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AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL
[ROLL CALL]
CALL.MR. HALL, MR. MR. MORGAN, EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELLENDER HERE COMMISSIONER, ALL THORNE COMMISSIONER HILL, EAR COMMISSIONER SCROGGS DEAR COMMISSIONER STERLING.
[RECOGNITION OF PLANNING COMMISSION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR]
TO THE RECOGNITION OF PLANNING COMMISSION EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.DIRECTOR HOLCOMB WILL RECOGNIZE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AT THIS TIME.
EACH YEAR IN JANUARY, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR HAS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, UH, FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION, THAT'S GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE WORKS IN THE CURRENT PLANNING DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA.
UH, HE, UH, JOINED THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2009.
SO HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT UH, DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION AT THIS TIME.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP GLEN HANNAH, THE MANAGER OF CURRENT DIVISION TO BE RECOGNIZED.
WE HAVE, UH, A PLAN TO PRESENT TO HIM.
UH, IT SAYS GLEN HANNAH FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE LOYAL AND DEDICATED EMPLOYEE SERVICE, PROVIDING A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY IN PARISH WITH SKILLS THAT PROMOTE A HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
UH, I ENJOY MY JOB AND I ENJOY EVERYBODY I WORK WITH AND WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMISSION COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN.
AND THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR OF HOLCOMB.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
WE WILL, UH, FIRST OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
UH, WE WILL CLOSE THE FLOOR AFTER WE FINISHED ALL NOMINATIONS AND WE WILL VOTE IN THE ORDER OF THEIR NOMINATED, THE FIRST PERSON TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES WINS.
UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN VOTE FOR THEMSELVES.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS OR PLANNING, CHAIRMAN PLANNING, COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, MR. DIRECTOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE FLOOR? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN HEARING? NONE.
WE'LL VOTE, BURST, AND ROLL CALL THE ORDER ON ROSSI, WASHINGTON, THOSE VOTING IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY SO CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, COMMISSIONER BANKS.
AND WE'LL PUT YOU UP STANDING COMMISSIONER HILL.
UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ROSSI, WASHINGTON BEING ELECTED TO CHAIRMAN.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMISSION, UH, AS THE CHAIRMAN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, DOING SO FOR THE COMING YEAR.
[1. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN]
WILL MOVE ON TO THE ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN.SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD NOMINATE MR. CLIFFORD GROUND.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS SEEING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
IT WAS SIMILAR ROLE CALLED VOTE.
WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER NOMINATIONS.
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ANYONE OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS.CONGRATULATIONS, VICE CHAIRMAN.
AND UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, TO WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER WASHINGTON, UH, AS WE HAVE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP AND, UH, HOPE TO CONTINUE.
[2. APPROVAL OF 2021 ANNUAL REPORT]
MEMBERS.AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT? SO MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
[3. APPROVAL OF 2022 CALENDAR]
TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 2022 CALENDAR.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BAY SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED? WE'LL MOVE
[4. APPROVAL OF 2022 WORK PROGRAM]
ON TO APPROVAL OF THE 2022 WORK PROGRAM.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PROGRAM? THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVE ME THAT ITEM, SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS
[5. PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENT TO THE BREC COMMISSION]
TIME.WE'LL MOVE ON TO PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENT TO THE BRECK COMMISSION, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, APPOINTMENT TO THE BREAD COMMISSION PER SECTION 11.02 FROM THE PLANET GOVERNMENT, THE RECREATION AND PARK COMMISSION, UH, APPOINTMENT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, CHUCK SIS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.
THIS, THIS PERSON IS APPOINTED FOR A TERM THAT COINCIDES WITH THEIR TERM ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THAT PERSON IS WASHED, UH, COMMISSIONER WASHINGTON, WHOSE TERM ENDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS ITEM WILL BE RECONSIDERED AT THE JANUARY, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, HOLD THEM AT THIS TIME.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ELEANOR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAY NONE.
THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME,
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
I ASKED THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IN THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS.ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL, 2, 2, 2 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 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 DOT GOV, METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND EIGHT T AND T CHANNEL 99.
AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH, BATON EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM.
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 FORM FOUND@HTTPSWWW.BR 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 WAS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANTS WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROUT.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.MR. MORON, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEM 17, BUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO STARBUCKS BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON DECEMBER 20TH.
THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DEFERRAL ITEM NUMBER 14, CASE FIVE DASH 22 83 98, 84 12 IN 85, 14 HOOPER ROAD TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL 82.7 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD WEST OF HICKOCK DRIVE DEFER TO MARCH 21ST
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BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ITEM NUMBER 14 AS ONE DASH 22 BELL ARBOR SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD WEST OF HICKOCK DRIVE ALSO DEFER TO MARCH 21ST BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER 11, CASE 88, 21 45 64 BENNINGTON AVENUE TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE.
ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BENNINGTON AVENUE, EAST OF COLLEGE DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 12, CASE 93 21 1 1 76, BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE C A B TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOB PETTIT BOULEVARD, WEST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 13, CASE ONE DASH 22 1 1 1 6 SOUTH 14TH STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL HYMN, ONE TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAB TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH 14TH STREET, SOUTH OF MYRTLE STREET.
ITEM NUMBER 16, I SPUD ONE DASH 22 RIVERHOUSE APARTMENTS PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY.
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF NICHOLSON DRIVE IN OKLAHOMA STREET.
ITEM NUMBER 18, PUT ONE DASH ZERO NINE CRESCENT RV RESORT LUBBERS FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVER ROAD WEST OF LABERGE CROSSING DRIVE AND ITEM NUMBER 20 SP ONE DASH 22 BROOKWOOD'S STORAGE PROPOSED SELF STORAGE FACILITY ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE EAST OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, PLANNING, COMMISSION, STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND THE UDC MR. CHAIRMAN
[11. Case 88-21 4564 Bennington Avenue]
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.DO YOU HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 11 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED FROM CONSENT AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? IN ADDITION TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11, DID WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON CONSENT AGENDA? WE'LL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO CONFIRM WHETHER THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR THAT WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM CONSENT.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER GROUT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BANKS? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVE TO ACCEPT THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON CONSENT SAYING ON THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED? WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[Items 7 & 8]
CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLAN AMENDMENT 2 22 1 0 2 6 0 PQ LANE AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, SMALL SUBDIVISION 7 21, MARY E HAROLDSON PROPERTY PA TWO TWENTY TWO, TEN TWO SIXTY PICU LANE WITH RELATED CASE S S 7 21.
MARY E HILSON TRACK PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PICU LANE, SOUTH OF PERKINS ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, GOT A, THE APPLICANT IS JOSEPH BARGER ON THE THIRD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IF EACH WOULD BE OUR LAND USE DESIGNATION CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND A SMALL SUBDIVISION WITH FIVE RESIDENTIAL, LOTS WITH AN OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 1.59 UNITS PER ACRE, PA TWO TWENTY TWO, TEN TWO SIXTY PICU LANE WITH RELATED CASE S S 7 21, MARY E HARROLSON TRAP STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY SURROUNDING USES STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUESTS MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
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IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED AND THE COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 23 MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO ITEMS, THANK YOU.AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.
WHERE'S MY NAME IS JOE BASH, RON, WHEN MY WIFE AND I FIRST BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY 20 YEARS AGO DIRECTLY TO OUR NORTH AND WEST WAS 21 ACRES OF WOODED LAND, UM, ACROSS PERKINS ROAD ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PERKINS PQ INTERSECTION WAS ANOTHER 30 ACRES OF WOODED AREA ACROSS PERKINS ROAD ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER WAS ANOTHER A HUNDRED ACRES OF WOODED AREA.
AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF OUR PROPERTY AT THAT TIME WAS RURAL AND A PURELY OBJECTIVE AND LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, ZONED.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHIN JUST A ONE MILE RADIUS OF OUR PROPERTY.
THE MAJORITY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ACRES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT, UH, LOTS, THE ACREAGE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PERKINS PICU LANE INTERSECTION NOW PERTAINS TO FIVE STORY BUILDINGS WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING DE TO THE NORTHEAST OF PERKINS PICU LANE INTERSECTION NOW CONTAINS A TWO STORY BUILDING ALSO WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNER.
LOTS AT PERKINS AND PICU LANE INTERSECTION, OR AT LEAST ARE LISTED FOR SALE AND I'M BELIEVING, UH, THEY WILL HAVE A COMMERCIAL END USE.
ALSO THERE'S A NEW INTERSECTION, UH, BEING CONSTRUCTED AT I AND PICU LANE WITH IMPROVEMENT OF PICU LANE TO A FOUR LANE ROAD.
UNDERSTANDABLY, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE, I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO GREATLY INCREASE IN THE COMING YEARS AS THIS INTERCHANGE WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR, WHERE I WOULD WANT WALK OUT OF MY BACK DOOR AND BE SURROUNDED BY WOODS.
I NOW HAVE FIVE RESIDENTS IS BORDERING MY REAL PROPERTY LINE WALKING OUT OF MY FRONT DOOR.
I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEW RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH IN MY OPINION HAS ONLY IMPROVED THE AREA.
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM IT'S SIMPLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
I HIGHLY DOUBT ANY OBJECTIVE OBSERVER WITH CLASS IN MY PACIFY, MY PROPERTY TODAY AS RURAL PROPERTY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, I'M NOT SEEKING ANY VARIANCES OR EXCEPTIONS.
I'M NOT LOOKING TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR AREA.
A PLAN TO RESIDE ON ONE OF THESE LOTS, MYSELF.
I LOVE THE AREA I'M TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR AREA AND SIMPLY ABIDING BY THOSE PARAMETERS PROVIDED IN UNIFIED DEVELOPED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I HAVE SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF MY REAR PROPERTY OWNERS AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT AT THIS TIME, IF I CAN.
UM, AS A, AS I STATED, THIS AREA HAS, HAS REALLY CHANGED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE RED, THIS IS 150 ACRES THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED INTO AWAN RESIDENTS, UM, COMMERCIAL USE.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR THOSE TWO CORNERS ON PERKINS TO FOLLOW SUIT.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS, UH, DEFINITELY ADDED TO OUR AREA.
IT WAS NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM IT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, FORM, OR MANNER.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER WITH THIS DECISION.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARD THAT IS IN SUPPORT, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK FROM MARY LOUISE.
BEZAR ON, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER COURT IS FOR JOE THERETO.
THANK YOU ON THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
PARDON ME? YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 1 0 4, 2 OH PICU LANE.
UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE PICU PARKINSON HOLLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE ASSOCIATION TO SAY THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE, UH, BOTH OF THESE CASES AND THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, UH, DENY EACH OF THEM.
MR. BANDRA HAS APPLIED, UH, THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEARS TO SUBDIVIDE, UH, HIS LOT.
AND HE HAS BEEN DENIED IN EACH OF THESE
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THREE CASES.THIS SECTION, THE PICU LINE THAT'S BETWEEN PARK AND ROAD AND HIGHLAND ROAD IS, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OF ONE TO THREE ACRE, LOTS WITH SOME BEING A LITTLE BIT LARGER.
UH IT'S IN ITSELF, ITS OWN A SUBDIVISION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU SEE IN KENSINGTON OR, OR JAMESTOWN IT'S CON IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, UH, TYPE OF, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE FEEL THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS IN SOME WAYS UNFAIRLY COMPARED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO LAND USE AS OF PROPERTIES ALONG THE PERKINS ROAD AND OTHER AREAS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES PROPERTIES LOCATED ELSEWHERE IN THE AREA SHOULD NOT BE, UH, SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE DESIGNATION OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENTITY ALTOGETHER.
UH, THE, THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT CULTURAL RURAL, BUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE STREET BECAUSE OF THIS.
THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL REASON THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD BE CHANGED OR AMENDED, UH, UH, MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS LIVING ON THE PICU LANG WISH TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION, UH, FOR THIS LOT, AS WELL AS ALL THE LOTS ALONG, UH, THIS SECTION OF PICU VINE, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE SECTION OF PICU LINE.
THAT'S GOING TOWARD OUR LINE HALLWAY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF LOT OWNERS PURCHASED THEIR LOT AND BUILT THEIR HOMES HERE BECAUSE OF THE RURAL ESTATE SIZE, LOTS IN THE WAY OF LIFE AND THE PRIVACY THAT IS AFFORDED TO THEM.
THEY EXPECTED THAT THE LOTS WOULD REMAIN THE STATE, LOTS, THIS, UH, A STATE SUBDIVISION, THIS, UH, STATE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR DECADES AND TO ALLOW A CHAIN FROM THAT TO BUILD THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WOULD ALTER AND CHANGE THE LIFESTYLE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE STREET IN OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS A DEMAND FOR HOMES WITH A STATE, LOTS IN OUR AREA.
AND RECENTLY A TWO ACRE LOT WAS PURCHASED NEXT DOOR TO ME.
AND THE NEW OWNER DOES PLAN TO BUILD HIS HOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE'RE ALL CAUSE OLD CONCERNED THAT, UH, UH, HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED THAT THESE CASES WILL AFFECT THE WAY OF LIFE BY CONTRIBUTING TO AREA OF DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND FLOODING INCREASED TRAFFIC, UH, WITH BACKUPS AND SAFETY CONCERNS, AS WELL AS WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND OTHER ISSUES WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DENY THE REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND TO DEVELOP THE FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION, UH, ON THIS A LOT.
UH, FRANK, YOU, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.
I MADE A REMARK ABOUT THE PLANNING.
WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'M REALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE STAFF ITSELF.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE STAFF.
THEY DO THEIR WORK IT'S MORE OR LESS THE PROCEDURES THEY USED, UH, THAT, UH, THE GOVERNMENT HAS, UH, HAVE, HAVE THEM GUIDED BY.
UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR DOT DOTTIE TERRITO.
I'M AN HEIR OF MARY E HARROLSON.
I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 1 0 4, 2 0 PICU LANE, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY I INHERITED FROM MY GRANDPARENTS.
I AM AN OPPOSITION OF PA 2 22, AN ITEM S S 7 21 REGARDING THE CHANGE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE HOUSE SUBDIVISION ON THREE ACRES.
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME MR. HAS REQUESTED THE SUBDIVISION.
EACH TIME PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN DENIED.
PICU LANE IS NOT A SUBDIVISION.
IT IS ABOUT A ONE HALF MILE SMALL ROAD BETWEEN PERKINS ROAD AND HIGHLAND ROAD.
THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ON PQ LANG, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND LIVE ON A MINIMUM OF ONE ACRE, LOT UP TO 12 ACRES TO ADDRESS THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE ALL FOR PICU VIA FORTE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED OFF OF PERKINS ROAD WITH ALL DRIVEWAYS BEING ASSETS FROM PERKINS ROAD, CITY PARISH CONSIDERED THIS DANGEROUS.
SO THEY ALLOWED THE DEVELOPER TO PUT A ROAD OFF PICU LANE.
THIS NEVER WENT TO A PUBLIC HEARING PICU ESTATES.
WHEN, WHEN COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE SEVEN HOMES IN ON NINE ACRES IN A GATED COMMUNITY, BOTH OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS STILL HAVE VACANT LOTS SINCE WE ARE RURAL AND HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC, CONGESTION FLOODING AND NO SEWAGE HOOKUPS.
MANY TIMES DURING PEAK TIME THAT NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP PAST MR. BASKETBALL'S PROPERTY.
EVEN WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT PICU LANE, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WHEN PQ I, 10 INTERCHANGE IS COMPLETE, OUR TRAFFIC WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
THE RESIDENTS OF PICU LANE HAVE WORKED HARD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY.
ITS INTEGRITY VALUE IN COUNTRY.
FEEL A 500 SUBDIVISION ON THREE ACRES IS NOT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY ON PICU LANE.
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REQUEST THAT YOU DENY BOTH PROPOSALS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN OUR EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF OUR PROPERTY.OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR WM DIMATTEO AND EVEN EVERYBODY I'M NOT USED TO SPEAKING LIKE THIS, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU, MY NAME IS BALES DEMARIA I'M A NATIVE OF BATON ROUGE AND WE'RE LIVING ON PICO LANE, UH, THE LONGER THAN ANYBODY OUT.
I'M 84 YEARS OLD AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY AT WHERE I STAY ADMITTED.
BERGERON JOE AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN FRIENDS OF MINE FOR YEARS AND WE'VE MAINTAINED A RULE ASPECT OF PICU LANE.
UH, WE SH I STRONGLY OPPOSE JOE'S, UH, UH, EFFORTS TO, TO, TO SUBDIVIDE HIS PROPERTY, UH, LESS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED.
THEY'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT LIVE IN A RURAL AREA TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACRE OF PROPERTY PER HOUSE.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE 1970.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW BQ LANE BETTER THAN ANYBODY OUT.
THEIR GRAPPLE ROAD IS GONE, THIS BLACKTOP, BUT THE TRAFFIC KATE'S GONE ON AND ON, AND I WANT YOU TO STAY YOU.
I STRONGLY APPROACH THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION, WHICH HAS NOT, UM, SHUT OUT, SAY, UH, IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
I KNOW I'D APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS PROJECT AS IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
I, NEXT CARD IS FOR AS CHERYL STROHMEYER MS. STROHMEYER.
I HAVE ANOTHER CARD HERE FOR RICHARD ELGIN.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME ON IT ALSO, BUT IF YOU'RE THE SPEAKER, WE CAN ONLY ALLOW THE THREE MINUTES.
YOU'LL NEED TO COMBINE THE REMARKS INTO YOUR, OKAY.
I'M PRESENTING THIS FOR MR. ELGIN.
HE CAN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ HIS COMMENTS.
I RICHARD ELGIN RESIDING AT 1 0 1 5 OH PICO LANE.
I'M WRITING TO VOICE MY VERY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING AND SUBDIVIDING PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY MR. JOE BUCK, BASHER ROOM.
MY PROPERTY LIES TO THE NORTH AND DIRECTLY CONNECTS TO HIS, I BUILT MY HOME IN 2005 ON A 2.2, FIVE ACRE, LOT OF LAND ON PICU.
I CHOSE TO LIVE IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF THE ESTATE SIZE, LOTS WITH ONE SINGLE HOME ON EACH.
I LOVE THIS AREA AND THINK IT IS A UNIQUE NICHE ALONG PICO LANE FROM PERKINS TO HIGHLAND.
AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL REASONS FOR MY OPPOSITION, NAMELY DRAINAGE, SEWERAGE, AND PRIVACY.
THE MAJOR CONCERN IS DRAINAGE AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT MY PROPERTY.
DRAINAGE HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE FOR MR BAZRAH AND I, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, HE HAS A POND ON HIS PROPERTY THAT DRAINS TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.
WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAINS, THE WATER BACKS UP INTO MY YARD FROM THE REAR ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT DRAINAGE CANAL, LONG PICU OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.
I'M CONCERNED THIS, YES, YOU WILL EVEN WE'LL OWN THE GET EVEN WORSE.
IF HIS LAND IS REDEVELOPED AND BUILT UP, ONCE IT IS UP DIVIDED.
HIS PROPOSAL IS TO TIE INTO THE SEWERAGE SERVICING KENSINGTON ESTATE.
BUT WHAT IF THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE? MY PROPERTY HAS A SEPTIC TANK.
AND IF THE NEW LOTS REQUIRE SEPTIC TANKS, I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS OR RISK OF BACKUPS AS THESE TANKS WOULD DRAIN TO THE CANAL ALONG THE PEAK LANE.
THIS COULD CAUSE AN UNSANITARY AND UNSIGHTLY SITUATION FOR MY PROPERTY.
ALSO, PRIVACY IS A CONCERN, MR. BRADSHAW PLANS TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW HOMES FACING SOUTH TOWARD THE GARDEN CENTER NEXT TO HIS PROPERTY.
THIS WOULD CAUSE THE BACKYARDS OF THE NEW LOTS TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO MY PROPERTY.
THEY WOULD HAVE A DIRECT VIEW FROM THE REAR OF THEIR HOMES, INTO MY BACKYARD AND MASTER BEDROOM AREA.
I DO NOT BELIEVE EVEN A TALL PRIVACY FENCE WOULD BLOCK THE VIEW FROM THE NEW HOMES IN CLOSING.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECT FULLY REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH ATTEMPT FOR MR. BESHARAT TO SUBMIT A REZONING AND SUBDIVIDING PROPOSAL, HIS PROPERTY, THE MOST RECENT ON AUGUST 17TH, 2009, DUBAI DENIED BY A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO.
LET'S GET THIS AREA OF PEAK LANE AS IT IS.
I BELIEVE ADDITIONAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS AREA WILL HAVE NUMEROUS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON ME AND OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.
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THIS ALSO WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE VALUES OF OUR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES.I STRONGLY URGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ONCE AGAIN, DENY THIS REQUEST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR CATHERINE PALERMO AFTERNOON.
I LIVE AT 1 4 9 4 9 HIGHLAND ROAD.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE PICU HIGHLAND ROAD, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND ALSO AN AIR OF THE MARY E HARROLSON PROPERTY.
THIS AREA HAS A ONE ACRE MINIMUM BLOCK REQUIREMENT, WHICH WE ALL HAVE ABIDED FOR FOR YEARS.
EACH HOUSE CONSTRUCTED IN THIS AREA, YOUNG AND OLD HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND PLACED ON THE PROPERTY SITE.
BASED ON THIS REQUIREMENT, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PQ ESTATE SUBDIVISION ON PICU LANE WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED WITHIN THIS ONE ACRE REQUIREMENT.
I BELIEVE MR. BASH, RON HAS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP HIS CURRENT LOT INTO THREE SEPARATE LOTS.
ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT ONE ACRE ZONING.
THE FACT THAT HE WISHES THE CHANGE, THIS ZONING TO MAKE FIVE LOTS SPEAKS OF GREET ME THE RIGHTS OF ONE SHOULD NOT OVERRIDE THE RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS ZONING OR AGREED.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOUR RECEIVED PARALLEL.
MY NAME IS CHARLES LIVE AT 1,646 PALIN AND BLUFF COURT IN BATON ROUGE.
MY WIFE AND I GREW UP IN THIS PARISH AFTER FINISHING LSU.
WE LIVED MOST OF MY WORKING LIVES IN TEXAS AND SOME IN DELAWARE AND NORTH CAROLINA.
MY WIFE WAS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND SHE SERVED ON AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN BEAUMONT AND ADVISING THE CITY GOVERNMENT ON LAND USE.
WE HAVE SEEN WITH GOOD PLANNING AND ZONING LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE RETIRED, WE DECIDED TO COME BACK HOME.
WE BUILT OUR RETIREMENT HOME ON TWO AND A HALF ACRES AT THE BACK OF HIGHLAND LAKES.
I ENTRANCE IS ABOUT 5,500 FEET FROM PQ AND I DIE DRIVE DOWN PICU ALMOST EVERY DAY.
BATON ROUGE HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING UNTIL IT DOESN'T.
WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT, THE PLAN GETS CHANGED AND THE ZONING GETS CHANGED.
THIS ATTEMPT TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AND THE CHANGE.
THE ZONING IS ANOTHER APPLICATION OF SPOT ZONING.
THIS IS NOT WHAT GOOD ZONING LOOKS LIKE.
THIS PROPERTY UP AND DOWN PQ ON BOTH SIDES IS OVERWHELMINGLY MULTI-SPEAKER RESIDENCES.
IT SAYS DIVISION, BUT MORE THAN 95% OF THE ACREAGE ON PICU FROM HIGHLAND TO PERKINS IS LARGE.
LOUISIANA IS ONE OF THE FIVE STATES THAT IS MOST QUICKLY LOSING POPULATION AND THE ONLY STATE IN THE SOUTH, THE OTHER FOUR PEOPLE FLEEING YEAH, HIGH TAXES IN THE NORTH.
WE NEED TO PRESERVE WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT BATON ROUGE AND WE NEED TO IMPROVE WHAT IS NOT THERE'S PLENTY OF BOTH.
BATON ROUGE IS SEEN AS AN ATTRACTIVE CITY TO LIVE IN GOOD JOBS WILL COME HERE.
WE HAVE THE STATE CAPITOL AND TWO MAJOR UNIVERSITIES.
WE COULD BE LIKE AUSTIN, NASHVILLE, BIRMINGHAM RALEIGH, BUT WE'RE NOT IN A LONG WAY FROM IT.
WE COULD BE LIKE THOSE CITIES WE COULD BE ATTRACTING.
DESIRABLE YOUR EMPLOYERS MOVE ALSO HAD BACK BAD PRACTICES AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE THINGS WORSE FOR EVERYBODY.
ABOUT 32ND, SIR, REZONING IS ONE OF THOSE BAD PRACTICES.
PLEASE DON'T LET OUR CITY GET WORSE.
I ASKED THAT YOU DENIED THIS ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW ADDITIONAL SPOT REZONING ANYWHERE AND OUR PARENTS.
WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK THOSE NAMES ARE MIKE PALERMO AND PEGGY DAIGLE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL
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I'VE LISTENED TO AND CAN APPRECIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE VOICED.UM, TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION.
I'VE ONLY TRIED TO DO THIS ONCE BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FOUR TIMES CAME FROM, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
ALSO, THE SUBDIVISION ASSOCIATION THEY KEEP REFERRING TO IS NOT THE ONLY SUBDIVISION ASSOCIATION ON PICU LANE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, IT WAS A SELF-DEVELOPED SELF APPOINTED SUBDIVISION, UM, ASSOCIATION.
UH, AS FAR AS PRIVACY IS CONCERNED WITH THE REMARKS FROM, UH, RICHARD ELLISON'S LETTER ABOUT HIS PRIVACY, UH, RICHARD CAN LOOK INTO MY BACKYARD ANYTIME HE WANTS IT'S IT'S IN DIRECT VIEW OF HIS, OF HIS HOME.
AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR EVERY HOME THAT IS IN ON CAMDEN DRIVE AND KENSINGTON ESTATES.
SO THE PRIVACY I HAVE WHEN I MOVED THERE COMPLETELY GONE, UM, AGAIN, NOT A RURAL LOT.
UM, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE UNIFORMITY OF THESE PICTURE.
I HAVE CO-EXISTED WITH A NURSERY NEXT TO ME FOR 20 YEARS.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
UM, WE MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY LINE AS BEST WE CAN BETWEEN THE TWO OF US NEVER HAD ANY REAL PROBLEMS, BUT THAT'S ONE THAT HAS NO UNIFORMITY.
IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'LL SEE METAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AND BACK YARDS YOU'LL SEE BUSES, UH, CARS STORED, UH, ON PROPERTY, UH, FALLING DOWN FENCES OLD SHEDS.
THERE THERE'S NO UNIFORMITY ON PICU LANG THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET HAS BECOME A SHINING STAR, IN MY OPINION, ON WHAT THAT AREA SHOULD DEVELOP INTO.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET, NOT ALL THOSE LOTS ARE ONE ACRE.
THEY MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE ONE ACRE.
I FELT LIKE PROVIDING HALF-ACRE LOTS WOULD BE A GOOD COMPROMISE.
UH, IT PROVIDES SUFFICIENT AREA.
I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 20 YEARS, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
I KNOW HOW BUILDINGS FIT ON PROPERTY.
SO I THINK A HALF AN ACRE IS, IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR THE TYPES OF HOMES I WOULD SEE BUILT THERE, WHICH WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
AND NOT ALL, NOT ALL RESIDENTS ON PICU LANE, AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION TONIGHT.
UH, COVID HAS PUT A REAL DENT AND, AND, UH, PEOPLE'S PLANS TO BE HERE TO SPEAK.
UM, THE LOTS HAVE NO INTEGRITY RIGHT NOW.
THERE, THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OPEN PROPERTY.
UH, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS IMPROVED THE AREA.
UH, IT'S NOT CAUSING ANY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND SEWER PROBLEMS. YES.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC WAITING AT THE SIGNAL LIGHT.
WE NEED THAT NORTH, SOUTH CARTER FROM AIRLINE TO HIGHLAND AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE, UM, HOPEFULLY IT WILL, AS BATON ROUGE, ROSE, I'M A BATON ROUGE UNAIDED MYSELF, BUT IF YOU'RE ALL MY LIFE, I LOVE THAT.
AND ROUGE, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE BATON ROUGE.
I WANT TO IMPROVE BATON ROUGE.
UM, I'M FROM THE 7 0 5 AREA CODE.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN AND, UH, HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE.
UM, AND A LOT OF THESE, UH, PROPERTIES ON, UH, FROM PICU LANE HAD MORE THAN ONE SINGLE HOUSE ON THEM.
THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THREE OR FOUR HOMES ON THEM.
THAT'S NOT SUBDIVIDED, BUT THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR, UH, RESIDENCE RESIDENCES ON A COUPLE OF LOTS, AS FAR AS THE DRAIN IS JUST CONCERNED RIGHT NOW, MR. ELEPHANT'S PROPERTY DRAINS SOUTH TO MY PROPERTY LINE, MY PROPERTY DRAINS.
IT IS HIS PROPERTY LINE THAT WILL BE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE FIVE LOTS AS ONLY HALF OF MY PROPERTY IS DESIGNED TO DRAIN TOWARDS HIS AREA.
THE OTHER HALF DESIGNED TO DRAIN TOWARDS THE, UM, TOWARDS THE NURSERY.
UM, THERE IS NO WRITTEN REQUIREMENT THAT I EVER CAME ACROSS AND THE PURCHASE OF MY PROPERTY THAT, UH, REQUIRED A LOT, STAY ONE ACRE IN SIZE.
AND THAT'S DEFINITELY BEEN, UM, NEGATED BY DEVELOPMENT DOWN THE STREET AND ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE, WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, W WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY LIKE CHANGE.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THINGS THE WAY WE LIKE THEM FOR AS LONG AS WE'RE HERE, UH, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH PROGRESS AND GROWTH.
THE BEST WE CAN DO IS MANAGE PROGRESS AND GROWTH BEST WE CAN AND HOPE FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
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THANK YOU, SIR.COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THESE ITEMS. WELL, WE'RE WAITING ON THE COMMISSIONERS DIRECTOR, HOGAN, UH, SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED A PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WITH THIS, WITH THIS PROPERTY.
AND I THINK THE APPLICANT, UH, OF SPOKE ON THAT, UH, CONTRADICTORY TO THAT.
COULD YOU BRIEFLY TOUCH ON ANY HISTORY WITH THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION? YES.
SO OUR PROCEDURE ON OUR STAFF REPORTS IS TO GO BACK A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND RESEARCH CASE HISTORY.
AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER INDICATION OTHER THAN THE CURRENT CASES LISTED ON THE STAFF REPORT.
AND THAT WAS BACK WHEN, UH, WE LAST UPDATED FUTURE BR IN 2018, BUT, UH, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT PRIOR HISTORY GOING BACK FARTHER THAN THAT.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY DOES HAVE THREE OTHER CASES TIED TO IT.
UM, 2009, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT FOR FOUR LOTS WITH THE PRIVATE STREET, UH, AND THAT WAS DENIED, UH, STAFF AT THAT TIME CERTIFIED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT.
HOWEVER, IT WAS DENIED GOING BACK A YEAR FURTHER IN 2008, THERE WAS A, A SIMILAR FOR LOT REQUESTS AGAIN WITH THE PRIVATE STREET STAFF AT THE TIME CERTIFIED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DENIED THAT.
AND THEN A YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, AGAIN, IN 2007, UM, THERE WAS A, UH, ORIGINAL ATTEMPT OF A FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION AGAIN WITH THE PRIVATE STREET AGAIN, STAFF AT THE TIME, THIS OFFICE CERTIFIED AND APPROVED, UH, THAT CHANGED MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT ONE WAS ALSO DENIED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2007.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
UM, MR. DIRECTOR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE DESIGNATION.
THIS IS RURAL ZONING, BUT THE DESIGNATION ON THE FUTURE OF BR WAS CHANGED FROM RURAL TO AG RURAL WITHIN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S PARTIALLY CORRECT.
UH, FUTURE BR WAS UPDATED IN 2018.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, THE ZONING HAS ALWAYS BEEN RURAL ON THIS PROPERTY.
THERE WAS MENTIONED OF A COMMERCIAL NURSERY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE THAT WOULD NEED COMMERCIAL ZONING IF IT CAME IN TODAY, BUT IT'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, UM, AROUND 2017 A YEAR PRIOR TO THE UPDATE, A FUTURE BR UH, OF THAT UPDATE.
UH, THERE WAS A GROUP OF PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, PRIMARILY LONG PQ, BUT ALSO ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD THAT APPROACHED OUR OFFICE WISHING, UH, TO ENSURE LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT, UM, ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, STAFF, UH, SPOKE TO THEM AT LENGTH ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
UM, THAT PART OF THE FUTURE BR UPDATE WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, THE LAND USE ALL OVER THE PARISH, BUT WOULD TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAND USE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS APPROPRIATE AS DESIGNATED IN THIS AREA.
WE MENTIONED ONE TOOL AVAILABLE TO THEM WAS TO COLLECT A PETITION OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD VOLUNTARILY SUPPORT A CHANGE OF LAND USE.
FUTURE BR IS UNIQUE WHEN THE COMBINATION OF AG RURAL LAND USE AND RURAL ZONING WOULD THAT COMBINATION.
THERE'S A ONE ACRE REQUIREMENT.
ALL LIGHTS HAVE TO BE ONE ACRE THAT WAS, DOES THE DESIRE OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY, THEY COLLECTED A PETITION OF SIGNATURES, SUBMITTED IT TO OUR OFFICE FOR, UH, TO VERIFY.
AND THAT WAS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE UPDATE, A FUTURE BR THAT WAS VOTED ON, ON PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL BACK IN 2018, OUR RECORDS INDICATE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER, HOWEVER, NEVER, THAT PETITION NEVER VOLUNTEERED THAT CHANGE.
IT WENT THROUGH THE CORRECT PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.
IT WAS ADVERTISED PROPERLY, UH, BUT WE HAVE NO RECORDS INDICATING THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER WHO'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, WISHED TO HAVE THEIR LAND USE CHANGE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ONE ACRE LOTS.
UM, BEFORE 2018, THIS PROPERTY WAS ALWAYS DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS ON, ON THE VICINITY MAPS.
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IF YOU LOOK AT IT NOW, IT'S, IT'S A MAROON, A DARKER SHADE OF BROWN THAT, THAT COLOR WITH THE COMBINATION OF ZONING IS ONE ACRE, LOTS.THEY'RE ASKING TO CHANGE THE LAND USE TO YELLOW, BROWN, MAROON, TO THE YELLOW CAR COLOR, ALLOWING SMALLER LOTS SIMILAR AND K CHARACTERISTICS THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, UH, AND LARGER THAN WHAT'S BEHIND THEM.
AND, AND IF, IF THIS HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED, IF THIS HAD REMAINED RURAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THEY COULD, THIS, THIS, THIS AREA COULD HAVE DONE 4.1 PER ACRE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, YOUR EMOTIONS, COMMISSIONER ISLANDER.
SO, UM, THIS, UH, THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE, BUT LOOKING AT THE AREA, I'M KIND OF HEARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY.
UM, THERE'S AN IDENTITY THAT I'M KIND OF SEEING A LONG PICO ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER TO DENY THESE ITEMS. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION ON THE FLORIDA DENIED? IS THERE A SECOND SEEING NONE? THAT MOTION FAILS.
THANK YOU MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. BERGERON, CAN YOU COME BACK FOR A SECOND PLACE? I KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY A DESIRE TO WANT TO DO FIVE.
IS THAT EVER BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A CONSIDERATION TO DO TO ONE ACRE LOT IN THE AREA? WELL, WOULD THAT CREATE LIQUID? I'M SORRY.
I SAID, I KNOW THERE'S A CONSIDERATION.
DO YOU LIKE TO DO THE FIVES? HAVE THEY GIVE HIM SOME CONSIDERATION TO DOING THE ONE ACRE LOTS? AND IN YOUR AREA, I'VE GIVEN A CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GREED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT EITHER WORKING OR NOT.
UM, AGAIN, UM, HAVING SEWER AVAILABLE IN KENSINGTON AND I'VE TALKED WITH A SUBDIVISION AND SEWER IT'S AVAILABLE, IT'S AMPLE, IT'S NOT WOULD BE PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND NOT HAVING TO GO WITH INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLANS IS A BLESSING, UH, FOR BOTH THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, AND I THINK THE CITY, I THINK WE'D RATHER TREAT OUR SEWER AT A CENTRAL PLANT.
UM, YEAH, I CAN SAY THAT IT, THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT PLAUSIBLE WITH THE DEVET WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE TO MAKE THE SUBDIVISION ONE AND A HALF.
MY OTHER QUESTION PROBABLY IS THE STAFF.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN IN THAT DETAIL.
I NOTICED THAT BOTH BEHIND THIS PROPERTY IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS FALL.
YOU HAD THREE LIGHTS ON THE BACKSIDE THERE, AND IN FRONT OF THEM THERE AS THE PQ ESTATE ESTABLISHMENT, WHAT ARE THE LOT SIZES ON THE PICO STATE? CAUSE THAT SEE THAT AS A, THAT IS, SEEMED TO BE DIFFERENT THAN THE RULE AND THE INITIAL SIGN.
I'M ASKING STAFF, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT DO YOU MEAN DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM? I NOTICED ANOTHER SUBDIVISION THAT HURT THE RESIDENTS MAKE THAT COMMENT THAT THAT IS DIFFERENT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND MR. BADGER, RON'S CONCERNED BECAUSE IF DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM A MUCH SMALLER LIVES AND A BEHIND THE SOUTH, WHETHER IT'S A SUBDIVISION OR NOT, IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO HIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW? SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S A SUBDIVISION BY ANOTHER MEANS, IT'S STILL CONTIGUOUS TO HIM OF HIS PROPERTY AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
WHEN YOU LOOK GOOD, PQ LANE IS THE PQ STATE.
AND I GUESS I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE LOT SIZES OF THE PQ ESTATE.
AND I'M QUITE SURE THAT LOT SIZE IS BEHIND HIM AND NOT WANTING TO GO ON.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, UM, PICU STATES, UM, HAS LOTS THAT AVERAGE, UM, ANYTHING A LITTLE BIT OVER A HALF ACRE TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE ALL THE WAY UP TO ONE ACRE.
AND AGAIN THAT THEY, AND I FIGURED THAT PQ STATE IS ONLY A HALF ACRE TO AN ACRE AND A QUARTER.
SO THEN THE LIGHTS BEHIND HIM, WHICH IS ALSO CONTIGUOUS TO THE PROPERTY IN THAT HERE, WHERE THERE'S AT LEAST THREE LIGHTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO HIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE'D SAY THAT THOSE LAST PROBABLY BE SMALLER THAN THE, THAN THE HALF ACRE LOT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
WHEN YOU TELL US WHEN THEY CAN'T DO THAT, WHEN YOU GOT IT, LITERALLY
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ON HIS PROPERTY LINE BORDER ON BACKSIDE, ON THE FRONT SIDE, DIRECTLY AS HE'D COME OUT OF HIS PROPERTY ON PQ LANE, IT HAD THE EXACT SAME THING.THAT'S I KNOW I HAVE TO ASK YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN DO IT AT ONE ACRE LOTS.
WELL, CAN I RESPOND? I'M GOING TO DO THAT.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WHEN THE, WHEN THE SIGN FIRST WENT UP, UNLESS SOMETHING HAS CHANGED THAT I REMEMBER THE SMALLEST LOT BEING 0.3, EIGHT, SEVEN ACRES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE TO, AND I HIT A RESIDENTS' CONCERNS THAT EVERYTHING FROM THE DRAINAGE TO THE TRAFFIC TO WHATEVER, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS IS NOT VERY MUCH OUT OF CHARACTER, WHICH IS WHAT OUR DIRECTION OF THE COMMUNITY IS GOING.
AND THE, THE ITEM, I GUESS, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS. I BELIEVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BANKS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? THESE ITEMS NOTED OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED?
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MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER OUT OF NINE AND ITEM 10.ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLAYING AMENDMENT 3 22 AND ITEM NUMBER 10, CASE 4 22 8800 TO EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT NINETY QUARTERS LAKE ROAD, PA THREE TWENTY TWO EIGHTY EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT NINETY QUARTERS LAKE ROAD.
PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF QUARTERS LAKE ROAD, SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 12, COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS ANDRE ROBBERY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A FEATURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO ALL THIS AND A REZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO GENERAL OFFICE, LOW RISE GOL FOR A PROPOSED PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION, PA 3 22 8800 TO EIGHTY NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT NINETY QUARTERS LAKE ROAD.
WITH RELATED CASE 4 22 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE THAT PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT CARDS.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AS DIRECTOR HOLCOMB HAS JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CORES.
THE ONLY COURT WE HAVE IS FOR THE APPLICANT.
IF HE, IF HE WISHES TO YES, ANDRE ROAD WITH STANTEC, ASSAULT AND SERVICES, 1200 BRICKYARD LANE, SUITE 400 BATON ROUGE, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REQUESTED THESE TWO.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WITH THIS ITEM OR EMOTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER STERLING MOVE TO APPROVE.
IT WAS MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[11. Case 88-21 4564 Bennington Avenue]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, CASE 88, 21 45 64 BENNINGTON AVENUE CASE 88, 21 45 64 BENNINGTON AVENUE.PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF BENNINGTON AVENUE, EAST OF COLLEGE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 12.
THE FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS REGIONAL CENTER.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING REZONING FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BARN LOUNGE CAV TWO CASE ADA 21 45 64 BENNINGTON AVENUE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUESTS MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING.
DO YOU DIVIDE DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT
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TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? OKAY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST IS FOR MICHAEL CLEGG.
MR. GLENN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR, THANK YOU, SIR.
MR. DIRECTOR, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M AN ATTORNEY IN BATON ROUGE AND I'M REPRESENTING GINO'S RESTAURANT AND THE, UH, STATION BAR AND GRILL.
THESE ARE TWO CLIENTS OF MINE THAT ARE OPPOSING THIS PARTICULAR REQUESTS TO HAVE IT CHANGED FROM CAV ONE CAV TO THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION BY THE PROPONENT WHO DIDN'T APPEAR BEFORE YOUR NIGHT, IT'S BEEN A RESTAURANT PROPERTY FOR OVER 45 YEARS, MR. GINO, MARINO WHO WILL SPEAK ALSO NIGHT, HIS RESTAURANT HAS BEEN NEXT DOOR FOR 45 YEARS.
THERE'S BEEN NO BAR AND LOUNGE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION BY THIS GENTLEMAN, HE SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE A HOOKAH LOUNGE THERE.
AND I EXPLAINED TO A COUPLE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, A HOOKER LOUNGE, AND THEY THOUGHT HOOKER LOUNGE WAS A H O O E R AND NOT AN H O O K U H.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, BEFORE YOU DENIED TO TELL YOU THAT A HOOKER LOUNGE IS NOT THE WAY IT SOUNDS AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE.
AND IT ALWAYS MORPHS INTO SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.
BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS IT IS DONE FOR THE YOUNG COMMUNITY TO GO IN.
AND INSTEAD OF SMOKING CIGARETTES, THEY THINK THEY CAN GO IN AND VAPE AND THEY CAN USE THESE HOOKER PIPES AND THEY CAN SOMEHOW INGEST, UH, TOBACCO IN THEIR SYSTEM.
AND IT WILL NOT CAUSE HARM TO THEM.
WELL, THAT'S A FALLACY FOR SURE.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES DONE BY A LOT OF GREAT INSTITUTIONS THAT SAYS THIS WHOLE IDEA OF VAPING AND HOOKAH LOUNGES IS VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE YOUNG KIDS.
THEY'RE TRYING THIS, THEY THINK THEY'RE AVOIDING SMOKING TOBACCO, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NOT.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN AGENCY ENDS UP IN YOUR SYSTEM IS A CORPORATE DIOXIDE AND IT IS POISONOUS.
THE, UH, THE CIGARETTES, NICOTINE, ALL THESE AGENTS WORK AGAINST YOUR BODY.
THESE HOOKAH LOUNGES ALWAYS MORPH INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT WHEN THEY START OUT TO BE.
THEY USUALLY DON'T LAST VERY LONG.
AND MR. MORENO, AND THEN MR. GRAHAM, WHO WILL ALSO APPEAR TONIGHT WILL TELL YOU THEY HAD A HOOKER BAR DOWN THE STREET, LESS THAN A 10TH OF A MILE AWAY FROM THEIR BUSINESSES.
I MEAN, IF CONSTANTLY THE POLICE WAS OUT THERE, THE ABC COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE LIQUOR LICENSE, SO THEY COULD NOT CONTROL WHAT TIME THE PEOPLE CLOSED.
A SECOND PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP BY THE STAFF THERE, I THINK NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A, UH, SERVITUDE THAT WAS GRANTED BY THE GRAMS AND MR. AL ALL KONG WHO HAD THIS RESTAURANT BEFORE THERE, THAT SERVITUDE IS IN PLACE AS WE STAY IN.
NOW, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING THERE THAT THIS SERVER TO, TO PARKING HAS BEEN GRANTED FOR YEARS, 25 YEARS.
SO WHOEVER COMES IN HERE WILL TAKE THE POSITION OF THAT PERSON AT THAT TIME.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, GENTLEMEN, LADIES, UH, PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS.
PLEASE TELL THIS PERSON THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ONE IN BATON ROUGE.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR ROBERT GRAHAM.
UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAINST, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
MY NAME IS ROBERT GRAHAM, 4,608 BENNINGTON.
WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS.
UM, AND WE'VE SEEN BUSINESSES COME AND GO.
IT'S A NICE BUILDING FOR A RESTAURANT.
UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL WE SAW A SURVIVOR, BUT OUT THERE DOING SOME SURVEYS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, HE KIND OF SAID THAT, UH, THE NEW OWNER WANTS TO PUT A PATIO IN AND TAKE SOME PARKING SPOTS OUT AND PUT A PATIO HOOKAH BAR FOR HOOKAH BAR.
SO, UH, AS I SAID, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS ARE WITH HOOKAH BARS IN THE PAST.
WE'VE HAD ONE ACROSS THE STREET AS OF ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO THAT, UH, IT'S AS CLOSED DOWN SINCE, BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE COPS AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER STUFF, THE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER HOOKAH BAR DOWN THE STREET WHERE, UH, I THINK, UH, THE OLD AAA USED TO BE, AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SHOOTING THERE AND A PERSON DIED.
UH, WE JUST, UH, WE'RE REALLY NOT.
AGAIN, WE ARE AGAINST THE, THIS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES OF SAFETY AND HEALTH WELFARE OF THE AREA.
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WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE PARKING ISSUES AND HOW SHARING WE WOULD ASK.WE ACTUALLY SHARE THE PARKING LOT WITH THIS, UH, THIS, I GUESS, NEW TENANT, OR WHOEVER'S GOING TO GO THERE.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM IN THE PAST WHEN IT'S BEEN A RESTAURANT.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A, A BAR THAT WE HAVE NO CLUE.
IS IT GOING TO BE A HOOKAH BAR OR IS IT GOING TO BE THIS BAR? WE'RE JUST KINDA WE'RE WE'RE I WISHED THE APPLICANT WAS HERE SO WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HE PLANNING ON DOING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, MOST OF THIS STUFF WAS WHEN WE HAD UNIFORMED POLICE WORK IN THESE, THESE TYPE OF PLACES, THESE, UH, HOOKAH LOUNGES, UH, WE'RE NOT AGAINST ANY COMMERCE AT ALL, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME LOGIC, SAFETY AND WELLBEING USED TO MAKING THIS DECISION TO THE HEALTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE NEVER MET THE OWNER.
YOU'D THINK HE'D COMBINE INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO ME, GINO, THERE'S A VEGAN PLACE THAT DOES WELL, THERE'S A PLACE ACROSS THE STREET THAT JUST REOPENED.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER, UM, FRAME SHOP THAT'S OPENING UP.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE A FEELING THIS, THIS WOULD BRING MORE CAUSE WE'VE SEEN IT ON OUR STREET ALREADY IN THE, IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, WE JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, UH, WE, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, W WE DON'T WANT THIS TO GET PAST, UH, JUST FOR THE, FOR THE, WHATEVER'S BEEN MENTIONED.
UH, AND ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER CORD IS FOR GENOME MARINO.
MY NAME IS JENELLE MARINA, AND I'M REPRESENTING GENO'S RESTAURANT, BUT, UH, MY FAMILY AND, UH, I'VE, UH, OPERATED GINO'S RESTAURANT FOR 56 YEARS, 46 OF THOSE BEING ON BENNETT, AN AVENUE.
AND, UH, GINO'S IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR OF THIS BUILDING ASKING FOR REED ZONE.
AND THIS BUILDING IS AS A RESTAURANT, THIS BUILDING THAT WE TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS DESIGNED AS A RESTAURANT THAT WAS ZONED AS A RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, 12 JEFF AND OCCUPANTS HAVE BEEN THERE, AND I'VE ALL WELCOMED THEM AS RESTAURANTS.
I WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BUT, UM, I WON'T BE LONG.
I'M HERE TO STRONGLY DISAPPROVE, UH, OTHER B ZONE, JUST PROPERTY, UH, PARKING CONCERNS, AS IT WAS STATED EARLIER.
AND IT'S PUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF MY CUSTOMERS AND MY EMPLOYEES.
I THINK IF YOUR TIME, THANK YOU AS THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE TO PROVIDE A REBUTTAL, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
MR. HAWTHORNE, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, THIS IS ALREADY A RESTAURANT AND THEY JUST WANT TO SERVE ALCOHOL, RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE ASKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO CAV TWO.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED CAV ONE, WHICH IS FOR RESTAURANTS SERVING ON-PREMISE ALCOHOL MEETING.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FOOD SET SALES HAVE TO BE NO GREATER THAN 50% FOOD SALES.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO CHANGE THAT TO BAR AND LOUNGE, WHICH WOULD BE PRIMARILY, UH, A BAR AND LOUNGE OR NIGHTCLUB WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET THAT FOOD REQUIREMENT.
AND THAT'S THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
UM, I'M A LITTLE CONFLICTED BY THIS, BUT THE CONCERN I HAVE, AND OF COURSE THE, THE APPLICANT ISN'T HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME INFERENCE, BUT THE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS SOMETHING IS, IS DISTINCT AS A HOOKAH LOUNGE.
I'VE HEARD THAT THEY COME AND GO.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT ONCE IT'S CAB TWO, ANYTHING CAN GO IN THERE AFTER THAT.
THAT IS PRIMARILY ALCOHOL-RELATED OKAY.
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF CAV TWOS AROUND THERE.
THERE'S SOME INTERESTING CLUBS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M JUST PUTTING ANOTHER ONE IN THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHERS AROUND.
IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, I REALLY WISH THE APPLICANT WERE HERE.
THAT'S WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAVE VERY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER CAB TWO IN THERE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE FAIRLY QUESTIONABLE.
UM, WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO DENY
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THIS ITEM.IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS DENIED MICHELIN
[19. S-15-21 Trivento Subdivision]
MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19 SUBDIVISION, 1521 TRAVENTO SUBDIVISION S 1521 TRAVENTO SUBDIVISION PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD AND HIGHWAY NORTH OF GROOM ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.THE APPLICANT IS ADAM KURTZ WITH DR.
THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS FOR 946, RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH AN OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 2.7 UNITS PER ACRE AS 1521 PREVENTIVE SUBDIVISION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINERAL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 89 MESSAGES AND OPPOSITION, AND ONE MESSAGE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
MY NAME IS DEREK MURPHY, QUALITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING 1 8 3 2 0 HIGHWAY 42 IN PORT VINCENT LOUISIANA.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT IN CASE S 15 DASH 21, WHICH AFFECTS PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF OH, SCENIC HIGHWAY AND GREEN ROAD.
THE APPLICATION FOR THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL WITHIN THE EXISTING RULES, ZONING PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT CERTIFY THAT THE PROJECT NEEDS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT AS PRELIMINARY PLAT BE APPROVED DURING THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, OPPONENTS ARGUED THAT THE PRELIMINARY PART SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION, POLICE PROTECTION OR SCHOOL CAPACITY.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
THE APPLICANT HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FIRE POLICE OR SCHOOL SERVICES.
THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT TO REMOVE 40 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND REPLACED THEM WITH THREE TRACKS TO BE DONATED BY THE DEVELOPER, A FIRE STATION, POLICE STATION, AND A SCHOOL.
WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THESE CONCERNS AND ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER COURTS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, UH, FIRST IS FOR, FROM LAURA O'BRIEN.
SO BRIAN YOU HAD THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE FOR THE CITY OF ZACHARY.
MY DISTRICT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT AS MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN NON 64 SINCE LAST TIME, BUT IT IS A TWO LANE ROAD.
UM, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE 940 HOMES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
FROM THAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED 692 HOMES A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN FROM THAT.
WE HAVE 200 HOMES AND MIRAVAL, UM, ZACHARY FARM.
UM, SHOVE, ALL TRAILS HAS 106 LAKE HAVEN IS 1 65.
CYPRESS BEND HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT.
MEADOW, GLEN, UM, IS 160 MIX MIXED HOMES.
ALL OF THESE HOMES AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS ARE WITHIN A THREE MILE STRETCH FROM 61 TO NON 64 IN YOUR STAFF NOTES.
IT SAID IT HAD, UM, CONNECTIVITY TO THREE MAJOR STREET PLANS, OLD SCENIC GROOM ROAD, WHICH THAT'S TRUE.
THOSE ARE TWO, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO A ZACHARY SCHOOL, THERE IS NO WAY TO GET THERE UNLESS YOU GO NON 64 TO HAVE ALL THESE HOMES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE POSSIBLY 2,700 CARS DRIVING UP 9 64, TRYING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
THAT MEANS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR CITY LIMITS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IN THE MIX OF ALL OF THOSE CARS.
I THINK AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH APPROVING HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT AND NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND US AND HOPE AND HOPE THAT IT JUST COMES WITH IT.
BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE AROUND US.
I KNOW I HAVE PEOPLE HERE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, FIRE AND POLICE, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO CONSIDER WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE I THINK ON THE STAFF NOTE, SOME OF THE NUMBERS WERE INCORRECT.
THAT WAS ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT IN THE STAFF REPORT.
TO ME, IT SAID THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS GOING TO BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
IT WAS GOING TO BE STUDIED IN THE NEXT FUTURE
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BATON ROUGE UPDATE.SO I THINK INSTEAD OF APPROVING SOMETHING, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE STUDY.
THAT'S ALREADY BEING PROPOSED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN EVEN HANDLE THAT.
AND I, I HOPE THAT YOU CAME AND LOOKED AT THE ROADS BECAUSE TWO LANE ROADS AND 2,700 CARS GOING ONE DIRECTION IS, IS NOT SAFE FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ON THAT ROAD.
UM, I TAKE ONE OF MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING, EVERY MORNING, AND IT TAKES ME ABOUT SIX MINUTES TO GET OUT OF MY SUBDIVISION.
I LIVE ABOUT A HALF A MILE AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL.
IT'S LIKE PLAYING SOCCER IN THE MORNING.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR HEARING US AGAIN THIS TIME AND WE HOPE Y'ALL DENY IT AGAIN.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR LAEL MONTGOMERY.
Y'ALL MONTGOMERY, UH, DISTRICT FIVE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I OPPOSE THE SUBDIVISION AND I I'M, I'M OPPOSING IT FROM A QUALITY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE DR.
HORN HAS PROVEN EXACTLY THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE QUALITY HOMES.
WE HAVE ISSUES RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOMES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
FOR INSTANCE, ONE BIG ISSUE THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ABOUT IS A PERSON THAT BOUGHT A DRL HARDEN HOME.
THEN THEY WENT TO GO GET THE HOME SURVEYED, COME TO FIND OUT THAT WHEN THEY GOT THE HOME SURVEY, IT OVERLAPS WITH THAT NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE HAVE FLOODING ISSUES AND THOSE DR.
GNOMES CRIME, CRIME IS HIGH IN, IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU GET 900 EXTRA HOMES UP ON ALL THE EXTRA HOMES, THAT'S IN THE DATE EXACTLY.
WELL, YOU GOTTA HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR ROADWAYS AND, AND BATON ROUGE.
ALL THE TAX MONEY WILL GO TO BATON ROUGE.
MY JOB FOR IS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS, PROTECT OUR INVESTMENTS AND PROTECT OUR MONEY.
SO Y'ALL COME TO ZACHARY, Y'ALL BUILD A HOMES, GO AGAINST OUR PLANNING ZONE AND, UH, IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS ALL THE TAX MONEY GOES TO BATON ROUGE.
THEY'RE ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICE, FIRE, ALL THAT.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT MONEY TO FIX THOSE ROADS.
WHENEVER WE NEED A ROAD, FIX THE ZACHARY, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE GOTTA GET ON THE PHONE WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE GOTTA GET ON THE PHONE WITH DOTD TO CORRECT THE ZAC, WHAT STUFF? BATON ROUGE NEVER HELPS US WITH THAT.
ALL BATON ROUGE DOES IS, GOES AGAINST US, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING OUR CITY.
AND Y'ALL COME, Y'ALL DO STUFF.
WE DON'T NEED TO BE ON YOUR WATER.
WE'LL PROVIDE IT, BUT YET Y'ALL SUCK FROM OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.
SO I'M, I'M BEGGING, Y'ALL DR.
I WANT QUALITY AND THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING QUALITY BUILDINGS.
AND IT'S A PROVEN FACT, IF Y'ALL GO GOOGLE THEM AND DALLAS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING SUED IN PENNSYLVANIA.
THEY GETTING SUED EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, DR.
HARDEN IS GETTING SUED AND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BETTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY MOVE FORWARD.
SO BATON ROUGE, I LOVE Y'ALL, BUT Y'ALL CAN NOT KEEP SETTING US BACK.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR JOHN LEBLANC.
I'M UH, JOHN , UH, COUNSEL PRO TIM FOR DISTRICT TWO, ZACHARY.
UM, I SPOKE LAST YEAR ON THIS.
AND IT IS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO SAY I'M OPPOSED.
I'M A GET ON WITH SOME, UH, AND I'M ALSO A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER FROM BATON ROUGE.
UH, SO FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, AS I TALKED ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES AND, UH, UH, NORMAL SPOTS TIME INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF ZACK RATE WOULD BE THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
THE CLOSEST RO UH, ZACHARY STATION THAT THEY HAVE TO THE TRUMP VINTAGE SUB DIVISION WILL BE THE CORRODE STATION AND IS 5.3 MILES AWAY WITH A RESPONSE TIME OF SEVEN TO EIGHT MINUTES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES AT PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES, WHICH THAT MIGHT BE THAT COULD EVEN GO INTO ACCESS, UH, DEPENDING ON IF THERE WAS SCHOOLS ZONES FROM THE STATION IN
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THE CITY OF ZACHARY, IT IS 6.4 MILES AWAY WITH AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF 12 MINUTES UNDER NORMAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WITH NO SCHOOLS ZONES UNDER PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES IN SCHOOLS ZONES, IT IS 15 MINUTES OR MORE.IF YOU HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
IF THERE IS SOMEONE STANDING THERE THAT CAN DO CPU ON YOU, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND, UH, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO YOUR BRAIN STORES HAVING DAMAGE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO START DOING CPR, YOUR CHANCES WITH THIS RESPONSE TIME ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY BAD.
UH, EMS IS OFTEN CENTRALIZED AND THEIR, UH, TRUCKS MAY NOT GET THERE UNTIL 30 MINUTES.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING NOW, TRAPPED VICTIMS FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I DO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A CALL COME IN AND YOU HAVE A TRAP VICTIM, AND, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT THREE, FIVE MINUTES AWAY, CHANCES ARE GETTING THAT TRAP VICTIM OUT OF THAT HOUSE OR SLIM TO NONE PARK CARS.
I HAVE GONE THROUGH MEADOWVIEW SUBDIVISION AND A COUPLE OF OTHER DR.
THE CARS ARE PARKED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I KNOW THEY WILL HEAR IN THEIR FIRE TRUCKS BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO GET MY VEHICLES DOWN WITH, WITH PROBLEMS, THE PROXIMITY OF THE HOUSES BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER.
WE'LL ACTUALLY, IF WE HAVE WINS 25 SECONDS, OKAY, WE HAVE WINS.
IT'S GOING TO CARRY THE FIRE ON TO THE OTHER HOUSES.
AND, UH, THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, SOME WHITES SAID ONE TIME BEFORE THAT BAKER WOULD BE RESPONDED, BUT I DID FIND THIS OUT BAKER WILL BE RESPONDED, BUT ONLY AS A RIT TEAM, WHICH IS A RAPID INTERVENTION TEAM WITH TWO MEN AND THEIR JOB IS TO STAND BY TO MAKE SURE THAT FIREFIGHTERS, IF THEY GO DOWN, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL THEM OUT AND IN A NORMAL ATTACK.
JUST ONE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STRETCHING OUR RESOURCES.
AND, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A BAD DEAL, ZACHARY, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS FROM THIS.
SO, UH, BUT THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FOR DIANE FLETCHER.
I'LL TRY TO SAVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE I'M OPPOSED TO IT, BUT FOR REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED, OKAY, THANK YOU.
NEXT COURT IS FROM FRANCIS AND I'M REALLY AFRAID OF BUTCHERING YOUR LAST NAME.
I AM A CUSTOMER MEMBER FOR DISTRICT ONE IN ZACHARY FOR 16 YEARS NOW, AND A BUSINESS OWNER IN BASIS OF BAKER AND ZACHARY FOR 29 YEARS.
I AM HERE TO OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION AS MENTIONED.
I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT HERE.
A CNO IS A TWO LANE HIGHWAY OVER THERE.
NO, OR SCENIC HIGHWAY I WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY IN PLACE RIGHT NOW CONSTRUCTING ABOUT OVER 620 HOMES.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE PROVED, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LONG BED, HOWEVER, IN THE MORNING TIME BETWEEN SEVEN AND 9:00 AM, IT IS BUMPER BUMPER TO BUMPER FROM GOING, UM, IS, UM, I WILL PROBABLY SAY SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE.
FROM ZACHARY NOW WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY HEAVY SAFETY ISSUES IN THE, IN THE AREA.
SO I PRAY THAT YOU CONSIDER DENYING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR DAVID GAINES, JR.
Y'ALL DOING DAVID GAINES 1 7 4 9, 8 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY.
I LIVE ABOUT, WELL, I GUESS, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM THE, UH, WHERE THE SUBDIVISION WOULD BE BUILT.
UM, A FATHER AND TWO KIDS THAT GO TO DELL, UH, ZACHARY SCHOOLS, I'M A STORE OWNER AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 38 YEARS.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THE DIVERSION CANAL.
THEY WOULD JUST GOT SWITCHED OVER TO BAKER WATER.
UM, MY SISTER LIVES ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
WE HAVE HONORABLE WATER PRESSURE.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ONCE THEY BUILT THIS SUBDIVISION, UM, THEY ARE, WE HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL NEIGHBORS THAT AREN'T EVEN ON THIS NEW WATER SYSTEM FROM BAKER.
SO ORIGINALLY WE GOT ZACKY WATER.
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THE DIVERSION CANAL IS COMING ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF US.AND WE WERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS THE SAME SIDE OF THIS SUBDIVISIONS AND TO COME IN ON, UM, I BELIEVE IT, ZACK ORIGINALLY HAD A, UH, WATER MAIN.
NOW IT'S A FOUR-INCH FROM BAKER COMING THAT WAY.
UM, MY SISTER, AS OF NOW THAT IT CAN'T EVEN TAKE A SHOWER, THEY HAVE TO USE A TUB WATER BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE.
SO LOW, UH, THEIR HOT WATER HEATER IS RAN BY PRESSURE.
UM, BEING A FATHER WITH TWO KIDS IN SCHOOL, I'VE GOT A SON, TWO SONS, UH, FIRST AND THIRD GRADE.
AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS JUST IT'S EXPLODED.
UH, THE CLASSROOMS ARE PACKED.
UH, IT, THIS, I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WITH ALL OF THE NEW HOUSES AND SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH THIS ON TOP OF THAT.
I, I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
UM, I WANT SAY, UH, THANKS FOR ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN BECAUSE IT'S ALL REAL.
WE LIVE THERE, SEE IT EVERY DAY.
I PASS THIS EVERY DAY WHEN I GO TO WORK.
WHEN I COME HOME, I NEVER GO NORTH AT FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS SO BAD.
AND, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING AGAINST US BY THANK YOU.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOR LAURA FREEMAN, LAURA FREEMAN.
I AM ALSO HERE TO OPPOSE THIS FOR REASONS FOR MENTIONED.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE RECORD IS I CURRENTLY SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD IN ZACHARY.
AND WHEN THIS CAME IN FRONT OF US AS A ZONE OF INFLUENCE, OUR BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE CURRENTLY IN PLACE SCHOOLS, FIRE PROTECTION, POLICE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THE PEOPLE THAT STUDY THIS AREA EVERY DAY, VOTED AGAINST IT.
PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING YOUR VOTE.
I SPOKE LAST TIME ON THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM AGAIN, AND ZACHARY, WE HAVE 33 OFFICERS, UH, ON THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WE SHOULD HAVE 46.
UH, EBR IS LOW, UH, WITH LOW MAN POWER, UH, GOT A CALL FROM BAKER PDL DAY.
UH, THEY GOT PEOPLE OUT ON THE PANDEMIC, INJURED, NOT WANT TO BE COPS TO MORE SO THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, 8.3 SQUARE MILES AND 12,000 MORE PEOPLE ALONG WITH OUR 20,012 24 SQUARE MILES TO HELP COVER IF THEY NEED US, UH, IS BECOMING AN ISSUE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT I CRASHED ARE UP IN THAT AREA WITH THE ATTORNEY LANES BEING BUILT, THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS BEING BUILT.
WE'RE HAVING THE DIVERSION CANAL.
WE GOT TRAFFIC BACKED UP NOW COMING THAT WAY.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME INTO ZACHARY'S EITHER HIGHWAY 19 OR U S 61 TO MOUNT PLEASANT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE BACKED UP FOR AWHILE.
I HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM JOSH DIETRICH.
HE IS AN ECONOMIC, UH, A PHD IN ECONOMICS.
UH, AND THIS IS WHAT HE STATES HERE.
THESE ADDITIONAL 985 HOMES WILL TAX, WHICH 9 46 NOW ALREADY OVERBURDENED FIRST RESPONDER SYSTEM.
THE CITY OF AKRON, NOR THE CITY OF BAKER CANNOT HANDLE ANY CALLS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND THE NEAREST EVR SUBSTATION IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES AWAY.
THIS IN, IN ITSELF IS A PUBLIC SAFETY NIGHTMARE.
WHILE WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE DAMAGE THAT 2016 FLOOD HAD ON BAKER AND ZACHARY, THESE ISSUES HAVE YET TO BE ADDRESSED.
I MEAN, WE MUST DEAL WITH THE EFFECTIVE DRAINAGE TO DEAL WITH THE FLASH FLOODING, EXCESSIVE RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BEFORE WE FOCUS ON NEW GROWTH, BAKER HAS YET TO REOPEN HIS HIGH SCHOOL IN PART HIS LOCATION.
THE DIVERSION CAN NOW, AS YOU CONTINUE TO MISS DEADLINES, AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH BATON ROUGE, ZACHARY AND BAKER'S EVANS, WE HAVE NUMEROUS AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM REVILED ABOUT REVITALIZATION INSTEAD OF CONTINUED FLIGHT INSIDE THESE CITIES PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON REVITALIZATION OF BROWNFIELD AREAS WOULD FIND A GREATER ECONOMIC IMPACT DRIVE CITIES.
NOW 64 IS A TWO LANE HIGHWAY STATE HIGHWAY THAT IS CLOSE TO REACHING A MAXIMUM SUSTAINED AMOUNT.
MORE UNCHECK GROVE WILL MAKE THIS ROAD MORE THAN SAFE TO DRIVE, MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE 9 64.
ALMOST CERTAINLY PUTS YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
I KNOW THIS AS A SLIGHT EXAGGERATION, BUT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DURING THE DAY, MOREOVER, HALTING THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ALLOW TAX DOLLARS NEEDED FOR ROAD EXPANSION TO BE FOCUSED ON THE PREVIOUS INITIATIVES.
BY THE SECOND, SIR, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE
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THE INFLUX OF NEW STUDENTS FROM THE TEACHER, FROM A TEACHER STUDENT RATIO.JUST TO REMINDER, THE FATHER'S POINT IS ZACHARY IS 18 MILES FROM THIS LOCATION.
AND TO TAKE US ALMOST 20 SOMETHING MINUTES IN A HIGH TIMELESS TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY TO GET TO THESE LOCATIONS WHERE EPRS BACKED UP, BACK UP, EBRS I BACK UP AND WE HELPED BAKER HOW WE CAN, BUT THANK YOU.
AND I ASKED FOR DENIAL OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND NEXT CARD IS FOR DARREN MILES.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY WE, UH, DECIDED TO STAND BEFORE YOU GUYS AND SHARE WITH OUR CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE.
UH, EVERYBODY HAS DULY STATED, UH, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE SIZE OF THE STREET AND HOW IT'S GOING TO PULL RESOURCES AWAY FROM EVERYTHING.
AND THEY HAVE VERY VALID POINTS AND ME AND MY WIFE, TANJA MILES AND I, UH, STRONGLY OPPOSE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN VISION.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS, I STRONGLY CONSIDER THAT ABOUT REJECTING THE BOWSER.
MY NEXT COURT IS FOR SCOTT DEVILLE.
YOU GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
OR THE, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, OF COURSE I'M OPPOSED TO THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM STARTED IN 2003 AND I WAS, I'VE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SINCE THEN.
I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH, I'VE LIVED THE GROWTH IN 2012.
I BECAME THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BEEN THERE FOR 10 YEARS.
UH, WE WORK VERY HARD EACH AND EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GROWING EACH AND EVERY DAY WE ARE GROWING OVER THE YEARS.
I'VE SEEN SUBDIVISIONS POP UP 50 HOMES, 150 HOMES, 400 HOMES.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST BLOWING UP AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THOSE BIG SUBDIVISIONS, THEY'RE PUTTING THOSE HOMES UP LIKE HOTCAKES.
THEY ARE PUTTING UP UP ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
WE BUILT OUR SCHOOLS FOR SOME GROWTH AND WE'VE BEEN GROWING OVER THE YEARS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO ZACK, BUT IT HAS TO BE SMART GROWTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING SMART GROWTH, NOT RECKLESS GROWTH.
ZACHARY HAS GROWN BY 5,000 RESIDENTS SINCE 2010, 5,000.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 3000 POSSIBLE HOME SITES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN ZACHARY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER 940 SOMETHING.
IF THOSE 3000 HOMES ARE BUILT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE IN EVERY HOME THAT'S 12,005 YEARS, IT TOOK US 10 YEARS TO GROW FIVE.
OUR SCHOOLS CAN'T HANDLE THAT.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
WE'RE GETTING TO A POINT RIGHT NOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO DOWN THE LINE.
UH, BUT TODAY WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HOUSE THAT MANY STUDENTS.
SO, UM, ABOUT 20 SECONDS, SORRY, THE SECOND PART TO THIS IS THIS IS A LA A LARGE PORTION OF LAND.
WE HAVE ONE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL TAXPAYER, AND WE ARE GREAT PARTNERS WITH THEM.
WE HAVE ONE THEY'VE DOWNSIZED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WAS MAJOR HIT TO US, BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO APPROVE OUR BIG PIECES OF PROPERTY FOR A LARGE RESIDENTS, WE'LL NEVER GET ANY, UH, INDUSTRIAL, UH, TAXPAYERS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY EATEN UP ALL THE PROPERTY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
NEXT CARD IS FOR BRANDY WESTMORELAND.
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I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.I'M BRANDY WESTMORELAND SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT TWO.
I'M ALSO A PARENT AND A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
WE HAVE SEEN RAPID GROWTH AS YOU KNOW, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS SCOTT HAS MENTIONED, AND ZACHARY HAS ALWAYS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF ACCEPTING AND EDUCATING ALL THE CHILDREN WITH SUCH THE GROWTH.
HOWEVER, KNOWING HOW MANY SUBDIVISIONS ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED AND SEEING THE SPEED AT WHICH THESE DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEM.
THE CAPACITY IS AN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THE APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 946 HOUSING UNITS TO THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS ON TOP OF THE CURRENT 2,500 HOUSING UNITS PLUS ALREADY APPROVED AND NOT YET COMPLETED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF APPROVED, WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATING ALL THE CHILDREN WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THIS INFLUX COULD CAUSE AN UNDUE BURDEN TO THE CURRENT STUDENT, TO TEACHER RATIO, AS WELL AS THE CA THE CLASSROOM CAPACITY.
THERE'S ALSO THE SPEED OF WHICH THESE DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR IS FAR GREATER THAN THE SPEED AT WHICH THE TEXT IS, ARE COLLECTED FROM THEM.
AND ALSO AT THE SPEED AT WHICH NEW SCHOOLS CAN BE BUILT TO UTILIZE.
THOSE SAID TAX DOLLARS FOR THESE REASONS AT THIS TIME, I RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DENY THIS SUBDIVISION REQUEST.
UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR JENNIFER BOYD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
FIRST, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH A LETTER, UH, BY MS. LISA MCGEE.
SHE'S WRITING TO YOU TODAY AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR WITH 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, I HAVE TAUGHT IN BOTH AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND SPENT MY FINAL 14 YEARS AS AN EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER AT NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ZACHARY LOUISIANA, WHERE SHE'S LIVED WITH HER FAMILY FOR THE LAST 39 YEARS.
SHE'S DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALARMING NUMBER OF SUBDIVISIONS BEING BUILT WITHIN THE ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEN I WAS TEACHING IN ZACHARY, THE XE CSD WAS, WAS, AND CONTINUES TO BE THE TOP SCORING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE NATURALLY LED TO A SHARP INCREASE IN THE TOWN'S POPULATION AND THAT OF THE TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE TOWN YET WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THIS TIME, BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE FORTUNATE TO ENJOY A FAVORABLE STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO, WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO GREATER ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM, AND ULTIMATELY GREATER RETENTION OF THE MATERIAL BEING TAUGHT.
WHILE I APPLAUD THE PERFORMANCE OF ZACHARY SCHOOLS AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT HAS BROUGHT, THERE HAS TO BE A DEGREE OF DIFFERENCE, A DIFFERENCE RATHER TO COMMON SENSE AND THE COMMON GOOD, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ALONG HIGHWAY 9 64 WILL CAUSE FURTHER GROWTH TO A TOWN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS ALREADY GROWN BY APPROXIMATELY 29%.
ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS DATA, THIS WILL PUT A FURTHER STRAIN ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THAT'S ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF FATIGUE.
MORE SUBS SUBDIVISIONS WILL INCREASE THE STUDENT TO TEACHER TEACHER RATIO, WHICH WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO RETAIN INFORMATION AND HARDER FOR TEACHERS TO CONTROL THEIR CLASSROOMS. IT WILL ALSO NECESSITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE SCHOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE STUDENTS AND WILL IN TURN PLACE A GREATER BURDEN ON AN ALREADY OVERTAXED POPULATION IN THE TOWN'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ALL WANT TO SEE OUR TOWN AND SCHOOL DISTRICT GROW AND THRIVE THAT GROWTH, HOWEVER, MUST BE HANDLED RESPONSIBLY AND WITHIN THE COMMON GOOD IN MIND, NOT THE PROFITS OF DEVELOPERS FOR THESE REASONS.
I ASKED THAT YOU OPPOSE THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION LISA MCGEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY ADD FROM MYSELF THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS BOILS DOWN TO DISCRETION IN MY MIND, YOU'RE ALL HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ALL CONCERNED.
YOU HAVE HEARD SO MANY COMMENTS PERTAIN TO THIS VERY THING, AND YOU HAD 9 89 RATHER MESSAGES TO FILTER THROUGH, UM, IN OPPOSE IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS, UM, YOUR APPLICATION THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT STATES.
THE FOLLOWING, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL.
I RECOGNIZE I DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO AN APPROVAL REGARDLESS OF STAFF CERTIFICATION, REGARDLESS THAT IT MEETS ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED TO BE HELD IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MAKE THE DECISION BASED UPON ALL EVIDENCE PRESENTED.
SO IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS CLAUSE STANDS FOR FOR ME ONLY YOUR APPLICATION.
I BELIEVE THE REASON FOR THIS CLAUSE EXISTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR AUTHORITY.
PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR SANCTIONED AUTHORITY AND MAKE YOUR DECISION BASED OFF THE EVIDENCE, UH, TO SEE IF IT WILL BE TRULY BENEFICIAL, NOT JUST WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS CERTIFICATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN BRANDON KNOW HERE, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE HIM TO SPEAK AT THIS
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TIME.THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
UM, SO YOU HEARD A LOT TONIGHT, UH, FROM, FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO YOU HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY ISSUES AND WHAT HE WAS TOUCHING ON AT THE END THERE, I'LL JUST KIND OF FILL IN BECAUSE I KNOW HE WAS CUT OFF ON TIME, BUT HE WAS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A CERTIFIED SITE.
HOWEVER, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT ON THE FUTURE INTENDED USE MAP AS A, UM, INDUSTRIAL, UH, PROPOSED.
SO, UH, HAVING AN INDUSTRIAL SITE, LIKE HE TALKED ABOUT GP IS WHAT HE WAS REFERENCING.
WE HAVE THAT NOW, AND IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT TAKING AWAY ANOTHER POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL SITE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF TAX BENEFIT THAT REALLY PROPS UP THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITHOUT PUTTING ANY PRESSURE ON IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO CHILDREN OBVIOUSLY COMING FROM THOSE INDUSTRIAL SITES.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UM, YOU HEARD FROM, FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HEARD FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU HEARD FROM ZACHARY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE WHO IS A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, UH, OBVIOUSLY MYSELF REPRESENTING THIS AREA.
UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY IT WHILE FULLY RECOGNIZED.
AND THIS IS IN COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN BANKS'S DISTRICT.
UM, I'M HERE AND YOU SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM ZACHARY HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A CLEAR RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR AREA.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT HANDLE SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE, UM, WHILE THE STAFF DID CERTIFY IT.
YOU HEARD MS. BOYD JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THERE IS A CLAUSE THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES, UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO AN APPROVAL JUST BECAUSE IT MEETS STAFF CERTIFICATION.
UM, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DISCRETION.
THE REASON YOU'RE PAID SO HIGHLY WITH JIMMY, JOHN'S COUGHING WATER.
WHEN YOU COME HERE, YOU'RE SITTING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE EVERYTHING DOESN'T FIT INTO A BOX.
EVERYTHING IS NOT AUTOMATIC, JUST BECAUSE IT MEETS STAFF CERTIFICATION.
CERTAINLY THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND CONSENT AGENDAS WHERE EVERYTHING MEETS.
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, BUT WE RECOGNIZE, AND EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS DISCRETION AT THIS BODY.
AND WE SEE THOSE ITEMS JUST AS IT WAS LAST TIME.
IT'S WHEN THEY'RE DEALING WITH HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF THAT TONIGHT.
YOU'VE HEARD MORE THAN ENOUGH TO HAVE THE I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ENOUGH CHANGE IN THE APPLICANT'S POSITION, A 4% REDUCTION IN HOUSING IN THEY'RE OFFERING, UM, PROPERTY TO THE SCHOOLS AND FIRE AND POLICE.
UM, YOU CAN ASK MR. DEVILLE, YOU CAN GET THEM BACK UP HERE.
OR MS. WESTMORELAND, THEY'LL TELL YOU, UM, PROVIDING PROPERTY, DOESN'T BUILD A SCHOOL AND IT DOESN'T STAFF AND PERPETUALLY PROVIDING PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T BUILD A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF HAD PERPETUALLY, THOSE ARE THE BIG DOLLAR EXPENSES.
SO I APPLAUD THE APPLICANT ON THEIR ABILITY TO, UH, HAVE SUCH A HIGH REVENUE.
THEY CAN JUST GIVE AWAY PROPERTY.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT PROMISE TO GIVE LAND DOESN'T COVER THE MAJOR COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED, UM, TO, TO REALLY UTILIZE THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED FROM DECEMBER SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE REASONS.
YEAH, JUST LAST WEEK, HE SAID, NOBODY'S REACHED OUT TO HIM AND, AND MENTIONED THAT TO HIM.
I THINK TONIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN OFFICIALLY STATED.
UH, AND I'LL GO A STEP FURTHER TO SAY THAT ON THAT MAP, IT SHOWS THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE RESERVED PIECES OF PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM COMING BACK AND SAYING, WE ACTUALLY DO WANT TO DO ANOTHER FILING AND, AND PUT, UH, HOUSING UNITS THERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND, BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S JUST A PROMISE THAT REALLY, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH, AND I THINK IT'S APPRECIATED, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T, UH, GO AS FAR AS IT NEEDS TO AS FAR.
AND I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO BUILD A SCHOOL AND BUILD A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BUILD A SHERIFF SUBSTATION.
I'M NOT, BUT I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT WHILE IT, WHILE IT LOOKS GOOD THAT THEY'RE OFFERING LAND, THE REALITY IS THAT SHOWCASES, UM, JUST HOW SHORT-SIGHTED IT IS BECAUSE THE REAL, THE REAL EXPENSE IS IN THE BUILDINGS AND STAFFING THOSE PERPETUALLY.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING FROM EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR AS STATED BEFORE SUCH HIGH PAY, THOUGH.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND I'D APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF DENYING THIS ONCE AGAIN.
NO, WE HAVE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
I WILL READ THOSE NAMES IN FOR THE RECORD TELLING YOU MILES, DAVID DAYTON, MARTY HUGHES, AMBER DIVERSITY, LEO
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AND ALICIA LATHAN.AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES OR REBUTTAL.
UM, THIS PIECE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT OR A PRELIMINARY PLAT IS WE CONSIDER BASICALLY A USE BY, RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE, IT DOES HAVE PROPER ZONING.
UH, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL.
IT IS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS TONIGHT FROM, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE DEALING WITH SCHOOLS, FIRE POLICE, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THAT THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF LOTS ALREADY OUT HERE, THERE'S THE PROBLEM.
THEIR CONCERNS ALREADY EXIST, WHETHER THAT IS ACCURATE OR NOT.
IT IS A CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT UP.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TRYING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION BY PROVIDING THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, 13.4, FOUR ACRES FOR THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES.
UM, COMMISSIONER HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE ON, I THINK, FRIDAY WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE BRAC REPORT THAT THE APPLICANT HAD, WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT THE TAXES THAT WOULD BE GENERATED FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, FOR THE FIRE, FOR THE CITY OF ZACHARY, UH, POLICE AND SO FORTH FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT TO OFFSET, UH, UH, PROPERTY OF DEVELOPMENT HERE.
UM, YOU HEARD SOMEONE TALK ABOUT WATER AND WATER PRESSURE AND THE ISSUES THERE.
THERE'S A WATER TOWER NEAR HERE.
THERE'S BATON ROUGE, WATER, UM, JUST INSTALLED A NEW LAWN BOARD UNDER, UH, THE DIVERSION CANAL.
SO THERE IS ADEQUATE WATER, ADEQUATE WATER PRESSURE.
THE OTHER THING EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HANDLE THESE LOTS NOW.
WELL, EVEN THE LOTS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED ACROSS THE STREET IN THE AREA IN THE REGION WERE APPROVED YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS, AND SO FORTH.
SAME AS WITH TRIVENTO, IT WILL TAKE 24 30 MONTHS BEFORE THE FIRST OCCUPANCY, UM, COMES TO FRUITION.
IT TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP THESE, UM, COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THESE COMMUNITIES OUT.
AS FAR AS NON 64, THAT IS A DOTD TYPE A DEAL TO THE HIGHWAY.
IT IS ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH.
DOTD VERY DILIGENTLY TO LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO FOR THIS TRAFFIC TURN LANES, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER THEY DEEM FIT FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO.
THIS IS STILL THE FIRST STEP OF MANY THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH FROM THE, FROM EVERYTHING FROM REGULATIONS TO STATE, PERISH AND SO FORTH.
SO WE HAVE DOTTED OUR I'S AND WE'VE CROSSED OUR T'S.
WE HAVE THE FINAL COMMISSION DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
WE MEET THE UDC LETTER OF THE LAW.
WE ASK HIM TONIGHT FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR ON MCGRAW.
CAN THE ENGINEER COME BACK UP PLEASE? OR ACTUALLY MAY, MAYBE HORTON'S QUESTION, BUT I'LL THROW THIS OUT.
WHICHEVER ONE WOULD, UH, UH, BE ABLE TO ANSWER, UH, THIS, THIS PROPERTY SHOWS NINE FILINGS, CORRECT? LISA? YES.
TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO AND SERIES OF FILINGS AND MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FILE THEM ALL AT ONCE.
THAT IS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP THEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP EACH OF THE NINE FILINGS.
IS THAT, IS THAT THE PLAN? YES, SIR.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FROM FIRST HOUSE TO LAST HOUSE? THE NINTH FILING? WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE LOOK AT YOUR PRE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND NINE YEARS, DEPENDING ON TOMORROW.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GOING TO POP UP ALL AT ONCE.
IF IT HAD, I WOULD HAVE SEEN LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WHERE YOU JUST, YOU HAVE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, WHICH WAS ABOUT 9 64, YOU JUST WENT AHEAD AND ANSWERED.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IN, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS,
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BUT I'VE HEARD THAT THERE WERE 3000 UNITS OUT THERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE INSIDE OF THE CITY OF ZACHARY AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF ZACHARY? I DID NOT KNOW.
THAT'S I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S ONE GOING ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, UM, AND, AND SO YOU, YOU, WE DON'T KNOW, OR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, I MEAN, I TAKE TRIVENTO OUT OF IT, BUT OF THOSE 3000.
THERE'S I THINK THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE SUBDIVISIONS ALONG 9 64 SOUTH OF ZACHARY, BUT I HAVE.
I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY, SORRY.
UH, THERE WAS TALK OF, AND I SEE ON THE REVISED PLAN THAT THERE ARE, UM, THERE WERE THREE SECTIONS, I THINK IT'S 13 ACRES.
SOMEONE SAID OF A PROPERTY GIVEN TO SCHOOLS AND, AND TO, OR DEDICATED TO SCHOOLS AND TO A FIRE STATION, INTO A POLICE.
UM, THOSE SITES ARE PROMISED, BUT I, I AGREE THAT THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT WE SEE OFTEN SOMEONE COMING BACK AND CHANGING A PLAN AND SAYING, WELL, WE DECIDED NOT TO USE THOSE.
IS THERE, IS THERE, I MEAN, IS THIS YOUR INTENT TO DONATE THAT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DONATE THAT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO BATON ROUGE FIRE OR TO ZACHARY? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT WAS THE PLANNING ON BEING DONATED TO THE PROPER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IT WOULD COME OUT OF, IT WOULD COME OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY.
IT WOULD NOT STAY IN YOUR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER BANKS, IF YOU CAN MOVE YOUR MIC CLOSER, UH, LOCATED IN MY DISTRICT.
AND, UM, FOR SURE, I HAVE BEEN A PROPONENT OF HAVING MIDDLE-CLASS HOUSING LOCATED IN DISTRICT TWO.
I EVER, I WAS THINKING MORE, UM, MORE SOUTH THAN NORTH, UH, OF MY DISTRICT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, I AM, UH, I WELCOME NEW NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO I HAVE MORE SO THAN I DID THE LAST TIME THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE, UM, PLANNING, I'VE REALLY TRIED TO, UM, DELVE INTO WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING AND LOOKING FOR ACCURACY.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, THOUGH I UNDERSTAND, I, I AGREE THAT IF YOU ARE UNDER SCHOOL BOARD OF ZACHARY, THAT SHOULD BE YOUR PRIORITY IF YOU ARE ON, UH, ZACHARY'S.
UM, AS, UH, LYELL SAID ON THE COUNCIL, THAT SHOULD BE, BUT I AM REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO.
SO THAT HAS TO BE MY PRIORITY.
AND HAVING SAID THAT, I STILL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS SUBDIVISION WOULD HAVE ON, UM, ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS JUST ANSWERED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVER 900 HOMES, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 900 HOMES BUILT ALL AT ONCE.
THEY ARE BUILT OVER NON-FAT FILING AND USUALLY, UM, THAT IS A FIVE TO 10 YEAR PROCESS.
AND BASED ON THE MARKET, YOU MAY NEVER EVEN GET TO THE 1000, UH, UM, YEAH, WELL ALMOST 900 HOMES, BUT I'M GOING TO GET DOWN INTO SOME OF THE, UM, SPECIFICS.
I DID REACH OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ZACHARY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND, UM, THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING HAD TO DO, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVERLOADING, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND RESPONSE WAS WHEN I TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WANTED TO KNOW HOW ARE THEY SUPPLEMENTED FINANCIALLY? AND, UM, BASED ON THE INFORMATION, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDING 100 HOMES AND THERE'S NO INCOME, NINE MEALS WILL BE ADDED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE HOMES.
UM, THESE HOMES RANGE ABOUT $250,000.
AND, UM, IT, SO BASED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE EACH ONE OF THESE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD BE ABOUT $160 A YEAR.
UH, IT ALSO INDICATES THAT EACH HOME WOULD PAY $32 IN SERVICE FEES.
SO THERE IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE ADDING HOMES AND YOU'RE NOT ADDING INCOME.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, THE SCHOOL AND WHAT I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
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IN IS FINDING OUT, UM, THE RATIO OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS VERSUS, UM, WHITES, BECAUSE OF SO MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT SHOWED RACISM, BIAS, PREJUDICE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICAN.PEOPLE WERE TALKING LIKE, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SECTION AID.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE FAMILIES, LENDED THAT'S GHETTO.
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS THIS, IS THIS ABOUT HOUSING? ART? IS IT ABOUT RACE? AND SO I REACHED, I WAS, I WAS EIGHT.
I, UM, ASKED, REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE RATIO AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE HE SAID HE DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN.
I ALSO ASKED HIM ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF EACH SCHOOL.
YOU SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OF EACH SCHOOL, AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PLAN OR HOW SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, CAUSE SAY THAT THERE'S AN OVERLOAD.
IF THE SUPERINTENDENT HIMSELF DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, WHAT THE CAPACITY IS.
UM, YOU SEND THAT AFTER 2 30, 2 40, I LEFT WORK AT TWO 40.
I WOULD ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, DON'T SPEAK UNLESS DIRECTLY ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I DID GO ON, ON SITE, UM, TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ENROLLMENT WAS AS OF 2020, I THINK 2022.
AND WHAT THE CAPACITY OF EACH ONE OF THE SCHOOLS, LET ME FIND THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SIX SCHOOLS, NORTHEAST ELAM, NORTHEAST ELEMENTERIES, UM, ZACHARY ELEMENTARY, COPPER MEALS, RAWLINS PRIMARY NORTHEAST MIDDLE I'LL HAVE A CAPACITY OF 1000 ZACK.
YOU SAID ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A CAPACITY OF 2000 BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT GAVE ME NORTHEAST ONLY HAS.
I MEAN, IS IT NOT THE WESTERN ELEMENT OR I'M SORRY, ONLY HAS 374 CHILDREN.
ZACHARY ELEMENTARY ONLY HAS 775.
A COPPER MEAL ONLY HAS 802, A ROLLINS PRIMARY WHERE MY GRANDDAUGHTER GOES ONLY HAS HUNDRED AND 25 NORTHWESTERN, MIDDLE HAS 873.
AND ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL HAS 1,645.
SO THEY AREN'T NEAR THE CAPACITY THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE BUILT FOR.
THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR GROWTH.
UM, NOW THE CHAMBER, ACCORDING TO PHELPS, AND I THINK THEIR NUMBERS, UM, PROBABLY WERE NOT CORRECT.
SO THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER INDICATED THAT EACH CHILD IN THE S IN THE ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE BRINGING IN REVENUE TO THAT DISTRICT OF 6,422, I, WHICH WAS ABOUT $4 MILLION A YEAR IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
UM, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION FROM A WEBSITE THAT, UM, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT.
IT INDICATES ON THE AVERAGE THAT THE CHILDREN THAT ATTEND ZACHARY HIGH SCHOOL IS BETWEEN 10,000 AND 12,000 PER STUDENT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT $4,000 MORE GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, NEVERTHELESS, I, I, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE THE VALIDITY ABOUT THE SCHOOL BEING OVERBURDENED.
I DON'T SEE THE VALIDITY REGARDING, UM, NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BASED ON HOW THAT'S CALCULATED FROM THIS ACCURATE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DO SEE WHERE, UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, MUTUAL AID WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ZACHARY THOUGH, UM, THIS SUBDIVISION IS SAYING THAT THEY WILL DONATE MONEY FOR A SCHOOL, WHICH IS A LONG WAY DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THERE STILL IS ROOM FOR MORE CHILDREN IN THEIR CURRENT BUILDINGS.
BUT, UM, IT ALSO ZACH, I MEAN, BAKER BAKER WILL BE BUILDING A FIRE STATION DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS SUBDIVISION.
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IT RELATES TO THE ZACHARY POLICE AND TALKING ABOUT THE CRIME, THIS WOULD NOT BE ZACHARY POLICE WILL NOT SERVICES COMMUNITY.IT WILL BE SERVICED BY THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
I DID CALL THEM TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THEY HAD AN, AN INCREASING CRIME IN THAT AREA, OR ANYWHERE ALONG 9 64 GROOM ROAD.
UM, THE ANSWER IS NO HARDLY ANY, UM, IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
NOW THIS WAS INITIALLY, UM, A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I CAME IN CON IN CA WHEN I WAS, UH, WHEN I WAS WHATEVER I WAS, WHEN I WAS ELECTED, THIS WAS SHOVEL-READY AND INDUSTRIAL.
BUT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT ALONG OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, THERE WAS AN OVERBURDEN OF INDUSTRY I HAVE ASKED, UM, THAT THAT'D BE A MORATORIUM ON INDUSTRY IN THAT AREA.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE CANCER ALLEY ALONG THAT AREA.
SO TO WELCOME HOUSING IS A GOOD THING FOR ME.
UM, I THINK THAT, THAT THIS, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE APPROVED, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY OTHER REASON, BUT I COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE ANY OF THE CLAIMS. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY OUR COMMUNITY WHEN I READ.
AND I W I REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO CALL EVERYBODY AND SAY HOW LONG YOU'VE LIVED IN ZACHARY, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S WHERE THE BANKS IS ARE FROM.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THE BANKSTERS WERE ON, WERE SLAVES ON PLANTATION, ALSO COUNTY, I MEAN, CARNEY CHENEY, BILL PLANTATION THE SQUARES ON MY MOM'S SIDE.
I THINK IF THERE'S ANYBODY TO TALK ABOUT OUR, I WOULD BE THE HOUR.
UM, I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM, FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A COMMENT FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
I, I WANT TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS BECAUSE, UH, IF, IF COMMISSIONER BANKS HADN'T MADE THE MOTION I WAS GOING TO DO, I DO THIS WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE, BECAUSE I'VE LISTENED TO WHAT ZACHARY HAS HAD TO SAY.
ALTHOUGH I PERSONALLY, HAVEN'T REACHED OUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, THE FACTORS I HAVE HERE, AND TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS, WHOSE DISTRICT THIS IS IN, UM, CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT TO MY MIND WITH THIS, WITH THIS, UM, THIS, UH, UH, THIS CASE.
BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BUILT OVER 10 YEARS OR SIX YEARS, OR EVEN FIVE OR SIX, UM, IS TO ME, YOU KNOW, AND I DEAL WITH THIS FAIRLY REGULARLY, THESE THINGS DON'T JUST POP UP.
THEY TAKE TIME TO BUILD, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE APPROVED AND YOU'VE GOT NO HEADACHES AND HEARTACHES, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST APPEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T, WE DON'T APPROVE IT.
AND ALL THE BULLDOZERS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AND HOUSES APPEAR IN A WEEK OR TWO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.
AND THAT ALLOWS ZACHARY OR WHOEVER'S THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OR WHEREVER IT'S THE WATER SYSTEM EVER THE POLICE TO RESPOND TO THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT IF THE, IF THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO DEDICATE THOSE PROPERTIES TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT SAYS A LOT THAT SAYS A LOT TO ME, THAT THIS GOING FORWARD.
AND I REMEMBER BACK MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS ALMOST REQUIRED THAT YOU DO THAT, THAT THE LARGE SUBDIVISION CAME IN AND YOU WOULD THESE THINGS.
UM, I SAW A LOT OF THE EMAILS THAT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS SAW, AND, UM, I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY SOME OF THE, UH, THE WORDING.
I KNOW THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE, AND I KNOW PEOPLE GET VERY EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED IN IT, BUT SOME OF IT WAS FAIRLY, UM, NOT SOMETHING I THINK WOULD NOT SOMETHING I THINK REPRESENTS THE CITY OF ZACHARY.
AND I KNOW IT DOESN'T, BUT THOSE COMMENTS WERE MADE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS, UM, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM THAT MOTION'S BEEN SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT COMMISSIONER? I HAVE A COMMENT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A, A NOTATION ON THE BOTTOM OF OUR GENDER THAT INDICATED THAT THIS ITEM MIGHT WARRANT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO HAVE SOME THINGS DISCUSSED.
AND I, BEFORE I MOVED FORWARD ON IT, I LIKED TO KIND OF HEAR WHAT THAT MIGHT VERY WELL BE.
WELL, THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS AN ERROR ON MY PART.
THERE WAS A PROPERLY ADVERTISED, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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AS I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.UM, I ALSO HAVE, SINCE I'VE HAD THAT OPEN FLOOR NOW, MR. ATTORNEY, UM, THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE, I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ENGINEER WHOEVER REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN EACH, SINCE YOU'RE THE ENGINEER, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
I DID WANT TO KNOW IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURES OF SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.
UM, I HEARD COMMENTS IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARKING ON THE STREETS AT ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.
AND I DID KIND OF DRESS A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME, BUT I WANT TO HEAR IT, YOU KNOW, HOW DID Y'ALL PLAN ON ADDRESSING THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT, WHERE IT COULD GAIN MINIMIZE ITS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS? AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS LOOKED AT AND YOU ADDRESSED IN YOUR, UM, UM, DESIGN ASPECTS OF IT THAT YOU HAD, YOU'RE DOING THE PROPERTIES IT'S COMMISSIONER.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE, AT THE, UH, LAYOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS PUT, UM, THE BOULEVARD IN THE MAIN BAR AND WE MADE THOSE, UH, MIRANDA ROAD SECTIONS WIDE ENOUGH WHERE A CAR COULD PARK AND GET AROUND.
WE'VE ALSO TOOK THE, UH, THE ROADS WERE FROM, I THINK THERE WERE 24 FEET ORIGINALLY WIDEN THEM TO 27 FEET BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS.
AND SO WE DIDN'T MAKE ALL THE ROADS, A LITTLE WATER THAN THE MINIMAL ABSOLUTE REQUIRED.
AND IN SOME AREAS, SOME AREAS WE MET THE CODE, BUT WE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DID HAVE CARS IN THERE THAT WE COULD GET AROUND.
I ALSO, UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I NEED FROM YOU.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE, I THINK IT'S MR. WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE OR THE SUPERINTENDENT COME FORWARD AGAIN, PLEASE.
AGAIN, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE ADDRESSED, AND I SAW YOU MADE A RESPONSE IN THE BACK, AND I KIND OF LIKED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND WHEN THEY DO THAT.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY WHO THINKS THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD TO THE DEBATE WITHOUT HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
BUT IT DID WANT TO ASK THAT REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR SITE IT'S ANY SCHOOL THAT BUILDS IN OR ANY PROPERTIES THAT BUILD IN THE CONTIGUOUS AREA OF ZACHARY, THE STUDENT HAS A RIGHT TO COME TO YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IF THEY LIVE IN THE ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY ARE, OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY GO TO EVERY SCHOOL.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE A PRE-K CENTER.
WE HAVE A KINDERGARTEN CENTER, WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND GRADE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL.
SO EVERY CHILD GOES THROUGH EVERY SCHOOL.
AND SO, SO OUR SCHOOLS ARE SORT OF CENTRALLY LOCATED SO WE CAN DELIVER THOSE KIDS FROM ANYWHERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, TO A CENTRAL LOCATION, MEANING THAT'S WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE.
IF WE BUILD A SCHOOL IN THIS AREA, IT'S ON THE FAR SOUTH CORNER.
AND THAT MEANS THAT EVERY SCHOOL BUS AND WE HAVE 78 SCHOOL BUSES, EVERY SCHOOL BUS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL DOWN 9 64, 2 LANE HIGHWAY EVERY DAY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO STOP TRAFFIC ON 9 64 TO GET THE BUSES OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND I'M ASKING, IT'S KIND OF ASKING THAT QUESTION CAUSE I LIVE IN ZACHARY AS WELL, AND MY KIDS DON'T ATTEND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
IT'S AN ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF HOW IT WORKS.
I KNOW THAT, BUT MY KIDS DOES NOT GO THERE.
AND OF COURSE, I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO ANYBODY IN THE ZACHARY AND I HAVE ZACHARY ZACHARY'S ADDRESS.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE MISLED OR WHERE, RIGHT WHERE I PHYSICALLY LIVE.
BUT I WAS ONLY ASKING THAT IT'S ANY PERSON IN THE ZACHARY PERIPHERAL.
IT CAN ATTEND THE ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, BECAUSE I HEAR THE CAUGHT A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WERE BOTH RAISED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC, THE CONCERN OF THE IMPACT ON THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THOSE THINGS ALIKE.
AND CERTAINLY THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT I TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WHEN I MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER THIS OF THESE PROJECTS SHOULD NOT BE, IT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED.
THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION.
SO AGAIN, ANY ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN THE, WHETHER IT'S IN AN UNINCORPORATED, CAUSE THIS IS THE PART OF THE UNINCORPORATED ZACHARY AREA.
THIS IS NOT EXACT RISK PRINCIPLE.
THIS IS, THIS IS ONLY UNINCORPORATED PART OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS WHAT THIS IS INCLUDING OF THE HIGHWAYS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS GOING TO TAKEN CARE OF MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AS, AS A UNIT, I DID HAVE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE APPROVE THINGS AND DON'T SEND ANY MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND I ALMOST WANTED TO SAY, WE NEED TO SEND YOU SOME MORE MONEY LOUD SO WE CAN GET THAT UP OUT OF THE WAY FIRST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK COUNCIL AND BANKS, AGAIN, POINTED OUT THAT A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE NOT YET REACHED
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CAPACITY AND THAT'S NOT, I GUESS THAT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO, UH, IN TERMS OF YORK YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER WHAT YOU ARE IN CAPACITY.UH, SO AGAIN, UM, ANYBODY WHO IN THE GENERAL AREA ZACHARY CAN ATTEND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
TH THERE, THERE IS A BOUNDARY OF SACARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THAT BOUNDARY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE WITH BAKER ADDRESSES, JACKSON ADDRESSES, ZACHARY ADDRESSES.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH ZACHARY ADDRESSES THAT ARE NOT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S, IT'S A BOUNDARY SITUATION.
SO IF YOU'RE IN, WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES, YOU CAN ATTEND THE ZACHARY SCHOOL.
AND HOW FAR HAVE YOU BOUNDARIES GO UP? SCENIC HIGHWAY.
CAUSE THIS IS BROUGHT ANOTHER SIDE OF SCENIC AND, AND GROWN ROAD.
HOW FAR ARE YOU BOUND? BECAUSE I ALMOST THOUGHT AT FIRST THIS WOULD BE IN THE BAKER SCHOOL SOUTH ACTUALLY, UH, ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, OUR PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY FOR ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE, I GUESS THE WEST SIDE OF 9 64.
IF YOU GO IN NORTH THAT WHOLE AREA TO THE LEFT.
IT WILL START AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
GROOM ROAD SOUTH IS NOT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ON THE, THE LINE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
SO COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER HILL.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, I DO HAVE A, UH, A BIT OF A COMMENT.
I THINK WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UH, THEIR VOICE HAS WEIGHT.
UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE POLICE, WE'VE HEARD FROM FIRE.
WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM PLANNING DISTRICTS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THE DIVORCE HAS WEIGHED IN AND THEY HAVE A CONCERN OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PUBLIC WELFARE.
I THINK AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, WE'RE CHARGED WITH PLANNING OUT, UM, HOW, UM, UH, AREA GETS LAID OUT, HOW OUR PARISH GETS LAID OUT, HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMES ALONG, UH, HOW THINGS ARE ZONE.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME.
IT WOULD TAKE TO BUILD THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHAT I REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO IS THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THAT.
YOU DON'T BUILD A ROAD OVERNIGHT.
IF WE WERE TO START TODAY TO MODIFY AND EXPAND THE ROAD THAT SUPPORTS THIS SUBDIVISION, IT WOULD TAKE US FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT'S COMPLETED.
IF EVERYTHING WENT LAWLESS AND, AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE LOST NO MATTER IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO GO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM OR MODIFY A SCHOOL BUILDING, IT WOULD TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO GET THERE.
IF WE WERE TO BUILD ANOTHER POLICE STATION, IT WILL TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO GET THERE.
SO THE THOUGHT OF HAVING, UM, THESE HOMES IN PLACE AND THEN HAVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE CATCH UP TO IT IS A THOUGHT, I JUST, I'M JUST NOT CONVINCED.
AND I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT PLANNING, LONG-TERM PLAN PLANNING, FUTURE BR, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO INTEGRATE INTO THOSE STORES, THE TIMING OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A GOOD SUCCESSFUL CITY AND PARISH.
UM, AND THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE MY THOUGHTS.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED THE, THE MEMBERS WHO SPOKE TONIGHT TO, TO KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE HAS WEIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
IF, UH, IF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, CALL YOU TO SPEAK AND YOU BEING, UH, I'LL I'LL CALL LORD, AM I FIRST OFF? I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANY COMMENTS ON RACISM.
IT IS HURTFUL CAUSE WE'VE REALLY TRIED AS A COMMUNITY TO BE UNITED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UM, SO I APOLOGIZE IF THAT OFFENDED ANYBODY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER GROUTS COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE HOMES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PRODUCTION.
CAUSE I RAN THOSE NUMBERS, UM, INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVED ABOUT 2000 HOMES, 235, OR JUST
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THIS YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL 200 THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF OUR, UM, CITY LIMITS.UM, ACTUALLY I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING BACK TO INSIDE.
WE JUST APPROVED A HUNDRED SIXTY, SIXTY THREE TOWNHOMES 62 HOMES OFF OF MUNSON 82 TOWNHOMES OFF OF MONTAGUE, YOU OR BOB MODEM DRIVE, WHICHEVER I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT ONE IS.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 27 HOMES IN PRODUCTION OR BEEN APPROVED IN OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY.
SO WHEN YOU SAY OUR SCHOOLS HAVE LOTS OF CAPACITY LEFT IN THEM, THEY PROBABLY DO.
SO THESE HOMES RIGHT HERE ARE IN OUR DISTRICTS, THEY'RE IN OUR CITY.
WE ALMOST HAVE TO TAKE THEM IF THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND MOST OF THESE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR WAIVERS, INCLUDING DR.
HORTON HOMES AND DSLD AND ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COME IN.
WE ARE STRICT ABOUT OUR STUFF OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
WE HAVE 124 HOMES RIGHT NOW THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THESE PEOPLE SITTING IN FRONT OF US.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT 900 MORE HOMES ON TOP OF THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE UNDERSTANDING THE MAGNITUDE OF NON 64 WHEN SUPERINTENDENT DEVALUE.
I SAID THAT EVERY KID, EVERY SCHOOL BUS GOES TO EVERY SCHOOL.
THAT MEANS EVERY BUS HAS GONE DOWN NON 64 FROM ALL THESE.
SO DIVISIONS 1374 PLUS 900 HOMES ALL HAVE TO EXIT AND GO THIS WAY.
IT'S I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A CATASTROPHE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
AND YET IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY ALL ARE GOING TO BE BUILT IN FIVE YEARS.
SO IF WE TAKE ALL THESE HOMES, 2274 AND DIVIDE THAT BY FIVE YEARS, LET'S LOOK AND SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU.
SO DIVISIONS TO BUILD WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, DR.
HORTON BUILT 200 AND SOMETHING HOMES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND PROBABLY A YEAR.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALCULATE ALL OF THIS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
I PAY TAXES TO THE PARISH, NONE OF THIS MONEY, DESPITE WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TODAY COMES TO REPAIR OUR ROADS.
SO YOU HAVE TO DRIVE TO OUR CITY, EVERY BUS IS GOING TO GO MULTIPLE TIMES ON OUR ROADS FROM OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
HAVE Y'ALL DEALT WITH THE STATE OR DOTD ABOUT GETTING A ROAD.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO GET ONE TURN LANE PUT IN RIGHT THERE ON NON 64.
I KNOW IT'S ALL OVER THE PARISH.
IT'S ALL OVER THE STATE, BUT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE JUST SAY NOT TODAY, NOT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE PUTTING OUR CITY IN A REALLY BAD POSITION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR ABOUT 9 64 AND GIVE US A GROUT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HOW MANY HOMES ARE OUT THERE.
COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
IF YOU'RE THE FLORIDA COMMISSIONER BANKS, SHE HAS A, SHE HAS A COMMENT ALSO.
SO AT MY MIND, AS A COMMENT YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO LORI.
I'LL LET YOU I'LL YOU WHICH ONE? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE 2000 HOMES BETWEEN FOUNTAIN VIEW AND MEADOWVIEW THAT THESE ARE ALL INSIDE CITY LIMITS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 1,374 HOMES.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN.
THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS 1374, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW.
AND THEN INSIDE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 27 HOMES, INCLUDING TOWNHOMES 2,700.
I WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING WITH THESE.
WE ARE SUCH AT A HANDICAP WITH THIS CITY IN THE PARIS ROLLINS ROAD.
WE JUST APPROVED A FEW HOMES AND WE'RE AT WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THEM TO REPAIR THAT ROAD.
SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
NO, UM, NO, I HAVEN'T MADE MY MONEY.
I'M MAKING A COMMENT AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, HAS BEEN SAID TONIGHT, I'M HEARING BOTH SIDES AND IT'S VERY CONFLICTING.
I DO LIVE IN ZACHARY AND I DO KNOW THE PAINS THAT, UM, OUR CITY DOES FACE AS IT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HAD MADE A COUPLE COMMENTS MYSELF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR ROADS AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS PASSED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CITY AND CITY AND YOU KNOW HOW SOME CITIES ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FUNDS AND YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS ALSO SAID A FEW THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SMART GROWTH AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT CONNOTATIONS AND IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SMART GROWTH IS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT IS, IS A VERY HUGE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT DOES TAKE A, YOU KNOW, A WHILE, UM, FOR IT TO COME
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FORTH.HOWEVER, JUST AS ARE MY COLLEAGUE, UM, MR. HILL HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
AND, UM, WITH BOTH SIDES BEING SAID, I AM CONFLICTED, BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND I'M GOING TO DENY, UM, THIS APPLICATION, OKAY.
THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL OBJECTIONS, OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS AND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT AND COMMISSIONER BANKS.
YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT, UH, COMMISSIONER BURNS.
COULD YOU GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION OR AROUND BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT, THERE ARE NOT HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM AROUND THE SUBDIVISION AND IT'S WORTH MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE SUBDIVISION AS RESIDENTS GET OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION AND ON TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY PARIS.
SO OF COURSE BEING THAT IT IS MY DISTRICT.
I'M FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING WITH THAT AS IT RELATES TO GROOM ROAD, THERE IS NOT BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE NO RESIDENTS.
THERE'S NOT AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM.
A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S, UM, OTHER THAN, UH, FARTHER DOWN, BUT THIS ADDS FOUR LANES AND ATTORNEY LANE, UM, ALSO ON OH, SCENIC HIGHWAY, THERE ARE PLANS FOR THAT TO BE FOUR LANES ANYWAY, AND THERE'S ALSO LIGHTING THAT SUPPOSED TO BE INPUT FROM, UM, SOME OF THE STREETS LIKE RACE MEYER FROM ALLISON ALL THE WAY UP TO BAKER, BECAUSE THIS IS MY DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT YOU ALL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THAT I KNOW ABOUT, UM, IN EVERY COMMUNITY WHERE YOU'RE GROWING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC.
THERE IS A MAJOR PLANK ROAD, UH, PROJECT GOING ON AND IT'S A PARKING LOT ON PLANK ROAD AT FOUR AND FIVE.
I GO EVERY DAY, PARTYING BOULEVARD, YOU DON'T CLOSE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BECAUSE AT FIVE O'CLOCK, IT'S THE PARKING LOT.
YOU DIDN'T CLOSE THE INTERSTATE LEADING TO HARDING BOULEVARD BECAUSE IT'S A PARKING LOT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SMART GROWTH, SMART BENEFITS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY, WHO'S NOT PLANNING FOR THE GROWTH THAT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR, THIS, THIS PLAN IS ON.
THEY COULD WORK WITH THEM, BUT THAT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THE WAY THIS THE, I REMEMBER IT'S SO GOOD TO BE THE OLIN FROM AREAS THAT ZACHARY CHOSE, THE WAY THEY DO THEIR SCHOOLS TO HAVE CERTAIN LEVELS PER GRADE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST HAVE A ZACHARY.
WHAT IS IT? ROLLINS ELEMENTOR TO BE FOR FABRIC? THAT MIGHT BE PART OF SOMETHING THEY NEED TO LOOK AT AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM BASED ON GRADE LEVEL.
THAT WAS FINE WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF KIDS.
THAT WAS FINE WHEN YOU DID NOT HAVE CENTRAL BAKER, SKYLAND BILL, ALL THOSE CHILDREN COMING TO ZACHARY, BUT JUST ZACHARY, BUT IT'S A NEW DAY.
IT'S GROWING PEOPLE ON YOUR POTENTIAL.
WE ARE BRAGGING ABOUT THE GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS. AND YOU'RE NOT STOPPING THAT DEVELOPMENT, THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND NO OTHER.
SO TO SAY, AND THE FACT THAT ZACHARY APPROVED 2,700 HOME.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO US, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND WE ALL WE DIDN'T DO, BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A PROVEN HALF THAT NUMBER.
I KNOW MY DISTRICT I'VE STARTED THIS INFORMATION AND IF THEY WANT TO BE SMART, THEN THEY NEED TO GET WITH WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? CAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP.
YOU DON'T GET MAD BECAUSE YOU STAY, YOU SAT IN TRAFFIC A FEW MINUTES.
YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
YOU DON'T STOP A DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THAT DOING, UH, DOING ONLY 107 HOUSES PER TIME, THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN GET TO THAT 107 Y BEYOND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE FACTS, WHEN YOU HAVEN'T STUDIED THE AREA, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT.
THIS IS ABOUT BAKER DISTRICT TWO IN BAKER.
AGAIN, WE SHOULD APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
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OKAY.CALL FOR THE QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
SO, SO THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
I BELIEVE IT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
I BELIEVE WE RECOGNIZED AT LEAST TWO OBJECTIONS.
THE FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, THE SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR HOLCOMB TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND THE MOTION, UH, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY IS TO DENY THE ITEM.
THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO DENY THE ITEM.
UH, IT'S UH, IT'S BEEN A TOUCHY SUBJECT.
UH, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TESTIMONY GIVEN ON BOTH SIDES.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ENGINEER AND THE APPLICANT HAVE ALSO GIVEN A LOT OF TESTIMONY, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I, AT THIS TIME, WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT POP UP OVERNIGHT, IT IS A SIZABLE DEVELOPMENT.
I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT AND THAT, AND FOR THAT REASON, I CAN NOT SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME.
SO MY VOTE WOULD BE YES TO DENY THE ISLAND.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BANKS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GROUT AND DO A ROLL CALL.
STARTING WITH CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.
THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE TO FOUR.
[COMMUNICATIONS]
COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.
BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST.
ALSO, I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER
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CLIFF, GROUND AND COMMISSIONER KELVIN HILL BOAST WHO CELEBRATED BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH.THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER HILL.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSION AS COMMENTS I'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, CONGRATULATING OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
UH, CAROLINE MORRIS WAS A PLANNER IN THE SITE PLAN AND PLANT DIVISION.
CAROLINE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB LEARNING THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN HER NEW POSITION.
CAROLINE HAS READILY ACCEPTED ANY TASK THAT SHE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, EXPRESSING HER DESIRE TO LEARN MORE AND BECOME A QUOTE UNQUOTE MORE VALUABLE EMPLOYEE, HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST OTHERS THAT MADE HER A VERY VALUABLE EMPLOYEE IN ALL OF HER ASSIGNMENTS.
CAROLINE DISPLAYS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WORKS TO ENSURE TASKS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME.
SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM.
PLEASE JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATE AND CAROLINE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION YOU HAVE NOT? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOST IMPORTANT MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO ELLA? THE SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROTTO THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING ON THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.