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AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING
[ROLL CALL]
AT THIS TIME.WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOLCOMB, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ISLANDER, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE HERE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING? SO MOVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES, SEEING NONE THE MINUTES HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED
[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND I'LL ASK MR. LANDRY WITH A COME FORWARD.PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COORDINATING OUR NEXT FIVE-YEAR FUTURE BR UPDATE.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION, UH, WITH THE ANTICIPATED ADOPTION IN LATE 2023, WE HAVE, UH, OUR NEXT STEPS AHEAD OF US ARE TO CONTACT OUR LEAD AGENCIES AND TO ANALYZE OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A MATRIX FOR THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE, UH, CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY, UH, HOW THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THESE ZONING DISTRICTS.
THIS MATRIX IS GOING TO BE USED TO HELP TO, UH, GUIDE PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, AND RECOMMENDING FUTURE LAND USE CHANGES.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IT 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 22 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 0 2 THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48 DURING THE MEETING, EXCUSE ME, ALL COMMENTS.
WE BROADCAST ON WWW DOT DOT GOV ON METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND AT AND T CHANNEL 99 AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE BY A FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING.
DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEM'S PUBLIC HEARING, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND@HTTPSWWW.BR LA.GOV/PC APPLICANT.
AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD, 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 FORM.
ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO'S FILLED OUT, A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK, AND THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROUT.WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MORIN, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HERE ARE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEM NUMBER 21 S S 1 22 RONALD S. STEVENS PROPERTY PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD IN PASADENA.
DRIVE WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON MARCH 7TH ITEMS WERE DEFERRAL ITEM NUMBER 22 22 REALLY GEL, A STATE PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNT PLEASANT ZACHARY ROAD, WEST OF BARNETT CUTOFF ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER 23 ASSETS 3 22, FREDDY ROBINSON TRACK PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PORT HUDSON PLAINS ROAD, EAST OF SAMUEL'S ROAD.
THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 17 22 1 1 6 6 3 HONORARY LANE TO REZONE FROM RURAL OFF STREET PARKING B AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HONORARY LANE, EAST OF FIELDSTONE DRIVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE 15 22 23 23 NORTH FLANNERY ROAD TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR
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AND LOUNGE CAV TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO H C TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH PLANNERY AVENUE AND SOUTH CHOCTAW DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 10 K 1720 TO 1 35 SOUTH OF FLANNERY ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE L C1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH FLANNERY ROAD, SOUTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD.ITEM NUMBER 12, CASE 19 22 55 0 0 MCCLELLAN DRIVE TO REZONE FROM OFF STREET PARKING B LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MCCLELLAN DRIVE IN HOLLYWOOD GREENWELL CROSSOVER STREET, ITEM NUMBER 14, LAKE VILLAS CROSSING BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION ONE PROPOSED CHANGE TO QUARTER YARD CORNER SIDE YARD SETBACKS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEN HUR ROAD AND SOUTH OF WEST LEE DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 15, BUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO HIGH CROFT BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION TO PROPOSE CHANGE TO CORNER SIDE YARD SETBACKS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE AND NORTH OF MEN, HER ROAD ITEM NUMBER 16, BUT FOUR DASH 12 BARBIE SHOP PHASE TWO.
THE GREENS AT MILLERVILLE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION, ONE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND RELOCATION OF PROPOSED BUILDINGS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILLERSVILLE GRAINS BOULEVARD, WEST OF MILLERSVILLE ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 18 AS THREE DASH 22 HAMMOND HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY EAST OF GLORIA DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 19 AS FIVE DASH 22 AT WATER VILLAS SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PRIVATE STREET PUBLIC STREETS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE EAST OF RIVER ROAD AND ITEM 26 DASH 22 AT WATER RESERVE SUBDIVISION PROPOSED MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PRO PUBLIC STREETS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE EAST OF RIVER ROAD PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND THE UDC, SORRY, COMMISSION MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE CALLED TO BE HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING NONE AS THEIR EMOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON THAT CAN BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING NONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN
[Items 2 & 3]
APPROVED.WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER ITEMS TWO AND THREE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 7 22 1 9 8 2 2.
WHO SHOULD TO ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, SUBDIVISION 2 22 WOODHILL SUBDIVISION DASH SEVEN DASH 22 1 9 8 2 2 HSA TO ROAD RELATED TO THIS DISH TO DISH 22.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ROAD AND SOME TIGER BEING ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON.
THE APPLICANT IS AMERICAN HOMELAND, LLC.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE THIS PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD S DASH TWO DASH 22 WOODHILL SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 194, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH SIX COMMON AREA TRUCKS AND PUBLIC STREET EXITS.
BR LANG IS DESIGNATION IS AGRICULTURAL RULE P A DASH SEVEN DASH 22 1 9 8 2 2 OSHA TO ROWER RELATED TO S DASH TWO DASH 22 PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OR THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURE WHIRL APPEARING APPROPRIATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REQUEST MEETS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
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IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, WE'VE RECEIVED 27 MESSAGES OF OPPOSITION AND 37 MESSAGES IN FAVOR TO THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES, UH, POINT OF ORDER ON THAT, MR. WASHINGTON, I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TAKING BOTH ITEMS UP TOGETHER AND I DON'T WANT YOU FOLKS TO BE HERE ANY LATER THAN YOU NEED TO BE, BUT I DO HAVE TWO ITEMS IN UNDER YOUR RULES.
I'M ENTITLED 15 MINUTES ON EACH ITEM AND IT'S A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER ON THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE, OF THE, UH, PLAN APPROVAL ITSELF.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK FOR SOME DISCRETION IN EXTENDING BEYOND THE 15 MINUTES.
WELL, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST MR. MESSINA, THAT IF I GO OVER, IT MIGHT BE THREE OR FOUR MINUTES.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE DOWN HERE LONGER THAN A HALF DAY.
ALL THE FAITH IN THE WORLD YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT IN 15 MINUTES.
IF I TALK LIKE THAT FEDEX GUY THAT DID THE ADS YEARS AGO, I PROBABLY CAN TALK ABOUT MR. CHAIRMAN POINT OF ORDER, MR. CHAIRMAN, AS A GENTLEMAN, TIME STARTED FOR HIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE CAN DEBATE ALL DAY, BUT WE NEED TO GET STARTED SO WE CAN GET FAMOUS.
WE GOT, GOT DEBATE THE MERITS OF HOW THE ITEM IS PRESENTED.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH, UH, ITEM WITH THE FIRST ITEM.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
PETER I'M AN ATTORNEY AND PRIVATE PRACTICE AND MY ADDRESS IS 8 7 0 8 HIGHWAY SUITE B BATTER'S LOUISIANA.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AMERICAN HOMELAND, LLC, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOODHILL DEVELOPMENT, UH, TALKING TO MR. MORIN, BEFORE WE STARTED ON UNDERSTAND THAT MR. MORIN DID RECEIVE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE, A COPY OF, UH, THIS, UM, BOOKLET WE PUT TOGETHER AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
IS THAT CORRECT? MR. MORIN? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL AS THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, REPORT AND THE STANTEC TRAFFIC REPORT.
I ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS TOO.
UH, AND I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS.
I KNOW IT WAS PROBABLY DELIVERED TO MOST OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE BOOKLET.
IF ANYBODY DESIRES TO SEE IT, IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT, I APOLOGIZE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED ON FRIDAY.
UM, YOU WANT TO PASS DEREK? YOU WANT TO PASS THOSE OUT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY DESTROYED A FEW TREES IN OREGON OR WHEREVER.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE PART OF THE RECORD, A COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OF POSSESSION IN THE SUCCESSION OF MARTHA MENIFEE, UM, RECORDED IN THESE BATTERIES, PARIS RECORDS, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT WHEREBY MR. SAM, DR.
SAMUEL MENIFEE OBTAINED THIS OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2005.
IT HAD BEEN IN HIS MOTHER AND FATHER'S, UH, OWNERSHIP FOR SOME 40 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT AND A COPY OF THE PRINTOUT FROM THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ASSESSOR SHOWING THE TAX INFORMATION, DR.
MURPHY'S NAME AS THE TAXPAYER AND HIS HOME ADDRESS AT PO BOX FIVE TO 909 1 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, TWO TO 9 0 5 WOULD MAKE THAT PART OF THE RECORD.
IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE I SAY HERE TODAY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER THIS ONE PHRASE.
THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
THERE ARE THREE AREAS THAT I'M GOING TO ADDRESS IF TIME PERMITS AND IT, IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, THEY ARE NUMBER ONE.
MURPHY'S DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WERE TAKEN FROM HIM WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL ACTIONS IN PLAN AMENDMENT TWO DASH 22, WHICH CAME UP IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY RESPECTIVELY BEFORE THE RELATIVE BODIES RESPECTIVE BODIES.
SECONDLY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSION IN DECIDING THIS CASE MUST DO SO ON A BASIS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS CASES OR OTHERWISE.
THE ACTION OF THIS COMMISSION WILL BE ARBITRARY CAPRICIOUS.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS IN CONTEXT OF PAST PC AND METRO COUNCIL ACTIONS.
AND AS TIME PERMITS, WE'LL INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SUPPORT.
IN FACT, FOR YOU TO KNOW NUMBER ONE, THE ZONING ON THE SUBJECT TRACT IS RURAL.
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THE VISION OF THE FUTURE BR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ENVISIONED TO BE RURAL AG.AND THIS BECAME DIVISION ON SEPTEMBER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2011.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE MENIFEE FAMILY FOR OVER 30, 50 YEARS.
SALMAN, IF HE INHERITED FROM HIS MOTHER AS PREVIOUSLY STATED DR.
MINNIFIELD LIVES IN VIRGINIA, HE DID NOT REQUEST THE CHANGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE PROPERTY WAS UNAWARE OF IT AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF IT.
THIS CASE IS NOT A REZONING CASE.
IT IS A REQUEST FOR PLAN AMENDMENT FROM OUR AG TO OUR, IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO RESTORE DOCUMENTARIES RIGHTS, WHICH WERE TAKEN FROM HIM WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.
WELL, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO STAND ON THEIR HEAD AND LOOK AT IT.
THE SEGUES IS TO THE FIRST ISSUE.
MANY OF YOU WILL PROBABLY RECALL TAKING UP CASE PA TWO DASH 22 AT THE JANUARY MEETING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T RECALL, LET ME GIVE YOU A RECAP.
IT PRESENTED A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE ISSUE HERE.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN MR. , WHO OWNED TRACK TO LAND ON PICU LANE.
HIS NEIGHBORS GOT TOGETHER AND CON AND MADE THE REQUEST THAT IN THE FUTURE BR PLAN THAT THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY IN THAT AREA BE RE-DESIGNATED AS RURAL AG, MR. BADGER, RON DIDN'T JOIN IN THAT REQUEST.
HE WASN'T NOTIFIED THAT THAT CHANGE WAS BEING MADE.
AND WHEN IT, UH, YOU DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT HE HAD RIGHTS TAKEN FROM HIM WITHOUT DUE PROCESS IN YOUR MEETING, WHERE YOU TOOK IT UP AND YOU APPROVED IT BY NINE TO ONE VOTE, AND MANY CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED, BUT EVEN MORE CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED WHEN PA 2 22 GOT TO THE METRO COUNCIL.
UH, COUNCILMAN DURHAM SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS LEGAL.
IT'S NOT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE OWNER JUST LIKE IN THIS CASE DID NOT CONSENT TO THE FUTURE VR PLAN CHANGES.
AND MR. HAWKIN ALSO STATED THAT PA TWENTY-TWO REPRESENTED THE QUOTE RARE INSTANCE, THAT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WERE LOST, AND IT IS RARE, BUT IT'S NOT SO RARE THAT IT'S NOT ALSO PRESENT IN THIS CASE.
THE PARIS ATTORNEY SAID AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING AND I'M QUOTING HERE, THE ONLY INCIDENTS THAT IS THE ONLY INCIDENCE THAT FUTURE BR IS REGULATORY EXTREMELY RARE.
AND HE SAID, THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
AND IT WAS FIXED IN THAT CASE.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN THIS CASE, MR. COUNCILMAN WHO NEEDS THE DISTRICT, UH, THAT PICO LANE, UH, PROPERTY WAS IN CALL IT UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING, UNIQUE IN NATURE.
AND HE MOVED FOR ITS APPROVAL AND COUNCILMAN HUDSON IN WHOSE DISTRICT THIS PROPERTY IS SITUATED, UH, DISTRICT NINE VOTED FOR THAT PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT MR. HUDSON SAID AT THE MEETING WHEN, BEFORE HE CAST THAT VOTE AND I'M QUOTING JUST A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
FIRST, SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE AND HOW WE WOULD GO FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING TO AG RURAL ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY APPROVE OF IT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DESIRE FOR THAT IN DISTRICT NINE.
AND THE WAY THAT WE HANDLED IT IS WHEN RESIDENTS APPROACHED US WITH THIS IDEA, WE, INSTEAD OF CHANGING THEIR FUTURE LAND, USE DESIGNATION, ASK THEM TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING TO ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL LOTS, RIGHT? THAT WAY, IF YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN ON YOUR LOT, YOU CAN DO IT, BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORS.
SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO LOOK AT.
EVEN FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, WE MIGHT NEED TO ESTABLISH AS A COUNCIL AND AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE, LADDY, PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
MR. HUDSON SAID, I'M CERTAINLY SINCE TWO TO THE FACT AS WELL, THE COMBINATION OF RURAL ZONING AND AG RURAL IS REALLY THE ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE, WHETHER IT'S SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE USE OF PROPERTY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING IN COMBINATION, I'M ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S HERE TENDS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL.
AND I WOULD FIND IT INTERESTING TO SEE
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HOW HE SQUARES THOSE COMMENTS WITH WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.SPEAKING AGAINST IT, THAT BEING THE CASE PA TWO DASH 22 WAS APPROVED.
THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT CASE AND THIS CASE.
AND THAT WOULD MOVE US TO A DISCUSSION OF PRIOR PC AND METRO ACTIONS REGARDING PLAN AMENDMENTS.
BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITHOUT GETTING WAY OUT IN THE WEEDS OF US AND SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO OF THE LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION PROVIDE, AND I'M QUOTING THE FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT OF DUE PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING, WHICH IS TO BE ACCORDED.
FINALITY IS NOTICE REASONABLY CALCULATED UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES TO PRIZE INTERESTED PARTIES OF THE PENDENCY OF THE ACTION AND AFFORD THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR OBJECTIONS.
THAT WAS FURTHER EXPANDED BY DEFINING THAT THE NOTICE BY MAIL OR OTHER MEANS AS CERTAIN AS MAIL TO ENSURE ACTUAL NOTICE IS THE MINIMAL CONSTITUTIONAL PRECONDITION TO A PROCEEDING WHICH WILL ADDRESS VIRTUALLY AFFECT THE LIBERTY ARE PROPERTY INTERESTS OF ANY PARTY, WHETHER UNLETTERED ARE WELL-VERSED IN COMMERCIAL PRACTICE, IF IT'S NAME AND ADDRESS A REASONABLY ASCERTAINABLE, THE RECORD IS CLEAR THAT DR.
MENIFEE HIS NAME AND HIS ADDRESS.
SO THE TAX RECORDS ARE REASONABLY ASCERTAINABLE AND IT CANNOT BE DENIED THAT BY PLASTIC, UH, PASSING THE FUTURE, UH, AMENDMENT IN 2011, WITHOUT HIS CONSENT, WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE DENIED HIM DUE PROCESS AND DENIED HIM A PROPERTY RIGHTS.
THOSE RIGHTS EXIST IN THE LOUISIANA AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION TO PROTECT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE IS COUNCIL EVERYBODY SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
A MINUTE FEE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE PROTECTED THERE.
AND AT THAT MEETING, THE ASSISTANT PARIS ATTORNEY SAID, THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
AND THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
NOW WE MOVE TO PRIOR ACTIONS OF THIS COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL BETWEEN JANUARY, 2017 AND DECEMBER, 2021, THERE WERE EIGHT COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENTS, 48 REZONING PROPOSALS IN DISTRICT NINE OF THE 56 INSTANCES WITHIN DISTRICT NINE.
THE COUNCIL ONLY DENIED TWO COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND THREE ZONING REQUEST.
SO 94% OF THE REZONING REQUESTS WITHIN COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE PASSED.
AND THEY WERE OF THOSE 92% PASS THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, DISTRICT NONES ON COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HUDSON, 100% OF ALL THE PRO PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED IN 20 21 8 TOTAL BY THE METRO COUNCIL WERE PASSED SEVEN OF THE EIGHT UNANIMOUSLY ONE RECEIVED AN EIGHT TO ONE VOTE THIS YEAR, 20 22 7 PLAN AMENDMENTS HAVE COME UP PRIOR TO THIS ONE, ALL HAD BEEN APPROVED, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WE DISCUSSED, A PLAN AMENDMENT TWO DASH 22.
THAT IS THE CONSISTENCY OF THE ACTIONS OF THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN THE LITTLE TIME THAT I HAVE LEFT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PLAN, BUT IT'S, I HOPE I'VE GOTTEN ACROSS TO YOU THAT ALTHOUGH THE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN IS VISIONARY AND IT'S NOT ZONING IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S REGULATORY.
AND THIS HAS BEEN ADMITTED BY MR. HOLCOMB AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHANGED BY GIVING A CLASSIFICATION IN THAT PLAN TO RURAL AGRICULTURE, WHERE YOU HAVE ONLY ALLOWED THE LAND OWNER TO PUT ONE UNIT RESIDENTIAL UNIT PER ACRE.
WHEREAS BEFORE THAT TIME HE HAD 4.1.
AND ACTUALLY BEFORE GOING BACK TO WHEN MR. DR.
MENIFEE GOT AS PLANNED, IT WAS 7.34, THE ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED.
SO IN ESSENCE, IN, IN EFFECT, HIS PROPERTY WAS REZONED WITHOUT HIS PARTICIPATION WITHOUT HIS CONSENT.
JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH PEAKY LANE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE SPECIFICS OF THIS, UH, UM, SITE ARE CONCERNED.
THERE ARE MANY COMPATIBLE PROJECTS IN PROXIMITY.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS THE STREET TURN, DON'T GET THIS UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY'RE SHOWN ON THAT BOARD.
THE, UM, ONE OF THESE BEING OAK COLONY, THE SECOND PHASE WAS APPROVED JUST LAST YEAR.
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PROPOSED USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LAND USES IN THE AREA.THIS BOARD SHOWS YOU THE CONSISTENT OF THE LAND USES WITH THE YELLOW BEING RESIDENTIAL.
THIS BOARD SHOWS YOU THE LAND USES, UM, WHERE THERE'S SOME BEEN SOME IMAGINARY LINE ABOUT RURAL AG, WHICH IS AN IMAGINARY LINE BECAUSE THERE IS RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THAT AND SHOWS YOU, UH, THAT TRULY, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A CHANGE OF CHARACTER WHERE RURAL AG STARTS, IT'S THIS LINE RIGHT HERE, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF, UH, UH, MALHEUR LAKES.
I THINK IT'S ON THE TV SCREEN ABOUT 40 SECONDS REMAINING ON THIS ISLAND.
I'M SORRY, 40 SECONDS REMAINING ON THIS SIDE.
WELL, SIR, UH, THERE WAS A MEETING OUT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND, UH, THE DEVELOPER WAS THERE AND HIS TEAM, UM, PAUSE FOR ONE MOMENT FOR I'LL.
ON THIS, UH, ON THIS ITEM, THERE, THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
I WASN'T THERE UNDERSTAND IT WAS NOT A PRETTY MEETING.
HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPER UNDERTOOK AFTER THAT MEETING TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AND THE TIME TO SHOW THEM TO YOU, BUT THEY SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED THE THIRD SITE PLAN WITH ANOTHER $408,000 WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I WOULD, IF I HAD MORE TIME, I WOULD GET TO THE DRAINAGE AND THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT THERE'S OTHER ENGINEERS WHO WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THAT SUBJECT.
AND I WILL YIELD AT THIS POINT.
SO AGAIN, BOTH THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED.
THEY CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER IN AN EFFORT, ALL ALMOST ALL ON THE SPEAKER CARDS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, ON BOTH THE ITEMS TOGETHER.
SO IF WE GIVE YOU MORE TIME, WE CAN GIVE YOU ANOTHER 15 MINUTES FOR BOTH ITEMS. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DOUBLE THE TIME FOR EACH, FOR EACH SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR MORE TIME AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER CARD IS FROM MIKE, BRUCE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
I'M JUST, I WAS ASKED BY THE APPLICANT TO REVIEW THE TRAFFIC AND DETERMINE THE IMPACTS THAT ANY TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT WOULD CREATE IN THIS AREA.
AND THE, UH, OUTCOME OF THAT WAS, IS IT IN THE REPORT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
THE LODZ GRADED, UH, SOME MORE TRAFFIC, MOST 99% OF THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TOWARD THE, UH, TOWARD THE TIGER BEN, UH, UM, JEFFERSON DIRECTION.
BOTH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS WERE ANALYZED IN THE PEAK HOUR AFTER DOING COUNTS, UH, THROUGH ALL THE NORMAL ITE TRIP GENERATION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES THAT ARE STANDARD TO THE, UH, PROFESSION.
WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ALMOST NO REAL IMPACT TO TRAFFIC DURING THE PEAK HOURS.
SOME DELAYS WERE INCREASED FROM TWO TO FOUR SECONDS, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT THE ENTIRE ENTIRETY OF IT.
UH, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO RESPECT THE SPEAKER.
EVERY ONE OF THEM WILL BE AFFORDED THAT SAME RESPECT WHEN THEY'RE AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE CONTINUE FOUR SECONDS ADDITIONAL.
UH, ALSO THIS WAS DONE AND CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD AND THE, IN THE AREA WITH THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, AS I SAID, WERE, IT WAS JUST COUNTED WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS DURING THE PEAK HOURS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO TO NOTE THAT THERE'S A FUTURE PROJECT UNDER MOVIE R THAT WILL WIDEN WHO SHOULD TOO, AND ENCLOSE THE DRAINAGE, WHICH WOULD ALSO HELP OPERATIONS OF THE, OF THE TRAFFIC ON THAT SEGMENT OF LUCIA TO BETWEEN TIGERMAN AND JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
BUT IT'S ALL IN THE REPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
IF I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR DEREK MURPHY.
MY NAME IS DEREK MURPHY, QUALITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING REPRESENTING AMERICA HOMELAND FOR WOODHILL SUBDIVISION 1 8 3 2 0 HIGHWAY 42 IN PORT VINCENT LOUISIANA.
WE'RE PROPOSING 194, LOTS ON 60 ACRES,
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WHICH IS A DENSITY OF AROUND 3.1, 3.2 LOTS PER ACRE.WE ARE INCLUDING 18.9 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO PRESERVE A MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE, WHAT PLANE THAT IS ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY ALONG BY UMAN SHACK, WHERE WE'RE DEVELOPING ON THE GROUND HIGHER THAN THE FLOOD PLAIN AND DOING MINIMAL, UH, UH, MINIMAL LOTS INSIDE THE EXISTING FLOODPLAIN AS IT SITS TODAY.
8% OF THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
WE ARE, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY.
THIS IMPACT STUDY HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY BOTH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A THIRD PARTY, UH, DUPLANTIS DESIGN GROUP LOOK AT OUR STUDY AS A PEER REVIEW IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND THEY AGREED WITH THE ANALYSIS CONTAINED IN OUR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WHAT WE'VE DONE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT SUBJECT SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOW LEAVING THIS SITE AND THE TWO OUTFALLS OF THIS SITE.
AND WE HAVE A DECREASE IN THE HUNDRED YEAR STORM OF 15 AND 25% OF THE OUTFALLS RESPECTIVELY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.
WE ARE ONLY REQUIRED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE TO LOOK AT THE 25 YEAR WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT AND MAKE SURE IT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT ANYONE AROUND US.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE AREA WE'VE LOOKED AT WE'VE EVEN MODELED BITS OF BAYOU MANSHACK AS REQUIRED BY EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH STAFF, AND SHOWED THAT, THAT THE FILL THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT INCREASE OR IMPACT THE WATER SURFACE.
AND THE AREA MUST ALSO BE NOTED THAT BASED ON OUR PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS AT THIS TIME, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING THE, THE VOLUME, THE FLOODPLAIN VOLUME BY 8,500 YARDS OR 25%.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GOING TO THE FIELD THAT WE HAVE INSIDE THE FLOOD PLAIN IS GOING TO BE 25% GREATER OR LESS, LESS GREATER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING THIS FLOOD STORAGE OF THIS AREA.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL, AND WE CAN, UH, GO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT ABOUT DRAINS.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER COURT IS FOR TODD WAGGA SPEC HELLO.
MY NAME IS TODD WAGUESPACK, MY ADDRESS 42 NORTH FOURTH STREET IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
I'M THE MANAGING MEMBER OF LEVEL HOMES.
AND, UH, MY PARTNERS ARE JOHNNY QUEST AND RYAN INQUESTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING ABOUT 14 COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA.
WE BUILT ABOUT 260 HOMES, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH ENGINEERS AND KEVIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING AN EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD HERE.
UM, UH, WE REVIEWED THE PLAN IS DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT PRICE POINTS ABOUT $550,000, UH, ABOUT 2100 TO ABOUT 3,200 SQUARE FEET, UH, SIMILAR TO THE DESIGN AS MATERRA ROSEANNE.
AND AMERICON LET WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING IN.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE IF YOU NEED ANY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, BUT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK OUT, READ THOSE NAMES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, STEVEN SMITH, TYLER OLIN, MICHAEL PETTY, AND JASON EGAN.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEFF HANSON.
MR. HANSEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
SO LIKE YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
WE LIVE AT 2 3, 5, 7 7 WHO SHOOT ROAD.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT BOUCHER TWO WAS BOUND ON BOTH SIDES BY THE AMY RIVER AND BY UMAN SHAQ.
AND WE'RE OPPOSED TO THIS PLAN, UM, BASED ON WHAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT, THE STATEMENT SAYS CHANGE YOUR FUTURE LAND USE WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED WITH A COMPATIBLE LAND USE AND WILL BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND EXISTING NEARBY DEVELOPMENTS WITH SIMILAR, UH, RETAIL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SORRY, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, THAT THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S.
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HOMES.THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE AREA.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING, UM, UH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THEY GAVE VERY LITTLE ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND THAT'S, I THINK OVERWHELMINGLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HEARING OUR VOICE TONIGHT.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR SEAN COTTON.
YEAH, THE FOUR FOR THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS SEAN COTTON LIVE OFF OF JAY BIRD OFF THE HOOK TO, UH, BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE TRAFFIC FLOODING.
UM, COMMISSIONED 12 YEARS, I WORKED AT A CLIENT PETER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I'VE WORKED MANY, MANY CRASHES ALONG WHO'S TOO.
THEY PUT THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT HAS INCREASED IS, IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
I WAS COMMISSIONED DURING THE FLOOD.
UH, AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHO SHE TOO WAS UNDERWATER, UM, MOLLY AND TOUCHES BY YOU MANSHACK IT TOOK ROUGHLY 32 DAYS FOR BAYOU MANSHACK TO DRAIN BACK IN ITS BANKS.
I UNDERSTAND THE STUDIES AND THE MATH AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WAS THERE JUST LIKE ME IN THESE PEOPLE'S HOUSES, WHO FLOOD, HE WAS THERE WITH A BOAT, GETTING PEOPLE OFF OF, OFF OF THE INEFFICIENT TO, UH, EVERYTHING FROM THAT TIGER.
AN INTERSECTION DOWN WAS INACCESSIBLE.
UM, THERE WERE PEOPLE HAVING TO GET FOLKS OUT WITH BOATS AND HELICOPTERS AND THE WHOLE DEAL.
UM, THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, THE STATEMENT THAT THIS IS A SMALL IMPACT, THAT IS GROSSLY UNDERRATED.
UM, IF YOU LEAVE MY HOUSE AT EIGHT OR SEVEN 30 AT 6 45, IT'LL TAKE YOU 35 MINUTES AGO AT THE I ATTENDED HIGHLAND ROAD.
I'M NOT COMPLAINED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LIVED THERE, BUT BY YOU ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE THERE, NO WAY THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT IT.
BEN DOES, UM, PRETTY MUCH RURAL COUNTRY ROAD, IF YOU WILL.
UH, WHEN I USED TO START MY SHIFT, I WOULD GO SIT AT THE TIGER BAND AT THE BRIDGE AND DO MY PAPERWORK.
AND THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE GOING OUT THAT WAY.
MOST PEOPLE INHERENTLY, ALWAYS GO TO JEFFERSON WHILE JEFFERSON IS A TWO LANE ROAD WITH PLENTY OF TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF PRAIRIEVILLE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT STUDY, I WOULD, AGAIN, WE LIVED THERE, I LIVE IT, UH, IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY.
I HAVE FEEDER CALVES THERE, JUST LIKE MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE LIVESTOCK.
THAT IS THE NATURE OF WHO SHE WROTE A TIGER BIN.
UH, I UNDERSTAND BUSINESSES BUSINESS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS SOMEWHAT EGREGIOUS TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
AND ALSO THE CLAIM OF THERE NOT BEING A FLOOD OR IMPACTS A FLOOD OF TRAFFIC STUDY.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR JOHN CRAWFORD.
I LIVE AT 1 0 4 73 SOUTH TIGER BEND ROAD.
I AM ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES COMING AROUND.
UH, I HAVE A TWO ACRE LOT WITH A HOUSE.
I'M ONE OF THE SMALLEST, LOTS OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A VERY RURAL WAY OF LIFE.
THAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
NOW, IF EVERYBODY'S GOT A COPY OF THE PICTURES FIRST, THE FIRST PICTURE IS WHERE THIS ENTRANCE OF THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE.
AND THIS IS WHERE THEY PROPOSE THAT THE ENTRANCE WILL BE.
SO THEY HAVE A SITE, A SITE WINDOW ON THEIR PLANS.
I THINK IT'S AN ADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE ROAD, JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE IT THROUGH THIS PICTURE.
THE SECOND PAGE IS THE TOPO OF OFF THE, UH, THE CITY PARISH WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WATERSHED SINK.
THEY SAID ONLY 8% I THINK WAS GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
THAT'S ALMOST A THIRD OF THE PICTURE.
SO WHAT IS THIS PROPERTY REALLY LIKE? YOU NEED TO SEE IT.
SO THE NEXT PICTURE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU GO TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ONE OF THE TELLTALE SIGNS OF WETLANDS IS THE PALMETTOS.
SO THE NEXT PICTURE WITH THE, UH, FLOODED YARD, THAT'S MY YARD.
IF YOU SEE THE WHITE FENCE, THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT THIS BEING SOUGHT TO BE DEVELOPED OUR, OUR PROPERTY.
WHEN I SAY OUR, ALL MY NEIGHBORS, WE DRAIN ACROSS THIS PROPERTY THERE THAT THEY SEEK TO DEVELOP.
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THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.AND SO IF YOU SEE THOSE TWO PICTURES, THAT'S NOT A FLOOD FROM 2016.
THIS IS A THREE INCH DRAIN, LIKE IS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
AND SO MY LAST POINT IS THAT THE WARDS CREEK WATERSHED THAT THE PARISH IS SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUY LAND, TO SET ASIDE, TO ALLEVIATE THE FLOODING FLOWS RIGHT THROUGH WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FILL IN THE WATERSHED SINK.
AND THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT TO GO.
WHEN THE AMY IS UP, BANG, JACK DOES IT DRAIN IT EXPANDS.
AND NOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE NO PLACE TO EXPAND OTHER THAN IN OUR HOUSES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GERARD JULIET.
THAT'S NO PROBLEM DREW YET, BUT, UH, WE MOVED UP HERE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND I BUILT ON TIGER BEND.
AND IT IS, I CAME FROM RULE AND GROWTH STATE.
I BOUGHT IT HERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS A COUPLE OF ACRES, YOU KNOW, TO STAY LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME WHEN YOU PUT ALL THESE HOUSES IN IT.
AND THE DRAINAGE IS EXACTLY THIS MAN JUST SAID IT IS TREMENDOUS, NOT REALLY GOOD OR WHAT I AM.
AND I BUILT UP A FOOT, SEVEN INCHES ABOVE WHAT FEMA SAID I HAD TO DO WHEN I BUILT MY HOUSE.
AND I CAME A HALF INCH FROM FLOOD IN 16.
SO THE DRAINAGE IS REALLY NOT ADEQUATE ON THAT AREA.
AND I WAS ABOVE WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOR VINCENT DE KERRICK.
I LIVE OFF OF WALNUT ROAD, 1 8, 5, 5, 6.
I'VE BEEN OUT IN THIS AREA FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS NOW.
I LOVE IT OUT THERE, BUT LIKE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE ME, I BELIEVE IT'S A GROSS INJUSTICE TO WHAT SOMEBODY'S SAYING, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THESE LITTLE WATER RETAINING PONDS THAT ONLY HOLDS SO MUCH.
THEN IT OVERFLOWS INTO THE BIG DITCH, WHICH IS FILLING UP.
I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S TRYING TO BUILD AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME, PUTTING A BASIC SHOP.
THEY CAME OUT AND MARKED WHERE HE HAS TO HAVE HIS CONCRETE IS RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S ME STANDING ON MY SLAB.
SO THAT'S HOW MUCH HIGHER THESE DIRT AND ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BUILDING THESE BIG MOUNTAINS OF DIRT AND MAKING EVERYBODY AROUND.
ONCE YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY, IT JUST SITS THERE.
AND EVERYBODY THAT LIVES OUT THERE KNOWS HOW BAD IT FLOODING THE TRAFFIC.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT SURVEY COME FROM, BUT YOU CAN SIT THERE FOR 30 SECONDS AND SEE THAT IT IS NOT THAT IT'S A NON-STOP TRAFFIC, VIOLET HAZARD IT LOW 40 MILE AN HOUR.
LIKE THEY SAID, IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S MY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE BUILDING, BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE MORE STUDIES ON WHAT THE WATER IS GOING TO, WHAT THE TRAFFIC, YOU CAN SAY, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, YOU THROW A BUNCH OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE TO A DEVELOPER TO SELL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT OF TOWN, BUT ON THIS, THAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.
EVERY SUBDIVISION I'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE I MOVED OUT THERE, ALL OF THAT VIENS LAKE TALK TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS.
NO, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SELL THE OLDER PARENTS DIE.
THE YOUNG KIDS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE SAID, YEAH, NOW IT'S A BIG SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS ALSO A SWAMP.
IT'S WHY THEIR ROADS ARE ALWAYS BREAKING EVERY OTHER WEEK.
I JUST WISHED THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL.
I THINK THERE'S MORE INVESTIGATION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN OUR AREA AND LOOK AT WHERE THE WATER GOES.
LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC AND REALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO.
CAUSE THAT'S EMBARRASSING THEIR ROADS AND PUTTING A CULVERT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. YOU'RE JUST ELIMINATING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
IT'S A VERY, VERY BAD AREA OUT THERE.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR LAURA PATROL ROAD.
UH, I'VE LIVED ON SOUTH TYGA, BEEN NEAR WHO SHOULD TOO AT THE CORNER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
I BOUGHT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HIGH SPOT.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MCAFEE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT CARETAKERS OR ALSO, UM, BABYSITTERS FOR MY CHILDREN.
SO I'VE SEEN, I HAVE WALKED THAT PROPERTY AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, HALF OF THAT PROPERTY IS ON THE WATER WITH THE RAIN.
UH, AND I DON'T GET FLOODED BECAUSE I AM ON A LITTLE HILL.
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IF THIS PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITH FOUR HOUSES PER ACRE, THERE WILL BE WATER IN EVERYBODY'S HOUSE HOUSES THERE.UH, AND I, IT, I HAD TALKED TO MR MENEFEE A YEAR AGO.
HE WANTED TO RE KEEP THIS LAND, UM, INTO LOW DEVELOPMENT, LIKE ACREAGE LOT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM, BUT THEY MUST HAVE OFFERED HIM A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT, UM, THIS LAND THAT HE INHERITED.
YOU CANNOT GET OUT, UH, ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO JEFFERSON HIGHWAY EVERY MORNING.
SO, UM, THIS SHOULD BE A, IF ANYTHING, IT SHOULD BE WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NO MORE THAN ONE HOUSE PER ACRE, BUT IT IT'S ON THE MAN SHACK.
I ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED LAND IN THE, IN THE PAST.
AND, UM, THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO DEVELOP LAND THAT HAD POUND METAL ON IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COULD DO THIS AND I'D APPRECIATE Y'ALL VOTING AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT WILL FLOOD THE WHOLE AREA.
AND YOU KNOW, ON THE NEWS EVERY TIME THERE'S A RAIN AND IT FLOODS, THEY SAY THE TY TIGER BEEN IN WHO SHE TOO IS FLOODED.
THEN THIS WOULD JUST ADD TONS MORE WAR.
LEX CARD IS FOR BREEDING JONES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, BRIGHTON JONES, 1 9 9, 9 0, WHO SHOULD TO ROAD.
I'VE GROWN GREW UP OUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1980.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE 1982 FLOOD OUT THERE.
IT IS THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO MYSELF.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF FEEL THAT BIGGS INDIVIDUAL HAVE TO PUT TO MAKE THIS LAND, NOT FLOOD IS OVER 19 FEET.
SO THE TRAFFIC, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND, BUT I DON'T WANT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2000 PLUS MORE CARS WITH THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT THE WHOLE COLONY.
NOT ONE HOUSE HAS BEEN FINISHED IN THERE YET THAT'S HUNDRED AND 48 HOMES.
WOULD THAT BE AND SAID, WE WANT TO KEEP THIS ROLE.
THAT'S THE MAIN KEY OF THIS WHOLE THING IS KEEP IT RULE.
I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY WHERE I LIVE NOW IN 2005, BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINA AS A KID, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GONNA PAY FOR IT, BUT I BOUGHT IT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE OF RURAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP TODAY.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING DOES NOT FIT THE AREA WHATSOEVER.
IF WE WANTED ROSEANNE, WE WOULD MOVE TO ROUSSANNE.
I ALSO HAVE TODAY A HUNDRED, 628 SIGNATURES FOR A PETITION THAT WE DID.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAND THAT OVER FOR Y'ALL ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND I HOPE ALL Y'ALL ARE OPPOSED TO IT.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR MARY JULIET.
I'M MARY DREW AT, I LIVE AT 87 30 SOUTH TIGER BN, AND WE HAVE BEEN ON SOUTH TARGET BEING ABOUT SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN YEARS.
IN THAT TIME, THE CHANGE HAS BEEN ASTRONOMICAL.
THE DRAINAGE IS NOT MAINTAINED.
SO OUR NORMAL THREE INCH RAIN LIKE WE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW, WE'LL FLOOD ALL OF SOUTH TIGER.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ON IT.
THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO BRING GRANDCHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
WHEN YOU GO DOWN SOUTH TIGER BEING TO WHO SHOULD TO, TO GET ONTO JEFFERSON.
IT IS THE MOST NERVE WRACKING TIME OF THE MORNING.
AND IT'S FROM JEFFERSON TO HIGHLAND.
YOU ARE CONSTANT AND CONSTANT TRAFFIC.
I'M CONSTANTLY AFRAID WITH THE CHILDREN IN THE CORE, THE ROADS, IF IT'S RAINING, YOU CAN'T SEE THE SIDE OF THE ROADS.
IT'S A HORRIBLE POSITION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE IN NOW.
AND I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION IS WHEN THE RURAL ROLE, WHEN THE LAND ZONE USE OR IS CHANGED, IS EVERYONE IN THAT AREA NOTIFIED OF IT? OR THEY'RE
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SAYING THAT THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY WAS NOT NOTIFIED OR ABOUT THE CHANGE.WERE ANY LETTERS SENT OUT TO OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS? IS IT A NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR A LETTER TO BE SENT OUT AND SAID IN YOUR AREA, ALL OF YOU, PEOPLE ARE BEING NOTIFIED THAT THE LAND IS BEING CHANGED.
MAYBE YOU CAN POST QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM LATER, BUT IT'S, UH, WE DON'T DO Q AND A DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING IS JUST FOR COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR JOHN CONNALLY.
MY WIFE, JOANNE AND I LIVE AT 1 9, 9 1 3, WHO SHOULD TOO.
OUR DRIVEWAY IS DIRECTLY ACROSS WHERE THE ENTRANCE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF APPROVED WOULD BE, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION 192 HOUSES IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THE AREA.
AND IN NO WAY, BLENDS IN WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES 18 HOMES ALONG WHO SHOOT TWO OF THE 192 THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM FOUR 18 DOES NOT BLEND IN WITH FOUR.
THE PLAT MAP SHOWS A NUMBER OF PROPOSED HOME SITES THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
I KNOW IT'S A QUESTION AND IT WON'T BE ANSWERED.
UH, IS THAT EVEN LEGAL? AND WHO DOES THAT? WHO DOES THAT? WHERE WILL THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGE? IT'S A FLUENT BY YOU? MAN.
CHECK HAS ALREADY BEEN DEEMED AN IMPAIRED WATERWAY BY THE DEQ AND THE EPA WHO SHOULD TWO ROAD PAST TARGET BAND IS ALREADY IN POOR CONDITION AND CANNOT HANDLE AN ADDITIONAL, LET'S SAY 400 CARS.
THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WOULD FURTHER GRIDLOCK THE ALREADY OVERBURDENED INTERSECTIONS AT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND HIGHLAND ROAD.
NOT TO MENTION THE IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT WOULD CAUSE TO ELLIOTT ROAD VIENS ROAD, TARGET BAND WOMACK, AND ANTIOCH, GOD HELP ANY HOMEOWNER WHO REQUIRES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, FIREFIGHTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.
DURING RUSH HOUR, THIS AREA OF THE PARISH IS RURAL.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS ZONED RURAL AGRICULTURE.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR DESIRE TO KEEP IT THIS WAY.
CHANGING THE ZONING HERE TO HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE SPOT ZONING WOODHILL AND ITS CURRENT DESIGN IS WAY TOO MANY ROOFTOPS PER ACRE FOR THIS AREA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PARISH.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR WILLIAM FLETCHER.
UM, I'M WILLIAM FLETCHER AND I LIVE AT 1 0 4 3 0 SOUTH TIGER BANDITS ALMOST WHERE TIGER MAN INTERSECTS THE, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE HOOTSUITE BOUCHER TO ROAD.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, GUESSING MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT FORMAT FOR IT, BUT FOR MR. RUSH, I THINK HE WAS A TRUCK TRAFFIC, A GUY.
IF HE'S HERE, I WANT TO KNOW IF HE'D CALCULATED THE, UH, THE FULL CAPACITY OF, UH, THE OLD COLONY AND WOODED YO COLONY.
I KNOW HE DID WOODHILL BUT THE OLD COLONY, THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM.
AND, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM WHEN I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY COUNTED THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE, BUT IT DOES GET, GET BOGGED DOWN WHEN PEOPLE TRYING TO GO TO WORK IN THE, IN THE PEAK HOURS AND EVERYTHING.
SECONDLY, UM, THAT PROPERTY DOES FLOW.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE 8% THAT WAS PUT OUT BY, I GUESS, THIS SIDE OVER HERE, THEY ENGINEERS OR WHATEVER, I THINK THAT'S AN ERROR.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER RESEARCH.
I WOULD ASK THAT SOMEONE RESEARCHED THAT AND, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ACTUAL FLOOD FLOOD RANGE IS THERE.
IT ALSO SAYS ON THE 60.5, FOUR ACRES, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FLOODING BACK THERE.
WHEN YOU GO BACK HERE AND LOOK AT IT THAT, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN 60.5, FOUR ACRES FOR HOUSING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T RECALL, 194 HOUSES OR WHATEVER.
I'M NOT SURE ON THAT, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S PRETTY CROWDED.
AND IF I COULD SAY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT NEIGHBORS.
AND WE LIVED THAT WE'VE BEEN THERE 21 YEARS AND WE MOVED OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS KINDA LIKE COUNTRY.
AND IN THE 2016 FLOOD THE FLOOD, THE WATER STOPPED ABOUT FOUR HOUSES DOWN FROM US ACROSS ON THE, UH, WHO SHE TWO SIDE, THERE WERE KIDS OVER THERE IN AIR BOATS PLAYING IN THE MUD.
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THAT I'M WITNESS TO THAT.AND MY SON TOOK A BOAT AND WAS RUNNING FROM TIGER BEND DOWN TO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AMY RIVER RESCUE AND PEOPLE, LITTLE BATEAU RESCUE AND PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE, UH, ABOUT IT.
I'M AGAINST THE BRIEFS ONLY NODDED.
AND I'D LIKE TO POSE THIS QUESTION TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, YOU SAID YOU HAD 37 EMAILS OR PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AGAINST IT, ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST IT, WHERE THEY IN SAY LIKE A THREE OR FOUR MILE RADIUS OF A TIGER BEN AND WHO TO ROAD OR WERE GEOLOGICALLY.
WHERE WERE THEY FROM? CAN ANYBODY TO ANSWER NOW? QA, SIR, WE'RE JUST HERE TO LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR SHANNON COOK, YOUR HOT CLOTHES.
I LIVE AT 2 0 1 0 3 SANIBEL AVENUE, BATON ROUGE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR REVIEWING THE EMAIL THAT I SENT LAST WEEK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
MY HUSBAND AND I DO NOT LIVE ON A RURAL TRACK LAND THAT MANY OF MY NEW FRIENDS LIVE ON, BUT WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IN 2013, WE CAME TO THE METRO COUNCIL WITH A SIMILAR, WHEN DICK BRAIN WANTED TO ADD 48 GARDEN HOMES TO THE BACK OF HIS PROPERTY, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
THEN IN GETTING THAT DENIED, WE ARE NOT IN OPPOSITION OF THE DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN WHICH IT IS FORMED.
NOW, RURAL AGRICULTURAL TRAFFIC.
YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE NOW, AND I WILL JUST REITERATE 194.
NEW HOMES WILL EXASPERATE THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ALREADY FACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT TOMORROW WILL BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE I WILL BE STUCK ON TIGER BEND AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE DARN ANY RAIN EVENT THERE'S FLOODING CLOSE TO WHO SHOULD TO AT TIGER BEN, IT'S A CONCERN.
AND WHEN I HAVE TO TURN AROUND, BECAUSE I DID NOT OWN A TRUCK OR SUV, I TAKE A CHANCE GOING DOWN THE OTHER ROADS THAT ARE ONLY TWO LANES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT'S CRUMBLING, POTHOLES, DITCH DEBRIS, SPEEDING VEHICLES, AND THE LIKE IT'S CONCERNING.
AND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A TRAGIC EVENT THAT HAPPENED WITH A SHOOTING SUSPECT THAT CLOSED OUR AREA DOWN.
WE WERE PETRIFIED FLOODING ANY DAY.
AS I MENTIONED, A RAINSTORM WILL FLOOD.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL JUST MAKE THIS AREA WORSE.
WE DON'T LIVE IN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOME, BUT WE LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE MOVED TO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENJOY THE SERENITY OF COMMUNITY AND OF THE COUNTRY.
WE ENJOY THE CRICKETS AND WE ENJOY THE MOONLIGHT.
WHEN YOU ADD MORE HOMES IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY SUBJECTED TO FLOODING, IT WILL JUST MAKE THIS MORE WORSE.
EXCUSE MY VERBAGE, ELEVATION PADS, TAKE A DRIVE DOWN ELLIOT TOMORROW.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THE ELEVATION PADS ARE SO HIGH.
THAT FLOODING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T LIVE OFF OF ELLIOT, BUT THAT IS A ROAD THAT I TRAVELED TO TO SANIBEL AVENUE.
IT'S A CONCERN AND IT WILL REMAIN ONE.
IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED, I HUMBLY ASK YOU TODAY TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE VOICES OF MY NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PARISH.
WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE IN.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR JENNIFER MS. GRIT.
CAUSE, CAUSE I'M GOING TO READ BECAUSE I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ABBREVIATIONS AND I CAN TALK TO A PARKING METER LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
SO, UM, THE CURRENT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1982.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 3 7 0, WHO SHOULD TWO ROADS.
SO I'M ABOUT FOUR DRIVEWAYS DOWN FROM THIS, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ZONED RURAL AGRICULTURE.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
AS MANY OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID WHERE, UM, AND I'M GOING TO CORRECT SOMETHING WHEN THEY SAY THAT'S 8% OF THAT PROPERTY FLOODED.
THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE I OWN 12 ACRES AND SEVEN OF MY 12 ACRES FLOODED IN 2016.
WE WERE ALSO FLOODED TWICE IN 2016.
AND WE ALSO FLOODED AGAIN IN MAY OF 2019.
SO, UM, SOME OF THAT, THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED, BUT, UM, WE MOVED OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S RURAL AND WE LIKE THAT LIFESTYLE.
IT'S THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT WE BOUGHT OR BUILT OUR HOMES.
AMERICA HOMELAND HAS NOT FILED ANY APPLICATIONS TO OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS FROM THE U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OR THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT
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OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES PERMITS FROM ALL OF THESE AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED DUE TO THE WETLANDS DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY, THE SCENE EXTREME STATUS OF VOLUME AND SHACK.AND THE FACT THAT THERE, THERE IS NO CONNECTION TO THE EBR SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT ANY OF THESE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT IT'S POSSIBLY UNLIKELY.
HAVING TALKED TO PEOPLE WITH DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AND DEQ.
THE CURRENT SUBDIVISION PLAN IS PRESENTED IS UNLIKELY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING THE LDP LPDS PERMIT, WHICH IS A PSU IS SEWAGE DISCHARGE PERMIT.
THE INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE DISCHARGED INTO BAYOU MANSHACK PER THEIR PLANS, WHICH IS AN IMPAIRED WATERWAY.
THE BAYOU MANCHAC, UM, TMDL, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD IS LEGAL ENFORCEMENT IS A LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
IT STATES IN GENERAL, LDQ DOES NOT INTEND TO PERMIT ADDITIONAL DISCHARGES OF OXYGEN DEMANDING LOADS IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE A PERMIT.
THE PERMITEE MUST MEET EXTREMELY STRINGENT LIMITS AND DEMONSTRATE THE WASTEWATER WILL NOT LEAVE THE PROPERTY.
THE CURRENT DESIGN PLANS DO NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THESE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT THE LB LPDS PERMIT.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HAVE NO METHOD OF TREATING AND DISCHARGING MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER.
THE APPROVAL MUST BE DELAYED OR DENIED UNTIL PLANS ARE PRESENTED THAT COMPLY WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
THE SAME DEVELOPER AMERICAN HOMELAND LLC HAS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED A D LPDS PERMIT, BRAY, SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT AND ASCENSION PARISH FOR NOT MEETING THE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE BAYOU.
THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
ASCENSION PARISH HAS BEEN ON HOLD SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2019 FOR THE DEVELOPERS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE BAYOU MAIN CHECK TMDL AND PERMIT APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION PROPOSED TO ADD 194 HOMES, WHICH WILL ADD APPROXIMATELY 350 TO 400 VEHICLES, NOT COUNTING CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WHILE IT'S BEING DEVELOPED OR ANY OF THE DELIVERY VEHICLES AFTER, UM, THE CONNECTING ROADS ARE ALL TWO LANES.
THEY'VE THEY'RE ALL SUBSTANDARD.
MY NEXT CARD IS FROM MAX HEMEL.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 3 3 1 WHO SHOULD TO ROAD.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED OUT THERE, THERE WAS HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC.
NOW MERSHON DISHES LOOKING OUT MY FRONT WINDOW TRAFFIC OUT TO TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC STUDY.
THEY DID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ROAD THEY DID AT ALL, BUT I'VE SEEN IT BACKED UP FROM JEFFERSON HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO ELLIOTT ROAD.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN HOOSE TWO FLOODS, JEFFERSON HIGHWAY FLOODS.
SO YOU'RE STUCK SOMETIMES UNTIL YOU GO AROUND THE OTHER WAY DOWN ROAD IS SO BAD.
THE HOUSE I'M IN NOW, I'VE BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS.
WE'VE PULLED TWO BUGGER CYCLES OUT OF THE DITCH, A CAR, TWO TRUCKS.
A MAN RAN OFF THE ROAD, GOT DECAPITATED AND I HAD TO FIND HIM.
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN COME GET HIM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE AND SAW HOW NARROW THE ROAD IS.
AND THESE KIDS ARE GOING FAST ON THIS ROAD.
THIS ROAD IS NOT MADE TO DO 70 TO 90 MILES AN HOUR.
I'LL CALL CLIMB, PETER SUBSTATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO RUN RADAR OUT THERE.
ALSO, THERE IS AN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND OUT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO TWO DIFFERENT GRAVEYARDS OUT THERE.
HOW CAN YOU DESTROY THAT? THAT'S HISTORY.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE.
AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU THINK, IF YOU LOOK AT WHO'S TO WHERE IT GOES DOWN TO THE END, IT'S LIKE A PENINSULA THAT BAYOU MANSHACK ON ONE SIDE, YOU GOT EIGHT MEAT RIVER.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHEN THE WATER COMES UP, WE GET IT FROM BOTH WAYS.
THEY KNOW IF THERE'S A WRECK AT TIGER BIN AND WHO SHOULD TOO.
WHERE'S THE EMERGENCY EXIT FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT.
IF THERE'S A WRECK THERE, OR IF IT'S UNDERWATER AND ONE OF Y'ALL HAVE A HEART ATTACK, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET UP AND GET TO THE HOSPITAL? NO, ONE'S GOING TO GET YOU OUT.
SO I JUST WISHED THAT Y'ALL WOULD LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE.
WE ARE DOING FACTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
MY LAST THING TO SAY THAT A FRIEND OF MINE LIVES NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED.
HE'S SELLING ME 50% OF THIS PROPERTY WAS FLOODED 10 TO 12 FEET DEEP IN WATER.
SO YOU GOT TO PUT A LOT OF FIELD TO DO THAT.
THEN WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO FLAT OUT OTHER SUBDIVISIONS.
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I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE AND THANK YOU.
HI, BRENT ROADS TO 104 RABBIT RUN DRIVE MALLARD LAKES ATTACHED TO A PUSHA TO, I COULD SPEAK FOR 20 MINUTES.
MY HISTORY OUT THERE IS THAT I DEVELOP MELLOR LAKES WITH MY FAMILY.
UM, JUST TO TELL YOU, WE ON 1,500 ACRES AND WE HAVE 52 HOUSES.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF DENSITY THAT WE KIND OF LIKE ON WHO SHOULD TOO.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT ANOTHER NUMBER, WHICH INSTEAD OF TAKING THE WHOLE DISTRICT IN, AND AS FAR AS DENSITY GOES, IF YOU TAKE FROM AZALEA LAKES AND YOU GO TO MALLARD LAKES IS 2.5 MILES FROM WHO HSA TO, TO MANSHACK.
IT MAKES ONE BIG RECTANGLE THAT ACREAGE IS 705 ACRES.
I WENT AND COUNTED THE HOMES MYSELF.
THERE'S 62, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S ONE HOUSE PER 13 ACRES.
SO IF THEY WANT TO CONFORM AND MAKE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THAT SIDE OF WHO SHOULD TOO, THEY CAN BUILD FOUR HOUSES.
AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT IF THEY WANT TO CONFORM AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE OURS, UH, AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT GOES, UH, MR. CLIENT, PETER SAID THREE DENIALS WAS HERE.
AND AL ALSO METRO COUNCIL THERE WE'RE ALL ON A 1.5 MILE STRETCH ON WHO'S YOUR TO ONE.
UH, MR. GEORGE ROBINSON CAME IN FRONT OF HIS BODY DENIED BECAUSE IT WAS TOO DENSE ON WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WAS, WAS THERE.
UM, DICK BRAIN DENIED HERE AND AT METRO COUNCIL AND ALSO ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WHERE THE ORIGINAL SANCTUARY AT OAK COLONY DENIED THIS BODY AS WELL AS METRO COUNCIL TO DANCE 249, LOTS ON 90 ACRES AFTER IT GOT DENIED.
THAT LAST TIME A PHONE CALL WAS MADE TO ME BY THE DEVELOPER WHO HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND OF MINE.
AND HE WANTED ME TO HELP HIM DEVELOP THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I DECIDED I WOULD DO IT FOR FREE BECAUSE IT WAS NEXT DOOR TO MELLON LAKES.
WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS WITH THIS BOARD AND THE COUNCIL AND THE ATTORNEYS.
AND WE GOT TOGETHER AND PUT 90 HOUSES ON THAT LOT.
I SPOKEN TO HIS BEHALF ON BOTH OCCASIONS AND GOT IT PASSES, THIS COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.
HE DECIDED HE COULDN'T SELL THOSE LOTS AND CAME BACK AND GOT SOME REVISION DONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT PAST, BUT ADDED 58 MORE LOTS.
HIS PROMISES TO US WERE TO PUT A $2 MILLION GATED COMMUNITY UP A, UH, HOUSES SELLING BETWEEN 450,000 AND A MILLION.
NOW THERE'S NO SECURITY GATE DOES NO AMENITIES.
AND THE HOUSES RIGHT NOW ARE LISTED AT $370,000.
SO WHATEVER AMENITIES THEY'RE PROMISING HERE, AND THIS ONE, I DOUBT IT.
I THINK HE LIED TO US TO GET IT PASSED THE FIRST TIME AND WENT AND GOT IT, SNUCK IT IN THROUGH THE BACKSIDE.
I KIND OF KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT AS FAR AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS, WHAT AMENITIES THEY PROMISING TO US, I DON'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS I CAN THROW THEM.
MY NEXT COURT IS FOR AL PICKET.
I AM, UM, I LIVE AT, UH, 2, 2, 5, 5, 1 RABBIT RUN AND, UM, A PRINTER WOULDN'T PRINT.
SO I'VE GOT TO USE MY LAPTOP THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE.
SO, UM, UH, I LIVE IN LA MALLARD LIKES, AS I STATED.
I ALSO OWN A DIGITAL PROPERTIES ON HIS STOOP, UH, ROAD AND ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF THE AREA OF WOODHILL SUBDIVISION.
MY PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE TRAFFIC.
THE LOCATION OF THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TIGER BIN AND BOOST TO ROAD.
UM, OUR CONCERN IS THAT IN DEFERENCE TO THE OTHER SPEAKER, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FIVE TO 600 VEHICLES COMING OUT OF WOODHILL SUBDIVISION, THE OLD ANTIQUATED TWO AND A QUARTER.
UM, THE VEHICLES FOR A, UM, BALLAST IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS SITUATION.
UH, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
EVERY TEENAGER'S GOING TO HAVE A VEHICLE AND, UH, UH, PARENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE.
UM, THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ARE GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS AT EVERY INTERSECTION ALONG WHO SHOULD TOOT AT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AT HIGHLAND RHODE ISLAND
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ROAD AT AIRLINE HIGHLAND ROAD AT INTERSTATE 10 TIGER BEN AT ANTIOCH TIGER AT JONES CREEK JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AT OLD PERKINS PERKINS AIRLINE AND JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AT 42.AND ALL OF THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE ALREADY BURDENED WITH EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC RUSH HOUR, MORNINGS AND EVENINGS.
UM, NOW TO TALK ABOUT TIGER BEN ROAD AND, UM, TIGER BEND ROAD DOES NOT EMPTY TO A FOUR LANE ROAD UNTIL IT INTERSECTS WITH JONES CREEK ROAD, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILES FROM THE SUBDIVISION TIGER.
BEN ROAD HAS THREE POSTED BRIDGES ON IT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S SUBJECT TO VERY SERIOUS.
INUNDATIONS IN MULTIPLE AREAS BETWEEN TIGER BIN, UH, BETWEEN, UM, WHO SHOULD TO IN JONES CREEK ROAD.
AND, UM, THEY ARE IMPASSABLE AND IT'S NOT A 2016 FLOOD.
IT'S A, IT'S A HEAVY RAIN EVENT, WHICH WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE TOMORROW, WHO SHOULD TO ROAD DOES NOT EMPTY TO A FOUR LANE ROAD, THE CLOSEST FOUR LANE ROAD THAT WHO SHOULD TWO WOULD EXIT TO IS THE AIRLINE HIGHWAY AT HIGHLAND ROAD.
SO WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF THIS TRAFFIC ON ADDITIONAL TWO LANE ROADS.
TIGER BEND ROAD IS A SUBSTANDARD ROAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, CURRENT ROAD REQUIREMENTS, AS FAR AS THE RADIUS OF CURVES.
AND IT'D BE IN TWO NARROW PUSHA.
TWO ROAD IS A SUBSTANDARD ROAD.
THE ROAD DOES NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR WIDTH.
OH, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LESS THAN, AND LADIES, UM, AND ASK YOU TO CONSIDER NOT APPROVING ANY REZONING OR OTHER MONKEY BUSINESS.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR MICHAEL MECCA, NELLY HELLO.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL MACA, NELLY AND I LIVE ON TWENTY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO ROAD.
AND I ALSO OWN 21, 9 20, WHO SHOULD TWO ROAD? MY SON'S TAKEN THE FIRST HOUSE.
I'M MOVING TO THE SECOND HOUSE.
UH, I'M AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
I TEACH ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT LSU.
I PROVIDED POWER FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
UH, WITH PTO GENERATORS, WE KEPT LIGHTS ON.
UH, WE HAD UNFORTUNATELY A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET DROWNED, UH, DURING THE FLOOD BECAUSE NO ONE COULD GET IN OR OUT.
WE WERE STRANDED FOR AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS.
COULDN'T GET DOWN WHO SHOULD TO ROAD MUCH LESS TIRED, MAN, TIGER BAN ALSO FLOODS.
AND THE WATER CAME UP TO WITHIN 26 INCHES.
I RECORDED IT ACCORDING TO ALL THE GAUGES AND I MEASURED IT AND IT CAME UP TO MY SHOP BUILDING WITHIN SEVEN INCHES.
IT CAME UP TO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WAS IN SEVEN INCHES.
IT WAS IN 16 INCHES OF MY HOUSE, ANY OF THIS FLOODING AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER RIGHT HERE, TALKED TO IT.
THE OTHER MEETING WE HAD BEFORE SAID, HE'S GOING TO BUILD A LAKE OUT THERE AND HE'S GOING TO CUT THE TREES DOWN.
WELL, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS LET THE RAIN FALL QUICKER, ACCUMULATE FASTER.
THE LAKE IS GOING TO ACCUMULATE WATER FASTER.
OKAY? AND THIS IS THE TIME CONSTANT OF THE RAIN COMING DOWN IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH FASTER THAN IT WOULD BE WITH TREES COMING DOWN ON A HOUSE HOUSES, PAVEMENTS, AND OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE ADDITION TO THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, MY LOT BEHIND MY HOUSE HAD AT LEAST 15 FEET OF WATER IN IT.
I SAW PEOPLE WITH AIR BOATS COMING BACK, BRINGING PEOPLE FOOD.
THAT'S HOW BAD IT WAS TO TRAFFIC.
THE CORNER WHERE MALLARD LAKES IS A POWER LINE WAS KNOCKED DOWN.
SCHOOL BUSES WERE TRAPPED TILL EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I SHOWED THEM AROUND, SHOWED THEM, SHOWED THEM HOW TO GET AROUND AND LET THEM GO THROUGH OTHER PROPERTIES TO GET KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL.
THE INCIDENT THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED, UH, THE FATALITY, UH, WHEN THE POLICE CAME DOWN THE ROAD THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS A CHAIN OF POLICE CARS.
WE SAT THERE AND WATCHED THEM FOR 20 MINUTES STRAIGHT HAD THERE'D BEEN ANY ACCIDENT, ANYTHING, ANY, ANY EMERGENCY WHERE SOMEONE HAD TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER ACCIDENTS HAS BEEN SICK, AT LEAST SIX FATALITIES DOWN THERE APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS AGO.
IF YOU GO AROUND THE CORNER AT 40 MILES AN HOUR, DO NOT KNOW EVERY HOLE, EVERY TURN, EVERY POINT IN THE TURN THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.
YOU'LL SLIDE OFF THE ROAD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR IN TO TURN AND CARS GO 55, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
DUMP TRUCKS GO BY THERE AT 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
I CALLED THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE, UH, DRAINAGE COMMISSION.
WHEN A SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT NEXT TO ME.
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I SEE A WALL OF STUFF.DIRT IS HIGH AS THIS BUILDING FROM MY PLACE RIGHT NOW.
WHERE A NEW SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT IN.
THREE HOUSES WERE LED IN, OKAY.
MY SECOND PROPERTY HAS 19 ACRES.
THAT'S THE WAY WE WANTED TO HAVE IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO LIVE IN AND WE USE IT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
MY NAME IS MY NAME IS DAVIS ALL AND I LIVE AT 2 1 9 5 0 2 ROAD.
UH, I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2003.
I ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE TRAFFIC AND THE FLOODING, UH, ALREADY WITHOUT THE IMPACT OF, UH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION, THE TRAFFIC, UH, YOU, YOU WILL GROW OLD, TRYING TO GET IN OR OUT OF PUSHED YOU ROAD.
IT'S ALREADY TOTALLY OVERBUILT.
UH, DURING THE 2016 FLOOD, I SPENT, UH, SIX DAYS STRANDED BECAUSE AT MULTIPLE PLACES, THE, THE ROAD GOES UNDERWATER.
UM, BUT I WANNA, UH, PRIMARILY WANT TO ADDRESS MR. ARGUMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE MINUTE THEY USE RIGHTS AND TAKING THEIR RIGHTS AWAY.
UH, ONE OF THE, UM, EARLIER SPEAKERS POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S REFERRED TO A SERVITUDE OF DRAIN GROWING THAT GOES ACROSS THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT REFERENCES TO PROVISION IN THE LOUISIANA CIVIL CODE THAT SAYS THAT A LANDOWNER CANNOT LEGALLY BLOCK THE DRAINAGE OVER THE JACK, UH, FROM HIS, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, UH, OVER THEIR OBJECTION.
SO IF THERE, IF IN FACT THE DRAINAGE GOES FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ONTO THIS PROPERTY UNDER THE LOUISIANA CIVIL CODE, IF YOU BRING IN THAT FILL AND IT'S BLOCKING THE DRAINAGE, THEY CAN'T LEGALLY DO THAT.
UM, AND SO I, I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE, UM, THE MAPS AND THE PLANTS.
AND, BUT IF IN FACT THAT IS THE SITUATION ILLEGALLY, THE METAPHASE THAT THAT DRAIN HAS BEEN THAT WAY, THAT THEY TOOK THE PROPERTY DECADES AGO, SUBJECT TO THAT LEGAL SERVITUDE OF DRAIN, UH, THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE LOUISIANA CIVIL CODE.
UH, SO THEY'RE NOT LOSING ANY RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BLOCK THEIR NEIGHBORS DRAINAGE.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD THE RIGHT TO BLOCK THEIR NEIGHBORS, RYAN EJ, AND FROM THE AMOUNT OF FIELD IS DESCRIBED.
AND THE TOPOGRAPHY THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND SO THEY WILL BE LOSING NO RIGHTS LEGALLY, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT THE CURRENT, UM, ZONING REQUIRES.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR JULIET DAUGHTER REEF.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I MOVED OUT ON WHO SHE TO ROAD 1980.
I'VE WATCHED THE RIVER FOR A LONG TIME BACK THEN WHEN WE'D HAVE A TORRENTIAL RAIN LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOMORROW.
IN FACT, IT RAINED FOR THREE DAYS, THREE NIGHTS.
THE RIVER WOULD RISE FOR THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY HAS, WELL-ADDRESSED THE FLOODING, THE TRAFFIC, THE IMPACT TO BUY YOU, MAN, CHECK.
I WANT TO, I'M REMINDED OF GOING INTO MY DAD IS A LAWYER.
HE'S RETIRED NOW, BUT ALL THROUGH MY LIFE, I'VE GONE TO HIM WITH MY PROBLEMS, MY ISSUES, AND MY QUESTIONS.
AND HE'LL JUST CUT ME OFF AT THE KNEES.
GET TO WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE HEARD GET TO WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
SO WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT CHANGING THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS DEVELOPER.
UM, THIS DEVELOPER, SOMEBODY ELSE ADDRESSED THAT TOO, WITH THE OLD COLONY, UM, THAT LAND WAS REA.
IT SHOULD HAVE HAD NO MORE MAXIMUM 80 LOTS, REALLY LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT HAS 145 LOTS, AND THEY BOUGHT IT AND IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT CHANGING THE ZONING.
OKAY? THE PARAMETERS ARE SET ON THIS PROPERTY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE
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ALWAYS WORKING TO CHANGE THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS DEVELOPER GET TO WHAT'S ALLOWED BY THE LAW AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS NOT ALLOWED.SO, AND HERE'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.
I OWN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED ACRES.
WHAT ABOUT, I WANT TO DEVELOP? WHAT IF I WANT TO DEVELOP SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, NO, THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE, SORRY.
WE LOUD HUNDREDS OF HOUSES HERE.
AND WE ALLOWED HUNDREDS OF HOUSES HERE.
UM, IN FACT, THAT OAK COLONY WAS, YOU KNOW, 75 HOUSES MORE THAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED.
I THINK THE CITY PARISH IS SETTING THEMSELVES UP FOR A LAWSUIT.
IF THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE RULES TO BE CHANGED FOR A PARTICULAR DEVELOPER, THEN LATER ON, SOMEBODY ELSE COMES ALONG AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY MAXED OUT BY GIVING THIS PERSON MORE THAN WHAT WAS ALLOWED NOT WAS WHAT WAS ALLOWED BY THE PARAMETERS AND THE LAW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON PRESENT WITH US WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMAN HUDSON COMMISSIONERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT.
I KNOW THESE MEETINGS CAN BE LONG AND, AND, UH, A LOT OF TECHNICAL ITEMS AT SOME TIME, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY DILIGENT ABOUT HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT FROM YOU.
UM, I'M GOING TO START OFF MY COMMENTS.
YOU ALL, EACH HAVE A LETTER FROM ME SITTING AT YOUR DESK THERE, UH, BEFORE YOU VOTE, YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT.
I THINK IT ADDRESSES SEVERAL ISSUES, UH, DEALING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, THE, THE VERY, UM, UH, POSITIVE CURRENT ZONING AND LAND USE PATTERN THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
UH, AND IT ALSO ADDRESS ADDRESSING SOME ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE AND ROADS.
I WANT TO GET TO SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS ON SOME OF THAT.
UH, BUT FIRST I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT THE APPLICANT BROUGHT UP REGARDING, UH, PICU LANE.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE THIS CASE TO PICU LANE AND I, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE THERE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE THERE IS $91 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS CASE AND THAT ONE $91 MILLION, UH, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S EITHER CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF THAT AREA OR WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, $91 MILLION.
UH, SO PLEASE DON'T, UH, AS AN APPLICANT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO NOT COME UP BEFORE THIS COMMISSION AND CLAIM THAT THIS COMMISSION OR THAT THE COUNCIL IS BEING ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS, UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST $91 MILLION IN THE AREA, UM, DRAINAGE, UH, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT BY YOU, MAN.
SHAQ IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR WATERSHEDS IN THIS AREA.
WE'RE NEARING THE END OF OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN HERE IN THE PARISH.
UH, AND SO, UH, I GOT WITH MS. UH, MELISSA KENNEDY FROM H AND TB TODAY TO GET SOME OF HER THOUGHTS ON BY YOUR MAN SHACK.
UM, SOME THINGS TO KNOW BY YOU, MAN, SHAQ IS SUBJECT TO BOTH HEADWATER AND BACKWATER FLOODING ISSUES.
UH, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CURRENT, UH, FUNDING MECHANISM MECHANISM IN PLACE FOR LONG-TERM, UH, MAINTENANCE OF BY YOU MAN CHECK.
WE ARE USING SOME ARP DOLLARS OF ONE-TIME DOLLARS TO GO IN THERE AND CLEAN SOME THINGS OUT WITH ASCENSION PARISH, BUT THERE IS NO LONG-TERM PLAN TO CLEAR THAT, UH, UH, THAT WATERWAY, UM, SHE ACTUALLY CHARACTERIZED BY UMAN SHACK, UH, AS A HEAVILY BURDENED WATERSHED.
UH, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, NOT ONLY IS IT A HEAVILY BURDENED WATERSHED, BUT IT'S A TRIBUTARY TO CREEK AND BY YOU FOUNTAIN, WHICH ARE ALSO VERY HEAVILY BURDENED WATERSHEDS.
UH, SO FLOODING IS A REAL CONCERN HERE.
YOU'VE ALL HEARD, UH, IN GREAT DETAIL, THE ISSUES WE'RE STILL AT MIC, STILL WORKING.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL KEEP ON GOING, BUT, UH, YOU'VE ALL, YOU'VE ALL HEARD, UH, THE MANY ISSUES DEALING WITH THE ROAD AND THIS AREA, UH, WHOSE TO IS A VERY NARROW ROAD.
IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR BIG TRUCKS, UH, EVEN JUST NORMAL, UH, NORMAL VEHICLES TO SLAT, MAYORS, SIDESWIPED, EACH OTHER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES, UH, WITH WHO SHOULD DO.
THE LAST THING I'LL BRING UP IS, IS A POINT WAS MADE ABOUT, UM, THE MOVIE, OUR PLAN, AND, UH, THE UPGRADES THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THE FUNDING FOR, FOR WHO SHOULD TO AND MOVE BR IS TIER THREE, UH, COMMISSIONER BONES, ADDISON.
I THINK YOU WERE AROUND WHENEVER Y'ALL PASS THE GREEN LIGHT ONE, UH, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE AS I HOPE THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WILL, THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS IN TIER THREE FOR GREENLIGHT THAT NEVER GOT FUNDED.
UM, UH, AND SO, UH, TO USE THAT AS A, AS A REASONING FOR IT, UH, YOU
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KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST A GOOD 10, 12 YEARS OUT ON, UH, UH, UNDER THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, FOR THAT.UM, THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF EVALUATING THIS PROPOSAL.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY I HAVE DONE, UH, I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING THIS AREA FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
I HAVE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE IN THE AREA.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES IN THIS AREA.
PLEASE VOTE TO THE NIGHT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE, UH, SPEAKER CORES THAT WERE FILLED OUT THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK UP QUICKLY, READ THOSE NAMES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, KAREN ROUSSEL, LARRY BLANSETT BURMA FLETCHER, GREG JOHNSON, MICHELLE DURACELL, KELLY JONES, JAMES ROBERTSON, ELIZABETH BREEDLOVE, MARY BETH MATTHEWS, JERRY CHAPMAN, JESSICA CHAPMAN, BRENDA CHAPMAN, CHARLES BREEDLOVE, BRIAN JONES, ROBERT WIREMAN, JR.
JAMES ROBERTSON, MATTHEW STINSON, KIMBERLY POWERS, ANGELA STINSON, AND JOANNE CONNOLLY AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON, UH, APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS EVEN IN OPPOSITION, BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN THIS COUNTRY.
THIS IS LIKE CIVICS IN ACTION, AND EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO HAVE THEIR SAY.
AND CERTAINLY EVERYBODY HERE HAS A PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING AND PROTECTING UNDENIABLY.
I DON'T KNOW, NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, UH, TODAY.
UM, THE PROBLEM AGAIN, HERE IS DR.
MENIFEE DIDN'T GET THAT PRIVILEGE.
HIS PROPERTY RIGHTS WERE DENIED WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE AND WITHOUT HIS PARTICIPATION AND WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
AND THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
I WILL ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I'LL YIELD QUICKLY TO MR. MURPHY DID ADDRESS THINGS, BUT THE 8% ABOUT FLOOD ZONE, THAT WAS 8% OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
AND THAT ZONE NOT 8% OF THE PROPERTY FLOODS.
IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY, THAT FLOODS WE'D GO BACK TO AUGUST, 2016, AND GOD KNOWS WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PARISH WAS THAT FLOODED.
UM, UH, MR. UH, ALL GOOD, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURAL SERVITUDE TO DRAIN.
AND I AGREE WITH HIM, UH, NOT OFTEN THAT PEPPER AND I AGREE ON THINGS, BUT I AGREE WITH HIM TONIGHT AND HE'S CORRECT.
THERE ISN'T THAT TO SERVE IT TO THE DRAIN.
AND HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING.
ONE OF THE, UM, TWO OF THE SPEAKERS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET, THINK MR. CRAWFORD, AND, UH, THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE, UH, PERHAPS IT WAS MR. CONNOLLY TALKED ABOUT IT, FLOODING OUR WATER, BACKING UP ON HIS SIDE OF THE STREET AND THEY'RE ACCURATE.
AND WE'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE PIPE AS SHOWN HERE THAT PROVIDES, UH, DRAINAGE OF THE NATURAL, UH, SERVITUDE UNDER WHOSE TO ROAD IS UNDERSIZED.
NOW, MAYBE IT WAS SIZED CORRECTLY BACK WHEN TISH TO ROAD WAS BUILT, BUT IT'S UNDERSIZED.
IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY THE CITY PARIS.
AND IMAGINE THERE'S MORE WATER COMING FROM UPSTREAM THAN USED TO BE, BUT IT'S UNDER SIZED.
AND IF YOU LOOK HERE ON THIS BOARD, YOU SEE WHERE THE WATER IS, THAT'S WHO SHE RODE.
THE WATER GETS CAUGHT THERE, BUT HERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING THING THAT WE'VE DISCOVERED AS IT, AND IT COMES DOWN ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT BY CIVIL CODE LAW.
WHEN IT GETS ACROSS OUR PROPERTY TO MR. JONES, WHO TAUGHT HERE, HE BUILT UP A DRIVEWAY, THAT'S ABOUT A THREE FOOT, FOUR FOOT HOT DAM ACROSS THAT NATURAL SERVITUDE TO DRAIN.
AND HE'S GOT AN UNDER, UH, UNDER SIZED PIPE IN THAT DAM.
AND YOU SEE THIS BLUE AREA HERE, THAT'S WHERE WATER BUILDS UP AGAINST THAT DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT WITHOUT A CORPS PERMIT WITHOUT A CITY PARIS' PERMIT WITHOUT A MITIGATION PERMIT, WITHOUT ANYTHING, NOTHING.
AND IT'S IMPEDING THE SERVITUDE A DRAIN.
NOW THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ACCEPT THE WATERS THAT COME FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF WHO SHOULD TOO, AND NOT DECREASE THE WATER THAT GOES TO THE NATURAL SERVITUDE AND TRY AND CROSS MR. JONES PROPERTY.
BUT HE'S GOT TO REMOVE ALL THOSE OBSTRUCTIONS, THE NATURAL SERVICE YOU TO DRAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THE CITY HIRES THEM ALL THE TIME TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK THEY CAME IN HERE AND MADE A MISREPRESENTATION.
I ALSO WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME REMAINING.
I BELIEVE HE HAD MR. MURPHY, JUST GETTING READY TO YIELD.
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TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES BESIDES THE ONES THAT I'VE ADDRESSED HERE.WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WETLANDS ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UH, WE HAVE AT THIS POINT HAD A WETLAND DETERMINATION, NOT, NOT ACCORD DELINEATION AT THIS POINT, BUT WE HAD PROFESSIONALS ONSITE.
WE HAVE LESS THAN A QUARTER ACRE OF WETLANDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISTURB THE REST OF THE PROPERTY OR THE WETLANDS AND THE BACKLOG BAYOU MANSHACK, THEY'RE ALL WETLANDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE'RE LEAVING THAT ENTIRE BACK 18 ACRES ALONE.
UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ELEVATIONS.
THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION RANGES FROM 1718 ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
A MAJORITY OF A LARGE PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IS ABOVE THAT WITH THE ELEVATIONS BEING UP TO 26.
SO EIGHT FEET ABOVE AGAIN, ALONE BY YOU, MAN SHACK IN THE BACK, THE, UM, ELEVATIONS GET REALLY LOW AND WE'RE LEAVING ALL THAT ALONE.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CLIENT, PETER TALKED ABOUT THE COVID ON THE WHO HSA TOO.
AND ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF YOU, IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, YOU'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF CULTURAL, UH, INVESTIGATIONS WE'VE SPENT, UH, MONTHS OUT HERE LOOKING AT, UH, THE ONE GRAVE SITE OUT HERE THAT WE ARE ALSO LEAVING ALONE ALONG WITH ANY TYPE OF ARTIFACTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY PRESERVING.
AND PART OF OUR GREEN SPACE, WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE STATE, WE'VE HAD THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS AND I'M OUT OF MY TIME.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEMS NUMBERS TWO AND THREE, AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, VICE CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY, VICE CHAIRMAN, ROB.
UH, I MEANT TO ASK, UH, DIRECTOR HOKUM, UH, TO RESPOND, UH, VERY QUICKLY.
WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A NOTIFICATION IF HE COULD JUST KIND OF RECAP THE PROCEDURES AND, UH, AND CONFIRMED THAT WE FOLLOWED.
SO ALL THE REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WAS FOLLOWED FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. UM, WE POSTED YELLOW SIGNS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS DONE ON JANUARY 26TH.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO A FORMAL NOTIFICATION CARDS THAT WERE MAILED TO ALL KNOWN PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE VALID TAX ROLES WITHIN 300 FEET FROM THE RADIUS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT WAS MAILED OUT ON FEBRUARY 4TH, THERE WERE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS THAT WERE PROPERLY FOLLOWED AND PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL WHERE THE CITY PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE, THAT WAS RUN IN THE ADVOCATE ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
AND THERE WAS ADDITIONAL, UH, STAFF REPORTS THAT WERE POSTED ON A WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE OFFICIAL AGENDA.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLD THEM.
AND I APOLOGIZE LAST YEAR AT THE GROUT.
CAN THE ENGINEER COME FORWARD? YEAH.
IF I UNDERSTAND YOU ALL ARE INVOLVING ABOUT 8% IN THE FLOOD ZONE, IS THAT CORRECT? OUR ACTUAL SITE, IT WOULD DEVELOP AN 8% IS IN FLOODS.
SO A THE, THE, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THE SITE IS IN THE ENTIRE SITE IS NOT JUST 8% OF THE FLOOD, BUT JUST YOUR AREA THAT YOU'RE DISTURBING, CORRECT.
NOW, THE DIRT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THAT, WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? SO THE DIRT IS ALL COMING FROM ONE SITE WITHIN THE PONDS, WITHIN THE AREAS WE HAVE, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE BASICALLY DESIGNING THIS WHERE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE FLOODPLAIN STORE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE AREA UNDER BASE FLOOD ELEVATION OF 18, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CUT THAN FEEL COMING OUT OF THERE.
MOST OF OUR, THIS ENTIRE SITE IS THEY DO HAVE A DITCH COMING THROUGH.
SO WE'RE MAKING ALL OF THOSE AREAS GOING TO BE A POND WITH POSITIVE DRAINAGE WITH SUBSURFACE SYSTEM.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST, I MEAN, BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE BRINGING IT FROM ONSITE, IT'S GOING TO BE A ZERO SONG IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCREASING.
THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LESS THAN ZERO YESTERDAY.
UM, AND THE THIRD QUESTION IS THERE WAS SEVERAL COMMENTS, UH, CONCERNING GRAVE SITES, AND SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A NATIVE AMERICAN SITE, IS THAT CORRECT? SO IN THE BAG AND THE GREEN SPACES THAT WERE LIVING UNDISTURBED, WE DID A COMPLETE CULTURAL STUDY WHERE THE, UH, UH, UH, SHURA WAS OUT HERE FOR PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS DOCUMENTING, UH, ARTIFACTS, UH, LOOKING AT THIS AREA, WE FOUND ONE GRAVE SITE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE, UH, ANY OCCUPANTS, BUT IT IS A GRAVE SITE, NONETHELESS, THAT WE'RE NOT DISTURBING AND LEAVING ALONE.
UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DISTURBING ANY OF THAT.
WE HAVE A BUFFER AROUND THOSE AREAS.
WE HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE STATE AND I ASKED THE STATE WOULD WANT THIS FOR A SITE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT DOCUMENTATION, UH, REPORTS, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EXPENSE IN DOING THAT.
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OKAY, THANK YOU.THE DIRECTOR, I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT.
I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT, UH, CERTAIN, UM, STUDIES AND, UH, UH, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE STATE AND WITH THE FEDS, UH, IS THAT REQUIRED AT THIS LEVEL FOR, UM, PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALONG THE PROCESS? SO ALL THE, ALL THE REQUIRED STUDIES, UH, FOR THIS STAGE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND OFFICIALLY REVIEWED BY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STUDIES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED LATER ON, UH, IF, AND WHEN THIS PROJECT MOVES ON BEYOND THIS POINT, UM, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT'S BEFORE YOU, ALONG WITH THE PLAN AMENDMENT, UM, IF THAT WERE TO BE APPROVED, THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THERE'S A WHOLE NEW SET OF DRAWINGS AND PERMITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A MUCH LATER STAGE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
THANK YOU MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU COME BACK UP, MR. LAUREN? UM, FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.
YOU, YOU STARTED YOUR PRO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE DUE PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO SEE IF I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY YOUR, YOUR LACK OF THE DUE PROCESS THAT YOU, YOU, YOU ALLUDE TO.
IS IT THAT YOU SAYING THAT MENIFEE FAMILY WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL RULE CHANGE? UH, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ASPECT? YES, SIR.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IN BOB, MR. MESSINA, THAT THE ONLY PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS REGULATORY, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN ANOMALY IS THIS CLASSIFICATION OF RURAL AGRICULTURE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE RURAL AREA IS RURAL, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE UNDER THE, A 1 0 4 0.1 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT WHEN IT GETS CLASSIFIED IN THE FUTURE, UH, BE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE UNIT PER ACRE, BUT THAT'S NOT ZONING, BUT IT ACTS LIKE ZONING.
SO YOU, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR UDC, I COULDN'T GO FILE TO HAVE YOUR PROPERTY REZONED, UNLESS YOU CONSENTED TO IT.
NOW, THE CITY CAN, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU NOTICE OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO DR.
MENIFEE, HIS USE OF HIS PROPERTY, HIS ENJOYMENT OF HIS PROPERTY, HIS ABILITY TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY WAS AWAY FROM, WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE, WITHOUT HIS ABILITY TO COME IN HERE AND TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT MOVED THE CLARITY OF THAT ASPECT OF IT.
UM, SHEILA ASKED MESSINA, IS HE? YEAH.
CAN, UH, PAULA, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT AT SPEC, THOUGH? THE IDEA OF THE BIG CHANGE OF THE ZONING ITSELF? I THINK HE WAS ALLUDING TO THAT.
IT WAS RULED INITIALLY WHEN MR. MENEFEE OWNED IT, IT WAS NOT, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND UNDERSTAND FIRST BECAUSE I CAN CHECK.
IT WAS BACK IN 2011 BEFORE MY TIME WHEN I WAS HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS.
I'M GONNA ADD A LITTLE CLARITY TO THAT ISSUE WHEN THEY ISSUED THAT YOU SPOKE TO PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE RISE AND PLAN, THAT WAS, UH, THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE LONG USE LAND USE PLAN PRIOR TO FUTURE BR.
SO THAT WAS THE PLAN IN PLACE UP TO 2011.
UH, THE PROPERTY IN, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ON THIS, ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, THE COMBINATION OF WORLD ZONING AND THAT LAND USE UNDER FUTURE BR IS CORRECT.
THEY, THEY COULD DEVELOP UP TO 7.3 UNITS AN ACRE AT THAT TIME, UM, WITH THE, UH, FUTURE BR UPDATE AND, AND BRAND NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT TOOK PLACE AND WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL ON DECEMBER OF 2011, THE LAND USE WAS CHANGED FROM THE OLD LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE TO AG RURAL LAND USE THAT COMBINATION OF THE EXISTING ZONING AND THE NEW LAND USE DESIGNATION CHANGED IT FROM 7.3 UNITS, AN ACRE TO ONE UNIT AN ACRE.
UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, WE WERE REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE, UH, THE ADVOCATE.
THERE WAS, UH, OVER 16 PUBLIC HEARINGS IN TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOME, UM,
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OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE PARISH.THERE WAS A QUARTER PAGE AND FULL PAGE ADS THAT WERE RUN OF THESE LAND USE MAPS, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE ADVOCATE, THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF, UH, BATON ROUGE AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT ALL OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION WAS DONE THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS AND UNDER THE NORMAL PROCESS, RYAN, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, CAUSE IN SOME CASES THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GRANDFATHERED IN ON THIS CURRENT USAGE.
AND THEREFORE I WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT PROFIT UNDER THAT UNDER THAT, IS THAT NOT THE CASE HERE BECAUSE OF YOU ALLUDED TO, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, HE ALLUDED TO THE FACT OF THE, WHAT WE DID IN A CASE ON, UM, WHAT, WHERE, WHERE WE DID A CASE KIKI YET WHAT WE DID ON PQ, REGARDLESS TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN AND HOW HE HAD A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS NOTICE AND HOW HE DIDN'T GET THE PROPER NOTICE.
HE DIDN'T SIGN OFF ON THAT CHANGE.
AND THAT WASN'T AN ISSUE THAT WE BROUGHT UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT GIVING HIM HIS RIGHTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND I I'LL TELL YOU, I HEARD WHAT THE COUNCILMAN SAID.
I WROTE IT DOWN, BUT MY VOTE WAS NOT BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL NINE 91 MILLION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, I HADN'T EVEN HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BASED ON HOW HE WAS NOT GIVEN A PROPER NOTICE AND HOW HE DID NOT CONSENT TO HIS PROPERTY USE LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THINK MR. BERG'S ONE ARGUMENT WAS BEFORE THIS BODY A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WHICH WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING ON IN THE AREA.
IT WAS LITERALLY ABOUT, HE WAS NOT PROPERLY PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT OR TO GIVE CONSENT BY HIS NEIGHBOR, SIGNING THE PETITION AND THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUCH.
SO WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE THAN IT WAS IN THAT CASE, BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO LINK THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT DIFFERENT PART OF THE PARISH, BUT SIMILAR, SIMILAR ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN THAT CASE.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GIVE SOME PARTICULAR INDICATES LIKE MR. BERGE, RON, THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUCH GIVEN THAT WE WOULD.
I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO COMPARE THE TWO CASES AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR AND RIGHT TO DO THAT.
EACH OF THOSE CASES HAVE INDIVIDUAL, UM, DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO IT.
UM, I THINK THE CITY PARISH COMPLIED WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THEY WERE TO DO AT THAT TIME.
AND SO I FEEL THAT THE CITY PARISH WAS JUSTIFIED.
METRO COUNCIL WAS JUSTIFIED IN THE ACTION THAT THEY TOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WHETHER THE METAPHASE RECEIVED NOTICE OR NOT, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT PLANNING COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL TOOK THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AT THAT TIME.
UM, I HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT, ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
I MEAN, IT'S COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF PERSONS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTICULAR ASPECT OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
I THINK MR. BRUCE, UH, TALKED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE STUDY THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND PROVIDED TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
BUT MR. BRUCE, CAN YOU COME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND IF YOU'RE STILL IN THE ROOM, PLEASE, IF NOT, UM, IF HE IS NOT STILL HERE, THAT'S FINE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO, WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE ENGINEERS FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE TO PROVIDE TO THE PAIR OF SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEIR STUDIES AND THEIR STUDIES, BUT WE DON'T TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT.
WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS AT THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEY HAVE TO ASSERT THAT THESE DOCUMENTS ARE IN ORDER.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND IT'S TRAFFICKING TO NEED A DIVISION WHO ARE CERTIFIED ENGINEERS WILL THEN TELL US THAT IT DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
WE RELY UP ON THEIR ENGINEERED INFORMATION, NOT TO THE AS ENGINEER INFORMATION.
AND WE OFTEN HEAR PUBLIC COME BEFORE US AND SAY, WE ARE RELYING ON WHAT THE PROVIDERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE.
I DON'T, I RELY UP ON WHAT THE ENGINEER REPORT FROM THIS DEPARTMENT SAYS BECAUSE THEY ARE A NEUTRAL BODY.
THEY ARE A BODY WHO ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
SO I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BELIEVE JESSICA.
THEY PROVIDED THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO CUT THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT.
THEY WON'T EVEN GET THIS FAR BECAUSE THE ENGINEERING REPORTS AND REPORTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS WOULD SAY THEY DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T TYPICALLY JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT THAT, OH, NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC FREE.
YOU KNOW, Y'ALL GONNA BE TO GO ABOUT YOUR MARRIED BUSINESS.
IF WE DID THAT AND LISTENED TO THEM, PROVIDE THAT'S GOOD, MAN.
YOU TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE PROBLEM TODAY, TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T SOLVE THE PROJECT IN TWO YEARS AND YOU LEFT TO DEAL WITH IT.
YOUR COUNSELOR LEFT TO DEAL WITH IT.
YOUR PARENTS HAD DEPARTMENTS HELPING TO PAY THAT COST TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
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WHAT THE ENGINEERS SAY.I WANTED HIM TO GET IN HERE AND TRY TO DEFEND HIS REPORT.
BUT ULTIMATELY HIS REPORT WAS REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SENT US A REPORT BACK AND SAY IT MET THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, WE WOULD REJECT IT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY OF THE SEWER LINES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO HAVE REQUIREMENTS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MET.
I LET MR. BRUCE GO, SINCE HE'S NOT HERE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMMENTS THAT I'VE WRITTEN DOWN FROM THE PUBLIC.
I WANT TO MR. JONES, BRANDON JONES, 19 FEET OF FIELD.
IT HAS TO BE MADE IN THE PROPERTY.
I THINK MR. I DON'T WANT TO GET NAMES WRONG.
HE IS FROM THE DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE MOVING FIELD WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
AND IT WAS 18 FEET ABOVE BASE ELEVATION.
WHO SAID THAT MR. DERRICK, I THINK IT WAS THE QUALITY ENGINEERING GUY.
CAN YOU COME BACK TO THE MIC AGAIN AGAIN? I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CONCERN OF MINE THAT YOU'RE MOVING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF, OF LANDFILL AND DIRT, BUT YOU INDICATED THAT A BASE SET FOOT ELEVATION IS AT 18 FEET AND THAT YOU'RE REMOVING OF CERTAIN DIRT AND WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE WITHIN THE COMPOUNDS OF THE OTHER A HUNDRED.
AND WHAT IS IT? 90, 90 ACRES, WHATEVER.
WITH 192 PROPERTIES ON 160 ACRES, 60 ACRES OF 992 PROPERTIES ON IT.
HOW WOULD YOU GUYS, YOU SAY YOU'RE DOING IT AT ELEVATION.
ONLY X AMOUNT OF FEET IS A GLOVE, THE LOTUS FLOOD PLAIN.
AND IN THIS FLOOD ZONE, THIS CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A REAL CONCERN THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO MOVE SUCH AMOUNT OF LARGE AMOUNT OF, OF INFIELD TO DO THAT.
HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, THIS PROPERTY RANGES FROM ELEVATIONS ATE ALONE BY YOU, MAN, SHAQ, ALL THE WAY UP TO 28 IN THE FRONT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE AREAS THAT ARE ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, WHERE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GO IN AND PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FIELD.
UH, WE CAME IN, IF YOU LOOK ON, UH, ON THE BELT PLAN, YOU'LL SEE THE BASE FLOOD L UH, THE FLOOD ZONES WHERE THE FLOOD ZONE IS.
WE TRIED TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, A MAJORITY OF THE LOTS OUTSIDE THE FLOOD ZONE, OR AT LEAST DEALING WITH THE ELEVATION IN THE LAW DOOR, UH, TOPOGRAPHY OUT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING AS LITTLE FIELD AS WE CAN ALONG THOSE, UH, BUILDING LINES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MAINTAINING.
IF YOU LOOK ON WHERE THE BASE FLOOD IS, WE'RE GOING TO BE BASICALLY BUILDING OUR PONDS AND DOING OUR CUT, WHERE THE BASE FLOODS FINGERS COME IN, WHERE THE DITCH COMES IN.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE FILLING IT UP.
WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY TO HELP DESIGN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THESE LOTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS THOSE DOCUMENTS AND THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, PLANS FOR THAT PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE DRAINAGE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR COMMENTS SUCH THAT IT, IT WOULD POSSIBLY BE TO DO THAT WITHOUT FURTHER STUDIES BEING PRESENTED.
I HAVE ONE FINAL CONCERN PROBABLY FOR MR. CLIENT PETER, BECAUSE THE MR. DAVID, TALKED ABOUT THE SERVITUDE OF DRAINAGE AND YOUR DISTURBING AND POSSIBLY DISTURBING THAT TOO, WHICH IS A NATURAL DRAIN, HIS FLOW.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF HOW THE RIGHT OF THE PROTECT CURRENT LAND OWNERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROTECTED.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE DISTURBING THAT SERVICE TO THE DRAINAGE.
YOU GOTTA BE WORKING AROUND THAT SERVER TO THE DRAINAGE, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND REGARDS TO THE, THE IMPACT OF THAT ON THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND COULD BE THERE IN THE FUTURE, DEREK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'RE DESIGNED TO ACCEPT ALL THAT WATER FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF WHO'S TO ROAD THAT COMES THROUGH THE UNDER PIPE AT PRESENT, AND WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO COME THROUGH THERE AND HANDLE IT ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE NATURAL SERVITUDE TO DRAIN.
NOW IT RUNS OFF IN TWO DIRECTIONS.
IT GOES, IT GOES TO THE SOUTHWEST AND IT GOES MOSTLY EAST ACROSS MR. JONES PROPERTY, BUT IT'S BEING STOPPED THERE.
UH, WITH THIS DESIGN AGAIN, YOU ADDRESS IT.
THERE IS, IS DESIGNED TO TAKE THAT NATURAL SERVITUDE, A DRAIN WATER, AND TAKE IT THROUGH THE PROPERTY IF I CAN.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A 24 INCH PIPE ON THE HUSH TOO.
UH, IT'S ONLY A LETTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FLOW COME THROUGH THERE DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES, BUT ALSO JUST BECAUSE IT'S SIZE, WE'RE COMING UP WITH NINA SIZE INSTEAD OF A SINGLE 24, UH, NAMED DOUBLE 36 IS UNDER WHO HSA TOO.
NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE BASICALLY IN OUR DRAINAGE STUDY, WE'RE CONSIDERED THE DOSE DOUBLE 36 IS WE'RE IN TO ALLOW
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THE MAXIMUM FLOW UNDER WHO SHE TOO.SO IF THE IMPROVEMENTS EVER DO HAPPEN, THAT THEY ACCEPT, WE'RE ACCEPTING THE WATER OF ALL OF IT.
AND NOT JUST WHAT'S BEING ALLOWED OUT THERE TODAY.
AND WE'RE DIRECTING THIS THROUGH OUR SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE, THROUGH OUR SUBDIVISIONS, THROUGH OUR PONDS AND GETTING OUT, WE'VE ALSO RAN SOME HEC, RAS MODELING AND SO FORTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T AFFECT THE, UH, UH, BASICALLY THE WATER SURFACE.
WE ALSO RAN HEC RAS MODELS ON THE EXISTING DITCHES.
THE EXISTING DITCH THROUGH THE PROJECT DOES HAVE THIS THERE TODAY DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY, IT'S THE CULVERT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HOLDING BACK THE WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE GOING TO AFFECT ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT SERVER TO THE DRAINS, TO WHICH THOSE RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY ENJOYING THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY TO FLOW OFF OF THEIR PROPERTIES THROUGH THAT LAND, WHERE MAINTAINING ALL THE FLOW COMING THROUGH THE PROPERTY, YOU MAINTAIN THE FLOOR AND YOU'RE UPGRADING THE PIPES TO MAKE WATER.
SO WHAT IS THIS SHORES OFF THE PROBLEM? SO WE'RE HAVING LIKE DOUBLE 48 INCH PIPES THROUGH OUR PROPERTY AND THINGS, UH, THINGS OF THOSE NATURES ALONG WITH AN OUTFALL OF DOUBLE 40 TWOS, UH, COMING OFF OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE ARE, UH, ACCEPTING ALL OF THEIR FLOW, DETAINING OUR FLOW, COMBINING THEM AND LET THEM OFF IN A METER TO POSITION.
NOW, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ONLY FOR THE RECORDS, BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR YOU PUBLICLY ADMIT THE FACT THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES.
BUT AGAIN, I WOULD DEFER BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING IS ACCURATE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISTURBING THE CURRENT SERVITUDE OF DRAINAGE AND ARE GOING TO BE UPGRADING THE PIPES TO MAKE SURE THE WATER OUTFALLS IS SUFFICIENT.
SO, SO WHILE, RATHER THAN SAY THOSE THINGS, I MEAN, AGAIN, WHILE HE'S STANDING AT THE MICROPHONE AND MAKE THE ASSERTION THAT AS A DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S STILL INCUMBENT UPON THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THE ONE HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE THINGS HE SAY HERE.
AND IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT NOT TO PERMIT AND NOT TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE.
SO AGAIN, WE DON'T JUST TAKE THEIR WORD THAT THEY GOING TO DO THIS OR DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND I WOULD ALWAYS SAY IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE PARISH SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OPERATE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPERS, BECAUSE DEVELOPERS COME AND GO.
AND THE CITIZENS WHO INVEST THEIR LIVES ARE HERE TO STAY.
AND AS I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT ALL THESE PROJECTS, AND WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THE COMMENTS, I CERTAINLY WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE THE ONES I'VE HAD WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND I HAD AN ACCIDENT DEVELOPERS, AND I'VE ACTUALLY ENGINEERING PEOPLE.
I JUST HAD A VERY BRIEF MOMENT OF HEARING FROM WHAT MR. ATTORNEY, MR. WAX HAD TO SAY.
AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW EGREGIOUS THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANY OF YOU WHO STAYED STATED, SOME OF YOUR ISSUES TO THIS WOULD ATTEST TO THE PROBLEMS ARE THERE, WHETHER THIS PROJECT COMING ON THE DRAIN IS PROBLEMS THERE, THE ROAD PROBLEMS THAT YOU GAVE US MAPS, BUT I MADE NOTES ON THEY'RE THERE TODAY.
WHETHER THIS PROJECT TAKES PLACE TODAY OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE SHOULD CHALLENGE OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO FIX OUR PROBLEMS TODAY, NOT TO STOP SOMETHING TOMORROW.
AND I DO AGREE YOU'RE KELLY, YOUR COUNCILMAN TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS HERE.
I WOULD SEE BEFORE IT WAS MOVED, BR A GREEN LIGHT PLAN OUT HERE WHEN IT'S TIME OF ACUTE HATS, POTHOLE TAX.
AND WE HAD PROBLEMS, THEN PRESIDENT BIDEN TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF AMERICA CRUMBLING, AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT TO FIX OUT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE FOUND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GIVE THE UKRAINE RIGHT NOW.
WE COULDN'T FIX AMERICA'S PROBLEMS, BUT WE CAN FIX ANOTHER COUNTRY.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET ON MY NATIONAL SOAP BOX.
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON OUR OFFICIALS TO FIX OUR PROBLEMS IN THIS PARISH.
IF YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM, SUBSTANDARD ROADS, IT MUST BE FIXED, NOT BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY DRIVE THE HIGH WAVES EVERY DAY AND SOMEBODY GOT HER.
I DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO COME BACK BY, GAVE ME, CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T.
WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING, I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU DO THAT ON MY TIME.
AND I'M GOING TO BRINKLEY'S FOR THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE ARE GOING TO BE HERE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS ONE PASS TONIGHT OR FAIL, AND WE STILL NEED TO FIX WHO SHOULD TO, WE STILL NEED TO FIX TIGER BEN.
IF SHE PUT ON THE PARISH ROAD FLOW PROGRAM SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO WE ASKED FOR ANOTHER HATS AND POTHOLE TAX, AND THAT WAS IN THE EIGHTIES.
WE CAN CALL IT ANYTHING WE WANT.
IF IT'S NOT FIXING YOUR ROLE AND WE PAY MORE TAXES, WE STILL GOT THE SAME PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I BELIEVE, UH, THE NEXT REQUEST CAME FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO SPEAK.
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COME ON, PLEASE.UM, COULD YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REMARKS, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS AN IMAGINARY LINE FOR RURAL AGRICULTURE.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT? WELL, AND IN TALKING TO, TO FOLKS AROUND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, STAFF, ET CETERA, WE GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE TIGER BIN ROAD IS THOUGHT OF AS SOME IMAGINARY LINE BETWEEN RURAL AGRICULTURE TO THE EAST AND A RURAL NEIGHBOR, A RURAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE, TO THE WEST.
AND I SUGGESTED IF THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME LINE, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE, THAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE FARTHER EAST AND NOT TIGERMAN ROAD, BUT IT OUGHT TO GO TO THE, UM, TO THE BOUNDARY, THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF MALLARD LAKES.
AND YES, THERE ARE BIG LOTS AND MALLARD LAKES.
THANK MR. UH, UH, ROADS AND MR. PICKETT SPOKE TO THAT AND, AND, UH, AND THEY ARE HUGE LOTS.
SO BY INFERENCE YOU, I TOOK YOU TO MEAN THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE AREAS, UM, IN THAT REGION THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE POINTED OUT THREE OF THEM, UM, WITHIN A 950 FOOT RADIUS OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND YOU THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WOULD FIT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY WITHOUT ISSUE? I BELIEVE IT'S REASONABLE.
UM, PUT A DIRECTOR, MAYBE HE COULD HELP ME.
UM, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT THE, UH, SUBDIVISION REPORT WAS ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE? CERTAINLY, WELL, THIS SUBDIVISION S 2 22 WOODHILL SUBDIVISION STAFF HAS CERTIFIED THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, NOT ONLY DOES IT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S ADDITIONAL BULLET POINTS ON THIS STAFF REPORT THAT, THAT ALSO SPEAK TO HOW IT EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALITY ENGINEERING.
TH THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW COMMENTS TONIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS, BUT COULD YOU JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR US WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE, UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAINAGE? YES, SIR.
FOR DRAINAGE ITSELF, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, BASICALLY MAINTAIN A POST PRE-DEVELOPMENT FLOW FOR 25 YEAR STORM.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE WENT TO THE 25 YEAR STORM, A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, EXCUSE ME.
AND WE ACTUALLY, UH, DECREASE THE, UH, POST DEVELOPMENT FLOWS BY 15% AND NEARLY 20%, DEPENDING ON THE OUTFALL RESPECTIVELY, UH, THE ONE GOING TO ONE, GOING TO THE EAST AND ONE GOING TO THE SOUTH.
AND SO WE'VE, UH, WHERE WE ONLY HAD TO MAINTAIN THE 25 YEAR.
WE WENT A HUNDRED YEAR MINUS 15% MINUS 20%.
AND WE EVEN FROM A MITIGATE FLOOD, PLAIN MITIGATION STANDPOINT, WERE CUTTING MORE THAN FILLING SON INSTEAD OF A NET FAIL.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY, UH, INCREASING AND GETTING ADDITIONAL FLOOD PLAIN.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE, BUT, UM, DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENS, UM, SEASONALLY TO VALUE MANCHAC IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO CARRY A WATER OR THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BACK UP? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HEC RAS MODEL THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO ON A BAYOU MANSHACK, WE LOOKED AT IT IN A TAILWATER AND IT HAD WATER TYPE CONDITIONS.
SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, FROM A FLOODPLAIN STANDPOINT, WHEN WE'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO, UH, INCREASE THE FLOOD PLAIN, WHEN BAYOU MANSHACK IS IN A BACKWATER CONDITION, COMING FROM A MEAT, IT COMES IN AT A SLOWER RATE THAN THE HEADWATER.
SO IT ALLOWS IT TO FILL IN, COME IN AND MAINTAIN AS FLOOD FLOOD STORAGE.
SO OUR GOAL THERE WAS WHAT THE HECK HARASS WAS THE SHOW THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULDN'T IMPACT BY HUMAN SHACK AND, UH, THE TRIBUTARY ALONE BY YOU MAN SHACK AND THE HEADWATER CONDITION, AND THE INCREASE IN FLOODPLAIN ALLOWS IT TO IN A BACKWATER CONDITION EXCEPT ADDITIONAL WATER, THEN WHAT IT WOULD ACCEPT TODAY.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT REQUEST WAS FOR, FOR COMMISSIONER GROWLED FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER BANKS.
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WAS HOPING TO GET YOU BEFORE YOU HAD TO GET, I HAD TO SIT DOWN, UM, ONE QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE SAID, AND I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR, MAYBE YOU ANSWERED IT AND I JUST OVERHEARD IT OR BY STEPPED OUT, BUT THERE WAS AN ACCUSATION MADE THAT IN SOME CASES YOU WOULD HAVE TO RAISE THE, THE SITE LEVEL 19 FEET FROM WHAT'S THERE.UH, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, THE REAR, SOME OF THESE LOTS, I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT LIKE FOUR FEET SOMEWHERE UP IN THERE, BUT THAT'S ON OUR PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT, WHEN, WHEN THE PROPERTY, WHEN THE PROPERTY GOES INTO THE FLOOD, PLAIN MEANS IT REACHES, IT GOES BELOW ELEVATION 18, RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK HERE ARE LOTS OF WAY OFF THE PROPERTY LINE.
WE DID THAT ON PURPOSE IN ORDER TO NOT AFFECT ANYONE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOTS THAT ARE LOAN, THE PROPERTY LINE, THEY'RE ALL ABOVE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION.
SO OUR GOAL HERE WAS NOT TO AFFECTING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, CAUSE I HEARD THAT 19 FOOT NUMBERS AND IT DOES SOUND PRETTY SCARY.
AND, AND LOOK, UH, W WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, I COULDN'T FIND THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BANKS, AND I GUESS, THANK YOU.
UM, SO I BASICALLY, UM, REALLY LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED AND, UM, TRY TO, UM, QUANTIFY THEM BASED ON THE COMMONALITY OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BEING RAISED.
AND, UM, SO AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UM, OF COURSE THE, THE, THE REOCCURRING THING WAS BAYOU MANSHACK.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT OF COURSE, IS, UH, STOPPING THE NATURAL FLOW TO THE, BY YOU AND ADVERSELY AFFECTING EVERYONE AROUND THEM.
AND WHAT WE FOUND, UM, SINCE NOT ONLY DID THE 2016 FLOOD, BUT MORE TO THAT, BUT MORE RECENTLY IS THAT A LOT OF THE NATURAL FLOW DID NOT HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE HOUSES.
IT, BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN DRAINED SO LONG, THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGLECT, BIG TREES, FALLING TREES.
UM, OUR PARISH CURRENTLY SPENT ABOUT $2 MILLION ON THAT.
UM, IT IS GONNA TAKE A WHILE IT'S JUST THIS YEAR THAT ALL THREE PARISHES, IT REVEAL ASCENSION AND BATON ROUGE DECIDED TO BE ON ONE PAGE.
CAUSE, UM, CAUSE THAT IS LIKE 18 MILES AND EVERYBODY, UM, HAD BEEN, UH, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE THAT IT'S BEING ADDRESSED, BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME.
UH, ALSO SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT THE LAW MENTIONED ABOUT THE UTC AND, UM, AT SOME POINT THEY APPARENTLY THOUGHT THAT THE OWNERS RIGHT, WAS, THEY MEANT THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY HAVE NO DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STOP DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE F THE ONLY THING THAT THE UDC AND WHAT THE DEVELOPERS REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THEY ARE MITIGATING, UM, THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
AND IN THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE THEY MENTIONED UPON AS BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THIS AS BEING THE ANSWER FOR SO MANY PROJECTS AND THEN WHOSE TO MAINTAIN IT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY, THAT OUR POLICY THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN POLICY.
HOW LONG SHOULD A DEVELOPER MAINTAIN UPON ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED IT? THE OTHER PART THAT'S A LOT OF PERSONS TALKED ABOUT WAS THE STORM WATER RUNOFF.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, POST-CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER RUNOFF CANNOT EXCEED THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION LEVEL.
SO WHATEVER THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION LEVEL, I'M SURE THERE ARE GOING TO BE INSPECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL, UH, IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THIS ISN'T EVEN AN APPROVER TODAY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE AREN'T INTERMITTENT, UM, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, BASED ON THE STAR WAR STORM, WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS ENGINEER SHOWS THAT THE PROPERTY WERE MAINTAINED DRAINAGE PATTERNS FROM PRE D DEVELOPMENT TO POST DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN THE PLAN THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED.
UM, AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT, UM, INCLUDING DRAINAGE TO RECEIVE FROM OFF SITE, SO HE'S GONE BEYOND, AND ALSO,
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UM, MADE A COMMITMENT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE OFFSITE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHO SHOULD TO AND TIRE SOUTH TARGET BEING ROAD B, UM, SOMETHING THAT HE'S ALSO MAKING SURE IT'S IN COMPLIANCE.A ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IS, IS WHO SHOULD TO, OH, WAS THAT, UM, I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS MY COLLEAGUE, UM, COUNCILMAN HUDSON DID MENTION ABOUT MOOD BR AND IT BEING, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT OF A PLAN THAT IS IN SEVERAL SECTIONS.
AND, UM, WE HAVE THE APR MONEY, WHICH IS ONE TIME.
HOWEVER, UNLIKE GREEN LIGHT, THIS TARGET BEING, AND, UH, WHO SHOES THERE'S ALREADY BEEN WHERE IT IS VERY MUCH ON OUR LEADS, CAUSE IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN SEVERAL LISTS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY BOUGHT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN LISTED AS A HIGH PRIORITY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AS A COUNCIL, SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT LAWSUITS AND, UM, MAKING, UM, MAKING CONCESSIONS FROM ONE DEVELOPER, NOT THE OTHER, BUT JUST SINCE 2016 ALONE WHO SHOULD TO ROAD, THERE ARE FOUR DEVELOPMENTS, UH, IN 2016 AND 2017, ALL OF THEM WERE APPROVED.
WELL, TWO WERE APPROVED BY THE METRO COUNCIL.
UM, A COUPLE OF THEM DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNCIL.
THEY WERE APPROVED AT THIS, UM, THESE MEETINGS PLANNING, BUT TWO OF THEM IN 2017 HAS SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD OF 50% AND THEY WERE APPROVED.
SO IT, HOW DO WE JUSTIFY THAT AND THEN DENIED THIS? SO THAT WOULD LEAD TO A LAWSUIT.
UH, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WAS THAT THERE WAS NO TREATMENT SEWER TREATMENT PLAN DISCHARGE.
AND, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR PLANNING STAFF, THE, THE SEWER TREATMENT DISCHARGE IS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE SHAUN NOW, AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE IT.
UM, BUT IT DOES INDICATE THAT, UH, THE SEWAGE PLANT, AGAIN, IT WOULD GO TO EITHER THE PROPOSED PAWN R B PIPE TO BY YOU MAN SHACK.
UM, BUT I NEITHER IN ANY CASE, THE TREATMENT PLAN HAS TO BE APPROVED THROUGH DEQ.
UH, THE LAST MAIN QUESTION WAS, UM, OH, IT TALKED ABOUT BAG BAN YOU BY YOU MAN, CHECK BEING DEEMED IMPAIRED.
AND I THINK SOMEONE INDICATED THAT, AND WE DID GET A COPY OF THAT REPORT.
AND THE ASSESSMENT FROM 2020 INDICATES THAT THE IMPAIRMENT IS ONLY FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROPAGATION IS THAT, THAT IS ONE.
AND THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES ARE PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION.
UM, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY, UM, RICK MADE IT, WHATEVER THE, UM COUNCILMAN INDICATED BRIT APPROVED WITH THE LAND, BUT IT ALSO SAY SECONDARY CONTACT ALSO GOOD IN CLOSING.
UM, A LOT OF MEN TALKED ABOUT CARE TOO, AND, AND THIS WAS NEWS TO ME TOO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT CHARACTERED MEANT THAT, UH, EVERYTHING NEEDED TO LOOK ALIKE AND NEED TO BE THE SAME SIZE LOT.
BUT, UM, I REALLY TOOK A DIVE INTO WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER MEANS, AND IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF A LOT THAT PEOPLE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
WE'RE THAT WHAT, ACCORDING TO IT IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHERE PEOPLE CONSIDER CARE TO IS REALLY THE FEATURES.
AND, UM, IN THIS ARTICLE THAT I WAS READING ABOUT CHARACTER MAINTAIN CARE TO, IT SAYS THAT EVEN SOME AREAS WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AS A RESULT OF NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, CHANGING HOUSEHOLD PREFERENCES AND EXPLICIT HOUSING POLICIES.
UM, IN THESE AREAS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT RESPECTING CHARACTER IS NOT TAKEN TOO, LITERALLY TOO, LITERALLY AS A NEW CHARACTER WILL EMERGE IN RESPONSE TO THESE NEW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITION.
IN SIMPLE TERMS, RESPECT FOR CHARACTER OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SIMPLY MEANS TO FIT IN.
AND SO, AND WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, I THOUGHT ABOUT ME BEING 60 AND THINKING THAT HOW'S, IT SHOULD BE ON BIG LOTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP WITH AND A YARD, BUT HOW MY SON, WHO'S 33 PURCHASED A HOME AND I'M THINKING HE'S GOING TO BUY A BIG LOT.
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A HOUSE.IT DID NOT THAT W W WOULD IT HAS LOTS OF DENSITY OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M THINKING YOU HAVE TWO KIDS.
WHY NOT? HE SAID, MILLENNIALS DON'T HAVE TIME TO CUT YARDS.
HE SAID, WELL, WE ARE AT WORK.
WE'RE WORKING WHERE WE'RE HOME.
WE SPEND THE TIME WITH OUR FAMILY.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS, SO I DO RESPECT, UM, THE PERSONS WHO, WHO HAVE MOVED FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING.
AND THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A GAMING COMMUNITY.
AND SO I LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE SITE THESE, BOTH THESE ITEMS TONIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? MOTION IS THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD? I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER HILL HAD HAD ANOTHER COMMENT HE WANTED TO MAKE.
I WANTED TO, UH, ASK, UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, IF HE WOULD COME UP AND RESPOND TO THE QUESTION I HAD ABOUT, UM, THE IMAGINARY LINE DESIGNATION.
APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL TIME MR. HILL.
UM, IF THE STAFF WOULD PLEASE PULL UP THE FILE LABELED WHO HSA TO ROAD CHARACTER MAP, UM, IT'S OUT HERE, UH, WE'VE GOT A STAFF, HAS IT ON THEIR COMPUTER.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP ON THE SCREENS.
SO IN REGARDS TO THIS BEING A, AN IMAGINARY LINE OR AN ARBITRARY LINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WANT TO JUST TOTALLY SHUT DOWN THAT IDEA.
RIGHT? WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UH, STAFF THAT GUIDES THIS COMMISSION AND GUIDES, THE PLANET, UH, GUIDES, THE METRO COUNCIL, UH, EVERY DAY AND US MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
THEY HAVE EVALUATED THIS AREA.
THIS IS A MAP THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, ON OUR PEARS GIS SYSTEM.
UH, YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON ANY TIME IT WASN'T MADE FOR THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THE STAFF HAS EVALUATED THIS AREA AND SAID THAT THE CHARACTER IS RURAL.
UH, THEY'VE ALSO TOLD YOU IN THEIR EVALUATION OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT ITEM TONIGHT, THAT THAT WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
AGAIN, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM IS DENIAL.
UH, SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT HAVE CAREFULLY EVALUATED THIS, LISTEN TO THE, UH, LISTENED TO THE FOLKS HERE WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVES OUT THERE.
UM, AND PLEASE VOTE TO DENY THIS.
AND AGAIN, DON'T GO AGAINST, UH, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT OUR STORM WATER MASTER PLAN AND ARE GOING TO COME TO US IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, WITH ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SITES LIKE THIS ONE, THAT BACKUP TO A MAJOR WATERSHED.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS. I BELIEVE THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STERLING.
IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, UH, THERE, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE GRAVITY OF THIS, THIS CASE, I THINK, UH, I THINK I NEED TO SPEAK TO IT DIRECTLY.
UH, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT GOES, THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT DESIGN.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES WE'VE SEEN.
UM, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RESPONSIVENESS TO THE, UH, TO THE, UM, UH, TO THE, TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO THE SITE.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE FOLKS TRY TO TALK THEIR WAY AROUND IT.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY RESPONDED, UH, AS A DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF, AGAIN, ONE OF THE BETTER WINDS WE'VE SEEN TO MY MIND, THE QUESTION IS, DOES IT GO HERE? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
AND I HAVE TALKED WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE LINE, BUT CONSIDERING THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIS SHOE TO THAT IS GO ONGOING.
THAT IS SIMILAR TO THIS, AND YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT SOUTH.
I HAVE, WE DO NEED TO DRAW A LINE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT WHERE WE HAVE IT NOW IS CORRECT.
I MEAN, I, I GO TO THE SITE AND STOPPED AND WALKED
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AROUND AND IT'S A HEAVILY WOODED SITE.IT'S JUST NOT, I, I DON'T LOOK GOOD BEING VENTILATED.
SO, UM, BUT I, UH, I WALKED THE SITE.
I DROVE UP AND DOWN WHO SHOOT TO, YES, THERE ARE FARMS AND YES, WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST CASES I'VE EVER HAD TO DECIDE, BUT I AM GOING TO, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO, UH, I'M GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE.
AND I, THE, THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT IN OPPOSITION, NOTHING AGAINST YOU, ALL, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HARD PLANNING CASE BY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST WE'VE DONE.
SO I WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD.
SO PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK GUY JUST CASUALLY SAID, YEAH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION I'LL HOPEFULLY FOR THE LAST TIME RECAP, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS. THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STERLING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND THERE ARE NO FURTHER, THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[4. PA-9-22 15050 Samuels Road and 15175, 15195, 15200-15300 Old Scenic Highway To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Residential Neighborhood to Commercial on property located north of the interchange of Old Scenic Highway and Samuels Road, on an approximately 80.46 Acre Tract of the former Grace P. McVea Property. Sections 43, 44 and 86, T5S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 1 - Noel) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Recommend approval, based upon examination of the area at a further level of detail and compatibility with surrounding uses]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLAN AMENDMENT 9 22 1 5 0 5 0 SAMUELS' ROAD AND 1 5 1 7 5 1 5 1 9 5 AND 1 5, 200 TO 1 5, 300 WHOLE SCENIC HIGHWAY P A 9 22 1 5 0 5 0 SAMUELS ROAD AND 1 5 1 7 5 1 5 1 9 5 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 OLD STEAMING HIGHWAY.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE INTERCHANGE OF OTT HIGHWAY AND SAMUEL'S ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE.
NO, THE APPLICANT IS CHARLES GLADNEY JR.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE NUISANCE PLANNING LIMIT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL VA 9 22 1 5 0 5 0 SAMUEL'S ROAD AND 1 5 1 7 5 1 5 1 9 5 1 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 3 0 0 OH SCENIC HIGHWAY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WAS SURROUNDING USERS, COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK TO FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPROACH 15 MINUTES.
MY NAME'S PAUL JAMES BOOTING HERE ON BEHALF OF SATELLITE ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER WAS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD ANY ARISE.
I'LL KEEP MY PRESENTATION SWEET, UH, SHORT AND SWEET, UM, THAT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH LAND USE OBJECTIVE 3.1, WHICH IS TO MEET THE DAILY NEEDS OF RESIDENTS NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WITH ALL THE INFLUX OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
UM, WE THINK THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS WARRANTED AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT'S IN FAVOR FROM WENDY GLADIN, UM, AS NEEDED.
AT THIS TIME I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
I MOVED AWAY FROM THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CASE FIVE TO 2 83 98, 84, 12 AND 85 14 HOOPER ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, SUBDIVISION 1 22 BELL ARBOR SUBDIVISION CASE FIVE DASH 22 8 3 9 8 8 4 1 2 AND 8 5 1 4 RELATED TO S ONE DASH 22.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF COOPER ROAD, WEST OF HICKOCK DRIVE KELSALL DISTRICT FIVE HURST.
THE APPLICANT IS WILLIAM AND FOR COREY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESOLVE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AWAN TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL EIGHT 2.7 PROPOSED TO USE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THEY FEEL TO BE ARLENE IS DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD S ONE DASH 22, BILL ARBOR, CELL DIVISION RELATED TO CASE FIVE DASH 22.
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APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 183 SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL LOGS WITH FOUR COMMON AREA TRACKS AND PUBLIC STREET, EXCESS.USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CASE FIVE DASH 22 8 3 9 8 8 4 1 2 AND 8 5 1 4 HOOPER ROAD RELATED TO S ONE DASH 22.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FROM THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD AND OPPOSITION TO THESE ITEMS. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED EIGHT MESSAGES OF OPPOSITION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS NICK FUCKERY WITH TOWER CAPITAL CORPORATION.
UM, THIS BELL HARBOR SUBDIVISIONS ON HOOPER ROAD AND, UH, NORTH BATON ROUGE, CLOSE TO FOSTER, A LITTLE BIT EAST TO FOSTER ROAD.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING 183 LOTS ON THE 53.7 ACRES IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO REZONE IT FROM THE CURRENT ZONING TO 82.7.
WOODWARD WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO MORE UP TO OVER SEVEN LOTS PER ACRE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR, UM, DENSITY DOWN TO 3.4, LOTS PER ACRE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE ZONING TO THE EAST OF US, UH, COMING TO STATES TO ZONE EIGHT TO, TO OUR LEFT IS ZONE HEAVY.
COMMERCIAL BROUGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS, UM, C2.
AND THEN ALSO INTO, ON SEVERAL LOTS, WHICH IS INDUSTRIAL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF ZONINGS RIGHT AROUND US.
UH, OUR DENSITY IS IN KEEPING, LIKE I SAID, TO COME INTO STATES, OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, OPEN SPACE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 8.1 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE 11.8 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS 46% MORE THAN THE REQUIRED, UH, ARE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONSITE RETENTION.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 12.3 ACRES OF RETENTION POND, UH, WITH, UH, SEVERE STORAGE CAPABILITIES ON, ON THE LAND.
AND THE ENGINEER WILL SPEAK MORE TO THE DRAINAGE AND THE, UM, RETENTION LATER ON.
SO WE EXCEED OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT DURING THE CURRENT MORATORIUM FAR EXCEED THEM, UH, ON SITE WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A ONE ACRE PLAYGROUND AREA FOR THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'VE GOT A COMMON AREA ALONG HO UH, HOOPER ROAD WHERE WE CAN DO AN ICE, UH, BRICK AND PROBABLY BREAKING WOOD FENCE TO ENHANCE THE INTEREST OF THE SUBDIVISION, THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
SO I DON'T NORMALLY DO JUST A LITTLE SMALL MONUMENT.
WE TRY TO MAKE THE ANSWER TO THE SUBDIVISION APPEALING.
IT ALSO HELPS TO BUILD OR SELL THE HOUSES AND GIVES THE HOMEOWNERS A NICE PLACE TO LIVE, RATHER THAN JUST DOING THE BASIC, UH, CONNECTIVITY.
WE'VE GOT A CONNECTION POINT TO THE EAST, CONNECTING WITH COVID STATES.
UM, THEY HAVE A CURRENT ROAD THAT DEAD ENDS IN OUR PROPERTY.
UH, THIS'LL DO SEVERAL THINGS FOR OUR NEIGHBOR AND ALLOW THEM TO ENTER AND EXIT THEIR SUBDIVISION THROUGH OURS, CURRENTLY THEIR SUBDIVISION, UH, FREE FLOODS QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THEY HAVE TO MOVE THE CARS UP TO HOOPER ROAD, UH, THE NIGHT BEFORE WE'RE HEAVY RAIN TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET OUT AND GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING.
SO WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THAT ISSUE FOR THEM.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY, WE'VE GOT, UH, A ROAD THAT RUNS TO THE, UH, BOUNDARY LINE OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY ON THE WEST OF US.
SHOULD THAT PROPERTY EVER GET DEVELOPED? THEY CAN CONNECT INTO OUR, OUR SUBDIVISION AS WELL.
UH, SO SEVERAL BENEFITS IN THAT, UH, ALSO THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN 500 FEET OF, UH, SEVERAL BRETT PART ACTUALLY TO BRECK PARKS.
WE'VE MET WITH TWO OF THE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING BRECK.
THEY HAD A COUPLE OF SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY NORMALLY, UH, REQUEST ON SUBDIVISIONS CLOSE TO THEM.
UH, WE'VE AGREED TO USE THE TYPE OF LIGHTS THAT THEY SUGGESTED USING, UH, DARK NIGHTLIGHTS, WHICH DON'T, UH, INTERFERE WITH THE SKYLIGHT AT NIGHT, WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH THEIR PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT RESIDE IN THE BRECK PARKS AND ALSO OUR RUNOFF FROM OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THE BEST METHOD PRACTICES TO KEEP ANY RUNOFF FROM EFFECTING THE WATER.
IT WOULD GO INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AND ALSO BREX PARK PROPERTY.
UH, WE MAILED OUT AROUND A HUNDRED LETTERS TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, USING THE LIST THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITY NOW THAT THEY MAIL OUT TO, UH, GIVING THEM A BRIEF LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, EXPLAINING WHAT WE'RE DOING
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AND INCLUDED A MAP, UH, MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND OFFICE NUMBER.SO THEY CHOOSE TO REACH OUT TO ME, HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANY OF THEM.
UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS BOARD FOR COMETA STATE'S NEXT DOOR.
UM, UH, MY ENGINEER AND I MET WITH THEM, UH, DARRYL HARRIS, THE COUNCILMAN FOR THE AREA WAS THERE.
UH, WE HAD A VERY NICE MEETING WE'VE, UH, AGREED TO HELP A LOT OF THEIR FLOODING SITUATIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T HELP ALL OF THEM.
THE DIVERSION CANAL WE'LL ADDRESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP A NORMAL RAIN, NOT FLOOD THAT SUBDIVISION.
THEY SEEM TO BE VERY PLEASED WITH US AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, WE HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE TRAFFIC STUDY INDICATED THE NEED FOR A, A U-TURN ON HOOPER ROAD.
IF YOU'RE HEADED WEST, UH, WE'VE AGREED TO DO THAT.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY ALSO INDICATED THE NEED FOR A TURNING RAIN TURNING LANE COMING FROM, UH, DOWNTOWN OR THE AIRPORT AREA, UH, TURNING INTO THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE PRICE POINT FOR THE HOUSES WOULD BE 250,000 AND UP WHICH FAR EXCEEDS ANYTHING IN THAT AREA.
UH, HOPEFULLY MY PLAN AND DESIRE IS THAT THIS SUBDIVISION WILL HELP SPUR OTHER DEVELOPERS TO COME INTO AN AREA THAT'S NOT BEEN DEVELOPED IN QUITE SOME TIME TO RISK THEIR MONEY, TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE AREA AND INSPIRE GROWTH IN THAT AREA, NOT JUST RESIDENTIALLY, BUT COMMERCIALLY.
UM, COUNCILMAN HURST HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND REACHING OUT TO OTHERS, TRYING TO SHARE HIS DREAM FOR WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE PARISH AND WHERE THEY'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO TRY TO DO OUR PART AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE APPROVAL ON THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE FOR THIS AREA.
IT'S NOT, I'M FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MR. FUCKERY, UH, AND TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.
WE WERE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA.
WE KNOW THE FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT DAY THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED, AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE CAN.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP MITIGATE THOSE FACTORS FOR THEM.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A LARGE WATERSHED OF WATER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD THAT DRAINS THROUGH THIS SITE AND TRIES TO DRAIN THROUGH KOMITA STATES, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO OUR EAST COMING UNDERNEATH HOOPER ROAD.
THERE ARE THREE LARGE CULVERTS THAT ARE THERE TO DRAIN THE NORTH SIDE.
AND IT'S TRYING TO ENTER ME TO STATES THROUGH ONE SMALL CULVERT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO LOOK AT AND FIX AND TRY TO REMEDY FOR THEM.
SO WHAT WE DID IS THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN A FLOOD ZONE.
SO WE DID HAVE TO MEET MORATORIUM REQUIREMENTS.
I KNOW THEY TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO DESIGN FOR THE A HUNDRED YEARS OF FLOOD STORAGE AND, AND ALSO REDUCE THE 10 25 YEAR AND A HUNDRED YEAR STORM BY 10%.
WELL, WE HAD THE AREA TO DO IT.
WE HAD THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT.
AND AS WE, AS HE MENTIONED, WE COULD HAVE GONE UPWARDS OF UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE DOING 3.4 UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE DOING THAT TO ADD MORE PONDS, TO ADD MORE TRAINERS STORAGE AND TO, AND TO HELP PREVENT FLOODING IN THIS AREA.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF NUMBERS FOR THE, WE HAVE A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S STILL GOING TO DRAIN A CALL ME TO STATES AND IN THE T IN THE HUNDRED YEAR STORM, WE'RE REDUCING IT BY 32%, FROM 23 CFS DOWN TO 15.6 CFS.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE AREA THAT'S TRAINING, TRYING TO GET TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD NOW FOR THE AREA THAT'S COMING ACROSS THE SITE AND WAS BACKING UP IN THE, IN THE BACKYARDS BECAUSE IT HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
WE'RE GOING TO CATCH THAT WATER COMING ACROSS HOOPER ROAD, PUT IT THROUGH OUR PONDS AND SEND IT BACK OUT TO CYPRUS BY YOU IN DOING THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE HUNDRED YEAR POST DEVELOPMENT FLOW BY 47% TO THE HUNDRED YEAR PRE-DEVELOPMENT FLOW.
IN ADDITION, ON TOP OF THAT, OUR ACTUAL HUNDRED-YEAR FLOW IS 32% LESS THAN THE 10 YEAR FLOW.
SO WE WERE, WE'RE UTILIZING THESE PONDS TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP THE NEIGHBORS WITH THE DRAINAGE IN THIS AREA.
ALSO, AS, UH, AS MENTIONED, YOU TIP IT ON A SITE LIKE THIS, YOU NEED NET ZERO, WE'RE PROPOSING A 15% INCREASE IN THE FLOOD STORAGE IN THIS AREA TO DO A WEEKEND.
I KNOW OBVIOUSLY IF 2016 HITS THAT DOES THAT PROBABLY WON'T DO A WHOLE LOT TO HELP THESE COD RESIDENTS.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS COMI PROJECT KEEPS CAN GET BACK ON TRACK AND MOVE FORWARD, CAUSE THAT WOULD HELP THEM EVEN MORE.
BUT SO THESE NUMBERS WORK REGARDLESS IF, IF THE COMI, UH, PROJECT GETS DONE, BUT IT'LL BENEFIT EVEN MORE ONCE IT DOES.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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I WANT IT TO KNOW THAT THIS, UH, THIS, UH, CASE IS IN DISTRICT FIVE.UH, COUNCILMAN DARREL HEARST, UH, WAS HERE EARLIER.
I BELIEVE WE MAXED OUT HIS AVAILABILITY.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK HIS AID, UH, KENDALL JONES TO COME FORWARD.
I HAVE A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN HURST.
HE WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE BAIL ARBOR SUBDIVISION THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE AND MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE ENGINEER AND THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
HIS UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD RULE REDUCE THE FLOODING OF THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS IT WILL DIVERT THE WATER INTO THE RETENTION POND FOR BILL ARBOR.
IT IS ALSO INCREASING THE MORATORIUM TO A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD LEVELS AND WILL PROVIDE EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE STREET THAT WILL CONNECT THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS.
THIS CONNECTED STREET WILL PROVIDE AN OUTLET.
AS KHOMEINI STATES CURRENTLY FLOODS AT A SINGLE ENTRANCE, WHICH CAN TRAP HOMEOWNER OWNERS IN HARSH RAIN CONDITIONS.
AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC, A TURN LANE, A U-TURN ARE REQUIRED.
SO THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO IMPACT TO THE HOOPER ROAD DAILY DRIVES.
IN ADDITION, IT WILL INCREASE THE HOME VALUES OF THE ADJOURNING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS THESE HOMES WILL SELL BETWEEN 250 K AND 300 K NEW ROOFTOPS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO SHOW INVESTMENT NEW ROOF TOPS, NEW ROOFTOPS THAT REQUIRE MEDIAN INCOMES HELP TO DRIVE THE COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK UP.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER COURT FROM THE OPPOSITION IS FOR BRAD TERIYAKI.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR SUMMER TERRY OUT THERE.
RIGHT? I'M USED TO IT BEING PRONOUNCED WRONG.
MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR MYSELF OVER 40 YEARS, THE REST OF MY FAMILY, OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND THIS PROPERTY, IT DRAINS TO WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THEREFORE BLOCKING ALL OF OUR BRAIN EJ THAT WE HAVE.
THE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY OVERCROWDED.
WE HAVE MANY SUBDIVISIONS IN CENTRAL THAT ARE BEING BUILT THAT HAVE YET TO BE FILLED.
SO WHEN ALL OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS ARE FIELD WHERE THE KID'S GOING TO GO, WE HAVE EVEN MORE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT ANOTHER 400 KIDS FROM THIS SUBDIVISION INTO OUR OVERLY CROWDED SCHOOLS, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IF YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR ANY, UH, BURGLARY, WHICH WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE OF NOW, IT MIGHT BE AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE THEY SHOW UP.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHENEVER WE HAVE MORE RESIDENTS WITH FEWER OFFICERS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THE SIGN ALSO, LIKE Y'ALL SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO POST THE SIGN TO LET EVERYBODY THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT SIGN HAS BEEN DOWN FOR WEEKS.
SO THE PUBLIC ISN'T AWARE IF THEY WEREN'T LIKE ME, WHO PHYSICALLY WENT TO Y'ALL'S WEBSITE, THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED AND WE'RE GOING ON ONE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN GONE FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, BUT THE MAIN PROBLEM IS, AND LIKE MR ADDISON SAID EARLIER THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR CITY AND OUR AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE.
WE HAVE CALLED, I AM NOT EXAGGERATING OVER A HUNDRED TIMES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO 3, 1, 1 ABOUT DRAINAGE AND ROAD ISSUES FOR WHERE WE LIVE, JUST A REGULAR RAIN.
LIKE WE GET BACK, WE'RE GOING TO GET TOMORROW.
AND THESE ARE THE ROADS YOU JUST NORTH OF HOOPER, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
IF 5% OF THOSE CALLS HAVE BEEN, THAT IS AN EXAGGERATION.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THE FLOOD, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE BEFORE THE FLOOD TO HELP WITH ANY OF OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE TOLD IS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO CALL THE STATE AND THAT THE STATE NEEDS TO CALL THE CITY.
NOBODY WANTS TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE OTHER PERSON DOES SOMETHING FIRST.
SO THEREFORE WE CAN'T HOLD THESE AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T.
AND THIS, THESE DEVELOPERS SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.
IT MIGHT BE BETTER UNTIL THEIR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS GET STOPPED UP.
ARE THE DEVELOPERS GOING TO COME WITH THEIR SHOVELS AND CLEAN OUT THESE DRAINAGE THINGS? BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU THEY WILL NEVER SEE NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AGAIN, ONCE THIS DEVELOPMENT GETS DONE AND THEY GET THEIR MONEY,
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THEY WILL NEVER SEE IT.IT'S US THAT HAVE LIVED THERE AND WORK OUR WORK AND TRY TO KEEP OUR PROPERTIES NICE.
AND OUR HOME SAFE THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
AND MY HOPES IS THAT Y'ALL DENY IT.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR KIM POWERS.
MY NAME IS KIM POWERS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD.
AND MY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSES MS. REZONING APPLICATION IS I APPRECIATE THE CASE LAW.
IF A DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY ZONED PROPERLY AND THE DEVELOPER MEETS OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, YOU MORE OR LESS HAVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THE DEVELOPER HAS, SORRY, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEVELOPER HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO HAVE HIS PROPERTY.
REZONED REZONING IS DISCRETIONARY.
SO THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE HAS NO RIGHT TO HAVE THE PROPERTY REZONED.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE HERE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT IS WHETHER TO KEEP THE PROPERTY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE WITH 4.1 HOMES PER ACRE, OR TO CHANGE IT TO A 2.7, WHICH IS 7.3 HOMES PER ACRE.
THAT'S A VERY HIGH DENSITY FOR A RURAL AREA LIKE THIS.
THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY GRIDLOCK.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVE TO BE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE TO GET TO ACCIDENTS ON HOOPER.
AND THIS SUBDIVISION AS PROPOSED WILL COMPOUNDS SAFETY ISSUES, TURNING LANES.
AND FINALLY, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY ARE CLEAR IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT, IF YOU'VE SEEN IT NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ENGINEERING PROPOSALS BEING MADE, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR BAMBI CARPENTER.
I LIVE AT 93 38 HIGHLAND GARDEN ROAD.
JUST SPEAK A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC MAMMY AT BACK.
THIS BAMBI CARPENTER 93 38 HIGHLAND GARDEN ROAD.
SO I'M ACROSS THE FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY.
UM, I AM ALL FAR MY NEIGHBORS BEING ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS GOING IN THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE AREA.
AND I AM AWARE OF THE DRAINAGE BECAUSE I OWN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND ACROSS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AND THE BACK OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS ALREADY THERE.
THEY GET EIGHT FEET OF WATER IN THEIR HOMES.
IN 2016, I HAD LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE HIGHWAY THAT HAD A FOOT OF WATER IN THEM.
AND ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAD THE EIGHT, 12 FEET OF WATER AND IT FLOWS ACROSS THERE.
YOU'VE GOT BACKWATER FOR THE COVID RIVER.
WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WHEN THE DIVERSION CANAL IS ACTUALLY WORKING, THEN IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR DRAINAGE PLAN TO GET TO THE RIVER.
BUT AT THIS POINT, YOUR RETENTION PONDS AND YOUR DRAINAGE ARE NOT GOING TO HELP.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I FLOODED ACROSS THE ROAD, I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS ON TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT, UH, JOINED THIS PROPERTY.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT 90% OF THIS ISN'T ON THE FLOOD, PLAIN.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAFELY PUT THAT MANY PEOPLE'S HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLOOD AREA.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR FRANK CAT.
MY NAME IS FRANK CAUGHT ME NOW 9 3 3 7 POLLEN GARDEN ROAD.
HOW FAMILY IS ALL IN THAT LAND OVER A HUNDRED YEARS RIGHT THERE.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, WHERE ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? BUILDING IS 10 FOOT OF WATER.
WE'VE GOT PICTURES THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CANALS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN.IT MIGHT BE, DON'T PUT HOUSEBOATS THERE.
I'M NOT REAL SURE, BUT IT THREADS.
IT'S NO WAY TO GET IN AND OUT, BUT THE ROAD IS STOPPED FROM THREE 30 TO FIVE.
O'CLOCK SIX O'CLOCK EVERY DAY, BUT TRAFFIC GOING TOWARDS BEAST.
I JUST, UH, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING ALL THIS.
AND, UH, ANOTHER THING IS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S I KNOW I'VE GOT 28 ACRES.
I'VE BEEN WAITING TWO YEARS TO GIVE MY GRANDSON AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER ONE ACRE A PIECE.
IT JUST GOT APPROVED LAST WEEK, TWO YEARS THAT I OWNED THE 28 ACRES AND I COULD NOT GIVE THEM ONE ACRE PIECE.
AND HERE IT AIN'T BEEN SIX MONTHS AND HERE THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP SUBDIVISION WITH THREE HOUSES ACRE.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
MY NEXT COURT IS FOR KEITH HOLMES.
UH, KEITH OWNS A 67 21 GREEN METAL, DRY CRIMINAL SPRINGS.
I TWO OF THEM ALSO ON A CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AS WELL.
AND, AND IT'S GREATLY, I MEAN, KNOWLEDGE, UH, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU GAVE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
AND CENTRAL WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE ARE, UM, THE COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CENTRAL COUNCIL AS A AND THE P AND Z COMMITTEE THAT WORKS THROUGH THE CITY OF KEY CENTRAL, UH, VERY MUCH AS A WATCHDOG OVER WHAT HAPPENS TO DEVELOP IT AND SIT IN OUR CITY AND VERY MUCH IMPACTS THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING YOU, IT SENSES FALLS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL AND THE PSE COMMITTEE TO ACT AS OUR WATCHDOGS, THAT WE ARE RELYING ON YOU IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROPER DECISIONS THAT AFFECTS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
GO THIS ZONING FROM A ONE TO EIGHT, A 2.7, WHATEVER IT IS, IS GOING TO INCREASE THE LOT SIZE BY ABOUT DOUBLE.
SO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT A HUNDRED LOTS IS GOING TO ABOUT 184, LOTS.
THESE ARE ALL WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER STARTER HOMES, BUT GETTING HOMES, YOUNG FAMILIES, YOUNG FAMILIES MEANS LOTS OF CHILDREN.
IT'S ESTIMATED PROBABLY BETWEEN THREE TO 400 STUDENTS WHO COME FROM THIS ONE SUBDIVISION ALONE THAT JUST BY ITSELF WOULD REPRESENT SIX TO 9% OF ALL THE STUDENTS IN A CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
GET THAT ONE SUBDIVISION SIX TO 9% OF ALL THE STUDENTS COME FROM ONE SPOT.
WE'VE BEEN ON A MASSIVE INCREASE SPENDING, UH, UH, IN OUR DISTRICT IN LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE STILL HAVE T BUILDINGS AND, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THIS IS JUST GOING TO COMPOUND IT AND MAKE IT WORSE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU IS ONE NOT TO INCREASE THE ZONING, NONE OF US IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE BOARD, BUT WE'D BE OPPOSED TO THIS.
IF YOU DIDN'T CHANGE THE ZONING, LEAVE IT TO A HUNDRED, LOT SIZE THAT WE COULD HANDLE THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO HANDLE, BUT INCREASE IT TO A DIFFERENT ZONING.
AND ALLOWING THE DEVELOPER PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL 84 HOMES IN THAT SITE, THIS WAS GOING TO PUT A BIG STRAIN ON OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU ONE THEY'RE DENIED, BUT ALSO IF YOU DON'T AT LEAST ALLOW A SCHOOL IMPACT STUDY TO BE DONE TO ACQUIRE THAT, TO BE DONE BEFORE YOU APPROVE IT.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU DESERVE TO KNOW THAT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THAT AREA OF THE COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR ROXANNE ATKINSON SO MY NAME IS ROXANNE ATKINSON.
I LIVE AT 1 8, 2 4 5 FRENCHTOWN ACRES DRIVE IN GREENVILLE SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED CENTRAL.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT ZIP CODES IN OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO REITERATE, WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
UH, WE AGREE THAT THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IT THE ZONING THE WAY THAT IT IS, BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT KEITH WASN'T ABLE TO MENTION.
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UH, I'M GOING TO MENTION THEM FOR HIM.I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAYS AS IS EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH THERE ARE SEVEN, SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE REPRESENTED.
THE FLOODING IN THIS AREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY BIG ISSUE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED TO US, INCLUDING THE DIVERSION CANAL, WHICH HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND IT STILL LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT FIVE MORE YEARS BEFORE IT CAN HAPPEN.
IT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED DOWN THE ROAD.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON, THE TRAFFIC INCREASES IN THIS AREA.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON HIPPA ROAD, IT'S A VERY NARROW ROAD WITH DEEP DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES COME THROUGH.
WHENEVER WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH, YOU AVOID THAT AREA AT ALL COSTS.
IF YOU CAN GET HOME A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU DO NOT GO DOWN HOPE A ROAD, NOT ONLY WITH THE CRAPPY THERE WITH OUR SCHOOL BUSES ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE ROAD AND WITH THE IMPACT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE GOING TO AND FROM WORK, WE, IT HANDLED, IT'S A CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO LIVINGSTON PARISH.
AND SO OUR WHOLE DISTRICT AND HANDLES NOT JUST OUR OWN TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO THE TRACK ETHIC OF LIVINGSTON PARISH.
SO THAT PARTICULAR ROAD SECTION RIGHT THERE, THE TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM.
AND WHENEVER YOU ARE STRANDED DURING THESE PEAK HOURS, THERE IS NO WAY EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE CARS TO GO AND PULL OFF THE ROAD.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE IN A NEGATIVE WAY ON OUR CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH WE ARE ALREADY AS DR.
HOLMES SAYS WE ARE MAXED AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A WAY TO HANDLE THAT MANY MORE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING WHAT WE HAVE SAID, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOR LORD GERALD.
YEAH, LAURA GERALD 6 9 9 5 RIVER ROAD, CLINTON, LOUISIANA.
I LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE FOR 53 YEARS, UH, ACROSS, UM, HIPAA ROAD FROM THE SUBDIVISION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP.
AND I OWN A FEW PIECES OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU CAN DO ANY KIND OF STUDY THAT YOU WANT, BUT FOR 53 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THE WATER COME UP AND COMMIT A STATES.
WE'VE SEEN THE WATER OVER THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I'M CONCERNED THE CULVERTS THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING OF THAT DRAIN FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF HOOPER ARE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS THAT I OWN A BUILDING THAT I OWN.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN'T TAKE IT.
MY CONCERN IS A PROPERTY OWNER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY DO WITH THE CULVERTS.
IF IT IMPACTS ME, I'VE ONLY FLOODED ONE TIME.
AND IT WAS IN 2016 WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF COVID ESTATES HAVE FLOODED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, MANY TIMES WHEN THEY FLOODED A GROUP, HERE ARE MY FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, WE DID THINGS TO GO DELIVER TO THEM, CAN IMAGINE GOING THROUGH FLOODING, LIKE THEY GO THROUGH FLOODING AND YOU CAN HAVE THESE STUDIES THAT SAY, IT'S GOING TO HELP THEIR WATER.
AND YOU CAN TELL THESE PEOPLE SO THEY WON'T COME HERE TONIGHT TO COMPLAIN.
BUT WHEN YOU'VE HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS, UM, SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HERE HAVE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET 80 YEARS.
FLOODING DOES NOT JUST GO AWAY.
WE'VE BEEN PROMISED THE DIVERSION CANAL.
WE ARE PROMISING HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS DRAINAGE IS GOING TO MAKE IT ALL BETTER.
UM, YOU CANNOT MAKE ME BELIEVE THE WAY THAT COVID ESTATES FLOODS AND THE PEOPLE THINKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME RELIEF.
I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS OVER A LIFETIME, NOT JUST A STUDY ON THE PIECE OF PAPER.
AND THESE PEOPLE BACK HERE CAN VOUCH FOR YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON TO THOSE PEOPLE.
YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF OUR FA ONE OF OUR FAMILY ROADS AND GET ON HOOPER ROAD DURING THE PEAK TIMES OF TRAVEL.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND HEARING OUR CONCERNS.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCILMAN, UH, DISTRICT FOUR HERE THAT WOULD
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LIKE TO SPEAK COUNCILMAN AARON MOPE.I COULDN'T SEE YOU OVER THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, WE'LL MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF.
I'M JUST GOING TO, I'M STATING MY POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.
I SPOKEN WITH THE DEVELOPER SEVERAL TIMES.
I, YOU KNOW, I WISH HIM THE BEST AND A LOT OF PROJECTS HE WAS DOING.
I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND I'M STILL GOING TO GO FORWARD AND WE STILL HAVE TO COME BEFORE US ON THE COUNCIL WHEN EVERYTHING I'M STILL GONNA LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY OPPOSITION TO IT.
UM, ONE OTHER THING IS I HAD A LADY COME UP TO ME JUST A SECOND AGO.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS BACK HERE THAT REQUESTED I TURNED IN A CARD, BUT FORGOT TO PUT ON THERE THAT SHE WANTED TO SPEAK.
I WAS LIKE TO, UH, IF I COULD DO LIKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND ALLOW HER TO SPEAK.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE THE REST OF MY TIME, IF SHE WOULD LIKE MS. BROWNING, I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK IF THAT'S OKAY WITH Y'ALL, UH, SHARON BROWNIE, I HAVE HER, I HAVE A RECORD I'LL I'LL, UH, I'LL.
I'LL ALLOW HER TO SPEAK WHEN, WHEN YOU CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, I CAME HERE TONIGHT, TOTALLY UNPREPARED TO SPEAK AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, WE DECIDED WE'D HAVE ONE PERSON SPEAK FOR US BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE PEOPLE REPEAT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I HAVE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY FOR 78 YEARS, LONG TIME.
I'VE WATCHED, I'VE KNOWN THE TIME WHEN BOATS COULD GO OVER THE TOP OF HOOPER ROAD AND FLOAT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT, IN THE GROWTH TO WHERE WE ARE? THE TRAFFIC IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE DON'T LEAVE OUR HOUSES AFTER THREE 30, EXCEPT FOR AN EMERGENCY.
CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF HOOPER ROAD.
UH, THE FLOODING CONCERNS US AND, UH, WE, WE OWN PROPERTY THERE VERY LOW PROPERTY, SO DIFFICULT TO DO ANYTHING WITH.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN COME IN AND PREACH THEIR SALVATION.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE BIG CULVERTS HERE, CULVERTS HERE, AND LISTEN, WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE KNOWN FOR 78 YEARS.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND SELL THESE LOTS, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE AND WE'RE LEFT WITH A PROBLEM.
I CAN'T EVEN GET MY DITCHES CLEAN AFTER I 10 YEARS WHERE I LIVE TO GET MY DISHES CLEANED BY THE CITY PARISH.
UH, I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT VERY MANY GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE.
NOW WITH THE MURDER RATE, THE TRAFFIC, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR A BAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET REPORTS, LOUISIANA AND BATON ROUGE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
THE FEW GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE THE ZACHARY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE CENTRAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
WHAT JUST RECENTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS COUNCIL, THIS, A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OKAY.
ZACK WOULD HAVE HAD THIS HUGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL OVERPOWER THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO RUIN THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
I WOULD, DID NOT PLAN TO DO IT, BUT I DO WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR DELAYING.
LET'S DO A SCHOOL IMPACT STUDY.
LET'S SEE HOW IT'S GONNA HURT OUR SCHOOL.
UH, HE SAID, WE'D DONE A FLOOD STUDY, A TRAFFIC STUDY.
THAT'S VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'D DONE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEY SAID, BRING ON SOME BOARD BECAUSE WE CAN HANDLE THEM.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE SPEAKER COURTS, UH, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK OUT, READ THOSE NAMES AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, RUBY FOIL, LINDA CARMINA, ROBERT HALL, RICHARD HOPKINS, THE THIRD LISA CARMINA AND BRIDGET WHITNEY AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
FIRST THING I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SAY IS WE'RE NOT COMING HERE TONIGHT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA.
I WOULD, I WOULD NEVER MAKE THAT CLAIM.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHEN THE COAL NEED RISES UP.
I ALSO FLOODED IN 2016, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE, WHEN THE COMI DRAWS IS THAT THERE'S THERE'S LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT PROJECT, UM, WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT TO, TO ASSIST WITH THAT OTHER THAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STORAGE, WHICH WE ARE, WHICH WE ARE DOING ABOUT 15%.
SECONDLY, TH THIS, THIS AREA FLOODS, UM, LOT BECAUSE OF BACK BACKWATER AND BACK FLOODING FROM NICOLE MEADE RIVER.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP IS, AND WHAT WE CAN DO ON OUR PROPERTY IS HELP THE EVERYDAY RAIN HELP THE RAIN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
AND THE WATER'S GOING TO BE STOPPED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOOPA ROAD, BECAUSE IT HAS NOWHERE TO GO WHEN IT GETS ON TOP OF PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BACKING UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD.
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WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE CALL ME FROM ROSS, BUT WE WERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE WATER.THAT'S TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD NOW TO BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD AND THEN NOT GO THROUGH KOMITA STATES AND NOT FLOOD THEIR BACKYARDS AND NOT FLOOD THEIR ENTRANCES ON, ON AN EVERYDAY RAIN.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING ON THE DRAINAGE.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE, WE KNOW, WE KNOW THIS PROPERTY IS IN A FLOOD ZONE AND WE'VE, WE FAR EXCEEDED THE MORATORIUM REQUIREMENTS ON DRAINAGE.
I MEAN, TO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF TO TAKE A A HUNDRED YEAR STORM AND REDUCE IT 30% LESS THAN THE 10 YEAR PREDEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE REZONING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DENSITY, I KEEP HEARING SEVEN UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE NOT, BUT THE DENSITY IS 3.4 UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE PUTTING THESE MASSIVE PONDS SO WE CAN DO IT.
SO WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN ON THIS PROPERTY TO HELP THE DRAINAGE, AND THEN EVERYDAY RAIN AND THE RAIN LIKE TOMORROW.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REZONING IS TO KEEP.
AND IF YOU NOTICE FROM THE LAYOUT, OUR PONDS ARE ALL ALONG THE PERIMETERS OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY TO CATCH ANY RUNOFF.
THAT'S WAS DRAINING OFF OF ANOTHER NEIGHBOR ONTO ANOTHER.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW CATCH THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON THE BURDEN.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN OUR PONDS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT, SEND IT TO THE, UH, SEND IT OUT TO CYPRUS VOLUME.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ON DRAINAGE AGAIN, ON THE, UH, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE MORE TIME.
AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, WE DID THE TRIP.
WE HAD A TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT PROVIDED A STUDY, AND WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THE ROADS ARE PERFECT.
NOW WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT SAYING THAT, BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TURN LANES FOR OUR INCREASED, FOR OUR INCREASED FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE GENERATING FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO, UH, TO PROVIDE IN THOSE TURN LANES.
UM, SO WE DID RECEIVE THE, UH, WE DID RECEIVE THE RESOLUTION FROM THE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME OTHER COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TALKS ABOUT INCREASING THE DENSITY.
WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE DENSITY WHERE 3.4, IT'S TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS OF KOMITA STATES HAVING TO PARK ON HOOPER ROAD.
WELL, WE'RE GIVING THEM ANOTHER ACCESS POINT TO, AND FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN GET OUT OF AND NOT HAVE TO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES ALONG HOOPER ROAD.
UM, THEY TALKING ABOUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALSO MEETING THE, THE MORATORIUM REQUIREMENTS AND FAR, FAR EXCEEDING THEM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT OPEN SPACE, WE WE'VE INCREASED.
WE WE'RE INCREASING THE OPEN, UH, OPEN SPACE.
WE'RE PUTTING A PARK ON SITE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH BRECK TO, TO MEET ANY, ANY OBJECT, ANY, UH, COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD ON THE PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS, THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THESE ITEMS, COMMISSIONER BANKS WITH THE DEVELOPER.
UM, THE, HOW MANY, UM, WHAT SIZE GARAGE ARE THEY SINGLE OR DOUBLE? YES.
YEAH, I'M NOT THE BUILDER, BUT THE PLANS ARE THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES, TWO BATHROOMS, DOUBLE GARAGE.
AND THE PRICE POINT ARE TWO 50.
YOU GET A DOUBLE GARAGE NORMALLY.
UM, THERE'S A LADY WHO, I THINK SHE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF THE LADIES, AND THEN THERE WERE TWO OTHERS THAT SAID THEY HAD PROPERTY ACROSS AND THEY COME UP, PLEASE.
NO, I THINK YOU SAID YOU HAD PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
NOW WHAT, WHAT, WHERE IS YOUR PROPERTY? 85 0 9 HOOPER ROAD, UH, IS A LITTLE BEAUTY SHOP ACROSS THE STREET THAT I RENT THE BUILDING OUT.
AND THEN I'M A PARTIAL OWNER TO THE PROPERTY NEXT TO IT.
THE, THE PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED EMPTY.
AND THEN MY FAMILY OWNS, I OWNED RIGHT BEHIND, UM, THE MTPS OR ON THE SIDE OF IT.
AND THEN MY FAMILY OWNS ALL BEHIND.
IT, LIVED THERE, MY WHOLE LIFE.
SO IS ANY OF THAT RESIDENTIAL? UH, YES.
SO THE RESIDENTIAL IS WHERE YOUR FAMILY LIVED? YES.
IS IT A SUBDIVISION OR JUST A LOT FAMILY LIVING? IT GETS THREE TRACKS.
I MEAN, THREE STREETS UP PROPERTY OF, UM, THREE STREETS AND THE MAJORITY IS FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO, BUT I OWN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE CULVERTS GO THROUGH, THEY ARE BIG CULVERTS.
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I RENT THE BUILDING, SO I RENT TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I NEEDED.UM, TWO MONTHS AGO, MY HOME TWO MONTHS AGO TO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER TO ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER.
NOW YOU LIVED ACROSS THE WAY, CORRECT? Y'ALL SISTERS.
SO YOU LIVE, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? WE'RE ACROSS THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY.
IF YOU PULLED HIS MAPS UP, I'LL BE GLAD FOR ROAD ADDRESS.
I, MY, I HAVE A COMMERCIAL ADDRESS.
UM, 8,409 HOPPER ROAD, GULF, SOUTH EQUIPMENT.
IT FLOODED, UM, I LIVED THERE.
THEN FARTHER BACK, UM, IS A ROAD THAT THE TWO OF US LIVE ON COMMISSIONER BASE.
IF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING YOU YOUR QUESTIONS, COULD YOU HAVE THE PERSON YOU'RE DIRECTING THOSE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AT THE MIC, ULTIMATELY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY.
SO I HAVE THREE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
SO ARE Y'ALL, UM, EAST OF FOSTER ROAD EITHER OF YOU? NO.
I GOT TO STAY IN AT HOME SO I CAN KNOW BEFORE YOU GET TO THE CITY OF CENTRAL.
MA'AM JUST AS THE SUBDIVISION AS YET.
WHO WAS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER? THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S NOT HERE MR. PERS FIRST? YEAH.
AND YOU SAY, SO DO YOU LIVE NORTH OF HOOPER ROAD? YES.
HOW ABOUT ONE OF YOU GOT ANY EVERYBODY? YEAH.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NORTH OF HOOPER ROAD.
AND I HAVE MEETINGS ON FOSTER ROAD AND FOSTER ROAD, BAPTIST CHURCH ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A THREE, ONE, ONE CALL OR AN EMAIL OR ANYTHING.
I'M JUST TELLING I'M JUST, WELL, LET ME GO ON.
I HAVE NORTH OF HOOPER AND MR. HARRIS HAS, UM, SOUTH OF HOOPER.
AND SO, AND, AND, AND I BASICALLY KNOW EVERYBODY FROM BREATHING ALL THE WAY TO FOSTER ROAD.
I JUST, AND SO I'M JUST SAYING I'M VERY ENGAGED IN THAT AREA.
I HAD MEETINGS WITH COMP COUNCILMAN GRAVES THAT I BROUGHT TO THAT AREA.
I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T GET, SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GOT TO ROSS COUNCIL MEMBER, FIRST OF ALL, SECOND OF ALL.
UM, AND I DO, I MEAN, YOU ASK ANYBODY ALONE.
I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ANYTHING, ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT ANYTHING IN THAT AREA.
THE, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, AND NOW I WANT YOU TO CALL ME AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME THE 3, 1, 1 NUMBER, CAUSE I TAKE PRIDE AND I LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY CONSTITUENCY.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT AIR, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC OF HEART ATTACK, THE TRAFFIC, YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO GET, CLARIFY.
THE ONLY REASON I WAS BRINGING YOU UP IS A GOOD CLARIFICATION AS TO WHERE YOU LIVE.
SO NO MOCA, ISN'T YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
I AM THE, UH, FIRST IS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HURST IS OUR COUNCIL.
AND IT WASN'T ABOUT BREEDING WHERE THE NEXT TRADE OVER.
DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THEM COUNSEL? I THINK AFTER NINE YEARS, I KIND OF KNOW MY DISTRICT, BUT ANYWAY, UM, WELL THIS SAYS HURST IS OUR COUNCIL.
WE'RE GOING TO JUST SEE IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, HERS IS QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, YOU'RE VERY RIGHT ABOUT FROM THREE TO FIVE, WE SUFFERED ON PLANK ROAD, GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
WE SUFFER IT FROM SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY THROUGH POOPER.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT HAS FOUND A WAY PEOPLE GO FROM IT.
AND NOR WHETHER YOU COMING FROM ZACHARY, WHERE YOU COME FROM CENTRAL, IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT HAPPENS AT THAT CROSSROAD, RIGHT? THIS DEVELOPER IS NOT THE, THE, THE REASON WHY.
UM, AND IT WON'T HELP WANT HER.
WHAT WOULD HELP IS WHERE WE WOULD DOUBLE THE LANES COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE.
AND IT WOULD ALSO HELP BECAUSE THE AIRPORT IS ABOUT TO REDIRECT PLANK ROAD.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP.
THE FLOODING, NOBODY, NO, NO ONE COULD DENY 2016 WAS HORRIFIC AND IT HIT THIS AREA.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL WE HAVE IS HOPE.
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AND WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT THE, THE, THE, THE MONEY THAT FOR 30 YEARS THAT PEOPLE PAID FOR WITH, UH, CALL ME DIVERSION WILL WORK, OTHERWISE CONTEST SPENDING IT.THE OTHER THING THAT WE CA WE HAVE TO HOPE IS THAT THE FACT THAT THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT THE DEVELOPER NOT STOP DEVELOPMENT, BUT IMPLEMENT MITIGATION.
IF HIS PLANS INDICATE NOTHING IS GUARANTEED.
BUT IF HE HAS A MITIGATION PLAN THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING, WE HAVE NO REAL REASON THAT WOULD NOT BE CONTESTED IN THE LAW TO DENY HIM.
THAT'S JUST A FACT, IF OUR, AND I'VE SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE, IF IT MATTERS, THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE AREA NEEDS TO ASK FOR A MORATORIUM FOR THEIR AREA, WHETHER IT'S, AND I, AND I ACTUALLY WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE WIN, FOR THE MULTI DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT ZACHARY.
THERE'S A SUCH THING AS A SCHOOL IMPACT STUDY UNTIL THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GETS WITH THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THEY SAY FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER WE WANT, WE WANT THEM TO PAY OUR IMPACT FEE.
WE CANNOT BE HELD AT THIS COUNCIL LEVEL.
I HOPE OUR COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND FOR ALL OF THOSE ISSUES.
AT SOME POINT, THE PERSONS IN THE AREA HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS.
BODY WHITE HAS SENT MESSAGES TO ME ALL DAY, THREATENING ME NOT TO APPROVE THIS.
AND I'M NOT EVEN A COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE AREA.
SO HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE DISTRICTS EITHER.
UM, NOT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE MATTERED ANYWAY, BUT THE WHOLE THING ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO BODIE WHITE.
AND YOU NEED TO ASK HIM TO PUT IN THE LEGISLATION THIS YEAR, THAT'S A CENTRAL SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ONCE A SCHOOL IMPACT STUDY FOR EVERY DEVELOPER THAT IMPACTS SAID DISTRICT, PUT IT BACK ON HIM.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION SINCE YOU LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, COUNSEL COMMISSIONER BANKS HAS, UH, ASKED ALL OUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE TO ASK EVERYONE TO TAKE A SEAT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL'S COMMENTS AND FOR ANSWERING HER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER BANKS ALSO MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S AIN'T NONE OF THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
[9. Case 16-22 9250 West Inniswold Road To rezone from Single Family Residential (A1) to Single Family Residential (A2.7) on property located on the south side of West Inniswold Road, west of Mc Innis Drive, on Lot 341-A of Inniswold Estates, Section 3. Section 58, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11 - Adams) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE K 16 22 9 2 5 0 WEST END IS WALL ROAD K 16, 22 9 2 5 0 WEST END.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF WEST END.
THIS WALL ROAD WEST OF MCINNIS DRIVE KELSA DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS JOSHUA REBID.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RESOLVE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL 18.7 PROPOSED TO USE LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE FUTURE BE ORLEANS DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD K 16 22 9 2 5 CITY ROAD WEST, AND THIS WALL ROAD STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE DASH 22 NOT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION TO ITEM NINE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS STEVEN DUPLO, SHANE ADDRESS 8 7 0 8 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY BATON ROUGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS THIS PROPERTY IS THE REMNANT OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT BELONGED TO THE LOWERY FAMILY.
THAT ORIGINALLY WAS CONCEIVED AS PART OF INES WILD SUBDIVISION.
IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT PAGE TWO OF THIS HANDOUT, YOU WILL SEE WHERE IN RELATION TO IN HIS, WHILE THIS TRACK LAST IT IS ON THE NORTH WEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
THE REAR PORTION OF THE LOWERY TRACK ORIGINALLY WAS INCORPORATED INTO INFORMED A PART OF, AND IT'S WILD TO INCLUDE THREE LOTS.
AND PART OF THE DETENTION POND, WHICH IS ON THE REAR OF THIS LOWERY TRACK AND INCLUDED PART OF THE REAR OF THE TAILOR TRACK.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS REMNANT OF THE LOWRY TRACK, HE REZONED A 2.7 TO ALLOW THE INCORPORATION OF THIS REMNANT INTO INES, WHILE SUBDIVISION
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TO INCLUDE TOTAL OF FIVE LOTS.WE SUGGEST THAT THIS RE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD IS ZONED A TWO SEVEN, AND THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF EIGHT TO SEVEN ALONG IN ITS WILD ROAD.
AND THIS PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THE DRAINAGE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
OUR ENGINEERS HERE TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE HAVE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE SUFFICIENTLY SIZED AND WE'RE, AS I APPRECIATE CALCULATED TO CONTAIN THE RUNOFF FROM THESE PROPERTIES, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO CALLS FROM ANY PERSON IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, REQUEST.
THIS PROPERTY IS NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL SCHEME THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IT MERELY INCORPORATES THIS REMNANT OF THE LOWERY TRACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE SAME SIZE, LOTS WITH THE SAME TYPES OF AMENITIES, ET CETERA, THAT THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS IN HIS WILD HALF, THAT'S IT, IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST.
IT'S A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
NEXT CARD IS FOR A BULL JAMES BOOTY.
I'VE HEARD FROM ENOUGH SO FAR.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY, I WAS JUST GOING TO REITERATE WITH MR. DUPLAS.
SHANE SAID, UH, AGAIN, TH THIS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WOULD BE, UM, RE SUBDIVIDED OFF OF THE EXISTING ROAD AND IN HIS WILD SUBDIVISION.
SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO REZONE THE REMAINDER OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS REZONED AS PART OF VENEZUELA SUBDIVISION.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER COURTS AND OPPOSITION.
YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE INNER SQUALL, THE JEFFERSON TERRACE EPIC ASSOCIATION.
AND WE ARE HERE BY REGISTERING OR OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING OF THE 92 50 WEST US WILD ROAD.
UH, THEY CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS PRECEDENT FOR THIS REZONING.
THIS PLANNING COMMISSION CREATED THAT PRECEDENT BACK THEN WHEN THEY CREATED THE 72 LOTS, UH, OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ONGOING, THERE HAS BEEN NOT ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP WITH THE ROADS AND THE TRAFFIC DRAINAGE AS EVIDENCED BY THE TWO HOUSES HAVE HAD FLOODS JUST RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT WAS DEVELOPED.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE DEVELOPED A SERIOUS MISTRUST.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEIR DECISIONS WITH COMMENTS LIKE THEY'RE IN THE DEVELOPER'S POCKETS, OR THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT THESE SENTIMENTS ARE ACCURATE THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
PERHAPS IT'S PERHAPS PERCEPTION IS INCORRECT, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION, I WOULD CERTAINLY WOULD EXTREMELY BE THOUGHTFUL IN MY DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IN IS PROBABLY STAYS WITH A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ROOTS BACK TO THE EARLY FIFTIES, WITH LARGE LOTS, NOT FOUND IN ANY IMMEDIATE AREA, THE CITIZENS THAT LIVED THERE A FULLY APPRECIATE THE, A WARREN FEATURES OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY CREATING THESE POCKETS OF SUBDIVISIONS, IT DOESN'T ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT BEST ENHANCED THE WELL AS DEVELOPED TO MAINTAIN THE CLASSIFICATION.
WE ASKED THAT YOU PLACED THE CONCEPT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT INTO YOUR PERSONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER IT'S WORD, CHASE, OR CONCORD ESTATE OR ZACHARY OR SOUTH BALTIMORE COUNTRY CLUB OF LOUISIANA, OR EVEN HARRINGTON PLACE.
THESE ARE ALL ZONED A ONE, EVEN JEFFERSON TERRACE WITH OUR COUNCIL WOMEN'S SPREADS, AND IT'S ZONED A ONE.
PLEASE THINK OF HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE JOIN US IN OPPOSING THE REZONING OF 92 50 WEST END THIS WILD ROAD IN THE INNER SQUAD ESTATES FROM A ONE TO EIGHT, 2.7.
AS THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING COMMISSION HAS STATED THAT MADE CLEAR THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ALLOWED EVEN INVITED TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES AND VOTE AGAINST HIS, AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UH, THE COURT IS FOR STANFORD LAW BELONG.
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STANFORD LAW AT 97, 72 EAST DANISH WALL ROAD.I CAN SEE IN HIS WILD FOR MY BACKYARD.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT 2016, WE DIDN'T FLOOD.
NOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME NEWS.
THEY HAD TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MY NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY BUILT THE SCHOOL AND THEY BUILT IN HIS WHILE THEY PUT RETENTION BONDS ON BOTH OF THEM.
MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR FLOODED AND THE HOUSES THAT THE OTHER END UP IN IS WILD FLOODED.
AND THE HOUSES UP THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL FLOODED DO RETENTION.
THE ENGINEERS SAY THAT DUDE, AND IT DID WORK.
I EVEN TOLD MR. RIBET, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, HOW NICE IT WAS WHEN THEY FIRST PUT IN A DRAINAGE SYSTEM, IT WORKED REAL GOOD.
MY LIFE WAS RUNNING BETTER THAN IT HAD IN THE PAST.
DAVID, IT STARTED POURING CONCRETE.
THINGS CHANGED IN A HURRY TO RUN OUT OF WATER.
DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, BUT THEY PUT 72 HOUSES WHERE WE HAD FOUR AND YOU'D APPROVE THAT.
AND I PRESUME YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY TORN DOWN THE HOUSE THAT WAS ON THAT LOT, AND THEY'VE ALREADY GRADED IT ALL.
AND THEY HAVE A BORDER AROUND HER TO ADD SOME FEEL TO IT.
UH, I FIGURED THEY MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, IN ANY WAY.
UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY GOT MY PROPERTY VALUE, WENT UP, MY TAXES WENT UP.
I HAD TO TAKE OUT FLORIDA INSURANCE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 60, MORE THAN 60 YEARS.
Y'ALL HAVE CLEANED A DITCH IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
ONE TIME, CLEANED IT THE REST OF THE TIME.
AND THAT GOES TO CUTTING DOWN SAPLINGS.
AND I NOW HAVE A DITCH ON EACH SIDE OF MY HOUSE, GOING TO THE DITCH IN THE FRONT.
MY WATER USED TO DRAIN TO THE REAR.
NOW I HAVE TO DRAIN IT TO THE FRONT BECAUSE IN HIS WALL IS IN MY REAR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
I KNOW MR. LOBLAW, AND I BELIEVE HIM TO BE AN HONORABLE MAN, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST HIS STATEMENTS BLAMING THE IN WILD DEVELOPMENT OR REALLY MISPLACED.
IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT SHEET TWO, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S A T WHERE THE STREET STOPS ON THE NORTH NORTH.
THAT'S THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND MR. UH, LOBLAWS HOME IS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THESE LOTS.
AND HIS COMMENT TO YOU WAS THAT HIS HOUSE OR HIS NEIGHBOR FLOODED WHEN WE STARTED POURING CONCRETE, THERE ARE NO HOMES BUILT AT ALL ON ANY PART OF THAT END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ADDED DRAINS FOR THE REAR OF HIS LOT TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE TOLD YOU.
WE IMPROVED HIS DRAINAGE IN THE TWO AND A HALF OR THREE YEARS SINCE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN FINISHED AND HE'S HAD MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.
HE HAS NOT CALLED ME ONE TIME NOR HAVE I, OR JOSH REVAMP MY PARTNER RECEIVED ONE TELEPHONE CALL FROM A SINGLE PERSON SAYING WE HAVE A WATER PROBLEM.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME AND INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF THE DRAINAGE, THE PIPING, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID TO IMPROVE HAVE FAILED? WE'VE HEARD NOTHING.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD APPROVAL.
IF YOU NOTICE WHERE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN, WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS, IT'S ON THE COMPLETE OTHER END OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND WHAT WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING THE COMMISSION TO DO IS APPROVE IT FROM A ONE TO A 2.7, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EXISTS THERE ALREADY, AND THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED AND IT ORIGINALLY APPROVED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY.
THE LOWRY TRACK THAT IN PART IS INCLUDED IN, IN IS WHILE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE THOSE.
AND I WOULD DEFER THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOTY ABOUT THE DRAINAGE QUESTIONS TO HIM, I ASK APPROVAL.
MR. BUDDHA, DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.SO YEAH, YOU DID WANTED TO BE HERE.
UM, JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION AND LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE PLATTE AND, AND I HAD THIS QUESTION WHEN I INITIALLY REVIEWED IT, THE COMMON AREA TRACT B, THAT WILL BE TAKEN UP INTO THESE NEW LOTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT COMMON AREA, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVATE TRACK B AND IT, AND IT WILL BE TAKEN, IT WILL BE TAKEN TO ACCOUNT WITH THESE LOTS.
SO, AND WE, WE WERE SUBDIVIDED THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT COMMON TRACK WILL, WILL GO AWAY.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? VICE CHAIRMAN, BRO.
UH, I'M JUST, I'M GOING TO SAY IF THIS WERE ANOTHER PLACE, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME HESITATION, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO FACE ON BEGINNING STRIVE.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
I BELIEVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED
[11. Case 18-22 9255 Cal Road To rezone from Single Family Residential (A1) to Bluebonnet Design District (BDD) on property located on the north side of Cal Road, east of Bluebonnet Boulevard, on Lot 307-A-1 of Inniswold Estates, Section 2. Section 58, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11 - Adams) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, CASE 18 22 9 2 5 5 CAL ROAD 9 2 5 5 CAL ROAD.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF CAMP ROAD, EAST OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS DONALD B. COX.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RESOLVE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL A1C TO BLUE BONNET DESIGN DISTRICT BDD PROPOSED TO USE OFFICE.
THEY FILTER OUR LANEY'S DESIGNATION IS OFFICE CASE 18 DASH 22 9 2 5 5 CAL ROAD STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING CAN BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED THREE MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THE SIDE.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? OKAY.
WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKER CORES, ONE SPEAKER CARD THAT IS IN, UH, I'M SORRY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS TO BE IN OPPOSITION, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST IS FOR DOUG HARRISON SARAH'S AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
YOU MENTIONED WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS.
YOU WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER NEGATIVE A RESPONSE IF I WAS A MORE SAVVY CONSUMER OF CITY PARIS WEB SERVICES.
UM, I'M A LITTLE BIT INCREDULOUS BECAUSE 20 YEARS AGO, I AND OTHERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN, UH, SAVING THE INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FROM INAPPROPRIATELY PLACED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND IN FRONT OF THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL.
AND 20 YEARS LATER HERE WE ARE AGAIN, UH, I FIND THIS A CURIOUS INCLUSION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT TECHNICALLY THIS, THIS PARCEL PROBABLY QUALIFIES FOR THE BLUE BONNET DESIGN DISTRICT, BUT I THINK IT WAS ONLY THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE SLIGHT OF HAND THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY A KIND OF AN UPSIDE DOWN L SHAPED PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH THIS PROPERTY, TOUCHING BLUE BONNET AND THEREFORE QUALIFYING FOR THE BLUE BONNET DESIGN DISTRICT.
THE PIECE THAT IS DOWN HERE IS DOWN CAL ROAD, AND IT CLEARLY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DRIVE IN FRONT OF IT AND A VISUAL INSPECTION OF IT WILL REVEAL IT.
YES, IT IS ADJACENT TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, BUT NOW YOU'RE MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, QUITE A BIT.
AND THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT TOUCH COW ROAD IN ANY WAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WHEN THAT PARCEL WAS SUBDIVIDED AND SOLD, IT CARRIED WITH IT, THE STATUS OF INCLUSION AND THE BLUE BOND THAT DESIGN DISTRICT, UH, THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PARCEL DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE INCLUDED.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL ONLY EXPRESS A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.
UH, ONE THERE'S IN THE BLUE BONNET DESIGN DISTRICT, A PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCESS, UH, TO THE TWO PARCELS FROM ANYTHING BUT BLUE BONNET.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THIS BODY AND THE COUNCIL, UH, WILL HELP US IN THAT REGARD BY PROHIBITING ACCESS
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TO THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL, UM, BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.UH, IF YOU DO THAT, UM, ASSUMING WHOEVER MADE THE OFFER ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL QUICKLY RETRACT IT BECAUSE YOU, YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH EXISTING PARKING LOTS WITH CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.
UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VIOLATE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCESS FROM COUNTY ROAD IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THAT'S ONE CONCERN I HAVE SINCE I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
UH, AND THE OTHER IS FLOODING IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, ABOUT 150 FEET DOWN CAL ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAL AND BLUE BONNET.
THE INTERSECTION FILLED UP AND A COUPLE OF DOZEN CARS WERE STRANDED IN THE INTERSECTION, UH, HOW ADDING ANOTHER ACRE OR SO OF CONCRETE TO THE MIX IS GOING TO HELP IS SORT OF BEYOND ME, BUT I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR TIM MERCER.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ADDRESSED.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.
UM, AND JUST LIKE HE SAID, IF IT WAS APPROVED, UH, WELL, THE REQUIREMENT THAT NO TRAFFIC ENTERS OR EXITS ON THE COW BEING AN F B BEING FORCED, ALL TRAFFIC MUST BE MADE ON TO BLOOM ON IT TO, UH, DO WE HAVE YOUR ASSURANCES THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE IN ATROCIOUS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I WE'RE VERY SUSPICIOUS DUE TO ILLEGAL POSSIBLE ILLEGAL CHANGES TO THE GREENSPACE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT BLUE BONNET BUSINESS AREA.
THAT'S STILL CURRENTLY IN THE COURTS.
UM, IF THIS IS APPROVED, WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO USE THE HOUSE WITH ACCESS TO COW? UM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE INTERSECTION AT CAL AND BLUE BONNIE, WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE A U-TURN IN ORDER TO GO TO THESE BUSINESSES? NOBODY CAN GET FROM COW ON THE BLUE BONNET BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE MAKING YOU TURN.
THERE'S NO LIGHT THERE, BUT THEY'RE MAKING YOU TURN TO GO TO THE BUSINESSES ON THAT SIDE.
UM, AND IF IT'S APPROVED, UH, CAN WE, CAN WE REQUIRE THAT NO CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES PARK OR USE COWS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION? BECAUSE SINCE THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CURB, IT BECOMES TOO HARD TO COME AROUND THE CAR TO GET TO COW WITH THE CARS, WITH THE VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED THERE, ALONGSIDE THAT THEY WERE WORKING IN THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHERE WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT THESE CONCERNS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CITIZENS ARE ADDRESS.
LAST CARD IS FOR A STANFORD LEBLANC.
SO, UH, THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE FOR REBUTTAL, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR THE COMMISSION, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
THIS COMMENT IS FOR THE DIRECTOR.
UM, I UNDERSTAND A LOT, LOT 3 0 7 A UH, DOES NOT, UH, CONNECT TO, UH, DIRECTLY TO BLUE BONNET.
I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LOTS DOWN TOWARD GALE, WHICH IS AN AREA I KNOW FAIRLY WELL THAT ALSO DO NOT CONNECT.
SO I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL, UH, FROM A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DO DOES ACCESS BLUEBONNET.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IS IF THEY DO CONSTRUCTION, UH, THEY WILL HAVE TO ACCESS THROUGH BLUE MONITOR.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S ONE OF THE LAST ON DEVELOPED PARCELS, UH, WITHIN THE, I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL OVERLAY DISTRICT IN BATON ROUGE, THE BLUE BONNET DESIGN DISTRICT, UM, IS WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW.
THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS UNIQUE IN THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL DID PERSON AT THE TIME, APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO, SPENT OVER A YEAR WORKING WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO VERY CAREFULLY DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WE'RE TRYING TO, WE JUST PUT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT BOUNDARY, UH, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, AND YOU, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS LOT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
I SHARED THAT HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH COUNCILWOMAN LORI ADAMS, STAFF TRADED SEVERAL EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS, UH, WITH THAT COUNCIL PERSON TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE HISTORICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS BECAUSE IT'S IN THIS BOUNDARY, THEY CAN, THE APPLICANT CAN ONLY REQUEST TO REZONE
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TO WHAT'S NOW CALLED BDD, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ONLY OFFICES, UM, WITH CERTAIN MATERIALS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS LOT, THE OVERLAY PROTECTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT EXPLICITLY STATES THAT VEHICLE'S ACCESS CAN ONLY COME FROM BLUE BONNET.UM, IT IS PROHIBITED FROM CAL ROAD.
SO THE PROTECTION IS IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE UNIQUE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES.
WE TALKED TO THE APPLICANT, UH, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO, IN A SENSE, NEGOTIATE WITH THE ADJACENT OWNERS TO PROVIDE THAT ACCESS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE REQUEST CAME FROM AND IN THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, BUT THE VEHICULAR ACCESS IS VERY MUCH PROTECTED BY THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND, AND THERE IS, THERE IS NOTHING IN, DID I READ IN THE UDC THAT PREVENTS CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES FROM ACCESSING THROUGH PARKING LOTS? IS THAT CORRECT? THERE'S NOTHING THIS BODY CAN DO.
UH, THE COUNCIL PERSON COULD CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE PERMIT OFFICE THROUGH, THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND, AND, UH, TO HELP ENSURE THAT.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, RYAN, I KIND KINDA UNDERSTAND THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE CAL ROAD, WHERE YOU CAN'T HAVE VEHICLES THAT CAN EXIT AN ENTRY INTO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT BY WAY OF CARROLL ROAD.
AND YOU INDICATED NOT JUST TO CONSTRUCTION, UM, VEHICLES, UH, UM, ENTERING AND EXITING THAT PROPERTY.
IT DOES LOOK A LITTLE LANDLOCKED.
IT'S EXTREMELY LANDLOCKED TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
IT WAS ONE THING FOR AN OWNER TO OWN.
MOST OF THE, ALL THE PARCELS WOULD MAKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO, BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TECHNICALLY RESIDENTIAL LIFE ON THE BACKSIDE OF A COW ROAD.
IF THE ACCESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON BLUE BONNET, THEN THE PRESUMPTION WOULD BE THE BLUE BONNET DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WOULD BE SOMETHING OFF OF BLUE BONNET.
AND THEREFORE YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO OWN THE WHOLE PARCEL THAT SOMEWHAT TOUCHES BLOOP ON IT.
SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE UNIQUE TO THIS FLIGHT HAPPENS TO SET, NOT ON AN ED LOT FOR YOU HAVE THAT LOT ON THE SIDE OF IT.
UH, IT HAS A TOUCHING OF BLUE BONNET.
THIS LIGHT DOES NOT, IT WAS ORIGINALLY ONE TRACK.
IT WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO SMALLER PARCELS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT, AND THEY JUST MADE THEMSELVES A LANDLOCKED PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.
SO WHEN THEY SUBDIVIDED IT UP LIKE THAT, THEY SHOULD'VE TAKEN CONSIDERATION, THEY WOULD LAND LOCKING THAT WENT INTO THE RESIDENCE OF CARROLL ROAD, BECAUSE NOW YOU DO PUT IT BECAUSE WHEN WE GIVE THAT REZONING, IF SOMEBODY STARTS TO USE THE BACKSIDE OF ACCIDENT, ONCE THEY'D DONE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PARIS GOVERNMENT GO IN THERE 10 YEARS AND SAY, WELL, NOW WE'RE USING THE BACK PART, OUR PARKING LOT TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD.
THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PROUD OF, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT.
IF WE REZONED IT LIKE THAT, WE CAN FREEDOM THAT, THAT, THAT HISTORY OF WHAT THEY CAN END UP DOING AND HOW THEY ENDED UP USING IT.
THEY REZONED IT LIKE THAT, AND THEY GOT THE SUBDIVIDED.
THEY SHALLOT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WHEN THEY LEFT THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY OFF OF CARE, WITHOUT ACCESS TO BLUE BOND, I MEAN, AND SOME OF THAT REASON WHY I DO LOOK AT THIS IN A LOT DIFFERENT, I MEAN, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT OVER THE HAUL BY SUBDIVIDING STUFF UP, THEN ULTIMATELY THE RESIDENCE OF SUFFERING FROM THAT IN THE FUTURE, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
UM, IT'S THE CHAIR YOU FILLED OUT.
SO YOU FILLED OUT A SPEAKER COURSE.
WELL COME, COME, COME, COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
AND THE BOARD MEMBER WITH MISSION HEART ON, UH, 9 2 7 9 2 5 5 KALRA UM, ALSO DOC, THERE WAS TWO, WELL, LOTS IN THERE DR.
SANCHEZ, WHICH IS ON BLUE BONNET.
AND THE ACCESS WAS FROM BACK SAYS THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS FROM BLUE BONNET THROUGH THE FIRST LOT.
BUT WHEN, UH, I OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT TO IT AND ACROSS THE ROAD, NINE TO SEVEN, SEVEN TO NINE TO FIVE, FIVE, UH, ALSO THERE'S A SEAT TO BEHIND IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S ALL, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UH, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL ALL BEHIND ME AND ON THE SIDE OF ME.
AND THEY SAID THAT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, DON'T SEEK TO, IT GOES, THE ACCESS WILL, IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH THERE, THEN THEY WILL GO THROUGH C2 TWO, WHICH IS A BACKUP WHERE THEY, UH,
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THERE'S A BACK INTO THAT DRIVEWAY THAT GOES FROM CAL ROAD IN THERE.IT'S ALREADY BUILDINGS IN THERE.
SO, UH, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL BUILDINGS BUSINESS THERE.
UH, THEY GOT COLDWELL BANKERS, COLDWELL BANKER, AND, UH, WHAT'S THAT GUY'S NAME? AND SO LIKE, UH, HE'S A BLACK, A BROKER.
UM, BROKERAGE IS RIGHT NEXT TO ME TOO.
THAT'S THE WAY IT THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS GOING.
AND WE JUST, WE HADN'T MADE ANY DECISION, BUT WHEN TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE THEY WERE ENTITLED TO IT, MISSION HEART WAS WHICH WE'RE A NONPROFIT 5 0 1, 3 C.
THERE IS, IT'S A LIVING, UH, A SOBER LIVING HOME FOR A WOMEN ONLY.
AND WE'VE BEEN THERE DOING THAT SINCE 2000, 2009 ON, ON SEVEN, ON SEVEN SEVEN, AND ALSO IT'S PRETTY BASED BATON ROUGE PARISH ALSO.
AND SO, UH, AND THE G'S LEAGUE, THE JUDGES SEND US LADIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I WANNA LET GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND STARTED TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU THAT APPLICANT? YES.
I'M BOARD MEMBER WITH MISSION, HEART MISSION ART OWNS THAT PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO DENY, UH, THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IS HE THE APPLICANT OR IS THE APPLICANT NOT HERE? HE SAYS IS YOUR NAME DONALD COX.
I'M I'M JUST, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE ASKED IF THE APPLICANT WAS HERE EARLIER, SO THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTRY SEVERAL TIMES.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? IF NOT THAT MOTION FAILS.
UH, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR MOTIONS, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GRUB FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING ON THIS SITE ALREADY.
IS THAT CORRECT? PLEASE COME, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR.
SO SIR, WE'RE, UH, APPROVED BY THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
BUT YOU'RE OPERATING ON THIS SITE CURRENTLY, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
ACCESS FROM CAL ROAD OR FROM BLUE BONNET.
HE'S OPERATING AS A GROUP HOME, WHICH IS ALL OUT IN A ONE ZONING REGGIE'S WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UP UNTIL THE POINT.
THIS WERE TO BE REZONED THEN WOULD HAVE TO CEASE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL, ANY OBJECTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? UM, MOLLY QUESTION IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME FOR FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL, CORRECT? THAT WOULD BASICALLY DETAIL THEIR ACCESS AT THAT POINT.
SO THEY WOULD COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSIONER THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING ALL THAT IN ORDER TO KIND OF DEFINE THEIR ACCESS.
YES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT PLANS FOR OUR OFFICE TO CERTIFY COMPLIANCE.
IT WOULD BE A STAFF LEVEL REVIEW, BUT PART OF THAT COMPLIANCE WOULD ENSURE THAT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY OVERLAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE VEHICULAR ACCESS THAT IS RESTRICTED TO ONLY, ONLY ACCESS OFF OF BLUE BONNET.
AGAIN, KALRO VEHICULAR ACCESS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN THE AIR WILLA DISTRICT.
SO THERE IS A COMPLIANCE CHECK THAT'S DONE BY THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM THAT OKAY.
BUT WE STILL HAVE OVERSIGHT AS FAR AS ACCESS.
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YOU GOT A SEC, YEAH.COMMISSIONER SOME, AND HE ALSO INDICATED THERE'S A PARCEL IN THERE WITH A C TIM, WHAT PARCEL WAS THAT? I'M NOT QUITE, I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
THAT'S THE SUB-DISTRICT OF THE OVERLAY.
THAT'S UH, I WAS LOOKING FOR, I DON'T SEE THAT.
WELL, AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND THEY CAN'T ACCESS CAROLE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE PROTECTION IS ALL ABOUT AND THEY CAN SHOW THAT THAT DON'T HAPPEN.
I MEAN, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A NONPROFIT, ANYBODY ELSE, IT WAS PROTECT RESIDENTS ON RESIDENTIAL VERSUS THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PROTECT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOUR NONPROFIT IS, WANT TO DO THAT, TO SERVE THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.
BUT IF YOU START RUNNING YOUR TRAFFIC BACK IN THE COW ROAD, IT IT'S A BEEF, WHATEVER IT IS, BLUEBONNET DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M FINE WITH IT.
I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT IT GOING BACK ON THOSE RESIDENTS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO BE HAD? WELL, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN THAT ITEM IS APPROVED AND WE WILL MOVE
[13. PUD-1-04 The Settlement at Willow Grove, Concept Plan Revision 4 Proposed change to include multi-family residential in the commercial area and reallocate unit counts between residential density types on property located on the north side of Perkins Road between Wimbledon Avenue and Oakdale Drive. Section 55, 56, and 57, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11 - Adams) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the minimum criteria for a Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, PUD 1 0 4, THE SETTLEMENT AT WILLOW GROVE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR PUT A DASH ONE DASH ZERO FOR THE SEDIMENT AND WILLOW GROWTH CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD BETWEEN ONE BROOKLYN AVENUE AND OAKDALE DRIVE COUNSEL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS RICHARD CARMOUCHE PROPOSED TO USE, TO INTRODUCE TOWNHOUSE USE IN FORMER HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AREA AND REALLOCATE UNIT COUNTS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL DENSITY TYPES.THEY FEEL TO BE OUR LANG IS DESIGNATION IS MIXED YOUTH AND RESIDENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD PUT DASH ONE DESK.
THEY WERE FOR THE SETTLEMENT AT WILLOW GROVE CONCEPT PLAYER REVISION FOR STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF CONCERN AND ALSO A MESSAGE IN FAVOR FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF WILLOW GROVE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT DIXIE, 15 MINUTES.
UH, CHRIS FERRIS, FERRIS ENGINEERING ONE 1-854-BRIXHAM AVENUE, UH, BATON ROUGE.
SO THE MAIN, THE MAIN THING IN THIS, UH, REVISION TO THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE VILLAGE OF WILLOW GROVE, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL PORTION.
UH, WE ARE CONVERTING THE REMAINING TWO BUILDINGS, WHICH WERE SLATED FOR 45, UH, CONDOS.
WE'RE CONVERTING THOSE TO A MAXIMUM OF 18, UM, SEMI-DETACHED, UH, UH, RESIDENCES.
SO WE'RE REDUCING THAT, UH, QUITE, QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY.
THE REMAINING CHANGES TO THE UNIT COUNTS IS BASICALLY ONCE THIS WAS WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE IN PHASES, THERE WERE CERTAIN MEDIUM DENSITY, HIGH DENSITY, UH, UNITS BASED ON THE, EACH PHASES ACREAGE.
NOW THAT IT'S COMPLETE THE GIS SHOWS THAT ALL ARE FOR THE MOST PART AS LOW DENSITY.
SO WE WERE JUST CORRECTING THOSE NUMBERS IN HERE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBERS, BASED ON, UH, THE PREVIOUS PLANS WERE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE TOTAL COUNT.
THAT'S LOW, MEDIUM DENSITY BY 21 UNITS OR 21 FEWER UNITS THAN THERE WERE BEFORE.
IN A NUTSHELL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAVE TO, UH, SPEAK A CHORUS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST IS FOR LADONNA GIL YACHT, UH, LANDED APP CAR, GOOD EVENING.
I'M A PROFESSOR AT LSU, AND I THINK I CAN GET THROUGH THIS IN THREE MINUTES, EIGHT MINUTES.
MOST PROFESSORS CAN'T CLEAR THIS THROAT IN THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU NEEDED THE CASE.
UM, I LIVE AT A WILLOW GROVE, 7 8, 8 0 WILLOW GROVE BOULEVARD, AND MY WIFE AND I LIKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD RICHARD CARMOUCHE AND THE CITY PLANNED AND BUILT THAT SAID, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS FOR THIS COMMISSION.
ONE IS ABOUT THE DUPLEXES OR MANY HOMES MAPPED OUT AND CONCEPT REVISION FOR YOU REALLY IN THE UDC.
YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION THAT FITS THESE SO-CALLED TOWNHOMES BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO ADJACENT BUILDINGS, NOT THREE IS THE UDC DEFINED SOMETHING.
THESE TWO ON THE L ON LOTS, 30% SMALLER THAN THE EXISTING TOWNHOME, LOTS 30%.
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THE WIDTH OF THE LOTS, ACCORDING TO THE DRAWINGS ON YOUR DOCUMENTS IS A MERE 22, A FEW INCHES FEET, ABOUT AS WIDE AS A TWO CAR GARAGE, NOT INCLUDING THE WALLS FOR THAT GARAGE.THIS IS HARDLY IDEAL PLANNING.
IF YOU WANT MORE TINY LOTS WITH TIGHT LITTLE HOMES, SHOEHORNED IN WITH SKINNY SETBACKS, VOTE FOR THIS CONCEPT, IT'S YOUR PLAN.
YOU SHOULD, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT MEETS MINERAL MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS.
ABSOLUTELY, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER AND PLANNING IF YOU WANT TO RETHINK THIS, IF YOU WANT TO RETHINK THIS, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, GIVEN BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION ISSUES, PLEASE VOTE TO HOLD THIS OVER AGAIN.
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC INGESTION ISSUES.
IN ADDITION TO THESE MINI HOMES, PARKING IS BARELY ADEQUATE.
EVEN ASSUMING 2.5 SPACES PER UNIT COMMERCIAL PARKING IS SURE TO OVERFLOW GIVEN THAT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE COFFEE BAR HAVE BECOME WELL-KNOWN DESTINATION.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD THING FOR PARKING ROAD.
INTERSECTIONS ARE TIGHT IN THIS VERY SPOT, EVEN ONE OR TWO THAT ARE BADLY DESIGNED BLIND TURNS.
AND BY THE WAY, THE NUMBERS ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION COMPARED TO THE STAFF REPORT, DO NOT ADD UP AND JIVE.
IF NO OTHER REASON, YOU'RE IN YOUR PAPERWORK OUT TO BE CONSISTENT.
I'M REFERRING TO THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UH, AND THE NUMBERS BEING OFF.
THERE'S ALSO MISSING DATA ON MEDIUM DENSE DENSITY.
SO I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT TO SORT THIS OUT, UM, BEFORE APPROVALS, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY OF 12 UNITS, HOLD THIS OVER AND RETHINK THE NUMBERS.
MY SECOND REQUEST IS THAT I WOULD LIKE ASSURANCE IS TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS, SIR.
PARDON ME? YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS.
UH, UH, YOU THREW ME OFF, MAN.
YOU GOT 20 SECONDS NOW MIKE REQUEST IS THAT I WOULD LIKE THE ASSURANCES TONIGHT THAT THE CONCEPT PLAN TAKES NO ACTION ON THE RENDERINGS FOR THE FIVE BUILDINGS KNOWN AS THE WILLOW GROVE PLANTATION, WHICH IS DEEP INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOPMENT.
THESE DETAILS ARE ON CPS FOR A REVISED CONCEPT, PLAN THREE, AND APPEAR AGAIN TONIGHT ON CONCEPT PLAN PLAN FOR CPS FIVE, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MINI HOUSES RESIDENTS LIKE ME ARE PUZZLED AS TO WHY WE GOT THESE CARDS.
IF YOU HAD A PIECE OF PROPERTY SURROUNDING THAT PLANTATION IDEA, IT'S A BADLY THOUGHT OUT IDEA.
IT NEEDS TO BE, IT NEEDS TO BE WITHDRAWN.
UH, THE OBJECTIONS WITHDREW IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND, AND THE VARIOUS HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE BACK HERE IN, IN DROVES TO OBJECT TO IT AGAIN.
MY NAME IS AND I LIVE AT 7 7 4 1 WILLOW GROVE BOULEVARD AND HAVE VERY MUCH ENJOYED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 10 YEARS.
I AM ALSO REQUESTING THAT THIS, UM, PROPOSAL BE DEFERRED.
WE, UM, VERY FEW RESIDENTS REAL WISE THAT THE PRO THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES SMALL DUPLEXES AND NOT TOWNHOMES THAT COMPLY TO THE UDC CODE.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, AND WE WERE ALSO MISLED BY A FACEBOOK POST, A POST BY AN EMPLOYEE OF CRIMEA CONSTRUCTION THAT THESE WERE GOING TO BE TOWN HOMES.
THE OTHER IDEA IS WILLOW GROVE IS THE FIRST T N D IN BATON ROUGE.
AND I THINK NEITHER THE DEVELOPER NOR THE CINDY PLANNERS COULD HAVE FORESEEN SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE NOW ENCOUNTERING A NON MATURING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK ALL OF YOU PROBABLY REALIZE WE HAVE SUBSEQUENT TLDS THAT HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A PAUSE ON THIS PROPOSAL FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO INVESTIGATE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS.
OUR ALLEYWAY, OUR ALLEYWAYS ARE TOTALLY INACCESSIBLE TO FIRETRUCKS.
ACCORDING TO FIRE CHIEF CARLTON, THE FEDERATION FEDERATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS HAS INDICATED PROBLEMS IN BATON ROUGE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
WE FEEL THESE PROPOSED TAWNY DUPLEXES WOULD BE RIGHT FOR THIS KIND OF BUSINESS WE'D LIKE TO.
UM, AND WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS GET BNBS, WE ALSO HAVE TROUBLE ENFORCING RESTRICTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE JUST REALLY WOULD LIKE A DEFERRAL TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HAVE SOME INPUT INTO IT, WHICH WE WERE REALLY KIND OF MISLED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TOWNHOMES INSTEAD OF THESE TINY DUPLEXES.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL,
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UM, TO MR. APP GUARDS POINTS.UH, SO ORIGINALLY THE APPLICATION WAS THE WAY IT WAS.
AND AFTER TALKING WITH, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF SUCH A COMPLEX, UH, THE WAY IT WAS, THE WAY ALL THE DENSITIES WERE WORKING ORIGINALLY BASED ON PHASES.
AND NOW IT'S THE OVERALL, THIS IS WHAT WE CAME TO.
THE APPLICATION WAS NEVER REVISED.
WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT, UM, TO MAKE THE NUMBERS RIGHT, BUT THESE CURRENT DRAWINGS, THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT IS WE'RE REQUESTING TO BE APPROVED? UH, SECOND POINT, I APOLOGIZE.
I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT THAT WAS, BUT WHAT WAS THE SECOND POINT? NO, SOMETHING, SOMETHING ABOUT, OH, SURE.
TH THE, UH, CONCEPT DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU INCLUDE OLD WORK DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS FROM A PRIOR CONCEPT CONCEPT DOCUMENT, UH, RESIDENTS WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT THIS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT AREA FROM THIS MINI HOME PROPOSAL.
THAT MAY BE AN HONEST MISTAKE.
WE DON'T KNOW BY THE PLANNING, BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHATNOT, BUT THEY WERE NOTIFIED.
AND IF THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MINI HOME THING, WE'D LIKE TO THINK WE'D LIKE TO THINK STRICKEN EXTINGUISHED DELETED FROM THE DOCUMENT, BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS, IS WE THINK WHAT THE APPLICANTS ARE ASKING FOR THIS IS MR. FERRIS, THIS TIME AS YOUR QUESTION BEEN ANSWERED.
NO, I, I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
UH, THE CONFUSION PROBABLY IS BECAUSE SHEET FOUR IS THE OLD CONCEPT PLAN.
CHEAT FIVE IS OUR REVISED CONCEPT PLAN, AND THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
SO IT'S THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S WHY YOU GOT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
UM, THE TOWNHOMES IN PARTICULAR, THE THINGS UP FRONT IS NOT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
THAT'S PART OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOLELY FOR THE NUMBERS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED FOR OUR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS CONCEPT PLAN.
SO THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFICS AS TO AREA THAT'S THE FAIRS, IF YOU COULD DIRECTLY TO THE QUESTION, SORRY.
SO THERE'S NO REAL SPECIFICS AS TO THE AREA THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON OTHER THAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT GOES FROM RED TO YELLOW ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, BUT IT SHOWS THE OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN BECAUSE, OR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
THE REST OF MY TIME TO WHICH GARMISCH TWO MINUTES.
MY NAME RICHARD CALLED NEW SHIT, 8,200 FILLINGS PLAZA COURT, SUITE TWO B.
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THESE WEREN'T TOWNHOMES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE PUT THEM AS PAIRS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MORE LIGHT COMING INTO THEM.
AND THEY, UM, HAVE SIDE YARD BASICALLY.
UM, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THREE STORY CONDOMINIUMS AND THE, THE BOARD, WHICH I PRESENTED THIS TO AS FIVE MEMBERS ON IT, THEY REPRESENT FOUR DIFFERENT SUBSECTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THREE OF THOSE ARE INTERTWINED IN THIS.
ALL OF THEM AGREED THAT THEY WOULD RATHER THIS THAN THE CONDOS.
IT'S A, IT'S A, I, THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF, OF THIS CALLED A TINY HOME.
I GOT A, UM, REQUEST FOR SOME CLARITY ON A FARM, BUT THEY'VE NEVER ASKED ME ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
SO, UM, BUT THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IT AND, AND THEY'RE NOT INEXPENSIVE HOMES EITHER.
I MEAN, THE HOMES I'VE SOLD THE LOTS TO A BUILDER, BUT THE LOT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOWNHOMES HERE.
SO, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE REVISIONS WHEN DISCUSSING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CITY IT'S SEMI-DETACHED HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL ESSENTIALLY.
AND THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN HAS THE WORD TOWNHOMES ON IT, BUT THESE WILL BE BASICALLY SEMI-DETACHED TWO UNITS PER OKAY.
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TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING, UH, HAVING, HAVING DONE TINY HOMES, I E 300 SQUARE FEET.THESE ARE NOT TINY HOMES FROM WHAT I CAN SEE.
UH, AND 22 FEET OF WALL TO WALL IS NOT A BAD DISTANCE FOR, UM, FOR TOWNHOMES.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THEM LARGER.
I'VE DESIGNED THEM AS LOW AS SMALL AS 14 FEET, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, IT WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
UM, BUT YOU ARE, THE, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE THREE STORY CONDOS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING BEFORE.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY TWO BUILDINGS NOW.
IT'S WHAT THE ACTUAL APPLICATION IS FOR 16 UNITS.
WHICH IS WE'RE REDUCING THE DENSITY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
UM, RYAN, ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT THEY PRESENTED IN THEIR CONCEPT PLANNING IS SOMETHING THAT MEETS THE SPIRIT OF WHAT HE WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE.
THE CONFUSION IS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING AND ACTUALLY WHAT, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN WAS FOR THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSION IN THIS BEING THAT IT'S ONE OF THE LAST UNDEVELOPED PARCELS IN, IN WILLOW GROVE, IT'S ESSENTIALLY A DOWNGRADE, A LOWER INTENSE USE THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE CONCEPT PLAN.
THERE'S A MANY DIFFERENT PHASES AND REVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY NOT ONLY THIS BODY, BUT ALSO BY COUNCIL.
UM, STAFF WORKED WITH THE AFGHAN AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE APPLICATION HAD THE OLD NUMBERS ON THERE, BUT THIS BODY IS NOT, NOT APPROVING THE APPLICATION.
THEY'RE APPROVING THE PLANS THAT ARE BEFORE THEM ON THE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, WHICH IS A, UH, A DOWNGRADE FROM 16 UNITS, UH, TOWNHOMES AT A SPECIFIC SIZE.
WE CAN DEBATE WHETHER THEY'RE TOWNHOMES OR NOT, BUT THE PUT ALLOWS THEM TO, TO, TO WRITE THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.
THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST, FIRST STEP.
THEY, BEFORE THEY BUILD ANYTHING, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COME BACK WITH A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWING THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THIS SITE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE CONCEPT PLAN IS A GOOD ONE, CERTAINLY CERTAIN TO COME BACK FOR THIS BODY AND COMES BACK BEFORE THE PUBLIC AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
UM, BUT I LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY MAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIONS THEY NEED TO, AND THEN SUBMIT THAT BACK TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR REVIEW.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST THE CONCEPT PLAN.
WELL, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T REMOVE THE WORD TOWNHOMES BECAUSE ARE TOWNHOUSE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, WHETHER IT'S THE NAME IS CALLED TALENT HOMES OR SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY OF IT IS HE, THE DIRECTOR, JUSTIN INDICATED THAT IT'S A DOWNGRADE TO WHAT YOU DO, AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT WHOLE THE, FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR CANCER PLAN.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE CONFUSION, BOTH FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
AND OF COURSE YOU, YOU HAD MET YOURSELF EVEN TO THIS BODY.
WE GOT TO BE A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT TO CLARIFY, EVEN ON OUR SIDE IS GOOD, BUT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOME SMALL DETACHED HOMES OR TWO DETACHED HOMES AT WHAT THEY CALL, THEY WANT TO CALL THE TOWNHOMES.
BUT FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN, WE'VE, WE'VE BASICALLY GIVEN IT, IT ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
AND THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL CLARIFY WHAT'S BEING DONE.
SO THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS TONIGHT, BUT IT WILL BE UPCOMING IN THE FUTURE.
I SAY, I SAY, I JUST THINK IT'D BE WISE TO KIND OF TALK WITH THOSE RESIDENTS.
I'M NOT SAYING, I, I, IN FACT, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS YOU, AS YOU'RE PRESENTING IT.
UH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT IS GOOD TO LET THEM, THEY HAVE THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT AN ENCROACHMENT NOISE IS A DOWNGRADE TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE GETTING IN THE FUTURE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT STILL MEETS YOUR CONCEPT PLAN AND IT STILL DOES WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF YOUR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO PRESENT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I MEAN, I, I WAS JUST RECOMMENDING THAT AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE Y'ALL CAN HELP YOU HAVE THE IDEA WHEN Y'ALL GET TO THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BOB PROVIDENCE, BODY THAT'S GERMANY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON, IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS, UH, ANY OBJECTION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED
[17. PUD-14-06 Copper Oaks Reserve, Mickens Road, Final Development Plan Proposed major subdivision with public streets on property located on the south side of Mickens Road, west of Joor Road, on Tract A-1-A-1-A-2 of the Nell P. Stipe Tract. Sections 43 and 44, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 5 - Hurst) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request is consistent with the approved Concept Plan and meets the minimum criteria of the Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17, PUT 1406 COPPER ROLLS, RESERVED MAKINGS ROAD, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PUT A DASH 14 DASH ZERO SIX COPPER OAKS RESERVE.WE CAN THROW A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF MEGAN'S ROAD, WEST OF JEWEL ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST.
THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS PROPOSED TO USE MEDIUM DENSITY.
SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, THEY
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FEEL SHOULD BE ARE LAYING HIS DESIGNATION.IT'S CALLED KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD PUT A DASH 14 DASH ZERO SIX COPPER OAKS WITH BEACONS ROW FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN AND MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AT THIS TIME I OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE ADVOCATE TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD.
HOPEFULLY NOWHERE NEAR 15 MINUTES.
HECK NOW, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING THIS LONG TO HEAR MY CASE.
UM, CHAD STEVENS, MR. ENGINEERING, 93 45 INTERLINE AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE, UH, HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT COPPER OAKS RESERVE.
THIS IS PART OF THE APPROVED MICKENS ROAD PUD, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2006, I BELIEVE.
UM, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS PHASE FOUR, THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF THIS PUB THERE'S OAKWOOD TERRACE, CEDAR POINT.
THOSE WERE BOTH WORKFORCE HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS BUILT BY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, OUT OF FLORIDA.
AND THEN THEY ALSO DID COPPER OAKS FIRST FILING, UH, WHICH IS TO THE, KIND OF THE NORTHEAST OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UH, THAT WAS 40 LOTS THAT ARE MARKET RATE, UH, HOMES.
UM, COPPER OAKS RESERVE WILL BE SIMILAR TO, UH, COPPER OAKS.
UH, THESE WILL BE MARKET RATE, LOTS, LOT PRICES AND 45 TO FIFTIES, UH, 45 45 TO 50,000 WITH HOUSES IN THE LOW 2 27 IN THE LOW TWO HUNDREDS TO, TO, UP TO UP TO MID 200 S UH, THE VALUES, UH, OVER THERE IN COPPER OAKS.
UH, THE LAST SALE I COULD FIND WAS 2021.
UH, I THINK THAT WAS 180 7, UH, ZILLOW CALLS THESE HOMES IN THE LOW TWO HUNDREDS.
UH, SO WE WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH COPPER OAKS.
UM, I DID MEET WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN HERTZ.
WE HAD A LITTLE CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE CONCERNED NEIGHBOR.
UM, THEN WE MET A SECOND TIME, ME AND MR. HEARST, UH, HE ASKED FOR THE DEVELOPER TO DO A NICE ENTRANCE ON, UH, AND ALSO TO INCORPORATE A PLAYGROUND AREA, WHICH THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO DO.
UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
I JUST WAS TALKING WITH MS. BROWN.
UH, SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT THE COPPER OAK SECOND FILING, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY A COPPER OAK.
SECOND VIOLIN IS LOTS 41 THROUGH 60 OF THE ORIGINAL COPPER OAKS.
UH, IT'S A SISTER DEVELOPMENT TO UCOP BROOKE'S FIRST FILING.
UM, THE DEVELOPER WHO'S DEVELOPING THIS, HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM RICK MILLER ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ALSO PURCHASED THE 20 EXISTING LOTS OF COPPER OAKS SECOND.
UM, SO HE'S GOING TO BE, HE HAS A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT NOW TO GO DO THAT COPPER OAK SECOND.
UM, SO THAT'S SEPARATE IN AS MUCH AS IT IS KIND OF A SISTER DEVELOPMENT WITH COPPER X FIRST AND COPPER CAPEX RESERVE IS KIND OF SEPARATE FROM THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN, BUT IN THIS AREA, PHASE FOUR HAD 328, UH, UNITS AT A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.
WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING 208, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT A 33% REDUCTION IN THE MAXIMUM DENSITY THAT WAS ALLOWED.
UH, WE ARE DOING A SEPARATE ENTRANCE TO MICKENS ROAD.
WE ARE CONNECTING TO COPPER OAK.
SO, UH, THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE TO, UH, WAYS IN AND OUT.
UH, WE ALSO ARE CONNECTING TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE, UH, ORIGINAL STORM WATER MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE'RE ADDING THE POND DOWN AT THE SOUTH END, UH, THE EXISTING 50 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT YOU SEE THERE WILL REMAIN.
UM, AND THE, THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, UH, OVERFLOWS THOSE PONDS TO THE SOUTH END TO THE WETLANDS AS AN ADDITIONAL BUFFER FOR STORM EVENTS.
UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER YOU'VE HEARD FROM, UH, MS. BROWN AND OTHER SNEAKY.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP A SHONDA BROWN.
UM, I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH MR. STEVENS, BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, PRESENT THE CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS SHONDA BROWN.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 8 0 4 SHADOW WOULD DRIVE.
I AM THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT FOR COPPER OAK.
SO, UM, WE DID NOT OPPOSE THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE DID WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE PLANS, UM, WILL THERE BE, WILL IT BE THE SAME HOA? I SUBDIVISION ENDS WITH LOT 40 AND THE NEW ONE FOR THE PUT STARTS AT 41 AND GOES TO 60.
SO WE WERE WONDERING, IS THIS GOING TO BE A CONTINUATION OF OUR SUBDIVISION? IS IT AN EXTENSION? UM, WE ALSO HAD CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE ISSUES.
WE SEE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING UP THE LAND AND WE WANT
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TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON OUR EXISTING SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS TRAFFIC? WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON TRAFFIC? THAT WILL BE 210 HOMES BEING BUILT.OUR SUBDIVISION IS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD, SO WE'RE NOT USED TO A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT ALL.
SO WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON TRAFFIC? APPARENTLY WE HAVE A PRIVATE SEWER SYSTEM WHERE WE PAY A MAINTENANCE FEE EVERY MONTH, AND WE WERE WONDERING, WILL THIS NEW SUBDIVISION CONNECT WITH OUR SYSTEM? WILL IT ADD MORE LOAD TO THE SYSTEM AND WILL THEY BE PAYING A PORTION OF THAT FEE FOR THESE, UH, SEWER SYSTEM AS WELL? CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ENTRANCE FOR THE NEW SECTION IS VERY NEAR TO THE ENTRANCE.
SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT CAUSING A BOTTLENECK.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE SUBDIVISION, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN ONCE YOU GO IN.
SO WE WERE WONDERING WHAT WERE THE PLANS FOR THAT? AND, UM, WHAT PLANS DID THEY HAVE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY? ARE THEY PLANNING ON HAVING ANY MEETINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE JUST WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND THEY WERE KNOCKING DOWN TREES.
WE JUST DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS, SO THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE, THANK YOU LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK.
THIS IS, THIS IS NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE, SO THERE'S NO BUILDING UP OF PROPERTY.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MITIGATE ANY FILL.
UM, THERE'S NO, UH, FLOODS ON THE ELEVATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MEET.
UM, SO THE EARTHWORK, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY MINIMAL.
UH, WE'RE DIGGING A SMALL POND, JUST BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE ATTENTION AS REQUIRED FOR THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN ZONE X.
NONE OF IT IS IN ZONE A, UH, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIDN'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS DURING DRC.
UH, WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING UNTIL FRIDAY, UM, WHICH THEY ADDED A COMMENT THAT THEY WOULD DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AND LET US KNOW IF WE NEEDED A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN LANE.
UM, SO AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CONCERNS, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'LL MINIMIZE MITIGATE ANY IMPACT IF THERE IS ANY DETERMINED BY DPW.
I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS ON, UH, THE MOVIE, OUR PLAN MICKENS ROAD IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THAT PROJECT HAS INTO THE SHERWOOD EXTENSION.
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, SHARE WHAT'S COMING ACROSS, UH, GREENWELL SPRINGS, TURN INTO, UH, THE WEST AND CONNECT INTO THE END OF MEGAN'S, WHERE IT MEETS YOUR SO ALL THAT'S GONNA CREATE INTERCONNECTIVITY, UH, SEWER, ME AND MS. BROWN DID DISCUSS THEIR SEWER PLANT.
IT'S ASKED TO THE SEWER FORCE MAIN THAT'S OUT ON MACON'S.
UH, DPW HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THEIR PLANT, TYING INTO OUR PUBLIC SYSTEM, UH, AND ELIMINATING THAT PRIVATE PLANT.
SO IT, AND I ASSURED HER THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY UP TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE, UH, THEY DO OWN THE PLANT.
SO THE CITY CAN NOT FORCE THEM, UH, TO CONNECT, BUT WE ARE BUILDING OUR OWN PUMP STATION, UH, IN COLLECT ON OUR OWN SEWER GRAVITY THAT WE WILL DISCHARGE TO THE SAME FORCE MAIN THAT THEY DO.
SO, UM, AGAIN, NOTHING HAS TO HAPPEN WITH THEIR SYSTEM AND OPERATES.
UH, SO THAT'S SIMPLY A QUESTION FOR DPW.
UM, AND THEN THE SHARP RIGHTS SHE'S SPEAKING OF IS ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE SECOND FILING, UH, AGAIN, LOTS OF 41 THROUGH 60 OR THE SECOND FILING, LOTS THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED ALREADY HAVE CONSTRUCTION PLANS APPROVED, UH, AND ARE ABOUT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, SHE'S, UH, SHE'S MENTIONING THE CUL-DE-SAC THERE, WHICH DOES NOT CONNECT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR CONNECTION TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THAT ROAD FOREST, WHAT AVENUE THAT CONNECTS TO THE WEST TO US, UH, CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
AT THIS TIME, I CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
UM, MR. CHAIR, CAN YOU COME BACK FOR A SECOND LEAST? YOU INDICATED THERE WILL BE A TIE IN TO A COPPER OAKS, ONE FALLING.
WHERE WOULD THAT TIE AND BE? CAUSE I DON'T SEE IT.
SO COPPER OAKS IS CONNECTING TO COPPER OAKS FIRST AND THEN FORREST TO WHAT AVENUE? FOREST WOOD AVENUE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEAR, SO THIS IS COP ROXBURGH, FORCED WOOD AVENUE ENTRANCE.
NOW THERE'S ONE HOUSE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
SO, OKAY, SO THIS, THIS, WELL, YOU CAN'T, I CAN'T, IT CAN'T SEE IT NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE YOUR TIRED, SO HERE'S COP ROPES.
THIS HAS CAUGHT BROOKS FIRST WHERE MS. BROWN LIVES, THE ENTRANCE IS HERE.
THERE'S A, COL-DE-SAC IN THE SECOND FILING.
IT COMES DOWN HERE, CONNECTS TO FOREST.
WHAT AVENUE IT'S BEING BUILT IN THE SECOND FILING.
WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR THAT.
NOW, THEN WE'RE CONTINUING FORREST, WHAT AVENUE ON INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT.
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SO BOTH DEVELOPMENTS WE'LL END UP WITH TWO ACCESSES TO MIGGINS.PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT.
I SEE IT NOW, BUT IT JUST, WASN'T SURE A PORTER THAT PUT HERE WHERE THEY GOING TO BE THAT CONNECTIVITY.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MOTIONS, COMMISSIONER ADDISON MO MOVES TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS ANY OBJECTIONS OF FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM IS APPROVED
[24. INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT To revise Chapter 19, Definitions]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24 INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT.I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER COURSE.
I'LL JUST ASK THE DIRECTOR HOLCOMB TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE, UH, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IDENTIFIED, UH, THREE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, MINOR REVISIONS TO EXISTING DEFINITIONS.
UM, WITH YOUR BLESSING, WE WILL PREPARE A STAFF REPORT AND, UH, PUT THIS ON AN UPCOMING PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA PERMISSION TO SCROGGS.
SO WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO US IN THE FUTURE.
I BLED COMMISSIONER SCRIBES AND MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ITEM IS THE SECOND FRONT PERMISSION TO ADDISON.
ANY OBJECTIONS THERE, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED.
[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS BEGINNING WITH THE RECORDS COMMENTS REAL QUICK.JUST A REMINDER, A SHORT-TERM RENTAL UPDATE.
I'LL HAVE MY ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR, GILLIS, MAURA, AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF, REALLY BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS FIRST.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, GIVE YOU ALL A REMINDER THAT INFORMATION SERVICES, SECURITY POLICIES, AUTOMATICALLY DISABLES EMAIL ACCOUNTS AFTER 30 DAYS OF ACTIVITY.
UH, IT'S A CYBER SECURITY ISSUE, BUT 30 DAYS OF ACTIVITY OR ENACT, SORRY, INACTIVITY.
SO IN, UM, WE WERE DIRECTED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO, UM, TO WORK WITH THE FEDERATION OF GREATER BANNERS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, AND ABANDONERS REALTORS TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL REG TO STUDY POTENTIAL REGULATIONS IN EAST BOUNDERS PAIRS GOVERNING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A, UM, UH, A REAL ROUGH DRAFT DOCUMENT.
UM, WE, UM, THAT WE HAVE A STUDY GROUP THAT WAS FORMED AND THERE ARE SEVEN MEMBERS THERE, THEIR WORK WITH, UM, PLANNING, COMMISSION, STAFF, AND STAFF FROM THE PERMIT OFFICE.
AND, UM, WE, WE, WE PUT THE DRAFT DOCUMENT ON OUR WEBSITE, SOLICITED COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY RECEIVE ABOUT 150 OR SO COMMENTS IN MET LAST WEEK TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE.
WE THINK WE HAVE IN, UM, WE, WE MADE SOME REVISIONS, SEND IT BACK OUT AND ARE GOING TO MEET AGAIN IN APRIL, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF, UM, NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, YOU MENTIONED THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AT THEIR SEATS.
THE, UM, THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WE PREPARED AND THOSE ARE AT YOUR SEEDS.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE, THE SCOPE OF 'EM ARE KIND OF CHARGED.
AND SOME OF THE BACKGROUND REGARDING THAT ALSO YOU HAVE COPIES OF DRAFT, TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU WONDERING, IN REGARDS TO HOME OCCUPATIONS THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, UH, DRIVEWAY WIST ON NARROW LOTS.
UH, YOU GUYS INITIATED THAT AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND THEN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO THE CITY OF BAKER WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH, UH, THAT CITY, UH, JUST TO PROVIDE FORMAL NOTIFICATION AND ADD THAT IN THE, IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SIMILAR TO THAT OF A CENTRAL IN THE CITY OF ZACHARY, UH, REAL QUICK, ONE WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON AND COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, WHO BOTH CELEBRATED BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH.
AND YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS APRIL 18TH.
[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
LASTLY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND CONGRATULATE, UH, OUR NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, COLIN LANDRIEU AND LONG RANGE PLANNING.WHO'S PROBABLY LONG GONE BY NOW.
COLIN ROUTINELY TAKES ON A SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT HELP THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS READILY ACCEPTED ANY TASKS THAT HE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED OTHER THAN THE TIME, RYAN ASKED HIM TO STAY TO THE END OF THIS MEETING, BUT, BUT HE EXPRESSES HIS DESIRE TO LEARN MORE AND BECOME A MORE VALUABLE EMPLOYEE HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EFFORTS RELATING TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UDC.
HIS WORK HAS REQUIRED EXTENSIVE RESEARCH TO SHOW CHANGES TO THE
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UDC ARE MORE IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES AND ADDRESS CURRENT CONDITIONS FACING BATON ROUGE IN 2022, HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS HARD WORK.IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY STANLEY BROWSE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE MEANS ADJOURN.
THANK YOU ALL EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.