDRESS TO, UH, 2020 ROSEANNE AVENUE.
UM, I I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A WEALTH OF INFORMATION.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OCHA, AND I'D PERSONALLY LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AND, AND, UH, WILL AND SAL WHO ARE HERE, UH, WORKING WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT IN EFFECT ADDS, UH, 55 RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO OUR COMMERCIAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE'VE DONE IT IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY THAT THE WAY THESE UNITS ARE ALLOCATED TO GO TO SPECIFIC PIECES OF PROPERTY.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT USED, WE, WE LOSE THEM.
IT'S ALL IN OUR COMMERCIAL SECTION, IT'S ALL DRAINED TO OUR COMMERCIAL SECTION.
IT'S ALL IN OUR COMMERCIAL SECTIONS TRAFFIC, BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WHICH IS A TYPICAL WAY OF BEING COMPLETE.
UH, I PROVIDED YOU WITH A DRAINAGE STUDY, UH, PREPARED, UH, BY, UH, THE PLAN SO SAID IT HAS NO IMPACT, UH, ON THE COMMERCIAL DRAINAGE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
AND APART FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AND WOULD ACTUALLY STANTEC DID A TRAFFIC STUDY SAYING THAT IT REDUCES, UM, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, AGAIN, VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS WITH THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
AND I ASKED, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK, ANY OTHER PROPONENTS, WHO TO SPEAK PROPONENTS, NOT OPPONENTS THROWS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO WANT TO SUPPORT US, SIR, COME ON DOWN NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SALVADOR, CHRISTINA, 1833 HOOD AVENUE, UH, BATON ROUGE, 7 0 8 0 8.
I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH MR. LANDRY, UM, ON HIS PROPOSAL.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE AGREED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO GIVE HIM THE INCREASE ON THE NUMBERS IS THE DEDICATION HE TALKED ABOUT.
THERE ARE SPECIFIC TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS GOING UP ON SPECIFIC LOTS.
IF THAT LOT IS NOT USED FOR THAT USE, HE LOSES THAT ALLOTMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE ONE OF THEM IS WHERE THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL IS NOW.
SO FOR SOME REASON THEY NEVER ACQUIRED THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THAT'D BE SIX LOTS THAT HE CAN NEVER USE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE KEY FOR US.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM IN, IN DOING THIS.
AND SO WE SUPPORT THEM ALONG WITH AS LONG AS THOSE DEDICATIONS ARE SECURED IN.
ANY OTHER PROPONENTS THOUGH, THAT SUPPORT, UH, ANY OPPONENTS HERE TO SPEAK ON? OH, I'M SORRY.
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DR.WILLIAM GLADNEY, UM, I'VE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH SIDE SIPI ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT, I'VE BEEN ON THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR 40 YEARS, GREW UP IN SOUTH DOWNS AND, AND BELIEVE ME, THE DELTA VARIANT IS A BAD VIRUS.
I'M A DOCTOR, BUT I CAN TAKE MY MATH MASCOT TO SPEAK.
UM, TH W WE'RE DOING A CHANGE IN WHAT WE CALL THE ROSEANNE ORDINANCE.
UM, Y'ALL ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF YOUNG, YOUNG PEOPLE UP HERE Y'ALL WERE NOT AROUND IN 2007, BUT I WAS WHEN, UH, WHEN THE, UM, THE GREAT WAR BROKE OUT WITH ROSEANNE, I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING THE ROUSSANNE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED BY THE METRO COUNCIL.
NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
IT'S A, UH, IT SIGNIFIES HOW, HOW BITTER THIS BATTLE WAS BETWEEN, UH, US AND THE DEVELOPERS.
UM, SO QUICKLY I'M SUPPORTING THE CHANGE FROM, UH, UH, 750 UNITS TO 805 UNITS.
THESE UNITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SITE-SPECIFIC, THEY'RE LOCATED UP AT THE FRONT PART OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE IN AN AREA WHERE A COMMERCIAL WAS GOING TO GO IN.
UM, JEN ROCK, OUR FABULOUS COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT 12 AND EVERY COUNCIL LINDA HAS BEEN BEFORE HER, UM, BARBARA FREIBURG, JOHN DELGADO, SMOKEY, AND EVEN MICKEY SKY RING.
ONCE WE HAD OUR QUOTE ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED WHEN, BEFORE THE ELECTION, UM, I WOULD ASK, CAN YOU SUPPORT AND HOLD, YOU KNOW, HOLD TO THE ORDINANCE, BUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE, WE'RE NOT SAYING THERE CAN'T BE, BUT IF THERE'S A CHANGE, THE CHANGE HAS GOT TO BE NEGOTIATED AND AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES.
NOW, AT SOME POINT, IF THERE IS A LACK OF FAITH AND ONE PARTY IS ACTING, YOU KNOW, UH, IRRESPONSIBLY, BUT WE WANT NEGOTIATION AND AN AGREED UPON CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, UH, ARRIVED AT AT THIS POINT.
SO I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT ROSEANNE, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, THE, THE BLUE RIBBON PANEL, THE FAMOUS MEETINGS THAT WE HAD BACK IN THE BEGINNING, THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE HAD WITH ROUSSANNE, WE NEVER REALLY, UH, WOUND UP WITH ANY AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS KNEW THEY HAD EIGHT BOATS, SUPER MAJORITY TO PASS.
THEY KNEW THAT FROM THE GET GO, BUT IN THE END, THE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BRAINCHILD OF THE ROUSSANNE ORDINANCE WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE AND I THINK MOST BRILLIANT COUNCILMAN AND OF ALL TIME, HIS BONES, ADDISON AND BONES CAME UP WITH A LAST MINUTE, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WAS GOING TO BE SET AT THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD HOLD, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE THE DEVELOPER WHAT HE WANTED.
HE GETS AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND COMMERCIAL.
HE GETS THAT TOO, BUT IT HELD HIM TO THAT.
AND IT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO YOU BACK TO YOU ALL THE METRO COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT.
I'LL WRITE THE BOOK ROUSSANNE BUT WE'VE GONE TO A LOT OF EFFORT TO, TO WORK WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
I WOULD'VE NEVER GOTTEN THAT RIGHT.
ROCKS, NEIL EX-HUSBAND HE'S IN THE BRONX ON HERE.
UM, I LIVE, I LIVE AT 4 8, 8, 8 SWEETBRIAR STREET, AND I HAPPENED TO BE THE YOUNG LADY THAT MR. LANDRY WAS REFERRING TO.
UM, WHO SAID THAT HE SHOULD GIVE HIS ADDRESS AS ROSEANNE.
I'M ALSO THE YOUNG LADY THAT MR. LANDRY SAID THAT IF I WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN ROSEANNE, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE 55 UNITS THAT WERE BEING ADDED, DONE.
AND SO WERE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS ON SWEETBRIER THAT THIS WAS AN EXCHANGE THAT IT WOULD BE LESS COMMERCIAL SPACE, MORE RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S TURNING OUT THAT IT'S 55 IN ADDITION TO 750.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TO ROSEANNE, IT'S PACKED LIKE SARDINES.
WE ARE SWEETBRIAR WHERE ONE STREET THAT IF EVERYTHING COMES DOWN, THEY DON'T STOP.
UM, NOW THEY HAVE A NEW PHASE THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.
IT'S A SEA OF UNDEVELOPED HOUSES PLUS BEHIND THAT IS, UH, WOULD CHASE POLLARD.
UM, PLUS THE ROSEANNE UNDEVELOPED, EVERYBODY COMES DOWN SWEETBRIAR AND, UH, DR.
GLADNEY REFERRED TO ACTING AND ARE NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH.
GLADNEY DID NOT, DID NOT ACT IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE RESIDENTS OF SWEETBRIAR, BECAUSE HE DID NOT CONFER WITH
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ANY OF US, DESPITE TAD HARDY, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER RESIDENTS REACHING OUT TO HIM TO SAY, PLEASE OPPOSE THESE ADDITIONAL 55 UNITS.UH, HE DID NOT EVEN CONSULT US.
GLADNEY LIVES A MILE AWAY IN THE OTHER END OF S UH, SOUTH DOWNS.
THE ONLY TIME WE SEE HIM IS WHEN HE'S ON THE FLOAT ON THE SOUTH DOWNS PARADE.
SO IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR US TO FEEL THAT WE'RE BEING WELL-REPRESENTED BY DR.
GLADNEY WHEN WE WERE NOT EVEN CONSULTED.
UM, WE ALSO WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE 55 ADDITIONAL UNITS ORIGINALLY 20 OF THEM WOULD BE UP IN THE FRONT AND THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
AND THEN THE REST, THE 30 REMAINING WOULD KIND OF BILL IN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THIS IS.
I'M REQUESTING THAT THIS, PLEASE BE PUT TO THE SIDE UNTIL WE GET A MORE CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHERE THESE ADDITIONAL SPACES OR GOING TO BE.
UM, AND WHY ARE WE EXCHANGING SO MUCH COMMERCIAL SPACE? WE WERE HOPING MAYBE WE'D HAVE COFFEE SHOP, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BECOME A LITTLE TOWNIE AREA THAT WOULD CREATE AMENITIES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA.
NOW WE'RE JUST GETTING MORE HOUSES.
IT'S BECOMING A VERY DENSE RESIDENTIAL AREA RATHER THAN AN AREA THAT WILL PROMOTE, UM, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, UM, EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE DETENTION POND.
THAT'S NOW BEEN PUT BEHIND US.
I APPRECIATE YOUR, I APPRECIATE YOU.
AND IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO OPPONENT TO, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22.
NOW I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKER.
OH, YOU HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND YOU WANT US TO REVOTE JUST A LITTLE QUICK CLARIFICATION.
GLADNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS THAT THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH, IT WASN'T US.
THAT WAS A DEVELOPER BEFORE, UH, JOHN
GLADNEY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, SECOND THING, UH, THE YOUNG LADY HAD JUST GOT UP HERE GOT ABOUT 50% OF IT, RIGHT? YES.
UH, SHE DID TELL ME TO GIVE YOU MY, UH, REASONING AND THE ADDRESS, BUT MY COMMENT TO HER WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT WHAT SHE SAID.
I SAID THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN AND IS IMPROVED PER PROPERTY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 30%, UM, IF SHE PAID ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL, WE WERE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
IT'S IDENTIFIED THE PLANETS, DID IT IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.
IT WAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY TRACKS THAT, UH, LOTS WOULD BE IN HER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALLOCATION IS ENTIRELY INCORRECT.
ALL 55 OF THESE UNITS ARE IN THE COMMERCIAL UP TOWARD PERKINS AND THREE 30 OF THE 55.
IT'S JUST ONE LITTLE STRIP THAT HAS TOWNHOUSES.
SO WITH ALL OF THIS FACTUAL INFORMATION, DRAINAGE REPORTS, TRAFFIC IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY COOL THING BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING RESIDENTIAL IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S ON TOP LIVE WORK, AND WE WILL HAVE A COFFEE SHOP.
WE WILL HAVE FIVE RESTAURANTS.
WE WILL HAVE, WELL, THREE RESTAURANTS WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THAT, BUT THIS THING, THIS ANNOYING LITTLE THING THAT'S CALLED COVID HAS REALLY KIND OF PUT A DAMPER ON OUR COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A BANK THAT'S GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS, WE HAVE A PURCHASE SCREAMING WITH A HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON, BUT WE'VE BEEN LIKE MANY DEVELOPERS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT WITH RESTAURANTS AND THE LIKE WITH COVID.
AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER, I MEAN, ANY OTHER, BUT AFTER THE END OF THE COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL, MOROCCO, I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO DELETE REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE SATISFIED BY THE DEVELOPER.
AND THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN, UM, INDICATED TO ME THEY ARE ACCEPTABLE BY THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION VERSUS THE ROUNDABOUT, UM, SUBSECTION OUR REQUIRES AROUND ABOUT WHICH CAN'T BE CONSTRUCTED TODAY.
OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES WEREN'T INCORPORATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
SECOND IS THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL RELOCATION, SUBSECTION, WHY IT REQUIRES THAT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL BE RELOCATED WITHIN THE T AND D THERE IS A MONTESSORI SCHOOL, WHICH IS OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY, AND IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY ROSEANNE.
UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS APPROACHED THE OWNER TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO SELL AND ASKING FOR ASTRONOMICAL, UH, UH, PRICE FOR THAT.
UM, SO THEREFORE THE DEVELOPERS CAN'T SATISFY THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
SO THAT W I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE DELETED, THE SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
UM, UNLESS ANYBODY SAYS THAT THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING.
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SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, I, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED ORDINANCE AS CIRCULATED WITH THE DELETION OF SUBSECTION OR, AND WHY, BUT I DO NEED TO, DO YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE RECORD HERE? UM, SO YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF MY STUFF COME UP THROUGH DISTRICT 12 AND YOU GUYS HAVE SAT THROUGH PROBABLY HOUR LONG MEETINGS, JUST ON SOME OF MY ITEMS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT, BUT I MUST SAY THAT THE RESIDENTS ON SWEETBRIAR, THE PROPONENTS HERE AND OPPONENTS HERE HAVE BEEN SO, SO RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER AND HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO ME AND REACHING OUT.AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, AND ALSO REMAINING RESPECTFUL WITH ONE ANOTHER WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT.
AND IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
AND I REALLY CANNOT TELL YOU AS MUCH HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING BEFORE THERE HAD BEEN CONCESSIONS MADE, I HAVE QUITE FRANKLY SPOKEN MORE TO CHARLES LANDRY AND DR.
GLADI THAN I'VE SPOKEN MORE TO MY HUSBAND THIS WEEK.
UH, THEY WILL NOT LEAVE ME ALONE.
UM, THERE THEY HAVE, UH, MADE CONCESSIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER, UM, TO, TO TRY TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE RESIDENTS ON SWEETBRIAR FEEL AS THOUGH THAT DR.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THEIR INTEREST AT HEART TODAY, BUT I CAN, I CAN ABSOLUTELY SAY HE HAS REFERENCED THEM.
HE HAS, UM, WORKED TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY AS POSSIBLE.
AND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, AND WHEN EXAMINING THIS ORIGINALLY, WHENEVER IT CAME UP, UM, THROUGH PLANNING, THERE, THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THIS, UH, THAT MAY HAVE IMPACTED SWEET BIRD.
THESE ARE ALL AT THE FRONT PORTION, NEAR THE SPROUTS AREA OF, UH ROUSSANNE.
AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF THAT AREA, AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN AND OUT OF THERE, UM, LOOKING TO SEEING WHAT RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING.
UM, PEOPLE WILL BE MOVING IN AND OUT THE PERKINS ROAD AREA WHERE THERE'S A RED LIGHT CURRENTLY.
SO THOSE NEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL COME IN AND, UM, USE THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA WILL THE MOST COMMON SENSE PLACE FOR THEM TO COME IN AND OUT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE ON PERKINS ROAD.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC ON SWEETBRIAR, AND WE ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO WORK THROUGH SOME, UH, SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES WITH REGARD TO SIGNAGE AND, UM, OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY HELP WITH THAT.
ALSO, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE HYACINTH EXTENSION MAY, UM, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT PAIN.
AND ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WE'VE HAD, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONTINUING CONCERN WITH SOME OF THE EMAILS IS A COFFEE SHOP.
AND, UM, MR. LANDRY HAS STATED TODAY, AND I'M GONNA HOLD HIM TO IT, THAT THERE IS A COFFEE SHOP, PROBABLY, UH, ONE OF THE MOM AND TOP, UH, POP VARIETY, AND NOT ONE OF THE BIG LABELS THAT WE SEE.
AND WE'RE SO ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING.
UH, COVID HAS, HAS DEFINITELY IMPACTED OUR AREA IN DISTRICT 12 IN THE SENSE THAT I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS COME TO ME AND SAY, WE DON'T NEED OUR COMMERCIAL SPACE ANYMORE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN ALL UP AND DOWN HIGHLAND ROAD, UH, CLOSER TO THE LSU AREA, COMMERCIAL SPACE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT TO CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE RESIDENTIAL AND WHILE THAT IS SAD, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE AND VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT SOUTH TOWNS IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THEY'RE STILL, UH, KEEPING THE RESTAURANT CORRIDOR, WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN SOUTH TOWNS THAT ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARE WATCHING HERE, I'M ASKING, BE RESPECTFUL WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THIS, BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
DON'T, DON'T DRAG CRA DRIVE CRAZY THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO A CUT THROUGH OR ANYTHING CRAZY LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BANNER'S TRAFFIC IS CLOGGED.
ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE CAN SAY THAT JUST FOR A MINUTE OR SO.
UM, BUT BE RESPECTFUL, BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUES IN THAT AREA.
BELIEVE ME, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SUBDIVISION OR, UM, CONSTRUCTION SITE THAT HAS THEM, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
BUT ULTIMATELY I HAVE TO SAY OF ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT I'VE WORKED ON SINCE I'VE SAT IN THE SEAT, I HAVE DEALT WITH THE MOST RESPECTFUL KIND PEOPLE.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND INPUT THE NEIGHBORS ON SWEETBRIAR.
UM, AS MUCH AS I'M TIRED OF HEARING FROM Y'ALL CHARLES LANDRY AND DR.
GLADNEY AT SOUTH CHRISTINA, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS AMENDED.
THANK YOU, MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMAN WALKER, COUNSEL, UH, ASHLEY REAL QUICK.
I SHOULD HAVE NOTED FOR ITEM 22 COUNCIL MEMBERS Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED EIGHT COMMENTS, A POST.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE
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BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ROCK AS AMENDED OR SECONDED BY PRO DAY.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[4. 21-00824 Case 29-21 2024 Thomas Road (Part 2 of 2)]
BE VERY PATIENT, WE HAVE TO REQUEST TO RECONSIDER TWO ITEMS. UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS TO RECONSIDER ITEM FOUR SECOND ABOUT A CHAIR.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDER AN ITEM FOR? SHALL WE GO BACK NOW TO ITEM FOUR? TURN YOUR MIC ON.
SO APPLICATE CAN DELETE THE ITEMS. SO I HAVE TO CHANGE IT TO MAKE A MOTION, TO DENY MOTION, TO DENY BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
NO, MA'AM WE'LL ALSO, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION MOTION? PARIS PASSES ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN DENIED.
[15. 21-01007 Case 41-21 5151 Plank Road, Suite 130 (Part 2 of 2)]
HAS BEEN A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN TO RECONSIDER, UH, ITEM 1570 BY THE CHAIR.IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 15 COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN? UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I MUST SAY, AND I'M GOING TO PREFACE THIS WITH SAYING, LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. SEAN DUNN BAR, YOUNG BUSINESS OWNER, AND IN BEING A BUSINESS OWNER, THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS APP HERE AND ON THIS APP, AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO FLEX ON YOU, BUT NEITHER AM I EXPECTING YOU TO CIRCUMVENT THE PROCESS.
THIS WAY ZONE IN APPLICATION HERE SAYS DISTRICT 10.
AND ONE THING I KNOW, I KNOW THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICT 10, AND I GO ALL THE WAY UP TO LORRAINE STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE BY TONY SEAFOOD.
I ALSO NEED TO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT OAK STREET HEALTH DEFINITELY KNOWS WHO I AM.
THEY SUPPORTED ONE OF MY BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT TO REAL RYAN, WILL YOU COME UP PLEASE? AND WHILE RYAN IS COMING, SEE, THIS STARTED MAY 14TH, MAY 14TH.
AND I NEVER HEARD FROM YOU RYAN.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS REZONING HERE ASKING TO RESOLVE FROM A 3.1 C TWO TO C A B T, TELL ME WHAT CA B ENTAILS C A B TWO IS OUR COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO ZONING FOR BARS AND LOUNGE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS REQUESTING.
SO A B ONE IS A MORE RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOL ZONING DISTRICT FOR RESTAURANTS SERVING ALCOHOL.
WE'RE PRIMARILY 50% OF THE SALES HAVE TO BE FOOD.
50% OF SALES MORE MUST BE FOOD.
I WILL WITHDRAW THAT BASED ON IF MR. JOHN DUNBAR WANTS A C A B ONE.
COME ON DOWN, RON, BEFORE YOU SPEAK WITH MR. KING, CAN WE DO THAT TONIGHT, RYAN? I WANT YOU TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR HIM SO THAT HE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, PLEASE.
AND CAN WE DO THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO THAT TONIGHT.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE DROPPING DOWN AND A, A MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONE.
IT WAS ADVERTISED FOR CIB TOO.
SO THAT, THAT IS AT YOUR DISCRETION TO, TO PROP HER UP, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT AGREEING TO THAT, UM, CIB ONE, THE LOWER REQUEST.
WE ALSO HAVE PAULA MESSINA HERE FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
HE ALSO REPRESENTS THE ABC OFFICE.
HE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THOSE PERCENTAGES IN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES HE WOULD BE HELD.
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WHICH WAS SAID, THAT IS CORRECT.MA'AM MAKE THE AMENDMENT, UH, IF HE WILL, IF HE'S WILLING TO DO SO ON THE FLOOR AND THAT, UH, HE CAN GO TO A RESTAURANT, SEE A B ONE, IT'D BE AT 51% FOOD SALES TO THAT.
HE WOULD STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE ABC, WHICH HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND AWARE OF THAT WE, HE KNOWS THE PROCESS.
SO AFTER THIS PROCESS, HE STILL HAS TO GET APPROVAL.
IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM ABC, WHICH WOULD TAKE SOME TIME AS WELL.
BUT HE IS AWARE OF THAT PROCESS.
HOW YOU DOING MS. KAVIN? I KNOW WE GOT UP ON THE BED, BUT LIKE YOU SAY, AS A BUSINESSMAN, I SHOULD HAVE READ INTO MORE AND SEEING WHO THE DISTRICT COST ME WAS IN THAT AREA.
UM, I'M WILLING TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND, UM, BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE I MOVED BACK FROM HOUSTON, UH, WENT TO TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
UH, I'M ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESS AROUND BATON ROUGE.
UM, I THINK THAT ME AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION, SO MAYBE THE BACK TO SCHOOL FUNDRAISE, MAYBE I CAN SPONSOR THE WHOLE THING.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES THAT YOU DID IT, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK.
I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS WHAT HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE YOU ABOUT THE REZONING, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO REZONE TO SEE A B ONE, WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT? YES.
WITH THE 51 OF 51, UM, RESTAURANT FOOD, AND THEN BEING IN FLORIDA MAP OR SIT ON THE ALCOHOL.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT 51% OF HIS SALES, HIS FOOD.
THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT IS THE RED TABLES THAT DUMBBELL IT'S A RESTAURANT.
SO I SAY THAT TO SAY IS, I AM WILLING TO DO A HELL OF HELL LAMONT COLE, MS. ERICA GREEN, UM, CLEAVE DONE ON MANY NUMEROUS OR PROJECTS I'VE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULDN'T APPEAL A RELATIONSHIP, WHICH YOU, SO EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, NOW THAT I AM IN DISTRICT 10, SO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WE EXCHANGE NUMBERS AND ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED ON MY END AS BEING A BLACK, I WONDER RESTAURANT ENTREPRENEURIAL.
AND I'M APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I GAVE THAT'S ON MY FAULT.
UM, MR. DUNBAR QUESTION, AND I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROCESS RIGHT INTERNALLY.
SO YOU HAVE BUSINESSES LIKE THIS ALREADY? NO, SIR.
MY QUESTION IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, YOU SAID EARLIER, YOU WANT TO DO A RESTAURANT, WHEN YOU WENT IN TO APPLY, DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED A RESTAURANT OR A BAR? UM, I WANTED TO HAVE A RESTAURANT TO SERVE ALCOHOL AND LIQUID.
MR. HOGAN, MR. HOLCOMB, IF HE CAME IN AND ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT ALSO SERVES ALCOHOL, HOW WOULD IT END UP BEING C A B TWO ON THE APPLICATION, ON HIS INITIAL APPLICATION? HE WROTE IN A B2.
I DON'T RECALL IF HE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE WITH STAFF TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT BECAUSE HE PUT THAT ON HIS APPLICATION, THAT'S WHAT WAS ADVERTISED.
UM, ULTIMATELY IT ALLOWS YOU TO DROP DOWN HERE, BUT IF HIS INTENT IS A RESTAURANT, WHICH HE DOES SAY ON HIS APPLICATION, THEN THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN CME ONE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE, YEAH.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR OF OUR COUNCIL FROM ANOTHER BANK LAST, MR. DUNBAR, HE KIND OF CLARIFIED IT.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL PRESSURED, UM, THAT YOU REALLY HAVE IN YOUR MIND, A VISION FOR ONE THING.
AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY, ALL THE MIX UP, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL PRESSURED TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND HE KIND OF CLARIFIED THAT YOU HAD JUST WRITTEN ONE THING.
AND EVEN OUR, EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID HERE HAS SAID RESTAURANT.
SO YOU KNOW, THAT THAT KIND OF GAVE ME COMMA, BUT YOU KNOW HOW THEY SAY HASTE MAKES WASTE.
SO, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ON A TIME'S OUT, BUT IF YOU NEED TO THINK THIS AND MAKE SURE
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IT'S WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU, YOUR, YOUR OVERALL VISION HAS BEEN ALL THE TIME, THEN GO FORWARD, GO FORWARD.BUT IT WILL COST YOU MORE TO, UM, IT'LL COST YOU MORE THAN A 30 DAY RENT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PROCESSES DO IT, A FULL RESTAURANT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, OF COURSE, IF THIS WAS A MEDICAL CLINIC, THAT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE A FULL KITCHEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT THIS HASN'T BEEN A BUSINESS.
I WOULD, I HAD ANOTHER, IT'S FAMILIAR WITH ME, BUT I HAVE ANOTHER SIMILAR, UM, CLIENT.
THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE A BUILDING INTO A RESTAURANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE CONTACT CALL, MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT YOU ALWAYS INTENDED.
AND, UM, NOT FEEL PRESSURED BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONFUSION AND EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS YOUR INTENT.
MY TEN TWO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE ONE ON NEW NIB AND I HAVE ONE ON FOSTER DRIVE AND CHALKED UP RESTAURANT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY, LIKE I SAID, I WAS GETTING CONFUSED.
I HAVE A CHILD FOR A LOT OF BREAKFAST CLUB.
THAT'S ON TRUCK TOWING FOSTER.
SO I DEFINITELY KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING INTO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M TRYING TO GRADE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY THAT THE RESTAURANT SCENE HAS NOW, YOU CAN'T GO IN AND SIT DOWN AND EAT.
YOU CAN JUST GO IN AND
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ASKED ME, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO MEET? YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS HAVE TO GO TO TELL THEM ZACHARY, OR, BUT NONE OF IT IS NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I WANTED TO HAVE IT BECAUSE WE'D LIKE YOU TO SAY, YOU HAVE TO GO TO ZACHARY, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BLUE BUTTON HERE.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING NICE FOR ANOTHER BED AND ROUGE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES ON THAT, ON THE GOLD SIDE TOO.
SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO BUILD UP THE NOT BAD ROADS.
I FOUND THAT AREA, BUT FROM THE GUNSHOT AREA, I'M, I'M FROM THE MELBOURNE ROADSIDE.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN AND THAT COMMUNITY FOR MY COMMUNITY, WATCH IT FOR NEW GRAY JOB.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO, TO, TO AMEND, TO SEE A B ONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION, THE MOTION PART? LET ME SAY THIS.
UH, I'VE TALKED TO THIS YOUNG MAN FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WHEN HE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE WAS TWO YEARS, SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADE BY FAR, ONE OF MY FAVORITE STUDENTS.
UH, DESIGN WAS A HORRIBLE STUDENT, UH, YOUNG MAN, BUT A HORRIBLE STUDENT.
HIS LAST THING ONE DAY I PUT HIM IN AND I GUESS WHAT, I TAUGHT HIM.
I TAUGHT HIM READING AND I PUT HIM IN THE CORNER ONE DAY, CAUSE HE WAS TALKING SO MUCH.
AND THE OTHER 23 STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE CLASS AND HE KEPT ACTING A FOOL AND I'VE KEPT SAYING, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? HE WAS LIKE, MAN, THEY OVER THERE MESSING WITH ME.
AND HE AND I, HE KEPT ACTING A FOOL IN HIS DESK.
I SAID, MAN, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? HE SAID, MAN, HE OVER THERE TALKING, I REMEMBER HE IN A CORNER AND STARTED 23 STUDENTS.
AND THEY ALL GOT ON BLUE SHIRTS AND KHAKI PANTS, EVERYBODY DRESSED JUST THE LIGHT.
AND I SAID, WHO OVER THERE TALKING? AND HE SAID HIM.
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO TAKE ME OFF.
BUT, UH, I'M EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE.
AND I WOULD TELL YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU ALWAYS, UH, AUTOGRAPH YOUR WORK WITH EXCELLENCE ON AND BE THOROUGH AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS TODAY OR JUST BE THOROUGH.
I CAN ALWAYS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.
I DON'T THINK ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL OR WHATEVER, TAKE ANYTHING TO APPROVE AN ITEM.
SO WHEN YOU OFFER TO DO SOMETHING FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, NONE OF US WOULD TAKE ANYTHING IN AN EFFORT TO APPROVE AN ITEM.
SO WE WOULDN'T TAKE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST GET WITH ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED BY AMAROS THE SECOND OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MOAT MEETING OF THE TURNER.