[ROLL CALL]
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ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT IN THIS PLANNING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS TIME WHILE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOLCOMB COMMISSIONER WASHINGTON HERE BY CHAIRMAN GREP COMMISSIONER ADDISON'S HERE.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELEANOR COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, COMMISSIONER HILL HERE.
COMMISSIONER SCROGGS COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
HOLD THEM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 21ST MEETING? SO MOVE, MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES SEEING NONE THE MINUTES HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
AT THIS TIME? I WILL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ 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, ALL COMMENTS WILL BE BROADCAST ON WWW DOT
AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE VIA 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.LA.GOV SLASH PC APPLICANT.
AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM.
ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
AND THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROUT AT THIS TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA, MR. MORIN, THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL ITEM SIX, PA 1222 MAJOR STREET PLAN AMENDMENT MIDWAY CONNECTOR TO REMOVE A SEGMENT OF THE MIDWAY CONNECTOR EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SAUMUR LANE AND BACARDI AVENUE FROM THE MAJOR STREET PLAN DEFERRED TO MAY 16TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, ITEM NUMBER 18, BUT FIVE DASH ZERO FOUR PHASE SIX, PELICAN LAKES, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE WEST OF PELICAN LAKES, PARKWAY AND ITEM NUMBER 28 SS THREE DASH 22, FREDDY ROBINSON TRACT PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PORT HUDSON PLAINS ROAD, EAST OF SAMUEL'S ROAD.
THE FOLLOWING ARE ITEMS FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER 12, CASE 23 DASH 22 1 3 1 2 LANE TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE LC ONE BANK PROPERTY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ODIE, ELAINE AND EAST RIVERDALE AVENUE.
ITEM NUMBER 13, KS 24 22 9 8 8 OH BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, SUITE F TO RESIGN FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL SEAT TO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT.
THE CAV ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, NORTH OF BURBANK DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 16, PLUG ONE DASH OH FOUR, COMMERCIAL PHASES ONE AND TWO.
THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION THREE PROPOSED SEMI DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HURRICANES ROAD BETWEEN WILMINGTON AVENUE IN OAKDALE DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 17, TWO DASH ZERO FOUR BANK CORP, SOUTH CREEKSTONE TWO FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED TO BANK ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CORPORATE BOULEVARD, WEST OF COMMERCE CIRCLE ITEM NUMBER 19
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SPUD FIVE DASH ZERO EIGHT WE'RE BEYOND ACADIAN VILLAGE, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION FIVE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF PERKINS ROAD AND ACADIAN THREE-WAY ITEM NUMBER 20 CUB TWO DASH ZERO SIXITEM NUMBER 24 CS TWO DASH 22, LINDSEY WHITELEY PROPERTY FLAG, LOT PROPOSED FLAG, LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JACKSON ROAD, EAST OF EDWARDS ROAD, ITEM NUMBER 25 CS THREE DASH 22 MORE SIDE PLANTATION FLAG, LOT PROPOSED FLAG, LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, WEST OF QUAIL OAK DRIVE ITEM NUMBER 26 S SIX DASH 21 CYPRUS AT ARRENDALE SUBDIVISION REVISION PROPOSED REVISION TO A MINOR, A MAJOR SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF NORTH ARDEN WOULD DRIVE SOUTH OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER 27 SS TWO DASH 22, REALLY JAIL, 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 PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UDC.
THANK YOU, MR. MORAY 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 PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED 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? DIRECTOR HOLCOMB? HAVE WE, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY CARDS OR ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS? NO, WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS FOR ANY CONSENT ITEMS. THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SAYING ON THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED? WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR WINDOW,
[Items 2 & 3]
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER ITEMS TWO AND ITEMS THREE.HOLD THEM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR ITEM TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 10 22 AND ITEM THREE, CASE 21 22 77, 15 TIME DRIVE 8, 10 22 77, 15 DOM DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 2122.
THESE LOCATED NORTH EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THUMB DRIVE AND DALLAS DRIVE CONSTANTLY DISTRICT SIX, DONALD JR.
THE APPLICANT IS CHARLOTTE WALL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM INDUSTRIAL TO APPOINTMENT CENTER PHASE 2122.
THE EXISTING SONY IS HEAVY IN THOSE TRUCKS AND TWO REQUESTED ZONING, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE AGENCY.
ONE, THE PROPOSED USE IS A RECEPTION HALL, A 10 22 77 15 DON DRIVE, RELATED TO CASE 2122 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUESTS MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED MAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS, MICHELIN MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
IT'S A PLEASURE TALKING TO YOU ALL.
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APPLICANT.I SERVE ON SEVERAL ON ONE FIVE BOB AND DRIVE.
AND UM, I HOPE THAT I DO GET AN APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL ALL THIS BUSINESS, BUT MINE IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S MY STATEMENT THAT UNLESS I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CORE THAT IS IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK THAT'S FOR JOSEPH WILLPOWER COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR EMOTIONS WITH THESE TWO ITEMS. MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN ROUTE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 4 & 5]
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE ALSO TAKEN TOGETHER.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS. NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT 1122 IN CASE 22, 20 20, EXCUSE ME, CASE 22 22 73 21 ALBERTA DRIVE EI 11 22 73 21 ALBERTA DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 2222 LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF OUR BANNER DRIVE AND SILVER SITE DRIVE CONSTANT DISTRICT 12.
RACA THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM OFFICE TO COMMERCIAL.
THE ASSISTANCE ZONING IS TRANSITION B ONE REQUESTED SIGNING LIGHT COMMERCIAL DUE LLC TO THE PROPOSED USE SELF STORAGE, A 11 22 73 21 ALBERTA DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 2222 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUESTS MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES, DAVID, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. COMMISSIONER HILL MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[Items 7 - 9]
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER INSIDE THEM SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE.AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLAN AMENDMENT 1322 AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE 25 22 1 4 8 1 0 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE ITEM NUMBER NINE, SOUTHERN DIVISION 8 22 CEDAR GROVE TOWNHOMES JEFFERSON HIGHWAY RELATED TO CASES 25 22 AND AS A BUILDING TO THE PROPERTIES LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY WEST OF BERINGIA FOREMAN ROAD CONCEALED THESE THREE NINE HODSON.
THE APPLICANT IS MICKEY ROBERTSON.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD CASE 25 22.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO TOWNHOUSE, A 2.5 FOR THE PROPOSAL USED SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOMES AS EIGHT 20 TO SEE THAT GROWTH DOWN-HOME SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 148,000 HOME PRESIDENTIAL LORDS WITH FOUR COMMON AREA TRACKS ACCESS TO PRIMARY STREETS, 8 15 20 TO 1 48 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY RELATED TO CASES 25 22 AND AS A 22 STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF A PLAN AMENDMENT.
BASED UPON THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARING APPROPRIATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA.
STAFF ALSO CANNOT CERTIFY THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING WHILE IT CONFORMS TO THE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, THE REQUEST IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER
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OR USAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING ARE APPROVED, THANK YOU MR. MORON COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR PEERS OF REPRESENT THE APPLICANT BEFORE HE DENIED HER THREE SEPARATE ITEMS. THE FIRST AS YOU HEARD IS A REQUEST TO RESOUND FROM WORLD TO EIGHT TO FIVE, WHICH IS TOWNHOMES.
THE SECOND IS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE THIRD IS TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL FOR ME TONIGHT, AS I'M BEFORE YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO DENY THIS PROJECT, I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THE STAFF, THE STAFF, AND I'VE MET AND TALKED ABOUT IT WHILE THE STEP IS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL AND WHY WE THINK WE SHOULD ALSO GET APPROVAL FROM YOU AS A PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'D ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS COUNCILMAN HUDSON'S DISTRICT.
HE'S SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT WHATSOEVER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS VERY RARE.
IF YOU READ THE DEFINITION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN IN PARTICULAR FOR COMMISSIONER SCRIBES, WHO'S NEW TO THE COMMISSION, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN IS NOTHING BUT A VISION OF WHAT BATON ROUGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE UDC THAT HAS SPECIFIC REGULATIONS AND TELLS US EXACTLY WHAT CAN GO WITHIN A CERTAIN ZONING.
IT'S ACTUAL CATEGORIES THAT SAY WHAT SOMEONE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO OF WHAT BATON ROUGE WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHEN YOU READ RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, IT SAYS THAT IF YOU FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY AS A FUTURE LAND USE, IT WILL BE SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER MIX USES LIKE LIVE WORK UNITS.
IT'LL BE LESS THAN EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S THE CATEGORY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ASKING THEM TO GO INTO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH SAYS THAT IT'S ALSO SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL MITCH USE FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT GREATER THAN EIGHT UNITS.
AND UP TO 20 UNITS, OUR PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ONLY 6.8 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE THRESHOLD AND WHERE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE REASON AND MR. HOLCOMB CAN CORRECT ME.
IF I'M, IF I SAY THIS, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH.
BUT THE REASON THAT THE STAFF IS SAYING THAT COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE APPROPRIATE IS BECAUSE AS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT IT SAYS UNDER THE CATEGORY, IT LISTS TOWNHOMES UNDER COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT YOU CAN'T DO TOWNHOMES UNDER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT SIMPLY SAYS TOWNHOMES AS AN EXAMPLE IN COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLEAR CUT RULE OF WHERE YOU FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WORKS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE USE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WORKS, IF YOU LOOK AT TOWNHOME, IT DOESN'T REALLY TELL US.
AND BECAUSE COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS SAYS TOWNHOME THAT HAS, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE STAFF HAS SAID THAT WE DON'T COMPLY.
AND SO IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE YOU.
SO WE TRULY DO FIT WITHIN THE, AT LEAST THE SCOPE AND THE MEANING OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL.
USE A PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CERTAINLY VOTE AGAINST AN OVERTURN.
THEY'RE SIMPLY GIVING YOU THE READING OF WHAT THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE SAYS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD NO OPPOSITION.
WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM COUNCILMAN HUBS, HUDSON.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURT IN FAVOR THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NATHAN LEVI, GOOD EVENING.
I LIVE ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THIS PROJECT.
AND ALTHOUGH I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS DRAINAGE, UH, THAT, THAT STRETCH OF PROPERTY, DRAYS ALL DRAINS INTO A CLAY CUT BY YOU.
AND OVER THE YEARS, AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS OVER THE YEARS, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AND DEVELOPERS IN THAT AREA HAVE CLOSED UP THE DITCHES AND HAVE THE, AND THE CULVERTS HAVE BECOME BLOCKED SO MUCH SO THAT AS THE WATER DRAINS FROM MY PROPERTY TO CLICK ON BY YOU, IT STARTS TO BACK UP IN ANY AMOUNT OF RAIN.
SO MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT NEEDS TO HAVE A DRAINAGE COMPONENT IF YOU ALL APPROVE IT BECAUSE THE CULVERTS ARE BLOCKED, THE DITCHES ARE FILLED IN AND I CAN'T GET ANY DITCHES CUT, UH, CLEANED OUT.
THE LAST TIME WAS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND BEFORE THE BIG RAIN STARTED COMING, I'VE GOT EM AND IT'S REALLY BEEN DIFFICULT.
I HAVE TO USE PUMPS TO PUMP WATER OFF OF MY PROPERTY WHEN IT RAINS HARD BECAUSE THESE DITCHES BACK UP,
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BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT DRAIN PROPERLY.IF YOU WENT OUT THERE TODAY, WE HAD A VERY LIGHT RAIN, BUT THE DITCHES ARE AWFUL.
AND THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE SPEAKER CORES, UH, THAT ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK OUT, READ THOSE NAMES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN DANTON, K JOHNSON, ROSS, BRUCE, AND MICKEY AND MICKEY ROBERTSON.
WHILE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, SPEAKER COURSE OPPOSE, UH, THERE WAS, UH, A CONCERN, UH, THAT WAS LISTED AND I TO GIVE OFF OF AFRICANA A CHANCE TO ADDRESS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, JUST FOR PURPOSES, MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE RULES, BUT NOT EVERY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS DRAINAGE IN BATON ROUGE.
SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D ADDRESS EXACTLY WHAT THE CONCERN IS.
I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE EXISTING DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN THIS PARISH AND THERE'S PROBLEMS THAT ARE AWARE THAT CAN'T NECESSARILY BE FIXED.
BUT WHAT I CAN ASSURE YOU IS THAT UNDER THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES OFF OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY BEFORE WE DEVELOP IT IN ITS RAW FORM.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO ALSO MEASURE THE PEAK WATER FLOW OF IT COMING OFF THE PROPERTY AFTER DEVELOPMENT, AND WE CANNOT INCREASE THE WATER FLOW AND THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE REVIEWED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND THEY WILL NOT ONLY BE CERTIFIED BY OUR ENGINEER, BUT ALSO BY THE CITY'S ENGINEER TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE CORRECT.
SO THERE'S, THERE SHOULD BE NO RISKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE WATER FLOW.
THAT'S COMING OFF THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE ON HIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UH, BEFORE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS OUT AS DIRECTOR HOKA, UH, THE AFRICAN MENTION THAT HE DID SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOU AND YOU ALL DISCUSSED THE PLANNING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, WAS IT, DID HE PROVIDE, ARE RELATIVELY ACCURATE, UH, REASONING FOR THE PLANNING STAFF'S DENIAL? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT WAS AN ACCURATE SUMMARY OF, UH, OUR CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE.
IT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE THE PLAN CATEGORY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS IS THE FIRST PLACE THAT THAT BUILDING TYPE OR BUILDING FORM SHOWS UP.
UM, SO IT, IT NEEDS A COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION ON THE LAND USE PLAN.
WE SIMPLY COULD NOT CERTIFY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT IT MET ALL THE CRITERIA BASED ON ZONING.
UH, THIS IS STILL A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS VERY MUCH A LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UH, IT HAS A LOT OF THINGS GOING FORWARD.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SUBDIVISION STAND STANDS ON ITS OWN.
IT CERTAINLY NEEDS THE REZONING AND THE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
BUT THE SUBDIVISION MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSION MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FOR THESE ITEMS? COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE ITEMS, SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
[10. TA-2-22 Home Occupation and Home Office Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 9, Use Regulations and Chapter 19, Definitions to allow and define types of limited accessory uses within residential zoning districts. PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and ensuring regulatory processes are responsive, efficient, and customer friendly]
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, TEXT AMENDMENT 2 22, HOME OCCUPATION AND HOME OFFICE GAZE 26, 22, 9 40 IT'S HOME OCCUPATION AND HOME OFFICE.THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT TO REVISE CHAPTER NINE, USE AND CHAPTER 19 DEFINITIONS TO ALLOW AND DEFINE TYPES OF LIMITED ACCESSORY USES WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
YEAH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL BASED UPON CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ENSURING REGULATORY PROCEDURES, PROCESSES ARE RESPONSIVE, EFFICIENT, AND CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS SIDE.
ON THE SIDE OF THEM WAS, UH, SENT, SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LATE LAST YEAR AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCILMAN, NO, UM, STAFF RESEARCH TO DECIDE ON LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER CITIES WITHIN LOUISIANA, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION.
UH, THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, UH, AGAIN, DIRECTED BY COUNCIL WOULD, UH, CHANGE OUR CURRENT, UM, HOME, HOME, UH, OCCUPATION THAT WOULD BE RENAMED TO HOME OFFICE AND INTRODUCE A NEW HOME OCCUPATION, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE PERMITTED ON LARGER LOTS OUTSIDE OF RECORD, RECOGNIZED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS AND LIMITATIONS.
THIS ITEM WAS SENT TO THE FEDERATION, GAIL AND I BOTH HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.
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IT WAS ALSO SENT TO THE GROWTH COALITION.UH, BOTH THOSE GROUPS HAD NO OBJECTIONS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DID WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS ON THE SIDE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR EMOTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER HILL I MOVED TO, WE APPROVE MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED?
[11. TA-3-22 Coordination with Others - Baker Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 3, Processes to establish notification process with City of Baker PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and ensuring regulatory processes are responsive, efficient, and customer friendly]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, TEXT AMENDMENT 3 22 COORDINATION WITH OTHERS BAKER.THIS IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WAS INITIATED BY THIS BODY, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
AND THIS IS SIMPLY FORMAL NOTIFICATION SURROUNDING THE CITY OF BAKER.
IT LOOKS TO A MAN THAT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, REVISED CHAPTER THREE PROCESSES TO ESTABLISH FORMAL NOTIFICATION, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME THROUGH THIS BODY, UH, WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE AROUND THE BAKER JURISDICTION.
AND ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? YOU HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS ON THE SIDE.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOBAN, COMMISSION MEMBERS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR EMOTIONS FOR THE TIME? COMMISSIONER SQUATS, MOTION, EVERY MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM PERMISSION TO SCROGGS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? WE WILL
[14. Case 26-22 10940 South Havenpark Court To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (restaurant)(C-AB-1) on property located south of the intersection of South Havenpark Court and Havenpark Avenue, on a portion of Lot 8 of Havenpark Court Subdivision. Section 12, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 6 - Dunn Jr.) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 14, CASE 26 22 1 0 9 4 0 SOUTH HAVEN PARK COURT GAZE 26, 22 39 40 SOUTH HEAVEN COURT.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOME OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH HAVEN PARK COURT AND HAVE A PARK AVENUE CONSTANTLY DISTRICT SIX, DON JR.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO RESOLVE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 OFFICE THREE, PARKING B TWO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CA B ONE, THE PROPOSED USE RECEPTION HALL SERVING ALCOHOL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL CASE 26, 22 THING, NINE 40 SOUTH HEAVY UPON STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED FIVE MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THE SIDE COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, I WAS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
UM, I PURCHASED THIS BUILDING ON SOUTH HAVEN PARK COURT BACK IN DECEMBER.
UM, THE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY WAS A BEAUTY SALON AND AFTER RUNNING A FEW PROJECTIONS, WE REALIZED THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT TO BE A BEAUTY SALON ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS AND, UM, SOME OF THE INSTABILITY IN THE BEAUTY SALON BUSINESS.
SO TODAY WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS, UM, JUST KIND OF SHARING THREE APPS WITH YOU, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND, MY FOUNDATION, AND A FUTURE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS BUSINESS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M A CHRISTIAN PERSON.
MY FATHER WAS A MINISTER AND MY MOTHER WAS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, I WANTED TO START THIS BUSINESS FOR MY CHILDREN, SO I HAVE TWO CHILDREN JUST WANT TO PASS ON SOME TYPE OF LEGACY TO THEM.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY FOR 32 YEARS AND WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE AND MY KIDS ENJOY HOSTING EVENTS.
AND SO DO I, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS VENUE IS NOT TO HAVE A RESTAURANT OR A BAR OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST HAVE A SMALL RECEPTION TYPE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR SAY WINE AND CHEESE, IF WE DID, LET'S SAY A BOOK CLUB EVENT FOR LADIES AND WE HAD MAYBE 20 LADIES THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, IF SOMEONE IS READING AN EXCERPT FROM A BOOK AND WE WANTED TO HAVE WINE AND CHEESE, WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT AT THIS VENUE UNLESS IT WAS CHANGED OVER.
SO I'VE TALKED TO, UM, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, SHERWOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS, AND EXPLAIN TO HER WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, BUT THIS IS NOT, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
UM, A LOT OF, UH, CARS THERE, OR A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UPSCALE EVENT FOR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GONNA HOST.
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UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS ON SUNDAYS, WE MAY DECIDE TO HAVE A SUNDAY BRUNCH WHERE WE INVITE, UM, I'M A PROMINENT MEMBER OF MY CHURCH AND ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR MY CHURCH.SO AFTER CHURCH, A LOT OF US GO TO THE AREA, RESTAURANTS IN BATON ROUGE, THEY EAT AND DINE, BUT IF WE WANT TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE LIKE A MIMOSA WITH LUNCH AND THEY CAN'T HAVE IT, UNLESS WE SWITCH OVER TO THIS TYPE OF MENU.
UM, THE OTHER F I WANT TO SHARE IS FOUNDATION.
AND AS I MENTIONED, I'M A BANKER CURRENTLY, UM, I'VE COUNSELED OVER A HUNDRED BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS TO HELP THEM, UM, ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE NOW IT'S MY TURN.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, WHICH MAKES ME PRETTY GOOD AT BEING AN EXPERT IN TERMS OF COUNSELING THEM AND MY KIDS.
UM, I HAVE ONE WHO'S A GRADUATE OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND MY DAUGHTER WILL BE GRADUATING IN MAY FROM SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
SO BOTH OF THEM REALIZE THAT A PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT ONLY WORKING FOR A COMPANY, BUT THEY HAVE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TOO, AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, UM, ON THE SIDE JUST TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME.
SO I FEEL THAT ANYONE WHO ASPIRES TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF HELPING FOR RETIREMENT.
UM, THE LAST F I WANT TO SHARE IS ABOUT FUTURE.
SO I'M VERY COMMUNITY MINDED, UM, WATCHING MY PARENTS, UM, WE'LL BE IN, IN THE SECTOR THAT THEY WERE IN.
UM, IT WAS A BLESSING IN MY LIFE AND I PERSONALLY VOLUNTEER OVER A HUNDRED HOURS A YEAR IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND MY CHILDREN ALSO VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OR ANYTHING, ANY TYPE OF PROFIT THAT WE MAKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN BACK TO TRY TO HELP ERADICATE CHILDHOOD HUNGER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE INITIATIVE CALLED NO KID HUNGER.
UM, AND THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO TRY TO ERADICATE CHILD WHO HAD HUNGER.
SO WE'LL BE GIVING A PORTION OF OUR PROCEEDS.
SO THE WAY, UM, THE CUL-DE-SAC IS DIVIDED, THERE IS NO STREETS THAT ACTUALLY RUN INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF THE SHERWOOD COMMUNITY.
UM, I, MYSELF, I'M ALSO ON THE MONTICELLO CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE.
SO I SHARED THAT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHERWOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT I'M VERY AWARE OF CRIME STATISTICS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF BATON ROUGE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO FOOD TRUCKS.
SO THESE, THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER AVENUE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT IF THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH US, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DONATE FOOD TO CHILDREN.
UM, AND SOME OF OUR LOW POVERTY STRICKEN NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
SO AGAIN, WHERE THE BUILDING IS LOCATED, I DO NOT FEEL THAT CHANGING THE ZONING TO ALLOW FOR SOME TYPE OF WINE VENUE IS GOING TO AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANY WAY.
WE WILL HAVE A SIX FOOT FENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I ASSOCIATED WITH ARE ALSO PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE WILL HAVE MARRIAGE COUNSELING GOING ON.
WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENT THE BUILDING OUT DURING THE DAY FOR MEETINGS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ASSET TO OUR BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A SPEED RECORD IN FAVOR, UH, FROM, FROM LIONEL LI OKAY.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S, UH, HE'S PRESENT.
WELL, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK, OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION.
OUR FIRST CARD IS FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S GARY PAT ROAD, PATURA ROAD PEDAL.
HOPEFULLY I HIT WITH ONE OF THOSE GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONING.
I LIVE AT 171 SANDRINGHAM IN SHOW AT FOREST.
I'M NOT THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO SPEAK FIRST.
UH, OUR, OUR, OUR PRESIDENT DEBORAH SEMINO IS HERE.
SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHOWED FOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF SHE SPOKE FIRST AND THEN OUR FOLLOW UP, IF THAT'S FINE.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF SHERWOOD FOREST CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, AND I REPRESENT 3,200 HOMES.
UM, WE ARE OPPOSING THIS REZONING BASED, UH, PRIMARILY ON THE FACT THAT THIS PREVIOUSLY WAS A HAIR SALON,
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A VERY QUIET HAIR SALON, AND IT IS ANY SMALL BUILDING, 1800 SQUARE FEET.SO YOU CAN NOT HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE, UM, BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND, OR EXCUSE ME, THE BUSINESS.
YOU'VE GOT A PARKING LOT, WHICH IS ABOUT 75 FEET.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE BACKYARD OF THE HOMES ON ROBIN HOOD.
UM, PREVIOUSLY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, THEY'VE HAD VERY QUIET NEIGHBORS FROM THESE BUSINESSES.
IT'S A RECEPTION HALL, IT'S A PARTY.
AND IF YOU HAVE A SMALL BUILDING, THEN OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FLOW OUT.
NOW I DID CALL MS. LEE AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT PROFIT BOILS.
OKAY, WELL NOW ON THE WEEKENDS, YOU'VE GOT CRAWFISH BOILS.
UM, THEY'RE LOUD, IT'S LOUD MUSIC.
AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD, UH, ALCOHOL TO THE MIX, I THINK IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE TO BE NEXT, OUR A ONE HOMES.
UM, SECONDLY, UM, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THE LOUD MUSIC.
YOU'VE GOT THE TALKING, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU REZONE THIS, IT'S RESEWN FOREVER.
SO MS. LEE SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS, BUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD LIKE THAT.
AND THAT ZONING STAYS, UM, TO WHERE IT CAN HAVE ALCOHOL.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE PARTIES ALL NIGHT LONG IF THEY WANT IT TO, YOU'VE GOT LIGHTING ISSUES, YOU'VE GOT MUSIC ISSUES.
AND THEN BESIDE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS A VACANT LAND.
SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN HAVE TENTS OVER HERE IN THE PARKING LOT.
I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY LOUD, LOUD MUSIC.
UM, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO BUY THEIR HOUSE THERE.
WE'VE GOT ONE LADY WHO JUST MOVED AT THE ONE WHO BUTTS UP TO THE PARKING LOT AND SHE JUST BOUGHT HER HOUSE SIX MONTHS AGO.
SHE SAYS IF I HAD KNOWN THEY WERE ABOUT TO HAVE PARTIES WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE.
SO THAT IS WHY WE OPPOSE PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT STAYS REZONED FOREVER.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR TERM AS THE POWDER ROOM.
WE SORT OF HAVE AN ORDER, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE SPEAKING SO THAT WE WOULDN'T DUPLICATE OUR COMMENTS.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO IN THAT ORDER CHANGE? UH, I, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S ALPHAS ON THAT ORDER, BUT, UH, YEAH.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, I INTRODUCED MYSELF EARLIER ON GARY PERO I HAVE NOT EVER SPOKEN TO MRS. LEE.
UH, SHE JUST SOUNDED LIKE A WONDERFUL PERSON.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN INVESTMENT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR MRS. LEE.
UH, AND, UH, AND IT DOES BACK UP TO NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AND THERE'S NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, BUT, UH, A CLUB THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED THE X BIO CLUB THAT'S ON AT 1, 1 6, 9 0, UM, FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
IT BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND WE'VE HAD NOTHING ABOUT THE WAY I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF THE SHERWOOD FORCE CRIME DISTRICT.
I'M ON THE COMMISSION FROM DISTRICT COMMISSION NOW.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE INSTANCES OF CRIME ISSUES AND ALCOHOL THAT BACK UP TO, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO AT THE EXPO CLUBS, JUST THIS COMING WEEKEND, IT'S GOING TO BE A BEACH PARTY, UH, A BIKINI BEACH PARTY LAST WEEKEND.
IT WAS A STRIP PARTY, A STRIPPERS THAT WERE CAME IN.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
THAT IS NOT DEALING WITH MRS. LEE, BUT THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE, ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S ZONED ALCOHOL, THAT BACKS UP TO IT.
THIS IS LATE MAY OWN THIS PROPERTY FOR SIX MONTHS.
YOU MAY ONLY FOR SIX YEARS, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IT HAS A VERY SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, IT'S NEXT TO VERNON'S HARDWARE.
AND, UM, UH, INSIDE THE BILLS, UH, INSIDE THE LITTLE AREA, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE NOT HEAVY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUSINESSES LIKE, UM, A HAIR SALON AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, IT, OUR CONCERN IS THE NOISE.
AS, AS, UH, THE CRIME DISTRICT COMMISSION, WE'RE DEALING CONSTANTLY WITH THE WASTE ISSUES.
UH, AS MRS. SAMINO JUST TALKED ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTY, YOU HAVE A PARTY OUTSIDE.
TYPICALLY YOU HAVE MUSIC, WHETHER IT'S CHURCH MUSIC, OR WHETHER IT'S, IT'S NOT CHURCH MUSIC, YOU
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HAVE MUSIC THAT THE NEIGHBORS DO HERE.WE ADD ABSOLUTELY HAVE MORE CURRENT RELATED TO, UH, THE AREA AROUND THE X BIO AND ALL ALCOHOLIC, UM, VENUES ON FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
UM, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ON SORT OF BOULEVARD.
THE FOURTH F WAS FOR, UH, MRS. LEE F WAS FOR HER FUTURE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO WE'VE ASKED YOU TO OPPOSE THE ZONING LIKE IT.
UH, JAMES GRAY AT 1 25, 3 OH MANOR WOULD DRIVE BATON ROUGE.
UM, MANY OF THE CONCERNS AND REASONS FOR MY OPPOSITION TO THIS FREE ZONING HAVE ALREADY BEEN COVERED, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THAT HAVE NOT.
THERE ARE 56 RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT COULD BE EFFECTED BY THIS REZONING.
THERE ARE IN ROBINHOOD DRIVE, CHAPEL V COHORT WAIVER, THEN DRIVE AND ROBINDALE CIRCLE ALCOHOL BEING SERVED AND AVAILABLE IN A CELEBRATION PARTYING ATMOSPHERE.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO AN 81 FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
NO ONE IS GENERATED BY EITHER LOUD MUSIC OR BANDS PLAYING OUTSIDE MEDIUM TO LARGE GROUPS.
BEING OUTSIDE WILL COMPROMISE HOMEOWNER QUALITY OF LIFE.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE BUSINESSES LOCATED IN OR NEAR THIS CULDESAC.
SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH VERNON'S HARDWARE, SHARON WILLIAMS PAINT STORE, THE INNER PARISH SECURITY CORPORATION BY YOUR STREET, CROWN AND BRIDGE LAB COOPERATING FAA ROOFING.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO NOT VOTE TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY.
ARE YOU ALL DONE WITH THE ORDER? I'M SORRY.
MY ADDRESS IS 147 8 CHARITON DRIVE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE SHERWOOD FOREST CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M AN OPPOSITION FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN, UM, ABOUT THE SMELL OF THE HOMES ON ROBINHOOD BACK IMMEDIATELY UP TO THIS PROPERTY.
THE BACKYARD OF THE HOMES ARE RIGHT BEHIND, UM, THIS BUSINESS.
AND MR. PAT EARL HAS MENTIONED THE X BIO CLUB A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE APPEARED BEFORE THE ABC BOARD, WHEN THEY WERE SEEKING A LIQUOR LICENSE.
THIS IS BACKS RIGHT UP TO ARCHERY.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE OPPOSED IT DOWN A SPLIT VOTE.
THEY ISSUED THE LIQUOR LICENSE AND THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS THERE.
THERE WERE PROBLEMS THERE BEFORE FROM NOISE OR PROBLEMS WITH NOISE.
UH, IT IS A PROBLEM WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING AN ESTABLISHMENT LIKE THIS IMMEDIATELY BEHIND HOMES AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
UH, I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. PATTER ROSE SAID THE, UM, MISS LEE'S, UM, UM, PLANS SEEM ADMIRABLE, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT CAN'T BE LOCATED AT A SECOND IN SOME LOCATION WHERE IT'S NOT BACKING UP TO A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
SO FOR THAT REASON WE OPPOSES.
OUR LAST SPEAKER CORD, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AS FOR KATHLEEN BECKHOFF GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS KATHLEEN BOW HOFF, AND I LIVE AT 1, 1 4 7 8 SHERATON DRIVE.
UM, I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE MANY OF MY POINTS HAVE
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BEEN ALREADY BEEN STATED, BUT I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SHERWOOD FOREST FOR 42 YEARS, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A WONDERFUL DIVERSIFIED NEIGHBORHOOD.AND, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OFTEN MAKES THE SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.
AND, UM, I DO NOT QUESTION MISS LEE'S INTENTIONS, BUT I DO WORRY ABOUT WHAT COULD BECOME OF THIS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, NOISE LIGHTS, DRINKING, DRIVING IS A PROBLEM AND IS A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD I BELIEVE, POSSIBLY IN THE STATE.
SO WE ARE THE, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ESPOUSES TO BE.
WE ARE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE ARE A PROUD NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS.
AND I HAVE PERSONALLY SPOKEN TO THE NEIGHBORS.
THERE IS NO STREET THAT LEADS INTO OUR SUBDIVISION, BUT HER PLACE OF BUSINESS IS IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
SO, UM, I DO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS REZONING.
WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS WHO WERE OPPOSED, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
THOSE ARE FOR JACKIE GRAY AND SUE LARISEY AT THIS TIME.
I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW AS MUCH OF A REBUTTAL.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS FEEL, UM, BUT THIS IS NOT AN INVESTMENT.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I PURCHASE LIGHTLY THAT I PLAN TO SELL IN SIX MONTHS.
UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN UPSCALE EVENT.
UM, I'M SURE EVERY NEIGHBOR IN BATON ROUGE IS CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME JUST AS I AM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE CAN'T SAY THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I DO KNOW I'M GOING TO BE VERY ACTIVE AND, UM, VETTING AND WATCHING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUSINESS VENTURE, BECAUSE MY NAME IS A PART OF THIS.
AND AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
I ACTUALLY ATTENDED LSU AND GRADUATED FROM LSU.
SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LOUD MUSIC.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THIS BUSINESS, UM, AND SPILLING OVER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THERE IS, THERE'S NOT MANY PLACES HERE IN BATON ROUGE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE WINE AND CHEESE, THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IN AN UPSCALE AREA OF TOWN.
SO THIS BUILDING WAS NOT PURCHASED, UM, FOR ANYONE TO COME AND, UM, HAVE THE NEIGHBORS FEEL THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A THREAT, UM, IN TERMS OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR HOMES BEING BROKEN INTO, UM, JUST AS IN MY COMMUNITY, I WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY AND WANT TO TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNER.
UM, I WANT US TO HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
UM, IF THEY FEEL THAT ANYTHING IS NOT IN LINE, UM, I WELCOME MS. DEBRA.
SHE HAS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AND I HAVE HERS AND WE'VE SAVED EACH OTHER'S NUMBERS IN THE PHONE, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OF THE BATON ROUGE POLICE OFFICERS, AS WELL AS, UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
SO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT AND WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THERE FOR SECURITY, AND THAT'S FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE EVENT, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ANYTHING.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE UPSCALE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING NICE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO HOLD ON, UM, FOR MY FUTURE AND FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, MY RETIREMENT PURPOSES.
SO WHEN I RETIRED FROM THE BANKING COMMUNITY, I WILL BE, UM, AT THIS BUSINESS ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, I WILL HAVE A CONSULTING BUSINESS AND I'LL BE WORKING THERE DURING THE DAY.
AND AT NIGHT, IF WE HAVE ANY EVENT, I WILL BE SUPERVISING THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND WE'RE ONLY CHANGING THE ZONE AND NOT TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF EXCESSIVE, MIXED DRINKS, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING, UM, LIKE WINE TASTING EVENTS.
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CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS VENUE, IF THE ZONING IS NOT ZONED FOR IT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY DECENT AND IN ORDER.AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, VICE CHAIRMAN MCGRAW, MR. PATTERSON, YOU MENTIONED A VENUE CALLED X BIO.
UH, IS THAT CAV ONE OR TWO? UH, I THINK CBT, WHICH IS CAV TWO, WHICH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THIS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS SINCE YOU BROUGHT ME BACK UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MRS.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
MA'AM DID SHE EVER MISS SLEEP? CAN YOU COME BACK UP FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? I SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE OF THEM IS, IS THAT I HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY BEING VACANT NEXT TO YOU, BUT DO YOU OWN THAT PROPERTY? THE VACANT LOT.
YOU OWN THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
THAT IS NOT A PART OF THIS SO-CALLED REZONING.
UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE STREETSCAPE AND I'M TRYING, I WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WITH STAFF BECAUSE OUR, OUR PITCHERS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FUZZY OF IT'S A LOT OF VACANCY, THE SOUTH HAVEN PARK COURT AND THE HAVEN PARK DRIVE.
WHAT IS THE BUILDING THAT LOOKS TO BE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE ROOF LINE.
SO I CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT IT IS.
WHAT IS THE BUILDING THAT'S FACING SOUTH HAVEN PARK COURT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'D BE IN CHURCH.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT BUILDING? NAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, UM, IT WAS A FORMER CHURCH, UM, BEFORE IT BECAME A BEAUTY SALON THAT I KNOW OF THE OWNER.
UM, SHE USED IT AS A BEAUTY SALON, SO THERE'S ONLY FOUR BUSINESSES IN THE COL-DE-SAC, UM, TO THE FAR LEFT, UH, WOULD BE A SECURITY BUSINESS.
AND THE NEXT DOOR IS A BEAUTY SALON, UM, THAT THE PERSON IS RENTING AND ACROSS THE STREET IS A DENTAL OFFICE.
CAUSE I SEE CARS PARKED ON THE SIDE ON BOTH SIDES, A LOT FOR AND AS WELL AS LOT TOO.
AND I WAS TRYING TO GET A VISUAL THAT YOU'RE ON LOT EIGHT ACCIDENT FOR THE REZONE.
AND THEN I SEE THE PROPERTY LINES, RED MARK NARK THERE BEHIND YOU CAUSE 1800 SQUARE FEET IS DON'T, DON'T SEEM TO BE VERY LARGE.
I MEAN, IT'S GOOD FOR A SMALL VENUE FOR SOMETHING VERY SMALL BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NOISE THAT CAN BE CREATED AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN, BUT IT SEEMS THAT'D BE MOST OF THE STUFF AROUND IT, THIS COMMERCIAL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN HERE.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO ENTER THE CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH IS COMING FROM THE SIDE STREET TO FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
SO THE CONCERNS ARE, FROM YOUR OPINION OUT WHEN THE CONCERNS ARE THE 81 IS ON THE BACK ON ANOTHER STREET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE MOST OF THIS ON THE FRONT SIDE AND MOST OF THIS ON BOTH SIDES OF IT SEEMED TO BE COMMERCIAL
UH, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE BEHIND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DENTAL OFFICE.
I JUST WANTED TO GET AN IPL THAT BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE DID THIS PROPERTY.
CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME A BIG PARKING LOT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THAT PARKING ON THE STREET ON SOUTH HAVEN BECAUSE SEE A LOT OF, YES, THERE'S SEVERAL SPACES IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH ALL OF THE OWNERS HAD PARKING BEHIND THEIR BUILDING AS WELL.
SO FOR THE SALON YOU WOULD ENTER FROM THE BACK, THAT WAS ACTUALLY HER WAITING AREA.
SO THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO ENTER FROM THE FRONT, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PULL INTO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND PARK AND ENTER FROM THE BACK.
SO THERE WAS ABOUT MAYBE EIGHT SPACES IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, BUT PARKING.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, COMMISSIONS, ANY MOTIONS AS A QUESTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN, UH, LOOK LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THE PICTURES ONLINE OF WHAT I WENT AND DROVE, DROVE BY YESTERDAY.
DID SEEM TO BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT OR MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT IT INCORRECTLY.
HAVE YOU DONE RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING RECENTLY? UM, NO SIR.
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YET.IT WAS VERY MINIMAL RENOVATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
YOU DO REPAINTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR.
NOT AS OF YET, WE WOULD LIKE TO PAINT IT POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT COLOR, MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE LIGHTER.
COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, UH, COMMISSIONER STAIRWAY, EXCUSE ME.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? YEAH, I AM GOING TO, I AM GOING TO OBJECT TO THIS, NOT BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU WERE DOING IS I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADMIRABLE.
MY CONCERN IS, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE CAV ONE.
UH, THIS DOES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOUR BUSINESS FAILS, THE CAV ONE STAYS, SO IT DOESN'T DISAPPEAR.
IF WE, IF YOUR VENUE DOESN'T WORK, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.
WE ALREADY HAD A B ONE AT THIS WE'RE RIGHT UP ON FLORIDA.
I REALLY HAVE FAR LESS OF A PROBLEM WITH, BECAUSE THERE'S A BUTTS, A UH, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, UM, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE DIRECTLY IN THE MINORITY.
I KNOW, BUT I AM GOING TO, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL TO YOU.
I JUST THINK THAT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS A LITTLE CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I AM GOING TO, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.
THERE'S ONE OBJECTION FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER OBJECTION FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS AND I'M GOING TO BE, UM, I'M GOING TO ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST AGAIN, LIKE VICE CHAIRMAN GROUDON, UH, THAT YOU DO SEEM TO HAVE VERY GOOD INTENTIONS AND, AND, UH, HAVE THOUGHT OUT CERTAINLY, UH, YOUR VISION FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE.
AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT ALLEVIATES THE VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, UH, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THE PROXIMITY TO, UH, THE WAY THE, WHERE YOUR BUSINESS IS LOCATED, WENT BACK UP INTO THOSE AREAS.
AND AGAIN, NO BUSINESS OWNER THAT I'VE EVER MET, OPENS A BUSINESS WITH THE INTENT FOR IT TO FAIL, YOU KNOW, BUT THINGS HAPPEN AND THINGS DON'T GO OUR WAY.
AND THEN THIS, UH, YOU GOT TO REALIZE I'M A BANKER TOO, THOUGH, THIS BUSINESS LACK ON FAIL.
LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 32 YEARS.
PLEASE LET ME, LET ME, LET ME SPEAK.
AND SO, UH, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THINGS DO HAPPEN AND THAT'S THE ONLY WITH STAIRS.
SO FOR THAT REASON, UH, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER, ANOTHER PERSON CAN COME IN AND USE THAT ZONE AND WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.
CAN, CAN COME IN AND DO THAT SAME ZONING AND NOT HAVE AND HAVE A VERY, UH, UH, ANOTHER VISION THAT'S QUITE DISSIMILAR TO YOUR OWN.
SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE MANY, UH, NOTED ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS, BUT WE WILL DO A ROLL CALL.
I'LL ASK THE DIRECTOR, POKE HIM TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME.
AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM 14, CASE 26 22 1 0 9 4 0 SOUTH HAVEN PARK CHORD.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER STERLING, SECONDED BY JAMIE L UNDER, UH, TO APPROVE.
WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE STARTING WITH CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONER HILL, COMMISSIONER HILL, NO COMMISSIONER.
SCROGGS NO COMMISSIONER STERLING.
THAT MOTION FAILS IF THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES AND FOUR VOTES IN OPPOSITION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, IF MS. LEE STILL AVAILABLE THAT BECAUSE OF THE VOTE TO DENY THIS ITEM WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, IT WILL GO ON TO THE COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH WHO'D YOU MAY WANT TO, UH, CERTAINLY OPEN SOME DIALOGUE TO PART TWO TO IT, UH, GOING ON TO COUNCIL COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[15. PUD-3-13 Guerilla Warfare Paintball (formerly 13th Gate Park), Concept Plan Revision Revise outdoor commercial recreation use on property located on the east side of Joor Road, south of Mickens Road, on a portion of an undesignated 74.64 acre tract of the remainder of the A. LeBlanc Property. Section 47, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 5 - Hurst) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request 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]
THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 15 AT THREE 13 GUERRILLA WARFARE PAINTBALL, FORMALLY 13TH GATE PARK CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, MARINA WARFARE PAINFUL FOUR MARIE 13 GATE PARK CONCEPT PLAN PROVISION.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF JORDAN ROAD, SOUTH OF MEAKINS ROAD, CONSTANTLY TO FIVE COURTS.
THE AFRICANIST JUSTIN KING, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THREE 13 GUERRILLA WARFARE PAINFUL FOR LEARNING 13 GATE PARK CONCEPT, PLANNED PROBATION
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STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANE TO DEVELOPMENT.BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED THREE MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES GETTING GOOD EVENING.
I'M THE, UH, APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING AND UPON THE, UH, THE PROJECT, UM, THIS PUD THREE 13 HAS, UH, IT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BACK, UH, FOR THE 13TH GATE PARK.
THIS IS JUST A REVISION TO THAT.
THE ONLY CHANGES FOR THE PROJECT IS THE LEAST IT'S LESS PARKING, LESS INVASIVE FOR THE LAND ITSELF.
THE RECREATIONAL OUTDOOR, UM, PEOPLE PLACE IS GOING TO NOT IMPACT THE, THE, THE, THE TERRAIN, THE LAND ITSELF.
UM, IT'S GOING TO REMAIN AS IS THERE WILL BE MINOR WITHIN THE WOODED AREAS, MINOR UNDER BRUSH CLEANING, UM, OR THE APPLICANT TO HAVE HIS PAINFUL WAR WITHIN THE WOODS, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE BASEBALL FIELDS THAT ARE EXISTING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE, UM, UH, DISTURBANCE THERE'S GOING TO BE NO DISTURBANCE USING THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS EXISTING SIGNS ON THE SITE.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE, JUST OF, UH, THE PUD FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN.
IT WAS IN FAVOR, BUT IT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE ONE MORE CARD IS IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER GROUT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
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MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN TAKE UP THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. THESE CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER ITEMS 21 AND 22.ITEM ITEMS, NUMBER 21 AND 22 CUP EIGHT, 10 ST.
JOSEPH'S ACADEMY OFFICE AND ADDITIONAL PARKING CALL 18 SAN JOSEPH ACADEMY OFFICE AND ADDITIONAL PARKING.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH SIDE OF BUSARA STREET, EAST OF ARLINGTON AVENUE, CONSTANT DISTRICT SEVEN, COLON.
THE APPLICANT HAS SIGNED JOSEPH ACADEMY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED AN OFFICE AND ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
THE SAME NATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD 18 SAN JOSEPH ACADEMY OFFICE AND ADDITIONAL PARKING COP EIGHT 10 SAN JOSEPH'S ACADEMY.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OR
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
USE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON HIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD COP EIGHT, 10 SAN JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, ADDITIONAL PARKING STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UDC REQUIREMENTS, PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE AS RECEIVED 30 MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION AND A PETITION SIGNED BY 164 SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED 349 MESSAGE MESSAGES IN SUPPORT OF THESE TWO ITEMS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
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PRESIDENT ST.JOSEPH ACADEMY AND A 1969 GRADUATE.
I AM BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS. NUMBER 21 AND 22 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT EIGHT 10 FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY SJA.
SJA HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH CONTINUOUS GROWTH OVER THE PAST 153 YEARS.
THIS GROWTH IS DRIVEN BY OUR MISSION AND OUR DESIRE TO PROVIDE THE GIFT OF A CATHOLIC EDUCATION TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF BATON ROUGE WITH GROWTH COMES THE CHALLENGE OF SAFELY PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG WOMEN IS UP THE UTMOST PRIORITY FOR US.
FOR YEARS, WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL PARKING OPTIONS AROUND CAMPUS.
WE HAVE PURCHASED AND ACQUIRED PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO CAMPUS AND ADDED PARKING SPACES WHILE MAINTAINING THE ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF SJA AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
TODAY, WE STAND STRONG ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG WOMEN TO BE ACHIEVED BY MOVING STUDENT DRIVERS TO SELF-CONTAINED ON CAMPUS.
PARKING LOTS, THE CREATION OF PARKING LOTS ON SJS OWNED PROPERTY ON BROUSSARD STREET FOR OUR FACULTY WILL FREE UP CAMPUS PARKING SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THIS IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, A SAFETY ISSUE.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE PARKING ON CAMPUS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF GIRLS WHO PARK OFF CAMPUS, AND THEN WALK ACROSS THE BUSY BROUSSARD KLEINER AND PARKER STREETS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE CURRENTLY LEASE 74 PARKING SPACES FOR STUDENT USE FROM THE SYNAGOGUE ON PARKER.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE SYNAGOGUE WILL SOON BEGIN AN EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH WILL ADD EVEN MORE TRAFFIC TO PARKER.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE UNSURE OF HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE TO US.
RENTING PARKING SPACES ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS PUTS US IN A VOLATILE SITUATION WHICH COULD CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT.
NUMBER ONE, WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE STUDENTS' SAFETY AND REDUCE THE RISK INHERENT IN CROSSING BUSY STREETS ON FOOT.
NUMBER TWO, WE MUST TAKE CONTROL OF THE PARKING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US.
WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH OF THESE GOALS BY MOVING OUR GIRLS INTO SAFE ON CAMPUS.
PARKING LOTS BY UTILIZING PROPERTY THAT WE, UM, FOR FACULTY PARKING, WE HAVE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND FREELY SHARE THE CUP PLANS.
WE BLESSED THEM TO THEIR CONCERNS, ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS ALL QUESTIONS AND EXPLORE THEIR SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES.
A LITTLE LATER YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR FACILITY DIRECTOR, SUSIE ADLER, WHO WILL SHARE OUR PLANS DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROPERTY ON BRUCE ART IS CONSISTENT WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AS A CONDITIONAL USE, THEREFORE ST.
JOSEPH ACADEMY REQUESTS THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVE.
I REQUEST FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT OF OUR PROPERTY FOR FACULTY PARKING AND FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUNG WOMEN.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, UM, THIS WAS SHANE MORRISON, OUR CHAIRMAN OF OUR SJA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
MA'AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT AND FOR THE TIME THROUGHOUT ST.
JOSEPH'S 80 YEAR RESIDENCY AND THE CURRENT CAMPUS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMPLIANCE WITH LANDSCAPE ORDINANCES, INDEED, BECAUSE OF OUR TIME HONORED PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY BEST JAY WAS DESIGNATED AS BATON ROUGE IS FIRST LOCAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK BY THE METRO COUNCIL.
WE PREDATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT OUR PRESIDENTS ACTUALLY ENHANCES THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY.
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SGA BOARD.
I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT PARKING HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
FOR MANY YEARS, WE'VE DONE TRAFFIC STUDIES CAREFULLY LOOKED AT CURRENT SPACES ON CAMPUS PROJECTED FUTURE NEEDS BASED ON FORECAST ENROLLMENT.
AND WHEN WE ADDED NEW BUILDINGS, WE'LL REASSESSED OUR PARKING NEEDS AND ADDED SPACES WHEREVER WE COULD TO ECHO WHAT MS. BRAIN STATED THE OVERRIDING CONCERN.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS THE SAFETY OF OUR GIRLS.
WE HAVE ADDED 24 HOUR SECURITY CAMERAS TO THE EXTERIORS OF ALL BUILDINGS WHO HAVE A SECURITY GUARD ON CAMPUS.
FIVE DAYS A WEEK FROM THE HOURS OF 9:30 AM TO 5:30 PM.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING A SAFE ON CAMPUS.
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AS A BOARD MEMBER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I SAY THAT AS A PARENT, I JOINED TOGETHER WITH OUR ACADEMY COMMUNITY OF 1,121 STUDENTS AND 2000 PLUS PARENTS TO EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO ELIMINATE STREET PARKING FOR OUR GIRLS, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY FOR FACULTY, STAFF, PARKING LOTS ON BRUCE ART STREET, PROPERTY OWNED BY THE SISTERS OF ST.JOSEPH'S IS THE BEST POSSIBLE RESOLUTION I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, SUSIE ADLER.
MY NAME IS SUSIE TUBES ADLER, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES FOR ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY.
IT WAS THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENTS JOB TO DO THE DEEP DIVE AND GET INTO THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THIS PARKING AND WHAT WE NEEDED.
ON AVERAGE, WE PARK 83% OF OUR JUNIOR AND SENIOR ONLY POPULATION, INCLUDING OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, YOU RECEIVED PHOTOGRAPHS OF STUDENTS CROSSING.
WE HAVE BUSY STREETS AND OUR NEIGHBORS WILL TELL YOU WITH THE ROAD DIET THAT OCCURRED GOVERNMENT STREET, OUR ARTERIES HAVE BECOME EVEN BUSIER.
IF YOU COULD SEE THE LIVE SHOTS ON THE CELL PHONES, TAKE HIM, THESE OF GIRLS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREETS, DISTRACTED.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? HOW DO WE PUT MORE GIRLS ON THE STREETS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR NEW PROJECT? SO MY FIRST TASK WAS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CURRENT CAMPUS.
YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR EXHIBIT ONE.
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THE 10 CURRENT BUILDINGS ON OUR PROPERTY.
IT SHOWS THE 10 PARKING LOTS ON OUR PROPERTY.
IT SHOWS FIVE OUTDOOR SPACES AND THOSE OUTDOOR SPACES ARE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
AND FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE USED SPACES.
IT ALSO SHOWS YOU IN THE LOWER PORTION, THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22, THE THREE LOTS SOUTH OR BRUCE ART.
IT ALSO SHOWS YOU AGENDA ITEM 21.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21.
WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU ON THE TOP, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THIS AT YOUR PLACE AS EXHIBIT NUMBER TWO, THE TOP SHOWS YOU THE CURRENT EXISTING SITE.
IT SHOWS YOU ON THE LEFT OF CURRENT FACULTY PARKING, YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT EXISTING FACULTY PARKING, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MIRROR AND ENHANCED IN THIS NEXT ROUND OF CONSTRUCTION.
WE ALSO HAVE ON THE RIGHT A HOME THAT IS CURRENTLY A RESIDENCE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS A RESIDENCE.
ANY AGENDA ITEM 21 OR 22, AND BUILDING A NEW OFFICE.
WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WE PROPOSE TO CREATE 28 ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT IS AGENDA ITEM 21 AGENDA ITEM 22.
WE HAVE TO EXHIBIT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE.
THIS IS NEW FACULTY PARKING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THREE OF OUR MAJOR BUILDINGS.
THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE, EXCUSE ME.
THIS PARKING WILL GIVE US 44 NEW FACULTY, ONLY PARKING SPACES.
THIS WILL HELP US TO ELIMINATE THE GIRLS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREETS EITHER EARLY MORNING, TRYING TO GET TO CLASS OR AT THE END OF THE DAY.
NOW, WHAT YOU NEED TO NOTE IS THESE LOTS COULD POTENTIALLY HOLD 60 PARKING PLACES.
WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON MARCH 18TH, WE HAD 46 REGROUPED WITH OUR PROFESSIONALS, BILL REICH, AND WE NOW HAVE 44 THERE TO GIVE US MORE GREEN SPACE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A LOW IMPACT USE.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WITH OUR EAST BATON ROUGE PLANNING AND ZONING, WE WANT TO HAVE PROPER FENCING FOR BUFFERS, PROPER, PROPER PLANTING FOR BUFFERS.
WE WANT TO HAVE LOW BOLLARD LIGHTING NEEDED FOR SECURITY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS AS PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD LIKE US TO DO.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THE PROPER TURNING SIGNS SO THAT WHEN OUR FACULTY IS COMING, EITHER IN OR OUT, THEY CAN ONLY TURN ONE WAY.
WE WILL PUT IN SECURITY CAMERAS AS WE HAVE ON ALL OF OUR EXTERIOR BUILDINGS AND EXTERIOR PARKING PLACES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL HAVE OUR SECURITY OFFICER RUN THROUGH THIS DURING THE DAY AND HIS TIME WHEN HE'S ON CAMPUS.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE GATES.
SO WHEN THE CAMPUS IS NOT USING THE PARKING
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PLACE, WE CLOSE THESE GATES.SO THAT TO PROVIDE MORE SECURITY, WE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THIS CITY AND PROVIDING PROPER CROSSWALKS FOR SAFETY FOR OUR FACULTY, WE WOULD LIKE SCHOOLS, ZONE SIGNS AND SCHOOLS, ZONE FLASHERS.
AND I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PLANNING AND ZONING OFFICE TO PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT PARKING AND ON THIS PROPOSED PARKING FOR AGENDA ITEM 21 AND 22.
THE BOTTOM LINE GENTLEMEN, IS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR PUTTING 74 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREETS IS VERY CONCERNING.
THESE PARENTS GIVE US THEIR CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
THIS IS SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND EVERYONE ON CAMPUS.
IT'S ALSO SAFETY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE JENNIFER, TOM JONES, THOMAS OUR ATTORNEY.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE CHEMO LAW FIRM HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
AND WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, AS WELL AS THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST.
I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF AND REALLY FOCUS MY, MY DISCUSSION ON THE FACT THAT WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC AS INDICATED BY STAFF.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WERE ONE OF THE OLDEST SCHOOLS IN BATON ROUGE FOUNDED IN 1868, AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED DOWNTOWN AND MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON BROUSSARD STREET IN 1940, THE SISTERS PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, LOTS TWO, THREE, AND 400 OAKS SUBDIVISION BACK IN 1940 AND 1941.
AND I'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE OF THE EXHIBITS THAT MS. ADLER GAVE YOU.
IT'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE, ON THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 1946.
IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK, YOU CAN SEE ST JOSEPH'S HALL, WHICH WAS THE FIRST BUILDING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S NOTHING SURROUNDING THESE BUILDINGS.
IT WAS THE SCHOOL THAT WAS THERE FIRST, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DEVELOPED AROUND IT AT A LATER DATE.
UM, IN 1949, THE SISTERS PURCHASED THE LOTS THAT ARE A PART OF THE CUP NIGHT BOTS 7 65 AND 60, WHICH ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ST.
JOSEPH'S HALL ON BROUSSARD, AS WELL AS MEDINA HALL.
SO SINCE 1949, THE SISTERS IN THE ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY HAVE OWNED, MAINTAIN THESE THREE LOTS OF FOR OVER 70 YEARS, TO BE CLEAR, AS JAY IS NOT ASKING FOR A REZONING OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S NOTHING TO BE CHANGED.
AS FAR AS ZONING GOES, THE PROPERTY IN WHICH THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN LOCATED FOR THE PAST 80 YEARS IS LOW ZONED, A ONE RESIDENTIAL, THE UDC AND CHAPTER NINE PROVIDES FOR THE PROPERTY ZONED A ONE TO BE CONDITIONALLY USED FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE CODE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THE CUP IS CONSISTENT WITH THE UDC AS A CONDITIONAL USE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPOUT OFF FOR YOU.
THE DEFINITION OF CONDITIONAL USE AS SET FORTH IN THE CODE, BUT WE DO MEET THAT DEFINITION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE AS IT'S GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES PERMITTED IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS AGAIN, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AS RECOGNIZED BY THE COMPLAINANT COMMISSION STAFF, THE REQUEST SET FORTH AND THE CUP APPLICATIONS MEET THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS FOR EACH YOU SET OR SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.5 0.3, JUST UNDER TWO MINUTES AGO, THERE ARE THREE ELEMENTS AND ALL THREE ARE MET IN THIS CASE, THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MINIMIZES ADVERSE EFFECTS, INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS OF THEIR PROPOSED USE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, MS. ADLER SHOWED YOU THE DESIGN.
IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS A CURRENT STANCE, THE PROPOSED USE WILL NOT UNDULY BURDENSOME BURDEN, ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ROADWAYS AND SCHOOLS.
THE THIRD ELEMENT IS THE PROPOSED USE WILL NOT, UM, ALLOW LAND OR BUILDING USAGE THAT IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER.
THEY'RE ALREADY PARKING LOTS LOCATED ON BROUSSARD AND THOSE AND OUR PLANS WILL MIMIC THOSE, UM, SAME PARKING LOT.
I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT VERY QUICKLY THAT THE YOU TO SEE ALSO PROVIDES, UM, AN ALTERNATE IN SECTION 17.4 0.5 WERE RELATED TO PARKING.
THE PLANNING DIRECTOR MAY APPROVE PARKING ON A SEPARATE LOCK FROM THE LOT ON WHICH OUR PRINCIPAL USE OR USES ARE LOCATED AT THE OFFSITE.
PARKING IS LOCATED WITHIN 660 FEET OF THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE OF THE USE BEING CERT.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN OLD PHOTO, BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY ON BROUSSARD, THE LOTS 7 65 AND 66 ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THOSE BUILDING ENTRANCES AND OUR, WE HAVE MEASURED IN OR WITHIN THE 660 FEET TO CLOSE SJS CONSISTENTLY WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND EXPLORING PARKING OPTIONS AROUND SJA.
IN THE PAST SIX YEARS ALONE AS HAS PURCHASED FIVE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO CAMPUS AND ADDED DOZENS OF PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT SJS SJS.
80 YEAR RESIDENCY ON THE CURRENT CAMPUS.
SJA HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING THE AESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ORDINANCE ORDINANCES.
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THEREFORE, THE ACADEMY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THIS COMMISSION FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND APPROVE THE USE PERMIT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SPEAKER CARDS IN FAVOR.
KAREN SIMMONS, DID YOU HAVE YOU HAD THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES EVENING AS A PARENT OF TWO CURRENT STUDENTS, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THESE LOTS TO BE USED AS SCHOOL PARKING.
I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE CHAOS THAT GOES ON BETWEEN STUDENT COMMUNITY AND CARPOOL DRIVERS WHILE ENTERING AND LEAVING CAMPUS.
I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSAL BY THE ACADEMY TO CREATE FACULTY PARKING AND MAKE CAMPUS PARKING MORE ORGANIZED AND CONSOLIDATED SHOWS PRUDENT AND CONCERNED, PLANNING BY SJA WITH APPROPRIATE CROSSWALKS AND THE FACULTY AND STAFF PARKING ON THOSE LOTS.
THERE WILL BE LESS POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT TO OCCUR FROM SCHOOL TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC THAT IS USING BROUSSARD MORE AND MORE TO AVOID OTHER CONGESTED STREETS.
OVER THE YEARS, THE ACADEMY HAS IMPROVED THEIR CAMPUS WITH PROFESSIONAL INPUT IN BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
WITH THE INTENTION OF ENHANCING THE LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING IT.
UPGRADES AT SJA ARE NOT ONLY AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, BUT CONTINUE TO BOOST PROPERTY VALUES FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO SURROUNDED.
I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A FAIR AND REASONABLE USE OF THE PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN SJA WILL NOT BE USING THIS PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS, BUT INSTEAD WE'LL BE IMPROVING THE PROPERTY TO USE IT FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL BE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
SO IMPROVING THE PROPERTY TO BETTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC WOULD BE A SOLID PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
MAY YOU ALSO AGREE WITH THE INTENDED USE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR FUTURE SAFETY CONCERNS AND APPROVE THIS ZONING AS PROPOSED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR CARRIE BROUSSARD.
MS. BROUSSARD, UNLESS YOU, IF YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, BUT YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
MY ADDRESS IS 75 50 LASALLE AVENUE.
UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE ACADEMY'S CUP, UM, SUBMITTALS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR FACULTY AND FOR STUDENTS AS AN ALUMNUS OF THE ACADEMY AND A PLANNING AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONAL.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS CAMPUS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CUPS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
AS SPECIFIED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORTS, THE SITE PLAN PROVIDES PRIVACY FENCING AND LANDSCAPED BUFFERS ABUTTING.
RESIDENTIAL SJ IS ALSO PROVIDING DECORATIVE IRON FENCING WITH BRICK COLUMNS FACING BROUSSARD STREET TO INCREASE THE AESTHETIC APPEAL ON THE PARKING AREAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THESE DESIGN FEATURES THAT EXCEED UDC REQUIREMENTS.
THE IMPACT OF THE PARKING LOTS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS MINIMAL.
THE LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROUSSARD STREET HAVE BEEN OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY SGA FOR 70 YEARS.
OTHER THAN THE PROPERTIES REMAINING GREENSPACE PARKING IS THE LEAST INTRUSIVE USE THAT THE ACADEMY CAN REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN DESIGN BY DESIGNATED FACULTY PARKING ACROSS BROUSSARD STREET FROM THE CAMPUS, BUT CUP PLACES A PRIORITY ON STUDENT SAFETY BY CONTAINING STUDENT PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY TO THE MAIN CAMPUS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
NEXT CARD IS FOR MICHAEL PETTY.
MICHAEL PETTY DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR CRAIG GREENWICH.
MY NAME IS CRAIG NUDGE AT 10 46 CHIPPENHAM DRIVE IN BATON ROUGE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT.
I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A PARENT.
MY DAUGHTER IS AN 11TH GRADE STUDENT AT THE ACADEMY, UM, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S REZONING REQUEST AND REALLY ANY OTHER REQUESTS THAT WOULD FURTHER ENHANCE THIS MISSION OF THIS INSTITUTION.
I WISH I WISH EVERY GIRL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL.
AND, AND I WANT YOU TO ASK YOU TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT THIS LAND TO A BETTER USE.
UM, IT'S A VERY PRACTICAL USE, UM, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF ADDRESS IT FROM THAT AS A PARENT.
UH, FOR ME, IT'S, IT'S PARTICULARLY A SAFETY ISSUE.
UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOUR APPROVAL WILL, UH, ALLOW STUDENTS THAT
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ARE CURRENTLY SCATTERED ALL THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, 70 PLUS STUDENTS TO COME ONTO THE CAMPUS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.UM, I THINK IT'S WIN-WIN FOR BOTH THE SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE STREETS, SOME OF THE POINTS THAT THE SCHOOL MADE, UM, ABOUT STUDENTS CROSSING.
I SEE THIS EVERY DAY THEY CROSS EUGENE, THEY CROSS BROUSSARD AND THEY EVEN ACROSS ACADIAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS MENTIONED, BUT I'VE SEEN STUDENTS DO THAT.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO REJECT THE NOTION THAT, UH, THIS IS SOME SORT OF PUBLIC GREEN SPACE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, I WOULD ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL'S REQUEST AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE TIME, UH, THAT YOU GIVE ME TO ADDRESS YOU AS A PARENT.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR GLENN RANDALL THANK YOU.
I'M A FARMER COACH, FACULTY MEMBER AND ALUMNI DIRECTOR AT CATHOLIC HIGH.
AND MY WIFE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
AND OUR EXPERIENCE NOW ALSO LIVING AT 1633 ST.
WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO THIS PROPOSED PLAN.
AND HAS YOU HAD SEEN IT IS NOT JUST SOME HAPHAZARD PLAN.
IT HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT IT HAS BEEN A WELL CONCEIVED, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU FIND IT VERY EASY TO ACCEPT.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR GALEN MAC GENERALLY.
MY NEXT HUGO ANDREW KANE, I LIVE AT 3, 3, 2 8 BROUSSARD STREET, JUST ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THESE PROPOSED LOTS.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF BRUCE ART OAKS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M ALSO A FACULTY MEMBER AT ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY.
UM, AND PROUD OF ALL OF THOSE BEING A RESIDENT OF MID CITY AND A PART OF THE ACADEMY COMMUNITY.
THE IMPACT OF THE ACADEMY ON BATON ROUGE IS UNQUESTIONABLE BEFORE TIME NATIONAL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, THE IMPACT OF THE ACADEMY ON THE MID CITY AREA AND THE BROUSSARD OAKS AREA IN PARTICULAR IS UNQUESTIONABLE.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE PROPERTY THAT I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN IS IN CREDIBLY IS, IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE VALUABLE BECAUSE OF THE STABILIZING IMPACT OF THE ACADEMY ON THAT AREA.
WHEN I WAS HIRED IN 2009, THEN PRINCIPAL INTO HARVEST AND INFORMED ME, YOU LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH, YOU WILL WALK TO WORK.
I DO NOT HAVE A PARKING SPOT ON CAMPUS.
THIS IS NOT PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THIS IS PROPERTY THAT THE SCHOOL HAS OWNED.
AS YOU'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES, UH, FOR LONGER THAN THE HOMES AROUND IT HAVE EXISTED.
WE HAVE WAITED AND WAITED FOR AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THESE LOTS OR THAT USE IT IS THE, THE BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY.
47 SPOTS CANNOT HAVE AN APPRECIABLE, A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC ON BROUSSARD STREET.
NOT TO MENTION THAT THE PATTERN OF TRAFFIC AT THE SCHOOL IS SUCH THAT IT SIMPLY CANNOT HAVE AN APPRECIABLE IMPACT, A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
THE SCHOOL IS A DEMONSTRATED STEWARD OF ITS PROPERTY, OF HOW WE MAINTAIN PROPERTY OF HOW WE MAINTAIN THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE SCHOOL HAS REPEATEDLY PUT THAT ABOVE PRACTICAL USE OF FUNDS.
WE HAVE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL AS FOR, UH, THE AESTHETICS, UH, DRIVE DOWN BROUSSARD, WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT NEW HOMES BEING BUILT ARE FAR MORE OBTRUSIVE IN TERMS OF THE VIEW, IN TERMS OF THE APPRECIATION OF ANY GREEN SPACE, THEN THESE LOTS WOULD BE, AND I WOULD RATHER MUCH RATHER TRUST THE, THE DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF ST.
JOSEPH WITH THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THESE LOTS AND MAINTAINING THEM PROPERLY, UH, OVER ALLOWING, UH, NEW DENSE CONSTRUCTION, UH, ON THEM.
THESE, THESE LOTS BELONG TO THE ACADEMY.
THIS USE IS REASONABLE AND WELL WITHIN, UH, THE CURRENT LAND USE PLAN.
MY NEXT CARD IS FOR STATIA ANDREW KANE.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M STACY ANDREW CAIN, AND HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE PRINCIPAL OF ST.
AND I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF BROUSSARD STREET AND AT ST.
JOSEPH ACADEMY PARKING IS A PRIVILEGE AND NOT A RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND WHILE WE DO ENCOURAGE CARPOOLING, MOST OF OUR FAMILY ARE TWO PARENTS OUT OF THE HOUSEHOLD WORKING, AND THEREFORE IS OFTEN A NECESSITY FOR OUR FAMILIES TO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTERS DRIVE TO SCHOOL OFTEN TO PICK UP OTHER SIBLINGS, AND ALSO FOR EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN FACT, THEY COME FROM AREAS WELL, OUTSIDE OF THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA, THESE PARKING LOTS WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY PARK ON CAMPUS RATHER THAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND OF COURSE, MAKING IT SAFER FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND AGAIN, AS EVERYONE HAS SAID, I THINK WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR CAMPUS AS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF MID-CITY AND WE WILL DO SO AND CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH THESE PARKING LOTS AND OUR ENTIRE CAMPUS.
WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK OUT, READ THOSE NAMES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, FRANK MUSK, NELO LINDA THOMPSON, ROSS, BRUCE, CHRISTINE FORESMAN, AND BILL WRIGHT.
THAT IS AN OP OPPOSITION IS FOR JOHN BRUMBLE SICK.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN BROMELL SICK.
I'M A RESIDENT AT 28 11 BRUCE ART STREET, UM, UH, AT THE CORNER OF BROUSSARD AND EUGENE.
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY, BUT THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY AS THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN MADE A BIG ISSUE THAT THIS IS FACULTY PARKING LOT.
THE APPLICATION IN FACT SAYS IT'S ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
SO I THINK THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO ASSUME THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE CHILDREN REGARDLESS.
I DO AGREE THAT, UM, THAT THIS CROSSING AT BROUSSARD IS, UM, IS NOT, ISN'T A SAFETY ISSUE.
SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAVE WITH THE SAFETY ON BRUCE, OR IS TRAFFIC ON BROUSSARD IS 10 TIMES THAT OF ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY PEOPLE WILL BE EXPOSED TO A LARGE VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
BROUSSARD IS AN URBAN COLLECTOR ROADWAY WITH APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO 9,000 VEHICLES PER DAY.
RESIDENTIAL STREETS, LESS THAN A THOUSAND.
THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUES IS THE NARROW WITH THE PROPERTIES.
THE NARROW WITH THE BROUSSARD BROUSSARD IS ONLY ABOUT 40 FOOT OF RIGHT AWAY.
UH, WHEN I WAS OUT THERE SATURDAY MORNING, I HAD TO WALK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO SEE A TRAFFIC GAP.
UM, THE, THEIR SIDE OBSTRUCTIONS BY THE UTILITY POLES, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRUCE ARE THE PARKING LOT.
IF THERE'S NO UTILITY POLES, THEY'RE ALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THAT IT'S ALL VISUAL OBSTRUCTION.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE ADDING A DRIVEWAY AS WELL.
THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE? UH, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MEET THE COMP PLAN TRANSPORTATION OBJECTIVE 2.3, WHICH IS ABOUT MANAGING ACCESS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY, IT CLEARLY YOU CLEARLY CAN ENTER FROM ONE PART OF BROUSSARD AND EXIT TO TWO, TO OTHER PARTS OF BROUSSARD.
SO BY DESIGN, THIS CAN EASILY BE USED AS A STUDENT DROP-OFF AND A STUDENT PICKUP.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CAR POOL RUN UP AND DOWN BROUSSARD, UM, AND, AND THE, THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACT TO CONGESTION AND SITE OBSTRUCTION BASED ON ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC I'D REMIND YOU TOO.
THIS IS ABOUT MID-CITY MOBILITY.
UM, AND, AND THIS ACTUALLY BRINGS BRUCE ART STREET WITH THE HANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF CAMPUS.
SO THE APPLICANTS PROPOSING TO LOCATE BROUSSARD STREET THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF THE CAMPUS.
THIS WILL PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE SPIRIT OF THE STREET, SUCH THAT BROUSSARD WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION LIKE THE CITY AND TENSE.
UH, NICE QUARTERS FOR KAREN EDELMAN.
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MY POST DRIP.I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1991.
IT'S FAR LESS TIME THAN MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, BUT IT'S BECOME HOME AND IS A VERY WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN.
JOSEPH'S ACADEMY IS A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
IT IS MANAGED BEAUTIFULLY FROM THE LANDSCAPING AND BUILDINGS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, IN 1949, THE SISTERS OF ST.
JOSEPH BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW THAT FACES BROUSSARD.
WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY SIGNED A COVENANT THAT WAS ALONG WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY THAT SAID, THIS WILL BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
ONLY A PARKING LOT IS NOT RESIDENTIAL.
UM, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THIS IS A CUP OR CUP.
HOWEVER, YOU'D LIKE TO CALL IT, AND IT'S NOT REZONING, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE GREEN SPACE AND YOU POUR CONCRETE AND PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, THAT IS A DEFACTO REZONING.
THIS AFFECTS THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER STREETS, WE'LL SEE INCREASED TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS ARE OUT OF THIS PARKING LOT.
UM, I WOULD QUESTION, UH, THE NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS ASK WHERE THEY LIVE, THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GOTTEN, UM, ONLINE, BECAUSE WHILE IT MAY BE THEIR RIGHT TO DO IT AS A CITIZEN, HOW DOES IT AFFECT THEM DAY TO DAY, OTHER THAN THEIR CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL? THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I WOULD ASK IS I'VE HEARD THE NUMBER 44, 46, 74, 37.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS, BUT I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION, DOES THIS SOLVE YOUR PARKING PROBLEM? AND I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO YOU THAT IT DOES NOT BECAUSE THEY NEED A LOT MORE PARKING SPACES THAN THIS.
SO STUDENTS ARE STILL GOING TO BE PARKING ON STREETS AND CROSSING STREETS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF MY NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL PULLED TOGETHER.
WE HAVE MET A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS AND TALKED TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT THIS WILL CAUSE.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE CUP.
THE NEXT CARD IS FOR EMILY CARDBOARD.
MY PROPERTY IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS PARKING LOT.
AND I WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR PARENTS.
DO YOU WANT A PARKING LOT NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE? BECAUSE I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE ANSWER IS, YES.
I DON'T CARE HOW MANY TREES THEY PUT ON IT.
THEY'RE STILL GOING TO POUR A PIECE OF CONCRETE NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
CAN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME NOT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS, BUT THAT PROBLEM DOES NOT NEED TO BE SOLVED IN THIS WAY.
THEY OWN A LOT OF PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, THEY OWN A LOT OF PROPERTY OVER BY CATHOLIC HIGH.
MY HUSBAND WORKS AT LSU AND HE WALKS 10 MINUTES TO GET TO HIS CLASSROOM.
TEACHERS CAN WALK THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM CATHOLIC HIGH TO ST.
JOSEPH'S CADEMY, THEY'RE ACTING LIKE THIS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION.
THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT A PARKING LOT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
AND I WAS TOLD NOT TO MEET THIS PERSONAL.
I WAS TOLD NOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO ME, BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME.
IT'S ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE.
CAN YOU LOOK THESE PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM, YEAH.
I WANT TO BUILD A PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE.
IS THAT OKAY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT OKAY.
SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS, THINK ABOUT US.
AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS, BUT THEY DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THESE GIRLS SAFE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, AND IT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THEY BROUGHT UPON THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE DECIDED TO BUILD BUILDINGS ON THEIR PARKING SPACES.
THAT'S WHY THEY NEED TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YES, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN HERE FIRST, BUT WE LIVE HERE AND THESE ARE OUR HOUSES.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO PARK NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE IN IOWA CARS NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL SOME MORE TRAFFIC.
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BUT SINCE WE'VE BEEN SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WE HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, IT'S OKAY, RIGHT.OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL GO DOWN.
IF THERE'S A PARKING LOT, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOUSE.
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE THAT DON'T WANT THIS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T APPARENTLY CARE ABOUT THAT VERY MUCH.
THEY SAY THEY CARE, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO POUR SOME CONCRETE AND BE IT'LL BE OKAY.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PLANS.
NEXT CARD IS FOR LAURA GLENNON.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK TO GENTLEMEN.
GLENHAM MY TWO CHILDREN AND I LIVE AT 1421 KENMORE AVENUE, WHERE WE'VE FOR NEARLY 13 YEARS, THE PROPOSED PARKING LOTS WILL NOT ONLY RUN ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTH SIDE OF OUR HOUSE, BUT SJS PLANS AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY DRAWN, THE PARKING LOT WILL ALSO WRAP AROUND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR PROPERTY AND CONTINUE ALONG, BACK THE BACK PART OF OUR FENCE, MY CHILDREN, AND I WILL LOSE OUR PRIVACY.
OUR SENSE OF SAFETY AND THE VALUE OF OUR HOME WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE.
FOR MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, ALLOWING US TO PROCEED WITH THESE PARKING LOTS FEELS INCREDIBLY INVASIVE.
IT IS AN ABUSE OF POWER ON THE PART OF SJA.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO INTERVENE AND TO PLEASE PROTECT US.
SJA MAINTAINS THAT THEY ARE IN CRISIS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR PARKING NEEDS, BUT THIS IS A MANUFACTURED CRISIS.
PARKING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT SJA HAS OPTED OUT OF THE EBR BUS SYSTEM AND REFUSES TO CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS CARPOOLING RUNNING SHUTTLES OR RESTRICTING PARKING PRIVILEGES TO SENIORS.
SJA APPLIED FOR THESE DUPS TWICE BEFORE IN 2007 AND 2009, BUT RETRACTED THEM IN THE FACE OF STIFF NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION.
WE KNOW SJA HAS A LONG-TERM BUILDING PLAN, AND THEY HAVE AMPLE UNUSED TRACKS OF LAND ON WHICH TO BUILD PARKING LOTS ON THEIR CAMPUS.
THEY CLAIM IT TO BE LASTLY SJS DESIGNED PROPOSAL EXEMPTS EXACTLY THAT I PROPOSAL AS JAY IS NOT LEGALLY BOUND TO ADHERE TO THESE PLANS.
PETRA LEADERSHIP COULD PAINT THESE LOTS, REMOVE LANDSCAPING TO CREATE MORE SPACES OR ALLOCATED AS A STUDENT MOTT TO RUIN THIS EFFECT.
AND MY NEIGHBORS AND I WILL BE, HAVE NO RECOURSE TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE PAST.
SJA HAS ON OCCASION USED THESE THREE GRASS, LOTS ON BROUSSARD FOR SPECIAL EVENT PARKING, HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND, MY NEIGHBORS, AND I KNOW THAT THE CO THE NOISE FROM THESE LOTS WILL DISRUPT OUR SLEEP AND OUR CHILDREN'S SLEEP OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL PEACE OF MIND.
IF THEY'RE WELL LIT, MY NEIGHBORS AND I WE'LL HAVE BRIGHT LIGHTS POURING INTO OUR HOUSES.
IF THEY'RE POORLY LIT, THE LOTS WILL NOT BE SAFE AND FENCING WATTS WILL NOT MAKE THEM SAFE.
I AM ASKING FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'RE A MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD OF MODEST MEANS.
AND MANY OF US HAVE ALL OUR LIFE SAVINGS IN OUR HOMES.
WE DO NOT DESERVE TO LOSE OUR PRIVACY.
OUR SAFETY AND OUR HOME VALUE IS SIMPLY BECAUSE SJA REFUSES TO PUT ANY LIMITATIONS ON STUDENT PARKING, WHERE TO HOUSE THEIR OWN PARKING LOTS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE STREET.
IF THIS HAPPENS, MANY OF US MAY SELL OUR DEVALUED HOMES, PAVING THE WAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BECOME RENTAL PROPERTY.
THIS WILL DESTABILIZE THE AREA REFLECT POORLY ON THE SCHOOL AND A ROAD SAFETY FOR SJA STUDENTS.
SJA HAS ASKED THEIR PARENTS TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THESE PARKING LOTS START OAKS IS NOT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEIR CHILDREN DO NOT LET THEIR, OUR CHILDREN DO.
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND PROTECT THOSE OF US WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO THESE KINDS OF ABUSES OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE.
THE HIGH PRICE, MY NEIGHBORS AND I WILL PAY IF THESE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED AND THE INJUSTICE OF OUR SITUATION IS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS AND LESS COURT IS FOR LORETTA JETER.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, MOST OF THE POINTS I HAD TO MAKE WERE ALREADY MADE, BUT ONE THING I WILL SAY IS MY DAUGHTER WENT TO ST.
SHE ATTENDED FROM THE YEAR 2000 TO 2004.
JOSEPH'S ACADEMY AND TOOK ON HER NEW POSITION.
UM, THE PARKING SITUATION HAS EXISTED AT ST.
JOSEPHS SINCE SHE WAS THERE IN 2000, THERE HAS BEEN PARKING ACROSS THE STREET AT, UM, EVERY SYNAGOGUE.
SINCE THAT TIME, DURING THIS TIME THEY'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE OTHER
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PROPERTIES THAT WOULD ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL THEY'VE REFUSED TO DO SO.HOWEVER, THEY STILL MAINTAIN THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING FOR THE STUDENTS.
AS I SAID, THE CONVERSATION FOR THE SYNAGOGUE BEGAN IN 2019, AND THESE ARE VERY WELL CONNECTED WOMEN WITH THIS SCHOOL.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST BECAME AWARE OF AS WORD ON THE STREET AND JANUARY, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE MEETING.
SO I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE, UH, DENY ACCESS TO PUTTING PARKING ON THESE PARK, THESE VACANT LOTS, WHICH NOW, UM, ARE GREEN SPACE AND HELP ACCOMMODATE WATERSHED FROM THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR DAVID MCKAY.
I LIVE AT 1460 KENMORE AVENUE.
THAT'S THE FIRST BLOCK SOUTH OF BROUSSARD.
UH, THE BLOCK IN WHICH, UH, AT LEAST ONE OF THESE PROPOSED PARKING LOTS WOULD BE PLACED.
I WOULD ECHO WHAT SOME OF THE BUY-OUT FELLOW, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS HAVE SAID.
AND THEY HAVE SAID A LOT OF, OF WHAT, UH, WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SAY AS WELL.
SO I'LL CUT MINE A BIT SHORT, SHORTER THAN I PLANNED.
UM, I'M NOT A CITY PLANNER AND I DON'T WANT TO, BY ANY MEANS DISPARAGE THE, FIND PEOPLE THAT WORK AT PLANNING, ZONING.
I KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BETTER THAN I DO, AND THEY USE TERMS OF ART THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, OF COURSE, BUT WHAT, WHEN I READ THE, UH, THE SUMMARY OF THIS PROPOSAL, AND AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING OF AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 22 CUP EIGHT DASH 10.
IT STATES THAT THE, UH, UH, THE CREATION OR, OR PLACING OF A PARKING LOT ON THESE LIGHT, LOTS IS QUOTE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES.
BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HAVING A PARKING LOT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR WITH LITTLE OR NO BUFFER ZONE TO A RESIDENTIAL HOME FOR USE BY A SCHOOL THAT TAKES IN APPROXIMATELY 7:20 AM.
UH, WE HAVE GIRLS TO PARK ON OUR STREET.
THEY ARRIVE ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
I ASSUMED THAT TEACHERS WOULD ARRIVE EVEN BEFORE 7:00 AM, WHICH BY THE WAY IS BEFORE I EVEN GET UP, UH, IN THE MORNING TO HAVE ALL THOSE TEACHERS COMING IN THE LOT, AS SOMEONE SAID, IDLING, THEIR CARS SLAMMING THEIR CAR DOORS.
WHEN THEY GET OUT OPENING THE BACK DOOR OR THEIR, OR THEIR HATCHBACK AND GETTING OUT THEIR STUFF THAT THEY NEED.
MY WIFE'S A TEACHER AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, UH, TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONE, ALL OF THIS STUFF GOING ON, AND, AND NONE OF THAT'S INHERENTLY IMPROPER, BUT THE PROBLEM IS HAVING THAT RIGHT NEXT DOOR ON A NARROW LOT TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S NARROW LOTS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE BIG LOTS IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
MINE IS 66 AND TWO THIRDS FEET WIDE.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF MOST OF THEM.
SOME MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT YOU KNOW, A PRIVACY FENCE IS NOT GOING TO STOP THE NOISE.
THAT THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY MAIN ISSUE.
OF COURSE, I DON'T WANT MORE CARS AND TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET.
UH, I DON'T WANT MORE CONCRETE POURED, BUT I LIVE FIVE HOUSES DOWN.
THE, THE, THE REASON I'M REALLY SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF I WERE ONE OF THE LADIES WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME WHO LIVED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THIS, WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THOSE SLAMMING CAR DOORS AT SIX 50 IN THE MORNING, THE IDLING, THE TALKING ON THE PHONE, ALL OF THAT.
AND, AND IT WAS STATED THAT THEY WOULD USE IT ONLY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WEEKENDS AT NIGHTS.
THIS SCHOOL HAS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
SPORTING EVENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ALL OF WHICH IS NORMAL SCHOOL STUFF.
AND THEN JUST, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
BUT IF SOMEONE SAID THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS TO THIS PUTTING PARKING LOTS, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO HOUSES WITH THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED.
OUR BLOCK IS ALREADY KIND OF INUNDATED WITH CARS, FOR SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES THAT FUNCTIONS AS A, AS A CARPOOL ZONE IN THE AFTERNOON.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WILL ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT.
I'M QUITE CERTAIN I WOULD I'D BET MY LIFE SAVINGS ON IT, THAT IT WILL STILL STILL BE AROUND.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO DENY.
AND ESCORT IS FOR EVENT MACKAY.
HI, MY NAME IS YVETTE MCKAY AND I LIVE AT 1460 KIMORA AVENUE.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU THAT YOU DENY CUP 8 30, 10 I'M WAS 21 AND 22 ON THE AGENDA, UM, OF THE 68 OUT OF THE 70 HOUSES THAT ARE LISTENING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT A ZONING ISSUE.
KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE APPLYING FOR A CUP, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S DONE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO DENY IT.
UM, THE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR TEACHERS, HI, I'M MS. MCKAY.
I'M AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER.
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TO CROSS BROUSSARD WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT I CARRY IN AND OUT OF A CLASSROOM EVERY DAY, WHILE I'M GOOD AS GONE, BY THE WAY, THERE'S A CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE ALSO, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.THEY WERE ASKING FOR 75 SPACES, IF THEY GET THE 75 SPACES, THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACES.
IT WAS SAID IN THE MEETING ON MARCH 18, THEY WERE STILL IN NEED OF 85 MORE SPACES.
THEY I'M SORRY, 10 MORE SPACES.
SO THIS ISN'T EVEN GOING TO COVER THE NEED.
THEY HAVE OVER A THOUSAND GIRLS AT THE SCHOOL.
IF THEY ALL DRIVE A CAR, WHAT IS 46 PARKING SPACES ON MY STREET GOING TO DO NOTHING.
UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOUSES ON BROUSSARD AND THOSE HOUSES ARE SMALL HOUSES THERE.
AS WE SAID, WE'RE A MODEST NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALL SIT AROUND, ALWAYS WONDERING HOW TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ON AND ON.
HER KIDS GO TO EASTBOUND ROUGE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SHE'S AN EDUCATOR AND HERE'S HER REWARD.
WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP POCKET LOT AROUND YOUR HOUSE.
THANKS FOR COMING TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
THANKS FOR MOVING WHERE YOU WERE.
AND THANKS FOR COMING IN, EDUCATING CHILDREN IN LOUISIANA, IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND YOUR REWARD IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A PARKING LOT WRAPPED AROUND YOUR RATE REDONE HOUSE.
THIS IS STILL NOT GOING TO COVER THEIR PARKING NEEDS.
THEIR ACQUISITION OF CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES IS IN THE MASTER PLAN AND IT'S STILL NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
THE PARKING IS STILL NOT BEING AN ADDRESS.
AND I ASKED YOU ONE LAST TIME, PLEASE DENY THIS CUP.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR CLAUDIA LITTLE.
I LIVE AT 1455 HEARTHSTONE DRIVE, UM, WITH MY WIFE AND MY TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS.
IF YOU VISIT THE WEBSITE OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST.
JOSEPH, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT DOES OWN THE LAND ON WHICH ST JOSEPH'S ACADEMY OPERATES, YOU'LL SEE, ONE OF THEIR MOTTOES IS CARING FOR THE DEAR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT DISTINCTION.
AND SO I KNOW THE NEIGHBOR DOESN'T JUST MEAN TO PEOPLE IN YOUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY, BUT IT SHOULD INCLUDE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR IMMEDIATE VICINITY ST.
JOSEPH'S REQUESTS TO BUILD PARKING ON A ONE.
RESIDENTIAL LOTS DOES NOT LIVE UP TO ITS OWN STANDARD.
AS YOU ARE HEARING TONIGHT FROM MY NEIGHBORS, ST.
JOSEPH'S PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A DIFFERENCE TO THE CONCERN OF ITS NEIGHBORS IN DIFFERENCE AT BEST MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TONIGHT IN ST.
JOSEPH'S PRESENTATION ASKS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE FAITH THAT ST JOSEPH'S WILL DESIGN CONSTRUCT AND MANAGE THESE LOTS IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
BUT IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THIS WHEN ST JOSEPH'S HAS NOT BEEN A CAREFUL STEWARD OF THE RESOURCES ON THEIR EXISTING CAMPUS OVER THE PAST 10 OR 15 YEARS, THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY EXPANDED WITHOUT MAKING SUFFICIENT EFFORT TO RESOLVE THEIR PARKING CHALLENGES BY INCORPORATING ENOUGH PARKING INTO THEIR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS OR PURCHASING APPROPRIATELY, UH, ZONE PROPERTIES.
UH, THESE, THIS IS TRULY A CRISIS OF THEIR OWN MAKING.
THESE PARKING LOTS WILL CAUSE PERMANENT HARM TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE SAKE OF THE SHORT TERM, CONVENIENCE OF A FEW PARENTS WHO DO NOT LIVE HERE, THIS IS NOT A GOOD TRADE-OFF.
AND I THINK YOU CAN ALL SEE THAT, UH, ST.
JOSEPH'S IS ASKING THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PAY THE PRICE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THEIR STUDENTS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A PEACEFUL OASIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
OUR NEIGHBORS INCLUDE RETIREES WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNG FAMILIES.
WE ENJOY SEEING EACH OTHER, WORKING IN OUR YARDS, RUNNING OUR BICYCLE, WALKING OUR DOGS, MY WIFE, AND I FEEL SAFE ALLOWING OUR DAUGHTERS TO RIDE THEIR BICYCLES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IF THESE PARKING LOTS ARE APPROVED, THEY WILL SEVERELY DISRUPTED THE OVERALL SAFETY AND RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN YOU INCREASE PARKING, YOU INCREASE TRAFFIC.
THE ADDITION OF THESE LOTS WOULD INEVITABLY LEAD TO MORE CARS ON OUR STREETS, MORE NOISE AND LESS SAFETY PARENTS OF ST.
JOSEPH'S STUDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY CAN ARRANGE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN DROPPED OFF AND PICKED OFF, PICKED UP AT SCHOOL.
IF THESE PARKING LOTS GO IN, WHEN YOU'RE ALSO NOT PERSUADED THAT ST JOSEPH'S CURRENT PLAN ADEQUATELY ADDRESSES THE IMPACT OF THESE LOTS ON THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY MAY MEET CURRENT MINIMUM STANDARDS, MINIMUM STANDARDS, BUT ERIC WHITE HYDROLOGICAL ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THE MOST RECENT, UH, PLANS POSTED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WEBSITE.
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BELIEVES THE CLAIM THAT THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON DRAINAGE TO BE HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE.INSTEAD, IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE TO THE ALREADY OVERTAXED STORM SEWER AND DAWSON CREEK DRAINAGE BY INCREASING THE RISK OF FLOODING THAT WE'VE RECENTLY SEEN IN THE SOUTH EUGENE AREA.
HE ALSO OBSERVES THAT THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED RELIES ON INFORMATION FROM OUTDATED FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE MAPS FROM 1993, INSTEAD OF THE 2008 REVISION.
THIS IS AN ERA THAT SUGGESTS A FUNDAMENTAL CARELESSNESS IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR THESE PARKING LOTS.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE A STAND FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND VOTE NO ON THIS REQUEST.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR PATRICE ELLIS.
FIRST OF ALL, WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M A 12 YEAR GRADUATE OF ST.
MY TWO SISTERS TO SISTER-IN-LAW'S DAUGHTER, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW WERE ALL GRADUATES OF SJA.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS GIVEN TO SCHOLARSHIPS BENEFITING YESTERDAY.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DO NOT TAKE THIS OPPOSITION LIGHTLY, BUT SADLY, I MUST.
I LIVE IN MY HOME ACROSS THE STREET FROM THESE AWAN, RESIDENTIAL LOTS SINCE 1978.
BEFORE THIS TIME I LIVED DOWN THE STREET ON EASTLAND AVENUE, BEGINNING IN 1954.
THIS CUP IS LITERALLY IN MY FRONT YARD.
I HAVE SENT YOU ALL A PICTURE TAKEN FROM MY FRONT DOOR, SHOWING HER VERY CLOSE.
THIS PARKING LOT IS THESE CARS WILL EXIT DIRECTLY TOWARDS MY HOUSE TOWARDS MY FRONT DOOR.
PARKING LOTS, AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN OUR HEARTS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WE HAVE SAID, APPROXIMATELY 160, MOSTLY NEIGHBORS HAVE SIGNED A POSITION PETITION AS EVIDENCE OF HOW WE FEEL YESTERDAY.
I HOARD A SURVEYOR'S WHEEL AND WAS ABLE TO APPROXIMATE VERY ROUGHLY MIND YOU THE UNUSED LAND MEASUREMENT BY WALKING ALONG THE STREET WITH MY INSTRUMENT, THE PROPERTY THEY PROPOSE USING FOR THE THREE, LOTS IS APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE ON PARKER AND KLEINER THE NORTH NORTHEAST PART OF THE PROPERTY OF SJS CAMPUS.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES ENOUGH TO PARK CARS.
THIS LAND HAS BEEN THERE AND COULD HAVE BEEN USED AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION AS THEIR NEEDS HAVE CHANGED.
THEY COULD USE THE SAME PLAN THAT THEY SUGGESTED IN 2005 AND 2009 TODAY, ALL ALONG THE BORDER OF PARKER STREET AND KENMORE AVENUE.
GRANTED, THERE ARE SOME TREES ON THE PROPERTY THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT SJA DID NOT HESITATE TO ACTUALLY SHRED WITH A BULLDOZER, A BEAUTIFUL LAB, A TREE, AND THE MOST AMAZING CREPE MYRTLE ALLEY MEMORIAL ALLEY TO ERECT THE STUDENT COMMONS.
AND SO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, ALUMNI AND PEOPLE I'VE SPOKEN WITH FIELD THAT SIA OF COURSE, WANTS TO SAVE THEIR PROPERTY ON THEIR CAMPUS, BUT LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS I WAS TOLD, AND I WAS TOLD BY AN SJ EMPLOYEE, IT IS RUN BY BUSINESS.
THIS CUP WILL NOT SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM.
WHAT THEY FAILED TO TELL YOU IS IT WILL, THERE WILL BE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES PARKING IN THE NEIGHBOR.
OUR NEXT QUARTER'S FOR CELIA CANGIALOSI CHAIRMAN WARSHINGTON AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
I WROTE, UH, EXTENSIVE OPPOSITIONS AND EMAILED THEM TO ART TO ALL OF YOU TODAY WITH ATTACHMENTS.
UM, AND I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND READ THOSE, BUT FAR AS I NEED TO ADDRESS SOME STATEMENTS MADE BY THE SCHOOL.
WELL, ONE, ONE THING IS I KNOW Y'ALL COUNT NUMBERS AND NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT.
HOW MANY FOR HOW MANY AGAINST, AND YOU SAID TODAY, YOU GOT 349 MESSAGES IN SUPPORT.
LOOK AT THE ADDRESSES ON THOSE MESSAGES AND SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE FROM SCHOOL PARENTS.
THE SCHOOL SENT TWO LETTERS TO THE PARENTS OF THE SCHOOLS AND TOLD THEM TO SEND YOU MESSAGES AND SUPPORT THEIR NEED FOR THOSE PARENTS LASTS FOR TWO YEARS.
AT MOST ONLY JUNIORS AND SENIORS ARE ALLOWED TO PARK.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE A TWO YEAR TEMPORARY
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NEED AND ARE GONE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.WE AS NEIGHBORS LIVE THERE PERMANENTLY.
NUMBER TWO, THEY SAY, OH, WE WERE THERE FIRST.
WELL, MY MOTHER SAID SHE WAS IN THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS IN 1946.
THERE WAS ONE BUILDING, BUT IT WAS THERE FIRST AND THEN CUP BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP.
THEY TOOK OVER MORE OF THE AWAN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY FAMILY HAS OWNED THE HOUSE FOR OVER 60 YEARS AT 2,800 KLEINERT AVENUE.
THAT THEIR LAST MOVE I TOOK WAS TO TAKE EVERYTHING ON THAT BLOCK BESIDES MY HOUSE AND LEAVE ME THE ONLY THING ON THE BLOCK THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO THE SCHOOL.
SO WHO ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN THERE FOR TWO YEARS OR NEIGHBORS WHO'VE LIVED THERE FOREVER.
UM, UM, YOUR SPEAKERS TODAY HAVE ALL BEEN IN SUPPORT, HAVE ALL BEEN PARENTS, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND FORMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN SELFISH INTERESTS IN SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL.
UM, THE SCHOOL MAKES NO SECRET ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA DO, WHAT IT'S DONE, WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO.
HERE'S ONE OF THEIR PUBLICATIONS.
THEY HAVE 150 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PUBLICATION WHERE THEY SAY ON PAGE 1 0 7, THAT OUR GOAL IS TO ACQUIRE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES FOR PARKING AND ATHLETIC NEEDS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO TAKE OVER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE NEIGHBORING PARK, BUT HE'S FOR MY NEEDS.
THEY ALSO SAID THAT IN ANOTHER MISSION DOCUMENT THAT I SENT YOU TODAY, UM, THERE I, IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT I SENT YOU IS A DIAGRAM SHOWING YOU ALL THE GREEN SPACE THEY HAVE AVAILABLE ON THEIR EXISTING PROPERTIES, WHERE THEY CAN BUILD PARKING LOTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CORNER OF PARKER AND MY STREET.
I HOPE YOU'LL READ MY WRITINGS THING.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR ANGELA ANGELA DATE REVEAL.
WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
I'LL READ THOSE NAMES IN GAY BOWDEN, RICHARD ELLIS, GWEN HARRINGTON, MICHAEL HARRINGTON, JAYNA COSTELLO, RONDO BERENGER LINDSAY LEDFORD, LESLIE HILL, PAUL LEDFORD AND KEVIN SEMINO.
DID I MISS ANY SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION? I KNOW THAT WE APPEAR TO HAVE MISSED ONE THAT WAS IN FAVOR, AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT FOR MATT ADLER.
IF HE'S STILL HERE AND WISHES TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS MATT ADLER AND I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF BELMONT AVENUE AND YOUR AVENUE AT 1673, BELMONT AND I AM A NEIGHBOR IN FAVOR OF THESE ITEMS. AND QUESTION BLUE STARTED STREET IS MY MAIN THROUGHWAY TO GET TO WORK, GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, GET TO MY GAS STATION, GET TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE.
PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING I NEED TO DO THROUGHOUT MY DAY.
I EVEN HAVE A ONE-YEAR-OLD 60 POUND DOG WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.
AND WE FREQUENTLY TAKE OUR WALKS DOWN BELMONT AVENUE TOWARDS BRUCE ARCH STREET, USING THE INTERSECTIONS OF KENMORE, ARLINGTON, HEARTHSTONE, AND PARKER ALL ON NEAR THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION.
AND WE REALLY ENJOY BEING A PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GREW UP HERE IN BATON ROUGE, WENT TO CATHOLIC HIGH.
MY SISTERS GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY, MY MOTHER, MY AUNTS COUSINS, AND ALL MY CLOSEST FRIENDS GRADUATED FROM ST.
JOSEPH'S AS WELL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO LSU AND THEN TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OUT WEST FOR GRAD SCHOOL, LEARNED A LOT, SAW A LOT OF PLACES, AND I MADE THE CONSCIOUS DECISION TO MOVE BACK TO BATON ROUGE AND MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I VIVIDLY REMEMBER TELLING MYSELF WHEN I WAS GOING TO MOVE BACK HERE THAT I WOULD DO WHAT I COULD TO MAKE THIS CITY A PLACE THAT I WANTED TO SET MY ROOTS IN, IN MY OPINION, THE SUCCESS OF OUR CITY, THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LONGEVITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEPENDENT ON THE SUPPORT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ASK US FOR SOMETHING, WE, AS NEIGHBORS SHOULD LISTEN, I PURCHASED MY HOME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE MELTING POT OF RESIDENTIAL SPACE, COMMERCIAL SPACE AND PUBLIC SPACE, WHERE OUR HOMES, RESTAURANTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND OUR SCHOOLS TOGETHER INCREASE OUR VALUE AND INCREASE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I WAS OKAY, PAYING A PREMIUM IN BATON ROUGE FOR MY 81 YEAR OLD HOME.
I FIXER-UPPER BECAUSE OF THE SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY TO CATHOLIC
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HIGH ST.JOSEPH'S IN BATON ROUGE HIGH, I DO TAKE THIS PERSONALLY BECAUSE MY PARTNER AND I WHO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER, PLAN ON LIVING HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE PLAN ON RAISING OUR FAMILY HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF I AM BLESSED WITH THE PRIVILEGE TO RAISE A DAUGHTER, I HOPE THAT SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ST JOSEPH'S OR A SCHOOL AT THE SAME.
AND I HOPE AT THAT TIME AS WELL THAT OUR NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO SAY THE SUCCESS AND GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, COURSE THAT, UH, THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED THAT WEREN'T SUPPORTIVE? OKAY.
IF NOT, I WILL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL MAMMY.
MA'AM YOU HAD, YOU HAD THE TIME TO SPEAK.
I KNOW, BUT I'M INVITING MA'AM PLEASE.
I'M INVITING THE APPLICANT BACK TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS JENNIFER THOMAS, ON BEHALF OF THE ACADEMY, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW POINTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE OPPOSITION.
UM, AS CLEARLY SET FORTH IN THE CUP APPLICATIONS.
I AM, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 21 IS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNED BY ST.
JOSEPH'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROUSSARD.
THIS IS A PARKING LOT THAT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND UTILIZE FOR FACULTY.
THE INTENT IS TO MOVE THOSE FACULTY PARKING SPOTS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROUSSARD ON THE NEW, UM, PARKING LOTS THAT WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON LOT 7 65 AND 66.
NO STUDENTS WILL BE PLACED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROUSSARD.
THERE WAS A REFERENCE MADE, UH, THAT THE ACADEMY OWNS A LOT OF OTHER PROPERTY.
WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING THE ACADEMY FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OF THEIR TRANSACTIONS.
AND THEY HAVE UTILIZED EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY'VE OWNED.
THEY HAVE RESEARCHED, ACQUIRING OTHER PROPERTIES, INCLUDING, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT WERE ADJACENT AND CONTINUED WITH TO THE MAIN CAMPUS.
UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THEY HAVE PURCHASED FIVE PROPERTIES SINCE 2014 ALONE, AND IT PRESENTED A CUP APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION EVERY TIME.
AND IT IS UTILIZED THAT PROPERTY, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUP APPLICATIONS.
UM, AS POINTED OUT, SOMEONE MENTIONED THE EARLIER CUP APPLICATIONS.
THIS COMMISSION ACTUALLY APPROVED A VERY SIMILAR CUP APPLICATION IN 2007.
IT WAS APPROVED FOR A PARKING LOT ON THE THREE LOTS SOUTH OF BRUCE ART SJA REGROUPED.
AFTER SOME OPPOSITION, EVEN THOUGH THE COMMISSION APPROVED IT AND WENT BACK AND PURCHASED ALL THESE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AT THAT TIME, ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED AT THIS POINT.
UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT ONE NOT WANTING MORE PARKING LOTS.
THE RND OF THE SITUATION IS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE MANY PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE SPROUTED UP ON, ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE CHARGING OUR STUDENTS TO PARK ON THEIR LOTS.
AND I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES THAT WE'VE TAKEN DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE ARE PRIVATE PARKING LOTS ON SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD LOTS.
UM, WE ARE STUCK IN THE CROSSFIRE AT THE NEIGHBORS THAT DON'T WANT PARKING LOTS AND, AND STUDENTS PARKING ON THE STREETS VERSUS THE FOLKS WHO WERE ACTUALLY SELLING SPACES TO OUR STUDENTS.
THE CUP APPLICATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED TODAY ARE AN ATTEMPT TO GET AS MANY OF THE STUDENTS OFF OF THE STREETS AS POSSIBLE AND ONTO OUR MAIN CAMPUS.
I DO WANT TO JUST THROW A LITTLE LEGAL AT YOU TO CLOSE THE CIVIL CODE.
ARTICLE 4 77, ADDRESSES OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP IS THE RIGHT CONFERS ON A PERSON DIRECT, IMMEDIATE AND EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER THING.
THE OWNER OF A THING MADE USE ENJOY AND DISPOSE OF IT WITHIN THE LIMITS.
AND UNDER THE CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY LAW SJA OWNS THE PROPERTY AND BOTH CUP APPLICATION, CAP CUP APPLICATIONS.
SJ IS THE RIGHT TO USE A PROPERTY IN A MANNER THAT SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN.
THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY OWNED BY SJS WITHIN THE LIMITS AND CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY LAW AND THE UDC.
THE STAFF HAS RECOGNIZED THAT WE MEET ALL CRITERIA.
WE HAVE AGAIN, EXHAUSTED ALL OF THE REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT ONCE AGAIN, THE COMMISSION, AS THEY DID BACK IN 20 2007, APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FORTH BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN, ROB, UH, I HAVE, UH, A FEW, UM, MS. THOMAS, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD FOR A SECOND AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS AS A LEGAL QUESTION.
UH, A, A COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF COVENANT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN SJA AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT, YOUR HONOR? UH, I HAVE RESEARCHED ALL THE LAND PURCHASES EVER RESEARCHED THE SUBDIVISION RESTRICTION COVENANTS I'VE RESEARCHED EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY COULD TO, UH, FIND ANYTHING THAT ADDRESS THAT THE ANSWER IS.
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2007, WHEN THESE CUP APPLICATIONS FIRST CAME ABOUT FOR PARKING, WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION DID AND AT THE TIME WAS TO PULL IT BACK AND SAY, WE WILL TRY AND ADDRESS THIS ANOTHER WAY.THERE IS NO COVENANT IN WRITING, UM, OR EVEN DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND HISTORICALLY, INDICATING THAT THERE IS A RESTRICTED COVENANT PROHIBITING THE ACADEMY FROM UTILIZING THIS PROPERTY FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT IS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN THE UDC.
UM, THIS LADY HERE HAS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SHE KEEPS WAVING, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT A COVENANT, UH, COULD ONE OF STAFF BRING THAT TO ME PLEASE? OR COULD, COULD YOU BRING THAT FORWARD? YEAH, WE WILL.
WE WILL NEED TO RETAIN THAT FOR THE RECORD.
THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT.
UM, AND I HAVE A, UH, A SECOND QUIET, WELL, ACTUALLY FOR YOU, MA'AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT.
UM, MS. BREEN, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD FOR A SECOND, THERE WAS A, ANOTHER STATEMENT MADE, UH, CONCERNING, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ACADEMY AND CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SYMBIOSIS.
I KNOW THAT THE TWO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSE.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH CATHOLIC, AS YOU KNOW.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOME RELATIONSHIP THAT SOME OF THAT PARKING IN THE OLD WESTMORELAND COULD BE USEFUL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UM, I TALKED TO JEAN TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF, OF CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE MAXED OUT IN THEIR PARKING.
THERE IS NO PARKING AVAILABLE FOR ST.
JOSEPH AT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
IS, IS, IS DALE RIGHT HERE AND COULD HE COME FORWARD IF HE WOULD MIND? THANK YOU, SIR.
IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, UH, BILL REICH, UH, TWO 12 AMHERST AVENUE.
UH, CONCERNING THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, THERE IS A FENCE SHOWN.
IS THAT FENCE OPAQUE OR IS IT LIKE A CHAIN LINK FENCE? IT'S OPAQUE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT THIS PROPERTY HOLDS OR SHEDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF SQUARE FOOTAGES YOU CAN GIVE ME ON W WE DO NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IT'S IN THE COMMENTS TO, I HAVE, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAD, HAD ALREADY LOOKED AT.
CAUSE I KNOW THE COMMENTS HAD BEEN MADE BY SOME OF THE OPPONENTS.
THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE FENCE WAS OKAYED.
AND I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR.
UH, ANOTHER COMMENT WAS MADE CONCERNING THE LANDSCAPING.
UH, THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS TO EVEN BE BUILT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE, THEY, WE CAN APPROVE THIS PLAN AND THEY CAN TAKE IT OUT FOR COST ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE.
SO THEY HAVE TO MEET THE BUFFER REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND THIS USE THAT'S CORRECT.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE FIRST ITEM ITEM 21 MEETS THOSE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS AND BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS.
ITEM 22, I CAN SAY, UH, UPON STAFF'S REVIEW, UH, GREATLY EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING.
UH, I'M GOING TO, I KNOW I'VE, I'VE BEEN SORT OF MONOPOLIZING THE COMMISSION'S TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO WRAP THIS UP.
FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WHEN LOOKING AT THIS, OUR JOB HERE IS NOT TO PASS JUDGMENT ON A MASTER PLAN FOR PARKING OR OUR, OUR QUEST HERE IS TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHETHER THIS IS A REASONABLE USE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
NOW I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THE NEXT THING A QUESTION WAS ASKED, AND I'M GOING TO ANSWER IT.
THE QUESTION WAS, DO YOU WANT A PARKING LOT NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE? I LOOK OUT MY BACKYARD AND I LOOK AT THE BACK OF A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I MOVED THERE KNOWING THAT MY HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT BEFORE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT I ONLY HAVE A FOUR FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE IN BETWEEN ME AND A BUS TURNAROUND AND FACULTY PARKING.
IN FACT, IT'S GONE CONSIDERABLY UP RECENTLY.
I DON'T HAVE A SIX FOOT OPAQUE FENCE.
I DON'T HAVE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
I HAVE A FOUR FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE AND A CAFETERIA
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STAFF AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHO SHOW UP AT FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING EVERY MORNING.SO IF YOU ASK THE QUESTION, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ANSWER.
I LIVE WITH IT AND YOU'RE GETTING A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN WHAT I HAVE.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I SUPPORT THIS.
I SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AT THE TIME WHEN IT COMES.
BUT I THINK OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE OTHER THINGS TO SAY, THANK YOU.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
IT WAS THE MOST NORMAL FLOW FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
UH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE VICE CHAIRMAN GOT IS YOUR APPROVAL FOR, UH, THE BOAT, BOTH ITEMS, BOTH ITEMS. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONER GROUT AND MOTION IS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THOSE TWO ITEMS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ADDISON, YOU CLOSED THE FLOOR IN THE DEBATE.
W WE HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION RIGHT HERE FROM, FROM OUR COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK.
I NEEDED TO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DESIGN BECAUSE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS INDICATED THAT YOU CAN GO BOTH ON BROUSSARD AND KENNAMORE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.
AND THERE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENCROACHMENT OF FATHER PARKING AND DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN TO OR SOMEONE TO COME BACK TO THE MICROPHONE FOR THAT YOU TAKE THAT I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, AND THIS MIGHT HELP THIS.
THE LARGEST POINT IS YES, SIR.
THE ONLY THING THAT THAT DOES NOT JOE, IS THAT WHAT'S KIND OF AN ORIGINAL DESIGN.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THIS IS BROUSSARD THE FIRST LOT, THE SMALLER LOT, THEY WOULD TURN THE HORSE.
THAT WOULD BE THAT WE INVEST A LOT IN AN EXIT ROUTES BAR.
THEY WOULD ALSO LOOK YES, CORRECT.
ONE OF THE WAY THIS WOULD ALSO BE HARSCO ON, UH, AT WHAT WE DO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
MA'AM YOU CAN STEP TO THE MIC SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING EVERYTHING.
WHAT WE DO ON KLEINER IS WE'VE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT GO OUT IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING BOATS, AREN'T BOTH CARPOOLS AND THEY CAN PUT CONES UP AND WE CAN WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'D LIKE TO PUT SIGNS THAT CLEARLY DIRECT THESE ONE WAYS.
AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT, AS WE DO ON KLEINER, WE CAN PUT CONES HERE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE OR ANY KIND OF BARRIER THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO THAT NO ONE ENTERS ANY FURTHER THAN THIS ONE WAY TURN.
SO THIS PARTICULAR DIAGRAM WE HAVE HERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
THE ONLY THING IT DOESN'T SHOW WAS AFTER THE MARCH 18TH MEETING, IT DOES NOT SHOW THE SIDEWALKS THAT WERE REQUIRED BY PLANNING AND ZONING.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE LABELS, THE SMALLER COPY YOU HAVE IN THERE IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS.
UM, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, BUT I'M KIND TO THROW IT OFF.
I'VE MET MR. CHAIRMAN CHAIR, MY RELAXES FLOOR.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? I'LL REPEAT THE MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS FROM VICE CHAIRMAN.
ROB, THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SO YOU NOT BOTH THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
[29. SS-4-22 Claude Clinton Reams Estate Proposed minor subdivision with a private street on property located on the south side of Stoney Point Burch Road, east of Liberty Road, on Tract B-3-A-1 of the Claude Clinton Reams Estate (Council District 1 - Noel) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the minimum requirements of the Unified Development Code for Planning Commission consideration]
TO ITEM NUMBER 29, SMALL SUBDIVISION 4 22, CLAUDE CLINTON REAMS, THE STATETHE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF THE STONY POINT PORCH ROAD, EAST OF LIBERTY
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ROAD CONSTANTLY STREET ONE.NO, THE APPLICANT IS KEVIN MYSTERY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED FIVE RESIDENTIAL TRACKS ACCESS TO PRIVATE IS THREE, BUT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS NOT RECORDED ON X S 4 22 CLAUDE DON'T READ SUSTAIN STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
WE'VE RECEIVED TWO MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION AND ONE IN FAVOR TO THIS ITEM COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD OF, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I RECENTLY PURCHASED HIS LAND AND, UH, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A SIMPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, MOSTLY PASTURES.
SO ANY QUESTIONS HERE? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ONE COURT, UH, IN OPPOSITION THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THAT AS FOR JOHN PEO, CAPELLA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES THERE.
I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE.
I'M AGAINST THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I OWN PROPERTY ON THE ORIGINAL 88 ACRES OF THE CLAUDE RAINS.
THE STATE THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS TARGETED THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE, THE PURCHASER OF THE RULE, 88 ACRE CLAUDE RIMS ESTATE INTENDED FOR IT TO BE DIVIDED INTO FIVE ACRE, LOTS FOR SINGLE HOMES.
SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE A TASTE OF COUNTRY LIVING.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD DESTROY THE AESTHETICS OF THIS INTENT.
ASIDE FROM, FROM THAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES, ONE BEING DRAINAGE, SEWAGE, THE EFFECT ON PROPERTY VALUES, OR THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY FLOODED IN THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2016, QUITE CONSIDERABLY.
UM, THERE'S TWO BRIDGES THAT ALLOW ACCESS FROM EITHER SIDE ON THE ROAD TO THIS PROPERTY.
EACH ONE IS POSTED AT FIVE TONS.
THIS WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BRING, UH, THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, UH, CEMENT TRUCKS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN AS, UM, THERE'S ALSO A GAS PIPELINE, A TRANSMISSION LINE QUITE CONSIDERABLE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WERE PLENTY OF AREAS IN AND AROUND THE CITY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED IF ONE WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN A SOW DIVISION WITHOUT METASTASIZING THIS OVERDEVELOPMENT INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE.
I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO GET AWAY FROM EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF LAND EXPLOITATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE BEAUTY OF THIS PROPERTY STAY IN TAFT.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING PEOPLE BUILD HOUSES ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT A SUBDIVISION IS NOT WHAT WE NEED IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES IN THE CITY TO PUT SUBDIVISIONS.
AND THIS IS ENCROACHING ON, UH, THE BEAUTY OF THIS, THIS AREA.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UM, YES, THERE ARE, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A SUBDIVISION THERE IT'S FAMILY LAND.
IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY PASTORS.
IN FACT, THE, THE BACKTRACK IS 10 ACRES AND THAT IS ALL CAL PASTORS.
UH, SO THE INTENT WAS TO GET AWAY FROM THE CITY AND MOVE OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAXIMUM MAXIMUM OF FOUR HOMES OUT THERE AND THERE'S CONSTRUCTION TO MY LEFT AND RIGHT ALREADY.
UM, SO I, PEOPLE WERE BUILDING OUT THERE AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE 20 PEOPLE ON THIS, UH, THIS PIECE OF LAND.
THIS IS FOR PERSONAL USES AND, UH, MOSTLY FARM AND, UH, AGRICULTURE, UM, AND THE PROPERTY VALUE ON THAT.
STREET'S GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE, UH, UH, WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH IT, THE HOMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THERE, WHICH IS MINE AND MY MOTHER, AND, UH, I'M CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE.
SO IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GETTING CARRIED AWAY WITH.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT A CELL DIVISION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MOVE MY FAMILY OUT THERE AND, UH, GET AWAY FROM THE CITY.
I MISS YOUR MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS IDOL COMMISSIONER HILL.
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COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT ABOUT GO, PLEASE.I, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
YOU CAN SPEAK TO YOUR PLANS FOR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
OH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A DETERMINATION.
WE'RE AT ROUGHLY 80, 81 FEET, UH, RIGHT NOW ELEVATION.
SO WE ONLY HAVE TO ELEVATE, UH, A FOOT.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THAT WE HAD TO GET FLOOD DETERMINATION FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DRAINAGE? UM, WELL, THE PROPERTY, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC DRAINAGE PLANS IN MIND OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT, THOUGHT THAT FAR YET? UH, WE, WE WERE ASKED TO DO A DRAIN OF SERVER, UM, SURVEY, BUT WE GOT A WAIVER FOR THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS NATURAL DRAINAGE AROUND THE PROPERTY ALREADY.
UM, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE BUILDING SITE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOUSE PADS AND, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING VERY HARD.
IT'S NOT WHATEVER'S THERE NOW IS GOING TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW, IN 10 MONTHS.
SO YOU'RE PRIMARILY PLANNING TO BILL FIVE, RESIDENTIAL TRACKS, ROUGHLY FOUR ACRES OF TRACK.
THERE'S, UH, TWO, THREE ACRE TRACKS IN THE FRONT.
UM, W AND THE REASON WE'RE KIND OF DOING THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, THANKS ARE VERY, VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH WHEN, WHEN GETTING A MOUSE OF LAND OVER FIVE ACRES.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE SUBDIVIDED AND SELL IT TO, UH, SAY, UH, A RELATIVE.
THEY CAN BUY THAT FIRST THREE ACRE PLOT AND THEY CAN KIND OF SHARE THE WHOLE PASTURE WITH US.
SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF A, A WAY TO GET PAST THE BANKS, YOU KNOW, AND MOVE, UH, GET PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH TO LIVE BY YOU.
I KNOW MY BEST WAY TO SAY THAT, BUT THE FIRST TWO, UH, THREE ACRE TRACKS ARE, UM, AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THE REST IS NOT, IT'S ALL YOU KNOW, BETWEEN, UM, IT'S GOING TO HAVE ONE HOUSE AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER HOUSE ON A ONE ACRE TRACK FOR MY MOM.
SO IT'S NOT, LIKE I SAID, THE DRAINAGE, WE'D DONE ALL THE WE'VE DONE ALL THE SURVEYS.
WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING.
THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE BEING ADDED.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, YOU DON'T MIND, UH, HOW HAVE YOU GOT YOUR FAMILY ON, THIS IS 21.5 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
WE JUST, WE JUST PURCHASED IT.
WE CLOSED ON THE LAND, UH, LAST MONTH.
AND YOU PLAN ON KEEPING MOST OF IT, CONTINUAL RULE AGRICULTURE AS IT CURRENTLY IS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY PUT THE, THE BACK SECTION, THE BACK 10 ACRES FOR, UM, UH, I'VE PASSED YOUR ONLY, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EVER GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEIGHBOR RESIDENT'S CONCERNED IS.
I MEAN, I HEAR A LOT OF THAT OUT IN THE AREA.
IN FACT, I LIVE OFF RIM ROAD RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM US.
AND BACK BEFORE I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, I'M A CURRENT LIVE ON STONEY.
BURKE IS WHERE I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO BUY MY LAND.
I MEAN, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
UH, AND MOST TIMES THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IDEA OF MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEBODY IS GONNA COME THERE AND GONNA TAKE 20, 30 ACRES.
NEXT THING IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE AN INFIELD, LIKE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.
AND, UM, UH, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERN, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU, IT, I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR LAYOUT OF THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LOOK AT, UM, AS FAR AS WHERE THE HOUSE PADS ARE GONNA GO, HOW THEY, HOW THEY WOULDN'T BE LAID OUT.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AT THIS TIME.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW, WE DIDN'T NEED TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT, UM, WELL, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S A LARGE PARCEL OF PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO TICK LIFT.
THIS IS WHERE THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE THAT IS AND WHATEVER.
AND EVEN THE NEIGHBOR WHO HAS OPPOSITION, HE KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE I HAVE A LESS OF A CONCERN WHEN A PERSON WANTS TO MAKE A PERSONAL CHOICE ON THEIR PROPERTY LIKE THAT, WHETHER IT'S MOTHER'S HOUSE OR WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S A TRAILER.
I MEAN, CAUSE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TRAILERS ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND IT'S LARGE PORTIONS UP LARGE PORTIONS OF PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, 40, 5,000 ACRES IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, THE, THE FARMING INDUSTRY IS NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS 50, 75 YEARS AGO.
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SO, YOU KNOW, I SNOW, THEY LOOK TO TRY TO SELL IT OFF.THAT'S WHY I ASKED HOW LONG ARE YOU AT ON IT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU COME AND REACH ON AND RECHANGE ONLY SIX MONTHS.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OVER HERE.
SO, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY EMOTIONS, THE COMMENT ROCHELLE MCGRAW.
UM, I BEEN LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE USED FOR FAMILY FOR LONGTERM.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THE OPPONENTS CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD BE TURNED INTO, HE SEES THE WORD SUBDIVISION AND I GET IT.
YOU KNOW, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, 30, 40, 50 HOUSES, I THINK IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THEY CLEARLY HAD AN INTENT, UH, IN THE LAYOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE THE FIRST TWO OR THREE ACRES, THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR HIS MOM, HE HAS A ONE ACRE LOT.
SHE DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF LAND NOR WOULD SHE WANTED.
AND THEN HE HAS THE, THE AREA IN THE REAR.
I THINK THEY FOUGHT THIS THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO END UP BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, AT LEAST I HOPE.
UM, AND THE CONCERN WITH THE FLOODING.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, JUST A RE SUBDIVISION, JUST DIVIDING IT INTO LARGER LOTS.
I THINK FOR THE AREA, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS SOME GOOD PLANNING.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
IT WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON
[30. INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT – To revise Section 17.5.2.A.3 (Front Loaded Garage Setbacks) ]
TO ITEM NUMBER 30 INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT REAL QUICK.THIS ITEM IS TO INITIATE A SMALL MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION 17.5 TO A THREE.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, LATE LAST YEAR, THIS VERY SECTION WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AND APPROVED BY THIS BODY AND BY METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PLANNING, COMMISSION STAFF, UH, REVIEWED THAT AMENDMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO YOU, BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, WE REVIEWED IT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IT'S COMING BACK, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE PERMIT OFFICE.
UH, IT DOES, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OR REGULATION IT'S SIMPLY, UM, WAS REQUESTED TO, UM, TO BETTER CLARIFY AND HELP THE PERMITTING OFFICE, UH, AT THAT LEVEL.
SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WILL, UH, MAKE THIS CHANGE AND PASS IT OUT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AND IT WOULD BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR THIS MONITOR APPROVAL COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
IS THERE, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SCROGGS I BELIEVE THERE'S A SECOND FRONT PERMISSION TO HEAL, UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM, SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED
[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]
THIS TIME.WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS BEGINNING WITH DIRECTORS, COMMENTS, UH, REAL QUICK YOU THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AT YOUR SEATS.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 19 DEFINITIONS.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE REVISIONS, UM, TO THE DEFINITION CHAPTER, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, THIS WILL BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
WE HOPE TO, TO PUT THIS ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
THERE'S UM, A COUPLE OF THESE HAD REGULATIONS THAT WERE BURIED IN THE ACTUAL DEFINITIONS.
UH, THAT'S NEVER A GOOD PRACTICE.
WE, UM, LOOK TO BRING IT OUT AND CLARIFY THAT WITHIN THE BODY OF THE TEXT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I NEED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION.
I'LL BE OUT THE OFFICE FROM APRIL 29TH TO MAY 4TH, ATTENDING, UH, PLANNING CONFERENCE.
UH, I'LL HAVE EMAILS THAT CAN CHECK THAT YOU'LL BE IN THE OFFICE AND CAN CERTAINLY TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEEDS.
THEN ALSO YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS MAY 16TH.
[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
THIS TIME WE MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.IT WAS JASMINE THOMAS, WHO WAS A SENIOR PLANNER IN THE LONG-RANGE DIVISION.
JASMINE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE OF RESEARCH FOR LONG RANGE PROJECTS.
SHE'S ASSISTING WITH THE STUDY OF EXISTING SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE ORDINANCES, AND ALSO HELPS TO IMPLEMENT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BROWNSVILLE PROGRAM.
JASMINE DISPLAYS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WORKS TO ENSURE TASKS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME.
SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM.
SHE'S ALSO ON HER PATH TO BEING CERTIFIED AICP AND SHE PLANS TO SUBMIT HER EXPERIENCES AT AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
TELL ME CONGRATULATING, JASMINE, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU'RE NOT AS THEIR EMOTIONAL JOURNEY
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MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILL.ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
WE NEED A ONE HOUR MEETING WE'RE DUE.