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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.AND WELCOME TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING ON THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022.
I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
DO WE HAVE A FORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM ITEM.
ONE FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE WHO IT WAS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE ONE, SECTION ONE DOT C NINE, AND SECTION ONE.SEVEN, EIGHT OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRE TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND COMPLETE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING USING THE ONE OF THE MONITORS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BY FILLING OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD, INDICATING WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AND PLACING THE DESIGNATED LOCATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS COMPLETED THE CARD WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO DESIGNATED BY THE PRO TEMP WISH TONIGHT IS THREE MINUTES.
EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THE PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK FIRST.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS, TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
THE PROPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO THREE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTION TO MAKE COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW, BUT ARE URGED TO COOPERATE IN AN EFFORT TO SPEND NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES ON THE ZONING CASE.
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ITEM ONE, PA DASH TWO DASH 22 1 0 2 6 0 PICU LANE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PEAKY LANE, SOUTH TO PERKINS ROAD, ROUTE THREE, EXCUSE ME.IN DISTRICT THREE, ROUTED GOATEE COMMISSION ACTION TO APPROVE EIGHT TO ONE.
UH, WE NEED EIGHT BOLTS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO GO, UH, TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, UH, CHRIS EDDIE.
BEFORE YOU SPEAK, MR. ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? NO, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY TO COME HERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST? OKAY.
I LIVE AT TEN ONE TEN PICU LANE.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 18 YEARS.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST OF JOE, WRONG TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, HIS PROPERTY FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ORDER TO SUBDIVIDE INTO A MAXIMUM FIVE LOTS, I CONSIDER THE ERIC THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA TO BE SUBURBAN VERSUS RURAL.
IF YOU REVIEW THE PROPERTY DETAILS ON THE EASTBOUND REZONING MAP, JOE'S PROPERTY IS ZONED RURAL EXISTING WITH AN EXISTING LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS PROPERTY IN KENSINGTON, THE STATES AND PICO STATES IS ALSO A ZONE RURAL WITH AN EXISTING LAND USE CLASSIFICATION OF LOW DENSITY.
RESIDENTIAL WAS DESIGNED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING AS THE PREDOMINANT LAND USE.
AND HAS A CLASSIFICATION DEFINED AS A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 7.9 DWELLINGS PER UNIT AS A PROPERTY OWNER ON PQ LANE, I WOULD, I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE DEVELOPMENT OF NICE HIGH-END SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL LOTS AS OPPOSED TO ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
I WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT BY ALLOWING THIS TO BE APPROVED, IT WOULD FACILITATE THE FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE BLIGHTED PROPERTY ON PQ LANE.
AND IN TURN THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL LOTS WOULD, IN MY OPINION, ADD VALUE AND CREATE A MORE CONDUCIVE AND ATTRACTIVE APPEAL TO THE AREA.
AGAIN, JOE'S PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SURROUNDED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE WORLD WITH EXISTING LAND USE AS LOW RISK, LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, JUST LIKE JOE'S AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL LOTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 60 BY 120 TO 150.
SOME ARE, SOME ARE LARGER, SOME ARE SMALLER.
AND IN MY OPINION, HE FALLS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE REZONING REQUESTS.
AND THEREFORE I ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
I LIVE AT 1 0 5 3 2 PICO LANE AND, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, UM, SO, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL FIVE DEVELOPMENT BLOTS, I LIVE ON PQ AND I THINK IT WOULD MAKE THE WHOLE STREET, BUT IT'S JUST A STREET, BUT LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD MORE APPEALING.
UH, I INHERITED A HOUSE ON 3.2 ACRES, AND IT'S JUST CAVEMAN THINKING THAT WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, MAKE EVERYTHING MORE APPEALING HOUSES AND, AND, AND HAVE NICER HOUSES BECAUSE THE HOUSE I LIVE IN IS 1980 AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE SAME THING.
IT'S LIKE A TEAR DOWN HOUSE AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING TO THE PROPERTY,
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BUT EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED TO THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF MAKING THE AREA MORE BEAUTIFUL AND NICER HOUSES.UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEIR FOUR LANE AND, UH, PERKINS THEY'VE, UH, ADDED ALL KINDS OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS AND ENERGY AND A LOT OF BIG BUILDINGS, BUT, UH, ON THE STREET WE'RE UP, THEY WERE POSING, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR STREET TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING.
AND I THINK IT, UH, THE HOUSE THAT THEY WOULD TEAR DOWN AS THE OLD HOUSE, THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT MORE APPEALING WITH FIVE, UH, MORE MODERN HOUSES AND ACROSS THE STREET, THEY JUST BUILT THE, A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A VERY NICE HOUSES AND IT MAKES THE LAND VALUE GO UP IN VALUE.
UM, MR. JOSEPH, THE THIRD GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY 20 YEARS AGO.
AND AT THAT TIME WE, UM, DIRECTLY TO OUR NORTH, WE HAD 21 ACRES OF WOODED AREA.
UM, BEHIND US, WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, 50 ACRES OF WOODED AREA AND ACROSS PERKINS AND PICU, THERE WAS A HUNDRED ACRES OF WOODED AREA.
ALL THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY ACROSS PERKINS ROAD ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PERKINS PICO INTERSECTION.
UM, THERE'S TWO, FIVE STORY BUILDINGS WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, THE ACRES TO THE NORTHEAST OF PERKINS PICU LANE INTERSECTION.
NOW, PENN, IT CONTAINS A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING, THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNERS.
LOTS AT PERKINS PERKINS ROAD, UH, PICU LANE INTERSECTION ARE LISTED FOR SALE AND UNBELIEVING.
THEY WILL GO, UH, TO A COMMERCIAL END-USE.
THERE'S ALSO A NEW INTERSECTION BETWEEN ITIN AND PICU AS BEING CAUSE.
UH, I ATTENDED PQ LANE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF PICU LANE TO A FOUR LANE ROAD.
AND UNDERSTANDABLY THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED ON PICU, UM, FOR MANY REASONS.
UM, BUT I GUESS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE, BUT I JUST RELAYED TO YOU.
EVERYTHING IS INGRAINED RIGHT HERE AND HERE.
AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S THIS IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES TO FIVE STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS, A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING ANOTHER TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
AND THESE TWO LOTS RIGHT HERE, PROBABLY GOING TO GO TO COMMERCIAL END-USE SINCE WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THE DIRECTLY ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT, 83%, UM, OF THOSE LOTS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
IF YOU GO A LITTLE FARTHER OUT AND YOU INCLUDE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE OF LANE STATES, 78% OF THESE LOTS ARE LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
UM, THIS IS IN LARGE VIEW FROM THE ASSESSOR'S MAP OF EAST LOT ACROSS THE STREET.
THESE ARE THE LOTS ON CAMDEN DRIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOME.
AND THIS IS AT THE END OF PERKINS AND PICU.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER FOUR LIGHTS THAT ARE HALF AN ACRE.
UM, WELL ONCE WOULD WALK OUT OF MY BACK DOOR AND BE SURROUNDED BY WOODS.
I NOW HAVE FIVE RESIDENCES LOOKING INTO MY BACKYARD, 30 SECONDS ON THE NORTH.
I HAVE A TWO STORY HOUSE LOOKING INTO MY BACKYARD.
I HAVE A, A NURSERY THAT I'VE BEEN CO-EXISTING WITH FOR 20 YEARS.
I FEEL LIKE I LIVE ON, UM, AN INTERIOR VACANT LOT IN THE CITY.
MORE SO THAN A RURAL PIECE OF 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.
I'M TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR AREA AND I'M SIMPLY ABIDING BY THOSE PARAMETERS PROVIDED IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
YOU'LL GET THREE MINUTES TO AFTER ALL OF THE SPEAKERS IN OPPOSITION HAVE SPOKEN NEXT.
BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
JOE'S GOT THREE ACRES AND HE WANTS TO DO FIVE, FIVE LAWS.
HE CAN DO FIVE LOTS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANYBODY'S PERMISSION, HE CAN DO FIVE LOTS AND HE'LL HAVE FIVE DRIVEWAYS ON PICU LANE.
THAT'S GONNA HURT TRACK FIVE A LOT ON PICU LANE.
Y'ALL GUYS RE I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, FIVE LOTS WITH FIVE DRIVEWAYS.
ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS TAKE FIVE LOTS AND TURN THEM.
SO HE HAS ONE DRIVE, A PRIVATE DRIVE.
IT'S NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS.
ALL THIS HAS BEEN HASHED OUT, DOWN AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT PASSED THE, THESE ARE MY NEIGHBORS.
SOME OF THEM ARE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY DREDGE THE REST OF THEM UP, BUT I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT US OR THEM I'M
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FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THIS GUY WANTS TO PUT IN FIVE LOTS.THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOMES.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, IT'S NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE AND THEY'RE BUILDING AN OFF RAMP ON THE INTERSTATE, LIKE LESS THAN A MILE FROM HERE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GREEN ACRES HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS OCCURRING.
UM, THIS, THIS SERIOUSLY, I KNOW IT PUTS MANY OF YOU ALL IN A BAD SPOT BECAUSE YOU SAY, OH, WELL, I GOT TO VOTE THIS WAY OR VOTE THAT WAY AND ALL, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S THREE ACRES IN FIVE HOUSES.
THIS IS NOT GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD.
UM, I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER.
I HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE GROWTH COALITION FOR TWO YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.
I'M NO LONGER ACTIVELY DOING THAT.
I'VE COME DOWN HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN THIS AND IT'S REALLY NICE HERE NOW, BUT IT'S THE SAME STORY THAT'S HAPPENED IN HAPPENED AND HAPPENED.
IT'S CERTAINLY UP TO Y'ALL'S WISDOM TO DECIDE.
AND I REALIZED THAT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE POSED.
WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, THE MALL, EVERYTHING, BUT THEY COME AND IT'S GREAT.
IT'S GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT INCREASES TAXES.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS SERIOUSLY.
IT'S, IT'S FIVE LOTS ON THREE ACRES.
AND HIS OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO PUT FIVE DRIVEWAYS.
I JUST, I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOOD FOR THINGS.
AND, AND HE'S NEXT TO A NURSERY.
THE TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE JOINING PROPERTY.
OH, IT'S A NONCONFORMING USE OR WHATEVER SURE IT IS, BUT IT'S IN THERE AND IT'S A NURSERY.
HE'S GOT A DUMPSTER RIGHT NEXT TO HIS DRIVEWAY.
AND, UM, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERTAINING ALL THIS, AND I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING, EVEN WITH ALL THIS GOING ON.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ONE? ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AS DEAN WHOLE TART AND NOW W AND MARY BERGERON WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
NOW FIRST UP IS PAULA JACKSON, OR DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR WITH COOK? COME ON DOWN, SIR.
MY NAME IS DEAN HOTEL, PO BOX 700 TO PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA.
I'M ACTUALLY OPEN TO BUY ONE OF THESE LOTS FROM MR. BAZRAH AND, UH, MY WIFE HAD HER HEART SET ON THE CORNER OF PICU AND PERKINS SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHEN THEY DID THAT SAME EXACT DEVELOPMENT LIKE MR. BADGER WAS TRYING TO DO, BUT WE COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE FUNDS AT THAT TIME.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE, BECAUSE THAT PROPERTY HAS PROBABLY DOUBLED IN VALUE.
THE ONE ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
WE WANT IT TO GET A LOT OVER THERE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN THAT ROOM WAS DONE.
BUT THE LOT THAT WE WANTED WAS ALREADY BOUGHT.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET IN EARLY ON THIS ONE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE DOING THE SAME THING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TWICE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND JUST DOWN THE STREET SO THAT WE CAN RELOCATE THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, PAULA JACKSON.
MY NAME IS PAULA HARROLSON JACKSON.
I RESIDE AT 5 2, 2 OH HIGHLAND ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF PQ AND HIGHLAND ROAD.
I WISH TO THANK THE METRO COUNCIL FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OPPOSING, AMENDING OF THE PROPER HINTS OF LAND USE FOR AGRICULTURAL RULE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PICU LANG MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND CARELESS ROAD USERS.
IF THE LAND USE HAS CHANGED, WE BELIEVE THIS EXCEPTION WILL CAUSE A DOMINO EFFECT FOR INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC INCIDENTS.
THIS CHANGE WILL CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 31 ADDITIONAL HOMES AND POTENTIALLY AN INCREASE OF 62 CARS OR MORE TRAVELING ON THE STRETCH OF PQ BETWEEN HIGHLAND ROAD AND PERKINS.
THIS CORRIDOR PICU IS NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT DENSITY OF TRAFFIC.
THE INTERSECTION OF PICO HIGHLAND AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS CONSIDERED BY THE STATE, THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND SOME STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC INCIDENT IS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE.
I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THE NUMBER I HAVE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED AT MY FRONT YARD.
EVEN THE DEATH OF ONE YOUNG MAN, THE CAUSE OR THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC SUNSHINE, SLOW DOWN DISTRACTED DRIVERS, THE CURVE OF THE ROAD, THE ENTRANCE TIP A HALA SUBDIVISION, SPEEDING RAIN AND REGULAR FLOODING.
I UNDERSTAND THE IT, I TEND PQ INTERCHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON AND TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW INTERCHANGE.
I BELIEVE WITH THE OPENING OF THIS INTERCHANGE, IT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ALONG THIS CORRIDOR OF PICU, PUTTING PUBLIC SAFETY AT RISK.
ALSO WITH THE LOCATION OF THE NURSERY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENCES WERE OVER THE ROAD TRUCKS, DELIVERING PLANTS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN ELECTRICAL WIRES, GETTING THEIR FRONT AND BACK WHEEL STUCK IN THE DITCHES AND SHUTTING DOWN TRAFFIC FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
I'VE ALSO BECOME AWARE OF THE BR INITIATIVE.
THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING INTERSECTION CONDITIONS FOR HIGHLAND ROAD AT PICU LANG BY CONVERTING THE CURRENT THREE-LEGGED INTERSECTION INTO A ROUNDABOUT
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INTERSECTION AS THIS PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT IS TO BE BUILT IN MY FRONT YARD AND IN A FLOOD ZONE, I HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS, BUT I WILL VOICE THOSE CONCERNS AT ANOTHER TIME.ANOTHER PLACE WE ARE OPPOSED TO MANY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURAL RULE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE ASKING MR. BERGERON TO JOIN US IN ORDER THAT WE MAY NEGOTIATE FOR CHANGE AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOUSES FROM FIVE TO THREE.
THIS WILL NOT VIOLATE THE MOVIE, OUR PROJECT, AND WILL NOT SET A PRECEDENT FOR ALL OF THEIR OWN LOT OWNERS TO ASK FOR THE SAME EXCEPTION, CAUSING MUCH GREATER TRAFFIC CONCERNS AS A PROPERTY OWNER ON PICU LIEN.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS, AND I APPLAUD THE CONCERN, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND METRO COUNCIL HAVE FOR THIS ISSUE.
I DON'T BELIEVE KEEPING THE LAND USE AS AGRICULTURAL RULE WOULD INFRINGE UPON THESE RIGHTS.
I HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD ALL MY LIFE TO RETURN TO BATON ROUGE, TO THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF MY PROPERTY AS IT IS NOW BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC.
I FEAR FOR MY LIFE JUST GOING TO THE MAILBOX TO RETRIEVE MY MAIL, TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND THE RECYCLE.
I HAD TO ADJUST MY LIFESTYLE TO NEVER GO OUT BEFORE 9:00 AM AND AFTER 3:00 PM, BECAUSE I'M UNABLE TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY DUE TO THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THIS EXCEPTION, AND PLEASE MR. BERGERON, COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, THAT TO THE NEXT PAIR OF JACKSON, I WISH TO, UH, THANK THE BOARD FOR MAKING TIME FOR US TO MAKE THESE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, WE MET WITH MR. GAUDY AND HE STATED ONE OF THE ISSUES BATON ROUGE IS DEALING WITH IS, UH, GRANTING TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS.
I WISH MR. BARGER ON ALL THE BEST, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER EXCEPTION THAT THE CITY'S NOT PREPARED FOR.
SO AS THE EXCEPTION GIVEN TO VALHALLA HAS REDIRECTED THE NATURAL FLOW OF WATER FROM THE STREET TO MY FRONT YARD.
THE EXCEPTION IN QUESTION TONIGHT WILL INCREASE THE HARDSCAPE OF THAT LAND BY 100%.
REPLACING ONE HOUSE WITH FIVE HOUSES IN A ROW WILL INCREASE RUNOFF BY 100% MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS OPENS PANDORA'S BOX MAY CREATE A DOMINO EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.
AS THIS GENTLEMAN JUST ALLUDED TO ACROSS THE STREET, JOHN HARROLSON FROMMER LOT IS NOW FOR SALE.
JERRY HARROLSON, IT'S A LOT IN MY LOT.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN PICU, THE BACKSIDE IS A MARSH.
SO THIS 11% DIS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT CAME FROM CAUSE THAT'S UNREALISTIC.
SO THIS MAY CREATE 31 NEW HOMES JUST ON OUR SIDE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BUILD MORE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO I CALCULATE IT JUST ON OUR SIDE.
WE WILL GET 268 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER IN MY FRONT YARD.
CAUSE I LIVE AT HIGHLAND AND PICU.
NOT ONLY WILL IT STOP TRAFFIC, IT WILL CAUSE MASSIVE BLOODY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIGHLAND ROAD LATELY? IT IS FLOODING ALL THE TIME OR JUST UNDERNEATH.
IF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD IS CONSIDERED, IT COULD DO ANOTHER 92 HOMES.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT FIVE DRIVEWAYS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE, FOUR DRIVEWAYS OR ROADS WITH DEAD ENDS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MR. ROWDY WAS DISCUSSING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR ROADS WITH MULTIPLE HOUSES, WITH A DEAD END, GOING OUT TO A EXTREMELY BUSY ROAD, I GUESS.
AND I STRUGGLED WITH MR. TAKE IN THE SENSE THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE HOUSE DOESN'T REPRESENT A LOT SHORTER TIME.
AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY? PROBABLY NOT.
I'M FREE TOW TO READ OVER WHATEVER I'M DOTTIE TERRITO.
AND I CURRENTLY LIVE AT 1 0 4, 2 0 PQ LANE.
I'VE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR 63 YEARS.
I'VE LIVED ON THIS PROPERTY FOR 21 YEARS.
I'M AN OPPOSITION OF THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PICU LANE BETWEEN PERKINS ROAD AND HOLLAND ROAD IS A ONE HALF
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MILE ROAD WITH A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING ON ONE ACRE TO 11 ACRES.THE NURSERY THAT'S LOCATED ON THIS LAND WAS THERE WHEN MR. BAZRAH RON BOUGHT HIS PROPERTY IN 2018, THE METRO COUNCIL PLAN PLANNING METRO COUNCIL AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR COUNCILMAN ASSISTED US IN GUIDING US WITH OUR PRESENT COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE 75% OF THE RESIDENTS SUPPORTED THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE OF ONE ACRE LOTS IN 2017.
MR. BASH, RON HAS, THIS IS HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT TO SUBDIVIDE THIS THREE ACRE LOT.
THE LAST THREE ATTEMPTS WERE DENIED.
MR. BACHELOR ON SAYS HIS LOTS OR ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THE PICU ESTATE.
LOTS AS WE UNDERSTAND THE PQ ESTATE, LOTS DO NOT INCLUDE ROADWAYS.
WHEREAS MR. BASS RAWLS DOES FURTHER.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE TOTAL DENSITY PER ACRE, DO YOU SEE THAT MR. BASS, WRONG LOTS AVERAGE 0.6, THREE ACRES, AN ACRE.
WHEREAS THE PICO ESTATE LOTS AVERAGE DENSITY IS 1.15 ACRES BASED ON THE BORDERS OF THE RESPECTIVE SUBDIVISIONS.
ONE HOMEOWNER IN PICU STATES HAS PURCHASED TWO LOTS ENABLING HIMSELF TO HAVE ART A LARGER LOT.
SO THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE SEVEN HOMES ON NON-POINT TO WHERE HE WANTS FIVE ON THREE, AS FOR BUYING A HORSE.
IT WASN'T CONSIDERED PART OF PICU LANE.
WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED OFF PERKINS ROAD INTO FOUR ACRE, LOT FOR THREE, FOUR ACRE LOTS.
THE ROAD INTO BY HARTEJ OFF PICU WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT DUE TO TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS DOTD AD BECAUSE OF THE FORD DRIVEWAY LEADING TO PERKINS ROAD, THEY DECIDED THAT THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD BE LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO THE PICU INTERSECTION, CREATING DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARDS TO MOTORIST.
THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARING HELL REGARDING THIS.
THE OFFICIALS SIMPLY FELT IT WAS SAFER TO CONSTRUCT ROAD OFF THE PICU.
RECENTLY, THE RESIDENTS OF PICU MET WITH MR. AT THE BLUE BONNET LIBRARY.
MR. BACHELOR, I WAS INVITED BY COUNCILMAN GAUDIN TO ATTEND, BUT DID NOT.
MR. HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO ANYONE TO ADVISE US OF HIS PLANS WITH THE LITTLE INFORMATION WE HAVE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR RESEARCH ON OUR OWN.
I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK HIS REQUEST IS ONLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE APPLICANT.
ONLY I RESPECT HE REQUESTS THAT YOU DENY THE LAND USE.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ASSISTANCE IN OUR EFFORTS TO PREFER, PRESERVE THE LOAD DENSITY AND CHARACTER OF OUR PROPERTY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I LIVE AT 142 OLD PICU LANE, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE PICU PARKINSON AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO PA 2 22 AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM ITS CURRENT USE OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. BAEZ, RAUL WANTS TO DEVELOP A FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION ON THIS THREE ACRE SITE.
WHEN ASKED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IF HE WOULD CONSIDER DEVELOPING THREE LOTS, HE SAID THAT IT WASN'T FEASIBLE BECAUSE OF TOO EXPENSIVE.
OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE MAIN ISSUE IS TO MAINTAIN THE DENSITY OF THE ONE ACRE, UH, ONE HOUSE PER ACRE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY WELL-BEING AND NITTY-GRITTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OTHER ISSUES CONCERNING ROUTINE FLOODING AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, AND BACKUPS AT BOTH PICU.
AND I MEAN AT BOTH PARKINS AND HIGHLAND ROADS, UH, ISSUES WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND THE PRECEDENTS THAT, UH, THIS REQUEST WILL CREATE IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND 2017 TO 18 RESIDENTS MET WITH OUR COUNCILMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING STAFF AND REQUESTED THAT THE LAND USE OF THE PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BE AMENDED TO AGRICULTURE.
RURAL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A LONG AND THOROUGH STUDY OF THE AREA, WHICH SHOWED THAT 28 OUT OF THE 33 TOTAL POSSIBLE, UH, PROPERTIES ON PICU LANE DID MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AGRICULTURE RURAL LAND USE OF THESE 28, LOTS 21 LOT OWNERS OR 75% AGREED TO AMEND THEIR LOT LAND USE TO AGRICULTURE.
RURAL SEPARATE PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE METRO COUNCIL IN WHICH BOTH GOVERNING BODIES VOTED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE IN 2018.
MR. WAS ASKING TO AMEND THE LAND USE PLAN WITH THIS PROPERTY, THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS ACTION WOULD ALTER THE DENSITY OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY ON PICU LANE FROM HIS CURRENT ONE HOUSE PER 2.9, TWO ACRES TO MR. BOWERS, RON'S
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DEVELOPMENT OF ONE HOUSE PER 0.6 OF AN ACRE CREIGHTON AND THE PRECEDENCE FOR OTHER PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPMENT FUTURE BR CLEARLY STATES AS ONE OF ITS GOALS THAT THE EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS, A CERTAIN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND PRESERVE.THIS ONE HALF MILE STRETCH OF PICU LANE WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE STATE LOTS OVER 40 YEARS AGO, RATHER THAN THE RESIDENTS HAVE WORKED HARD MANY YEARS WITH CITY PARISH OFFICIALS AND FOLLOWED THEIR REGULATIONS AND MAINTAIN TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY DENSITY OF AT LEAST ONE HOUSE PER ACRE.
YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE PROCESSES AND DECISIONS MADE ON THE BEHALF OF BYPASS METRO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BEFORE WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THESE FACTS AND THE RIGHTS AND DESIRES OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF PQ RESIDENTS.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DENY PA 2 22.
NEXT NICK CALIBER, CALLA VOLTA.
SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ROADWAYS IN THE AREA CAUSE YOU'RE IN, IN OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO I'VE PASSED OUT A SKETCH TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON.
I AM, UH, NICK CALLA VOTED THE THIRD AND I RESIDE AT 1 0 5 3 5 BECAUSE THE LANE, WHICH IS JUST DOWN THE STREET AND ACROSS FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SKETCH, YOU'LL NOTICE ON X, WHICH MARKS THE SPOT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SKETCH PICU LANE, SOUTH OF ITN CONNECTS WITH PERKINS AND HIGHLAND ROAD, WHICH ARE BOTH TWO LANE ROADWAYS.
THESE ROADWAYS ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED AND ARE SEVERELY CONGESTED.
DURING PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES WITH EXTENSIVE BACKUPS OCCURRING.
NORTHBOUND PICU LANE ALSO BACKS UP DURING THE EVENING PEAK.
AND SOMETIMES THAT BACKUP EXTENDS FROM PERKINS TO ALL THE WAY TO HIGHLAND ROAD.
THERE IS A PROJECT TO WIDEN PERKINS ROAD FROM SIEGEN LANE TO PICU LANE, AND IT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONGESTION IN THE AREA, BUT IT IS NOT YET UNDERWAY.
THERE IS ALSO A PROJECT TO ADD AN INTERCHANGE AT AND PICU LANE.
THAT PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY ADD TRAFFIC TO THE PERKINS ROAD AND PICU LANE.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY USING SIEGEN LANE TO ACCESS, I 10 WILL SHIFT TO PICU LANE VIA PERKINS ROAD.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT THE NEWS THIS PAST MONDAY NIGHT, WHERE BATON ROUGE WAS CITED AS BEING THE FOURTH WORST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION, OUR CITY WAS COMPARED TO SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE OF THE DELAY CAUSED AND SITTING IN TRAFFIC EACH YEAR, OUR CITY HAS BEEN OVER DEVELOPED AND IT IS SUFFERING AS A COMMUNITY.
WE CAN'T EITHER IGNORE THAT OR WE CAN BEGIN TO GET A HANDLE ON IT.
ONE WAY TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE LAND USE PLAN AND STICK TO IT.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN AREAS WHERE CORRIDORS ARE CONGESTED.
THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES AMENDING THE LAND USE PLAN.
IF APPROVED THE INCREASED DENSITY WILL RESULT IN THE ADDING EVEN MORE TRIPS TO THE ROADWAY NETWORK.
AND THIS FURTHER CONTRIBUTING TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT FROM APPROVING DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE CITY'S TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE IN CONGESTED AREAS AFFECT FAR MORE THAN JUST A FEW NEIGHBORS.
THEY AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEY AFFECT OUR AND YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE GOT THE NICE SMILES ON YOUR FACE.
I HAPPENED TO BE THE OLDEST PERSON WHO LIVES ON PQ LANE, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND I MOVED THERE IN THE EARLY 1970S.
AND WE'VE ALSO THE OLDEST PERSON, FAMILY WHO RAISED OUR FAMILY THERE ON PICO LAND.
UH, AT FAR AS BEING A RURAL AGRICULTURE.
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UH, I LIVE ON 11 ACRES.I HAVE A DOG, A CAT UPON, UH, FOR FISHING.
THEY KICKED MY HORSES IN AND ALSO HAVE A SMALL BUILDING WHERE I KEEP MY ANTIQUE CARS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ACTING CAR? WELL, I HAVE TWO OF THEM AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, BUT I'M OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE BEEN KNOWING JOE FOR A LONG TIME.
HE ACTUALLY HE'S A CONTRACT AND HE BUILT ONE OF MY BUILDINGS IN THE BACK TO WHERE I PUT MY, MY TRACTOR AND MY TRAILER IN THE BACK.
SO I KNOW JOE FOR A LONG TIME AND JOE'S TRIED TO DO THIS ONCE BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR HIM.
UH, WE REALLY LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT, UH, LIKE I SAID, A CROP WHEN I FIRST MOVED THAT PICKUP WAS A GRAVEL ROAD.
THEY HAD A HERD OF CATTLE ACROSS THE STREET, MAYBE TWO OR THREE HEAD HUNTER CATTLE.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PICU BY THE NAME AND NAMED AFTER WE, WE CAN PICK A FAMILY WHO LIVED RIGHT OFF OF PICU LANE AND DEVELOPED A WHOLE AREA.
AND I'M SAYING THAT WE ARE RULE.
I HAVE THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY LIVES BEHIND ME AND THEY RAISED TENNESSEE WALKING, TENNESSEE, WALKING HORSES.
YOU SHOULD SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL HORSES, HOW THEY DO IT.
THEN THEY TRAIN THEM EVERY DAY.
AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THEY PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE.
AND I, WE THOUGHT ALMOST GREW UP TOGETHER.
I HELPED RAISE HIS KIDS, KIDS.
THEY USED TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND MY CHILDREN AND WE PLAYED TOGETHER.
WE ARE NOT A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN I MOVED BACK TO BATON ROUGE.
BY THE WAY, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM A DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.
I WAS IN VIETNAM AND BECAME DISABLED.
AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I LIVED IN BATON ROUGE.
WHEN I PRICE CAME BACK FROM NEW YORK.
AFTER I DID MY TRAINING IN NEW YORK CITY, I, I MOVED INTO A HOUSE AND I WAS THERE FOR SIX WEEKS AND THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS LOT OF WATER AND IT FLOODED AND THEY COME TO PAY THE CONTRACTOR, FORGOT TO TELL THE BUILDER THAT IT WAS FLOOD PLAIN AREA AND THAT YOU'RE SUBJECT TO FLOOD.
AND THIS IS WHAT CONTRACTORS DO SOMETIME.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT VERY HONEST.
AND THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT GOING ON.
OF COURSE, WE MOVED AWAY AND I MOVED ON THE HILL ON PICO LANE AND I WANT TO STAY ON THAT VEIL.
SHE'S, SHE'S TERMINALLY ILL RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M LUCKY TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, AND I COULDN'T BRING HER WITH ME BECAUSE SHE'S VERY SICK, BUT, UH, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DIDN'T REALLY INTEND TO MOVE AND I DIDN'T RAISE MY HORSES AND MY LITTLE DOG AND CAT, UH, LIKE I'VE DONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS NOW, JOE HAS TRIED THIS BEFORE JOE, UH, IS, UH, IS A FRIEND OF MINE, HIS WIFE, MR. MARGARET, I SHOULD TIME.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAKE UP SOME OF YOUR TIME.
AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO STAY RULE, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO SAY A PRAYER FOR YOU AND HOPE THAT THIS CHANGE IS PERFECT.
BUT WE ARE RUDE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY AND GOD BLESS YOU UP, BUT YOU SIR, MR. WILLIAM BAGEL, I CAN'T TOP THAT.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM DAIGLE AND I LIVE AT 1 5 1 1 1 HIGHLAND ROAD.
UH, I'M OPPOSED TO AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURE, RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT IT EXCEEDS THE ONE HOUSE PER ACRE STIPULATION OF OUR AREA.
IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO BUILD THREE HOUSES ON THREE ACRES, I SUPPORT THAT ONE ARGUMENT BEING USED IN SUPPORT OF THE FIVE HOUSE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT A PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET PREVIOUSLY BY OUR CITY OFFICIALS WHO ALLOWED FOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH SIMILAR DENSITY IN THE VICINITY OF THIS ONE.
IT'S AS THOUGH ONCE A PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET, A DOMINO EFFECT OF APPROVAL OCCURS FOR SUBSEQUENT PROPOSALS AT A RECENT PUBLIC FORUM.
A CITY OFFICIAL STATED THAT BATON ROUGE'S CURRENT TRAFFIC CRISIS WAS CAUSED DECADES AGO WHEN WAIVERS ARE GRANTED TO DEVELOP SUBDIVISIONS IN WHICH THERE WAS ONLY ONE ROAD IN AND ONE ROAD OUT THE INITIAL WAIVERS CREATED A PRECEDENT THAT ALLOWED FOR A SNOWBALL EFFECT OF POORLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THAT FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THIS 30 TO 40 YEARS LATER, MANY CITIES ACTUALLY PLAN FOR AND CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE DECADES BEFORE THE DEVELOP THE LAND.
UH, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED TO SEE ANOTHER CITIES, THE MULTI-LANE ROADS AND OUTLYING AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT 20 TO 30 YEARS BEFORE THE CITY ACTUALLY EXPANDED TO THOSE AREAS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, BATON ROUGE HISTORICALLY HAS DEVELOPED THE LAND BEFORE THINKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UNLESS THERE'S A CRISIS.
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HAD TO PUT A BANDAID ON IT.THAT'S ABOUT WHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR BATON ROUGE.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT WHO DO RECOGNIZE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO SOLVE THEM.
HOWEVER, IN CASE AFTER CASE EXCEPTIONS FOR OUR PLANS KEEP GETTING PASSED AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS JUST KEEPS GROWING.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS LIKE JOE TERRITO FOLLOWED THE ADVICE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO PUT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR JUST THIS TYPE OF THING.
WE STILL ENDED UP GETTING STEAMROLLED BY THE DEVELOPERS WHO USE THE ARGUMENT OF PRECEDENT TO GET THEIR WAY I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING ALL OF YOU REPRESENT THE RESIDENCE OF MY AREA, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS IN OTHER AREAS WHO WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE DOMINO EFFECT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE PUT OUR NEEDS AHEAD OF ANY PRECEDENT AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DOES NOT BENEFIT MY AREA IN ANY WAY, BUT IT WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING LONGTERM EFFECT.
IT'S WRONG TO ALLOW FOR EXCEPTIONS BASED ON PRECEDENT WITHOUT FIRST, MAKING SURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS ALREADY BEEN UPDATED TO MEET NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE DEMANDS, SUCH AS A RETENTION POND OR A TURNING LANE, BUT THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE ANTICIPATED DEMANDS 20 TO 30 YEARS FROM NOW.
I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE, I'M AGAINST CHANGING THE RULES FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL AT THE EXPENSE OF HIS NEIGHBORS.
WHILE THE CITY CONTINUES TO ALLOW FOR THE WORSENING OF OUR ALREADY OVERWHELMED TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT AT SOME POINT ARE LEADERS IN BATON ROUGE.
WE'LL PUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AHEAD OF THE, UH, OF THE DEVELOPERS.
I LIVE AT 1 5, 1 1 1 HIGHLAND ROAD.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE PQ HIGHLAND ROAD HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE THE LAND USE AMENDMENT REQUESTED BY MR. BADGER ON THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES IN THIS AREA HAVE BUILT WITHIN THE CURRENT LAND USAGE REQUIREMENT.
MY OPPOSITION IS BASED ON THE HORRIFIC DRAINAGE TRAFFIC AND SEWAGE ISSUES IN THIS AREA.
MR. BEZ, RON HAS TRIED TO SUBDIVIDE THIS CART ACREAGE IN 2000 7, 8, 9.
AND NOW AGAIN, TODAY, ALL PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WERE TO SUBDIVIDE.
THIS LOT WERE BROUGHT TO THE METRO COUNCIL AND HIS REQUESTS WERE DENIED BASED ON THE DRAINAGE TRAFFIC IN SEWAGE, NOTHING IN THIS AREA IN REGARDS TO DRAINAGE TRAFFIC AND SEWAGE HAS IMPROVED SINCE THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALHALLA AT THE END OF PICU LANE ADDED A NEW RETENTION POND, WHICH WASN'T ADEQUATE, AND IT ONLY PUT MOTORISTS MORE AT RISK AS EVIDENT FROM THE MAY FLASH FLOOD, WHERE CARS WERE SUBMERGED ON BOTH SIDES OF PICU LANE.
AND I COULD HEAR THEIR SCREENS FOR HELP.
THE CURRENT DIS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 11% AND PEAK RUNOFF FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO POST DEVELOPMENT AND THAT A DETENTION IS REQUIRED.
MR. BARON CURRENTLY HAS A POND ON HIS ACREAGE FULL OF WATER.
AND THE NEW PROPOSED MAP SHOWS THAT THIS POND WILL BE REMOVED.
WHERE DOES HE PLAN TO DIVERT THIS WATER? 11% MAY NOT SEEM A LOT ON A MAP, BUT ASK THE RESIDENTS ALONG PERKINS ROAD LOCATED ON THIS FLOOD ZONE.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN DISTRICT NINE WILL ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS FLOOD RISK.
MOST RESIDENTS ON PICU LANE HAVE INDIVIDUAL SEPTIC TANKS.
THE RESIDENTS OF KENSINGTON, THE STATES WERE TOLD THAT THE SEWAGE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DIRECTED TO PICU LANE.
AND BASED UPON THIS INFORMATION, THEY GAVE MR. BADGER ON THEIR SUPPORT.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE SURVEY MAP CAME OUT AND WE HAD A VIEW OF IT AND IT WAS SIGNED ON 1223 OF 21, IT APPEARS THAT THE SEWAGE IS NOW GOING INTO THEIR DIRECTION.
THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THIS INFORMATION, MR. KEVIN ORDER GO.
AND MR. ERIC KIMO, WHO RESIDE IN KENSINGTON STATE HAS EMAILED THE COUNCIL LETTER STATING THEIR OBJECTION WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE.
I THINK I GAVE MR. GAUDETTE COPIES OF THERE.
THEY ARE OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE LACK OF PUBLIC SERVITUDE, A PUBLIC SANITARY SEWAGE IS A REQUIREMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT, THERE IS NO PUBLIC SERVITUDE BETWEEN THE LOTS 1 0 5, 1 51 AND ONE 50 OF KENSINGTON STATES.
AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, I STAND UNITED WITH THE 75% OF PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LAND USE DESIGNATED AS AGRICULTURAL RURAL.
I FEAR THAT ONCE THIS HAS CHANGED, THE DYNAMICS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED.
MY NAME IS KATHERINE PALERMO AND I LIVE
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AT 1 49 4 9 HOLLAND ROAD, WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE ON THIS MAP.HERE'S PICU LANE, A HALF MILE ROAD, BLOOD ZONE HERE, BLOODS ZONE HERE, WHERE I LIVE, WHEN IT RAINS, ALL THIS GOES UNDER, YOU CANNOT USE THE ROAD.
SO I AM WATER BLOCKED IN MY HOUSE.
I CAN'T GO THIS WAY AND I CAN'T GO DOWN THE OTHER WAY ON HOLLAND BECAUSE IT BACKS UP AT LIVE OAK IN HOLLAND WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER POND.
ALL THESE PONDS OVERFLOW ON HOME ROAD.
WHEN HE BUILDS HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE, IT'S GOING THIS WAY IN THIS FLOOD ZONE OR THIS WAY IN THIS FLOOD ZONE.
WHAT HAPPENED ON MAY 17TH, 2021 WOKE ME UP A LADY RAN INTO THE RETENTION POND.
AND LIKE SHE SAID, SHE WAS SCREAMING FOR HELP.
NO ONE WAS ABLE TO HELP THIS WOMAN.
SO WHEN IT RAINS AND IT FLOODS.
IF I NEED AN EMS ON EITHER FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY CAN'T GET TO ME.
I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A HELICOPTER.
MY HOUSE WOULD BE BURNED OR I'D BE DEAD BY THEN.
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NO WINTER.
THE WATER'S GOING WITH SOME WAY HE'S PUTTING CEMENT BUILDING IS GOING TO RUN SOMEWHERE, MOTHER NATURE.
NOT GOING TO LET IT SIT THERE.
SO THAT'S MY OBJECTION TO THAT.
SUNDAY'S PAPER, PAGE SIX, B LOUISIANA NEEDS FLOOD INSURANCE RATES ARE GOING UP APPROXIMATELY 18%.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE BUSINESSES, ALL RIGHT HERE, THEY FLOODED BECAUSE MY HOUSE HAD WATER DAMAGE.
THEY FLOODED, I COULDN'T GET MY WOOD TO FIX MY HOUSE.
AND THEN I ASKED MYSELF, OKAY, THIS DEVELOPMENTAL PECOS IS GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST GOING TO ADD TO EXISTING ISSUES THAT ALREADY EXIST, AND WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO ME AND GIVING ME THREE MINUTES.
MA'AM NEXT? WE'LL HEAR FROM LOUIS HAYDEL.
I'M OPPOSING THE ITEM OF PA TWO DASH 22.
ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAND DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL RURAL DOES NOT REQUIRE LIVESTOCK OR AGRICULTURE ACTIVITIES.
MY GRANDMOTHER DIVIDED HER LAND AND ESTABLISHED TWO OR MORE ACRE LOT OVER 40 YEARS AGO, THE PICU LANE HAS BEEN AN AIR FAMILY SINCE THE 17 HUNDREDS.
SO I GUESS THE HERALD SONS HAD BEEN A DREAD UP WAY BEFORE THE PICU LANE RESIDENCES AIR LAND IS DESIGNATED AS AGRICULTURAL RURAL, AND WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, NO CITY SEWER, NO STREETLIGHTS, NO ROAD SOLDIERS.
SO SHOULDERS, THE INTERSECTION OF PICU LANE AND HIGHLAND ROAD IS IN A FEMA FLOOD ZONE AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FLOODING.
PAULINE ROAD IS ALSO A HISTORIC ROADWAY.
IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE WE'RE RICH SNOTS, AND WE JUST DON'T WANT DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CAKES WHERE YOU'RE QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
MY FATHER RAISED 10 KIDS IN A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE.
WE, EACH OF MY SIBLINGS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO, TO HAVE WHAT WE DO HAVE.
PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THE BATHROOM LITTLE SUBDIVISION.
I REMEMBER TWO OR POLES, BUT NOT WISHING TO SPEAK TIMEY, IDEO, NELLIE, BRUCE SAW IT.
AND MIKE PALERMO, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, MR. BERGERON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT THREE MINUTES? THE FIRST POINT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THAT MY PROPERTY IS NOT ZONED.
RURAL IS ZONED RURAL AND THE WAY THAT HAPPENED, MY NEIGHBORS GOT TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER A PETITION.
BUT WHEN I WENT TO APPLY FOR THIS, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH FUTURE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I TOLD BLOCK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I SAID, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.
SO SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE PARTICIPANT PETITION THAT WAS PUT AND WHO HAD SIGNED IT.
AND I SAID, WELL, CAN I SEE A COPY OF IT? I SAID, DOES THAT NOT ONLY, NEVER SIGNED IT.
I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF ANY OF THIS WAS GOING ON.
UH, BUT STILL I LOOKED UP ON BLOCKERS BOARD AND MY PROPERTY IS SITTING THERE ZONED AS AGRICULTURAL RURAL, AND I HAD TO CORRECT HER AND TELL HER I NEVER CHANGED HIS OWN IN MY PROPERTY.
AND MY PROPERTY IS STILL ZONED RURAL AND PER THE U S UDC.
I COULD PUT 7.3 UNITS PER ACRE ON MY RURAL PROPERTY.
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I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.I UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE, THE, THE, THE AREA AND I DON'T THINK 7.3 UNITS PER ACRE FITS THERE.
UM, SO IT'S ONLY AN EXCEPTION TO THE, UH, FUTURE PLANNING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN STATED THAT MY PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURAL RURAL.
IT'S NOT, IT'S STILL A RURAL BECAUSE I NEVER SIGNED THAT PETITION.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT 75% OF THE PEOPLE, UM, THAT LIVE ON PICU LANE SIGNED THAT PETITION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WERE NOTIFIED OR NOT NOTIFIED.
I THOUGHT 0.5 ACRE LOTS OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE WOULD BE A GOOD COMPROMISE BECAUSE ON THE BACKSIDE OF ME, I'VE GOT 0.3 ACRE, LOTS ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE EARLY BIDDING FOR HOUSES, NOT FIVE BECAUSE THERE'S ONE ALREADY THERE.
UM, THE AREA I LIVE IN IS NOT RURAL.
THERE'S A JIMMY BUFFETT SONG SAYS WE STAND OUT ON THE FRONT PORCH WAITING FOR A CAR TO COME BY, JUST SO WE CAN WAVE.
YOU, AIN'T GOT TO WAIT FOR A CAR ON PICU LANE.
THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND THEY'RE NOT THERE BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS ON PICU IS PEOPLE FROM SEGUIN, BLUE BONNET, HIGHLAND, TRYING TO FIND A QUICKER ROUTE TO AIRLINE OR THE INTERSTATE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, IT, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT INCREASE OR DECREASE SINCE PICU LANE OF STATES WAS DEVELOPED.
IT'S THE SAME, SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT A FLOOD PLAIN.
IF IT, IF, IF THERE'S A FLOOD PLAIN AND YOU LIVE IN IT, THEN YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PLAIN.
UH, AND I WISH THERE WAS SOME EASY SOLUTION TO THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT.
UM, PICU LANE IS ALREADY BEING IMPROVED.
PARKING DROVE HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S NOT MANY GROWTH AREAS LEFT IN BATON ROUGE.
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL NUMBER MODE.
UM, MR. JOHN BROUGHT UP, UH, THE QUESTION OF WHAT HIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY REZONED.
CAN WE GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT IS WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS THAT WAS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE.
THE STATEMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONE RURAL.
THE LAND USE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION CATEGORY ASSIGNED TO THIS PROPERTY IS AGRICULTURE WORLD WITH THE COMBINATION OF RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL WORLD LAND USE.
THERE'S A ONE ACRE ONE LOT PER ACRE REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY TIME THE PLAN IS REGULATORY THAT WAS CHANGED ON THIS PROPERTY IN THE LAST FIVE-YEAR UPDATE, A FUTURE BR THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL DECEMBER 5TH, 2018.
THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY AREA RESIDENTS, APPROXIMATELY 2017.
THEY SUBMITTED THAT TO THE PREVIOUS PLANNING DIRECTOR.
THAT WAS A STUDY BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THAT WAS A SERIES OF OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC MEETINGS ALL THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THERE WAS, UM, SIGNIFICANT REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS, UH, AND ADVERTISEMENTS ALONG WITH THAT FUTURE BR FIVE-YEAR UPDATE.
AND ULTIMATELY THE LAND USE WAS CHANGED.
SO CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A ONE ACRE REQUIREMENT.
UH, EACH LOT HAS TO BE ONE ACRE WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A, A REQUEST TO CHANGE FROM THE FUTURE BR AG AGWORLD TO FUTURE BR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ITEM, UH, PREVIOUSLY AT THEIR MEETING AND SENT IT TO YOU.
THERE WAS ALSO A PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED FOR A FIVE LOT SUBDIVISION THAT, UH, IS CONTINGENT ON THIS PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A REQUEST CHANGING FROM CHANGING THE LAND USE PLAN.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THREE, ONE ACRE LOTS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE, UH, STIPULATION ON WHEN YOU HAVE THE RURAL ZONING AND AN AG RURAL FLEET FUTURE LAND USE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I GET THREE LOTS BY RIGHT NOW.
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IT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT STILL WITH THE RURAL ZONE, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE, IF ENGINEERING WOULD ALLOW FOR IT ACCURATE IN A PERFECT SCENARIO.SO I'M NOT HAVING NECESSARILY STUDIED THAT.
UH, I UNDERSTAND ON, I WOULDN'T HOLD YOU TO EXACTLY HOW MANY LOTS FEASIBLY COULD EXIST ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING IT'S 3.16 ACRES, I BELIEVE.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT 12 CAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO PUT A ROAD IN.
UM, BUT, UH, IN YOUR OPINION, HOW MANY COULD FIT IF REQUESTED, IF THE DESIGNATION WAS APPROVED TO GO TO AGWORLD WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS, THE REQUIRED FRONTAGE EACH LOT HAS TO HAVE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE ROAD GOING IN HE'S PRETTY WELL MAXED OUT WITH THE FIVE THAT'S PROPOSED THAT THERE'S A SCENARIO WHERE POTENTIALLY, UM, COULD GET AN ADDITIONAL LOT OF SIX TOTAL HE'S ASKING FOR FIVE, IF FOR SOME REASON HE EVER DID DID THAT IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD TRIGGER A PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOTIFY EVERYONE.
THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD, UH, PROVIDE HIM, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE AT THAT POINT, A SUBDIVISION REQUEST JUST AT THE PLANNING LEVEL.
AND WOULDN'T COME BACK TO THIS BODY.
I'M FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, EARLIER IT WAS MENTIONED THAT, UH, HE CAN DO FIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, THAT'S INCORRECT, RIGHT.
THREE RIGHT NOW IS ALL THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT DONE, RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT A CLARITY CAUSE IT SOUNDS AS IF, AND I MAY HAVE MISS HER, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO CLARIFY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION WAS DONE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OR THE DESIRE OF THE LAND ON IS THE, IS THAT TRUE? SO WHEN HE RAISED THAT VERY SAME QUESTION AND WE LOOKED INTO IT, THE PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, TO OUR OFFICE AND TO THE PREVIOUS PLANNING DIRECTOR, THE APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE, THE PROPERTY OWNER SIGNATURE WAS NOT PART OF THAT PETITION.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THE OPPOSITION EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT.
SO, SO THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO, WHO SIGNED A PETITION ACKNOWLEDGING THEY WANTED LARGER ONE ACRE, LOTS IN THIS AREA.
AND THAT WAS USED AS PART OF THE OVERALL CHANGE, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENED TO, TO CHANGE THIS PARTICULAR LOT WITHOUT THE PROPERTY OWNER SIGNATURE.
AND AGAIN, DISAPPOINTED CLARITY WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE IN FAR AS BEST PRACTICES.
THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? ON AN INDIVIDUAL REZONING, AS PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE, WE LOOK AT OVERALL LAND USE CHANGES, UH, CHANGES IN A PARTICULAR AREA FOR ANY GIVEN REASON.
AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WE PUBLISH A SERIES OF MAPS.
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OUTREACH ALL THROUGHOUT ALL CORNERS OF THE PARISH THERE'S ADS THAT RUN IN THE NEWSPAPER THERE'S ADS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT ON OUR WEBSITE.
ALL THAT WAS DONE LEGALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE PROPERTY OWNER DIDN'T CONSENT, IT WAS CHANGED LEGALLY.
AND THE PARIS ATTORNEYS HERE COULD ANSWER ONCE HE BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, WAS IT REVERTED BACK OR IS IT STILL CURRENTLY ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT THIS APPLICATION IS ASKING TO DO TO, TO REVERT IT BACK WELL, AND MAYBE TO PASS THE TURN NEED TO COME IN.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S ILLEGAL.
IF THE, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DIDN'T CONSENT TO.
SO PAULA IS ON HIS WAY UP HERE, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE LOOK AT CHANGES IN LAND, USE ALL, UH, ALL ACROSS THE PARISH.
UH, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND SO THIS BODY TOOK DURING THE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE, THIS BODY CAME IN AND IT KIND OF LOOKS GLOBALLY AT THE ENTIRE PARISH IN PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA HAD REQUESTED THAT THE LAND USE DESIGNATION BE CHANGED AS BODY THROUGH.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THE OWNERS DIDN'T NECESSARILY AGREE TO IT, BUT COLLECTIVELY THE AREA DID.
AND SO WHAT HAS NOW THE PROCESS IS THIS OWNER IS ASKING TO BASICALLY REVERT BACK TO WHAT HE HAD PRIOR TO THAT.
AGAIN, IT JUST, FOR ME FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND A LAND RIGHTS STANDPOINT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD BE LEGALLY CONVERTED IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DON'T GIVE CONSENT.
RYAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU, IS THIS AN ANOMALY OR THIS, THIS HAPPENS REGULARLY WHERE WE HAVE THE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY, BUT THEN, UH,
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THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS DIFFERENT.SO AGAIN, ON THE NOTIFICATION ISSUE, THERE'S REQUIRED NOTIFICATION TO CHANGE.
WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO AGAIN, THIS WAS DONE ON THE LAST FIVE-YEAR UPDATE.
WE LOOKED AT LAND USE CHANGES ALL OVER THE PARISH.
THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LAND USE CHANGES, AND THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES OF NOTIFICATIONS THAT WENT OUT.
WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER.
I CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS HAD AN IMPACT FOR THE MOST PART.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT REGULATORY.
THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY INSTANCE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE THE COMBINATION OF THIS PARTICULAR ZONING, THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE CATEGORY, THERE IS A REGULATORY COMPONENT BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ONE ACRE LOT.
I UNDERSTAND THE NOTICE PROCESS, AND THIS MIGHT BE A PILOT, BUT I'M STILL STUCK ON, YOU KNOW, NOT THE LOAD IS JUST THE CONSENT FROM THE PROPERTY ON.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED.
SO NATE WAS GOING TO JUST GET TOGETHER.
AND AGAIN, IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A REGULATORY ISSUE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE DESIGNATION.
I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY RARE.
IN FACT, IT WAS ONE THAT OCCURRED IN, UH, NOT TOO, TOO LONG AGO, WHERE THERE WASN'T A DESIGNATION THAT REQUIRED THAT IT BE CHANGED.
SO THIS IS A RARITY AND NO, SINCE THIS BODY TOOK IT UP AND VOTED THAT IT BE CHANGED.
UH, NO, THE OWNER DID NOT NEED TO CONSENT.
AND I, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR HESITANCY AND CONCERN ABOUT THAT.
AND SO THIS IS A MECHANISM BY WHICH THAT COULD BE FIXED CURRENTLY TODAY IF THIS BODY SO CHOOSES TO DO SO.
SO THERE IS AN AVENUE TO FIX IT BY THE LANDOWNER, TAKING THIS STEP TODAY TO FIX IT, COME ON, YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF MY TIME WHAT'D YOU GOT THE WEBSITE, THIS WAS PRINTED TODAY.
MY PROPERTY IS SHOWN AS BEING ZONED, RURAL, NOT, NOT AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M JUST TELLING THEM WITH THE CURRENT.
SO, SO I'M JUST GOING, GONNA AGAIN, STATE THAT IT JUST, IT JUST CONCERNS ME THAT AS A CITY OF PARIS, WE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION WITHOUT THE PROPERTY, HIS CONSENT, BUT THE CORRECT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO COME AND VOTE HIS BODY AND GET OUR CONSENT.
SO THAT THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME.
AND I READ IT ON THAT AS LEGAL, BUT I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT UP A YEAR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL JUST A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
UM, FIRST SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE AND, AND HOW WE WOULD GO FROM, UM, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING TO AG RURAL ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY APPROVE OF IT.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DESIRE FOR THAT IN DISTRICT NINE.
UH, AND, AND THE WAY THAT WE HANDLED IT IS, UH, WHEN RESIDENTS APPROACHED US WITH THAT IDEA, WE, INSTEAD OF CHANGING THEIR FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION ASKED THEM TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING, UH, TO REA ONE ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
RIGHT? SO THAT WAY, IF YOU WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN ON YOUR LOT, YOU COULD DO IT, BUT YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, AND SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO LOOK AT, EVEN FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ESTABLISH AS A COUNCIL AND AS A PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I'LL THROW THAT OUT THERE, UH, BECAUSE I'M CERTAINLY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE COMBINATION OF RURAL ZONING AND AG RULE IS REALLY THE ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WHAT HAVING A FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING COMBINATION.
SO, UM, I'M ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE APPLICANT IN THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, ME FURTHER LOOKING INTO THE CASE, UH, I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT I DID BECAUSE I'M, I REPRESENT THE, JUST ACROSS THE STREET IN DISTRICT NINE.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS DO LOOK TO IS ADJACENT PROPERTIES, RIGHT? UM, IT DOES MATTER THAT WE LOOK AT LAND, USE PATTERNS IN THE AREA, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE ZONING PATTERNS AND THE AREA, UH, IN THIS INSTANCE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY, AND THEN DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE EITHER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THE CASE OF THE, UM, THE NURSERY.
YOU HAVE A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE THAT WOULD IN FACT BE COMMERCIAL IF THEY WERE TO APPROACH US.
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IF THAT NURSERY WERE TO APPROACH US TODAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GIVEN, UH, AND RYAN, IF YOU WOULD COME AND CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG HERE, THE CORRECT ZONING FOR THAT NURSERY WOULD IN FACT BE COMMERCIAL, UM, AND NOT A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, CORRECT? YEAH.IF IT CAME IN TODAY, THEY WOULD NEED COMMERCIAL ZONING.
IT'S WHAT WE CALL A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
THEY COULD NOT LEGALLY EXPAND IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE GROUND AND CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.
BUT IF IT, IF IT CAME IN TODAY, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD NEED COMMERCIAL ZONING.
THAT SAME APPLICANT COULD REQUEST COMMERCIAL ZONING.
WE'VE HAD LEGAL NON-CONFORMING USES DO THAT, UH, SOMETIMES BY THE REQUEST OF THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY OR THEIR MORTGAGE HOLDER WANTING THEM TO DO SO.
SO AGAIN, I LOOK TO, UH, ZONING AND LAND USE PATTERNS TO THE AREA, UH, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND THEN I ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ON THE GROUND, AND THEN WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, SO IN PHASE ONE OF MOVIE, OUR WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENTS TO PERKINS.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALL SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE WITH THE OVERPASS AS WELL.
UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ESTABLISH A ZONING AND LAND USE PATTERN ON THIS SECTION OF PICU.
UH, AND MY CONCERN IS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S COMING IN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE, UH, FOR IT TO BE, TO CHANGE THE PATTERN TO A COMMERCIAL USE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE RESIDENTIAL AND THIS NEIGHBOR AND THIS AND THIS PART OF PICU, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE A COMMERCIAL THERE.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S EXISTING NEIGHBORS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO KEEP THE DENSITY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT WE, WE DON'T GET TO LOOK AT THESE CASES, UH, IN A POLITICAL LENS OR IN A, YOU KNOW, A GROUP LENS OF, WE WANT THIS MANY PEOPLE WANT US TO VOTE THIS WAY AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CASE AND, AND THE CRITERIA THAT'S SET ABOUT IN LAW FOR US TO EVALUATE.
UH, AND I THINK BY DOING THAT, UM, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS ONE.
SO, UH, MR. RYAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, AND I GUESS, UH, JUST EDUCATE ME ON, UH, EAST RIDGE PARISH, UH, VERSUS WHERE I CAME FROM IS, IS THIS WHEN THE UPDATE TO THE, THE LAND USE PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THAT RECOMMENDED LAND USES AS FAR AS WHEN THE APPLICANT COMES BEFORE US, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION OR WHEN THOSE PLANS PASS, DO THE PROPERTIES ARBITRARILY GET REZONED AUTOMATICALLY.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ZONING AND LAND USE, UM, WHEN WE UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PART OF THAT UPDATE IS UPDATING THE LAND USE MAP AND ONLY CERTAIN LAND USE CATEGORIES GET CHANGED WITH THE UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NO ZONING GETS CHANGED AT ALL.
SO, UH, HOW DID THE GENTLEMAN'S GO FROM RULE TO RULE OR AGRICULTURE RULE? SO HE'S ZONED RURAL.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ZONED RURAL NOTHING.
NOTHING WITH THE UPDATE TO FUTURE BR EVER CHANGED THAT IT APPEARS HISTORICALLY AT SOME POINT HE WAS HAD A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE CATEGORY PRIOR TO THE LAST FIVE-YEAR UPDATE.
SO WE'RE TALKING 20 16, 20 17 BEFORE THAT IN 2018, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL UPDATED AND APPROVED THE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY CHANGED ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PROPERTIES ALL OVER SOME WITH CONSENT IN THIS AREA, THIS PARTICULAR ONE DID NOT HAVE CONSENT, BUT BECAUSE THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME CHANGED THE LAND USE CATEGORY, AS PART OF THAT, FIVE-YEAR UPDATE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE HERE DEALING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO YEAH, I GUESS I GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW IS THAT WAS PAST HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT IT SHOULD BE AGRICULTURAL RULE IT'S AG RURAL LAND USE RIGHT NOW ON, ON FEATURE BR ON FUTURE BR, WHICH IS, UH, A RECOMMENDED LAND USE PLAN.
THAT'S A RECOMMENDED LAND USE FOR THE FUTURE FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE, IT CAN BE CHANGED WITH A BODY OR UPDATE ANY APP CAN AND PROPERTY OWNER CAN SUBMIT APPLICATION AT ANY TIME THAT WILL PROCESS JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THIS GENTLEMAN.
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UM, OKAY.CAUSE I GUESS THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID OUR MASTER PLAN, UH, FOR CENTRAL, WE MADE A MISTAKE OF ARBITRARILY GOING IN REZONING WHEN WE SET THE MASTER PLAN IN PLACE AND ALL THE ZONING CATEGORIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE ARBITRARILY BASICALLY REZONED EVERYBODY.
AND WE COME TO FIND OUT, WE HAD TO GIVE THEM TIME TO EITHER OPT OUT AND AUTOMATICALLY REVERT THEM BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MANY PIECES THAT CHANGE AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CONGENITAL THE PARISH LEVEL OR WHATEVER, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS BASICALLY WE ARBITRARILY RESOLVE THEM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WASN'T COMING OUT THE SAME WAY AS THEIRS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THIS PLAN, DID WE ARE ARBITRARILY REZONED, THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY AND LIKE COUNCILMAN DONE, IT SAID IT'S WITHOUT HIS INPUT OR HIS SIGNATURE OR SIGN OFF THAT THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED.
I HAVE A, UH, AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS FROM THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE DID NOT REZONE THE PROPERTY, BUT BECAUSE IN THIS RARE INSTANCE, THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO MADE IT REGULATORY, THERE WAS DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WERE LOST WHEN THAT CHANGE OCCURRED.
SO I'M LOOKING AT, SO THIS WAS IN 2018 WHEN THE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE OCCURRED ACCURATE, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I SEE HERE, UH, APPROVAL RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OCTOBER 15TH, 2018.
THAT WAS TO TAKE IT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO AG RURAL ON THE FUTURE LAND USE.
AND THEN OF COURSE NOW WE'VE GOT RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BROUGHT UP BY THE STAFF TO GO BACK.
UM, WHICH, AND I COULD SEE THAT BASED ON THE AREA.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE IF, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, NEXT YEAR, THEY CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR AG RURAL.
AND STAFF WOULD PROBABLY APPROVE THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH.
I MEAN, IS THAT ACCURATE? WOULD YOU AGREE? YEAH, THIS CERTAINLY WASN'T A DIFFICULT CONCLUSION TO COME FROM.
THERE THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS IN PLACE HERE.
STAFF HAD MANY DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, UH, AMONGST THEMSELVES AND ALSO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA.
WE WENT TO, UH, UH, I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT THE COUNCILMAN HOSTED, UM, AND ULTIMATELY STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WAS THE INITIAL PETITION THAT THE APPLICANT CERTAINLY DID NOT CONSENT TO THAT, THAT, THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN IT.
UH, THE OTHER FACTORS THAT CAME IN WERE THE CONSISTENT LAND USE AND LOT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, VERY SIMILAR LOTS, UM, SLIGHTLY LARGER, BUT, UH, VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE DIMENSIONS, ALSO SMALLER LOTS DIRECTLY BEHIND IT.
AND ALSO, UM, A FACTOR THAT PLAYED A ROLE WAS THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL NURSERY.
THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
IT'S, UH, IT'S COMMERCIAL BY, BY BEING AN ILLEGAL NON-CONFORMING USE THAT THAT'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
UM, SO WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, AND LOT, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT 4.1, LOTS PER ACRE ALLOWABLE WOULD THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IN A RURAL ZONING, UH, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
THE, THE, UH, GEOGRAPHY OF THIS LOT ENGINEERING WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE SAID SIX PROBABLY AT MOST WOULD BE, UH, FEASIBLE, BUT THERE ARE SOME EXTREMELY LARGE LOTS, AND SOME ARE TWO TRACKS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THIS CONTINUING, YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE TALKED THAT THERE'S A HARRISON, UH, KEVIN HARRISON HAS A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, BIG TRACKS, UH, MR. HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, 11 ACRES.
SO IN THEORY, UH, WE STARTED GOING DOWN THIS ROAD IN THIS AREA AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE SOME, UH, POTENTIAL FOR MAYBE NOT TO THE 4.1 PER ACRE, BUT CERTAINLY A, UH, HIGHER DENSITY ON SOME OF THESE LARGER TRACKS WITH MORE WITH THAT COULD SUSTAIN PUTTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND STILL HAVE, UH, PLENTY OF, UH, LOT AVAILABILITY.
UM, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE FITTING ON THIS ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS THAT CASE WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT STICKS AND THEN IF IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ALLOWED AND, AND EVEN WHEN SOMEBODY IS ASKING FOR, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS ABOUT THIS ONE, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE NEXT ONE TOO.
AND THE CHARACTER OF THE WHOLE AREA
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AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS ACROSS THE STREET AND MAYBE BEHIND IT, BUT, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NON-CONFORMING, UH, LEGAL USE, UM, REALLY EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT SIDE, IN THAT ROW.UH, IF THAT, NOT IF THAT NURSERY WERE THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE THINGS ON THAT SIDE, THIS WOULD BE THE ANOMALY AND IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE, UH, SOMETHING SPOT JUST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, OTHERWISE IT STAYED LOTS.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ON, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT A SLIPPERY SLOPE AND WHAT ELSE, BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY LARGE TRACKS ARE, UH, SISTER TRACKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, MR. D'AMATO IS 11 ACRES IS ACTUALLY TWO TRACKS.
SO, UH, IT'S FEASIBLE THAT YOU COULD SEE SOMETHING COME IN WITH A VERY HIGH DENSITY, UM, ALLOWING CLOSER TO THAT 4.1 PER ACRE.
AND, UM, WE, WE CERTAINLY BE SETTING THE PRECEDENT OF ALLOWING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER I WANTED TO MR. D'AMATO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE THAT I MET ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ADDRESS ANY QUESTION HE WANTED TO.
IT'S SOMETHING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
WHEN I MENTIONED EARLIER, I DO LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE 11 ACRES AND HORSES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN SEPTIC SYSTEM.
THE CITY PARISH DOES NOT FURNISH US WITH ANY KIND OF DRAINAGE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR OWN SEPTIC.
I HAVE TWO TANKS, ONE GOES INTO THE OTHER, AND THEN THE OTHER DRAINS INTO A GRAVEL PIT.
AND I HAVE TO HAVE A, UH, UH, ELECTRIC MOTOR TO PUMP AIR INTO IT, TO IN ORDER TO PURIFY THE SYSTEM.
WHEN HE FINALLY COMES OUT OF THE SYSTEM IS PURIFIED AND IT GOES A THOUSAND YARDS ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY TO ANOTHER LITTLE POND I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S VERY RURAL.
THE CITY PARISH HAS NOT FURNISHED US WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES AND WE HAVE TO FURNISH IT AND WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT THIS PLACE, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE HOUSES ON THE SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH NO EVIDENCE OF CITY PARISH DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US TALK TO YOU.
AND, UH, I HOPE YOU VOTE FOR US, UH, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY AS RURAL AS POSSIBLE GANG.
AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT SEWELL, UH, THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF MINE.
ALSO, SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FLOODING, MASSIVE FLOODING, AGAIN, ANOTHER CONCERN HERE, AND YES, WE ARE IN LOUISIANA AND YOU CAN'T HELP THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT I GUESS IF YOU'VE NOT EXPERIENCED IT, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER THING I HEARD ABOUT THE, UH, PRESERVATION OF DENSITY OF PROPERTY.
VERY IMPORTANT HERE, THE PERCENT OF RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSE THIS, AND I HEARD 75% AND A WANT TO KNOW HOW, HOW DID WE, HOW DID WE GET TO THAT NUMBER? AND IS THAT A REAL NUMBER? SO IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT OVER THERE FOR ME, YES, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SOME THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT THAT ARE NOT TRUE.
SO I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS BEING 75% HERE.
AND THAT OUGHT TO BE ALMOST ALL OF THE FOLK THAT LIVE THERE.
AND THEN WHEN I, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN SOMEWHERE AND THEY'VE READ AND THEY'VE BROUGHT UP AND THEY'VE LIVED THERE AND WHEN YOU GET AN HOUR, EVENING, YEARS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AND NOT GOING TO DO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT MY QUESTION IS, AND THEN I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT GRANTING TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS THAT WE WERE GRANTING TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS.
I SAID, OKAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BUT I ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
I AM ONE THAT KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION IS FOR FOLK TO COME TO THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATE.
AND THAT MEANS GIVE AND TAKE, GIVE, AND TAKE.
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THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.AND SO I NEED THE QUESTION ANSWERED ABOUT THE 75% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSED I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO JUST HEAR FROM ANYBODY.
I WANT TO KNOW FACTS WHO CAN SAY YES, 75%, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW WAS THIS, UM, THAT, UH, RETREAT? HOW DID WE GET IT? HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? I GOT I'M LOCKED OUT, BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
CAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP ONE OF MY MR. HARRIS SHIT, YOUR SPEAKER.
I'M SORRY IF I'M LOCKED OUT, I'LL BE LOCKED OUT.
YOU WANT TO ASK HER A QUESTION? SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NEGOTIATION, I MEAN, Y'ALL WANT THREE, HE WANTS FIVE, I'M LOOKING AT FOUR.
SO AS YOU COME TO THE, TO THE, UH, MIKE AND YOUR ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN ON THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, MS. GOLDMAN.
THE ORIGINAL PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO OUR OFFICE IN APPROXIMATELY 20 16, 20 17 WAS TO STUDY THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THAT THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR LARGE W ONE ACRE OR GREATER LOTS.
UM, THERE WAS A PETITION THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF SIGNATURES OF PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG PICU AND ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, UH, APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY 75%, UH, OF THAT PETITION SIGNED IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT.
SO WHAT WE DID OR IN THE PREVIOUS PLANNING DIRECTOR WAS LOOKING AT THE, THOSE SIGNATURES, UH, IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE PROPERTIES WERE RECOGNIZING THAT THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DID NOT SIGN IT, UM, WOULD NOT LIKELY BE BROUGHT IN.
AND WE TRY TO IDENTIFY A GROUP OF PROPERTIES, UH, AS PART OF THAT FIVE-YEAR UPDATE.
AND THAT WAS PUT FORTH AS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR CHANGING.
WAS IT 75% OF PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THIS? THERE WAS 75% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS FAVOR, FAVOR OF THE ONE LOT, ONE ACRE LOTS.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THE 75% 75% WAS FOR THE PETITION TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE 75% WAS FOR, UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT INCLUDE THE CURRENT OWNERS CONSENT.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE 75% NUMBER IS COMING FROM.
SOMEONE SAID THAT 75% OF THE RESIDENTS OPPOSE THIS, SOMEBODY WHO SHARED TODAY.
SO THAT'S A ROMNEYESK I CAN'T SAY WHETHER THAT'S A RUINOUS OR NOT, BUT THE 75% THAT YOU'RE WERE REFERRING TO IS FOR THE, THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE? THAT WOULD BE, LET ME JUST ALSO INTERJECT INTO THAT REAL QUICK, CAUSE I CAN'T NECESSARILY ANSWER THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT THE PLAT IS NOT ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU.
TH THE SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED.
THE PLAT WAS APPROVED AT FIVE BY PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF THIS BODY TO APPROVE TODAY.
ALL THAT IS IS BEING FOR YOU GUYS IS THE CHANGE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE COULDN'T BE NEGOTIATIONS THAT GO ON, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THAT THIS BODY WOULD BE APPROVING A FIVE OR FOUR, THREE LOT.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT CHANGE IS CONTINGENT UPON ANY NEGOTIATIONS, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY COULD DO, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST WANT TO MAKE, CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL PLOT PLOT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE IT INTO THE DEVELOPER SO I CAN DEVELOP A COUPLE OF GO PLEASE.
MR. BERGERON, MR. BERGERON, PLEASE.
SO MY QUESTION IS NEGOTIATION, OR ARE YOU OPEN TO NEGOTIATION FOR THE WAY I VIEW THAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TELLS ME I HAVE TO DO 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE.
I'M DOING ADDING FOUR UNITS, THE ONES ALREADY THERE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF FIVE HOUSES.
I'M TRYING TO FIT SIX OR SEVEN OR EIGHT IN THERE AND PUTTING FIVE
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CAUSE THE UDC ALLOWS FOR 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE.AND IF WE TO PUT A CONTINGENCY ON IT THAT IT'LL NEVER BE DEVELOPED MORE THAN FIVE LOTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER INTENTIONS FOR THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE FIVE NICE RESIDENTIAL LIFE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMICS OF IT, WHEN YOU TRY TO SELL AN ACRE IN THE MARKET, IF IT'S AN ACRE, YOU GET ABOUT 2% OF THE MARKET.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GET UP TO, UH, YOU GET TO GO TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY INCREASING IT TO 20% OF THE MARKET.
YOU DO A HALF ACRE, YOU HAD 40 OR 50%.
SO AS FAR AS THE ECONOMICS OF THE EXPENSE OF DEVELOPING IT, PUT IT IN UTILITIES, PROVIDING FOR DRAINAGE, SEWER, WATER, GAS, ELECTRICAL, THE ROAD DANCING, AND HE TOOK THE MONEY.
SO I'M TRYING TO BE AS FAIR AS I CAN STILL KEEP THE PROJECT ECONOMICAL AND REACH A, A MARKET THAT'S OUT THERE FOR THAT SIZE LOT.
BEFORE WE GET THE VOTE ON ME, TIM, YOU SAID THAT WE NEEDED EIGHT VOTES TO PASS DESIGN.
ASHLEY, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WHY DO WE NEED EIGHT VOLTS ON ME? UM, ALL PLAN AMENDMENTS REQUIRE EIGHT BOATS, AND THIS IS A PLAN AMENDMENT.
UH, TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE THOROUGH QUESTIONS, I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS THE RESIDENTS, UH, IN JUST A MOMENT TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING AND, AND UH, TUFTS SITUATIONS THAT WE ALL, UH, OCCASIONALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND SO, UM, THERE ARE, UH, FAIR POINTS, UH, ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, WE ALL, AS, AS PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE STOOD IN FRONT OF THAT ROOM WHEN FOLKS ARE DIRECTING THEIR PASSIONATE ABOUT AN ISSUE TOWARDS YOU.
SO I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH NATURE WITH WHICH YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE DIVED IN ON THIS ONE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING AND DISCUSSION, AND I HEARD THE CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL VOICED.
UM, HIGHLAND ROAD IS A CHALLENGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE THIS AREA, UH, RIGHT OFF OF HIGHLAND ROAD, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, FURTHERING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE AS A BODY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE, UH, PROPOSALS ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD AND AN ADJACENT STREETS TO HIGHLAND ROAD.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE THIS TYPE OF ATMOSPHERE AND CHALLENGE FOR US.
HIGHLAND WILL NEVER BE WIDENED, EXPANDED.
UH, WE WILL MOVE TRAFFIC OFF OF HIGHLAND IN OTHER WAYS LIKE A PICU LANE INTERCHANGE, AND WE GET A RESULT LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT TONIGHT.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE, WE FACE SOME DECISIONS AS A COMMUNITY, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE COLLECTIVELY WILL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE FLOOD GATES OPENED, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS.
AND I REALISTICALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, BUT I, I, I UNDERSTAND APPRECIATE VALUE AND, AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU COMMIT TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE CONCERNS YOU'VE EXPRESSED.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE STEPS WE CAN TAKE WITH THE FUTURE BR THAT'S UNDERGOING AN UPDATE NOW, UH, THAT POTENTIALLY REDUCE SOME OF THE CONFUSION WE RAN INTO TONIGHT.
AND SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THERE ARE SOME MOVIE BR AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON, CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT, UH, YOUR PROPERTY, YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT IN SOME CASES THEY'RE GOING TO BE NECESSARY, UH, BECAUSE OF JUST WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA AND THE, AND THE TRAFFIC THAT IS CURRENTLY ON YOU AND IS IN THE NEAR FUTURE BEING DELIVERED TO YOU.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT FACTOR INTO MY DECISION, I LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE MAP ON PAGE FIVE, WHICH SHOWS SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD VAN HORTY AND ACROSS THE STREET THAT DOES FACTOR INTO MY DECISION.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE SITUATION WITH THIS PROPERTY OWNER, NOT SIGNING ON TO A PETITION.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE FACTORED IN ON HOW I WEIGHED THIS, UM, I HAD A GREAT COUPLE HOUR MEETING WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORS AND BELIEVE ME THEIR INPUT, UH, AND PASSION WEIGHED ON ME HEAVILY.
UM, BUT I HAVE COME TO A PLACE WHERE, UH, I AM NOT GOING TO OPPOSE THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.
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THAT I DON'T WANT THIS TO OPEN THE FLOOD GATES.AND SO IF WE SEE SOMETHING COME UP AGAIN, LET'S WORK COLLECTIVELY ON IT, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BACK IN THE SAME POSITION AGAIN.
AND LET ME, LET ME COMPLIMENT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL, RYAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, HE SENT, UH, WAS ADVANCED TO HAVE THAT RIGHT, MAN, HE SENT BANDS TO THE MEETING WITH ME, VANCE, UH, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO FIELD SOME OF THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND HE PROVIDED THE EXPERT INSIGHT.
RYAN'S FIELD, SOME PHONE CALLS FROM MIGUEL AS WELL.
UH, SO I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THEIR DILIGENCE ON THIS, UH, AND, AND WORKING WITH ME THROUGH IT, FRANKLY, THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS ONE, UH, AND IT WAS CHALLENGING.
AND LAUGHING, I'LL SAY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE ON THIS ONE IS A TOUGH ONE.
UH, I THINK BECAUSE I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE AREA, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
MOTION TO APPROVE COUNSELING AND WE'LL GO.
THEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE IS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE APPROVAL.
WE HAVE ONE I WANT TO POSE TO VOTE ON THE MACHINES.
WE'RE ON A PHONE ON THE MACHINES.
UH, MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION CARRIES.
[2. 22-00076 PA-3-22 8800-8900 and 8890 Quarters Lake Road]
ITEM TWO.ITEM TWO REQUIRES A BOTH PA DASH THREE DASH 22 8 8 0 0 2 8 9 0 0 AND 8 8 9 0 PORTERS LAKE ROAD TO A MINUTE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO OFFICE ON PROPERTIES LOCATED EAST OF QUARTERS LAKE ROAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, STATE 12 ON PORTIONS OF LAS 89 COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED NINE ZERO COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO.
ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM TWO, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE AND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MY MOUTH SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERS.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TITLE TO HAVING NONE ITEM CARRIES OUT ITEM
[3. 22-00077 Case 4-22 8800-8900 and 8890 Quarters Lake Road]
THREE, CASE FOUR DASH 22 8 8 0 0 DASH EIGHT THROUGH 8 9 0 0 AND 8 8 9 0 QUARTER'S LAKE ROAD TO RESOLVE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE RESIDENCES, A GENERAL OFFICE, LOW RISE ON PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF QUARTERS LAKE ROAD, SOUTH DIMINISHED STATE 12 COUNCIL DISTRICT 11.I HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY NINE ZERO.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO MOVE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HERS.
[4. 22-00078 Case 1-22 1116 South 14th Street]
GO TO ITEM FOUR CASE ONE DASH 2, 2 1 1 1 6 SOUTH 14TH STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CB TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH 14TH STREET, SOUTH TO MURDER STREET, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR, THE COMMISSION ACTION WAS TO PROVE NINE ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMO WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE ANY OPPOSITION ITEM CARRIED.
[5. 22-00080 Case 5-22 8398, 8412 and 8514 Hooper Road]
NUMBER FIVE.THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM TO THE MARCH 20TH.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, APRIL 20TH MEETING, UH, TO REZONE FROM, UH, CASE FIVE DASH 2 2 8 3 9 8 8 4 1 2 AND 8 5 1 4 HOOPER ROAD TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOPE ROAD, WEST OF HICKOCK DRIVE COMMISSION ACTION TO APPROVE A MOTION TO DEFER TO MARCH 21 CARE SEVEN ZERO.
UH, IT SAYS MOTION TO DEFER TO MARCH ON HERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DEFER TO APRIL 20TH, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASANT MOTION TO DEFER TO APRIL 20TH, SECONDED BY DUN ANYONE HERE TO OPPOSE, EXCUSE ME.
ANYONE WAS STILL POST HAVING NONE.
[6. 22-00081 ISPUD-1-22 River House Apartments]
I SPOKE AT ONE DASH 22 RIVER HOUSE APARTMENTS, PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY.MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST END, THE SEXISM DIXON DRIVE IN OKLAHOMA STREET.
COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COVID MOTION TO APPROVE NINE ZERO.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX, COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASANT MOTION TO APPROVE.
I CALLED THEM AND SECONDED BY THE CHAIR OF THE OPPOSITION.
HAVING AN ITEM CARES, UH, COUNSELOR MOPE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOST TO TERM A COUNCIL MEMBER MOST SECONDED BY THE CHAIR? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING MEETING AS A TERM.