Sep 20, 2021 Planning Commission

HE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL ITEM 18 T AND D ONE DASH ZERO SEVEN.

VICE CHAIRMAN GROWL.

WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MR. MORIN,

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ROSEANNE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 16 TO REVISE, TO ADD SIX LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF PERKINS ROAD, EAST OF GLASGOW AVENUE DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA ITEM NUMBER 21, BUD FOUR DASH ZERO EIGHT WOMAN'S HOSPITAL CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FIVE PROPOSED INCREASE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING AREA IN ZONE SEVEN ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUTSON ITEM NUMBER 22 4 DASH ZERO EIGHT CHARTER SCHOOL WOMAN'S HOSPITAL FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION TO PROPOSED NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING AND REMOVAL OF MODULAR CLASSROOM BUILDINGS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MCCALL DRIVE EAST OF STERNBERG LANE DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON AND ITEM NUMBER 24, PUT THREE DASH ZERO ZERO SOUTH GATE OUT PARCEL SOUTHGATE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED BUILDING FOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE NORTH OF EAST BOY DRIVE DEFERRED TO OCTOBER 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA CONSENT ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL.

THERE ARE NONE CONSENT ITEMS FOR APPROVAL.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN K 64 21 3500 SENECA STREET TO READ ON FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO H TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SENECA STREET, EAST OF NORTH ACADIAN THREE-WAY ITEM NUMBER 8 65, 21 31 0 1 AND 3 1 1 5 GOVERNMENT STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BARN LOUNGE CAB TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GOVERNMENT STREET AND HEARTHSTONE DRIVE

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ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 66, 21 54 35 HIGHLAND ROAD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHLAND ROAD, EAST OF BERGEN HABIT.

NEW ITEM NUMBER 10 K 67 21 1 5 8 0 1, GEORGIA NEIL ROAD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO LC TWO TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JOE GEORGIA NEAL ROAD, WEST OF O'NEILL LANE ITEM NUMBER 11, K 68 21 1 7 0 7 GARDERE LANE, SUITE A TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF GARNIER LANE.

SOUTH OF GSR I AVENUE, APPLICANT, APPLICANT AMENDED HIS REQUEST TO SEE A B ONE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, ITEM NUMBER 12, K 69, 21 97 38 BURBANK DRIVE TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE LLC, ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BURBANK DRIVE AND GSR I AVE ITEM NUMBER 14, K 71 21 1 0 4 8 0 PERKINS ROAD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, WEST OF GREENBRIER HOLLOW DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 16, K 73 21 T 92 60 CORE TANA PLACE TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAB TO TWO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, ONE H C1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CORTEN A PLACE SOUTH OF CROSSWAY AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER 17, K 74 21 1 7 1 0 7 1 7 3 1 0 1 7 3 2 1 1 7 3 8 5 1 7 4 1 5 1 7 4 4 5 1 7 5 5 5 1 7 7 0 5 1 7 7 1 5 1 8 2 4 9 AND 1 8 5 1 0 SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AGRICULTURE, ONE R E A ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH HARA HAROLD FERRY ROAD, EAST OF O'NEAL LANE ITEM NUMBER 20 M CUP 1 21 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY DIRT PIT PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF BROOME ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 23, BUD, ONE DASH ZERO THREE TOWN CENTER APARTMENTS TOWN CENTER AT CEDAR LODGE CREEKSTONE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY NORTH OF CORPORATE BOULEVARD, ITEM NUMBER 25, BUT FIVE DASH ZERO SEVEN OSCHNER HEALTH CENTER.

THE GROVE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION TO PROPOSE PARKING REDUCTION IN BUILDING AREA CHANGES ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GROVE BOULEVARD WEST OF INTERSTATE 10 FRONTAGE ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 26, C S FIVE DASH 21, DAVID DAVIS PROPERTY FLAG, LOT PROPOSED FLAG, LOT SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OLD HAMAN HIGHWAY WEST OF BRENTWOOD DRIVE AND ITEM NUMBER 27 S P 1421 LIFE STORAGE PROPOSED SELF STORAGE FACILITY ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE ROAD, EAST OF SIEGEN LANE PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UDC.

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

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ONE VOTE.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE POOLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE'RE ALSO HAVING PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO CONFIRM WHETHER THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR THAT WISHED TO PULL AN ITEM OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU SAYING NOT AS THEIR EMOTION, LITTLE ABOUT VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

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

MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 18 21, 600 TO 5,700 NICHOLSON DRIVE AND ITEM NUMBER 3, 2 0 0 BURBANK UNIVERSITY CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 10 PA 18 21 5600 TO 5,700 NICHOLSON DRUGS RELATED TO PUT TO ZERO.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR ITEM

[Items 2 & 3]

THE PERMANENCY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE.

SOUTH OF BEEN HER ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.

GOT IT.

THE APPLICANT IS MAKING ROBERTSON.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USES PLAN AMENDMENT FROM COMMERCIAL TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.

PUT 2 0, 0 BURBANK UNIVERSITY CUTS UP PLAN REVISION TEAM.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSED REVISED USES TO INCREASE MEDIUM DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND ACREAGE AND DECREASE COMMERCIAL RETAIL, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND ACREAGE.

THE FILTER BE OUR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND OPEN SPACE PA 18 21 5600 TO 5,700 NICHOLSON DRIVE RELATED TO PUT 2 0 0 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES STAFF.

ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST TO AMEND THE CONCEPT PLAN MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED HEATER DEVELOPMENT, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

IF THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, COMPANION CONFERENCE THAT PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, WE'VE RECEIVED THREE MESSAGES ON THE PUBLIC AND OPPOSITION TO THESE ITEMS. OKAY, 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 BETTER.

YES, YES, SIR.

MICKEY ROBERTSON WITH MR. ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING 93 45 IN ATLANTA AVENUE.

I'M HERE AT NIGHT TO PRESENT THIS CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR BURBANK UNIVERSITY, UH, PUD ABOUT 15 AND A HALF ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NICHOLSON EAST HAVE BEEN HEARD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND HOTEL.

AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

WE WERE GOING TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS OF THE PUB THAT'S IN PLACE.

IT'S GOT AN OVERALL DRAINAGE PLAN, GOT AN OVERALL TRAFFIC STUDY, A PLANNING COMMISSION EVERYONE'S RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CHORD IN FAVOR WHO WISHES TO SPEAK JOHN DAIGLE.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, SO I'M, UH, SPEAKING ON THE BASIS OF, UH, INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHERE THEY INCLUDE THE PLANS.

AND SO IT MAY NOT BE SPECIFIC TO WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON IN TERMS OF THE REZONING OF PART OF IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, LOCATED ALONG THAT BURBANK NICHOLSON CORRIDOR CONTAINS A LARGE WETLAND CONSERVATION AREA.

IT'S 213, EXCUSE ME, 232 POINT 15 ACRES.

SO THAT IS A VERY NOTABLE THING.

IT'S A GOOD THING.

UH, HOPEFULLY IT SETS A PRECEDENT OF SOME KIND AND I AM CURIOUS AS TO HOW THAT CAME ABOUT, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S WHAT THEY'RE, UH, SPEAKING, SPEAKING TO SPECIFICALLY TODAY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAME TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY POSITIVE FEATURE.

MY NEXT SPEAKER CORD IS AN OPPOSITION FOR LISA DUPLANT PLANT J YEAH.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR 15.

IS A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS STATING THAT 15 POINT 48 ACRES AS A CHANGE OF THE 550 IS THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY HAVE USED THIS IN A CHANGE IN ANYTHING THAT I CAN GO BACK AND FIND SINCE 2016, THEY'VE ALWAYS ONLY USED THE AMOUNT OF THAT TRACT.

I WOULD LIKE TO STATE FIRST THAT I THINK THIS APPLICATION

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AND IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY HAVE ADDED 88 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO THIS PUD.

AND NOW THEY WANT TO ADD ANOTHER, I THINK LIKE 139 ON A PIECE OF LAND THAT HAS 15 ACRES, 95% OF THAT ISN'T IN A FLOOD ZONE.

SO BRINGING THAT DENSITY DOWN, WORRIES ME ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND IT'S THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT ALL OVER THAT WORRIES ME.

AND I THINK THAT WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE GONE ON WITH THIS PUD, SINCE IT WAS APPROVED FIRST IN 2015, I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT THOSE DRAINAGE STUDIES ARE STILL GOOD.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO DO A NEW ONE BEFORE THEY ADD MORE, MORE DENSITY TO THIS PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S ALL.

OUR LAST SPEAKER CORD IS AN OPPOSITION FOR EMILY JONES, BUT SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

UH, WHAT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT WHEN IT WAS FIRST CONCEIVED IN 2000.

SO I'M NOT SURE OF THE GENESIS OF THE 232 ACRES OF WETLANDS PRESERVATION, BUT WE ARE NOT TOUCHING THAT.

AND IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE AS WELL.

THE TORREZ CONVERTING FROM COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND HOTEL TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WE ARE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA THAT'S ON THE SITE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL THAT WAS ALLOWED PREVIOUSLY.

SO EVERY, AT EVERY STEP HAS BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT, UM, WITH THE SITE'S GOING TO BE USED FOR.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU MR. MEMBERS, AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THESE ITEMS. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS. THEY'RE SECOND TO THAT MOTION BACK IN FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE ITEMS SAYING THAT THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED? MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS SHOULD BE TAKEN SEPARATELY.

SO WE'LL TAKE OUT THEM OR

[4. Case 48-21 1700-1800, 1806 and 1794 Staring Lane]

BURST.

THIS TIME.

WE'LL GO HERE AT CASE 48, 21 1700 TO 1818 0 6 AND 1794, STORING LANE CASE 48, 21 1700 TO 1801 0 6 AND 1 7 9 4 STARRING LANE.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF STARRING LANE, SOUTH OF KINGS HILL AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, ROCCA.

THE APPLICANT IS MICKEY L ROBERTSON.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO ZERO LOT LINE 82.6 PROPOSED USE 81, LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THE FUTURE BYARD LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CASE 48, 21 1700 TO 1801 8 0 6 AND 1 7 9 4 STARN LANE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.

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

I RECEIVED TWO MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE.

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.

THANK YOU, MICKEY ROBINSON AGAIN, 93 45 IN LINE, THE SITE BEFORE THAT, BEFORE YOU NOW IS A 22 AND A HALF ACRE SITE ON STARRING LANE, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED , WHICH ALLOWS ROUGHLY ABOUT FOUR LOTS PER ACRE, 88 LOTS OR SO.

UH, WE ARE PROPOSING 80 LOTS.

IF THIS REZONING IS SUCCESSFUL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

UM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH OPPOSITION TO IT AT THIS POINT.

UH, SO IN TERMS OF THE REZONING, WE FEEL LIKE THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THE PROPERTY, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS, EMOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, PERMISSION TO HAWTHORNE.

AND SINCE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CHORDS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS,

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UH, THANK YOU.

UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO PULL IT UP, BUT I REMEMBER READING THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE DENIED THIS, THIS ITEM STAFF IS CERTIFIED AND THEN THERE WAS NO, UH, NO OUTSTANDING ISSUES ISSUES.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT DOES, RIGHT.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

SORRY.

QUESTIONS.

IF NO COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, I'LL MAKE IT.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THEY CAME FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[5. S-9-21 Silverside Cove Subdivision]

FIVE, SUBDIVISION 9 21 SILVERSIDE CODE SUBDIVISION.

IT'S 9 21 SILVERSIDE COAST SUBDIVISION.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF STARRING LANE, SOUTH OF KINGS HILL AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, ROCCA.

THE APPLICANT IS MICKEY L ROBERTSON.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 81 0 LOT LINE RESIDENTIAL, LOTS WITH THREE COMMON AREA TRACKS AND PRIVATE STREET ACCESS.

THE FILTER BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S 9 21 SILVERSIDE COVE SUBDIVISION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING, CONSIDERATE PLANNING, COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.

IF THE COMPANION REZONING IS APPROVED ALTERATION OF THE DRAINAGE WAY, OR ANY MITIGATION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE UNRESOLVED ISSUES WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.

THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED DENIAL OR DEFERRAL OF DECIDE ON, HAVE HEARD.

WE RECEIVED TWO MESSAGES OF OPPOSITION FROM THE PUBLIC.

AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK.

GOOD TO SEE ALL AGAIN, MICKEY ROBERTSON AND MORE ENGINEERING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE PLAT FOR THE SITE, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE REQUIRED DRAINAGE STUDY.

AND WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAS BEEN THE DRAIN OF REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED BY THE COUNCIL.

SO EVEN THOUGH THOSE ORDINANCES DO NOT APPLY TO THIS SUBDIVISION, WE HAVE TAKEN UPON OURSELVES TO GO AHEAD AND INCREASE TO MEET THOSE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE JUST APPROVED LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.

UH, WE HAVE DESIGNED OUR PONDS TO REDUCE THE FLOW COMING OFF THE SITE, UH, TO 90% OF THE PRE-FLOOD PRE-DEVELOPMENT FLOW.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ALSO AGREED TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE AREA, THE FLOOD ZONE STORAGE VOLUME BY 30% COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS TODAY, UH, JUST ON OUR SIDE ALONE.

UH, HOWEVER WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DPW STILL HAS SOME COMMENTS, UH, AND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUR PLAN.

BUT WHAT WE WOULD ASK TONIGHT IS THAT YOU APPROVE OUR PLAN CONTINGENT UPON US WORKING OUT THOSE FINAL DETAILS, UH, WITH DPW DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN PHASE, UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN WORK OUT THOSE FINAL DETAILS WITH DPW, UH, THAT MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF SOME LOTS, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE FINAL DETAILS ARE.

UH, IF THAT HAPPENS TO CONSTITUTE A MAJOR CHANGE, THEN WE WOULD BE BACK HERE AGAIN, ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF A DIFFERENT PLAN.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE FEEL LIKE THE PLAN WE HAVE, UH, COULD BE APPROVED CONTINGENT UPON US, JUST FINALIZING THE DETAILS WITH DPW.

SO AGAIN, TO RE TO REITERATE THAT WE'VE MET THE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, DON'T APPLY TO THIS SITE, BUT WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I SPEND A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE INCREASED THE DRAINAGE AREA FOR THE SITE.

AND SO THEREFORE WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL CONTINGENT UPON US WORKING OUT THE DPW COMMENTS.

ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS WITH THIS ITEM? I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR, UH, MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

AND THE FACT THAT, UM, THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE, OR THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE COMMENTS, UM, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS STATED THAT THEY NEED TO ABIDE BY.

UH, REMEMBER WASHINGTON.

OH, WHAT WE JUST APPROVED

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WE CAN THEN APPROVE CORRECT.

OR IF WE DON'T AND WE GO AHEAD AND DENY THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US WITH A NEW CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, ANY FLOOD PLANNING AND MITIGATION WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED, UM, SUBJECT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS WERE, WERE TO BE SUBMITTED OR PERMITS TO BE COMMISSIONER HILL.

COULD I ASK MR. ROBERTS COME BACK UP PLEASE? YES, SIR.

COULD MAYBE, UH, YOU ELABORATE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE WITH, UH, DPW REGARDING THIS SIDE.

THE, THE LAST QUESTION THAT WE, WE FEEL LIKE WHERE IS REMAINING TO GET A FINAL ANSWER ON WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DIG MITIGATION INSIDE THE DRAIN SERVITUDE OF DAWSON CREEK.

SO PART OF OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO WIDEN THE CREEK AND INCREASE THE FLOOD, THE FLOOD STORAGE THERE.

AND, UH, DPW DID NOT APPROVE THAT HAS NOT APPROVED THAT TO THIS POINT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON THOSE DETAILS.

SO AS I LOOK AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE LOT 77, 78, 79 AND 80 ENCROACH INTO A DAWSON'S CREEK.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THEY WOULD, THE DRAINAGE SERVITUDE FOR DAWSON CREEK WOULD BE ON THE REAR OF THOSE LIGHTS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDABLE AREA.

SO YES, SIR, THOSE FOUR LIGHTS, UH, JUST A LOT, NOT THE BUILDING.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOU WERE CLOSE TO, TO MAYBE HAVING THIS RESOLVED WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT? NOT REALLY SURE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS TODAY AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO BE STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.

BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WITH AN APPROVAL WE CAN MOVE TO SOME FINAL DECISIONS.

WOULD THERE BE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT? IF WE WERE TO DELAY THIS TONIGHT, UH, THE SELLERS ARE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE ANTSY.

WE HAVE KICKED US DOWN THE ROAD TWO OR THREE TIMES NOW.

UH, SO OUR CONTRACT IS APPROACHING THE END, SO IT WOULD BENEFIT US IF WE COULD GET AN APPROVAL SO WE CAN MOVE TO FINALIZING THAT PART OF IT.

WHEN I WAS CHAIRMAN GROUT, UH, MR. ROBERTSON.

COMMISSIONER HILL, CHAIRMAN WATSON.

I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING AND TALKING WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, SINCE THERE IS AN ISSUE HERE, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN B? I MEAN, CLEARLY THEY DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.

DO YOU HAVE IT? DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL YOU CAN GIVE THEM OR YOU CAN NEGOTIATE WITH NOW? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IF WE APPROVE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO COME DO IT LATER.

IF YOU APPROVE IT, SAY THAT IF WE APPROVE IT NOW YOU'LL, YOU'LL Y'ALL WILL FIGURE OUT THE DRAINAGE LATER.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HOPE FOR IS THAT WAY PROVING THAT YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF CONCEPTUAL PLAN B NOW? NO, SIR.

NOT IN FRONT OF ME.

THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT.

WE'D THE LATEST.

SO ALLOWED THEM TIME TO WORK OUT THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE WITH DPW.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE APPROVED SOMETHING, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE APPROVING AND THAT IF THERE ARE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE FIND THOSE OUT, IF THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET THOSE IRONED OUT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THAT.

YOU ALL COULD RESOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH A, WITH A 30 DAY REFERRAL? OBVIOUSLY THERE'VE BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IN ITS CURRENT, IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HILL.

AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, BY RULE WE, UH, UH, DEFERRALS ARE AUTOMATICALLY 60 DAYS, UNLESS WE SPECIFICALLY REQUEST THAT THEY BE REDUCED TO 30.

AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT.

DO YOU THINK THAT

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WE'D LIKE TO THINK SO.

SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HILL? YES.

THAT WAS A MOTION TO THE, FOR F FOR HOW LONG, IF WE CAN, WE CAN DEFER FOR 30 DAYS.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

I BELIEVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE FRONT AND THIS ITEM SAYING NONE, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[6. Case 53-21 2504, 2544 Government Street and 535 Saint Rose Avenue]

NUMBER SIX, CASE 53, 21 25 0 4, 25 44 GOVERNMENT STREET AND 5 35 ST.

ROSE AVENUE, CASE 53 21 2 5 0 4 2 5 4 4 GOVERNMENT STREET AND 5, 3, 5 ST.

ROSE AVENUE.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GOVERNMENT STREET AND SAINT ROSE AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLD.

THE APPLICANT IS GARRISON KNEEL.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL 82 AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE C A B TWO, AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, NC PROPOSED TO USE BAR OUR LOUNGE AND PARKING THE FUTURE BE OR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD AND MIXED USE CASE 53 21 2 5 0 4 2 5 4 4 GOVERNMENT STREET AND 5, 3, 5 ST.

ROSE AVENUE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, PLANNING, PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF HAS RECEIVED NINE MESSAGES IN FAVOR AND TO AN OPPOSITION FROM THE PUB.

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

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S GARRISON NEAL.

UM, CHRIS GRAND, MY, UH, CONTRACTORS PASSING OUT A FEW ITEMS FOR YOU GUYS.

YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THIS THOUGH.

THERE'S THE RESUB DIVIDE, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE LOTS ARE NON-CONFORMING.

UM, THERE'S ALSO A PARKING PLAN IS WE'RE PROPOSING.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE ONE RESIDENTIAL LOT THAT WE ARE REZONING IS, UH, TO MEET THE, UH, TO HELP, UH, MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ASKING FOR.

AND, UM, THERE'S A SITE PLAN REDEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THERE'S SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

SO MY NAME'S GARRISON NEIL.

UM, I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND, UM, FIRST STEP I TOOK WAS MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

I'VE MET AND WORKED WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WE FEEL LIKE IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT STREET CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ROAD DIET AND THAT PEOPLE WILL BE BIKING THERE.

UM, THE PROPERTY WILL CONSIST OF A FEW DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT ARE ALL MEANT TO, UH, REALLY DRIVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CREATE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL GO FOR MULTIPLE REASONS MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, UM, IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY, I'LL HAVE, UH, MY PARKER BARBER CONCEPT, THIS'LL BE OUR THIRD LOCATION, MY FAMILY BUSINESS.

WE, UH, WE HAVE SALONS AND SPAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND, UM, WHAT I PLAN TO DO HERE IS THIS AMAZING CONCEPT, LIKE THE OLD BARBERSHOPS OF THE PAST, BUT, UM, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A MODERN TOUCH.

AND SO THAT WILL BE IN THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK, UM, IN 25 44 AND THE, UH, THE FORMER BIKE SHOP, UM, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER.

WE ARE PLANNING TO DO KIND OF LIKE AN EPICUREAN MARKET, SMALL GROCERY STORE WITH A NATURAL WINE SHOP.

THE PROBABLY MOST NOTABLE PART OF THE PROPERTY IS THE FORMER GAS STATION.

UH, SOME OF THE NIECES ARE ACTUALLY HERE TODAY AND I'M SURE THEY'LL TELL YOU SOME OF THE HISTORY, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHO I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM.

AND THAT HAS BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THE, UH, THE ACTUAL GAS STATION.

IT DATES BACK TO 1926, FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, IT'S THE OLDEST STANDARD OIL LOCATION IN THE STATE.

UM, SO THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS PROPERTY IS WHAT REALLY LED ME TO PURCHASE IT.

WE WERE KIND OF, UM, BIDDING AGAINST ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO WAS WANTING TO TEAR THE ENTIRE THING DOWN.

AND, UM, I HAVE A PASSION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

UH, THIS IS NOT MY FIRST PROJECT THAT RELATES TO THAT.

AND SO IT WAS A PERFECT FIT AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

WE FEEL LIKE THIS WILL ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THANKS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER CORDS THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.

THE FIRST IS FOR MALLORY BRENNAN.

YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US THIS AFTERNOON.

MY PARTNER, UH, NOAH HOGGET AND I LIVE AT 2340 GOVERNMENT STREET.

UH, WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE INTENTIONALLY, UH, WITH THE ROAD DIET IN MIND, AND WE ARE TRULY THRILLED, UM, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE THINK THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WILL BE A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY.

I THINK THAT THE CONCERNS THAT WE WANTED TO FLAG FOR THE COMMISSION ARE LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH THOSE THAT OTHERS HAVE, UH, RAISED, UM, WITH MR. NEIL, THOSE INCLUDE PARKING, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF LATE NIGHT NOISE WHILE WE ARE YOUNG AND ALSO ENJOY LATE NIGHT NOISE.

UM, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SELL OUR HOUSE IN THE FUTURE TO A FAMILY THAT HAS POSSIBLY YOUNG CHILDREN AND IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, I THINK WE WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND UNDERSTANDING A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF NOISE CONTROL, UM, POTENTIAL LATE NIGHT EVENTS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, PERHAPS HAS SOME TYPE OF A NOISE CURFEW OR LIMITATION, UM, THAT, UH, COULD VARY PERHAPS BY WEEKDAY VERSUS WEEKEND.

UM, I THINK OVERALL WE'RE, WE'RE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN, UM, AND JUST WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THAT THOSE ASPECTS ARE THOUGHT OUT.

UM, I ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THE VOLUME OF ANTICIPATED PARKING, UM, AND HOPEFULLY OTHER PLANS TO ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE AREA.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER COURT IS FOR GORDON MEESE.

THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

AND Y'ALL DOING, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, UH, I'M A GRADUATE OF LSU SCHOOL OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT URBAN PLANNING AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAKING OF THE FUTURE BR PLAN.

SO WHAT THEY ARE ASKING TO DO IS COMPLETELY CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.

UM, SO IN THAT POINT THERE, I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU GUYS APPROVED IT ALREADY.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, THE, IF MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE KEPT THIS PROPERTY AND WE WOULD BE REDEVELOPING IT TODAY, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING BEFORE YOU ASKED HIM FOR THE EXACT SAME CHANGES, BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.

THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO.

UM, OUR LITTLE RESTAURANT THAT WAS ON THE CORNER HAD TREMENDOUS VOLUME, AND THIS IS AN URBAN AREA AND THE PARKING WORKED, UM, THERE JUST NEVER WAS A PROBLEM.

NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED IT, UH, IT WORKED, IT WORKED EVERY DAY AND WE WOULD SERVE 150 200 PLATES IN A TWO OR THREE HOUR PERIOD FOR LUNCH.

SO AS A FORMER PROPERTY OWNER, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DOESN'T REALLY, UH, GO AGAINST ANYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.

UM, HISTORICALLY MY GRANDFATHER OWNED A BAR AND, UH, OYSTER BAR ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO RETURN IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLACE IT WAS.

AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS.

AND ALSO THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET UP AND DOWN GOVERNMENT STREET.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING, UM, THAT HASN'T BEEN ALREADY APPROVED UP AND DOWN GOVERNMENT STREET.

THERE ARE MANY PLACES WITH OUTDOOR MUSIC RIGHT NEXT TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

UM, CURBSIDE, NOBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

UH, THE BEER GARDEN IT'S OUTSIDE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

SO, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO CREATE A PROBLEMS WHERE THEY DON'T EXIST IN THE PARISH ALREADY HAS ORDINANCES ABOUT SOUND.

UM, IF THEY EXCEED THOSE, UH, THOSE LIMITS, THEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LAW TO PROTECT THAT.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND ADDED INTO THIS, AND THIS IS A LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY'RE REALLY TARGETING YOUNG ADULTS WITH KIDS.

SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CRANKING UP SOME MUSIC AND HAVING SOME WILD FRAT BOY DRUNK NIGHTS.

THERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU GET

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TO GO HAVE A DINNER.

YOU BRING YOUR KIDS, YOU GET TO RELAX FROM A HARD DAY'S WORK.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN BY 10 O'CLOCK MOST NIGHTS ANYWAY.

AND SO, UM, LET'S NOT CREATE PROBLEMS. BATON ROUGE IS BEHIND ON A LOT OF THINGS.

AND I SAID THIS WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR, GIVE ME A SECOND.

UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW.

WE HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS BECAUSE MOVING FORWARD, IF WE DON'T BUILD A CITY THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN, WE'RE GONNA LOSE.

AND THESE GENTLEMEN ARE TRYING TO BUILD A DEVELOPMENT THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO AND SAY, I LIKE THIS PLACE.

AND SO THANK YOU AND PLEASE APPROVE THEM.

AND THEY SPEAK ACCORD IS FOR JOSHUA PLAGUE.

HEY, GOOD EVENING.

HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME IS JOSHUA FLAG AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I, I'M KIND OF A UNIQUE POSITION.

I'M NOT ONLY A NEIGHBOR.

I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF DREAR AND MYSTERIOUS ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND RAISING MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THERE.

UM, BUT I'M ALSO AN INVESTOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON THE MCGRATH HEIGHTS AREA, RIGHT BEHIND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I OWN SEVEN LOTS, MY BROTHER AND I ON SEVEN TOTAL RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED IN THE LAST 24 TO 36 MONTHS.

WE'VE DEVELOPED THREE HOUSES ORIGINALLY OWNED 10.

WE JUST SOLD THE FIRST THREE HOMES THAT BURNED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SEVEN REMAINING LOTS WE PLAN TO DEVELOP.

SO AGAIN, BOTH AN INVESTOR, UH, AND A NEIGHBOR, AND I'M POOR EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE THIS.

I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS FITS WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALONG ALONG GOVERNMENT STREET.

I THINK IT'S OUR BEST CHANCE TO REBUILD THE CORE OF, OF BATON ROUGE, ATTRACT YOUNG, TALENTED PEOPLE TO THE AREA, TO, TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND INVEST AND LIVE AND EAT, AND DRINK AND PLAY AND SPEND MONEY AND, AND MID CITY.

UM, I THINK MR. NEIL HAS ADDRESSED MOST OF THE CONCERNS, UH, AROUND, AROUND PARKING AND NOISE.

I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THIS SPIRIT OF WHAT HE'S PROPOSING TO DEVELOP FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD FITS THE WALKABILITY, FITS INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW 15 MINUTE CITY CONCEPT, UM, WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOP, UH, AN AREA THAT'S THAT'S LONG NEEDED SOME REDEVELOPMENT THERE.

UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SEEN, UH, THE PANDEMIC PRESS PAUSE ON A LOT OF THIS AREA FOR, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THIS IS A MUCH NEEDED SHOT IN THE ARM.

AND I'M, I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF IT.

AND JUST HERE AS BOTH A NEIGHBOR AND AN INVESTOR, UM, WITH A LOT TO, TO LOSE OR GAIN, IF, IF GOVERNMENT STREET DOES NOT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR LACY CHATTING JER.

HOW ABOUT JOSH? THANK YOU.

AND I LAST SPEAK ACCORD AND FAVOR IS FOR KNOWER HOGGET, BUT HE ALSO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER COURT IN OPPOSITION IS FOR JOEL MEESE.

SHE DOESN'T SPEAK FOR BOTH OF US AT THAT.

HE CAN PLAY IT INSIDE, BUT HE PLAYS IT OUTSIDE.

UH, I'VE LIVED ON THE CORNER OF MCGOVERN STREET AND ST.

ROSE FOR ALMOST 42 YEARS.

MY FAMILY SOLD THE PROPERTY TO MR. NEIL, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE DONE THERE.

UH, THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT WE REALLY HAVE IS THAT MY BEDROOM WINDOW IS LESS THAN A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE BREAKING AT NIGHT AND I'M EVEN OKAY WITH THAT BROAD TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. NEO, THAT HE WOULD NOT AGREE TO REFRAIN FROM PLAYING AMPLIFIED MUSIC FOR BANDS AT THE 10 O'CLOCK.

I'M GETTING TO BE AN OLD MAN.

I'M 65.

I GO TO SLEEP AT 10 O'CLOCK.

I LIVE IN AN OLD HOUSE IN A HISTORIC YESTERDAY.

HE DIDN'T MAKE MANY CHANGES TO IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP AFTER 10 O'CLOCK.

IF HE'S PLAYING MUSIC OUT THERE, IF HE WOULD AGREE TO A RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY TO PREVENT THAT KIND OF MUSIC OUTSIDE,

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I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP.

THE POLICE DON'T ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE IT'S WELL-KNOWN IN THE CITY.

PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THE HOUSES BEHIND MAYOR FROM THE CONTRACTOR DID THIS FOLK ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE, UH, THE CHANGE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

I I'LL TELL YOU PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THE RADIO BAR ARE NOT HAPPY, BUT NOBODY IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SPOKEN WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHERE THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE RIGHT TO OPEN A BAR, NOT A RIGHT.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

PEOPLE THEY'RE GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE GRANTED THAT PRIVILEGE UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO DO THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS FROM HAVING TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE.

THE, MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AND MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU REQUIRE HIM MAKE AN AGREEMENT THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO PLAY MUSIC OUTSIDE EITHER BY AMPLIFICATION OR BANDS AFTER 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING I HAVE TO SAY IN THAT TOO.

THE JUNIOR PLACE TO MAKE OURSELVES A HISTORIC DISTRICT.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR DAVID MISA, EXCUSE ME.

I'M NOT A REAL PUBLIC SPEAKER.

UM, MY WIFE AND I LIVED TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE PROPERTY AND WE WERE EXCITED.

WE LIKED THE CONCEPT, UM, BUT WE WANT HIM TO MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS FOR HIS NEIGHBORS.

UM, WHEN WE SOLD THE PROPERTY, UH, MY BROTHER AND I, WE DID NOT SELL OUR RIGHTS TO ENJOY A MOMENT OF PEACE AND COMFORT TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP.

UM, LIKE YOU SAID, ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THE ONLY THING IN THERE ABOUT DECIBELS IS LIKE, IF A CAR IS YOU CAN'T HAVE 75 DECIBELS, 25 FEET, SOMEBODY CAN PARK THEIR CAR NEXT TO THEM, UP MY BEDROOM AND THE 75 DECIBELS.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE BAR.

THERE'S NO DESK THAT I CAN SEE.

THERE'S NO DESPERATE LIMIT.

IF YOU CALL THE POLICE, THEY'LL COME OUT AND WELL, IT'S NOT LOUD TO ME THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MEASURE IT.

UM, I REALLY DON'T THINK I'M KIND OF AGREE WITH MY BROTHER, OTHER BROTHER, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED THING.

AND IF EVERYBODY SAYS, IT'S GOING TO CLOSE AT 10, THEN GARRISON OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO AGREE TO TURN THE MUSIC OFF AT 10.

I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE THING.

UM, AS FAR AS PARKING, I DID A LITTLE COUNT TODAY.

UH, WHITE STAR HAS 50 SPOTS, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A PARABLE TO WHITE STAR.

THE BEER GARDEN HAS 22 SPOTS IN ON-SITE AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM.

THEY PARK ANOTHER 20 OR 30 ACROSS THE STREET AT SUTTON.

THE BOTH OF THOSE HAVE 50 SPOTS.

AND WHEN I'M UNDERSTAND, GARRISON HAS ONLY GOT 30 SPOTS.

SO IF HE'S THINKING ANYWHERE NEAR THE SAME AMOUNT OF PATRONS, HE'S GOT TO COME BACK WITH SOME MORE PARK.

UM, AND THE SOUND HE HASN'T COME BACK AND W AGREED WITH ANYTHING FOR US OR TOLD US ANYWAY, THE MITIGATED, HE COULD PUT UP A FENCE, LOW WATTAGE SPEAKERS, MAKE SURE THEY POINT AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCES LIMIT THE TIME THAT THE MUSIC, SO ON ALL THOSE THINGS WOULD BE AN ACCOMMODATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT LIKE MY BROTHER SAID, IF WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO DENY IT, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST DEFER IT UNTIL WE CAN GET A GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT AS WELL, WE REALLY LIKE, BUT THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR RANA GRAY.

I THANK YOU.

I'M WANTING A GRAY 2, 3, 3, 3 WAS SERIOUS STREET IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT.

I'VE ALSO BEEN A LONG TIME FAN AND SUPPORTER OF THE GOVERNMENT STREET REDESIGN.

I LIKE IT A LOT.

I WORKED ON THE FUTURE UPR PROJECT WITH SOME OF THESE GUYS.

AND, UM, I AGREE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS REALLY NICE AND I I'M FAMILIAR WITH SOME OTHER WORK OF THIS DEVELOPER AND IT'S A NICE QUALITY.

CERTAINLY WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CORNER BEING REDEVELOPED.

WHAT I OPPOSE IS REZONING ON ST.

ROSE, RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO COMMERCIAL.

AND I UNDERSTAND HE'S DOING THAT TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE A PARKING LOT, BUT WE'VE TAKEN THE ADDITIONAL STEPS IN THE GARDEN DISTRICT IN

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AND WE'RE ADJACENT TO THIS JUST DIVIDED BY ST.

ROSE.

AND, UM, AND OUR STREET WAS STEREO RUNS INTO ST.

ROSE.

I'VE WATCHED AS COMMERCIAL AREAS LIKE PARKINS ROAD AND JEFFERSON HIGHWAY VERY SUCCESSFULLY WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEHIND THEM, BUT REZONING COMMERCIAL HASN'T REALLY ENCROACHED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS WOULD DO.

AND SO THAT'S THE PART OF IT THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.

MOST WE ONLY LEARNED OF THIS MEETING, MOST OF US THAT ARE PROBABLY OPPOSED TO IT, UH, LATE LAST WEEK, FOR SOME REASON, AS I LOOKED AT THE PAPERWORK AND I TOLD THE DEVELOPER TODAY, THE NOTICE WAS MAILED TO OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS REALLY SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

SO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN FINDING OUT WORD OF MOUTH AND, UM, I'M SURE THERE'S NOISE CONCERNS THAT WOULD COME UP LATER.

BUT PARKING IS REALLY BECAUSE WE THINK THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE ALL STREET PARKING CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STRAIGHT PARKING FOR GUESTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT I BELIEVE THERE'S PARKING AVAILABLE ON GOVERNMENT STREET, AND WE COULD KEEP COMMERCIAL USE TO GOVERNMENT STREET AND NOT UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

LIKE WE'RE SEEING SO MANY PROBLEMS. A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GARDEN DISTRICT WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TOP NEIGHBORHOODS IN AMERICA, AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, UH, ONE OF THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PRESERVE THAT RESIDENTIAL QUALITY.

UM, I THINK THE DEVELOPERS EVEN INDICATED THAT HE'S TRIED TO FIND, OR LIZ LOOKING AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE ON GOVERNMENT STREET THAT MIGHT LEASE PARKING FOR AFTER HOURS.

AND I BELIEVE WITH SOME TIME WE COULD HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD CERTAINLY HELP, UH, FIND A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO REZONING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND JUST STARTING THAT MARCH OF COMMERCIAL REZONING, UH, TO WRAP UP, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK RYAN AND GAIL AND, UH, MR. NEIL FOR RESPONDING VERY QUICKLY ON LATE FRIDAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS, I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO EITHER GIVE US TIME OR MAYBE, UM, NOT APPROVE THIS.

I LIKE SCORED IS FOR DENISE .

AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER COURT IS FOR MARK MEESE.

AND THERE WAS NEVER ANYTHING MENTIONED ABOUT CONCERNS OR ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER WE CLOSED, AFTER THEY HAD MY MONEY.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYONE WHO MADE A COMMENT.

UM, FIRST OFF, I LIKE TO SAY I LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS, A BLOCK OFF A MAGAZINE STREET.

SO I'M KEENLY AWARE WITH A LOT OF THESE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IN BATON ROUGE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE FROM MY PLAN THAT I'M, I'M TAKING THEM ALL SERIOUSLY.

UH, GORDON WAS RIGHT ABOUT IT BEING A LIFESTYLE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I'M A FATHER.

I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS IS TO TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CREATED FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MINE.

I WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GATHER AFTER SCHOOL IN EVENINGS AND THEY BRING THE FAMILY TOGETHER.

UM, AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT RANA SAID ABOUT IT BEING ADVERTISED, UM, THERE IT'S BEEN ADVERTISED AND I'M SORRY IF SHE DIDN'T GET THAT.

UM, IN 2, 2, 5 MAGAZINE THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED, UM, IT'S BEEN IN THE ADVOCATE AND IT'S ALSO BEEN IN BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REVIEW.

UM, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BEFORE THIS GROUP, UM, A MONTH PRIOR AND THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE MISPRINT, SO WE PUSHED IT BACK ONE MONTH.

UM, OKAY.

SO TO ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, NOISE FIRST, I DO PLAN TO ABIDE BY ALL THE NOISE ORDINANCES.

UM, THERE WILL BE A FENCE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY AND, UM, THE HOMES.

IT'S, UH, THE ONE THING THAT, THAT MAKES IT HARD AS YOU ARE ON GOVERNMENT STREET.

AND SO FOR, FOR MARK'S WINDOW HE'S HE SAYS, YES, HE'S 25 OR 150 FEET FROM WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE AT MY PROPERTY, BUT HE'S 25 FEET FROM THE ACTUAL STREET.

AND SO IT IS INHERENTLY LOUD, BUT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS NO PLANS OF BEING A LATE NIGHT SPOT.

AND THE ONLY REASON I DON'T WANT TO AGREE TO ANYTHING IS BECAUSE, UM, THE PLANS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THEM AND TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT, I WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT WITH ALL MY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO DO WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT BEFORE I PURCHASED IT.

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AND THEN THEY WANT TO START BRINGING THESE ISSUES UP, WHICH I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE IS A LITTLE UNFAIR ON THAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN IN A PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

UM, LASTLY, UM, WITH PARKING, I DID MENTION ABOUT, UH, CHANGING THE ONE RESIDENTIAL LOT TO ALLOW, UM, PARKING SURFACE PARKING TO 14 SPACES.

UM, I'M ALSO IN POSITIVE TALKS WITH OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M IN CONTROL OF MY OWN DESTINY WITH ADDING THE 14 SPOTS, WHICH I FELT LIKE WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I AM HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUILDING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET TO, UH, THE ARCHITECT WITH HAYES TOWNS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT ADDRESS.

IT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED.

THEY HAVE A, ABOUT HALF AN ACRE BEHIND THAT.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN TALKS, BUT WE HAVEN'T COME TO ANY AGREEMENT YET.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT AS FAR AS PARKING GOES.

PERMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, SIR, SIR, SIR, SIR, AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSIONER SEGMENT, SIR, SIR, YOUR TIME TO SPEAK AS CONCLUDED.

COMMISSIONED MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR EMOTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER STERLING, UM, YOU KNOW, HEARD A LOT, BOTH PRO AND CON, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT TO BE WORKED OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY PARKING.

I KNOW THAT SOJI HAS A, UH, THE RESTAURANT SELLS.

YOU HAS A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PARKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND IT'S REALLY A PROBLEM.

AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEW GOVERNMENT STREET ESTABLISHMENT ARE HAVING SOME OF THAT SAME CONCERN.

SO I WOULDN'T MOVE THAT.

WE DEFER THIS FOR 60 DAYS SO HE COULD WORK HIS PARKING SITUATION NOW, BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.

YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, COMMENT IS MY UNDERSTANDING MR. DIRECTOR, THAT, UH, PARKING IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED DURING THE ACTUAL PLANNING AND PERMITTING MINUTE PLAN.

EXCUSE ME, THE PERMITTING PHASE FOR THE ACTUAL DESIGN.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, IS SIMPLY A REZONING REQUEST, UH, TO CAV ONE TO CAV, TO BAR AND LOUNGE ZONING, AND ALSO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE REQUEST ON YOUR MAP.

UM, SO IT WAS LOTS OF DISCUSSION REGARDING PARKING BUFFERS, LANDSCAPE DETAILED DESIGN.

I KNOW NO THE APPLICANT PASSED AROUND, UH, A PLAN.

UH, NONE OF THAT IS, IS REALLY TO BE CONSIDERED TONIGHT.

ALL OF THAT WOULD BE, UH, HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED THROUGH COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW AT A LATER DATE, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE CODES AND ORDINANCES OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

UH, THEY WOULD CERTIFY THE REQUIRED PARKING AT THAT POINT.

UH, THERE WOULD BE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERS, INCLUDING A FENCE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SHOWN.

UM, ALL THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC RECORD THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW OFFICE, BUT, BUT TONIGHT IS SIMPLY THE, UH, APPROPRIATENESS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AS REQUESTED.

THANK YOU WITH THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER STERLING, I WILL RESCIND MY EMOTION.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER ADDISON, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, MR. NEIL, CAN YOU COME BACK JUST FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? WHEN I ASKED, I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, STIPULATIONS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE PLANNED REVIEW IS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED ON, BUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ON DOING, BUT YOU DID STATE THAT YOUR, YOU, YOU HAD NO DESIRE TO GO PAST 10, 10:00 PM.

I MEAN, IS THAT A PART OF YOUR FUTURE? CAUSE YOU SAID IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE IFFY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE PLAN REVIEW, BUT, BUT YOU STATED THAT YOU DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN A, IN FROM THE NOISE ASPECT OF THE RESIDENCE.

I TALKING ABOUT YOU, YOU STATED THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU WON'T BE GOING PAST THESE HOURS ANYWAY.

SO WHAT WOULD MAKE THAT SO DIFFICULT UNLESS THERE IS NOT JUST AS FLUENT RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME CHANGE IN MIND.

THE REVIEW BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT.

OUR PLAN IS STILL VERY FLUID.

THE, UH, I THINK W I BELIEVE WHAT I SAID WAS THAT IT WON'T BE A LATE NIGHT SPOT.

I'M NOT SURE IF 10, I'M NOT SURE IF 10:00 PM WILL BE THE TIME OR NOT.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TALK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND COMMIT TO SOMETHING WHEN THE PLAN IS STILL KIND OF IN DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON THAT GOING FORWARD BETWEEN NOW AND THE, UH,

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ORDINANCE ONLY APPLIED TO CARS.

BUT, BUT YOU KIND OF CAN SEE FROM THE FOLKS TO PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PERSPECTIVE THAT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ZONING, YOU KNOW, THEY TURN TO LIVE THERE AND IF A DEVELOPER OR A PURCHASE ABOUT IT.

AND THEN WE COME TO REZONE IT AND GOES TO 2:00 AM IN THE MORNING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOUR PLANS CAN CHANGE, BUT THE ZONING CAN NOT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE, ONCE WE DO THIS, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND SO THIS IS A PART OF THAT PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS THEIR OWN ENGAGEMENT, NOT THE PLAN REVIEW, NOT THE ASPECT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THE, THE, THE, UM, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THIS IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SIDE.

THIS IS THE SIDE WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIALS ARE.

AND WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THAT AND WE TALK ABOUT ZONING.

WHAT ULTIMATELY CAN HAPPEN IS ONCE IT'S IN THAT CATEGORY, WE CAN'T TAKE IT BACK.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO OTHER BITE OF THE APPLE, NOT WHETHER YOUR PLAN IS NOT QUITE YET IRONED OUT.

IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY, IT'S GOING TO STAY UP UNTIL 2:00 AM.

WE CAN'T TAKE THE ZONING BACK.

YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THAT POINT.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER AFTER WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ACTUAL PLAN.

SO SOMETIME THAT I DID ASK FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TOO, WHICH WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHY THESE RESIDENTS ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 2022.

I UNDERSTAND YOU AND YOUR PROJECT AND YOUR CONCEPT IS A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT ONE.

I MEAN, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT NOISE AND THE GUYS TALK ABOUT THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP, AND YOU SAY, I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN TO A TWO YEAR OLD, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.

IN FACT, I MAKE NOTES HERE, BOTH WHAT THE RESIDENT PROS AND CONS OF SAYING, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND IF WE CAN'T DO A 60 DAY OR 30 DAYS, SOMETHING DO NEED TO BE KIND OF IRONED OUT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO YOU, DO YOU WANT ME TO DISCUSS THAT AS AN OPTION RIGHT NOW? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I REALLY DON'T.

I GUESS I DON'T, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I JUST WROTE WHAT I HEARD YOU TO SAY.

AND THEN I HEARD THE IDEA OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LIKE THAT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GO BEYOND 10 O'CLOCK OR WHATEVER, THEN WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE THERE? AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT QUITE FINISHED HERE YET.

YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, IT MIGHT NOT BE 10.

IT MIGHT BE 11.

IT MIGHT BE 12.

IT MIGHT BE 2:00 AM BECAUSE OF STATE LAW AND OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES HAVE STOP BARS AND WHATEVER FROM PARTICIPATING AT 2:00 AM.

NO, THAT DON'T MEAN YOU WON'T BE UP, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW? SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY TO STIPULATE TO THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT WE SHOULD ONLY CONSIDER HERE TONIGHT.

IS THAT, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S THE SMALL WINDOWS, A SMALL THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE DO IT.

AND THAT'S WHY I CALL YOU BACK UP TO THE ACCIDENT QUESTION, PARTICULARLY NOT THE PARKING, BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THAT CAN BE CONTINGENT UPON WHAT PLAN REDO REVIEW DOES.

IT REALLY CAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN WORK THAT OUT.

YOU CAN WORK OUT ADDITIONAL PARKING WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, HAYESTOWN TEAM, YOU KNOW, BUT ONCE WE TALK ABOUT THE NOISE AND WHATEVER, WE KIND OF LOCKED THERE, BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN, GROUT IT, MR. DIRECTOR.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NOISE AND NOISE, ORDINANCES AND TIMES FOR MUSIC AND SUCH THINGS ARE NOT PART OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR IS A STIPULATION OR RESTRICTION, UH, BASED ON THE ZONING.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN ENFORCE, OR THAT COULD BE TIED AS A STIPULATION AS PART OF STANDARD REZONING.

BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE A PARISH ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO, UH, ALSO REPRESENTS THE ABC OFFICE FOR, UH, BARS, NIGHTCLUBS, RESTAURANTS, SERVING ALCOHOL.

HE MAY WANT TO, UH, CERTIFY THAT THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

SO AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AND NOT CONSIDERED, UH, FOR YOU AND UP HERE TONIGHT, I MEAN, THIS IS, UH, GOING TO BE A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.

NOT ONLY IF HE GETS REZONED TODAY AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE ABC BOARD.

UM, BUT ALL OF THE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCES, AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED THE NOISE ORDINANCES.

HE'S NOT GONNA, WE CAN'T HOLD UP TO A STIPULATION.

YOU KNOW, IF HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO BE OPEN AT 10 AND IT'S REZONED, GUESS WHAT? HE CAN STAY OPEN TILL 2:00 AM.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT HE CAN STIPULATE TO RIGHT NOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HELD TO THAT.

SO I THINK CLIFF WAS ASKING COMMISSIONER BROWN WAS ASKING, THERE WAS SOME COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THAT THE NOISE

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NO, THE NOISE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO CARS, HOMES, APARTMENTS, UM, ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO COMMONLY WHAT WE SEE IS AT LSU HOME FOOTBALL GAMES AND APARTMENT HAS HAVING LOUD NOISE COPS GO OUT THERE AND THEY WANT, THEY TELL HIM TO TURN IT DOWN.

THE POLICE GO OUT ALL THE TIME TO DIFFERENT BARS AND SAY, TURN THE MUSIC DOWN.

YOU'RE BOTHERING THE NEIGHBORS.

AND, UH, THEY'LL ENFORCE THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THERE SOMETHING THERE'S AN ORDER NOISE ORDINANCE OR THE CITY THERE'S ALSO, ARE THERE ALSO STIPULATIONS IN ABC OR DURATION OPERATIONAL HOURS? YES.

SO WHEN YOU GET TO THAT LEVEL TO THAT NEXT STEP, THERE ARE CERTAIN OTHER STIPULATIONS THAT HE COULD MAKE THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH TO THEM FROM AN ABC STANDPOINT, BUT NOT FROM A ZONING STATEMENT.

SO, SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TOO.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN REALLY CONSIDER OR PUT ANYTHING ON, BUT THERE ARE OTHER MECHANISMS TO DO THAT.

13, K 70 21 1 2 1 9 1 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C K 70 21 1 2 1 9 1 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C.

OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS BOARD, BUT THE APU, ABC OFFICE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT.

SO THERE IS, UM, SOME THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT BOARD CAN, CAN CONTROL.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME, UH, THAT THEY CAN NOT, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER MECHANISM THAT HAS AN ENFORCEMENT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WITH THAT.

I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE THIS BESIDE THEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NOW THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[13. Case 70-21 12191 Florida Boulevard, Suite C]

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD ITSELF TOMORROW.

DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, DUNN JR.

THE APPLICANT IS JUSTIN ANDERSON.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAV TO PROPOSED USE BAR OR LOUNGE.

THE FUTURE BE OR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL K 70 21 1 2 1 9 1 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C SCAB CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.

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

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 17 MESSAGES FROM THE PUBLIC AND OPPOSITION AND A PETITION SIGNED BY 174 IN OPPOSITION.

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

LEANING TOWARD THAT MORE.

MY NAME IS JUSTIN ANDERSON AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP ON 12, 9 1 9 1 4 BOULEVARD.

BASICALLY, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A LUXURY LUXURIOUS TYPE CLUB.

THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO BE CALLED PLUSH.

YEAH, WE'RE OPEN TILL 2:00 AM ON THE, ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND I KNOW THE CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC MAYBE.

AND THE NOISE, IF THAT IS THE CONCERN OF WHAT PEOPLE IS CALLING ABOUT.

WELL, THE WAY THE SPEAKER SYSTEM WOULD BE SET UP IS GOING TO FACE FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

IT'S NOT GOING TO FACE THE RESIDENTS AND IT'S REALLY AS IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING ALREADY.

SO THE NOISE SHOULDN'T REALLY BE A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S FOR PARKING.

THE PARKING LOT IS ROUGHLY 75,000 SQUARE FEET.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE ANY PARKING LOT THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO BASICALLY IN THE CROWD IS USUALLY WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC WOULD BE.

I'M GOING FORWARD AS TO THE AGE, LIKE OLDER AGE, 25.

AND UP TO THEM, WOULDN'T BE MORE OF THE YOUNGER AGE.

SO ALL THE RUMBLING THAT GO ON TYPICALLY, BUT YOUNGER, YOUNGER CROWD, IT WOULDN'T HAVE THAT.

IT WOULDN'T IN MY ESTABLISHMENT.

SO, AND ALSO I PROPOSE MORE OF LIKE A LIVE MUSICAL, LIKE CONCERTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE LIKES OF, UH, KIM, KEITH SWEAT AND MARY J BLIGE, W YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT THAT'S THE SCENE THAT I WANT TO BRING TO BATON ROUGE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LACKING IT, BUT WE NEED MORE OF IT.

AND INSTEAD OF PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO NEW ORLEANS OR HOUSTON TO EXPERIENCE THAT ON, TO EXPERIENCE THAT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND AS FOR THE, UM, OTHER CONCERTS WITHIN LIKE, SHOULD I SAY RAP AND HIP HOP, I'M NOT REALLY

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LIKE I SAID, I LIKED THE MORE, UH, R AND B AND SOUL AND ZYDECO TOO ON THE BRAIN THAT MORE SO IT CAN, PEOPLE COULD BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO I GOT THE EXOTICA CULTURE.

I WANT THEM TO BASICALLY THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

AND AT THE CLUB I'M FLUSHED STILL.

IF ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT I CAN ANSWER, I CAN DO THAT PRETTY MUCH.

IT ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER CORDS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.

UH, THE FIRST IS FOR DAVID COWEN, MR. COHEN, YOU HAD THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, NEWS.

WE ARE, UM, AS MEMBERS OF THE RESIDENT OF OAK FARMERS, WE HAVE SOME IN PLACE AND SURROUNDING AREA OF GOODWOOD SHARE WITH FOREST AREA.

WE FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE DENIED NOW COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, BEEN WORKING ON A CRIMINAL CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE FULLY ENFORCED NEXT YEAR WHEN THE TAXES ARE RELEASED FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS.

UM, WE, I SUPPOSE, UH, PROPOSE THAT THIS BE DENIED.

UH, THIS IS A COMMUNITY AREA.

UH, THIS WOULD BECOME A PLIGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, IT WOULD AFFECT US NEGATIVELY BECAUSE OF THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE SOMEWHERE, WHETHER THEY'RE 18 OR 19 WOULD BE DRAWN TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY.

IT ALSO WOULD DRAW IN THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WOULD CALL IT MORE POLICE PATROL IN THE VIOLENCE, WHICH CAUSED THE PROPERTY TO BE, UH, LORD IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL RETAILS AND EVERYTHING WOULD GO DOWN INSTEAD OF UP.

SO WE REJECT, UH, AND ACTUALLY TO READ JAG THE ACCEPTANCE OF A LOUNGE OR BAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE IT WITH THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THE SIGN PETITIONS IN THOSE ONLINE PETITIONERS.

UH, WE REPRESENT THEM.

AND SO WE, UH, ACT YOUR DILIGENCE IN RESISTING, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, BAR LOUNGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR VICTOR ROBINSON, SR.

YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, BUT EVEN THE VIC, THE ROBINSON SAYING, YO, I JUST WANT TO READ A P.

UH, BUT THE CRIME PREVENTION HISTORY PASSED LAST YEAR IN DECEMBER AND IT TOOK US THREE YEARS TO GET IT DONE.

HE DIDN'T START COLLECTING THE MONITOR UNTIL 2022.

THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO XL POLICE, PATROLLING BEAUTIFICATION, SECURING CAMERAS.

WE DON'T NEED A BALL THAT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CRIME AND IN SURROUNDING AREAS ALREADY, WE DON'T NEED A BALLROOM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF FARMERS AND WHEN SOME PLACE SUBDIVISION AND THEIR LOCATION THERE, BUT WAIT, REZONING IN PART OF OUR FOLKS ARE ASIAN.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, WE DON'T NEED THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO TRY AND GET OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BACK TO WHERE THAT IT TOOK US THREE YEARS TO GET WHERE WE AT NOW, IT JUST PASSED.

THEY GONNA BRING ALL THE BERRIES DOWN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE ASKED THEM Y'ALL THAT IT TOOK ME FOUR DAYS AND THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE RAIN TO GO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET PETITION.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE JUST TRY TO BE ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD BACK UP WHERE WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET THE MORNING TO GET OUT WHAT SIZE AND EXTRA PATROL WE APPRECIATE THE LITTLE PATROL WE GOT NOW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE GUNSHOTS, BUT IT'S GETTING THERE.

WE CAN GET BETTER.

SO WE JUST ASK THEM, Y'ALL PLEASE NOT PASS THIS BALL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I SPOKE TO TWO CHURCHES YESTERDAY.

THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT THAT.

THEY STAND A POTENTIAL FORAGE.

YOU KNOW, MATTER OF FACT, THEY DIDN'T NEED MUST KNOW ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE GOING TO REZONE TO GET A BALL BACK THERE.

SO WE JUST ASKED HIM, Y'ALL PLEASE NOT TO EVENT JUST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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ROSIE HARRINGTON THAT'LL WORK.

UH, FINAL SPEAKER COURT IS FOR, I BELIEVE THIS IS ROY.

I'M NOT ABLE TO MAKE OUT THE LAST NAME.

HI, I'M A RESIDENT OF FAR SILK SUBDIVISION AND THOSE ARE MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

AND I AM IN OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING TO COMMERCIAL TUBE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ELVIS GROCERY STORE SLASH BAR, WELL, LIQUOR STORE, YOU HAVE CITY TOWN.

AND THOSE THERE'S ONE MORE.

AND THOSE ARE ALREADY THREE LIQUOR STORES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.

UM, YOU ALSO HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S THERE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PROVIDING 24 HOUR SURVEILLANCE AND PROTECTION THERE, BUT THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THAT AREA.

AND IF YOU WOULD ZONE THIS SC TWO, YOU ARE INVITING OTHER, UM, BARS TO COME IN AT AREA.

I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN.

I LISTENED TO MR. ANDERSON SPEAK, UH, HOW WOULD HE CONTROL HIS CROWD? AND HIS SECURITY WOULD ALSO BE AN ISSUE FOR ME.

AND THERE'S ALSO A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND A DAYCARE THAT'S IN THAT AREA.

SO THE AREA REALLY NEEDS NOT TO BE REZONED TO SEE TOO.

THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT ON THE LAST MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE THAT AREA REZONE AND WE ARE IN A POST TO IT.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT VOICING MY CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE AGAINST SECURITY.

NOW.

RIGHT NOW I HAVE A TEAM OF 25 MEMBERS.

THAT'S ON MY SECURITY STAFF THAT I ACTUALLY SENT OUT TO DIFFERENT BARS, LOUNGES WHO NEED THEM.

SO TO SECURITY WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AND ASK FOR, UH, OFFICERS, I WOULD NOT BE HOSTILE.

I CALL IT, UM, LOWER MY BUDGET ON HOW THAT I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS GOING TO BE POLICE PRESENCE WITHIN MY CLUB AS MANY POLICE OFFICERS AS POSSIBLE AS WELL, AS MUCH AS YOU NEED.

I, I NEED TO HAVE, I WILL PUT THERE, IF I NEED TO HAVE EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS THERE AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, I WOULD HAVE IT, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE A WEEK, DAY OPERATION.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY TO GO THROUGH OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE WEEKDAYS.

SO AS FAR AS THIS KID SECURITY STANDPOINT PART, I'LL MAKE SURE WHEN STRESS THAT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYONE IS VERY SECURED AND PROTECTED.

AND ALSO WITHIN THE PARKING LOT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY TRASH IN THE PARK.

I'D MAKE SURE I'LL NEVER GET PICKED UP.

I HAVE STAFF THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST TRYING TO BRING ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE OLDER AGE AND NOT, NOT PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER AGE CROWD.

SO IF THAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY, YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WITHIN MY ESTABLISHMENT.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR EMOTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM.

EXCUSE ME.

DID YOU, DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER COURT? UH, I DID ONLINE.

I DID MY COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING ONLINE AND OPPOSED ONLINE.

IF YOU COULD JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS LISA REYNOLDS.

I LIVE AT 1, 2, 2, 1 7 SHADE AVENUE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE ESTABLISHMENT.

OH, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON THERE.

THAT'S PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS ALL THE TIME.

THE PERSON THAT BOUGHT IT DID TRY TO BRING IT UP WITH LIGHTING.

UH, I HAD THE FIGHT FOR THE LIGHTING.

IT HAD THE FIGHT FOR THE CLEANING.

THERE WAS GARBAGE, THERE WAS A GARBAGE CAN.

THAT WAS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.

I HAD TO FIGHT TO GET THAT DONE.

THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CHURCHES OR WHATEVER THEY'RE HAVING.

I CAN HEAR THEY KNOW LESS.

SO FOR HIM TO SAY THAT HE'S GOING TO PUT A CLUB THERE AND IT WON'T BE NO DISTURBANCE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT.

THAT WAS ONE, A SPECIAL OCCASION OR SOMETHING THAT THEY USED TO DO.

AND YOU USED TO HEAR THE NOISE, THE OTHER REFRIGERATOR TRUCK THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR REFRIGERATION.

AND I HAD TO ASK THEM TO SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT RAN FOR THREE DAYS AND IT BOUNCED OFF THE

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WALLS OF MY HOUSE.

SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSE HOLD A BUSINESS OF THAT SORT.

WE ARE ALREADY ABANDONED CRIME.

AM I ALREADY HANDED SHOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? AND FOR HIM TO SAY THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE EIGHT SECURITY GUARDS OR EIGHT POLICEMAN, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE RUN THROUGH THERE ALL NIGHT ALONE.

WHAT YOUR PERIPHERALS, SIR? I UNDERSTAND YOU TRYING TO MAKE BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M ASKING Y'ALL TO PLEASE REJECT US.

PLEASE REJECT IT.

THAT'S FUNNY NOISE STANDPOINT.

AT THIS TIME, IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SPECIFICALLY TO HER COMMENTS, I'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IS THAT, WAS THERE ANY TIME THAT THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING WAS A CLUB? NO.

USUALLY THE DIRECTOR DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION.

WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING WAS A CLUB, SO I DON'T THINK SHE WAS AWARE OF WITNESS ANY NOISE COMING FROM THAT ACTUAL BUILDING.

BUT I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT WAS ANY OUTSIDE, UM, MUSIC FESTIVALS, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I MEAN, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALL MY, UH, ALL MY FEST, MY GRANDMA FRESNO, ALL MY C EXCUSE ME, CAUSE I'M NOT BAD WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING.

ALL MY EVENTS INSIDE.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE SPEAKER SYSTEM WOULD BE FACING TOWARDS THE SERVICE ROAD.

IT WOULD NOT BE GOING TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL.

SO IT WOULDN'T NO WAY POSSIBLE.

YOU'D BE ABLE TO HEAR IT.

AND HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK A HOUSE IS NOWHERE NEAR.

IT SHOULD BE MAYBE 600 YARDS AWAY IF THAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE.

BUT NOAH'S, BUT AS FOR SECURITY, I STAND BY THAT.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

COMMISSION COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM? NO, MA'AM THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HILL KIND OF WATCH IT.

THEN I MOVED THAT WE DENIED THIS REQUEST.

THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO DENY THIS ITEM.

I BELIEVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, BUT ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I HAVE A COMMISSION.

I ADD A COMMENT, MS. JOSET CHAIR.

K 72 21 1 4 0 5 1 NICHOLSON DRIVE, K 72 21 1 4 0 5 1 NICHOLSON DRIVE.

UH, NO I RESERVED YOU SURE.

COMMISSIONER HILL TO THE NINTH.

SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

ANY OBJECTIONS SAY NONE.

THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED.

COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

WE WANT TO ITEM NUMBER 15,

[15. Case 72-21 14051 Nicholson Drive]

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE EAST OF RIVER ROAD, NORTH OF BY HUMAN CHECK COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE.

GOT IT.

THE APPLICANT IS CHARLES LANDRY.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM PLANT UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PUD TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL A 2.7 PROPOSED TO USE LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL THEY FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND OPEN SPACE.

K 72 21 1 4 0 5 1 NICHOLSON DRIVE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.

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

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED THREE MESSAGES FROM THE PUBLIC IN OPPOSITION.

THANK YOU, MISS YOUR MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15.

PARISH, UM, I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT THE EXISTING PUD, UM, PERMITTED TODAY 825 UNITS OF WHICH 557 UNITS OVER 67% OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT WAS SMALL WATTS.

AND GOOD EVENING, CHARLES LANDRY, 100 NORTH STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, UH, REPRESENTING INQUIRIES DEVELOPMENT AS AN ATTORNEY.

AND ALSO AS A PARTNER IN THE ENTITY, I'VE PROVIDED TO YOU SOME EXTENSIVE MATERIALS ABOUT THE PROJECT.

IT'S 284 ACRES.

IT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE IT LITERALLY IS THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARISH.

WHEN YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH YOU'RE IN ISRAEL

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UM, WE'RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

WE WANT LARGER LOTS.

WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ACROSS NICHOLSON.

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO NICHOLSON, UH, IN THE UNIVERSITY CLUB IN THE LIGHT.

ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT, IT IS REMARKABLE IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH THAT YOU CAN FIND A 284 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS NO PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FEMA FLOOD A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

NONE ZERO.

THERE IS NO WETLANDS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.

UM, AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, WE ARE VERY AWARE AND TWO OF THE THREE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED ON, UH, THE, UH, ELECTRONIC, UH, COMMENTS DEALT WITH THE A HUNDRED YEAR SCENIC RIVER ACT BUFFER ALONG BY YOU MAN SHACK, THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY AWARE OF, BUT IT'S PART OF OUR PROJECT.

UM, AND, UH, ALTHOUGH THIS IS ZONING, UM, AND AS MR GROWL MENTIONED IN THE EARLIER COMMENT, ALL THE REGULATORY STUFF IS OUTSIDE OF ZONING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE INFORMATION WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU CLEARLY STATED IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO ADHERE TO ALL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT.

UM, OUR PROJECT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO INCREASE WHAT WAS PROPOSED INITIALLY ON DETENTION AND RETENTION.

WE'RE NOT IN THE FEMA DISTRICT, BUT AT A VERY, VERY MINIMUM.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE STANDARDS OF OUR DRAINAGE TO DOUBLE THE EXISTING, UH, REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE UDC.

UH, TODAY, UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE REDUCING FROM 825 TO 776 LOTS.

UH, WE, THE UDC REQUIREMENTS ON OPEN SPACE AS 42 ACRES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 111 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.

AND WE'VE INCREASED THAT BY, UH, SIX ACRES FROM THE ORIGINAL POD, UH, IMPORTANTLY, IT'S, THIS IS ANOTHER INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.

WHY TRAFFIC IS NOT AN ISSUE IS THAT IT HAS ZERO ACCESS DIRECTLY TO NICHOLSON.

SO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NICHOLSON, THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT TO ACCESS NICHOLSON.

YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO, UM, THE CASINO AND YOU TAKE A RIGHT ON THAT NEW, BEAUTIFUL INTERCHANGE.

THAT'S A CONTROL WITH ALL THE TURN LANES IN THE, LIKE AT, UH, BLUE BONNET.

UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S A GUN GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT.

WE'VE MET WITH NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO HAVE NOT EXPRESSED ANY OBJECTION TO ANYTHING AND RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY REDUCING DENSITY, INCREASING OPEN SPACE, UM, AND DOING SOMETHING QUITE NICE WITH A GREAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER COURT THAT IS IN OPPOSITION, THE OPPOSITION THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

UH, JOHN DAIGLE.

BY WHAT IS PROVIDED TO US.

UH, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST, IF YOU COULD ASK PEOPLE SPEAKING TO LEAVE THEIR MASKS ON, I THINK SOME FOLKS HAVE THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN'T BE UNDERSTOOD, BUT YOU CAN BE, AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO BE CAREFUL, BUT WITH A SUCCESSION OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SPEAKER COULD BE WALKING UP INTO A VIRAL CLOUD LEFT BY THE PREVIOUS ONE.

WE DON'T KNOW.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT, UH, AND JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE UNDERSTOOD WITH THEIR MASK ON.

UM, SO SPECIFIC TO THIS, I MEAN, UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU ALL GOT MORE INFORMATION.

ALL WE CAN GO ON IS WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY INFORMATION ON HERE, EXCEPT THAT THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING.

AND, UH, THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, INVOLVES OR ABUTS THREE MAJOR PUBLIC RESOURCES BY YOU, MAN SHAQ, THE RIVER ROAD AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVY.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE FIRST VERSION CAME UP IN 2017 BEING AT THAT MEETING AND BRINGING UP THE POINT THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER ROAD, ANY FUTURE ISSUES WITH CONGESTION ALONG RIVER ROAD, UH, WOULD NOT BE EASILY RESOLVED, UM, DEALT WITH BY WIDENING BECAUSE OF THAT LEVY, UH, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY, UH, PROTECTION OF COURSE THAT WE HAVE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

UM, AND, UH, I'M GLAD THAT THE, UH, RECOGNITION OF THE STATE SCENIC RIVERS STATUS OF BAYOU MANSHACK WAS MENTIONED, AND THAT THAT A HUNDRED FOOT BUFFER WAS MENTIONED AGAIN, UH, NONE OF THAT'S HERE, SO WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO GO

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SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AS THE PUBLIC TRIES TO ASSESS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER TO OPPOSE OR SUPPORT A PROJECT, UH, WHERE OUR INFORMATION CAN BE VERY LIMITED IN THESE CASES.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THIS GENTLEMAN AND LEAVE MY MASK ON.

I'M USUALLY PRETTY LOUD.

UM, THIS IS ZONING AND, UM, ALL OF THE REGULATORY MATTERS OF COURSE WILL BE HANDLED.

UH, WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT, UM, THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE REGULATORY MATTERS OR ADHERE TO, BUT ON THE THREE ITEMS THAT THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE TO, WE, WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THEM BY LAW.

SO, UM, UH, WE WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT MANSHACK, THE BUFFER WILL BE THERE.

UH, THERE'S A SETBACK.

UM, THERE'S A RESTRICTIVE AREA OF 1500 FEET FROM THE LEVY, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO IN TERMS OF ANY OF OUR EXCAVATION AND IN CONNECTION WITH GETTING OUR PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, DPW.

WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, WHICH WE'RE VERY, VERY AWARE OF FROM THE PRIOR DEVELOPER WHO HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DENSITY, AND WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO REDUCE, UH, WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED, UH, BY DPW IN CONNECTION WITH A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WE'RE HERE FOR ZONING, NOT FOR THAT, UH, ON ALL TRAFFICKING IMPROVEMENTS.

AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND I'D APPRECIATE YOUR POSITIVE APPROVAL.

COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER STERLING, CHARLES, HE COME BACK.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, BETWEEN NICHOLSON AND THE RIVER.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN SOME ENVIRONMENTAL LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT CLOSE TO THE RIVER, UH, SEWERAGE AND UTILITIES, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, CAUSE THIS IS LIKE ONCE THIS STARTS, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE BUILDING UP CLOSE TO THE RIVER.

THIS KIND OF STARTS A PRECEDENT.

SO HAS THERE BEEN SOME TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE IMPACT ON THE RIVER? OH YEAH.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE RIVER.

WE CAN'T DRAIN INTO THE RIVER.

WE'RE RESTRICTED, THERE'S A LEVEE.

IN FACT, THE LE THE RIVER HAS IMPACT ON US WHEN THE RIVER GOES UP, WE CAN CONSTRUCT UNDER THE CORE'S GUIDELINES.

THE REASON THIS PROPERTY HADN'T BEEN DEVELOPED, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND THE OTHER DEVELOPER, UH, TRIED TO BALANCE THE COSTS OF THE PROPERTY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A SPECTACULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.

I MEAN, FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT IS A WONDERFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY.

IT'S BIG PASTURE.

THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT YOU WOULD WOULD, UH, REFER TO AS SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE ALONG RIVER ROAD.

IT'S BEEN A PASTURE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AND OF COURSE WE WILL PROTECT MANSHACK.

BUT, UM, THE PRIOR DEVELOPER LOOKED AT IT WITH A LOT OF DENSITY.

SO TO BE ABLE TO PAY THE PRICE, THEY TRIED TO COME UP WITH A LOT OF LOFTS AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE MARKET.

AND SO OUR PROJECTS, WHICH YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR, WE TEND TO HAVE MUCH BETTER PROJECTS, AMENITIES, A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THAT CAN, WE CAN DO THINGS BASED ON LARGER LOTS AND MAKE THEM, UH, THE MATH WORK.

19 TO 21 MAPLE COVE CONCEPT PLAN, BUT 2 21 MAPLE COVE CONCEPT PLAN.

I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER HILL TURN AND WATCH IT.

THEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

THERE'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED COMMISSIONED MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[19. PUD-2-21 Maple Cove, Concept Plan]

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE WEST OF PORT TULA AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, DOUBTING THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS PROPOSED TO USE 60 LOW DENSITY.

SEMI-DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THEY FEEL YOUR BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PUT 2 21 MAPLE COVE CONCEPT PLAN STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST WILL MEET THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR OUR PLAN.

EVEN IT DEVELOPMENT

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

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 24 MESSAGES FROM THE PUBLIC AND OPPOSITION TO THE SIDE.

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

UH, MICKEY ROBERTSON, 93 45 INTERLINE AVENUE, BATON ROUGE.

UH, TONIGHT, UH, FOR THIS PLAN, WE HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN FOR MAPLE COVE PUD.

THAT'S JUST A REZONING AT THIS POINT, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN TELL ABOUT US BEING UP HERE A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, WE WERE THE ENGINEERS OF RECORD FOR ALL FOUR FILINGS OF UNIVERSITY OF VILLAS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH TOWNHOMES THAT ARE TO THE WEST, THE MAGNOLIA LAKES TO THE EAST, THE MOST RECENT FILINGS OF PELICAN LAKES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS.

WE'RE VERY INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND WE HAVE DESIGNED SOME VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE.

AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THIS 11 ACRES, THAT'S SURROUNDED BY ZERO LOT LINE TOWNHOMES AND MORE ZERO LOT LINE.

WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR MORE OF THE SAME WITH THE REZONING, UH, TO THIS PUB CONCEPT LAND.

AT THIS TIME, IT WILL WORK OUT.

YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER, THE MIDLAND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THAT'LL HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING BASICALLY FOR THE ZONING APPROVAL.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER COURTS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITE OPPOSITION.

THE FIRST IS FOR JOHN DAIGLE.

UH, WELL, THE REASONS FOR BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS.

IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.

AND, UM, UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND THE MAPS PROVIDED, IT'S ALMOST ENTIRELY, ENTIRELY ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY CLASSIFIED AS WETLANDS.

SO, UM, THAT IS THE CLASSIFICATION THAT THE MAPS INDICATE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

OF COURSE, IF IT GETS TO THAT POINT.

UH, BUT BEFORE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN SURROUNDED IN ITS LARGER AREA, EVERYTHING ON BOTH SIDES OF BURBANK IS IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA AND PROJECTS KEEP GETTING APPROVED THERE.

SO HERE'S ONE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IT IS, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THE SAME, UH, CONCERNS THAT FOLKS WOULD HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THESE OTHER AREAS WOULD APPLY TO THIS ONE.

AND, UH, IT'S JUST PIECE BY PIECE THAT, UM, IS BEING IMPACTED.

SO, UH, AND THAT'S IT.

OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR SARAH VALID DORIS.

TIE-IN OF OUR UTILITIES TO THEIR OWN ONE DEVELOPER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL SARAH VALID ERA 7 6 4 2 VISA DRIVE, UM, AS AN HOA BOARD MEMBER AND RESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF ELLA'S, I REPRESENTED THE 244 45 HOMEOWNERS AND MY NEIGHBORS, UH, IN OPPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAPLE GROVE.

MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE VOICED CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING PRIVACY, DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES.

MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE AREA IN QUESTION WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE DEVELOPED.

WE ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR ZONE X AND FLOODPLAINS.

UH, AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE HE SAID COMPLETELY IN AG.

UH, WE ALREADY HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUES WITH, BY YOU FOUNTAIN AND THE OASIS AND THEIR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, ON A HEAVY RAIN DAY, OUR RETENTION POND RAGES AT LEAST FIVE TO SEVEN FEET.

WE TURNED MY NEIGHBORS FENCES AND, UH, THREATENING THEIR HOMES.

THIS PROPOSAL SUGGESTS, UH, NEEDED TO BUILD UP THEIR PLOT TO AVOID FLOODING, WHICH IS COMPLETELY IN WETLANDS.

UH, GIVEN THE CURRENT DRAINAGE ISSUES, WE DON'T SEE HOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO PROTECT OUR HOMES WITH THIS AREA.

BEING RAISED A RESIDENT ATTENDED THE PAIR OF STORM WATER MASTER PLAN MEETING, WHERE IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE BEST OPTION FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CURRENT HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND THE BUYING FOUNTAIN AND MANCHAC AREAS AS PRESERVATION OF THE CURRENT WETLANDS, SOME OF WHICH ARE IN THE AREA IN QUESTION, IN TERMS OF PRIVACY, WE ALREADY HAVE 20 HOMES, UH, WITH THE COTTAGES UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, THAT NOW HAVE TOWNHOMES LOOKING INTO THE BACKYARDS AND BEDROOMS. THIS NEW PROPOSAL WILL AFFECT 22 MORE OF MY NEIGHBORS HOMES.

UH, MAYBE IF THEY'RE A BUFFER OF TREES OR SPACE, THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, EASE THEIR FEARS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THESE PLANS HAVE THE HOMES GOING DIRECTLY ONTO THEIR FENCE LINE.

MAYBE THERE'S A LITTLE BUFFER OF A BACKYARD, BUT THERE'S NO PRIVACY BUFFER.

UM, AS A HOMEOWNER, I KNOW I VALUE MY PRIVACY AND THEY DO TOO.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS MOSTLY YOUNGER.

FAMILIES GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALS AND KNOWING US SO STRONGLY THAT THESE TOWNHOMES AND THEIR CURRENT PROPOSAL WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR SELLING FEATURES AND PROPERTY VALUES.

THE BOTTOM CONCERNS VOICED BY THESE NEIGHBORS WAS THE USE AND

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THE COTTAGE GROVE, AS WE HEARD IS THE SAME PERSON WE HAD YET TO SEE THEM SEE WHICH TIME PLANS.

AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE COTTAGES BACKING UP SEWAGE INTO OUR HOMES, UH, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES.

UM, AT MOST WE WERE REQUESTING A COMPLETE DENIAL OF THIS PROPOSAL AT THE LEAST A DEFERMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT CAN COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST OF THESE HOMEOWNERS.

I GOT 48 SECONDS LESSER NOTE.

UM, THE TOWNHOMES ARE THE CURRENT TIMES ARE MOSTLY COLLEGE KIDS WHO ALREADY TRESPASS ON OUR PROPERTY USING OUR POOL AND AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY $800 A YEAR FOR EACH TOWN, EACH HOME.

UM, THIS, THIS WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE THE SAME.

IT'S ON BURBANK.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO LSU OR I KNOW THE COLLEGE.

UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN CRIME IN THE AREA.

ADDING MORE HOMES OR TOWNHOMES IS JUST GOING TO INCREASE THAT MORE HOMES, MORE CRIME.

AND SO WE ARE VEHEMENTLY, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR BEN O'CONNOR.

UH, BEN O'CONNOR, I'M THE HOA PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY VILLAS, UH, BEEN THERE SINCE PHASE TWO FOR SEVEN YEARS.

UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OR AREAS, NICE HOME VALUES HAVE GONE UP.

THERE'S NO DISPUTE OF THAT.

HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO NO DISPUTE THAT THERE'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A FREQUENT ISSUE OF FLOODING.

UM, FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS IT.

UM, THE U S G S PASS A STATION THAT BY A FOUNTAIN AT BLUE BONNET REGISTERS THE FLOOD ELEVATIONS AT ANY TIME, A BINARY FOUNTAIN, UM, TO GIVE YOU THIS UNDERSTANDING, UM, ELBOW VALLEY ELBOW BY YOU BLOWS INTO, BY YOUR FOUNTAIN BY FOUNTAIN, THEN FLOWS INTO BODY MAN CHECK BY HIM HANDSHAKE AND TO AMY RIVER.

THEY CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA IS BECOMING A PROBLEM MORE AND MORE FREQUENT BECAUSE IF ANY OF YOU DRIVEN DOWN BURBANK OR CROSSED OVER BY YOU FOUND, YOU REALIZED THE WATER HAS HARDLY GONE DOWN SINCE HURRICANE IDA, IT HAS BEEN 20 DAYS SINCE HER CAN IDA AND IT'S BARELY DROPPED ANY.

THEY GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING THE DATA.

ACCORDING TO THIS, YOU GUYS, GPS MONITOR STARTS IN 2008.

THE HIGHEST FOUR YEARS WAS ABOUT THE HIGHEST YEARS OF FLOOD WAS IN THIS PAST FOUR YEARS.

THE MOST RECENT WAS MAY OF 2021 OF THIS YEAR IS THAT 16 FEET MIND YOU, THE NORMAL ELEVATION FOR THE WATER THAT OR BY FOUNTAIN IS FOUR FEET.

SO IT WENT FROM FOUR FEET TO 16 FEET AND MAY OF 2021 HURRICANE HAGGADAH, WHICH WE JUST HAD 20 DAYS AGO.

ALSO AGAIN, 16 FEET.

THAT'S THE TOP TWO THIRD, THE 2016 FLOOD WAS 15.2, THREE FEET.

THE FOURTH HIGHEST EVER REGISTER WAS IN 2019 STORM REGISTERED AT 14 FEET.

THE MATH IS VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE FREQUENT AS THE GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK AS STATED THIS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THESE WETLANDS.

IT'S JUST MAKING IT WORSE.

EVERYTHING FROM HIGHLAND ROAD TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE FLOWS IN TO BUY YOUR FILM.

SO IF ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS KEEP ON GETTING DEVELOPED BETWEEN HIGHLAND ROAD AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE, WHERE'S THIS WATER GUN BESIDES BY YOUR FOUNTAIN.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, IF ANYONE ELSE IS, I'D BE WELCOME TO HEAR IT.

AND THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ENTIRELY WETLANDS.

IF THIS IS DEVELOPED, WHERE'S THIS WATER GOING TO GO AGAIN BY YOU FOUNTAIN, ALL THESE HOME VALUES ARE GOING UP AND IT'S AWESOME.

IT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY, BUT WHAT GOOD IS IT GOING TO BE? IF IN A FEW YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE FLOODED AND ALL THE HOME VALUES ARE GOING TO TANK.

NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT TO LIVE THERE.

THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO START GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO ABLE TO SUPPORT IT.

LOOK AT THE DATA, PULL UP USDS YOURSELF.

DON'T BELIEVE ME.

IT'S ALL IN THERE.

THE DATA DOESN'T LIE.

UH, FIND A SPEAKER CARD IS FOR LINDA WALL, BUT SHE DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT THIS TIME I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY, THE ZERO LINE, THE HOUSING TO THE NORTH, IT'S TOWNHOMES TO THE WEST AND ZERO LOT LINE TO THE EAST.

THE FIRST OF ALL WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS A REZONING.

SO SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED TONIGHT ABOUT DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DESIGN WILL BE ADDRESSED MORE CLOSELY AT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE.

UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT REALLY IS A REZONE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE AND ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IN A REZONING, YES, FOR SOMETHING

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HOWEVER, IN CONSIDERATION OF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A CONCEPTUAL STAGE OF A DEVELOPMENT, YOU STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE.

AND THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE EARLIER IS THAT ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THESE FOLKS LIVE IN NOW ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE WERE THE ENGINEERS FOR.

AND WE UNDERSTAND INTIMATELY THE CONCERNS OF DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA.

AND WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE COUNCIL'S NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED.

UH, IF YOU'LL NOTE, EVEN IN THE CONCEPT PLAN, WE SHOW ROUGHLY 35% OF OUR SITE BEING DEDICATED TO DETENTION, AS OPPOSED TO A TYPICAL SIDE OF FIVE OR 10%.

SO WHILE WE WERE NOT, UH, THEIR CONCERNS ARE VALID AND WE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AND WE HAVE TAKEN THEM INTO ACCOUNT.

AND SO AS A PART OF THIS REZONING, WE ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS COMING OUT LATER ON, ON THE DETENTION.

WE DO UNDERSTAND IT, UH, BUT ALL WE'RE TRYING TO GET PAST RIGHT NOW IS THE REZONING PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING FLOWS TO BUY YOU FOUNTAIN, AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN UP.

MICKEY, CAN YOU COME BACK UP HERE FOR A SECOND? YES, SIR.

IF, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS CORRECTLY AND READING IT CORRECTLY, THE AREA HERE IS NOT JUST IN A FLOOD ZONE, BUT IT IS IN WETLAND.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

AND WE WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SO, SO EVEN IF WE MAKE THIS APPROVAL, YOU STILL GOT TO GO, YOU'VE STILL GOT TO GO THROUGH THE MITIGATION WITH CORPS OF ENGINEERS OVER IRRELEVANT OF WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE TO YES, SIR.

SO THIS IS THE STEP ONE, GOT TO GET THE RESIGNING, THEN THE PLANNING THEN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

BUT I MEAN, THIS, THIS STILL COULD, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS COULD, COULD STILL SHOOT THIS DOWN EVEN OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

WELL JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, I MEAN, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STATED FOR THE RECORD THAT YES, SIR.

THERE IS ANOTHER ENTITY INVOLVED HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST IN AN AAU FLOOD ZONE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WETLANDS.

CORRECT.

WE DEAL WITH THEM EVERY DAY.

I KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO STATE IT FOR THE RECORD THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE USE THOSE TERMS INTERCHANGEABLY AND IT'S NOT CORRECT.

RIGHT.

AND JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING'S IN A FLOOD ZONE, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A WETLAND AND SOMETIMES WETLANDS CAN'T EVEN CAN NOT BE IN FLOOD ZONE.

SO AS NOT CORRECT.

RIGHT.

SO YEAH, LAURA IS JUST, IT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ENTITIES JUST LIKE DHH DOTD, YOU KNOW, D ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PERMITTING TO DO, RIGHT.

THIS EARLIEST STEP ONE.

JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONING.

ISLANDER.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE, WELL, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UM, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE FLOOD ZONE AND ALSO THE WETLANDS.

I'M STILL THIS AREA ON, BY YOUR FOUNTAIN IN BETWEEN BURBANK AND THAT I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH INCREASING, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

SO FOR ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OTHERS TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.

BUT FOR ME, I CAN'T, UNTIL I TALK I TO LIKE, WE GET THE FLOODING SITUATION IN BATON ROUGE UNDER CONTROL, AND THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT I'M NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT, UH, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, UM, MICKEY, I THINK ON YOUR DRAWINGS.

I THINK I SAW THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THERE WERE TWO RETENTION PONDS ON THERE.

YES MA'AM.

UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THERE'S TWO, WHY ARE THERE TWO PART OF OUR DRAINAGE ANALYSIS WAS TO INCLUDE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS? SO IT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, MADE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE POND.

AND THERE IS A PUBLIC DRAINAGE SERVITUDE THAT CUTS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO WE HAVE IT DIVIDED INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAIN AND SERVITUDE AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE SERVITUDE.

SO AS TO HELP FACILITATE, UH, THE DRAINAGE THAT'S COMING IN THE BURBANK, THAT'S WHY WE'VE DIVIDED IT UP THAT WAY.

[01:50:03]

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE NEW ORDINANCE? YES MA'AM.

YES MA'AM BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE, RIGHT? RIGHT.

COMMISSION MEMBERS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS, COMMISSIONER ISLANDER.

SO JUST GOING BACK TO, BASED ON MY CONCERNS WITH THE, UM, BEING IN A FLOOD ZONE, THE WETLANDS, UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DENY AS EMOTIONAL ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER TO THE NY.

THIS ITEM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HEAL.

ANY OBJECTIONS AS AN OBJECTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE.

THAT ITEM IS THE NOT KNOW COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 28

[28. INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT To revise the section on the Board of Adjustment]

INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAVE REQUESTED CLARIFICATION OF LANGUAGE REGARDING THE APPEAL PROCESS OF THE BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION.

AS RELATED TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO INITIATE A TEXT AMENDMENT.

IF APPROVED, UH, STAFF WILL BRING YOU A REVISED ORDINANCE IN THE COMING MONTHS, DEALING WITH DESIGN.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOKUM.

AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY SPEAKER COURTS FOR THIS ISLAND? WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS TO THIS ITEM.

WELL, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT MOTION TO APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[29. Reconsideration of rezoning application 14344 South Harrell’s Ferry Road]

NUMBER 29 BECAUSE RECONSIDERATION OF REZONING APPLICATION 1, 4, 3, 4, 4 SOUTH HAROLD'S FAIR ROAD COMMISSIONERS.

IF YOU REMEMBER, WE, UM, AN IDENTICAL REQUEST THAT WE HEARD AT OUR JULY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT ITEM, UM, FAILED FOR LACK OF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT.

I EMAILED YOU OUT LAST WEEK, THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, UH, PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT REQUESTING THE RECONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM.

YOU ALSO HAVE THAT SAME, UH, INFORMATION AT YOUR SEAT.

UM, SECTION 3.45 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION C STATES, ANY REZONING APPLICATION WITHDRAWN AFTER THE AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION, BUT PRIOR TO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ACTION, MAYBE REVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND LESS THAN ONE YEAR PROVIDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES A WRITTEN REQUEST, SHOWING THERE'S EVIDENCE, NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED OR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, THAT INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SEAT.

IT DEALS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE SERVITUDE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING, UH, ANY D RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED ON THE PROPERTY.

ALSO CORRESPONDENCE, UM, FROM BRETT, WE HAVE RECEIVED AND CERTIFIED THAT BRECK IS AWARE AND HAVE TAKEN A POSITION OF NO OBJECTION, UH, TO THIS APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE ITEM TONIGHT.

IT'S SIMPLY A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.

IF GRANTED THIS WOULD SIMPLY BE PLACED, UH, ON YOUR AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMBE.

AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY BOARDS OR SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? NO ADDITIONAL COURT.

NO COURTS.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND IF MY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER HILL.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

I AM CONCERNED THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARD, UH, OF PROVIDING US INFORMATION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AT THE TIME OF OUR PREVIOUS ACTION.

AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DENY THIS.