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AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS
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TIME.WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOGAN, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE BY CHAIRMAN GROUT.
DEAR MR. ADDISON, MR. ALLEN COMMISSIONER BANKS, MR. ELLENDER HERE, COMMISSIONER HAUNT.
THE MORE COMMISSIONER HILL HERE AND COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING? THERE IS A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE ST.
JOHN, UH, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
ON TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE FROM MR. LANDRIEU.YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR SEATS, THE, UH, 2021 ANNUAL REPORT AND FUTURE BR PROGRESS SUPPORT.
UH, PLEASE READ AND SEND BACK YOUR COMMENTS BY DECEMBER 31ST TO EITHER PLANNING, DIRECTOR, RYAN HOLCOMB OR ASSISTANT PLANNING, DIRECTOR GILLIS, MORIN.
UM, THE OFFICIAL REPORT WITH YOUR COMMENTS INCLUDED WILL BE APPROVED AT YOUR, UH, JANUARY 18TH MEETING AND THEN SENT OFF TO METRO COUNCIL THE NEXT DAY ON JANUARY 19TH.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IN THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS RULES, OR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS.ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL, 2 22 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 2 THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48.
DURING THE MEETING IN AN EFFORT TO SOCIAL DISTANCE CAPACITY WILL BE LIMITED AND OVERFLOW WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE EIGHTH FLOOR.
ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW DOT BRL, LA.GOV ON METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND AT AND T CHANNEL 99.
AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE BY A FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENT SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING.
DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEM'S PUBLIC HEARING, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORMAT FOUND@HTTPSWWW.LA.GOV FORWARD SLASH PC APPLICANT.
AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANTS WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROWL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.MR. MORRIS CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED DNI ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CASE 88, 21 45 64 BENNINGTON AVENUE TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAB TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BENNINGTON AVENUE EAST OF COLLEGE DRIVE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 93 21 1 1 7 6 BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAB TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD, WEST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCO ITEM NUMBER 18, PUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO STARBUCKS BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE FOR ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE SOUTH OF LEE DRIVE DEFERRED TO JANUARY 18TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
GO DAY ITEM NUMBER 21 AS 15 DASH 21.
TRAVENTO SUBDIVISION PER PROPOSED MAJOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, NORTH OF GROOM ROAD DEFERRED TO JANUARY 18TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR
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IN ITEM NUMBER 22, SS 7 21, MARY E HARROLSON PROPERTY PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PICU LANE, SOUTH OF PERKINS ROAD DEFERRED TO JANUARY 18TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 90 21 84 16 SCOTLAND AVENUE, SUITE B TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CAB ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SCOTLAND AVENUE, NORTH OF SWAN AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, KS 92 21 1 0 2, 4 OH IN 1 0 3 0 0 THROUGH 1 0 5, 0 0 0 BURBANK DRIVE TO REZONE FROM RURAL AND COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CEB TO, TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO THEY'LL SEE TO ALL PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE EAST OF PARKWAY AVENUE, ITEM NUMBER 11, SPUD TWO DASH 12.
THE OASIS REVISION FOR REVISE PERMISSIBLE USES TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR LOUNGE CB TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE WEST OF SOUTH KENILWORTH KENILWORTH PARKWAY, ITEM NUMBER 14, RV 11 DASH 21 LANGLEY DRIVE AND DON LAY AVENUE REVOCATION PROPOSED REVOCATION OF A PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF LANGLEY DRIVE AND DUNWAY AVENUE ADJACENT TO LOTS 28, A AND 38 OF THE INDUSTRIAL PLEX PARK SUBDIVISION ITEM NUMBER 15, RV 12 DASH 21 AVENUE L AVENUE, M MILLS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET IN WOODPECKER STREET REVOCATION PROPOSED REVOCATION OF MULTIPLE STREET RIGHTS OF WAY.
ITEM NUMBER 16, 4 12, THE GREENS AND MILLERVILLE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 13 REVISED BUILDING SETBACK IN AREA.
HE AND RELOCATE BILLBOARD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 12 NEST WEST OF MILLERSVILLE ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 19, PUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO WENDY'S RESTAURANT BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE TO DRIVE THROUGH ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WESLEY DRIVE WEST OF BURBANK DRIVE IN ITEM NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO ZERO ELITE TRAINING ACADEMY ACADEMY, BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED FOOTBALL TRAINING FACILITY WITH ONE BUILDING ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH OF WESLEY DRIVE WEST OF BURBANK DRIVE PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UDC COMMISSION MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS PLANNING 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 OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPT THEM? THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING NONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.
WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR
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AGENDA.MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.
LIKE YOU MUST HOLD THEM AT THIS TIME.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 2021 AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, CASE 9 1 2 1 15 400 TO 15,000 515 5, 4, 5 AND 15, 6 43 OR HAMMOND HIGHWAY, UM, 20 21 15 415, 515, 5 45 AND 15, 6 43 OR HAMO HIGHWAY RELATED TO CASE 91 21.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF ALTAMONT HIGHWAY EAST OF GLORIA DRIVE CONSTANT DISTRICT FOUR, MOKE THE APPLICANT AS JONATHAN STARNES APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBOR LATER CASE 91 21.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESIGN FROM RESIDENTIAL EIGHT 2.6
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PROPOSED USE ZERO LOT LINE RESIDENTIAL B 8 20 21 15 415, 515, 5 45 AND 15, 6 43, ALL HAMO HIGHWAY RELATED TO CASE 91, 21 RECOMMENDED 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 REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.IF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE AND OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE TWO APPLICATIONS.
ONE APPLICATION IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO 82.6.
THE OTHER'S AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN COUNCILMAN DISTRICT.
HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER CORE FOR BOTH JAMES BOOTY.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COURTS, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB? NO DIGITAL SPEAKER CARDS TO THE SIDE.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMENTS, EMOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
GROW A MOTION TO APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE ITEMS SAYING ON THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THIS
[4. TA-5-21 Board of Adjustment Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 2, Administration and Chapter 6, Enforcement to clarify the appeals process. PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and the need to make the UDC consistent with existing ordinances and City Code]
TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, TEXT AMENDMENT 5 21 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ON THIS SIDE ON, THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT CHANGES THE APPEAL OF THE, UM, OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
CURRENTLY THE APPEAL OF, UH, OF THE BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION GOES TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND WORKING WITH BOTH THE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THAT CHANGE FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS, WE RESEARCHED BEST PRACTICES ALONG WITH LEGAL ADVICE, AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE.
SO, UH, IF APPROVED, THIS WOULD CHANGE THE APPEAL, ANY CITIZEN THAT CAN APPEAL THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD NOW GO TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS.
AT THIS TIME, I WAS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER COURTS OR THIS ITEM? WE DID NOT.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING INVITE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANY MOTIONS? COMMISSIONER HILL.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM SAYING NONE? THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[6. CONSENT FOR APPROVAL Case 89-21 12191 Florida Boulevard, Suite C To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (restaurant)(C-AB-1) on property located at the northeast corner of Florida Boulevard and South Tamari Drive, on a portion of Lot 1 of North Sherwood Estates Subdivision. Section 6, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 6 - Dunn Jr.) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
NUMBER SIX, CASE 89.ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE 89, 21 1 2, 1 91.
HE'S 89, 21 12 1 91, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C PROPERTIES LOCATED NORTH EAST CORNER OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND SOUTH FAMILY.
DRY CONCEALED DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
THE APPLICANT IS JUSTIN ANDERSON.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESOLVE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANTS.
THE PROPOSED USE RESTAURANTS SERVING ALCOHOL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL.
YES, 89, 21 12 1 91, FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE RECEIVE ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION AND ALSO A PETITION SIGNED BY 77 RESIDENTS AND OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
I WAS HERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE REZONING TIP ONE, UH, LINE
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OF BUSINESS, BUT I'VE REVAMPED THE WHOLE BUSINESS ASPECT INTO A RESTAURANT THAT YOU'D BETTER COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN CREATE MORE JOBS ALSO.AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE BENCH WITH A MENU TO SHOW YOU GUYS IF THAT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP, KEEP THEM IN YOU, OR WE'RE GOING TO NEED A COPY OF IT OR AT LEAST TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
ANYTHING YOU SHARE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO, CAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE, NEED TO BE PUBLIC RECORD.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THAT WITH US? YES.
YOU CAN START OVER THERE IN THE CORNER WITH THE MISSION.
IT LOOKS VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE IT FROM YOU.
NOW I'M WILLING TO HEAR ANY I POSITIONS ON ANYTHING AND UM, ME AND A CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER DONE HE'S BACKING ME WITH THE DECISION.
SO WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH MANY THINGS AND THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS IN FOOD GIVEAWAYS.
SO LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANYONE WOULD HAVE ABOUT THE BUSINESS THING.
WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST IS FOR LISA RENTALS.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
UH, I'M HERE AGAIN, OPPOSING THIS DECISION.
UH, AS WE STATED BEFORE, THAT PARTICULAR STRIP MALL HAS NEVER BEEN WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.
I'M NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THIS.
THERE ARE FOUR CHURCHES IN THAT STRIP MALL AND THEY ARE ALSO WONDERING, HOW CAN YOU SAY ALCOHOL WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT THERE? THERE'S ONE, THAT'S ABOUT TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THEM.
AND THEN THERE'S THREE OTHERS THAT GO AROUND IN THERE.
ALSO MY CONCERN THERE IS, UM, THEY'RE NOT GIVING CONCERN TO THE BLIGHT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SITUATION THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR MORE ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD THERE.
WE ARE ALREADY TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE USE OF DRUGS THAT HAPPENS BEHIND THAT BUILDING THE ABANDONED BUILDING, THE ABANDONED THAT'S SITTING BEHIND THAT BUILDING.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION WITH THE REFRIGERATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REFRIGERATED TRUCK THAT THEY RAN FOR THREE DAYS.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE FOR REFRIGERATION.
I ASK THEM TO SHUT THAT TRUCK DOWN BECAUSE THE VIBRATION FROM THAT TRUCK PUMPS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE, MY HOUSE VIBRATING GUN UP AGAINST MY BEDROOM WINDOWS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ME.
ALSO, THE UPKEEP OF THAT PROPERTY AT THE BACK IS NOT BEING DONE LIKE, CAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ABANDONED BUILDINGS.
THERE'S PROSTITUTES THAT COME THERE, THERE'S DRUG USE THAT'S THERE.
UM, AND I JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE NONE OF THE BUSINESSES THERE HAVE ALCOHOL AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THAT'S THE CHURCH, THERE'S THE, UH, BEAUTY SALON AND THERE'S EVEN A POOL HALL, WHICH THE GUY SIGNED A PETITION BECAUSE HE DON'T WANT ALCOHOL IN THAT AREA.
AND HE HAS A POOL HALL THAT DOES VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS WITHOUT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY HE'S CONTINUING TO, TO TRY TO PUSH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL IN THAT AREA.
UH, THE SPEAKER CARD IS FOR PATRICE THOMAS.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TODAY.
I WANT TO START OFF BY READING A LETTER THAT I EMAILED ALL THE COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM THE FOREST OAKS AND WINTER WINDSOR PLACE, CIVICS ASSOCIATION.
UM, PLEASE BE ADVISED BEFORE YOU START READING, THERE IS A TIME LIMIT.
SO MY ONE, IT SHOULD BE UNDER THREE.
DEAR COMMISSIONERS, THE FOREST OAK WINDSOR PLACE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO
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REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE 89 DASH 21 THAT REZONES 21 9 1 9 1 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, SUITE C FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT.THE CONCERNS OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION ARE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED AT THE SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WHEN THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOL BEVERAGE, C A B TO BAR AND LOUNGE, THE CIVICS ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO OPERATE A BAR AND LOUNGE UNDER THE PRETENSE OF A RESTAURANT.
THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THAT THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY WILL RESULT IN MORE CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO REZONING WILL DEVALUE THE PROPERTY OF HOMEOWNERS.
OUR MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT COMMUNITY ALREADY HAS TOO MANY ESTABLISHMENTS, BEST SELL LIQUOR, BUT THE SEPTEMBER 20TH, 20 2001 MEETING THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SUBMITTED A PETITION IN OPPOSITION TO THE PREVIOUS REZONING WITH THE SIGNATURES OF 174 HOMEOWNERS RESIDENTS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION, 17 CITIZENS SUBMITTED APPOSITIONS ONLINE.
THE COMMUNITY IS STILL OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.
PEOPLE SIGNED A POSITION IN OPPOSITION.
OUR MEMBERS THAT LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BUILDING AT 1,291, FLORIDA BOULEVARD HAVE REPORTED PROSTITUTION AND DRUGS AS WELL AS THE PLATE IN THE FORM OF TRASH AND ILLEGAL DUMPING.
THE HOMEOWNERS LIVE WITH GUNSHOTS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR DOORS RESIGNING.
THIS PROPERTY WILL ONLY INCREASE GUNSHOTS, PROSTITUTION, DRUG ACTIVITY, AND NOISE.
HOW CAN OUR MEMBERS THAT LIVE DIRECTLY NEAR THE PROPERTY HAVE QUIET AND PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT IN THEIR HOMES? THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THREE YEARS TO COME BACK CRIME AND RESTORE SAFETY AND PEACE TO OUR COMMUNITY INTUIT IN 2022, THE FOREST OAKLAND'S THERE'S PLACE, CRIME PREVENTION, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION DISTRICT WILL BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL.
WE ARE BEGINNING OUR WORK TO RESTORE OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS, PLEASE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR ABOUT JUST TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS, TO REDUCE CRIME AND RESTORE OUR SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITIES BY OPPOSING THIS MOTION.
UM, THIS IS THE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND EMAIL.
UM, I WANT TO SPEAK NOW AS JUST PATRICE THOMAS, A CITIZEN.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO WRAP IT UP.
UM, THIS AREA OF 12 1 91 IS LIKE THE PREVIOUS PERSON SAY IT ISN'T IS BLIGHTED.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE ASSOCIATION TO CALL THE CITY TO TRY TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND WE JUST FEEL THAT IT WOULD JUST BRING MORE, UM, CITIZENS THAT MAYBE NOT CARE ABOUT A COMMUNITY.
SO IF I NEED QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE BOTTLING.
UM, THE LEASE IS FOR THE BUILDING.
UM, I HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITIES WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE BUILDING.
MATTER OF FACT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO EVEN START CLEANING UP BECAUSE I HAVE NO, NO.
UM, I SHOULD I SAY I'VE BEEN PERMITTED TO DO ANYTHING AROUND THE BUILDING AT ALL AND ASKED FOR THE REFRIGERATED TRUCK.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT SELLS FOOD, WHICH I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA WHO THAT IS.
SO BY ME I COULD FIND A BUILDING.
I WOULD CLEAN UP EVERYTHING AROUND IT BECAUSE THE BUILDING HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, MANY YEARS, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD AND IF THE REASON FOR THE ALCOHOL, OH, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A SMALL BAR IN THERE.
SO THE RESTAURANT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO IT'S KIND OF LIKE UPSCALE.
IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO LIKE A SULLIVAN'S WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, I WAS BACK IN THAT CASE.
AND UM, LIKE I SAID, FOR THE CRIME, THE CRIME WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE CLEAR THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE OCCUPYING THE BUILDING.
I MEAN, THERE'S, IF IT'S ABANDONED BUILDINGS, THEN CRIME WILL SURROUND ANY ABANDONED BUILDINGS.
AS WE SEE AROUND MANY CITIES THAT HAS ABANDONED BUILDINGS FOR MANY YEARS.
SO, AND AS FOR THE COMMUNITY, LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE CREATING JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I'VE DONE MANY THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I TRY NOT TO SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE IF YOU DO SOMETHING SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF YOUR HEART, BUT I FIGURED TO BRING IT UP NOW SINCE NO ONE REALLY KNOWS, I GUESS, FROM HURRICANE ITEM SEPTEMBER 2ND.
OH, I WAS THE ONE OUT THERE SERVING BREAKFAST TO THE DISTRICT SIX, ALONG WITH CLEVE NUN AND THE LIST, I GUESS THE PEOPLE IN THE PETITION, NOT, I DON'T REALLY SEE NO FAMILIAR FACES.
THAT WAS NEXT TO ME DOING THAT.
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I WAS OUT THERE FOR THE PARADE OF CHAMPIONS WHEN THEIR HEAD WAS, UM, POOP, BUT IT CAST SURVIVORS.I MEAN, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, AS MANY SUCH THINGS I WAS DOING, I, IN THE GUS YOUNG PARADE, I WAS OUT THERE THROWING, BUT HE'S, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK TO THE KIDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I CAN NOT TO SHARE BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEED TO SAY IT.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE I DO HAVE THE KINDNESS OF MY HEART, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND UM, AND FOR THE RESTAURANT PART, YOU KNOW, I NEED BUSBOYS SERVICE OR WHAT HAVE YOU AND KIDS THAT'S IN THE HIGHEST SCHOOL AND JUST GOING INTO COLLEGE AS JOBS FOR HIM SO THEY CAN BUY BOOKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO LIKE I SAID, THERE'LL BE OPENED UP MANY JOBS AND ASKED FOR THE CARS BEHIND THE BUILDING.
I THINK THAT'S FOR THE, THE PROPERTIES LIKE PER LOUD, BUT IT HAS NOTHING, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE STAY IN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT ACTUAL SITE PER SE.
SO IT'S REALLY IRRELEVANT IF YOU MAY ASK MYSELF, BUT UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M SPOKEN UP ARREST AND RIGHT.
AND THEN SEEING THE MENU AND THIS A CAJUN BOY TRYING TO COOK.
THANK YOU, DEBORAH COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND UM, BEFORE REQUESTING ANY COMMENTS OF QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND DIRECTOR ON THIS ITEM WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT TO US A COUPLE MONTHS BACK AS A C A B TWO, AND IS NOW BEING BROUGHT AS A CAV ONE.
UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST PROVIDING CLARITY CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO, UH, ZONING REQUESTS AND WHAT ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR A AS OPPOSED TO CAV TO CERTAINLY, UM, LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS A SIMILAR CASE, THE SAME APPLICANT BROUGHT A MORE INTENSE REQUEST BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING THIS YEAR THAT WAS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THE REQUEST WAS CAV TO RESTAURANT.
I MEAN, BAR AND LOUNGE, ZONING BAR AND LOUNGE ZONING IS A, LIKE, IT SOUNDS, IT, IT FUNCTIONS AS A BAR AND LOUNGE WHERE YOUR PRIMARY SALES ARE ALCOHOL.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERMITTED, UH, THROUGH THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO GET THE PROPER PERMITS AT THE ABC OFFICE AND GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THERE AND, UH, SUBJECT, UM, TO AUDITS, UM, TO MEET THE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS IT'S A LESS INTENSE REQUEST.
IT'S A ONE WHICH IS PRIMARILY A RESTAURANT SERVING ON PREMISE ALCOHOL.
THE REQUIREMENT IS AT LEAST 51% OF THE SALES HAVE TO BE FOOD.
UM, AGAIN, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED, UH, TO MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COUNCIL WOULD HEAR THIS CASE.
UH, IF COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE IT, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PERMITS AT THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT.
THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GET THE PROPER PAPERWORK FROM THE ABC OFFICE AS A, LIKE I SAID, A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THERE AND THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO, UH, AUDITS, MAKING SURE THE APPLICANT MET THE 51% FOOD SALES AND OP OPERATED PRIMARILY AS A RESTAURANT.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
UM, MS. THOMAS, COULD YOU COME FORWARD AGAIN AND IN YOUR PETITION? YES, SIR.
WHERE ANY OF THE PETITIONERS, THE CHURCHES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA? UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE 77 THAT WAS SUBMITTED BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE LIST, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE ON THE SEPTEMBER 20TH MEETING, THE 174, YES.
SEVERAL WERE PASTORS, BUT NONE OF THE, NONE OF THE THEM HAVE, UM, HAVE PUT IN FOR OPPOSITION FOR THIS.
I'M JUST UNAWARE IF THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BANKS.
MS. SERRANO'S MS. REYNOLDS, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU ALL, ARE YOU ALL YOU'RE REPRESENTING A CIVIL, UH, CIVIC ASSOCIATION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF CO OF CALL-INS WHERE YOU CALL REGARDING THE ABANDONED CARS? UH, WE REPORTED THE SITUATION
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THROUGH THE 3 1, 1, AND UH, EACH TIME THEY WOULD COME OUT, I HAVE TALKED TO THE GUY, I CAUGHT SEEING THE GUY THAT DOES BLIGHTED PROPERTY.AND I DID TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO MAY I BAN CARS FOR ABANDONED CARS, BUT THE ABANDONED CARS ON THAT PROPERTY FOR ALL THE ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH ABANDONED CAR, YOU HAVE TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE AND THEN HEART HOLD ON.
AND THEN YOU, UM, BUT THERE'S, DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THESE ABANDONED CARS ARE FOR THE APPLICANT OR THAT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM? OKAY.
I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE YOU LONG, BUT HE GONNA TAKE MY TIME.
THE CARS ARE NOT THE APPLICANT, THE CAR, THE FENCE THING, AND INSIDE THE PROPERTY.
SO HAVE YOU EVER CALLED TO FIND OUT WHO THAT OWNER IS? I KNOW WHO THE OWNER IS.
SO THAT IS THAT, IS IT, IS IT THE APPLICANT? IS IT THE LANDLORD THAT THE, OF THE APPLICANT? YES.
SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON WHO YOU HAVE TO, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, THE LANDLORD, THE PETITION, THAT REALLY, AS IT RELATES TO ABANDONED CARS, IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE APPLICANT.
IT SHOULD BE AGAINST THE AFRICAN I'M.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHO YOU ALL NEED TO BE.
UM, I'M NOT ACCUSING THE APPLICANT OF THE ABANDONED CARS.
I'M JUST STATING THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE JUST AROUND THAT AREA, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S CALLED COMPARABLE AND IT'S CALLED THE OWNER.
SO HE HAS, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY IS AN ASSET FOR THIS AREA.
IF YOU HAVE AN OWNER WHO IS NOT, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WHITE TABLE RESTAURANT? MY FAVORITE WHAT? WHITE TABLE RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, TABLECLOTH.
UM, I'M NOT, UH, UH, I'M NOT THAT BIG ON DINING OUT THOUGH TO SPEAK.
SO THAT MAKES, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT ALSO WOULD INDICATE THAT I WOULD SAY 99% OF MOST RESTAURANTS.
THEY DO HAVE ALCOHOL AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
YOU KNOW? UM, IT'S NOT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, BECAUSE THAT RUNAWAY TO GOOD CUSTOMERS, IT DOESN'T MEAN ALSO MY AREA BECAUSE OF YOUNG BLACK ENTREPRENEURS LIKE THIS GENTLEMEN, IT'S HELPING BLIGHT BECAUSE WHERE PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT COMPLAIN, THEY'RE PUTTING SOMETHING THAT IS ACTIVE IN THAT PLACE.
IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU WERE COMING UP AND YOU WERE SAYING, MY HOME HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR ALL THESE YEARS HAVE INVESTED IN THIS PROPERTY HAVE BROUGHT THIS LANDOWNER TO COURT.
I WOULD SEE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AND THEN HOLD ON, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALL THE AREA THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS ABANDONED HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO COMMERCE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA NOW ARE NOT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN THAT AREA.
SO FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR HIM TO BE APPROVED.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIS PLANS? MA'AM THE AREA.
AND THAT PARTICULAR STRIP MALL IS NOT ABANDONED.
THEY'RE ALL VIABLE BUSINESSES.
THERE, THERE ARE SALONS THERE.
HOW LONG HAS THE, IS, IS THE PLACE WHERE HE IS TRYING TO GET, IS IT CURLER OCCUPIED BY OUR CHURCH AS A CHURCH NEXT TO IT? SO IT'S NOT BEING OCCUPIED BY CHURCH DOES NOT BRING REVENUE IN OUR CHURCH.
IS THERE AN EXISTING BEAUTY SALON THERE AND IS SPOT NOT IN HIS SPOT? THERE'S A, IT'S A STRIP MALL.
IF THERE'S A SUBDIVISION AND ALL THE HOUSES ARE FULL, WOULD YOU NOT WANT THE VACANT HOME TO BE SOLD AND OCCUPIED BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES ARE FIELD MA'AM.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM HAVING A RESTAURANT.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SALE OF ALCOHOL THERE.
WHY, WHY IS HE PUSHING SO HARD TO HAVE ALCOHOL IN AN AREA THAT HAD, HAS NEVER HAD ALCOHOL IN THE AREA THAT HAS CHANGED? LET ME JUST SAY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE HAS NEVER
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BEEN ALCOHOL, BUT YOUR COUNTERPART IN HER COMMENTS, SHE SAID WERE THERE TOO MANY BUSINESSES.I'M JUST SAYING IN THE AREA THAT ARE SERVING ALCOHOL, I, WHAT I'M TRYING, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD GET WITH YOUR COUNCILMAN.
SO YOU COULD, HE IS IN THAT STRIP MALL ITSELF HAS NEVER HAD ALCOHOL, NOT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF GOT ALCOHOL ON EVERY OTHER CORNER.
WE'RE BALANCING THE SALES OF ALCOHOL.
THAT'S THAT'S FLAGGING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHERE'S YOUR EVIDENCE OF THAT? WHERE'S MY EVIDENCE.
IF THE EVIDENCE COULD CORRELATE THE ISSUES OF ABANDONED, EVEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I'M EVERYWHERE THAT YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE THE ABANDONED CARS TO ALCOHOL, THREE CHURCHES, TO ALCOHOL, WHICH HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN SERVED.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AB IT HASN'T EVEN APPLIED FOR AN ALCOHOLIC LICENSE.
ALL HE'S DOING IS GETTING IN POSITION TO QUALIFY, TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT HOW DO YOU SAY BLAKE IS CAUSING ALCOHOLICS CALLED AND BLAKE? HOWEVER, ALCOHOL DRUGS SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE I'M ORDERING PEOPLE.
SHOW ME I HAD TO DO IS DRIVE THROUGH THERE.
WELL, I'M GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH WHEN I COME TO HIS RESTAURANT, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE.
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY ALLOW THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SPEAK ON, ON JUST THE ALCOHOL SIDE OF IT.
UM, I HAVE THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE, UM, FOR THE ABC BOARD AS WELL.
AND WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN WILL HAVE TO DO IS IF HE IS APPROVED FOR THE CAB ONE AND HE WANTS TO SERVE ALCOHOL, I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THE ABC BOARD.
UH, IF THE COUNCIL PERSON IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, VOICES, ANY OPPOSITION AND OPPOSITION CAN BE RAISED, AND THEN THERE'LL BE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE BOARD WILL LOOK AT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE PROXIMITY OF CHARGES, OTHER, UM, UH, WHETHER IT'S CRIME IN THAT AREA, UH, DENSITY OF ALCOHOL, THAT'LL ALL BE EVALUATED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY FOR THIS BOARD TO DETERMINE THAT AS FOR THE ABC BOARD, UH, TO DETERMINE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CLEARS UP ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE ABOUT ALCOHOL AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND, A SECOND ITEM FROM THE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OBJECTION.
UH, FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, VICE CHAIRMAN, GROUT AND COMMISSIONER.
HE'LL DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
VOTE ON ITEM SIX, CASE 89, 21.
THE MOTION IS BREWED IN WASHINGTON.
NO, MR. HILL, NO MISSION, NO EMOTION FAILS.
HOPING THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE
[10. Case 94-21 12047 Old Hammond Highway To rezone from Transition (B1) to Neighborhood Commercial (NC) on property located on the northeast corner of Old Hammond Highway and Beauverde Court, on Lot 1 of Realty Mart Subdivision. Section 38, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 4 - Moak) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, CASE 94, 21 1 2 0 4 7 OH HAMMOND HIGHWAY GAZE 94, 21, 12 OR 47, ALL HMONG HIGHWAY.THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED NORTH EAST OF ALL HAMMOCK HIGHWAY M BUBER COURT, CONSTANT DISTRICT FOUR, MOKE.
THE APPLICANT IS BAO DEAN NUGEN THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO RESOLVE FRONT TRANSITION B ONE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, NC THE PROPOSED USE CONVENIENCE STORE.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIX.
IT USE CASE 94, 21, 12 0 47, ALL HMONG HIGHWAY STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
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WE'VE RECEIVED NINE MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO DECIDE AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? UM, I'M BUYING, WEIGHING, UM, I JUST GOT THE PROPERTY AND I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE IT THROUGH A NC NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, UNTIL I PUT IN THE APPLICATION, UM, NEW HEAD, THE, UH, THE ZONING.
SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TELL YOUR GUY ALL THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I INTENDED TO DO THIS IN THE APPLICATION.
WE HAVE SEVERAL, UH, SPEAKER CHORUS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
UH, FIRST GENE STORY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
THIS CAME UP ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE BOUGHT IT ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT A SNOWBALL STAY ON OUTSIDE.
IT'S A LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC WITH 17 HOUSES.
WE'VE BEEN THERE AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR PROPERTY DEVALUED TWICE.
A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF SHERWOOD FOREST COUNTRY CLUB.
DIDN'T LIVED IN THERE AND IT CLOSED.
AND ALSO THE TWO 16 FLOOD OVER HALF OF THE HOUSES FLOODED IN THAT AREA.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS RESIGNED TO THE, UH, NC THAT IT WILL, YOU CAN PUT IN A SNOWBALL STAND.
YOU COULD PUT IN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WHILE THERE'S TRUCKS THAT COMES BY AS IT IS THAT WE'RE RIGHT OUT ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM WHERE IT NARROWS DOWN FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES.
AND IF YOU WANT TO TURN LEFT OUT OF OUR SUBDIVISION, YOU NORMALLY HAVE TO PULL TO THE CENTER AND WAIT TO GET IN.
THIS WOULD ONLY BE MORE TRAFFIC.
AND ALSO ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME IN LIKE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT OR SNOWBALL STAND.
THE KIDS FROM PULL BOULEVARD TO PROVINCE WOULD BE CROSSING A FOUR-LANE STREET TO COME OVER TO IT WITH NO LIGHTS, NOTHING THAT WOULD PROTECT THEM AT ALL.
AND WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS SOMETIME WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT WITH CHILDREN, TEENAGERS COMING ON AND THEY USED TO COME IN AND CUT ON THE GOLF COURSE.
NOW THAT THE GOLF COURSE HAS HALF CLOSED.
THEY'LL COME IN AND JUST MESS AROUND.
AND WE HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS RESIDENTIAL AREA.
IF YOU HAVE A REASON TO BE HERE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF NOT, YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, WE HAVE SMALL CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE REALLY DO NOT NEED THE TRAFFIC OR THE DEVALUATION OF OUR PROPERTY.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR RAY MIKA, MAY RAY, A LOT.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND WHERE THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THIS CONVENIENCE STORE AND IT'S JUST A WOODEN DANCE BEHIND US.
THERE'S THE OLDER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
I'M ALSO THE SECRETARY ON THE HOA.
THERE IS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY OLD HAMMOND THAT IS BUSY.
ANYWAY, THERE WAS NO LIGHTS OR ANYTHING THERE.
UM, I POSED THE ALCOHOL CAUSE WHY NOT POSING? UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THAT COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS JUST A WOODEN FENCE IN BETWEEN US AND I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THERE AND PROPERTY.
IT WILL ALSO BRING OUR PROPERTY VALUES DOWN ANYWAY.
O'ROURKE YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UH, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF BAVARIA COURT FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND AS MY NEIGHBOR, GENE STORY SAID, WE ARE A VERY CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY AND I WAS ACTUALLY HORRIFIED TO FIND OUT THAT THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CHANGE IN THE ZONING, UH, AND FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT WOULD, THIS WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOITERING.
IT WILL INCREASE, UH, AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC.
IT WILL INCREASE FOOT TRAFFIC.
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YOU WOULD HAVE INCREASED NOISE, INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR EVEN LIGHT POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE EXCESS LIGHTS FROM THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE DECREASE IN THE PROPERTY VALUE AND JUST AN OVERALL DECREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BULVERDE COURT.
SO I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION VERY STRONGLY.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR LAUREN SMITH.
HELLO, I'M LAUREN SMITH CURRENTLY A COLLEGE STUDENT.
UM, BUT ASIDE FROM THE PAST THREE YEARS, I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BULVERDE COURT.
UM, AND AFTER FINALS WEEK, I CAME HOME TO THIS CASE HERE THAT I'M JUST KIND OF BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR WITH TODAY.
AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY MOTHER YOLANDA O'ROURKE THIS IS QUITE ALARMING.
UM, MY SISTER AND I GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED TO RIDE OUR BIKES OF COURSE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'D GO TO THE FRONT KIND OF CIRCLE BACK.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU TURN AROUND CAUSE THERE'S A BUSY ROAD RIGHT OUTSIDE.
UM, AND I FEEL AS IF THERE WERE TO BE THE ADDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT RIGHT THERE, THAT WOULD CREATE INCREASED CONCERN FOR, AS MY NEIGHBORS HAD MENTIONED LOITERING, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC, UM, JUST POTENTIAL DANGER.
AND I KNOW THEY'VE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE, UM, POTENTIAL DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE.
I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THAT SIDE OF IT, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, THAT IN GROWING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE ANY OBSTRUCTION OF WHAT HAS BECOME A VERY CIVIL AND CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY FOR ME, MY SIBLING, UM, MY FAMILY, JUST ALL OF US HERE.
SO I LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU WILL EXTEND EMPATHY TO MY NEIGHBORS, TO OUR SITUATION THAT WE HAVE AND, UM, DECLINE THE REZONING AT 1, 2 0 4, 7 OLD HAND AND HIGHWAY.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR ARLENE BARCELONA.
DOES SHE PRESENT AND MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS READ IT? ARLENE BARCELONA.
AND WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS, UH, THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK VERSUS FOR RUSSELL BARCELONA.
AND THE SECOND IS FOR JAMES ALVAREZ.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE RUT BALLROOM.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, UH, SAME LIKE AT A PERSONAL REASON RATHER THAN ECONOMIC REASON.
I THINK THAT AREA SHOULD BE UPGRADED INTO A BETTER ZONING BECAUSE A ALL STATE, YOU SHOULD BE THE BUILDING THERE AND SERVING OFFICE, BUT THE OFFICE, UM, AT B ONE IS, UH, GRADUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO, BUT WE'LL LET YOU OUT TO EAT, YOU KNOW, UH, OPERATOR COMPETITOR, YOU KNOW, OFFICER, WE WERE DOWNSIZING, UH, IN TERM OF THAT, MAYBE TINY PLAY THROUGH, UPGRADE INTO THE BATTLE ZONE AND DO AND SEE, BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BULLET BALL AND YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE RIGHT THERE IS IT'S MINE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY ALL STAYED CLOSED BECAUSE, UM, OFFICES THOUGH, THAT'S HOW I GOT TO SAY, BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS, STATEMENTS, COMMISSIONER HILL.
COULD I HAVE MR. NUGEN COME BACK, PLEASE.
HOW DO YOU SEE, UM, TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY? UH, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO BUSINESS, THEN EVEN, UH, TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOULEVARD IS FOUR LANE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, USUALLY LISTEN IN NOW A SPACE FOR THE TRAFFIC IN AND OWL IN.
TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN BY, UNTIL I'M UP IN, AND NOW MY PARTY DID YOUR PROPERTY MAKES A PEAK RIGHT THERE.
AND, AND, AND I GUESS THE CONCERN I'M
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HEARING IS ONE OF SAFETY, BOTH FOR BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE INTO YOUR PROPERTY OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY AND BACK ON THE OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY.UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH SAFETY AT ALL WITH, YOU KNOW, I CALLED IN, IF YOU A REZONING AND I GOT A BRUISE, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION WISE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT, YOU KNOW, AND TELL THEM THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, TILL, BUT RIGHT NOW I CAN PUT IN THE MONEY OUT IN THE GRAININESS.
AND RIGHT NOW, UNTIL I HEAR BACK FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNSELOR, UH, MEET HIM TODAY.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER STERLING, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO DENY THIS.
THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM MR. STERLING TO DENY COMMISSIONERS STILL.
AND TO DENY THAT MOTION IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON
[12. PUD-5-04 Pelican Lakes, Concept Plan Revision 8 Revise uses to increase medium density residential units and decrease open space on property located on the south side of Burbank Drive, north of Innovation Park Drive, on Tracts A-1-A-1, B-1-A-2-A, D-1, C-1-A-1 of the T.P. Stuckey Tract Property, Lots 1A- 6A and 7-74 of the Stonelake Village Subdivision, and Lots 1-132, 133A-141A, 142-169, 170-310 of the Pelican Lakes Subdivision. Sections 75 and 76, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 3 - Gaudet) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request will meet the minimum criteria for a Planned Unit Development being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]
TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PUT 500,000 FOR PELICAN LAKES, CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 8 5 0 4 PELICAN LAKES CONCEPT PLAN REVISION.EIGHT PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE NORTH OF INNOVATION PARK DRIVE CONSULT THESE THREE, THREE GO DAY.
THE APPLICANT IS MICKEY ROVERSON.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO INCREASE MEDIUM DENSITY UNITS, REVISE COMMON MOPPING, A SPACE ACREAGE, AND ADDITIONAL INTERNAL CIRCULATION CONNECTION TO EXISTING PHASE FOR FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD 5 0 4 PELICAN LAKES CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, EIGHT STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST WILL MEET THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED EIGHT MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO DECIDE.
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.
TONIGHT COMMISSION MEMBERS AND CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, UH, CHAD STEVENS WITH MR. ENGINEERING AND SURVEY IN 93 45 IN ALON AVENUE.
UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE PROVIDER'S CONCEPT PLAN FOR PELICAN LAKES.
THIS IS REVISION NUMBER EIGHT, UM, AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THIS IS A VERY ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, BUT NUMBER, I THINK IT'S FROM OH FOUR.
UM, THE POET HAS BEEN REVISED MULTIPLE TIMES IS AS RECENT AS REVISION SIX, WHICH WAS TWO REVISIONS AGO.
UH, RESIDENTIAL UNITS INCLUDED THAT WAS ABOUT 535 SINGLE FAMILY, UH, MEDIUM DENSITY.
AND THEN ABOUT 345 HIGH DENSITY UNITS.
UM, WITH REVISION SEVEN, UH, THE DEVELOPER WHO'S PROPOSING THIS REVISION ALSO DID A REVISION WHERE HE TOOK ALL THE HIGH DENSITY UNITS OUT, UM, AND CHANGED THE SINGLE FAMILY TO 6 0 2, UH, THE SAME DEVELOPERS COMING BACK NOW ASKING TO INCREASE THAT BACK TO SEVEN 17.
SO WE'RE STILL ABOUT 160 UNITS BELOW WHAT THIS WAS APPROVED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE DPW I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'VE COMMITTED IN OUR CONCEPT DRAINAGE STUDY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS AN EXISTING CONCEPT PLAN, UH, WE ARE GOING TO MEET THAT 10% REDUCTION AS THE NEW ORDINANCE REQUIRES.
UM, THE OTHER LITTLE ISSUE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER WHO WAS DOING THE APARTMENTS, THIS WAS A PORTION OF THE APARTMENT TRACK.
UM, HE FELT SOME DITCHES AND THINGS IN ABOUT 2017, 2018.
SO STONE LAKE HAS BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES THERE AT THEIR ENTRANCE WHERE STONE LAKE MEETS PELICAN LAKES PARKWAY.
UH, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CURRENT DEVELOPER AND THE STONE LAKE, UH, HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
UH, THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO, UM, FIX THAT ISSUE.
UH, THERE WAS TWO COVERED CULVERTS THAT WERE COVERED, UM, MEAN RECOVERED WHEN THEY FILLED IN THE DITCHES.
UH, THOSE WERE DISCOVERED THEY WEREN'T ON ANY AS-BUILTS.
AND SO, UH, WE REVISED THE PLANS FOR PELICAN LAKES, FIFTH FILING TO GET THAT DRAINAGE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT IN, INTO THE EXISTING LAKE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE DEFERRED LAST MONTH.
ONE OF THOSE DRAINAGE LINES HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE SECOND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN OFFICE, ALSO ON THAT, UH, WHAT A LITTLE BIT MADE THAT PROBLEM, A LITTLE WORSE.
THERE WAS, UH, AN OVERFLOW OVER TO AN ADJACENT CANAL THAT WAS BLOCKED UP BY SOME BEAVERS,
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UH, THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED SO THAT THEIR OVERFLOW, UH, OUT OF THAT LAKE WILL HELP, UH, IN THE INTERIM UNTIL THAT FINAL DRAINAGE LINE CAN BE TIED IN.UM, HERE I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
WE DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
CAN THE APPLICANT COME BACK UP PLEASE? UM, OF THE AREA THAT'S, UH, WHERE THEY INCREASED DENSITY IS GOING TO BE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE? IT'S ALL ON THE STRUGGLE ON FLIP THEM.
WHAT ABOUT A WETLANDS? IT'S 31 ACRES OF WETLANDS.
THE AREA THAT'S YARD ASKING FOR INCREASED DENSITY.
COMMISSIONER ELANOR, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER ISLANDER.
YEAH, FOR RIGHT NOW, I'M STILL NOT IN FAVOR OF INCREASING DENSITY RIGHT NOW, AND AREAS THAT ARE FLOOD ZONES WITH WETLANDS.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.
THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, WE DENIED THIS ITEM THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLORIDA THE NIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSION TO ADDISON.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS, ONE OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER GROUT SAYING NONE.
TO NOTE WE DID HAVE ONE, UH, OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER GROUT.
I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU DO MATTER COMMISSIONERS
[13. TND-1-07 Rouzan, Concept Plan Revision 16 Revise to add six low density residential lots, on property located south of Perkins Road, east of Glasgow Avenue, on Tract RZ-1 of the Richland Plantation. Section 94, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 12 - Racca) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the minimum criteria for a Traditional Neighborhood Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]
AT THIS TIME.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, 10 D 1 0 7 ROSANNE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 16 BNB 1 0 7 DRUSEN CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, 16 PROPERTIES LOCATED SOUTH OF PERKING ROW EAST OF GLASGOW AVENUE, CONSTANT DISTRICT 12 RANKA THE APPLICANT IS CARING KENNEDY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED INCREASE LOURDES IN NEIGHBORHOOD AGE FROM 77 TO 80, INCREASED A LOT IN MIX AT THE RESIDENTIAL FROM 404 TO 407.
AND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARD AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DNB 1 0 7 DRUSEN CONCEPT PLAN REVISION.
16 STAFF IS THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 11 MESSAGES IN FAVOR TO THIS ITEM AND 94 MESSAGES FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND ALSO A MESSAGE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, ALSO IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PASS SOMETHING OUT IF I COULD FOR THEM.
UM, I AM THE OWNER OF THIS PARCEL, UH, OR THE MANAGER OF THE ENTITY THAT OWNS THE PARCEL AND SOBER.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT IS SEEK YOUR APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE
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IN THE LOTS AND ROSEANNE FROM RECURRENT APPROVAL OF 805, AND ADD ANOTHER SIX TO MAKE IT 811 Y'ALL ARE IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, JUST APPROVED A RECENT INCREASE FROM, UM, I BELIEVE 750, AND THEN IN APPROVED ANOTHER 55.SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT 800 AND 805.
SO, UM, BUT WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF SIX ADDITIONAL LOTS.
UH, THESE SIX LOTS ARE LESS DENSE THAN THE RECENT DENSITIES THAT Y'ALL RECENTLY APPROVED ON JULY 19TH.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO REQUIRE WITH ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I THINK, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION THAT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, BUT WE DO.
AND THAT WE ALL ALSO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS.
THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS IS KIND OF OUTLINED IN ORANGE AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT SHOWS WHAT OUR CONCEPT PLAN PROPOSES TO DO.
IT'S 1.65 ACRES, AND, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING THE LATE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE, LOTS AGAINST THE BUDDING AWAN, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT.
UM, AND SO LET'S FOR NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE LOSS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE BUDDING 7 81 LOTS.
AND THEN ALSO AT THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THAT PARTIAL THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD THREE MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT WOULD HAVE, BUT SIX MIXED RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL, LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN ROSEANNE.
SO THE DENSITIES THAT WE PROPOSE ARE MUCH LESS THAN EXISTS CURRENTLY IN RESIGNED.
AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE PROPOSE, UH, THAT WOULD CONNECT INTO RESIGN AND ALSO CONNECT INTO THE HOUSE OF AVENUE.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT, DO WE MEET THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES? AND, UH, SO I TOOK RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PREPARED AND HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NEXT PAGE IN GREEN REQUIRE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE AREA SHALL BE 55 FEET BY ONE 10.
UH, PEOPLE TONIGHT WILL HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT'S 55 FRONTAGE AND 110 DEATHS, AND THAT WAS NEVER STIPULATED.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO GIVE US THE OPTION SO THAT WE COULD DO WHAT I CALL A LOT DIVERSITY, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE T AND D ARTISTS TO GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY ON DESIGN AGAIN.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO STIPULATION AS TO WHAT IS FRONTAGE AND WHAT IS DEPTH.
UH, I'LL GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS REQUIREMENTS AND THEN HOW WE MEET THEM, WE ACTUALLY MEET OR EXCEED THE 55 BY ONE 10 REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE LOSS THAT WE PROPOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AS LOST THAT WE PROPOSE IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
ED'S LOTS ARE LARGER THAN THE VAST MAJORITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE, LOTS IN RESIGN.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE LESS DENSE AND PER THE T AND D CONCEPT PLAN APPROVED BY THIS BODY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN JULY 19TH, 2021, THE CURRENT DENSITY IN RESIGN IS 70 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE LODGE IS 77 LOTS AT 4.35 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS FOR ADDITIONAL LOTS, THAT WOULD BE 3.81 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
THE PREVIOUS ROUTE HOT ROUTES ON NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE PLANS TYPICALLY HAVE TWO TO THREE, LOTS OF BUDDING, EVERY HOMEOWNER OR A ONE HOMEOWNER THAT BACKS UP TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS FROM HOMEOWNERS WAS THAT ALL THESE HOUSES BACKING UP TO THEM, THAT THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT I HEARD AS THE OWNER OF THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 10 TO 12 YEARS, I PLAN TURNS THESE LOTS SIDEWAYS AND TAKES AND PUTS A ONE LOT BEHIND A ONE LOSS, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE, A LOT BEHIND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, A ONE LOT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF HAVING TWO TO THREE HOUSES BEHIND YOUR HOME.
AND THAT WAS THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSED CONCEPT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THAT'S KIND OF OUTLINED IN ORANGE AND I GAVE YOU EARLIER ON THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE'RE AT A DENSITY OF 4.99 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
AND THE CURRENT RESIGN RULES ON MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY IS 6.84 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
AGAIN, WE'RE MUCH LESS DENSE AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MAP AND SEE THAT WE BACK UP TO SIX MIXED RESIDENTIAL, LOTS THAT THAT WERE APPROVED AND RESIGN.
AND WE ONLY PROPOSE THREE TO MATCH UP TO THOSE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LAUNCH A MUCH LARGER THAN THE TYPICAL MIXED RESIDENTIAL LOT AND RESIGN.
AND AGAIN, OUR PAYING PROPER HOSES, THREE MIXED RESIDENTIAL, LOTS OF BUDDING, SIX ROSEANNE MIXED RESIDENTIAL WATCH, THEY MATCH UP LANDLINE.
UH, THE NEXT PAGE IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE YELLOW
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ARROWS.IT'S SIMPLY GOING OVER THE FACT THAT AGAIN, THE 77 NEIGHBORHOOD ADDS LOTS AT 4.5, THREE FIVE GUESTS TO THE ACRE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 404 MIXED RESIDENTIAL WATTS IN LUZON AT 6.84 UNITS TO THE ACRES.
AND, UH, I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW HERE ON THIS PAGE WITH ALL THE ARROWS POINTING, UH, HOW THESE 55 FOOT LOTS PRIMARILY BACK UP TO THE NEIGHBORS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THESE HOMEOWNERS HAVE TWO TO THREE HOUSES BEHIND THEM.
AND, UH, IT'S WHAT I CALL THE RACK AND STACK APPROACH THAT DEVELOPERS TYPICALLY DO THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LINES OF THE SAME THING, GOING DOWN THE STREET, WE CHOSE TO OFFER THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE OUR LOTS TURNED SIDEWAYS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND US.
YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT THAT OUR PLAN IS CONFUSING.
UH, THIS NEXT PAGE HERE SIMPLY SHOWS HOW CLEAR IT IS.
AND I BELIEVE THIS COMES RIGHT OFF A PAGE.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN OUR PLAN, BUT W WE JUST BLEW IT UP.
IT SHOWS THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRIGHTER SHADE OF YELLOW AND THE LESSER SHADE OF YELLOW IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE.
AND THEN AS WE, UH, PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, ROSEANNE STARTED OUT WITH 750 LOTS, THERE WAS A RECENT APPROVAL OF 55 LOSS, WHICH WAS A 7.3, 3% INCREASE.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR SIX ADDITIONAL LOTS TO BE APPROVED BY THIS BODY TODAY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN A 1% INCREASE.
AND THIS GRAPH SHOWS HOW MINIMAL INCREASE IT REALLY IS.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS AT PRESENT.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CARD THAT IS IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK FROM MATT, STOPPING HIM, UH, FIRST SPEAK ACCORD AND OP OPPOSITION IS FROM WILLIAM GLADNEY.
YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
YOU ALL HAVE A CLOCK THAT I CAN SEE TOO.
WILLIAM GLADNEY PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
UM, MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME, BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ROSEANNE FOR LONGER THAN I'D LIKE TO RECOUNT, UH, BACK FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, THE MAIN REASON I FEEL LIKE THAT I'M HERE TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ROSEANNE, THE ENTIRE ROUSSANNE T AND D FOLLOWS THE RULES AND PROTOCOLS THAT WE WERE PROMISED IN 2007.
UM, UM, AND THEN WAS IN TURN PROTECTED BY THE METRO COUNCIL IN 2008, WITH WHAT WE CALL THEM, THE METRO COUNCIL ROSEANNE ORDINANCE, UM, THAT THERE WERE SYMPATHETIC COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTER A GUT-WRENCHING FIGHT AT THAT TIME, UH, PARTICULARLY MR. ADDISON, UM, WHO HELPED US OBTAIN THAT.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR THAT.
SO THE, THE WE'VE SHOWN THAT WE CAN COOPERATE WITH ROSEANNE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN BEFORE THE PC OPPOSING ANYTHING IN YEARS, AND I THINK Y'ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS A ONGOING WAR FOR YEARS, BUT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT'S CHANGED.
WE'VE TRIED TO BE MORE COOPERATIVE.
WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
IT WAS THE NEW DEVELOPERS IN PARTICULAR WITH JOHN INQUEST AND CHARLES LANDRY.
BUT WE HAVE NOT APPEARED BEFORE YOU IN OPPOSITION YET, NOT ONCE, BUT WE'RE AN OPPOSITION TODAY.
UM, THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN AUGUST WITH MR. LANDRY WAS TWO MONTHS OF NEGOTIATIONS.
WE HAD NEVER SAID THAT WE WOULD NEVER CHANGE FROM SEVEN 50 UNITS.
WE WERE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND WE'VE TOLD OUR COUNCILMAN ALL THE WAY BACK TO, UH, JOHN DELGADO TO, UH, UM, BARBARA FREIBURG AND TO JEN, THAT, THAT LET US WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
WE'LL TRY TO TALK WITH THEM AND WE WILL COME TO YOU WITH AN AGREEMENT.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THESE FIGHTS OF THE OPPOSITION AND IN FAVOR AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF THAT.
AND WE'VE MANAGED TO DO THAT UP UNTIL THIS POINT WHEN, UH, MR. LANDRY WANTED TO RAISE THE RESIDENTIAL, WE WERE NOT ENTIRELY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WANTED, WE LISTENED TO HIM.
WE SAW WHERE HE WAS PUTTING IT.
UM, UH, MR. SPINOSA TALKS ABOUT DENSITIES.
EVERYTHING THAT CHARLES LANDRY PUT IN IS UP IN THE FRONT PART OF ROSEANNE UP IN THE FRONT PART, BY THE COMMERCIAL.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE.
THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE, DEEPEN ROSEANNE, ADJACENT TO AWAN HOUSES.
I WILL TRY TO REITERATE THAT TO YOU AGAIN.
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THAT WAS THE CAP AND SCREW THE CAP DOWN ON THAT.ARE THEY GOING TO ASK FOR MORE COMMERCIAL? I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT WHEN IT COMES UP, BUT IT WAS NOT REALLY PREPARED TO DEAL WITH, OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WE NEED SOME MORE COMMERCIAL WE NEED SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL I'VE LOOKED AT THE PLAN.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE PRESENTED TOMMY PRESENTED THAT TONIGHT, BUT WITH THE LAST TURN SIDEWAYS IN THIS WAYS AND MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND RYAN HAS TRIED TO TEACH ME, UH, UH, I'M, UH, I'M JUST A BRAIN SPECIALIST, BUT BRIAN HAS STARTED TO TEACH ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN A CONCEPT PLAN AND A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND THE W WE HAD SEEN FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF LOTS THAT WERE GOING TO MAYBE BE PUT IN ROSEANNE WITH SEVEN LOTS MIXED RESIDENTIAL, LOTS TURN SIDEWAYS.
THIS WEIGHS UP ONE SIDE DOWN THE OTHER, THEY, THEY ALL WERE, WERE UNACCEPTABLE.
AND IF I'M NOT CORRECT, THAT'S NOT EVEN PART OF A CONCEPT PLAN.
AND I THINK RYAN WOULD TELL ME YES, BUT I'D TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MR. SPINOSA SHOWED YOU BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT IT TOO.
OH, Y'ALL GONNA TO CUT ME OFF.
SO LET ME MOVE AHEAD VERY QUICKLY.
I SENT A SLIDE PRESENTATION TO Y'ALL GET, Y'ALL GET TO SEE IT.
I'M SURE YOU STAYED UP LATE AT NIGHT 39 SLIDES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF RIGHT THERE.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKER COURTS TO FOLLOW, BUT THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR BRIAN MCNAMARA.
UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN MCNAMARA.
I LIVE ON BRAIN DRIVE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. SPINOSA FOR YEARS NOW, AS THERE'S A STRIP OF LAND RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOUSE.
UH, IN QUESTION, AS FAR AS THE USAGE FOR THE ROSANNE PROPERTY.
UM, MY FAMILY'S POSSESSED THE LAND SINCE THE MID SEVENTIES.
AND, UM, IT'S COME BACK ON THE RADAR SINCE THE SALE TO THE INQUEST GROUP, AS FAR AS THEM WANTING TO BUILD A ROAD THROUGH, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SAID FOR YEARS THAT THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, SO MY FAMILY, WHEN THE COVID-19 BROKE OUT, UH, WE GOT OUT OF TOWN SCHOOL WAS SHUT DOWN.
WE GOT OUT OF TOWN TO GET HELP FROM SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, AND GOT A CALL THAT, UH, TREES THAT WE'VE POSSESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF FOR YEARS HAD BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, UH, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE, UNFORTUNATE, AND STRESSFUL TO SAY THE LEAST.
UM, THIS WAS AFTER WE HAD BEEN AMICABLE, UH, MR. SPINOSA WAS IN MY HOUSE.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, UH, KIND OF EXPRESSING OUR INTERESTS AND ASKING HIM OF HIS AND WORKING WITH HIM AND BEING OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO A FAULT, UH, TO BE HONEST, UM, ALL THAT'S BEING PUT FORTH TODAY.
UH, HE'S NOT REACHED OUT ONCE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PLAN I'VE NOT SEEN EVEN WHAT HE PASSED OUT TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
UM, THE PLANS THAT ARE ON YOUR WEBSITE ARE NO DOUBT AMBIGUOUS AS TO WHAT HE PLANS TO DO.
UH, THERE'S NO, UH, DETAILS ON THERE AS FAR AS THE ORIENTATION OF THE LOTS AND THE 55 BY ONE 10 AND ALL OF THAT, UM, TO SPEAK TO THE LOT SIZES.
UM, THE PROPOSED LOTS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHAPE DATA AND SAY THERE'S 700 OR 800 LOTS.
WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE IT BY SIX THOUGH.
THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL IS ZONED FOR ONE LOT.
THE WHOLE NARRATIVE THE WHOLE TIME FOR YEARS HAS BEEN, THIS IS MR. SPINOZA'S RETIREMENT HOME.
UH, THIS IS THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S MEANT TO BE THE LOWER DENSITY, MORE PRESTIGIOUS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
AND WE'RE AN OPPOSITION OF THESE CHANGES.
UM, YOU KNOW, FEAR THAT INCREASE.
WE FEAR THAT INCREASING THE DENSITY WILL IMPACT OUR, UH, PROPERTY VALUES AND ALSO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN ONGOING LAWSUIT WITH RESPECT TO THE STRIP OF LAND NEXT TO OUR HOUSE THAT IS GOING TO COME BEFORE A JUDGE IN COURT.
AND THERE ARE AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE IN THIS PLAN THAT, UH, CHANGES THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND IT'S NOT RIGHT TO APPROVE DENSITY CHANGES OR THE USAGE OF TRAFFIC WHILE THAT IS ONGOING.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOR CAROL BROWN.
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GOOD EVENING.THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THERE.
YOU APPLY THE STAY OF CERTIFIES IT, AND YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE PRODUCED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAY AT TONIGHT.
MR. SPINOSA HAS PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S CHANGED HIS ASS FOR HIS CONCEPT PLAN OR NOT.
AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING AND I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN I'M DONE.
NUMBER TWO, JUST LIKE THEY'VE SAID, THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF A T N D.
AND THE BACK PORTION OF THE T AND D WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
NOW, MR. SPINOSA WANTS TO DIVIDE IT UP.
NUMBER THREE, THERE IS THIS ROAD IN HIS PROPOSAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES OR WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
AND THEN WHAT IS THE KEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE CONNECTED TO ROSIE AND IT ALSO WOULD BE KICKED CONNECTED TO HYACINTH AVENUE.
NOW I HAVE TALKED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND THEY SAY IN THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT CONNECTING TO HYACINTH AVENUE.
I ALSO KNOW BECAUSE I'VE WORKED ON THIS SINCE 2007, THAT THERE IS RULE ORDINANCE, WHATEVER THAT IF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU NEED CONNECTIVITY ABOUT 25 SECONDS.
SO WHERE DOES THAT COME IN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT CARD IS FOR KYLE RUCKER.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
UM, WE'VE HAD MAJOR FLOODING AND MAJOR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.
UH, THEY ONLY INCREASED AS WE SAW IN THESE LAST, UH, LAST STORMS IN MAY.
A LOT OF US HAD FLOODING, INCLUDING MYSELF, UH, LOOKED AT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE JUST GAVE Y'ALL.
UM, THIS IS, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UP IN AUGUST.
WE'VE SEEN NO, THERE'S THE PROPOSAL THAT WE, THAT WE'VE SEEN.
THERE'S NO DRAINAGE, UH, PLANS, BUT WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THOSE, IF HE'S ABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE TO SEVEN, UM, CHARLES LANDRY WHO OWNS THE FRONT PART HAS AN EMAIL TO US THAT SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO INCLUDE THIS OUTSIDE OF THE ONE HOUSE.
SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE THERE TO, UM, TO THEIR DRAINAGE.
SO WE'RE JUST EXACERBATING DRAINAGE IN AN AREA OF BATON ROUGE.
IT'S ALREADY HAVING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. SO WITH THAT PRE IN PARTICULAR WOULD ASK YOU TO DENY IT.
UM, HE OPENED HIS COMMENTS SAYING HE WAS GOING TO ACCESS THIS VIA HYACINTH.
UH, MY, MY NEIGHBOR, MR. MCNAMARA, JUST INDICATED THAT HE HAS A LAWSUIT GOING ON WITH HIM.
LIKE, ISN'T THAT A LITTLE PREMATURE TO HAVE SAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ALL THESE PLANS.
AND THEN THE JUDGE HASN'T EVEN DECIDED WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS AREA.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION AND DENYING.
THIS IS, UH, ELLEN AND THE FUZZY MATH THAT HE WAS PLAYING WITH.
THESE OTHER LOTS THAT WERE, THAT Y'ALL WERE, WERE APPROVING EARLIER FOR ROSEANNE.
THOSE WERE ABOVE COMMERCIAL SPACE IN THE FRONT, PROBABLY A MILE FROM WHAT THE PART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THAT HASN'T, SO THOSE AREN'T GOING TO HURT OUR DRAINAGE.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT MAJOR FLOODING AND DRAINAGE
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IN OUR AREA AND HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PLAN AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO WITH THEM.I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR MORE LEAD AKA CHELLA.
THANK YOU, SALVADOR, CHRISTINA.
UM, AND I, I CAME TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.
UH, THERE'S A FEW THINGS MR. SPINOSA STARTED TALKING TONIGHT.
THAT IS ACREAGE IS 1.65 ON HIS APPLICATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HE CALCULATED DENSITY.
UM, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE IT RIGHT ON THE APPLICATION APPLICATION ON PAGE ONE LISTS HIM AS THE OWNER, PAGE THREE LISTS AND LLC AS THE OWNER AND THE, UM, TAX ASSESSOR.
MELISSA IS A DIFFERENT LLC, IS THE OWNER.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S APPLYING THIS TO COME IN FRONT OF Y'ALL IS SPINOSA GOT UP AND SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF HE'S ABLE TO CHANGE THE LOTS BECAUSE 55 BY ONE 10 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 55 WIDE.
THERE'S NO ONE 10 WIDE LOT IN THE FRONTAGE AND ROSEANNE, NO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD EDGE LOT IS ONE 10 IN THE FRONT AND ONLY 55 DEEP.
IF YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR HOUSE AND YOU CONTRACT, IT TELLS YOU I NEED 202 BY FOURS.
IS HE GOING TO ACCEPT 204 BY TWOS? ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD YOUR HOUSE WITH THAT? THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS.
HE IS JUST HODGEPODGING IT TOGETHER TO GET WHAT HE WANTS TO PUT MORE LOTS IN AND NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR HOPELESS 14 YEARS.
THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE LOT WITH ONE HOUSE.
UM, THE LAST PART OF IT WAS AGAIN WITH THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL.
I TAKE THAT BACK SINCE I HAVE LIMITED TIME, THE PLAN HE SHOWED US WAS FOR THE ENTRANCE TO HIS LITTLE SUBDIVISION, TO BE ON HYACINTH, WITH NO EXIT INTO ROSEANNE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A T AND D WITH A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE REST OF THE AMENITIES OF THE T AND D YOU GOT TO LEAVE DRIVE DOWN, HYSON GO UP GLASGOW, TURN BACK INTO THE T AND D TO USE YOUR AMENITIES THAT NEGATES THE PURPOSE OF THE T AND D THE T AND D IS SUPPOSED TO BE EASY ACCESS.
YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED RIGHT THERE.
YOU HAVE YOUR GROCERY STORE, YOUR BANK, EVERYTHING, BUT FOR HIS APPLICATION, YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO LEAVE HIM AND THEN RE-ENTER IT TO USE ANY OF THE AMENITIES.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU READY NOW? UM, ALSO I, UM, I LIVE ON SWEETBRIAR.
WE ARE THIS STREET RIGHT HERE.
SWEETBRIAR IS THE ONE STREET OUT OF ROSEANNE THAT EVERYONE USED CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK PHASE 870 MR. CHAIRMAN, EXCUSE ME.
MA'AM, WE'RE GONNA NEED A MICROPHONE.
170 HOMES, WHICH WILL NOW COME DOWN, WAIT, BRIER, UNLESS HYACINTH IS OPENED TO THESE HUNDRED AND 70 HOMES FOR EGRESS AND INGRESS INTO ROSANNE.
WE WERE TOLD THAT CONNECTIVITY WAS THE IMPORTANT PART OF ROSEANNE.
THE ONLY CONNECTIVITY THAT WE HAVE IS OUR STREET, WHICH USED TO BE A DEAD END.
SO I HAVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, TOTALING 28 OF OUR HOMEOWNERS UP AND DOWN SWEETBRIAR.
UH, YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE HAD THIS.
I TURNED THIS INTO THE COMMISSIONERS AND I TURNED IT INTO THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU NEED COPIES OF IT, THESE WERE THE STAMPED COPIES.
I DON'T KNOW, GIVEN THE LEGAL PROBLEMS AND THE LAWSUITS AND THE CHANGE IN THE LOT SIZES.
UM, GIVEN THE LAWSUITS THAT ARE, THIS COULD BE PREMATURE, HOWEVER,
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I'M JUST ASKING WHATEVER GETS APPROVED OVER HERE.MR. SPINOSA HAS LOTS THAT THIS CONNECTION TO HYACINTH GETS COMPLETED, CONNECTS TO ROSEANNE AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO GLASGOW.
OTHERWISE WE HAVE 170 ADDITIONAL HOMES FILING DOWN SWEETBRIAR AS IT IS.
WE HAVE A PARADE OF HOMES EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON, AND THEY SPEED.
THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU ALL WANT THIS, I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE IT WITH YOU, BUT THIS IS THE LETTER.
UH, NEXT CHORD IS FOR AN GARCIA.
I APPRECIATE, Y'ALL LETTING ME SPEAK HERE.
I LIVE IN MEADOWY ON WHITE HAVEN PORTION OF MY PROPERTY BACKS UP TO THE, UM, I GUESS PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I, I QUESTIONED THE TIMING OF THIS.
WHY ARE WE DEALING WITH THIS NOW? UM, WE'VE HAD 15 REVISIONS TO THIS, UP TO THIS POINT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE WENT FROM A SINGLE HOME ON THIS PROPERTY TO NOW REQUESTING SIX ADDITIONAL LOTS.
UM, A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN SO FAR ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY POOR DRAINAGE, UM, BACKING UP TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THERE WAS A STRUCTURE ON THE BACK OF MY LOT THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE.
UH, WE HAVE SINCE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT STARTED FLOODING SHORTLY AFTER ROSEANNE STARTED DEVELOPING.
UM, IT WOULD ROUTINELY HOLD FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF WATER.
FORTUNATELY, IT WAS JUST A STORAGE ROOM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT DID NOT FLOOD PRIOR.
UM, MR. SPINOSA DOES NOT PLAN ON DOING ANY SUBSEQUENT DRAINAGE WORK, UH, AS FAR AS ANALYSIS, UM, UNLESS THE CITY REQUIRES HIM TO DO SO ALL OF THE DRAINAGE STUDIES INCLUDED IN THE RE ROSEANNE REVISION IS THE ORIGINAL DRAINAGE STUDY THAT CONTEMPLATES A SINGLE HOME ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, THE CURRENT DEVELOPERS, WHEN THEY'VE COME TO YOU TO REQUEST, UM, REVISIONS TO THE PLAN, AS DR.
GLADNEY STATED, UH, HAVE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT DIDN'T OCCUR THIS TIME, THEY'VE MADE SOME CONCESSIONS AND, AND BROUGHT SOME THINGS FORWARD THAT THEY DIDN'T, UM, HAVE TO DO.
THEY WEREN'T REQUIRED, BUT THEY SAW THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE AREA AND THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT, TO GET BUY IN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. SPINOSA IS NOT OFFERED ANY OF THAT TO US.
UM, ALSO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DENSITY CONVERSATION HE HAD.
WE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO TWO OR THREE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU TAKE A ONE 10 BY 55 LOT AND TURN IT SIDEWAYS, EVEN IF IT IS 70 OR 75 FOOT DEEP, THE HOUSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE CLOSER TO THE REAR LOT.
YOU CAN'T PUT A HOUSE IN A 55 FOOT OR A 70 FOOT DEEP LOT AND MAINTAIN ANY TYPE OF DISTANCE ON THE BACK OF A LOT.
THERE'S JUST NOT A DEPTH TO THAT LOT, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. SPINOSA, HE'S INDICATED THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO BUILD ONE STORY HOUSES.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S TOLD US TO GO LOOKING FOR AND LOOK AT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FAITH THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WHAT GETS PUT THERE.
UM, I SEE I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
I KNOW THAT Y'ALL TAKE PRIDE IN BATON ROUGE BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT ON A MONDAY EVENING, VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.
MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO MOVE OUR FAMILY TO BATON ROUGE ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO.
SO WE DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL INVOLVED IN ALL THE HISTORY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT OUR HOUSE FLOODED IN MAY.
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YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT, AND IT'S VERY UPSETTING.WE'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPOSED CHANGE FROM ONE HOUSE TO SEVEN.
AND WE'RE, THERE'S NO PLAN FOR DRAINAGE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS PLAN IS NOT READY.
IT'S BEEN REVISED SET 15 TIMES.
SO PLEASE, AS A SOMEONE THAT TAKES PRIDE IN BATON ROUGE, AS WE DO VOTE, NO DRAINAGE IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THIS AREA.
AND THERE'S NO PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS.
THANK YOU, MS. ANN, YOU READY? NOW? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO US.
AND I'M TRYING TO TALK REALLY FAST AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
UM, I, MAN, GO, SHE GO, I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE MEDLEY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FOR 30 YEARS, MAINLY BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE I WAS FOUR.
MY FATHER WAS A SEWER PIPELINE CONTRACTOR.
HE PUT IN MOST OF THE PIPELINE, ALL THE SEWER LINES IN THE CITY, GAS LINES, WATER LINES.
I USED TO OWN A SMALL PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY.
SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DRAINAGE.
UM, I'M SPEAKING TODAY FOR THE 85 FAMILIES OF METAL LEE, OLD AND YOUNG TO OPPOSE THIS.
UM, I BO I BOARD HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE IT.
UH, WE DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO STICK SEVEN HOMES ON THE LOT THAT WE WERE PROMISED IT WAS GOING TO HAVE ONE HOUSE.
UM, I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH MR. SPINOSA FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE A LIFETIME.
WE HAVE AN AMIABLE RELATIONSHIP.
I DON'T WANT BAD THINGS FOR HIM, BUT I WANT GOOD THINGS FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, A YEAR AGO HE CALLED ME TO TELL ME HE WAS GOING TO BUILD PERSONAL HOME THERE.
ONE HOUSE, APPARENTLY HIS FINANCES ARE CHANGED AND HE'S GOT TO PUT SEVEN HOUSES ON THERE NOW TO BUILD HIS ONE SMALL HOUSE THERE TOO.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NUMBER OF HOMES TAKEN ON WATER THAT WAS ONCE ABSORBED BY THE WETLAND.
CHAN, WHO HAD TO LEAVE HOUSE FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, UH, HE'S 83.
HE DOESN'T DESERVE THAT THE WATER IS COMING IN OFF A ROUSSANNE AND IT WILL COME IN AT AN ANGLE OFFERS, BUT NOTICE THIS PROPERTY, UM, MR. ESPINOSA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROMISING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LAWSUITS AGAINST HIM CANNOT COLLECT THEIR JUDGEMENTS BECAUSE HIS ASSETS ARE NOT IN HIS NAME.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TODAY TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES FROM SHODDY DEVELOPMENT.
WE BELIEVE THAT MR. SPINOSA DOES NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PUT IN THE PROPER DRAINAGE.
I WOULD SEE EMAILS TODAY FROM THE CURRENT OWNERS OF ROSEANNE, MR. AND MR. LANDRY STATING THAT THE STORMWATER RUNOFF ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE DRAINAGE STUDY IS ONLY MADE FOR ONE HOME ON THIS TRACK, NOT SEVEN.
UM, THE SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM OF ROSEANNE DOES NOT EVEN EXTEND TO THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR A CONNECTION.
UH, FURTHERMORE, HE SAYS, MR. LANDRY, THERE'S NO DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ON MR. SPINOZA'S LOT CONNECTING IT TO CURRENTLY ROSEANNE.
AND THERE ARE NO SERVITUDES AT ALL FOR ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GETTING WITH FOLKS.
AND I SAY, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1960, UM, A LONG TIME AND HOMES THAT HAVE NEVER FLOODED ARE FLOODING.
NOW WE ARE DIRECTLY SOUTH OF ROSEANNE.
WE ARE DIRECTLY SOUTH AT AN ANGLE THROUGH THE NOTICES PROPERLY.
PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE FAMILIES.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURT WHO WAS IN OPPOSITION, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
UH, YEAH, I THINK , UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH SIDE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND I THINK WE'RE WELL REPRESENTED HERE.
UM, I HAVE NOT, I DO NOT HAVE THE LONG HISTORY WITH A ROSEANNE DAY, SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS DO, BUT I WAS READING THE DOCUMENTS AND THE, AND THE PLANS.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY UNANSWERED, UH, QUESTIONS, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE, UM, THE INITIAL, UH, DRAWING THAT WE WERE SHOWED BY MR. SPINOSA WAS ESSENTIALLY A LITTLE POCKET AREA.
AND, UM, THAT DOES, AND THE PLANTS THAT I SAW ONLINE, UH, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT
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FOR ME TO DECIPHER EXACTLY EVEN WHAT WAS GOING ON.UH, THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE UPSET AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH HIAS AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH OTHER ROADS.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A MULTI-RESIDENTIAL, IF THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL ALSO.
AND IF THAT, AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, IF IN THE FUTURE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN A MULTI-WAY A RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE NOW, UH, SO THAT THERE IS SO MUCH, UM, CONFUSION OVER THIS APPLICATION AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE APPLICATION AND THE EXPANSION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE HOUSE.
AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SEVEN.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO, UM, NOT APPROVE THIS APPLICATION RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE LOTS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND, UH, ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE.
AND I DON'T THINK THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN SUPPORT RIGHT NOW.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
UM, LET ME START OFF WITH MR. GLADLY BRADLEY AND HIS, SOME OF HIS COMMENTS.
UH, YEAH, WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS AND FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS, WE'VE HAD APPLICATIONS COME UP WITH NO OPPOSITION, UH, FROM THEM.
THEY'LL WHY THE ISSUE ABOUT, UH, OTHERS WORK WITH THEM AND WE DOWN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
UM, THE, UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT W WE GAVE YOU A PACKET TONIGHT OF INFORMATION.
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU IS ON AUGUST 4TH IN A ZOOM MEETING THAT I HAD WITH THE ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE SEGREGATED ASSOCIATION BOARD, I FURNISHED THEM A PACKET THAT HAS VERY SIMILAR INFORMATION.
UH, IT WAS, IT WAS EMAILED TO DR.
GLADNEY ANN DID MISS ANN GARCIO, UH, THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT FIVE TO SIX DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS.
BUT WHAT THEY WON'T TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN I MET WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP THAT JUST GOT UP HERE, THEY WOULD H ASKED ME, WHAT, IF YOU DO THIS, WOULD YOU DRAW IT UP FOR ME? I DID MR. SAL, CHRISTINA, WHO CAME UP AND ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY TO DRAW UP SOMETHING.
I SPECIFICALLY DROPPED SOMETHING FROM MS. GARCIA.
SHE WAS OPPOSED TO THE ROAD OF HIGH SYNTH COMING THROUGH, UH, AND THE RUSE ON OUR, INTO OUR PROPOSED DIVISIONS.
SO I SAID, ANNE, I MIGHT BE OPEN TO THAT.
SO I DID HER A MAP THAT WAS ONLY SHOWING ON THE INFANTS THAT WAY, ALL WITH THE PROVISION THAT THIS IS UP TO BPW, THE CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT UP TO ME, BUT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO.
NOW, SINCE THAT TIME, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE DPW CHECKLIST IS YOU WILL TIE INTO HOUSE WITH, OKAY, IF YOU LOOK AT, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER 15TH, I WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
UM, THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE.
I CAN SIT HERE AND TELL YOU TO THIS DAY.
AT FIRST I HEARD OF DRAINAGE WAS WHEN I MET WITH GOOD MS. GARCIA.
AND WHAT SHE TOLD ME WAS ALL THE LOTS OF MR. ANGUISHED AND MR. LANDRY THAT ARE CURRENTLY BACK UP TO HER SUBDIVISION, NOT MY PIECE OF PROPERTY ARE CAUSING FLOODING.
SO I SHARED WITH HER WHAT WE DID IN A SIMILAR PIECE YEARS AGO THAT SHE, THAT SHE SHOULD I ASK MS. SPINOSA.
I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO, UH, SHOW THE SAME RESPECT THAT WE SHOW TO EVERY SPEAKER THAT'S BEEN AT THAT PODIUM TONIGHT AND REMAIN SILENT.
AS THEY, AS THEY SAY, THERE ARE PIECES THERE THEY'RE TURNING TO SPEAK.
SO I SHARED WITH HER THAT WHEN WE DID THE EDGE, LOTS BEHIND SWEETBRIAR, THAT WE PUT A DRAINAGE LINE AT THE REAR OF EVERY HOME BACK THERE THAT I SUGGEST YOU TALK TO MS. HILL, ANDREA, ABOUT DOING A SIMILAR THING.
SO, UM, BUT TO THIS DAY, I'VE NEVER HAD A DRAINAGE DISCUSSION WITH ANYBODY ABOUT THIS.
OTHER THAN WAS IN MS. GROCERY.
I BROUGHT IT UP THE, THE SINGLE HOME, I'VE GOT A LARGE HOME.
I WANT TO SCALE DOWN FROM THE LARGE HOME I HAVE NOW TO A MUCH SMALLER HOME.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER BIG HOME, A 1.65 ACRES WHEN I'M GOING FROM A BIG HOME ON ONE ACRE.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THAT.
LIKE MOST OLDER PEOPLE, WHEN THEY WANT TO GET INTO RETIREMENT AND DOING IT WAS ALWAYS MY INTENT.
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HOME ON THAT PROPERTY.I NEVER TOLD ANYBODY THAT THIS IS INTENDED FOR ONE HOUSE, ONE HOME.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
HOFFPAUIR TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MR. HOFFPAUIR, THIS HOMES OWNED BY BRIDGER EGGMAN UP UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
IF YOU COULD DIRECT ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION.
BUT, BUT HE SAID, HE'S BEEN GETTING THIS INFORMATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HE'S A NEW RESIDENT THERE AND HE BACKS UP TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I OWN, THAT WE WANT TO BUILD.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MY HOME ON AND THESE OTHER LOTS, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM HIM ABOUT ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
NOW, WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LETTER FROM YOUR PARENTS AND YOU HAVE ABOUT, YOU HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.
OKAY? THE HIGHEST IT'S RIGHT AWAY BELONGS TO THE CITY PARISH.
IT DOES NOT BELONG TO MR. MCNAMARA, BUT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS WHY DID HE SUE ME? I DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
HE KNOWS I DON'T HAVE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS JUST A CRAZY CHAOS AND CONFUSING AND HAVING THIS IS WHAT I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
FROM THE MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ROSANNE, YOUR PARISH ATTORNEY, MR. ABBOTT, HONESTLY, YOUR RIGHT AWAY EXPERT IS SAID ALL ALONG.
AND YOUR DPW MOST RECENTLY SAID YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO TIE IN TO PASS.
AND SO THEY OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, UH, AND, AND I THINK IN A MEETING WITH MR. MESSINA, HE SHARED WITH ME, HE WILL BE INTERVENING IN THAT LAWSUIT, REPRESENTING THE CITY I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
YOU MENTIONED MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? YEAH.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
WE DENY THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO DENY THIS ITEM.
SO THE SECOND TO THAT MOTION IS A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO NOT AS ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
OBJECTION FOR VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
GLADNEY CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? YES, SIR.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE, THE EFFECT OF WHAT WE DID A MONTH OR TWO AGO, BUT REGARDLESS TO THE FUTURE PROTECTION OF THESE RESIDENTS WITH THIS ORDINANCE, AND IF MIGHT BE A POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS THAT MIGHT BE MADE, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THE CAP BACK ON IT.
UM, WHEN WE DEALT WITH THIS MATTED MATTER, JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF OPPOSITION ON THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT.
AND OF COURSE YOU HAD ONE OR TWO RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP DOWN HERE.
I MADE NOTE OF THAT AND ASKED THEM THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE HAVE A 55 MODIFICATION TO THIS PROPERTIES WITHOUT SUCH CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT? HOW DO WE RECTIFY THAT? AND I WOULD SAY NUMBER ONE, IN ORDER TO NOT SHOW UP IN OPPOSITION, THERE HAD TO BE INTERNAL DISCOURSE WITHIN OUR BOARD THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THIS HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS BE OPPOSED TO ROSEANNE, NO MATTER WHAT, AND IT WILL FEEL THREATENED BY IT.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT OF ROSEANNE IS GOING TO BE.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THE REAL CAP IS ON THIS.
THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE THAT Y'ALL, YOU ALL GAVE US AFTER THE BIG BATTLE HAS BEEN THE ONE KIND OF SAVING GRACE.
IT HAS GIVEN US SOME, SOME COVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT EVERY COUNCILMAN, EVEN WITH MICKEY SKYE RING WITH, UM, SMOKY WITH JOHN DELGADO, WITH BARBARA FRYDENBERG, WITH JEN, I'VE ASKED HIM, CAN YOU SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE? IT'S IT'S, IT'S NOT A PLANNING COMMISSION ORDINANCE FOR Y'ALL, IT'S REALLY A METRO COUNCIL LAW THAT, THAT WAS SET APART BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BE SURE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT, AND RYAN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE RECOMMENDATION PART AND ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN ROUSSANNE, HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? THEY'RE THERE IT'S LIKE MACHINE GUNFIRE IS WITHERING.
WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THIS WHERE, YOU
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KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN LIVES.WE HAVE CHILDREN, WE HAVE CATS, WE HAVE DOGS.
SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT WE TRY TO KEEP, KEEP IN, TOUCH UP WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE STILL HELD ONTO THE CORE PROTECTION ON THE ORDINANCE, SEVEN 50 RESIDENTIAL, A HUNDRED THOUSAND COMMERCIAL.
SO CHARLES WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHARLES LANDRY WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME BUMPS.
OKAY, WELL, A LITTLE BUMP, BUT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET OVER THEM WHEN HE WANTED MORE RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S LIKE, LET ME SEE, WHAT'S THE CONCEPT.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT THE NEW RESIDENTIAL CAUSE, CAUSE ENGLISTAN AND LANDRY WERE PUTTING IN RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEY HAD COMMERCIAL AND THEY WANTED TO PUT RESIDENTIAL IN AREAS OF COMMERCIAL THAT THEY HAD.
WELL, WE'RE CAPPED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND COMMERCIAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO STAY THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO ASK FOR MORE, BUT WHEN HE PUT IN NEW RESIDENTIAL, IT WAS ALL UP IN THE FRONT AND IT WAS FILLING IN KIND OF GAPS OF COMMERCIAL.
ONE THING THAT I'VE KNOWN WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ROUSSANNE, WE'D START OFF.
AND AS WE GOT TO THE END, THERE'D BE LEFTOVER PROPERTY LEFTOVER SPACES BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A FINAL PLAN.
ALL WE EVER SAW WAS, UH, INCREMENTAL FINAL FTPS FINAL DEVELOP PLANS.
WE NEVER GOT TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE.
WE NEVER GOT TO SEE A BIG PICTURE EVER.
SO NOW, AS THINGS ARE FILLING IN THERE'S LITTLE, LITTLE AREAS LEFT.
SO WHEN, UH, CHARLES WANTED 55 UNITS, HE SEEMS TO BE DOING A GOOD JOB.
HE'S HE'S A, HE'S A GOOD COMMUNICATOR.
UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE FELT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO HURT US TO HAVE, WE'VE GOT SEVEN 50.
IF THERE'S 55 MORE UNITS, WE CAN ABSORB THAT IN THE LONG RUN LET'S WORK WITH CHARLES LET'S SHOW.
Y'ALL ALL OF Y'ALL THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING.
AND IT WORKED OUT THE WAY I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR NOW ANOTHER CHANGE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S NOT INCONCEIVABLE TO CONSIDER NOW THAT I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, NOT MY BOARD.
OKAY, ME, UM, TO SEE, WELL, HOW COULD WE, COULD WE DO SOMETHING WITH THIS? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE TO, UH, WE'LL GLADNEY WE, BUT WE HAVE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER PEOPLE, I WILL HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT I'M, I'M SURPRISED THAT HE HANDED Y'ALL HIS MAP WITH THE LOTS TURN SIDEWAYS IN THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL LAND, BUT I COULD GO ON AND ON AND WHY THAT IS UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO CLEAR UP A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, MR. HOLCOMB, I WANT TO CLEAR UP A COUPLE OF THINGS, EVERYBODY.
THIS IS NOT A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT ALL.
IT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION THAT PUT IT BACK TO THAT STAFF.
WHAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY GO THERE.
I WANT STAFF TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS A CONCEPT PLANE.
THIS IS NOT A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
IF I'M NOT SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH AND I WANT TO HEAR ME.
SO LET'S BE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I WANT TO ASK.
SO I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET A HIT TO A LONG DISSERTATION ABOUT, I DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER BECAUSE YOU, DR.
I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE WOUNDS ON INITIATIVE.
I SPENT A LOT OF HOURS ON AMAZON'S INITIATIVE.
I WAS EVEN SICK WHEN I CAME TO ME USE ABOUT OUR INITIATIVE AND WE PUT IT IN AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.
I DID MY JOB AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND AS I SIT ON THIS COMMISSION TONIGHT, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME.
GLADNEY IS OUR DOG TO RESPECT TONIGHT.
I CALL YOU SO MANY TIMES ON THIS INITIATIVE.
ON THIS TIME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN WILLING TO MEET WITH ANY RESIDENT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN YOUR COUNCIL PERSON TO ANYBODY ELSE, BECAUSE I DO TAKE MY PUBLIC SERVICE SERIOUS.
I LIKE DOING IT, BUT RYAN, PLEASE INFORM THEM WHAT THIS PLAN IS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE HURDLES THAT AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY AND ANY OTHER FUTURE BODY.
AND IF I MAY PLEASE, NO, I WOULD NOT BECAUSE I, THIS IS MY TIME DR.
I INVITED YOU UP HERE TO ASK A QUESTION IS NOT HERE FOR YOU TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT MR. COMMISSIONER ADDISON, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? LET ME CLEAR UP WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DEAL WITH.
THERE WAS A QUESTION WHAT'S BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TONIGHT, THIS IS SIR, CERTAINLY A CONCEPT PLAN THAT'S BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IT'S A, A MAJOR CHANGE THAT REQUIRES PLANNING COMMISSION AND METROPOLITAN COUNCIL APPROVAL BEFORE HAPPENS.
UH, EVEN IF BOTH THOSE STEPS WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BEFORE THEY COULD BUILD ANYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY.
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PLAN BY DEFINITION IS CONCEPTUAL.THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DETAIL.
I CAN'T TELL EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON BY DEFINITION IT'S IT'S CONCEPTUAL.
HE MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE CHECKLIST ITEMS, ALL THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, ALL THESE STIPULATIONS THAT ARE IN THAT DOCUMENT.
THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES WE HAVE HAD MANY PHONE CALLS.
I WISH WE HAD MORE TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT A STAFF HAS ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TAKEN TIME TO TALK TO US.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO SHOW A LOT MORE DETAIL.
EXACTLY WHAT THE HOUSES LOOK LIKE, HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT A DRAINAGE INFORMATION WOULD HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE ANSWERED AT A LATER DATE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONCEPT PLAN APPROVAL FEATURE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. UM, FORGOT YOUR TITLE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD LIKE MRS. VANESSA APPLICANT TO COME BACK UP, PLEASE.
THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF REFERENCES MADE IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS PARTICULAR CONCEPT PLAN.
HOW MANY REVISIONS WERE MADE WHEN YOU WERE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE ENTIRE ROOMS ON DEVELOPMENT, HOW MANY PROVISIONS WERE MADE UNDER YOUR TENURE? YOUR STAFF'S TENURE? I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S PROBABLY, BUT WE'RE ON REVISION 16, I BELIEVE.
YES, BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE REQUIRES A CONCEPT PLAN AND A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN EIGHT TO 10 PHASES.
I MEAN, SO, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES TO PROPOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, THIS PROJECT IS GOING ON SINCE 2005 IS WHEN IT STARTED 2008 IS WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.
AND SO AS EACH PHASE IS DONE, MAYBE SOME CHANGES TO THAT NEXT PHASE.
THEY WANT TO BE CONSIDERED THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THIS BODY.
AND I MIGHT ADD THE NEW DEVELOPERS THAT ARE DOING THE RESIDENTIAL ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
ONE OF WHICH IS WHAT YOU JUST APPROVED HERE TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO.
SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE A, UH, CHANGES OVER A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE OVER A 15 YEAR.
WELL, LET ME ACCIDENT ON THE WAY THEN, UH, WHEN DID YOU TAKE LITTLE CELL OR REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE, FROM THE PARTICULAR ROSADA INITIATIVE? AND I'M GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION, BUT PRIMARILY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE UP UNTIL OF COURSE THE 20, 21, BUT WE 20 19 20 18, WE HAVE SOME THAT TOOK PLACE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF WHEN ALL CHANGES TOOK PLACE THAT JUST RUSE ON IN OUR STAFF REPORT.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.
I WANTED TO GET A CLARITY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, WHILE WE DEALT WITH THE AMOUNT, SOME OF THOSE AMOUNTS OF CHANGES WERE NECESSARY.
THEY WERE CURB CUTS AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE CAUSE THEY HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN AND THEY WERE ALIGNMENT OF THE STREETS AND THEY HAD TO BE PUT IN PROPERLY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE AMOUNT OF CHANGES THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE ANYBODY WAS TOTALLY AGREE THAT A CHANGE OF LOT AMOUNT IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND 55 IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT FROM SIX.
I THINK ANYBODY WHO THAT, WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT 15 VERSUS 16 VERSUS 14 VERSUS NINE, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CURB CUT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY TAKE THAT AS SERIOUS AS GOING FROM 750 LOTS TO 805.
I THINK YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN REAL LINE GALLERY DRIVE UP, PUTTING THE CURVE CUT IN OR STONE, RIGHT? IT HAS TO BE AMENDED, BUT THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS WE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THE STEER REVISIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
AND I WANTED TO GET THAT IN RECORDS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY IT TOOK, BUT NONE OF THOSE WERE AS SIGNIFICANT THAN CHANGING THE 55 LIVES.
AND ONE ADDITIONAL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER IS THE ORIGINAL ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.
SO WE HAD TO COME BACK IN AND RE APPLY FOR THE RUSE ON ENTIRE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OTHER CHANGES, UH, THAT, THAT HAD TO BE DEALT WITH AT THE COUNCIL DEALT WITH RATHER ABRUPTLY IN A, LIKE A 60 DAY PERIOD TO GET THINGS BACK CORRECTLY, THE WAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE.
OKAY, MR. NELSON, YOU, BUT YOU COULDN'T TELL ME HOW MANY YOU HAD IN THE YEAR OWNERSHIP BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT WAS THE TIME.
BUT WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHEN YOU SELL IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE CHANGES, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE INSIGNIFICANT AND LASTLY, NOTHING IN THE YEAR, 18, 19, 20, 21
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THIS YEAR, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WE'VE HAD.SO FROM, I CAN TELL YOU, WE WEREN'T INVOLVED IN ANYTHING IN THE PREVIOUS FEW.
SO FROM THE YEAR 18, 18 ON MOST OF THESE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE FROM, FROM THE 15 OR 16 THAT WOULD'VE BEEN APPROVED, MOST OF THEM WERE NOT TAKING ON ONTO YOUR, UNDER YOUR INITIATIVE.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE COUNT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT 2016 IS ONE TOOK PLACE ON 2016 STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
IT WAS A GREEN SPACE RECONFIGURATION ALIGNMENT FOR GREEN SPACE.
YOU HAD ONE IN 2017, WHAT'S THE CLIMATE FOR LIGHTS AND REVISE A GREEN SPACE.
UH, YOU HAD ONE THAT BEGAN IN 20 I'M SORRY, 2018 MAY 1ST, 2018, THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF STAFF LEVEL.
THEN YOU HAD A MODIFICATION FOR COMMERCIAL USAGE THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2018.
AGAIN, I WAS ONLY ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE AS SOON AS INEFFICIENT ONES WERE NOT THE GREENSPACE ALIGNMENTS, BUT NOT THOSE SIGNIFICANT WITH CERTAINLY ABANDONED CREASED UPDATE OF YOUR COMMERCIAL, A SPACE OF 55,242 SQUARE FEET.
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT TO ME.
I MEAN, NOT TO MAYBE THE RESIDENCE, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A REVISED LOT CHANGE AND STREET NAME CHANGE.
SO WE PUT THAT IN A WHOLE BASKET IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN 55 VERSUS SIX DRAINAGE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MS. MEGA SOMETHING I'M FINISHED WITH THAT PART.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YES, IT DID DISTURB ME THE FIRST STEP SERIES OF MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE.
BUT IT'S AMAZING HOW WE CHOOSE OUR FIGHTS NOW BATTLES.
HECK Y'ALL CAN WAVE YOUR HANDS ALL NIGHT LONG.
YOU CAN COME BACK UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ME, YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE I LIKE PEOPLE YELLING AT ME LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I PLAN ON BEING OUT FOR SEVEN.
I'VE ASKED ME TEXAS MAKING THEM DO A PLAN.
NOW I CAN GET AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
I SAY PATIENT, LISTEN THAT YOU ALL SPEAK AND DIDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT I SAY.
LET ME SEE WHAT I WANT TO SAY FIRST.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE.
SO I DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO GIVE OUTBURSTS ON THE FLOOR JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT I SAY.
CAUSE I DIDN'T GIVE OUT BURSTS.
I MAY NOT TO EAT, BUT PEOPLE MAY HAVE TO SAY IT.
SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY NOW YOU COULD HAVE THE FLOW.
SEE WHAT YOU LIKE TO SAY TO ME? THANK YOU MUCH.
MA'AM I WAS THINKING OF MY 13 YEAR OLD SON WHO WAS TRYING TO STOP FLOODING WITH THE TOWELS AND THAT IT'S UPSETTING.
WELL AGAIN, THE DRAINAGE WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED NO MATTER WHO OWNS IT, WHETHER MRS. VANESSA OWNS IT OR WHETHER MR. INKWELLS OWNS IT.
IF YOU ARE HAVING A FLOODING PROBLEM, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, VICE CHAIRMAN.
WELL COMMISSIONERS, UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY A MOTION, UH, TO DENY THIS ITEM.
THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED.
I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TWO OBJECTIONS TO DENYING THAT ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? OKAY.
THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, JAMIE DANIEL.
SO, SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A, A ROLL CALL VOTE AGAIN.
THIS IS ITEM 13 T AND D ONE ZERO SEVEN.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TWO DENIED CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.
NO BY CHAIRMAN GROUND, NO COMMISSIONER ADDISON COMMISSIONER BANKS.
MR. ALLEN, NO COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
YES, BUT IT'S TWO TO SIX AND PROMOTION FAILS FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
DO WE NEED TO DO A RECALL OR JUST LET THEM SET YOUR, UH, IF YOU COULD SHOW BY, UH, THE HAND OF, IF YOU OBJECT TO APPROVING THIS ITEM, COMMISSIONER HILL AND COMMISSIONER STERLING,
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UH, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THEY OBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS SAYING THAT THAT ITEM IS APPROVED AT THIS TIME.I'LL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO, UH, TAKE OVER MOMENTARILY.
[17. PUD-2-00 University Grove, Burbank University, Final Development Pla Proposed medium density single family residential development on property located on the north side of Nicholson Drive, east of Ben Hur Road, on Tracts C-2-A-3-A of the Nelson Tract. Section 1, T8S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 3 - Gaudet) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request is consistent with the approved Concept Plan and meets the minimum criteria of the Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements •Staff recommends approval of the sidewalk location waiver to permit an alternative pedestrian circulation system for Premiere Drive]
17, PUT 2 0, 0 UNIVERSITY GROWTH BORBON UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE EAST OF BANK ROAD, CONCERT DISTRICT THREE, GO DAY, THE APPLICANT S MICKEY ROBERTSON, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED MEDIUM DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, SIMON DETACH AND TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY GROVE, MORE BANG UNIVERSITY, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.
IT MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT MAY CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS SIDEWALK, LOCATION WAIVER TO PERMIT AN ALTERNATIVE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR PREMIERE DRIVE.
THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, CALL THE APPLICANT.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, THE FLOOR FOR, UM, 15 MINUTES.
STEPHEN'S MR. ENGINEERING SERVANT.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FINAL OF RESIDENTIAL FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, OF THE UDC COMPLIES WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.
AND WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, I THINK YOU WERE THE ONLY, UH, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE ONLY OTHER SPEAKER IN FAVOR AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. CHAIRMAN? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR ANY COMMENTS, MOTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? UH, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS OR COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I GUESS FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY OPPOSITION, ANY OPPOSITION? OKAY.
SEEING NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE MOVED TO DIRECTOR'S
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COMMENTS, A COPY OF THE RECENTLY APPROVED CHAPTER 11, 17 AND 19 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR AT YOUR SEATS.UH, PLEASE ADD THESE TO YOUR COPY OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
ALSO, I NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR JANUARY MEETING IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE YEAR REQUIRED BY THE PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.
YOU WILL ELECT OFFICERS APPROVE THE 2022 CALENDAR ANNUAL WORK PROGRAM AND ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.
AT THIS MEETING, YOU HAVE DRAFT COPIES OF ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS AT YOUR SEATS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING NEXT MONTH, CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WISHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ELECTION TO AN OFFICE OR REQUIRED OR REQUESTED TO INDICATE INTEREST UNDER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 24TH AND OBSERVANCE OF CHRISTMAS, AND ALSO DECEMBER 31ST TO RECOGNIZE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY.
ALSO AGAIN, WE'RE CLOSED MONDAY, JANUARY 18TH FOR THE, UH, MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY, UH, NEAT TO WISH A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER BANKS WHO CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY EARLIER THIS MONTH.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHAUNA AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER ANDY ALLEN, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, WHEREAS SERVICE ON A PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WE'LL BE MAILING HIM A, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION PLAN THAT READS AND APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE DEDICATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING, PROVIDING A CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE PLANNING, NATURAL AND MANMADE ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU, ANDY, FOR YOUR SERVICE AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
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MISSIONER EVAN SCRUGGS, WHO WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.EVAN IS HERE TONIGHT AND WILL BE JOINING US AT OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19.
AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAY.
UH, LIKE TO, UH, SAY HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ALAN BANKS.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, SORRY, LET, LET, UH, ANDY KNOW THAT HE'LL BE MISSED.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM ON THIS COMMISSION.
I THINK EVERYONE, UH, ON HERE SHARES THAT SHARES THAT SENTIMENT.
SO WISH HIM, UH, GREAT THINGS AND, UH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER LIES NEXT FOR HIM, AND CERTAINLY CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME, UH, EVAN AS, UH, THE NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING YEAR, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, UH, AS THE BRECK LIAISON WE'D WE'D, UH, WE'D, UH, DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS.
UH, WE GAVE ONE, UH, MEET YEAR AND HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF 2021 ALREADY.
AND SO I LIKE TO GIVE A, GIVE A, A RELATIVELY BRIEF REPORT, UH, ON JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, WITH THE AGENCY.
SO OBVIOUSLY 2020 WAS A ROUGH YEAR.
UH, THE AGENCY HOPED THAT 21 20 21 WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER ONE THAN WE THINK, UH, FOR THE LARGE PART.
IT HAS BEEN, UH, LIKE TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON A FEW THINGS, UH, MOSTLY LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, SENATE BILL 2 0 5, WHICH WAS AN EFFORT TO DIVERT FUNDING FROM BRICK, UH, SYSTEM AND CREATE THREE SEPARATE PARK SYSTEMS AND CENTRAL ZACHARY AND THE PROPOSED CITY OF ST.
GEORGE ONCE THAT WAS TABLED, THE LEADERSHIP OF MEAT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE REACHING OUT TO SEVERAL GOLD METAL PARK SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, ARE, AS YOU MAY RECALL, BRECK IS A FOUR TIME A WINNER OF THAT NATIONAL AWARD.
UH, NOW AS SOON AS CYNICISM PANEL WAS BEING GUIDED BY NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONSULTANTS, ANALYZE THE MODELS USED BY THOSE PARKS SYSTEMS, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN INDIANAPOLIS, CHICAGO, DENVER, UH, AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
AND IT'S TO SEE WHAT WILL WORK BEST IN OUR PARISH, UH, BREAKFAST HEAVILY RELIED ON PUBLIC INPUT TO CREATE THE TENURE, UH, STRATEGY, SHAPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND GUIDE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL TELL US HOW TO BEST REACH THEM WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER PROMOTIONS, UH, THAT, THAT APPLE WOULD ALLOW, ALLOW US TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THOSE PROCESS AND GIVE THE PUBLIC AND EVEN GREATER VOICE AND HOW THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT WORK ON LARGE SCALE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS CONTINUED DESPITE, UH, OBVIOUS, UH, GLOBAL CHALLENGES, UH, RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ACROSS THE GLOBE, UH, CAUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN PRICES FOR DESTRUCTION MATERIALS, DESPITE THOSE THAT, UH, SIGNIFICANT PROCESSES BEING MADE ON THE LARGEST PROJECT IN THE AGENCY'S HISTORY HISTORY, WHICH IS TO RE-IMAGINE THE ZOO GREENWOOD COMMUNITY PARK, AND TO TURN AIRLINE HIGHWAY INTO THE 13TH COMMUNITY PARK IN THE SYSTEM, ALSO REBUILDING THE RECREATION SYSTEMS AT HOWELL AND JACKSON COMMUNITY PARKS, ALONG WITH THE SWIMMING POOL THAT HOWL AND CREATE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE PARISH FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, UH, THEY TO SEE RECEIVED THIS LARGEST GRANT RECENTLY, UH, IN, IN THE AGENCY'S HISTORY TO CREATE MORE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING CYPRESS BY YOU IN GREENWOOD COMMUNITY PARK, THAT $4.7 MILLION GRANT WILL HELP CREATE A SERIES OF WATERWAYS FOR FISHING AND KAYAKING THROUGHOUT THE PARK WHILE ALLOWING THE PARK THE WHOLE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WATER DURING WEATHER EVENTS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY IMPORTANT FEATURE.
THIS PROJECT IN THE NEW COMMUNITY PARK AT HIGHLAND WILL SHOW THE COMMUNITY HOW BRICK AND CAN USE THIS PARK AS SPONGES AND USE ARE MORE THAN 6,600 ACRES TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF FLOODING IN THE PARISH.
ANOTHER LARGE GRANT WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND GREENWAY THAT WILL CONNECT SCOTLANDVILLE PARKWAY TO MEMORIAL STADIUM, AND THEN SPANISH TOWN PARK AND DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE CONSTRUCTION IS SUSPECTED TO BEGIN ON THAT.
AND, UH, NEXT YEAR ALSO EXCITED THAT FEMA HAS GREEN-LIGHTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAFE ROOMS AT BOTH MEMORIAL STADIUM AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
THESE BUILDINGS WILL SERVE AS STATE OF THE ART RECREATION SYSTEMS, UNLIKE ANYTHING THE SYSTEM HAS NOW, BUT WHEN DISASTER STRIKES THEY'LL HOUSE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THROUGH A NEW BUSINESS MODEL, BE ABLE TO REPLACE LIGHTS AT SEVEN PARKS WITH STATE OF THE ART LED LIGHTS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, AND TURF, UH, OLD VILLA SPORTS COMPLEX, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, TURF FIELDS AT, UH, CENTRAL SPORTS PARK.
IT ALLOW LAW AGENCY TO BRING IN MORE TOURNAMENTS AND VISITORS TO THE PARISH WORK ALSO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM TO ASSURE EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S DONE HIRING IT DONE FROM HIRING TO PURCHASING IS INCLUSIVE MINORITY WOMEN AND VETTERY OWN LOCAL BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO MAKE EVERY PARK IN THE SYSTEM ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR ABILITY THROUGH AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH IS BUILT INTO EVERY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
LIKE ALL OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES BREAKFAST HAD TO NAVIGATE, UH,
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SEVERAL COVID SURGES AND HURRICANE IDA THIS YEAR.UH, WE LOST A, UH, BELOVED COMMISSIONER, DAVID DAVIS ROAR, UH, WHOSE, UH, SISTER WAS, UH, WITH US TONIGHT AND, UH, TOOK A SECOND TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO ME.
SO IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET HER.
UH, DAVIS DAVIS HAS DONE A LIT, I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT DAVIS HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THIS PARENTS SHOWS A LOT TO THEM, SO WE LOST THEM, BUT WE ALSO LOST A STAFF MEMBER, UH, OF THE AGENCY TO THE VIRUS, UH, WHILE OFFERING TESTS AND VACCINATIONS, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, BRECA WANTS TO JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AFTER THE LAST SURGE, UH, THE AGENCY FOCUSED ON SERVING THE PUBLIC WITH, UH, IN-PERSON EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, UH, AND THEY THEY'VE COME TO LOVE AND, UH, RELY ON THOSE CONTINUING TO KEEP THE CITIZENS SANITIZED AND OFFERING AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE.
I, I ACTUALLY, UH, SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN ON THE RECREATION AND THE SPECIAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT THIS MOST RECENT MEETING TO MEET A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT DO THE GREAT THINGS THAT COME UP WITH IMAGINATIVE IDEAS AND CONTINUE TO ADAPT BASED ON THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE CONTINUE TO FACE, BE IT WEATHER, UH, FLOODING, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, OTHER DISASTERS.
BUT, UH, IT HAS A WONDERFUL STAFF THAT CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE RESOURCES AND, UH, VENUES THAT WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO ALL THE PARTIES, ALL THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE PARISH.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AT BRECK.
UH, WE CAN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN THIS REPORT, BUT THERE WILL BE A LARGE CELEBRATION, UH, THIS SATURDAY AT INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY PARK.
SO EVERYONE IS OPPOSITELY INVITED SOON, BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG.
UH, FOR THAT THE MAIN EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM.
IT'LL INCLUDE, UH, UH, FREE FOOD AND DRINKS PROVIDED BY THE BRECK FOUNDATION, UH, ACTIVITIES FROM NEARLY ALL BREAK BREAK FACILITIES, INCLUDING ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS, SKY GAZING, LIVE BAND DANCE FLOOR PROVIDED BY THE MAYOR'S HEALTHY BR INITIATIVE.
AND AT 8:00 PM, THE GRAND FINALE FIREWORKS PROVIDED BY COCA-COLA SO HOPING EVERYONE CAN JOIN.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
IT'S THE 75TH, IS IT THE 75TH, 75TH ANNIVERSARY? UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT THAT CELEBRATION IS.
SO IF YOU CAN ATTEND, PLEASE DO ANY QUESTIONS.
IF NOT, UH, AS RYAN MENTIONED, UH, NEXT MONTH IS OUR PLANNING IS OUR PLANNING MEETING.
AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AT THAT MEETING, AND WE ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED IN THOSE POSITIONS TO INDICATE THAT INTEREST HERE.
SO I LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, UH, TO SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I THINK EVERYONE ON HERE, UH, KNOWS THAT, UH, WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE GLORY OBVIOUSLY, CAUSE WE DON'T GET ANY, WE JUST GET, UH, WE GET MORE INTENSE ANTAGONIZING IF, UH, ANYTHING ELSE, BUT, BUT NO, I THINK WE ALL TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND PLEASURE KNOWING, UH, THE VALUE THAT WE ATTEMPT TO BRING IN, UH, HELPING THE PARISH TO GROW IN A, IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
AND, UH, I'VE TAKEN GREAT PLEASURE IN SERVING AS YOUR CHAIRMAN AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
AND I'VE GOT TO SAY I'VE, I'VE SERVED NOW, UH, AS VICE CHAIRMAN FOR A BIT AND, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND, UH, HE'S BECOME A GOOD FRIEND.
AND, UM, I WOULD ASK TO REMAIN AS VICE CHAIRMAN SO LONG AS HE'LL HAVE ME.
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OTHER COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY IN BATON ROUGE, PUBLIC, A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, UM, STAY SAFE, MAKE SURE YOU ENJOY THE FAMILY.
CAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TIMES TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS.
AND OF COURSE, REMEMBER THAT JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.
UM, AND AS WE CELEBRATE THAT A MARVELOUS OCCASION OF HIS BIRTH THAT WE PASS IT ON TO OTHERS, THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO INSPIRE IN US.
UH, AND OF COURSE, UM, I, TO HIM INTERESTED IN NEXT YEAR, MAYBE SERVING AS CHAIRMAN OF THIS BODY AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, ECHO COMMISSIONER ADDISON'S SENTIMENTS, UH, CERTAINLY WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING YOU ALL NEXT YEAR.
UH, THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION FROM VICE CHAIR MCGRATH SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE? THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.