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WE WON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT, THAT WOULD PLEASE TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH.
AH, SO WOULD THAT BE IN THE CASE? UH, I SAID, WHAT I LIKE TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE FOR ONE PARTICULAR ITEM IS TICK THAT ITEM LAST.
CAUSE I BELIEVE WE COULD SPEED THROUGH THE OTHER ITEMS VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THAT ITEM THAT EVERYONE IS HERE FOR ANY EVENT THAT WAS SPENDING SOME TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
I SEE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, BUT I'D RATHER NOT BE LATE, BUT THE BUSINESS, UH, AND POTENTIALLY RUN OUT OF TIME BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE WHO IS HERE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM THEY SPEAK ON WITHOUT HAVING TO RUSH THEM THROUGH.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY I LIKE TO PROCEED IN THAT MANNER.
[3. 22-00357 RV-2-22 Field Drive Revocation]
THREE, WHICH REQUIRES EIGHT.BOTH THE PUBLIC HAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE ONE AND SECTION ONE, TWO C NINE, AND 1.7 OF THE COVID WARNINGS AT ALL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN USE OF THE PUBLIC DESIGN AND SPEAK ON THE FRONT OF THE MEETING AGENDA SORT OF INFORMATION.
PRIVATE WHEN YOU'RE USING ONE OF THE ONE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS ABOUT PULLING OUT OF THE REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD AND HE CAME AND WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AND THEN PLACE A DESIGNATED LOCATION.
ONCE I HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON WHOSE NAME HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE CARD WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
TONIGHT'S TIME WILL BE THREE MINUTES, BUT THE BONUS WILL SPEAK FIRST IN THE OPPONENT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE, WILL BE ALLOWED NOT MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
THE SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS, TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
THE PROPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PICKUP, A LAW, BUT ARE URGED TO COOPERATE IN AN EFFORT TO SPEND NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES ON ANY ONE ZONING ONLY CASE ITEM.
ALL B TWO DASH 22 FIELD RIDE REPUTATION AND REQUEST TO REVOKE SIX FOOT RIGHT AWAY.
THE PERSON FEELS DRY LOCATED SOUTH OF HERE.
DRIVE WEST THE BLUE BUTTON, THE BOULEVARD COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 COMMISSION ACTION, NO HEARING BEFORE FINALLY COMMISSIONER REQUIRED FOR YOU TO SEE SECTION 3, 6, 3 IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE? WE HAVE ONE EMAIL, CARMEN AND POLLS, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MAMON IVAN THREE PASSES.
[4. 22-00358 RV-3-22 Selene Bayou Revocation and Relocation]
FOUR.SO MANY BY YOUR REVOCATION AND RELOCATION REQUESTS TO REVOKE.
AND WE LOOKED AT A 74 PUBLIC TINY SERVER, TWO AND A SALINE BODY LOCATED EAST OF NIXON DRIVE SOUTH THE BLUEVINE AND BOULEVARD.
COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, GO THERE.
KNOW HIM BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIRED PER THE UDC SECTION 360 3.
WE HAD ONE EMAIL COMMENT OR POLLS, BUT THEY'RE NOT MR. SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL CALL.
SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR.
IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR? IS THERE A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM FOR US TO MOVE OUR COUNCIL NUMBER? NO, NO OPPOSITION TO GO TO ITEM
[5. 22-00422 PA-9-22 15050 Samuels Road and 15175, 15195, 15200-15300 Old Scenic Highway]
FIVE, WHICH REQUIRES THEY POST 1 5 0 5 0 SALMONS ROAD AND 1 5 1 7 5 1 5 1 9 5 1 5 2 0 0 1 5.LAYMAN'S PLANNING OF RESIDENCE, NEGLIGENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF
THE ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT IN FIVE, WITHOUT GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
NO SECOND ABOUT THE CHAIR, NO OPPOSITION.
[6. 22-00423 Case 14-22 11663 Honore Lane]
SIX, CASE 14 DASH 22 1 1 6 6 3 ON OUR ATLANTA REZONE FOR RURAL OFF STREET PARKING AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE HONOREE LANE.DRIVE OSCAR, WHICH PROPERTY DISTRICT 11 ADAMS COMMISSIONED ACTION.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MOST TO APPROVE BY ADAMS 70 BY DONE NO OPPOSITION ITEM SIX CARRIES.
[7. 22-00424 Case 15-22 2323 North Flannery Road]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM SEVEN, KINGS ONE FIVE DASH 2 2 2 3 2 3 NORTH FLANNERY ROAD TO RESOLVED FROM COMMERCIAL AND ALL THE BEVERAGE BAR AND LOUNGE CAV TO, TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL TO A SEAT TO ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST ABANDON SECTION NORTH FLAGLER AVENUE, SOUTH.THIS IS SIX MONTHS COMMISSION, NATURAL MOTION TO APPROVE A ZERO EMAIL COMMENTS SUPPOSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT MR. JAMES ROBINSON AND ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN.
WE'RE NOT WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS A LITTLE BY DOUG SECONDED BY THE CHAIR AND THE OPPOSITION.
[8. 22-00425 Case 16-22 9250 West Inniswold Road]
TO ITEM EIGHT K 16 DASH 22 9 2 5 0 WITH MS. WORLD ROAD TO HIS OFFICE.SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE WEST END IS ROAD WEST OF MACGUINEAS DRIVE A LOT, 3, 4 8 COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11?
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I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11.WE WANT TO POSE JAMES ROBINSON, RIGHT? IT MAY EXCUSE ME ON ITEM MADE A POLES, BUT DOES NOT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE? EXCUSE ME, WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF SEVEN DIPLOMA CHAIN 8, 7 0 8.
JEFF'S A HIGHWAY SEVEN DEPOSIT HERE.
THAT'S THE ONE WE ON THE PROPONENT AND THE PROPONENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK A LIE TO MAKE SHOWING.
NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER PLEASANT.
I'LL DEFER TO QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T.
SO YOU WHAT'S YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE, UM, WE HAD A DEVELOPER.
I AM THE DEVELOPER OF THAT PROJECT IS THE INCORPORATION OF THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY INTO HIS WHILE SUBDIVISION IS THE FRONT PORTION OF A LOT WHERE THE REAR PORTION OF A LOT ALREADY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO IT.
THE SELLERS PASSED AWAY ARE NOW TRYING TO INCORPORATE THIS PIECE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING, 87.
NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THIS LOT IN THIS AREA.
I JUST HAVE ONE THING I WANT, I WANT TO ASK.
UM, I'VE I'VE BEEN AT THAT, IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE WHEN HEAVY RAINS HAVE COME, THE EMOTION CONTROL IS NOT QUITE RIGHT RIGHT NOW.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE EROSION CONTROL.
THERE'S AN, THERE'S A QUITE A BIT OF SILT THAT YOU CAN SEE GOING INTO THE DITCH.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THOSE LOTS IN THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BEEN SOLD AND THE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE EROSION CONTROL IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL LOT OWNERS.
WE OWN NO REMAINING LOTS OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, AND I WILL TELL YOU, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT, THERE'S BEEN SOME DIRT ALREADY ADDED TO THIS 92, 50 WEST AS WELL.
ANYWAY, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS LAST TIME I WAS OVER THERE.
IF Y'ALL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
CAUSE EVERY BIT OF SILICON GOES INTO THOSE, UH, DRAINAGE.
WE HAVE TO PAY TO GET OUT AT A LATER DATE.
MOST OF THE TWO APPROVED BY ADAMS. SECOND, HAVE I DONE ANY OPPOSITION? ITEM NINE HAS BEEN REPROVED APPROVAL.
THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT WAS EIGHT.
SO I SAID NINE, RIGHT? OH, EXCUSE ME.
[9. 22-00426 Case 17-22 135 South Flannery Road]
K 17.THAT WAS 22, 1 35 SOUTH ATLANTA RIDDLED WITH THE REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL.
ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH ATLANTA ROAD, SOUTH TO FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR MORE COMMISSION ACTION.
WAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE? WE HAVE AN EMAIL COMMENT OPPOSED, BUT DOES NOT SUBMIT TO SPEAK JAMES ROBINSON, ANY OTHER IS ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM NINE, SHOWING NONE.
MOSO APPROVE, SECONDED BY THE CHAIR OR SECONDED BY HEARST.
[10. 22-00427 Case 18-22 9255 Cal Road]
CASE ONE EIGHT DASH 2 2 9 2 5 5 CAIRO TO REZONE FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 81, THE BLUE BOND DESIGN DISTRICT, PB BDD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF CAIRO, EAST TO BLUE BOTTOM BOULEVARD, COUNCIL, DISTRICT 11 ADAMS MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED BY THE COMMISSION.WE HAVE AN EMAIL COMMENT OPPOSED, BUT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK.
JAMES ROBINSON IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ADAM, SECONDED BY COUNCIL NUMBER DONE NO OPPOSITION.
[11. 22-00428 Case 19-22 5500 McClelland Drive]
CASE 19 DASH 22 5500 MCCLOW IN DRIVE TO REASONABLE FROM ALL STREET PARKING LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTHEAST INTERSEX NUMBER CLEMENT DRIVE THE HOLLYWOOD GREENWOOD CROSSOVER STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ AND MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO COMMISSION.HAS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11, FEMALE COMMENT, JAMES ROBINSON IS OPPOSED, BUT DOES NOT.
MR. SPEAK ANYONE ELSE? WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SECOND AND BUYER, THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING THE SECOND ABOUT ROCKERS? ANYONE ELSE HERE? WISHING ANY OPPOSITION ITEM 11 CARES.
[12. 22-00429 PUD-1-04 The Settlement at Willow Grove, Concept Plan Revision 4]
WE GO NOW TO ITEM 12, PUG 1 0 4, THE SETTLEMENT OF WILLOW ROAD CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOR A PROPOSED CHANGE TO INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND RELOCATE UNIT COUNTS BETWEEN RESIDENTS OF DESTINY TYPES ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD BETWEEN WOMEN AND AVENUE IN OAKDALE DRIVE COUNCIL, DISTRICT 11 ADAMS MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO BY THE COMMISSIONER.IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12? JAMES ROBINSON HAS A POLISH, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12? WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER WALKER, IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK? NO ITEM, NUMBER ONE.
ANYONE HERE? WISHING TO SPEAK ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SO AGAIN, I WILL BE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER ONE, I'M JUST MESSING WITH DWIGHT.
I'M JUST MESSING WITH THE WHITE CASE.
[1. 22-00080 Case 5-22 8398, 8412 and 8514 Hooper Road]
AND 8 5 1 4.OVERRODE THE RESULT FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD WEST TO PITTCON DRIVE DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ COMMISSION AT YOUR MOST TO APPROVE SEVEN ZERO.
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ONE PERSON MISSION TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE.AND THAT IS BOTH JAMES BOOTY OF 200 GOVERNMENT STREET.
HE'S GOING TO HANDLE THE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS LATER RATHER THAN GETTING IN.
SO I'M THINKING FOR KOREA, THE DEVELOPER HERSELF LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, GO AHEAD.
SO BEFORE YOU, UH, GOOD EVENING, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
THE READING OF THAT VERY IMPRESSIVE, SIR, I'M REQUESTING REZONING, UH, FROM A ONE TO A 2.7, 4 53 0.7 ACRE TRACK ON HOOPER ROAD.
OUR PLANS DEVELOP 183 RESIDENTIAL, LOTS 50 BY ONE 20 ON THE PROJECT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT WE NEED THE 82.7.
MY NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT IS COMING TO STATES.
THERE'S ZONING IS A 2.2, UH, TO THE LEFT OF ME IS H ONE, WHICH IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ACROSS SUPER ROAD IS, UH, C TWO, WHICH IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND ALSO ANOTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LOT C TWO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ROUTER.
SO IT'S PRETTY BIG DIVERSITY IN THE ZONINGS AROUND THERE.
UH, THE 2.2 0.7 GIVES US THE 50 FOOT LOTS WITH A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, LOT SIZE.
UH, THEY 2.7, IF THAT LAND WOULD HOLD, IT WOULD GIVE YOU 380 LOTS, UH, FROM LOOKING AT OUR PLANS.
YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY WE CAN ONLY DO THE 183 AND HALF SUFFICIENT RETAINERS FOR ARONOFF.
ALONG WITH NEIGHBORS RUN OFF FOR THE WATER.
WELL, 25% OF OUR LAND, BASICALLY IN RETENTION, PONDS, 13 ACRES OF PONDS, UH, SIX TO SEVEN FEET OR FREE BOARD TO RETAIN NOT JUST THE WATER FROM MY SITE, BUT THE WATER CURRENTLY RUNS INTO COVID.
THE STATES FLOODING THEIR STREETS, EVERY MEDIUM TO HEAVY RAIN THAT THEY GET.
UH, THE STAFF PLANNING, THE PLANNING STAFF CERTIFIED THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO THE UDC REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE WILL PROVIDE A CONNECTION STREET TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO COME IN THE STATES.
SO I HAVE A SECONDARY ENTRANCE INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION, UH, BO BOOTY, THE ENGINEER AND I, AND HER ALL HURST MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS BOARD FOR COMETA STATES.
THEY'RE BEHIND OUR DEVELOPMENT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEIR FLOODING SITUATION AND HELP THEIR ACCESS IN ANOTHER SUBDIVISION.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
IT SHOWS WE NEED TO REPLY PROVIDE A U-TURN LANE ON HOOPER ROAD.
IF YOU'RE HEADED WEST TO TURN INTO A SUBDIVISION AND A TURNING LANE GOING DIRECTLY INTO OUR SUBDIVISION FOR COMING EAST.
SO WE SHOULD HANDLE ANY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. UPPER ROAD IS FULL LANE.
IF THAT SECTION RIGHT THERE, AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO BRING A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO AN OLDER AREA AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE CATALYST FOR MORE SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN THAT AREA, WHICH LEADS TO GROCERY STORES, DRUG STORES, AND TO REALLY HELP OUT THAT PART OF, UH, BATON ROUGE HAS KINDA BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AS OFTEN.
WALLPAPER NICK FOR COREY IS HERE IS NICK HERE.
AND YOU SAY, DANG, BUDDHA WAS GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION.
IF THAT'S NICK, WE'VE GOT OPERANT AND BEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIDGET WHITNEY WHO WAS HERE TO SPEAK BRITTANY WELL FROM ALL DOWN TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE WORD.
I'M AUTHORING WALKER, PRESIDENT OF KOMITA STATE'S HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND WE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD NEXT TO OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND WE UNDERSTAND IT IS REALLY A PRECURSOR TO THE PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES, WHICH WE ALSO SUPPORT.
WE HAVE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER, AS HE SAID, AND WE'VE SEEN THE PLAT AND THE MEASURES THAT WILL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE DECADES LONG FLOODING AND CALLED ME TO STATES.
WE HAVE A DOUBLE WHAMMY WHEN THE FLOODING COMES IN FROM HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS, WE GET IT IN THE FRONT FROM THIS LAND AND WE GET IT IN THE BACK FROM THE CANAL, WHICH RUNS INTO THE COAT MEET RIVER.
UH, AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO ADD THAT ALSO WITH THE GROWTH OF FAMILIES POTENTIALLY COMING INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WE HOPE THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO SEE THE RESURGENCE OF NEW BUSINESSES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S TOTALLY NON-EXISTENT.
AND SO YES, WE SUPPORT WE'RE IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE NEW SUBDIVISION.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO STAY THE OPPOSITION.
MANY OF OUR HOMEOWNERS WORK AND, UH, STILL WORKING AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
SO I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THEM.
WE'LL HEAR FROM BRIDGET WHITNEY, WHO WAS AN OPPOSITION, MR. WHITNEY, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WAS IN FAVOR, WISHING TO SPEAK ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR, WISHING TO SPEAK WITH NOW, GO TO THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, MS. WHITNEY.
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UH, I, UM, I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I LIVE JUST EAST MUST'VE DIVISION ENTRANCES WHEN WE'RE ABOUT 185 HOMES, JUST EAST OF THIS ON HOOPER ROAD, THE ENTRANCE OF OUR SUBDIVISION COMES OUT ON HUBER.I'M 60 WHEN I WAS 16 AND 17 YEARS OLD, I WORKED FOR HOOPER.
I DRIVE IN WHICH DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, BUT THE NORTH SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD WHERE ALL THIS WATER STANDS TODAY, DID NOT STAND BACK THERE THEN.
AND A DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRIOR TO THE 16 FLOOD WAS PROPOSED BEHIND MY HOME.
WE HAD BEEN TOLD IT WAS WETLANDS.
I CONTACTED THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND I'M NOT TALKING LOCAL.
I'M TALKING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS OVER OUR ENTIRE AREA.
AND THIS MAN TOLD ME SOME SIX YEARS AGO THAT IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF WE CLEANED OUT EVERY CANAL AND DITCH AND RAVINE IN EVERY CITY, ACROSS LOUISIANA.
BUT UNTIL WE CLEAN OUT THE AREAS WHERE THIS WATER IS BEING SENT TO, UH, THAT IT HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
UH, SO THAT LITERALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO START AT THE FURTHEST MOST SOUTH POINT WHERE WATER DUMPS FROM ALL THESE TRIBUTARIES INTO THEIR MAIN AND WORK OUR WAY NORTH.
AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED IN SIX YEARS.
IF I EVER FLOODED AGAIN, BECAUSE I WAS A VICTIM OF THE FLOOD OF 16, IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE THAN THE FLOOD OF 16.
UM, WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I WAS FIGHTING THIS DEVELOPMENT BEFORE AND I HAD THE FEMA ENGINEER ACTUALLY HELPED ME FIGHT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
HE TOOK SATELLITE SHOTS OF MY HOME.
HE GAVE ME ALL THE INFORMATION I NEEDED TO SUBMIT TO MY LOCAL COUNCIL AND I DID SO, AND IT WAS DENIED.
BUT WHAT I ASKED HIM WAS I SAID, WILL THIS, AND I KNOW THIS PROPERTY IS VERY WET, JUST LIKE THIS PROPERTY IS HERE.
AND I'VE HAD, I HAD BEEN PREPARED.
I WAS GOING TO BRING YOU ALL THREE OF THESE.
I LOOKED THEM UP ON THE FEMA MAPS, ALL THREE OF THESE FALLEN AES ON.
THERE'S A VERY, VERY SMALL SECTION OF EXOME WHEN THIS DEVELOPER COMES IN AND RAISES THAT LAND.
AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE IT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SELL THOSE HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD FLOOD INSURANCE.
WE ARE GETTING HIT WITH A 2.0 RATING.
I PICKED UP A CHEAP FLOOD POLICY, $500 A YEAR.
THAT FOG POLICY IS NOW $1,800 A YEAR.
IF I DON'T PAY IT AND IT LAPSES, I WILL BE PAYING 1800, NOT 500 ANYMORE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS DEVELOPER'S GOING TO SELL THESE HOUSES WITHOUT RAISING THEM.
IF HE RAISES HIM, HE'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERYTHING AROUND IT.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT RETENTION BONDS.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BIG, YOU GOTTA SEND THAT WATER SOMEWHERE.
THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED THIS MAN WITH THE CORPS, AS I SAID, CAN THEY DEVELOP A PLAN LIKE THIS WITHOUT AFFECTING MY PROPERTY? AND WHAT HE TOLD ME BACK THEN WAS ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE GRASS AND THE TREES, AND YOU'RE GOING TO EAT I'M EXXON.
IF THEY TAKE THE GRASS AND THE TREES, I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THE FIRST BIT OF DIRT.
I SAID, WILL THEY EVER BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS LAND? HE SAID, SURE.
IF THEY HIRE A FAMOUS ENGINEER AND THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT THE FEMALE ENGINEER TELLS THEM TO DO, AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO I'M LAYING THIS RESPONSIBILITY ON EVERY ONE OF YOUR LIFE.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM KRISTA, BUT DEEPER COSTA FOR DEEPER KIND OF TALL.
OH, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT UP HERE.
UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, UH, CHRISTOPHER TO APPEAR IN.
I LIVE IN CENTRAL, UH, ACTUALLY IN BAKER.
UM, I'M HERE FOR 56, 56 CHILDREN.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
56 CHILDREN, 56 CHILDREN LIVE IN, PUT ME TO STATE AND THEY ARE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CENTRAL 56 CHILDREN LIVE THERE.
I WANT YOU TO THINK OF SOMETHING I DID.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF NOT FLOODING IN 16.
IT'S NOT JUST ME, BUT MY CHILDREN ASKED ME, DADDY, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A RIDE WITH MR. JIMMY? AGAIN, I CARRIED MY YOUNGEST, WHO WAS A THINK IT WAS SIX MONTHS UP HERE AT THE TIME ON THREE BOATS TO GET TO SAFETY.
MY, MY WIFE WALKED MY, UH, MY, MY OLDEST WHO WAS, I THINK, FIVE AT THE TIME ON, ON THREE BOATS TO GET TO SAFETY, HAD TO SWIM A QUARTER MILE BACK TO MY HOUSE WHERE WE LIVED AT DURING 16, EVERY TIME IT RANG DADDY, WE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A BOAT.
WHEN MR. JIMMY 56 CHILDREN, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE CHILDREN WHEN THEY
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ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD THIS SUBDIVISION AND YOU FLOOD OUT THOSE HOUSES NEXT DOOR, AS THEY ALREADY FLOODED, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH RETENTION POND YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU GOING TO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, MR. DEVELOPER, YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A BOND ON THAT.SO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE HOUSES DON'T, DON'T COME AND STUFF.
THEY'VE DONE ALL THESE STUDIES, BUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS, IS BEHIND THIS BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN PROMISED BY THESE DEVELOPERS, PUT IT IN WRITING, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
YOU MAKE A PROMISE, YOU SOMETHING THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO ALLEVIATE YOUR FLOODING.
THEY'VE MADE PROMISES THAT THEY CAN'T KEEP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 56 CHILDREN.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT 56, WRITE THE NUMBER DOWN, SCRATCH IT IN YOUR HEAD.
56 CHILDREN, NOT TO MENTION THE ADULTS AND THEIR MENTAL ANGUISH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE WHENEVER THEIR HOUSES FLOOD.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS VERY CAREFULLY.
THIS, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA ON PAPER, BUT THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT HAPPEN WITH EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DO.
AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF A YES OR A NO.
THIS WILL HELP THIS AREA A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE.
IT NEEDS SOME REDEVELOPMENT, A HUNDRED PERCENT DOES, BUT WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO REZONE PROPERTY, UM, AND IT'S CONTROVERSIAL FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THE CENTRAL PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT RATHER BY THE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THERE ARE NO MEMBERS FROM THE CITY OF CENTRAL ON THAT COMMISSION.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT IS AN AREA THAT FLOODS IS PRONE TO FLOODING AND HAD AT LEAST FIVE FEET OF WATER.
I'VE TAKEN A STAND AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT IN PART BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING AND IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THIS IS THE FINAL STEP, AND THIS WOULD GIVE THE, GO AHEAD TONIGHT TO THE DEVELOPER TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD OUT THE PROJECT.
AND PEOPLE LIVING IN CENTRAL HAVE GROWN MIGHTY SKEPTICAL OF BEING TOLD THAT PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER AS ADVERTISED IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND THAT SKEPTICISM IS JUSTIFIED IN APRIL OF 2019.
THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAID OUT AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN TO COMPLETE THE DIVERSION CANAL, AND THEY SET A COMPLETION DATE OF SUMMER OF 2021.
THE PROJECT'S STILL NOT COMPLETE IN 2017 SULLIVAN ROAD.
THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, JUST A FEW MILES OF ROAD IN THAT PROJECT IS AT A STAND STILL CURRENTLY WITH ONE OF OUR MAJOR ROADS IN CENTRAL TORN UP INDEFINITELY.
SO THIS PROJECT ON HOOPER ROAD HAS NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE OF A TRAFFIC IMPACT, STUDIED TO THE AREA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ANYBODY WHO TRAVELS HOPE OR ROAD TRYING TO GET INTO CENTRAL AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK KNOWS TO AVOID THAT AREA, GO AROUND, GO A DIFFERENT WAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT A STANDSTILL DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY.
NOW, DRAINAGE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONCERN.
HERE IS OUR COMMUNITY WAS PERMANENTLY CHANGED.
THE PEOPLE, THE WAY WE THINK WAS PERMANENTLY CHANGED IN 2016, WE THINK DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT RAINS EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND YOU KNOW WHAT OUR INSURANCE CARRIERS ALSO THINK DIFFERENTLY.
OUR RATES REFLECT THAT IN CLOSING OUR SCHOOLS CANNOT HANDLE AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T HANDLE AN INFLUX OF AUTOMOBILES AND OUR PEACE OF MIND.
OUR HEALTH, OUR SAFETY COULD ALL SUFFER WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO PLEASE REJECT THIS REZONING CHANGE AND THIS SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
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ROXANNE ATKINSON.I LIVE AT 1 8, 2 4 5 FRENCHTOWN ACRES DRIVE IN GREENVILLE SPRINGS, LOUISIANA.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY CENTRAL COMMUNITY.
I WAS ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2010, AND IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN A PART OF FOR 52 YEARS.
WE WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN A QUALITY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
WE PLAN YEARS IN ADVANCE FOR GROWTH AND FACILITIES TO HELP KEEP OUR STUDENT TEACHER RATIO LOW.
WHEN WE BECAME A SCHOOL SYSTEM OVER 14 YEARS AGO, THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HELPED CLEAN THE SCHOOLS, PAINT THEM, BUILT THINGS TO, FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE QUALITY SCHOOL THAT THEY COULD TAKE PART IN.
THEY WERE SHOWED A LOT OF PRIDE IN HAVING OUR OWN SCHOOLS.
WE WANTED OUR OWN SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CITY SO THAT OUR CHILDREN COULD GO TO A COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM IF THEY SO CHOOSE CHOSE TO DO SO, WE CAN HANDLE MINIMUM GROWTH WE'VE PLANNED FOR THAT.
BUT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS AREA.
AND THIS WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS.
OUR 10 YEAR PLAN THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH DID NOT INCLUDE 500 MORE STUDENTS.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS REZONING.
OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VERY REAL CONCERN.
WE PROBABLY 85% OF US FLOODED IN 2016.
AND IT DID NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE WAY THAT WE FEEL EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT OVERCROWDING, OUR SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY NEAR MAXIMUM ENVIRON, MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT, PLEASE CONSIDER VOTING NO TO THIS REZONING.
MA'AM OPPOSED, BUT DO, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK IS JAMES ROBERTSON, CYNTHIA FRITH AND RUBY FOIL.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM ONE, ANYONE HEAR WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AT THIS TIME WE HAVE 2 MILLION MEMBERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK WITH OUR NEUTRAL SHARON, RONNIE SHARON, BRIAN OPEN.
I'M JUST READING FROM THE PAPER, MAN.
I'VE JUST READ IN FRONT OF PAPER.
MY NAME IS SHARON BROWNING AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD, BUT I'M ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THIS IS BEING DEVELOPED AFTER ATTENDING, UH, THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
I ALMOST CONVINCED MYSELF NOT TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
I'D ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS, LISTEN TO THEM AND SUPPORT THEM.
I WATCH EVERY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING WITH NO DISCUSSION AND ONLY A FEW QUESTIONS ASKED, VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE DEVELOPERS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THEIR PROJECTS.
I'D LIKE TO COME IN DWIGHT HUDSON FOR SPEAKING AGAINST THE WHO SHE TO DEVELOPMENT AND ERIN
IT WOULD DEVASTATE THE CENTRAL SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH AN INFLUX OF STUDENTS.
IT WILL CREATE EVEN MORE FLOODING ON AN EXTREMELY LOW PIECE OF LAND.
AND MR. FUCKERY, THE DEVELOPER WHOM I'VE MET ONLY ONCE SEEMS LIKE A VERY NICE MAN, BUT MR. FUCKERY IS A BUSINESSMAN.
HE'S IN IT TO SELL MONEY, TO SELL LOTS, TO MAKE MONEY AND TO BE GONE.
THE KATINGS WHO ARE THE LANDOWNERS ARE OUR FRIENDS.
WE GREW UP TOGETHER AND THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR FAMILY LAND.
BUT IF THE SALE OF THAT LAND RUINS AN ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND FLOODS THAT ENTIRE AREA, THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON HOLD.
AND MR. FUCKERY HAS BEEN TOLD BY HIS ENGINEERS THAT DIGGING THREE RETENTION, PONDS, INSTALLING THREE LARGE CULVERTS AND CLEANING THE EXISTING DRAINAGE FIVES WILL ALLEVIATE THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM THAT HAS GONE ON FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
UH, NOTHING SHORT OF THE COMINT DIVERSION CANAL CAN HELP SOLVE
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THIS PROBLEM THAT THE DEVELOPER TELLS US THAT IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THIS CANAL WILL COME TO FRUITION, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT MR. FUCKERY IS TELLING US.HIS DEVELOPERS ARE TELLING HIM THE DIVERSION CANAL HAS BEEN THE TOP FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS.
AND I FE I FAIL TO SEE THAT IT WILL EVER BE COMPLETED.
NOW, TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING YOU SIMPLY TO SLOW DOWN, PLAY SOME MORE TUTORIAL ON ALL THESE BUILDING PROJECTS IN THIS AREA THAT WILL AFFECT THE SCHOOL AND EVEN MORE FLOODING.
IF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 103 HOUSES IS CREATED, YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THAT'S CURRENTLY THIRD IN THE STATE.
OUR SYSTEM PHYSICALLY CANNOT HANDLE THAT MANY STUDENTS.
THE CRY IS WE'LL SIMPLY BILL MORE SCHOOLS THAT WE COULD, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY, BUT WE'LL CITIZENS PASS AT TECHS IN THIS DAY IN TIME WHEN THEY CAN HARDLY AFFORD THEIR GAS BILL, THEIR MORTGAGE, THEIR INSURANCE, THE AREA IS SO FLOOD-PRONE, LET'S LEARN FROM HISTORY.
ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ALONG THAT SIDE OF HOOPER ROAD AND ACROSS HAVE FLOODED REPEATEDLY.
AND AS LEADERS IN THE CITY, YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE TO BE PROUD OF TODAY.
DRAINAGE AND FLOODS ARE MAJOR ISSUES.
CITIZENS TODAY ARE FEARFUL TO GO ANYWHERE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO PERKINS ROAD.
SO A FOREST COLLEGE DRIVE, OR EVEN THE PARKING LOT OF THE LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL.
TONIGHT, THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MANY PROPERTY OWNERS IS IN YOUR HANDS CONSIDER CAREFULLY HOW YOU'LL VOTE.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT, OPPOSED TO THE SUBDIVISION.
I AM A LAND OWNER DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, AND I'VE HEARD EVERYONE SPEAK ABOUT THE 2016 FLOOD AND HOW IT IMPACTED.
AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH THE 2016 FLOOD.
I LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY FOR 53 YEARS.
I CAN TELL YOU, UH, WHICH IT BREAKS MY HEART FOR, TO STATES THE SUBDIVISION NEXT TO IT.
BECAUSE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAIN, THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR CARS TO THE END OF THEIR SUBDIVISION AND PARK ON HOPE ROAD.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN BUILD A SUBDIVISION WHERE THEY INTEND TO BUILD A SUBDIVISION THAT FLOODS CONSTANTLY WHERE THE NEW WOULD NOT FLOOD.
YOU LOOK RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, NOT ONLY COMBET A STATE.
YOU LOOK AT WINCHESTER SUBDIVISION WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HAD TO GO IN AND BUY OUT THEIR PROPERTIES.
YOU GO ON DOWN TO CIMARRON AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS HAD TO COME IN AND BUY OUT THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND HERE YOU ARE HAVING A NEW SUBDIVISION THAT HOLDS SO MUCH WATER.
AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.
WHEN I SAY YOU GET A SMALL RAIN.
THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF COVID ESTATES HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOME.
NOW THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED THAT THIS NEW SUBDIVISION IS GOING TO HELP THEM SO MUCH.
AND JUST LIKE SOMEONE SAID, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT ON PAPER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE LOW PROPERTY, AS LOW AS THIS PROPERTY IS THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO FLOOD WITH A SMALL RAIN.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO IN AND THIS DEVELOPER BUILDS UP THESE HOME, COMBET A STATES DOES NOT STAND A CHANCE.
NOW I KNOW THE DEVELOPER SPOKE WITH THAT SUBDIVISION AND THEY ARE ON BOARD.
I LIVED THERE 53 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU MY PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, A PIECE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, I HAVE FLOODED ONE TIME.
WE ARE ON A HILL, BUT I I'VE SEEN THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF ALL THE WATER THAT THIS SUBDIVISION HAS TAKEN ON.
AND, AND I DON'T CARE HOW IT'S PRESENTED ON PAPER.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I HAVE GREAT CONCERN.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LIVED ON A STREET DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM IT FOR MANY YEARS, YOU COULD NOT GET OUT ON HOPE ROAD.
YOU WOULD WAIT 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE SCHOOLS, BUT I'M TELLING YOU AS A LAND OWNER, A PROPERTY OWNER NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY, THE FLOOD, IF FLOODING IS AN ISSUE, IT CANNOT TAKE ON THE WATER.
AS SOON AS OUR RAIN COMES, IT BACKS UP ALL ON THE BACK OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND I'M SAD TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL PURCHASE A HOME.
THEY'RE THINKING THAT WILL BE THEIR DREAM HOME OR FOREVER HOME AND FIGHT, UH, WATER AND FLOOD ISSUES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
ANYONE ELSE HERE, WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM, MR. PROCORE, WOULD YOU LIKE THREE MINUTES TO RESPOND?
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GOOD AFTERNOON.HELLO, JAMES BOOTY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT, MR. FUCKERY, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY DRAINAGE QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE ON THE, ON THE PROJECT.
UH, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE'RE HERE TO, FOR REZONING TONIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO REZONE TO EIGHT, 2.7.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, HEARD SOMETHING ON THE, I MEAN, WE'RE AT 3.4 LOTS PER ACRE, UH, WITH THIS DEVELOP SUBDIVISION.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T.
NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS COUNSELING NOVARIS.
SO A KNIT INITIALLY WHEN THIS, UH, PLAN WAS PROPOSED IN MY DISTRICT, I WAS NOT FORWARD.
UM, I HAD FLOODING ISSUES, UH, THAT THAT JUST CAME FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I'VE DONE IN EVERY CASE WHERE THERE'S BEEN MAJOR OPPOSITION, WHICH WAS TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT OR ANY NEW STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE ON THE DISTRICT FROM BOTH THE FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND AN EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORS.
AND SO I SAT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER FIRST AND I UNDERSTOOD THE DENSITY.
I UNDERSTOOD THE DRAINAGE FROM, AS I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, AS MUCH AS IT COULD BE EXPLAINED TO ME AND ASKED THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
I TALKED TO OUR ZONING DEPARTMENT.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT CALL ME THE STATES DOES FLUID.
IT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE OVER THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT BASED ON THE SCIENCE, THE SAME WAY YOU GET SICK AND GO TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU TRUST THAT THE DOCTOR WILL GIVE YOU THE RIGHT MEDICINE TO GET RID OF WHATEVER ELEMENT YOU HAVE IS THE SAME WAY WE HAVE TO TRUST THE SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERING AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE DOCTORS.
AND MOST OF US AREN'T ENGINEERS, FROM WHAT I GATHER IN THE ROOM, IF YOU ARE PLEASE STAND.
SO I'M TRUSTING THE SCIENCE AND THAT THE WAY THAT THE SCIENCE IS BUILT IS THAT IT WILL OFFLOAD THE WATER FROM KOMI TO STATES.
IN ADDITION, BECAUSE THE ZONING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS DIFFERENT BACK THEN, THERE WEREN'T CERTAIN THINGS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE FLOODING.
YOU HAD A PLOT OF LAND, YOU PUT A HOUSE ON IT, IT'S OVER WITH THE WAY WITH THE WAY THAT THIS CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESIGNED IS IT WILL PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY EXIT AND THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR JOINING THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT IF THE FRONT WAS TO BE, UM, FLOODED, IT WOULD NOT ENCLOSE AND ENCAPSULATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT THEY WOULD BE FLOODED FROM BOTH SIDES.
IT WOULD ALLOW THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO ENTER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE PART.
FIRST, I TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE CULVERTS AND HOW IT CHOKES OFF THE WATER SO THAT IT SLOWS DOWN THE FLOW OF WATER AND DIVERT IT TO A BILL ARBOR SUBDIVISION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF MR.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT, WELL, I'LL TAKE A STEP BACK.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL.
PAUL SAW YOU WHO'S CHIEF OF STAFF FOR GARRET GRAVES.
AS WE SAT IN THAT SAME MEETING TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMI DIVERSION PROJECT.
SO IT WAS ABOUT 80 TO 90% FUNDED.
THE ONLY REASON IT WASN'T COMPLETED IS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE FULL FUNDING.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO START A PROJECT.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
THERE ARE TWO OR THREE BOTTLENECKS WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO MOVE UTILITIES, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE TWO OF THEIR UTILITIES ZONES, IT IS COMPLETELY READY TO GO.
AND THEY'RE STARTING ON OPPOSITE ENDS TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THE UTILITIES WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT, SO THAT WILL BE DONE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE 25 YEAR MORATORIUM THAT WE REQUIRE, THEY'VE GOT A HUNDRED YEAR AND THE COMI DIVERSION WOULD JUST BE A CHERRY ON TOP.
AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF IT IS THE SCHOOLS AND OVERCROWDING.
I LIVE RIGHT BY CENTRAL CENTRAL HAS NOT STOPPED BUILDING.
THEY WANT TO BUILD MORE, THEY WILL NEVER STOP BUILDING.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF CENTRAL, WHETHER YOUR STUDENTS ARE COMING TO, UH, TO, TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO I AM NOT GOING TO EVER HEAR OVERCROWDING AND BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT I HEAR, BECAUSE YOU NEEDED THESE PEOPLE IN 2007 TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, TO HAVE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATED THE CAPACITY THAT IT WAS AT THAT TIME.
SO WHY DON'T YOU WANT THEM NOW? BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENOUGH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT YOU DON'T NEED THE PEOPLE ON THE, ON THE, UM, UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
BECAUSE I LIVE THERE, I SHOP AT OAK POINT, I GO TO WALMART RIGHT THERE ON SULLIVAN.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT IN FRONT OF, SOLOMON'S PROBABLY 1500 TO 2000 HOUSES COMING UP.
SO DON'T TELL ME ABOUT OVERCROWDING YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
CAUSE YOU'RE NOT STOPPING IT IN THE CITY, SO DON'T STOP IT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND NUMBER TWO, IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES, THE FIRST QUESTION
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YOU ASK IS WHAT SCHOOL IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S ZONE TWO, WHICH DETERMINES THE PROPERTY VALUE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.SO THESE PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED THESE HOMES WITH THE EXPECTATION OF GOING TO HEY CENTRAL SCHOOL.
I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING LIVE IN BATON ROUGE, GET SOME CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS GREAT.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD WHO'S IN KINDERGARTEN.
I HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD WHO'S IN PRE-TAPE CARNE DAYCARE, BUT GUESS WHAT? NOW MY KIDS GO TO TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ARE, UM, WITH CHILD.
AND I MOVED HERE AS MY FIRST HOME BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO, MY CHILDREN GO TO CENTRAL SCHOOLS.
SO I PURCHASED THIS HOUSE, BUT NOW YOU WANT TO STRIP THAT FROM ME.
SO NOT ONLY AM I GOING TO FIGHT IT IN HERE, I'M GOING TO FIGHT IT AT THE CAPITAL AS WELL.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING IS UNFAIR.
IT'S UNJUST AND I WON'T STAND FOR IT.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN WITH ME, TO SUPPORT MR. PAKORA AND HIS, UH, AND HIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
WAS THAT A MOTION COUNCIL NUMBER? THAT IS A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL, HERS TO DO A SECOND MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER? NO.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. BOOTY OFF COURT.
WELL, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, IF YOU CAN EDUCATE ME ON, ON WHERE THIS COMES DOWN WITH THE CURRENT ZONING
WHAT, WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR CHANGE FOR THE REZONING? FROM A ONE? WHAT ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION WOULDN'T FIT THE WAY Y'ALL PROPOSING IT? THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES OF 50 BY ONE 20 AS WELL, BE REZONED IN A 2.7 HARLEY, A ONE IT'S IT'S, UH, IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S BIGGER LOSS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THE DEBT WE, WE FIT IN THE DENSITY BECAUSE THE DENSITY FRAME ONE IS 41.
WE'RE ONLY 3.4, BUT IT'S JUST FLUFF THE LOT SIZES WE NEED.
WE WANT IT TO HELP AS BEST WE COULD DRAINAGE AN AREA.
SO WE'VE GOT A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES POND.
SO WHAT LOT SIZES ARE Y'ALL PROPOSING 50 BY ONE 20.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU BE ALLOWED TO DO IN A WAR 75 BY ONE 50, 10,500 SQUARE FEET, 75 FOOT MINIMUM PHONICS.
IF THE LOAN WERE RURAL, WE COULD DO IT IN RURAL, RURAL.
IT WOULD LET YOU DO FOUR LOTS, 4.1, LOTS PER ACRE.
SO IF THE LAND WERE RURAL, WE WOULDN'T NEED REZONING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING 82.7 TO GET THE LOT SIZE TO 50 BY ONE 20, WHICH IS A STANDARD LOT TODAY.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN 81 AND 183 IS THE MOST YOU CAN JAM ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO IF WE GET THE ZONING IN THIS PLAN, DOES IT GO FORWARD? SOMEONE ELSE CAN'T COME BACK IN AND PUT 300 LOTS.
I MEAN, OUR MAP IS FULL OF LOTS AND WHAT'S NOT BLOTS IS RETENTION, SO THERE'S NO EXTRA LAND.
THEY COULD PUT MORE LOTS, 183 IS THE MOST YOU COULD PUT HOW MANY KIDS YOU FIT IN.
THEY WON DID Y'ALL LOOK AT IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I ASSUME IS 18.7.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO 380 LOTS, BUT YOU CAN'T BECAUSE OF ALL THE 13 ACRES OF PONDS.
SO THEY WON, BUT THAT'S JUST A GUESS.
AND YOU KNOW, BUT NO, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK, INCLUDING ALL THE LAND WE LOSE FOR RETENTION IS WAITING TO WORK AND WE'RE OVER RETAINING AGAIN TO THE BEDROOM OF IRELAND AND THE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR.
WE TRY TO GO IN AND DO A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT, NOT JUST US, BUT THE NEIGHBORS.
IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, WE TRY TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM.
WE'RE ABLE TO FIX THEIR IMMEDIATE TO MODERATE RAIN PROBLEM.
WE CAN'T FIX THE 2016, THE DIVERSION CANAL HOPEFULLY BE DONE TO A NEPHEW.
SO WE'VE GOT A YEAR TO GET OUR PERMIT FROM THE CORPS A YEAR CONSTRUCTION TIME ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF LOTS OF BEES, PROBABLY FIVE MONTHS LATER.
SO ROUGHLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM WHEN WE START ON THE PROJECT, UH, FROM REALLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO A YEAR FOR YOU AT MY CORE PERMIT.
SO LET'S SAY WE GET THE FIRST LOTS IN THERE.
THE VIRGIN CANAL, IT COULD BE FINISHED.
AND CENTRAL HAS BEEN WORN THOUGH.
I'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CENTRAL ABOUT LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF HOUSES PER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ZONING, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE 183 HOUSES.
THE FIRST YEAR WE MIGHT HAVE 50 OR 40 OR 35.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DUMP 183 HOUSES.
THE FIRST YEAR IT'S GOING TO GRADUALLY GO.
THEY'VE GOT TIME TO PREPARE FOR THEM.
AND IF I NEEDED TO SLOW DOWN TO HELP THEM ABSORB THE STUDENTS, I'M FINE.
I'VE EVEN OFFERED TO PAY SCHOOL IMPACT FEE SELF-INDUCED TO HELP OFFSET THEIR COSTS.
JUST LIKE DARYL MENTIONED TO FIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE IT'S WRONG.
SO THEN JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IN THEORY, IF YOUR NUMBERS WOULD WORK AND I GET THAT, THEY DON'T.
AND I, I ASSUMED THAT WAS THE SITUATION HERE.
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THE, WOULD THE FLOOD SITUATION BE BENEFITED IF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO A SUBDIVISION TO THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU COULD IN A ONE, AS IT EXISTS, IF NUMBERS WOULD WORK WITH WIDER LOTS, HOW'S IT SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE? NO, BECAUSE SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST ME THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY IF I HAVE A 50 FOOT LOT OR 70 FOOT LOT.SO IT'S ROUGHLY JUST CONSTRUCTION COST, ABOUT $725 A FOOT, PLUS ALL THE EXTRAS YOU END UP ABOUT 15, $1,600 A LINEAR FOOT.
SO IF I COME IN TO SELL ONE LOT, SAY A 50 FOOT LOT, THESE ARE PROBABLY $65,000.
IF I DID A HUNDRED FOOT FOR 130, I CAN'T SELL 130 FOOT LOT.
SO THE BIGGER THE LINE AND I GET CAN'T NUMBERS DON'T WORK THAT WAY.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT IF THE NUMBERS WOULD TAKE THAT OUT OF IT, BUT WE'RE DEVELOPING A SUBDIVISION WITH THE LOT SIZE IS ALLOWED IN A ONE.
WOULD THAT BENEFIT THE FLOODING BETTER THAN THE EIGHT TO SEVEN? NO, I DON'T THINK CAUSE WE HAVE LEFT HOUSES.
WOULD WE HAVE LESS RETENTION REQUIRED THEM BY, YEAH, IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T THE NUMBERS DON'T WORK.
UH, WHETHER, WHETHER THE LOT FOR AS FAR AS DRAINAGE IS CONCERNED, WHAT THIS W WE'VE WE'VE WE'RE OVER, OVER DETAINING WHERE NOT ONLY ARE WE MEETING, UH, THE MORATORIUM REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY HOLDING A HUNDRED YEAR FLOWS TO LESS THAN 10 YEAR PREDEVELOPED FLOWS.
SO WHERE W THE IMPACT ON DRAINAGE WOULD BE THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S A 50 FOOT LOT OR A 75 FOOT LOT.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY FOR ATTENTION AND NOT BE ABLE TO RECAP IT FROM THE SELL OF LOTS, BECAUSE I CAN'T GET AN, A HIGH ENOUGH PRICE FOR A 75 FOOT LOT.
IF I'M SELLING A 50 65, A 75 IS GOING TO BE 90.
EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND, MR. NO UNT.
YOU'RE SETTING YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
SO I'M IN THAT I BASICALLY REPRESENT THE NORTHERN PART OF WHO PAROLED AND, UH, OF COURSE FLOODING WAS AN ISSUE ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH GREENWOOD AND GREENWOOD STATES.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, IN SPEAKING TO MY CONSTITUENTS IN THOSE AREAS, THEY HONESTLY WELCOMED THIS SUBDIVISION.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS IT HAS TO DO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT CORRIDOR ALONG PARTYING BOULEVARD, FALSE TO ROAD USED TO BE BOOMING.
IT USED TO BE A GROCERY STORE AND, UM, WHAT THE STATE FARM, THE ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THE LITTLE STRIP, AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST DEAD.
AND YOU HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HAVING, UM, STEAL TO GO TO THE WALMART AND BAKER ART, A WALMART AND CENTRAL.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THAT AREA.
IT IS TRUE ABOUT, UM, AS YOU ALL INDICATED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, UM, ON HOOPER ROAD, BUT IT DIDN'T DOESN'T START ON, DOES IT NOR DOES IT IN ANY WAY IT'S THE ONLY HOOPER AND HARDING BOULEVARD IS THE ONLY WAY PERSONS FROM BAKERS, ZACHARY AND CENTRAL FOR THE MOST PART CAN GET TO THE SOUTHERN PART.
SO AT FOUR OR FIVE, O'CLOCK, IT IS A PARKING LOT.
I HAVE, UM, BEEN MEANING TO HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THE LIGHTS CAUSE THE LIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH, BREAKFAST, AND DINNER, JUST WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLANK AND HARDING THAT CROSSES OVER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF, UM, CHANGES ANYWAY WITH THE NEW, UH, WITH THE AIRPORT, UM, THE AIRPORT CHANGING ALONG PLAGUE ROAD.
UH, SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING.
UM, IN THAT I WORKED FOR A SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE HAD, UM, AN ISSUE.
AND I AM JUST AMAZED AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT PLAN FOR GROWTH.
I THOUGHT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS, UM, STRATEGIC PLANS FOR ONE, TWO OR THREE YEARS WHERE THEY LOOK AT THEIR FACILITIES.
THEY LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE SCHOOLS.
UM, I, I JUST, I IT'S AN ANOMALY THAT PEOPLE, UM, THAT THERE ARE ACTUAL SCHOOL BODIES, UH, GOVERNING BODIES, THAT DON'T PLAN FOR GROWTH.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, IT'S AN ANOMALY FOR ME, BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS I DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, ALSO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE POINT OF VIEW, LOOK AT THE GROWTH, UH, NOT ONLY, UH, THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED ON HOOPER ROAD, BUT PLANK ROAD AND HARDING, WHICH ALL INTERSECT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOOD, UM, PLANNING AND THAT'S WHAT GOOD MANAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
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SO I DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT GO FORTH BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD PLAN.AND, UM, MR.
I WAS IN MY TWENTIES AND WORK DOWN THE STREETS.
I'D NEVER MET HIM, BUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT A FAMILY OR A BUSINESS THAT, UM, JUST FAIL FROM EARTH AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS BUSINESS.
THEY STAND BEHIND, THEY ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S BETTER THAN WHEN WE OFTEN HAVE, UM, DEVELOPERS WHO JUST, YOU KNOW, COME LIKE YOU SAY, WANT TO MAKE THE MONEY AND LEAVE.
HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE HAD YEARS OF INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHO'VE STUCK WITH US TOO THICK AND THIN THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND HARD TIMES, AND STILL STAY DEDICATED TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
HER SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION COUNSEL OF A MOLD? SO YOU WANT TO SHOW YOURSELF PROPOSED, ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER OPPOSITION TO LET'S VOTE ON THE MACHINES? THOSE BELONG TO MACHINES.
MACHINES ARE OPEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
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GOING TO ITEM NUMBER TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.IT REQUIRES EIGHT VOLTS, PA SEVEN DASH 2 2 1 9 8 2 2, WHO SHOULD TO ROAD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURE TO RURAL, TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WHO SHOULD TO ROLL IN A SOUTH TIGER BAND COUNCIL, DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY EIGHT ZERO.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK.
I LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE WILL THEN GO TO THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT.
AND THEN THOSE WHO ARE A ONE PERSON WHO WAS IN FAVOR, UH, WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO RESPOND TO THOSE IN OUR RESPONSE TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN POST.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AND NOT TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBER.
WE WILL START WITH CHARLES LANDRY, WHO WAS JUST SPEAKING AS A FAVOR.
AND SO IF YOU WILL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS LAUREN KLEIN, PETER.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 8 7 0 8 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, SUITE, AND B BATTERERS, LOUISIANA.
I'M AN ATTORNEY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, AMERICAN HOMELAND, LLC, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WOODHILL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE PART OF THE, UH, PUBLIC RECORD, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND LETTER, WHICH WE DELIVERED TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND IF ANYBODY DIDN'T GET IT OR HAVE NEEDS ANOTHER, EXCUSE ME, COPY.
I HAVE SOME MORE THAT I CAN PASS IT OUT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT, WHAT'S NOT BEFORE YOU AS SHOWN ON YOUR AGENDA.
THIS IS NOT BEFORE YOU FOR SUBS TO GET VISION PLAN APPROVAL.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH YOU GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO PLAN THAT IF CERTIFIED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO MEET ALL THE REQUISITES.
IN FACT, IT MEETS THEM AND BEYOND, UH, THE, THE, THE FLOOD FLOODED PLAN WAS DESIGNED OR DRAINS PLAN WAS DESIGNED TO A HUNDRED YEARS STANDARD, NOT 25.
UM, THERE'S OTHERS THAT WILL TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER, UH, ENGINEERS THAT LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MATERIALS ON THIS TO VERIFY WHAT IS BEFORE YOU WAS SOLELY A PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE BATON ROUGE PLAN.
AND REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT IS RESTORING THE PLAN CLASSIFICATION ON THIS PROPERTY FROM A RURAL AG BACK TO RURAL RN OR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE IT WAS FOR MANY YEARS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BASIC FACTS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED TO DR.
MENIFEE, LOSING HIS RIGHTS AND TALK ABOUT THE LEGALITIES ON THIS.
THIS IS OWNING ON THIS TRACT IS RURAL.
THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE BATON ROUGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RURAL AG.
IT BECAME RURAL AG IN SEPTEMBER OF 2011.
IT WAS PROPERTY HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE MEN
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OF FEED FAMILIES SINCE AUGUST 8TH, 1951, ALMOST 71 YEARS.SAM MENIFEE INHERITED IT FROM HIS MOTHER.
WHEN HE, WHEN HIS FAMILY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY WHO'S TO ROAD WAS GRAVEL.
I KNOW IT WAS GRAVEL BECAUSE I WAS OUT ON HIS TO ROAD BACK IN THOSE DAYS.
AND I REMEMBER IT BEING GRAVEL.
AND SO WAS A SEAGULL LANE, BY THE WAY, PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER OF 2011, DR.
MENIFEE HAD THE LEGAL RIGHT TO PUT 7.1 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE ON HIS 60 PLUS ACRE TRACK.
MY THREE MINUTES IS ALMOST A PAR.
UM, MANY OF YOU WERE A CALL TAKING UP PA TWO DASH 22 AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING OF PICU LANE PROJECT AND PRESENTED THE SAME ISSUE.
THE LAND OWNER DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN A REQUEST TO HAVE HIS PROPERTY CHANGED FROM RURAL NEIGHBOR, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO RURAL AG, AND YOU FIXED IT.
AND YOU WERE TOLD THAT THAT THIS WAS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
AND THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT RIGHT HERE TODAY FOR THIS COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S ALL THIS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MR. CLIENT, PETER, WE NOW GO TO COLLIER THORNTON, CALL YOUR DAUGHTER.
AND THEN I LIVED, UM, AT 1 8 7 3, 3 WESTLAKE TERRACE DRIVE AND AZALEA LAKES.
UM, I'VE LIVED OFF OF WHO SHOULD TOO FOR GOING ON 20 SOME ODD YEARS NOW ACTUALLY LIVED AT MALLARD LAKES FOR SOME TIME AND SAW, UM, SEVERAL FRIENDLY FACES IN THE LOBBY BEFORE THE MEETING.
I'M SURE IF I TURNED AROUND, LIKE RIGHT NOW, THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS FRIENDLY, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, THEY WERE NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS OF MINE, PEOPLE I RESPECT.
AND, UM, WHEN I DECIDED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES WHERE FRIENDS CAN BE ON OPPOSITE SIDES, HAVE OPPOSITE OPINIONS AND STILL REMAIN CIVIL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO GET UP AND SPEAK.
BUT, UM, I'VE NO, THERE'S, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DEVELOPER AND A PIECE NEXT TO MALLARD LAKES, WHICH I WAS NOT A PART OF DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID OR PROMISED DON'T WANT TO, UM, I'VE KNOWN THE DEVELOPER FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UM, AND HE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS DONE WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD AND ALL THE DEALINGS THAT I WAS DEALT WITH HIM.
UM, AND BEFORE I DECIDED TO GET UP AND SPEAK, I WANTED TO HIM TO SHOW ME HIS PLAN.
AND, UH, MR. KLEIN, PETER TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THE A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, RETENTION FOR A A HUNDRED YEAR RAIN, A $500,000 HOMES.
UM, HE'S, THERE'S A 77% DENSITY, MEANING HE'S KEPT 29% OF IT IS A GREEN AREA.
HE'S NOT DISTURBING THE WETLANDS.
UM, SO, AND FROM A SELFISH STANDPOINT, EVERY A $500,000 HOMES IN THAT AREA INCREASED THE VALUE OF THE OTHER HOMES AROUND IT LIKE MINE.
UM, EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW SUBDIVISION WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS STUFF AND WHAT HAVE YOU, IT SETS A NEW BENCHMARK.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE, FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL VOTE TO AMEND THE PLAN.
NEXT WE WILL HEAR FROM FERRIS BUELLER, EXCUSE ME, FERRIS.
I'LL PROBABLY FERRIS DON'T YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
UM, UH, LIKE CALL YOU'RE UP AND GOING.
UH, I KNOW A LOT OF LANDOWNERS OUT THERE AND I'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE I WAS YOUNG.
AND, UM, I ALSO KNOW THE DEVELOPER.
I KNOW THAT HE'S A FIRST CLASS, HE DOESN'T CUT CORNERS.
HE, UM, HE BUILDS A GREAT PRODUCT AND, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A SHORTAGE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO BE OUT THERE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN'T FIND A HOME TO, TO BUY.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, THINK HE'S GOING TO MEET OR EXCEED, UH, DESIGN, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS GROWTH FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS AND WHAT IF HE'S MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS, WHAT'S WHAT'S TO KEEP THEM FROM DEVELOPING IT.
SO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS SHOULD CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.
UM, IF HE'S GONNA MEET OR EXCEED IT, UH, HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL APPROVE HIM.
AND FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK MICHAEL PETTY, ROBERT SNOWDEN, STEVEN SMITH, THOMAS TAYLOR GAIT, SPELLED JOSEPH FERGUSON, CHRIS COOK,
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AND JOSEPH B A LOBBY.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS? COME ON DOWN SERVICE LANDRY.
AND THIS IS SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT SNOWDON AND I DO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION ON WHO HSA TO ROAD.
THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS OF IS WHAT SUBDIVISION ALSO ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY METRO COUNCIL THAT ARE IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF WOULD HEAL.
IN ADDITION, THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION WILL HAVE A MAJOR POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALL OF THESE BATON ROUGE PARISH, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR FUTURE HOME BUYERS, LOOKING FOR UPSCALE PAULS, THE DEVELOPER OF WOODVILLE WOOD HILL SUBDIVISION, KEVIN WYNN IS A PERSON I'VE KNOWN FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
HE IS A PERSON I CONSIDER AS BEING A VERY CLOSE FRIEND TO ME.
HE'S NOT JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO COMES AND GOES AWAY OVERNIGHT.
HE'S A DEVELOPER WHO HAS BEEN ENTRENCHED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BATON ROUGE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
JUST CAN'T BE SEEN BY OBSERVING THE MANY PROJECTS HE'S DEVELOPED BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.
UH, KEVIN IS A MAN OF UTMOST INTEGRITY KNOWN FOR HIS TRUSTWORTHINESS AND HONESTY.
HE'S A GREAT FRIEND AND HE'S A MENTOR OF MINE.
KEVIN'S LIFE PRINCIPLE AND BUSINESS.
AXIOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY WORD IS MY BOND, AND I'M QUOTING HIM.
UH, THIS TRUTH IS EVIDENT IN MANY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
HE HAS COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
UH, I'LL SAY THREE THINGS IN CLOSING WITH THE LAST MINUTE THAT I HAVE ABOUT KEVIN.
UM, HE SAYS, IF KEVIN SAYS HIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON AN AREA, HIS TRACK RECORD SAYS YOU CAN MARK HIS WORDS.
WHEN KEVIN SAYS HIS DEVELOPMENT MEETS ALL THE UDC CODES, THIS MEANS HE HAS ALIGNED HIMSELF WITH THE BEST PROFESSIONALS IN LAND DEVELOPMENT, WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN? KEVIN SUPPORTS ALL OF HIS CLAIMS ABOUT SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS WHO ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THEIR INTEGRITY AND BEING REAL WELL RESPECTED BY THEIR PEERS.
AND I THINK YOU'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THOSE PROFESSIONALS TONIGHT.
AS I INITIALLY STATED, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BASED ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF WOODHILL SUBDIVISION AND THE MAN HIMSELF.
I RESPECT RESPECTFULLY ACCIDENT'S COUNCIL FOR ITS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF WOODHILL SUBDIVISION.
NOW IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? COME ON DOWN, MISS LANDER.
AND GOOD EVENING, CHARLES LANDRY, 100 NORTH BOULEVARD REPRESENTING LEVEL HOMES AND JOHN INQUEST.
UM, AS MR. KLEIN, PETER, UH, NOTED THE SUBDIVISION APPROVALS ALREADY OCCURRED, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION I'M GIVING YOU IS NOT TERRIBLY RELEVANT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT MAY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON WHAT IS OUT THERE.
NOW, A FEW ISSUES IN ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ON ROSEANNE ON AMERICANA, ZACHARY, AND, UH, UH, MATERA.
UH, WE DO ALL OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE, INDEPENDENT OF OTHER PARTIES WHO MAY HAVE COME BEFORE US.
WE GOT OUR OWN ENGINEERS TO INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW THE DRAINAGE ON TRAFFIC.
EVERYTHING THAT DEALS WITH OUR ACQUIRING LOTS FOR BUILDING HOMES WAS INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY OUR PEOPLE.
AND AS MR. KLEIN, PETER AND THE ENGINEERS FOR THE DEVELOPER, THEY ALL EXCEED, UM, ALL OF THE UDC REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO DRAINAGE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT ROSEANNE, WHEN WE ACQUIRED, IT WAS THREE ACRES, TOO LITTLE IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE.
WE CAME TO DPW AND SAID, WE DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH DRAINAGE IN THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THE RESULT OF THAT WAS A MILLION DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE AT ROSEANNE, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WE NEEDED
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TO DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BUY THESE HOMES.WE ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, ENTERED INTO, UH, A VERY CREATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD DRAINAGE, RIGHT.
AND WE IMPROVED THE DRAINS TO A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD EVENT.
BUT HONESTLY NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS IN TERMS OF HAVING A REDUCTION IN THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT OUTFALL ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JOHN INQUEST AND LEVEL HOMES, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE AT THE MIC IF WE DIDN'T THINK ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES WERE WELL IN HAND, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE SEASONING, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF COMICAL, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, DETRIMENTAL IMPACT, UH, ON ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF PEOPLE'S HOMES.
UH, THE HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT HERE ARE VERY MUCH LIKE MATERRA, WHICH IS PART OF THE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL COMPLEX.
AND BY MY STANDARD, IF YOU'RE BUILDING AN AVERAGE HOME OF A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, THAT IS A GREAT HOME.
AND, UM, I BET SEVERAL OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE.
SO, UH, ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT THE AVERAGE HOME SIZE IS 2,600 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS A LEVEL HOMES, QUALITY HOME.
UM, MR. KNOLL KNOWS HIS HOMES VERY WELL BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IN AMERICANA.
UH, AN INCREDIBLE PRODUCT, HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF $500,000.
WE THINK THAT THIS WILL DO NOTHING BUT IMPROVE THAT AREA.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM? IS ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR AFTER WE HIT ALL OF THOSE MACHINES? JUST SPEAK IN OPPOSITION.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO REPLY OR RESPOND.
WE'LL START WITH WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, DUSTIN BOON.
UM, I MOVED INTO THE HORSESHOE AREA AROUND 2007.
UM, SINCE THEN 2007, 2019, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS OUT THERE.
UM, OVER 560 LOTS, I'M SAYING PROBABLY AROUND 1400 CARS ADDS THE AREA BETWEEN 2020.
AND NOW THERE'S BEEN FIVE MORE DEVELOPMENTS, 360 MORE LOTS, 900 MORE CARS ADD TO THE AREA NOTHING'S BEEN DONE TO WHO SHOULD DO TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD 485 MORE CARS THROUGH THE TUNDRA AND 94, UH, LOTS OF DIVISION, ALL I'M ASKING.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PROVE WHO'S TO IT'S ON THE LIST, BUT IT'S A THIRD TIER.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON.
UM, IF THE DEVELOPER LIKES TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, HE'S GOT MY SUPPORT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
UH, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, COME OUT THERE ON ANY WEEKDAY DURING THE MORNING, YOU'LL SEE THE TRAFFIC BACK UP.
IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU, I DON'T KNOW IT WILL.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT IF YOU CAN'T DENY IT TONIGHT, AT LEAST, UH, FOR IT AND GO EXPERIENCE THE TRAFFIC YOURSELF LIKE THAT.
YOU SIR, ALFRED C PICKET IS NEXT.
MY NAME IS ALFRED C PICK IT THE THIRD ON FROM, UH, I LIVE AT TWO, TWO BY FIVE, ONE RABBIT RUN.
AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MALAD LAKES, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, POINTS, BUT, UH, TRAFFIC FLOODING.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THOSE, BUT THE, THE REAL PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THE, UM, CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CHARACTER OF WHO'S TO ROAD IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY DIMINISHED, UH, DIMINISHED.
UM, THIS IS A RURAL AGRICULTURAL AREA.
AND FOR THOSE OF US LIVE OUT THERE, THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT IT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN, UH, THE DEVELOPERS POINT TO THREE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR OPINION, TO WHAT HILL, WELL, THEY, AREN'T NOT SIMILAR.
UM, OAK COLONY, MALLARD CROSSING AND HUSH TO LAKE SUBDIVISION ARE THE THREE THAT THEY MENTIONED.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT THESE THREE SUBDIVISIONS ARE SETBACK 200 TO 250 YARDS FOR MOOSE TO ROAD WITH LIKES AND LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT.
SO IT GIVES THE BID CONTINUES TO GIVE THE RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL, UM, LOOK OF THE PUSH TO ROAD.
SO WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
PEOPLE WHO MOVED OUT THERE, MOVED OUT THERE FOR THE RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL, THE, THE CHARACTER
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OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUCH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT IF YOU WANT TO A SMALL LOT TO, UH, AND YOU DON'T EVEN NEED A LAWNMOWER, YOU JUST USE A WOOD, UH, THE OH, TREMOR, THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE LIVE THERE FOR.UH, SO I WOULD SERIOUSLY ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE REZONING.
IT IS, UM, NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THAT AREA OR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
THERE'S ONE OTHER SERIOUS ASPECT THAT I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT ANYBODY ADDRESSING.
AND THAT IS THAT WHO'S TO ROAD IS SERIOUSLY A SUBSTANDARD, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY MAKES IT A PROBLEM IS THAT THE PUSH TO ROAD IS RATED OR GROSS, WAITED FOR 7.5 TONS.
THAT'S 15,000 POUNDS, A LOADED CONCRETE TRUCK WEIGH 68,000 POUNDS.
MOST SCHOOL BUSES CAN MAKE IT UNDER THE 7.5 TON REQUIREMENT, BUT, BUT NO CONCRETE TRUCKS, I DON'T KNOW THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS UNDER THESE BUILDINGS.
UM, BUT IT IS STRICTLY RATED 7.5 TONS.
IT IS A, UM, NON-STANDARD ROAD.
AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE IT AGAINST THE REZONING.
IT'S NOT IN ANYONE'S BEST INTEREST.
WE'LL HEAR FROM BRIGHTON JONES, GOOD AFTERNOON, BRIGHTON JONES, 1 9 9, 9 0 2 ROAD.
I OPPOSED THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE ZONING IS RURAL AG.
THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF WAY.
NO REASON TO COME IN AND CHANGE IT.
THE WHOLE AREA IS COW PASTURES.
AND WE ASKED YOU ALL TO PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO BE REZONED.
THE WHOLE PLACE IS GOING TO BE REZONED, BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT.
SO I ASKED YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION, AND ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE TO SUPPORT THIS WHATSOEVER.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND THE FLOODING AND THE BRODES, NOTHING'S THERE TO SUPPORT THIS.
NEXT KELLY JONES, ALLIE JONES, 1 9 9 0.
I'M ALSO OPPOSED, UH, BRIGHTON AND I'VE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR MANY YEARS, WHAT? WE JUST MOVED OUT THERE, BUT WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, WE'D LOVE THE PROPERTY OUT THERE.
OUR CHILDREN LOVE THE PROPERTY.
WE SPENT MANY YEARS ENHANCING THE PROPERTY FOR OUR KIDS TO BE OUT THERE, ADDING FISH TO THE POND AND CREATING TRAILS WITH FOUR WHEELERS.
UM, THEY ACT, THEY LOVE TO BE OUTSIDE.
WE LOVE TO BE IN THE AREA THAT WE ARE JUST THE WAY IT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE LAND.
WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THAT WAY, IT'S JUST LIKE BRAYDEN SAID, IT'S PASTURES, IT'S COWS.
IT PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING ON THE, ON THE LAND.
AND WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO FOLLOW THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, VOTE.
WE'LL HEAR FROM MARY JUUL HEAD I'M MARY DREW AT, I LIVE AT 87 30 SOUTH TIGER BEND ROAD.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO PA 7 22, BECAUSE I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH THE RURAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
THE REASON THAT THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA IS RURAL IS BECAUSE OF THE
ADDITIONALLY, THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERLY PROPERTY DIRECTLY ABUTS A CRITICAL WATERSHED CHANNEL SUGGEST THAT IT IS NOT AN AREA WHERE WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING MORE HOUSING DENSITY.
YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THIS EVENING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU REMAIN COMMITTED TO SMART PLANNING AND ENSURING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BOTH DRAINAGE AND ROADS IS IN PLACE PRIOR TO CHANGING ANY FURTHER LAND USE DESIGNATIONS BOUGHT THIS AREA.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
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PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF THAT HAS EVALUATED THE PROPOSAL AND VOTE TO DENY PA 7 22.MA'AM NEXT DOOR HERE FROM JAMES ROBERTSON.
HELLO, I'M JAMES ROBERTSON, 2 0 1 0 3 SANIBEL AVENUE, UM, CAME TO NIGHT CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO HOUSTON TO ROAD AT TIGER.
BEN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE AREA.
THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA IS RURAL.
OUR ROAD AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IS RURAL.
OUR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IS RURAL.
ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND THIS PROPOSAL AREA IS ALSO RURAL.
ONE THING THAT'S PARTICULARLY CONCERNING IS BY YOU MAN CHECK.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DEAL WITH FLOODING ISSUES UP AND DOWN, UH, BY YOU MAN, CHECK ON AN ANNUAL BASIS EVERY YEAR.
THERE A STANDOFF WITH NEIGHBORVILLE AND ASCENSION REGARDING AQUA DAMS ALONG THIS BY YOU.
NOT ONLY IS THIS PLAIN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE AREA, BUT IT'S ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH SMART GROWTH AND PLANNING PRINCIPLES TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN SUCH A VULNERABLE AREA.
WHAT ABOUT MR. LARRY POWELL? WE DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO JENNIFER MISTRETTA.
MY NAME IS JENNIFER MS. STRATA 1 9 3 7 0, WHO SHOULD T ROAD? I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST FOR REZONING BECAUSE, UM, AS IT'S AS A ZONE, RURAL AG, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WE LIVED IN ASCENSION PARISH BEFORE WE MOVED TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE, PART OF THE REASON WE MOVED OUT OF ASCENSION BACK TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WITH BECAUSE ASCENSION IS BEING OVERDEVELOPED.
UM, IT WAS TOO CROWDED, TOO CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE FLOODING, THE TRAFFIC, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE ARE PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE.
I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL SIT IN TRAFFIC WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
AND I KNOW THAT ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS IS, THIS IS TRUE OF WHO HSA TOO.
UM, IF IT IS ALREADY A PROBLEM AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM UNTIL SOMETHING IS FIXED.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS IS THE REZONING OF THIS AREA.
WE, WE PARTICULARLY MOVED THERE BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHO SHOULD TO ROADS.
IT'S A HISTORIC ROAD, UM, WITH THE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE MOVED OUT OF ASCENSION.
I LOVE ASCENSION PARISH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU REZONE THIS ONE PIECE OF LAND FOR ONE DEVELOPER.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS IF YOU REZONE ONE LITTLE PIECE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S SPOT REZONING AND IT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF ZONING COMPLETELY.
IF YOU ONLY, IF YOU LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE AND YOU ZONE IT ONE WAY FOR ONE PIECE AND ANOTHER WAY FOR ANOTHER PIECE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND IT DOESN'T, THIS IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH OUR AREA.
THERE'S A SUBDIVISION RIGHT NEXT TO ME, THEY CAME IN, THEY DEVELOPED IT.
THEY, THEY HAD TO PROVE THAT THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE AREA.
SO THEY ARE STILL RELAG, BUT THEY PUT THEIR SUBDIVISION IN AND THEY'VE GOT ONE HOUSE PER ACRE.
ACTUALLY THEIR LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT.
AND THEY'RE SELLING THEM JUST FINE.
AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES GOING UP.
SO ANYBODY THAT THINKS THAT THEY CAN'T GET A HOUSE OUT THERE IS WRONG BECAUSE THERE ARE HOUSES FOR SALE IN THERE, LOTS FOR SALE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL TOOK THESE POSITIONS TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS PARISH TO HELP THE, THE PARISH ITSELF AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS PARISH.
AND I KNOW YOU TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND DOING THAT AND PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO LISTEN TO US.
WE'RE NOT A FLAT MAP WITH SOME LINES DRAWN ON IT SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE PROPOSE.
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE? WE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE, WE SPEND OUR MONEY HERE AND WE PAY OUR TAXES HERE.
AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LISTEN TO US.
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, DEFER IT UNTIL WE CAN DO MORE RESEARCH ON ART.
YOU CAN DO MORE RESEARCH ON IT, BUT WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT LIVE OUT THERE AND WE WANT IT TO STAY LIKE THAT.
MY NAME IS MARY BETH MATTHEWS.
I MET 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 BOUCHER TWO ROAD.
I GET IT EVERY TIME WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE A VERY LONG TIME, I'M GOING TO THROW SOMETHING OUT AT YOU.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK 200 YEARS.
THERE IS A HOUSE ON HIS YOUTUBE ROAD THAT GOES
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BACK TO 1850.NOW ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE HISTORICAL CHARACTER.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHO SHE TO ROAD.
UM, I'M NOT AS ASTUTE AS THESE DEVELOPERS ARE BY ANY MEANS.
AND I DON'T PRETEND TO BE, I JUST KNOW CHARACTER AND THE HISTORICAL FACTOR OF WHAT WE SEE OUT THERE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND PLEASE CONSIDER MY VOTE.
MA'AM THE NEXT WEEK WE'LL HEAR FROM JOAN CRAWFORD.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M JOHN CRAWFORD.
I LIVE AT 1 0 4 73 SOUTH TIGER BEND ROAD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WOODS WHERE THEY SEEK TO PUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IS TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING PLAN, WHICH IS AG RURAL.
AND THIS IS A RURAL CHARACTER AREA B DRIVE.
IT IS A LARGE TRACKS OF LAND WITH LARGE HOUSES.
THAT'S WHAT THE CHARACTER IS TO GET BEYOND THE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS REZONING, THE REZONING OR THE AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE PLAN HERE HAS TO FIT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AS SUBMIT THAT IT DOES NOT THE DENSITY OR THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THAT, WHICH THEY CLAIM IS, IS THREE SOMETHING HOUSES PER ACRE.
BUT IF YOU TAKE OFF THE GREEN SPACE, IT'S ACTUALLY 4.55 HOUSES BREAKER AT A 71% DENSITY OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, IT'S TOO MANY, TOO MANY HOUSES OR THE AREA DON'T BE PERSUADED BY THE FACT THAT PICU LANE, WHICH WAS LESS THAN 10 PROPERTY OWNERS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REZONING OF THIS.
THE MENIFEE FAMILY WHO'S OWNED THE PROPERTY HAD NOTICED THAT IT WAS BEING REZONED BY STATUTE BY REVISED STATUTE, 33, 47, 24, PARAGRAPH D WHICH STATES THAT PUBLICATION IN THE, IN THE PARISH OFFICIAL PAPER IS NOTICE TO THEM.
IT WAS DONE WHEN THE FUTURE BATON ROUGE PLAN OR HORIZON PLAN WAS ENACTED.
SO WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
I SIT IN IT EVERY MORNING, A HALF A MILE OF TRAFFIC FOR A LITTLE TWO LANE ROAD IS ALREADY A LOT NOT TO MENTION THAT IN SIX YEARS, MY TRUCK HAS LOST FOUR MIRRORS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BOTH IN OUR LANES, THE ROAD IS SO SKINNY THAT THEY DID.
THEY HIT WITH, UH, WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
THE VERY FACT THAT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEVELOPER SAID THAT THE WHOLE RURAL CHARACTER AREA SHOULD BE MOVED EAST DEMONSTRATES THAT THIS DOES NOT FIT IN THE RURAL CHARACTER AREA.
IT HAS TO, TO ENABLE YOU TO PASS THIS PLAN AMENDMENT.
OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
SO NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM PRISCILLA HEAD I, EVERYBODY, UM, I'M A LITTLE UNIQUE.
I DON'T REALLY LIVE NEAR, SUPER NEAR HERE.
I LIVE IN LAKE AT WHITE OAK, BUT I HAVE A PERSONAL STORY.
I FIRST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
UM, OUR DAUGHTER DIED ON WHO SHOE ROAD, UM, IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED JUST TO THE LEFT OF WHERE THIS NEW SUBDIVISION IS GOING.
AND I REMEMBER W BEFORE SHE USED TO TRAVEL A LOT, CAUSE SHE HAD FRIENDS THAT LIVED AT DOWN THAT WAY.
AND I REMEMBER SOME OF HER FRIENDS TELLING ME THAT THEY HAD HAD ACCIDENTS ON THIS ROAD AND ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE THERE WERE SO DANGEROUS.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS NOW THAT OUR DAUGHTER PASSED IN THE MEANTIME THAT DEVELOPMENT, IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, AND THE ACT, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT SAID BEFOREHAND, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC IS INCREASING.
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WELL, IT IS INCREASING.I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN I WANTED TO SUE THE CITY PARISH BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER DIED ON A SUBSTANDARD ROAD THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO NOW YOU'RE ALLOWING MORE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITH ANOTHER 400 OR 500 CARS.
UM, AND THERE'S, I, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT'VE REMEMBERED THIS ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE NEWS AND FAMILIES CAME OUT AND STARTED SAYING, I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT MY OWN CHILDREN FOR WHEN THEY GROW UP.
YOU KNOW, I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHO SHE TO ROAD, BUT DID ANYTHING HAPPEN? NO.
SO ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO OPPOSE THIS.
THERE IS IT NOT BEING IN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING LIKE IT SHOULD, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT AS A MOTHER AND AS A, YOU KNOW, AS HAVING LOST A CHILD, THERE, THERE IS NO WAY THAT I CAN SEE ANYBODY APPROVING THIS WITHOUT FIRST SAYING, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE ROAD, THE ROAD HERE, WE NEED TO UPDATE IT.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVED THERE.
UM, BEFORE WE BRINGING IN ANY, UH, ANY OTHER NEW PEOPLE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
HAND THEM TO MR. MOAK COUNCIL MEMBER MOCA.
MY NAME IS DANA
BUT, UM, I'VE LIVED ON, UM, TACO BEN ROAD, MY WHOLE LIFE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HOW OLD I AM, BUT SINCE I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND MY MOTHER STILL LIVES THERE, MY PARENTS STILL HAVE A RESIDENCE THERE.
AND I LIVE ON SOUTH BEANS ROAD CURRENTLY.
UM, MY FAMILY AND I HAD AN ORAL AGREEMENT AND THIS IS SOME EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. MCAFEE AND HIS ATTORNEY REGARDING THIS PROPERTY AND MAY OF 2020, WE WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE IT.
AND, UM, HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT FOR US TO DO A 10 31 EXCHANGE FOR OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE SALE TO GO THROUGH.
SO THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TWO AND THE HIGHLIGHTED PART, I'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU.
IT SAYS IN OUR MEETING THAT THE PROPERTY YOU INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD PLAN TO SUBDIVIDE PART OF THE PROPERTY FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO BUILD HOMES ON, BUT YOU WOULD NOT PLAN ANY FURTHER COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
THE MINNIFIELDS APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT, AND LIKEWISE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THE PROPERTY DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR FAMILY HISTORY ON THE PROPERTY TO MEMORIALIZE THIS, THE OF FEES WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE A RESTRICTION, PREVENTING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND OR A FUTURE FINANCIAL COMPONENT.
IF THE PROPERTY IS RESOLD OR DEVELOPED BEYOND WHAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT.
AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE DIDN'T WANT US TO CUT DOWN TO LARGE OAK TREES THAT WERE ALSO ON THE PROPERTY.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT HAS CHANGED IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, BECAUSE HE WAS INSISTENT ON US NOT DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY AND KEEPING, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, EVEN DOWN TO THE TRACE.
SO HE DID NOT WANT TO DO UP THIS PROPERTY.
SO, AND I'M OPPOSING AS WELL BECAUSE I'VE SEEN TOO MANY ACCIDENTS.
I ALMOST FLOODED IN 2016 AND I'M ON BEANS ROAD.
AND EVEN AS A BROKER AND I'VE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE 20 YEARS, AND FOR ME TO OPPOSE SELLING MORE HOUSES TELLS YOU SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S, THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS BESIDES THE FLOODING.
UM, AND WHO'S TO ROAD, YOU KNOW, YOU, IF YOU ALLOW THIS THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, YOU ALLOWED THEM.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW US, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE SAY NO TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE ROAD, LIKE, LIKE THE WOMAN SAID, IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS AND IT NEEDS TO STAY THE WAY IT IS NOW, THE WAY IT HAS BEEN FOREVER.
AND THAT'S THE WAY MR. MENEFEE REALLY WANTED IT.
WE'LL HEAR FROM JOHN CONNALLY.
COUNCIL, MY WIFE, JOANNE AND I LIVE AT 1 9, 9 1 3,
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WHO SHOULD TWO ROAD ON TWO AND A HALF ACRES.OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST ARE ON TWO AND A HALF ACRES.
THEY HAVE A BARN OR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST ARE ON 30 PLUS ACRES, ALMOST 40 ACRES.
I MENTIONED BARNS BECAUSE MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG WHO SHOOT TO PASS TIGER BAN EVEN SOME BEFORE TOGGLE PEN HAVE BARNS.
THE SAME COULDN'T BE SAID ABOUT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ALONG TIGER BEN VEINS, ELLIOT, ANTIOCH, WOMACK, BANGLE, AND PHILLIPS ROADS.
BARNS ARE A CHARACTERISTIC OF RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SETTINGS.
MY NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST ALSO GROWS HAY IN HER PASTURE.
THEY HARVEST THE HAY IN THE BIG ROLLS WITH TRACTORS AND THOSE WISPY SPINNER LOOKING THINGS THAT LAY THE GRASS DOWN AND HELP THE, THE HAY BALING PROCEDURE, THE SUNRISE OVER THAT PASTURE, AND MANY OF THE OTHER PASSENGERS UP AND DOWN WHO SHOE TOO.
LOTS OF OUR NEIGHBORS DO FURTHER DOWN.
YOU'LL SEE MORE PASTORS WITH LIVESTOCK, CATTLE, HORSES, AND COWS, KIDS GETTING RIDING LESSONS ON HORSES, HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS.
YOU'LL SEE COWS GRAZING IN THE PASTURES WITH THEIR YOUNG, YOU'LL SEE GRAIN SILOS, FEED SILOS, OLD FARM HOUSES WITH BIG FRONT PORCHES.
THIS IS THE CHARACTER OF THAT AREA.
THERE ARE EVEN SOME SLIGHTLY ROLLING HILLS.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IN SOUTH LOUISIANA, WE HAVE A FEW ROLLING HILLS DOWN WHO SHOULD TOO.
AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL YELLOW, WILD FLOWERS.
AS FAR AS YOUR EYES CAN SEE IT'S BREATHTAKING.
THE SUNSETS ARE HEAVENLY OUT HERE AT NIGHT.
IT'S A GREAT SPOT AWAY FROM THE CITY LIGHTS TO STAR GAZE, AND EVEN OBSERVED THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GOING OVERHEAD.
SO YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THE BEAUTY OF THIS AREA, THIS PART OF OUR PARISH, WHO SHOULD TWO ROAD ENDS DOWN BY THE AMY RIVER DOWN CANDLEWOOD AND HORSESHOE BEND ROAD.
CANDLEWOOD ROAD PARK IS A LARGE BREAKFAST FACILITY, LOTS OF WOODS, MANY ACRES, NATURAL BEAUTY, PLEASE LET'S PRESERVE AREAS OF RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER TODAY.
AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS BEFORE THESE AREAS ARE LOST FOREVER, ONE BY ONE TO MISPLACED DEVELOPMENT, WOOD HILL SUBDIVISION AS DESIGNED DOES NOT BLEND IN WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE ZONING AND ALLOW WOODHILL TO BE DEVELOPED.
IF THE MANIFESTS BELIEVE THEY WERE SOMEHOW YEARS AGO DENIED THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR PROPERTY WAS REZONED WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
NO ONE IS PREVENTING THEM FROM PURSUING IT IN COURT.
IT'S HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL TWO SECONDS, TWO SECONDS.
IT'S HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRYING TO BE PUT IN AN AREA ZONED, OTHERWISE RURAL AGRICULTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR SERVICE TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WE'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA TIME, CAUSE YOU INVITED ME TO YOUR HOUSE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE HERE, COME ON DOWN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE IN OPPOSITION, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK KAREN RUSSELL, SHANNON.
CHRISTOPHER D BURN AND JONATHAN HEAD IT, LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE TWO TO MEYER.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO SAID THAT? OKAY.
TOMORROW HOW Y'ALL DOING, YOU'RE ALL DREW AT, I LIVE AT 87 30 SOUTH TIGER BEND ROAD.
UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I THINK I'M LIVING IN A RURAL AREA BECAUSE I HAVE A WATERWHEEL ON 87 30, NO, NO WATER FROM MACQUARIE AND HIS HOUSE WAS ALL AROUND ME, BETTER THAT HAVE WATERWHEEL.
SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY RURAL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE I MEAN, I MOVED FROM GROSS STATE AND GOT, HAD PARISH WATER.
I MOVED TO THIS TIGER BEN AND I HAD TO PUT A WATER WELDING.
AND I'M ONLY LIKE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THIS THING.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHETHER WE BREWED OR NOT.
COME ON DOWN, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
BEN, ABOUT A QUARTER MILE, UH, WENT DOWN TIGER
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BEND FROM THE INTERSECTION THAT, UH, WHO'S TO, I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY AND NOT HAD ENOUGH ATTENTION TO BRING TO THIS, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HELPING.THANK YOU, MR. HUDSON, FOR YOUR EAR TO YOUR DISTRICT AND TO THE PEOPLE AND LISTENING.
UM, I'M PLAYING CATCH UP AND, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU AS I WALKED IN AND I HEARD NAMES LIKE WHEN AND INQUEST, I ALMOST TURNED AROUND AND WENT OUT, WALKED OUT BECAUSE, UH, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CANNOT BE ABOUT MONEY.
THEN WE SHOULD MAKE DEVELOPERS, OR IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, THEY'RE THERE.
THERE'S A REASON TO DEVELOPING PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE THERE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE PROPERTY BOUGHT ALL THE SPEAKERS BEFORE, DID A GREAT JOB OF TELLING YOU ABOUT THE CULTURE.
IT DID, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIELD AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU WANT TO, THE OLD ADAGE WAS BUILD IT.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST BEAT MYSELF TO DEATH ASKING YOU GUYS, LET'S GO BACK TO THAT BECAUSE INSTEAD WE TEND TO LET THEM COME.
LET'S GET THE TAX BASE AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND UM, THERE'S ONE POINT THAT I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY HADN'T BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HUSA TWO AND IT'S A SUBSTANDARD ROAD.
THERE'S NO BRIDGE GOING ACROSS HUSA TO ACROSS THE METER BY YOU MAN.
CHECK THAT'S A ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EMS, YOU TALK ABOUT EMERGENCIES ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT TIGER BEN 10 TIMES A YEAR IS NOT ANY HELP FOR THEM EITHER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE SIX TO 12 TIMES A YEAR.
IT'S IMPASSABLE BY VEHICLES ON A FLASH FLOOD.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY HERE TOO.
SO NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY'RE OPEN DITCH ROADS, WHERE PEOPLE DIE ALL THE TIME.
I WILL ASK YOU TO, IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, THEY WANT TO MAKE THEIR MONEY.
THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES IN OUR BAD IN EAST BATON ROUGE.
I GUARANTEE THERE'S A BUNCH OF YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BEG THEM TO COME BUILD IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY ZONED.
THAT'S ALREADY PART OF THE PLAN.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ALL THIS CHANGE LIKE TO SAY I'M AGAINST IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE? COME ON DOWN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
TRIEV 2 4, 1, 1, 1 WHO SHE TWO ROAD.
UM, I'VE SENT EVERYBODY A LETTER OUTLINING MUCH OF WHAT SAID REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS SORT OF HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
I'D LIKE TO COUNTER A FEW OF THE THINGS, PARTICULARLY THE OWNER'S RIGHTS BEING VIOLATED.
UM, I PARTICIPATED IN ANY NUMBER OF THE PLAN, THE FUTURE OF BATON ROUGE.
THERE WERE NUMBERS OF MEETINGS AND THERE WERE MANY LOCAL PARTICIPANTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS SUPPORTED THIS AREA STAYING IN A RURAL AGRICULTURAL WAY.
AND UM, SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS ON WHO SHOULD TO LIKE THE MALLARD CROSSING HAVE VOLUNTARILY, UH, LEFT LARGE OPEN SPACES, WILD SPACES.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAND USE AND ZONING.
WHY IS, IS THIS GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SET FOR ANY NUMBER OF YEARS? IT WAS GOOD FOR THE PARISH THAT EVERYBODY OUT THERE ACTS ACCEPTED.
I'VE NEVER MET THE MAN OF FREEZE.
I BLEED, THEY LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS.
UH, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN AROUND THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NOT VIOLATING THEIR RIGHT.
NOBODY IS SAYING THEY CAN'T DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
WHAT WE ARE PROTESTING IS THIS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND CHANGING THE RULES, CHANGING SOMETHING.
AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT WAS DISGUSTING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FOR THIS WHEN THE PLANNERS THAT WE HIRE.
AND THERE'S A HUGE TURNOVER RATE IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF PLANNING STAFF.
AND NOW WE KNOW WHY, BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORED.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY COME HERE AND WERE IGNORED.
SO I THINK, REALLY THINK IT WAS DISGUSTED THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IGNORED.
AND I, AND I WILL ALSO BE VERY DISGUSTED.
IF THIS LAND USE IS CHANGED FOR THIS DEVELOPER TO PUT IN A VERY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
I'VE ALSO MENTIONED OTHER LARGE LANDOWNERS IN THE AREA.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN MAKING A HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT SHOULD I WANT TO DEVELOP MY PROPERTY? SHOULD SOME OF THE OTHER RANCHERS WANT TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY? THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ROOM FOR US.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ROOM FOR US TO MAKE ONE ACRE, LOTS, FIVE ACRE, LOTS, BECAUSE
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THE RULES ARE BEING BENT RIGHT NOW FOR THIS DEVELOPER TO PUT A HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT WAS ACCEPTED, WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND IS RIGHT FOR THE AREA.I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT THING AND A LOT OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS.
AND I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND OPPOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE ITEM? MR. CLIENT, PETER OR MR. LANCE.
MS. CLIENT FOR AND MS. LANDER, WOULD YOU LIKE, OH, YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN? COME ON OUT PRICES, RIGHT? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 21, 9 20, WHO SHOULD TOO? I LIVED AT 21, 8 50, RIGHT NEXT DOOR FOR 12 YEARS.
THERE'S BEEN A FATALITY ON THAT ROAD JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S RUTS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
IF YOU DROP A WHEEL OFF IN THE RUT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING BACK ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL REASONS TALKING ABOUT TECHNICAL REASONS.
THESE GUYS HERE GOT UP AND DID A PRESENTATION LAST TIME.
THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE TOLD ME TO GET OUT, SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.
WELL, THE SCREEN UP THERE, WHERE THEY WAS SHOWING THE DRAINAGE MAP THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ON HOW HE WAS GOING TO PUT MORE LOTS IN THERE AND IMPROVE THE DRAIN BY 25% IS WHAT HE SAID.
HE SHOWED ALL KINDS OF MAPS OF THIS, AND THEY WERE OBSCURED BY THE LADY GIVEN HANDSY.
WE COULDN'T SEE IT OUT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING ENGINEERING AT LSU FOR 20 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE ENGINEERING BUSINESS FOR OVER A HALF A CENTURY.
AND YOU DON'T GO OUT THERE AND FILL IN LAND.
CUT TREES DOWN, INCREASE THE FLOW OF WATER BY CUTTING TREES AND GRASS AND PUTTING HOUSES UP.
PAVEMENTS UP STREETS UP, YOU INCREASE THE WATER FLOW.
YOU INCREASE THE WATER FLOW INTO THE WATERWAYS, WHICH INCREASES THE FLOOD DANGER.
WE HAD A FATALITY AT MALLARD LAKES DURING THE FLOOD.
I SAW THE CHILDREN OF BILL COME AROUND, LOOKING FOR THE BODY.
WE WERE STRANDED FOR SEVEN DAYS.
HELICOPTERS CAME IN, AIR BOATS CAME IN.
I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME.
AND SOMEBODY SAID, LIFE SAFETY IS NOT THE ISSUE.
I'M IN THE ENGINEERING BUSINESS.
AND I WORKED FOR POWER COMPANIES.
I WORKED FOR CHEMICAL COMPANIES.
IF YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB SAFE, YOU CAN'T DO THE JOB IN THOSE PLACES.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE ON THE HIGHWAYS.
AND THIS THING THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN, IT'S MAKING IT EVEN WORSE.
HE SAID ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT.
WELL IT'S ONE WAY IN AND NO WAY OUT WHEN THERE WAS A WRECK.
AND THERE WAS A WRECK DOWN THERE.
SCHOOL BUS WAS BLOCKED TILL EIGHT 30 AT NIGHT.
CHILDREN TRYING TO GET HOME FROM SCHOOL AT THREE O'CLOCK.
I HAD TO SHOW THEM THE WAY THROUGH MALLARD LAKES.
WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE GATE AND UNLOCKED THE CHAIN TO GET THROUGH THERE AND TO GET THE KIDS HOME FROM SCHOOL.
ONCE YOU GET THE TIGER BEN HE'S RIGHT.
YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF TIGER BEN WITH A RAIN.
SO THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT PAST TIGER.
IT'S GOING TO BLOCK ALL OF OUR EXCESS DOWN AT WHO SHOULD TO ROAD.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, MR. CLAUDE, PETER, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DOCUMENT THAT MS
AND IF THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT DR.
MENIFEE WHO LIVES IN VIRGINIA, BY THE WAY, AND HIS NAME AND ADDRESS ARE ON THE TAX ROLLS, YOU CAN GET OUT YOUR SMARTPHONE AND YOU CAN SEE HIS ADDRESS.
HE SIGNED THIS LETTER, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, APRIL 19TH, 2022.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE PART OF THE RECORD.
WOULD YOU BRING IT UP THERE FOR ME PLEASE? THERE WAS A SUGGESTION BY MR. PICKET THAT THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS IN THE AREA WERE NOT SIMILAR BECAUSE THEY WERE SET BACK FURTHER.
WELL, THE DEVELOPER WENT TO A MEETING, HEARD THE CITIZENS OUT THERE AND CAME BACK WITH A PLAN THAT INCREASED THE SETBACK, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF FENCES, INCREASE THE LANDSCAPING, ANOTHER $500,000 BEING SPENT ON THAT,
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WHICH WAS IN THE APPROVED PLAN.UM, MR. PICKETT ALSO SUGGESTED THAT, UM, WE CAN'T BRING CONCRETE TRUCKS OUT THERE.
I'VE GOT TO WONDER HOW HIS HOUSE AND THE OTHER ONES IN MALLARD LAKES AND THE OTHER HOUSES OUT THERE BEING BUILT UP.
MAYBE THEY'RE BRINGING THE CONCRETE IN BY HELICOPTER.
UM, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT SOMEHOW THAT CHARACTER IS GOING TO BE CHANGED BY A HOUSE BUILT IN 1850.
UM, I WOULD POINT OUT WILLOW GROVE SUBDIVISION HERE IN, UH, EASTBOUND RIDGE PARIS, THE WILLOW GROVE HOUSE.
AND MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER HAD TO BE BORN IN IS SURROUNDED BY SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF KEEPING THE CHARACTER OF THAT HOUSE.
SO TH TH THAT EASILY CAN BE DONE IF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN, THAT HOUSE WANT TO DO THAT.
MR. CRAWFORD SUGGESTED THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. CRAWFORD DOES FOR A LIVING, BUT I ASSUME HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF THE MENNONITE CASE OUT OF THE US SUPREME COURT IN THE NINETIES AND ITS ADOPTION BY THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT IN THE MIDCO CASE.
AND IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE DEPRIVING A PERSON, A PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2011 ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PICU ROAD PROPERTY.
MR. DON, IN THAT HEARING ASK, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS LEGAL IN THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN WHAT YOU WERE TOLD IN RESPONSE TO THAT WAS, THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
HE'S BEEN DEPRIVED OF HIS PROPERTY RIGHTS.
HE DIDN'T GET, NOTICE THIS CHANGE TO RURAL AG IS REGULATORY.
IT'S NOT IN THE ZONING SECTION, BUT IT'S REGULATORY BECAUSE IT LIMITS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY.
AND EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, EVERYBODY'S SITTING HERE, EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL IS TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW.
AND MR. MENEFEE DID NOT GET IT.
IT'S INCUMBENT ON THIS COUNCIL TO RESTORE HIM TO THE POINT HE WAS IN, IN 2011.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE? GO AHEAD.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, UM, AN EMAIL WITH A ACCOUNT OF 125 ONLINE COMMENTS SUBMITTED 63 WERE IN FAVOR AND 62 WERE AN OPPOSITION.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THE WHY'D YOU WANT TO SPEAK LAST EVEN TO GO NOW OUR COUNCIL IN BOSTON, I WILL RESERVE MY SECOND FIVE MINUTES THOUGH.
UM, SO, UM, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THE STAFF PULL UP THE POWERPOINT IF WE COULD WAIT TO START MY TIME UNTIL THAT POWERPOINT IS UP.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.
I'M GOING TO TALK ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT POINTS, UM, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE AND SAY UP FRONT, THERE'S A CORRECT WAY TO DO THIS, AND THERE'S A WRONG WAY TO DO THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE WITH THIS ITEM HERE TONIGHT, WE'RE DOING IT THE WRONG WAY.
UH, THE GUIDANCE AND THE FUTURE BR PLAN IS PRETTY CLEAR, UH, AND THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE SHOULD LEAD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING A FUTURE BR PLAN.
I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF POINTS IN THIS POWERPOINT.
UM, UH, I HOPE COUNCILMAN BANKS APPRECIATE THIS.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST POWERPOINT I'VE EVER DONE FOR YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, I'LL WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST.
I WANT TO DRAW SOME DIFFERENCES, UH, WITH THE CASE ON PICU, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, THAT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE'VE HAD OUT.
UM, FIRST ON PICU, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT'S A CASE WHERE WE DID IT CORRECTLY.
WE ARE LEADING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE ON PICU.
SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A $52 MILLION PICU WIDENING AND INTERCHANGE PROJECTS GOING ON THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE A $26 MILLION PERKINS WIDENING PROJECT THAT WILL BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, YOU ALSO HAVE A TIER THREE MOVIE, OUR PROJECT, $3 MILLION, UH, WITH A ROUNDABOUT THERE ON HIGHLAND, UM, AT PICU.
WE ARE LEADING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ARE DOING WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES US TO DO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING A PLAN.
UH, NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
UH, THERE ARE THREE PROPERTIES, UH, THERE THAT, UH, BUT THE, UH, PROPERTY OR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THAT ALSO HAVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE DESIGNATION.
UH, IN FACT, THAT ORANGE PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE THERE, IT ACTUALLY HAS A HIGHER USE ON IT RIGHT NOW, UH, IN THAT IT IS COMMERCIAL.
UH, SO WE HAD A RESPECT FOR THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND THE, AND THE AREA AROUND IT.
NOW THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON PICU WAS TO APPROVE BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AT THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THIS CASE HERE TONIGHT FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF IS TO DENY.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT IS TO NOT DENY BECAUSE THE SURROUNDING USES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE.
UH, AND WE ARE NOT LEADING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THIS IDEA, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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DEMANDS, RURAL CHARACTER.THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT I MADE UP LET'S LOOK TO FUTURE BR UH, AND THE GUIDANCE IN THAT PLAN, WHICH IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
A LAND USE AMENDMENT ON THE FUTURE BR PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CATALYST FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT IS INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, AND UTILITIES MAKE VACANT, LAND ACCESSIBLE, USABLE, AND VALUABLE, THUS BURREN CONSTRUCTION BY CONTRAST LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT, WHERE NEW HOMES OR EMPLOYMENT AREAS ARE BUILT FAR FROM EXISTING URBANIZED AREAS, PLACES, HEAVY DEMAND ON PUBLIC RESOURCES.
ALL OF US KNOW WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT $8 MILLION A YEAR FOR PUBLIC MAINTENANCE OF OUR DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO WE NOT THINK THAT DOING PLANNING AND AN UNSMART WAY IS NOT GOING TO MORE NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? I WOULD ARGUE IT ABSOLUTELY IS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US.
UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO SHOULD TO BEING A NARROW ROAD, HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? W WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH THAT? I MEASURED IT TODAY.
IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO DO IT BECAUSE I HAD TO DODGE CARS TO DO IT.
UH, BUT THE ROAD IS 19 FEET WIDE.
NOW LET'S COMPARE THAT TO OUR CURRENT CODE.
THE NARROWEST CROSS-SECTION THAT WILL ALLOW, AND OUR CURRENT CODE ON A 25 MILE AN HOUR, RESIDENTIAL STREET IS 22 FEET WIDE.
WHY DO WE HAVE ACCIDENTS ON WHO SHOULD TOO? WHY DO PEOPLE RUN IN THE DITCH? WHY DO WE HAVE DEATHS ON THAT ROAD? IT'S BECAUSE IT'S TOO NARROW.
THERE'S A CHANCE TO DO THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOVIE, OUR PROJECT COMING UP IS GOING TO START DESIGN IN 2028.
SO THERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO THIS RIGHT ON THE ROAD PIECE.
NOW LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE, UH, PROXIMITY TO A WATERSHED.
WE ALL KNOW, AND OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL CODE.
WE'RE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO INCREASE, UM, UM, BASED FLOOD ELEVATIONS.
WE'RE CONSIDERING WHETHER, WHETHER OR NOT TO INCREASE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO INCREASE FLOOD PLAIN MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? IT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE CODE, CORRECT.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT ABUT A CRITICAL WATERSHED, LIKE BY YOUR MANSHACK.
SO BY YOUR MAN MANSHACK WHAT IS, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE STORM WATER MASTER PLAN, MS. KENNEDY FROM H AND TB, THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN GLEANING.
A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THIS TOLD US THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO HEADWATER AND BACKWATER FLOODING THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE DIRECTLY ABUTS THAT WATERSHED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR OF FRED RAYFORD, JUST IN OUR VERY LAST MEETING, CHARACTERIZE THE SITUATION ON BAYOU MANSHACK AS AN I QUOTE, SEVERE.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT WE HAVE A SEDIMENTATION ISSUE IN FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON BY YOUR MAN SHACK.
THERE'S CURRENTLY NO FUNDING IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
UM, I'LL JUST QUICKLY AM I AT MY FIVE MINUTES OUT OF YOUR FIVE MINUTE, BUT YOU'RE TEACHING AND I'M GOING TO EDUCATE US.
I'M GOING TO STILL NEED MY SECOND FIVE MINUTES.
UH, THE LAST THING I WANT TO BE SURE AND ADDRESS, UH, IS THIS LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO US YESTERDAY FROM THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE SECOND PAGE.
I'VE REVIEWED THIS WITH OUR PLANNING STAFF AND WITH OUR, UH, PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AT LEAST IN THE INSTANCE, I WOULD ARGUE THAT MOST OF THE SECOND PAGE IS, IS INACCURATE.
AND I HOPE THE STAFF WILL, UH, COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
BUT I WANT TO PARTICULARLY ADDRESS THE VERY LAST LINE WHERE THEY SAY THE PARENTS' ATTORNEY HAS DIRECTED THE COUNSEL THAT THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX.
IT APPEARS ATTORNEY STAFF HAS LOOKED AT THAT STATEMENT AND SAID THAT THAT IS A GROSS MIS-CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR POSITION ON THIS CASE.
UM, SO LOOK, IF YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND MISCHARACTERIZE, UH, THE PQ ISSUE, IF YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND MISCHARACTERIZE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE POSITION, IT MIGHT BE THAT WE'VE, MIS-CHARACTERIZED THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE LAND USE DESIGNATION THE SAME UNTIL THE TIME THAT WE CAN DO IT CORRECTLY AND LEAD WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AS OUR CODE DENIES AS OUR CODE DEMANDS WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
THERE IS A MOTION TO DENY THIS ITEM.
THE SECOND THERE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN OF ADAMS, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK
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ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WE SHOULD TO SPEAK COUNCIL MEMBER ROCCA.THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE IN A ROOM, LOOKING AT ITEMS IN A VACUUM.
AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WERE HERE IN PRESENT TODAY TO LISTEN TO THE CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND CENTRAL COMMUNITY ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING THERE.
AND IT'S, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST ONCE A MONTH.
THIS HAPPENS RATHER FREQUENTLY.
AND THE REASON WHY IT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE CENTRAL HAS INCORPORATED THEMSELVES.
AND AS ALL OF YOU ARE VERY WELL AWARE, THE CITY OF ST.
GEORGE HAS ALSO INCORPORATED ITSELF.
AND DESPITE PROBABLY YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ME.
I'M ACTUALLY VERY PRO THAT INCORPORATION, DESPITE WHAT YOUR COUNSELING PERSON MAY THINK.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU HAVE A TRIAL SET FOR MAY 2ND, THAT TRIAL WILL DETERMINE WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? HIS OWN CASE.
GEORGE? OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, MR. HUDSON, I GET YOU AT YOUR TIME AND I GAVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET YOU A PEACE.
I NOTICED IT'S A VERY, I NOTICED IS A VERY POLARIZING ISSUE, BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW MS. ROCCA TO MAKE HER POINTS.
CAUSE THEN I DON'T KNOW, UH, IT'S ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT.
AS WE JUST HEARD WITH THE FIRST ISSUE, WE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MARCH IN AND TELL US THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE ZONING, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUING ISSUE WITH YOU.
I HAVE EMAILS HERE THAT SAY THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS ATTRACT CRIME, DRUGS, AND MASS DEPRECIATION OF THE CURRENT HOME VALUES.
I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT SAYS CHARACTER OF A NICE COUNTRY ROAD WITH A SMATTERING OF HOUSES HERE AND THERE NO LONGER THE CASE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF SUBDIVISION IS TAKING OVER OUR ONES, QUIET ROAD, WIDE, OPEN PASTURES COWS, AND THE MOST AMAZING OAK TREES.
THE CHARACTER OF THE LAND IS WHAT I'M FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT CENTRAL WAS ONCE WHERE YOU ARE.
THEY WERE THERE, HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M SAYING, THINK ABOUT THIS ROWDY DAY WHO ISN'T HERE TONIGHT.
HIS DISTRICT INCREASED BY 8,269 PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.
COUNCILMAN HUDSON, HIS DISTRICT INCREASED BY 4,322 PEOPLE IN A TIER 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT'S THREE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THOSE DISTRICTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUR LAND IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED AND IMPACTED, THERE'S SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER AT PLAY HERE.
AND BEFORE YOU WALK OUT HERE AND PUT ON NEXT DOOR, THAT I'M BEING, UM, TOUTED BY THE DEVELOPER OR BY THIS ATTORNEY THAT, UH, CAME UP TO THE PODIUM MULTIPLE TIMES AND SPOKE ON THEIR BEHALF.
HE'S NAMED ME 50 TIMES IN A LAWSUIT ON ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M TELLING YOU WHETHER OR NOT THIS PASSES TONIGHT, YOUR ISSUES ARE BIGGER.
YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS NEED TO BE PROTECTED.
YOU'RE PROBABLY TOO LATE FOR TONIGHT, BUT GOING FORWARD, THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
PLUS I HAVE ON GOOD AUTHORITY, SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT HAVE MOVED ST GEORGE FORWARD OR SUPPORTING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO I'M VERY SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT THOSE ARE FACTS AND I DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THE TRUTH AS YOU CAN TELL HERE NOW.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON HOUSE COUNCIL, MEMBER BANKS? UM, SO AS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ITEMS SOME WEEKS AGO, UM, AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT CHARACTER AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, UM, OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT CHARACTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW YOUR HOUSE LOOK THE SIZE OF YOUR LAD, WHETHER OR NOT YOU GOT HORSES, COWS, CHICKENS, PIGS FARM.
AND IF THE SUN WILL RISE ON THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST, UM, A LOT OF PERSONS TALK TONIGHT ABOUT SMART GROWTH.
AND SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS CAUSE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU ALL WERE SAYING IN JUST LIKE A PROTIUM SAYING WE WERE BEING EDUCATED, NOT ONLY HEARING WHAT YOU SAID, BUT WHAT OUR COLLEAGUES AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE LIVED 40 YEARS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENED 200 YEARS AGO, BUT FOR BASED ON ME, WHO'VE LIVED HERE FOREVER.
CHANCES ARE EVERYBODY ON WHO SHOULD TO ROAD LIVED, WAS RURAL.
ALL THESE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD, WHERE PEARSON SAY THEY MOVED TO I'M SURE AT ONE POINT THAT IT WAS RURAL.
UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SMART GROWTH,
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IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING MIXED LAND USE IT.SO THERE HAS TO BE A CHAIN YOUR MIND THAT YEAH, IF YOU HAVE 40 ACRES HOLD ONTO YOUR 40 ACRES, WHEN YOU CANNOT DENY PEOPLE WHO BUY LAND AROUND YOU TO CHECK, TO DECIDE, TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COMPACT DESIGN MILLENNIALS.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO SPEND ALL DAY CUTTING THE YARD, MILKING THE COW.
THEY WANT TO GET IN, GET OUT, HAVE A GOOD TIME, GO ON VACATION, WORK, TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THAT IS A CHANGE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
IT SAYS CREATE EIGHT AROUND A RANGE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
ALL THE HOUSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU CONSIDER CHARACTER.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME TOWNHOUSES THAT COME TO WHO HSA TO ROW.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE COTTAGES.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY ALL DOUBLE CAR.
CAUSE THAT'S MY PNP, UM, WALKABLE COMMUNITIES.
IF I WAS A COUNCIL WOMAN AND I HAD ALL THESE CONSTITUENTS COMING UP, TALKING ABOUT HOW HORRIBLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON WHO SHOE TO ROAD, IF I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED, I LITERALLY WOULD.
YOU DO NOT WAIT TO A DEVELOPMENT, COME TO HAVE ANY ISSUE THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ITEM ALL BY ITSELF.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING UP.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME MOVE BR I'VE GOTTEN PROJECTS DONE ON ELM GROVE, WHICH IS 19 FEET, WHICH HAD WHICH PEOPLE GOT KILLED.
BUT BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THAT I'M ALREADY ASKING FOR SIDEWALK, WE'VE HAD BEAUTIFICATION MONEY.
WE'VE HAD WAYS TO INCREASE AND ENLARGE OUR STREETS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
AND I'M SURE BEFORE IT SHOULD NOT TAKE ONE DEVELOPER TO BRING ON YOUR SAR WAS OF THE WORLD ABOUT WHO SHOOT YOU ROAD.
IF YOU HAVE HAD GOOD REPRESENTATION ALL THESE YEARS, HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRINGING THAT TO THEM.
YOU DON'T WAIT AFTER THE FAT CREATING AND WALK UP A COMMUNITY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE WALKABLE COMMUNITY, THAT'S PART OF SMART GROWTH.
SO PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON OSHA TWO ROAD AND THEY CANNOT DRIVE OR WALK FROM ONE HOUSE TO THE OTHER, UNLESS THEY OWN THE ROAD.
AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY BEFORE TODAY.
A DISTINCT ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITIES, THIS OUT $500,000 HOMES.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT, THAT QUALIFIES PRESERVE OPEN SPACE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING TWIN OVER 25% OF THIS LAND IS STILL GONNA REMAIN, UM, GOOD FOR NATURAL FOR THE LAND AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY MENTIONED.
UM, STRENGTHEN AND DIRECT DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS EXISTING COMMUNITIES IS PART OF THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE CHANGE.
UM, PROVIDE A VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION.
IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE CURVES UNCLES TOO, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE BUSES.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER THING OTHER THAN THE PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR CAR.
THOSE ARE PROBLEMS. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU DIVERSIFY A COMMUNITY, UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO DIVERSIFY OUR COMMUNITY, MAKE DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, PREDICTABLE, FAIR, AND COST EFFECTIVE.
I WOULD, I GUESS THAT'S A DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING IS ENCOURAGED.
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION IN DEVELOPMENT DECISION.
PEOPLE SAY WE CAME TO GATHER WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, HOW WE CAN CO-EXIST IT WAS JUST SLAM DOWN.
MA'AM AND THEN YOU EVERYBODY'S ON THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
BUT THE THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, CALLING THE DEVELOPER OF WHAT IS A GOUT GOAT, HELP ME, SOMEBODY.
PLEASE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.
WE JUST NEED, WE, WE, I DO UNDERSTAND WHERE PEOPLE WANT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, EVERYBODY IS COMING TO A TIME WHERE WE ARE DIFFERENT.
THE 40 ACRES THAT SOMEBODY HAVE NOW, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN MIGHT SELL IT FOR A DIME.
SO YOU BETTER GET YOUR MIND READY TO LEAVE IT LIKE IT GOT BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NOT DOING IT.
OUR GRANDKIDS ARE NOT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HOLD ON TO YOUR DREAM.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS MY MAMA USED TO SAY, YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE FROM THE GRAVE.
SO GET READY TO KNOW THAT WHEN IT ENDS WITH YOU, YOU MAKE THE BEST OF IT, BUT YOU CANNOT COUNT ON YOUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, ALL OF THEM, YOU THINK THAT THEY GOING TO HOLD ON.
THEY GOING TO DO JUST LIKE MR. MENEFEE OR WHATEVER HIS NAME, MOVE TO PENNSYLVANIA AND SELL IT.
AND I DON'T CARE WHAT DADDY SAID AND GRANDDAD AND NOBODY ELSE.
WE NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
I LIKE THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PLANNING STAFF TO
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COME UP.UH, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS MADE REGARDING, UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO CORRECT AN ISSUE WITH SERVING NOTICE.
UM, THERE WAS SOME ISSUES MADE WITH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE FOLLOWED, UH, STATE LAW REGARDING, UH, FUTURE BR LIKE, CAN YOU GUYS ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES FOR US? UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ASK FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF TO FOLLOW UP AFTER AND TELL US WHY WE HAVE FUTURE BR AND WHY HAS IT BECOME A REGULATORY PART OF OUR CODE? PAULA, LET ME KIND OF GO BACKWARDS ONE AND I'LL ADD TO THIS.
UH, AND RYAN COULD ELABORATE ON THAT.
THE FUTURE BR IS A VISION OF WHAT THIS PARISH HAS TO LOOK LIKE 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
AND IT'S CHANGED AS THE PARISH CHANGES.
SO NOW I'LL JUMP TO THE QUOTE OF THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.
UM, BUT LET ME ALSO JUST SAY WE, AS A PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DO NOT TAKE A POSITION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT PASSES OR FAILS, THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE, NOT MY JOB.
BUT MULLIN MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, BUT THIS IS THE AVENUE BY WHICH THIS LANDOWNER NEEDS TO TAKE IN ORDER TO HAVE WHAT HE WANTS DONE DONE.
AND BY THAT, I MEAN, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED IN A WAY THAT HE COULD PUT HOUSES ON THIS PROPERTY AND DEVELOP IT.
HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DENSER SUBDIVISION.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY ISSUES, AND SO WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN WAS AMENDED TO AG RURAL, IT CHANGED THE DENSITY, NOT HIS ABILITY, AND THIS IS NOT ZONING.
SO THE ONLY WAY FOR THIS LANDOWNER TO HAVE A HIGHER, UH, SUBDIVISION WITH HIGHER DENSITY IS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
THAT IS WHAT WAS MEANT BY FIX IT.
IT WASN'T THAT ANYTHING WAS DONE ILLEGAL.
SO WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN WAS AMENDED BACK IN 2010 ISH 11, THERE WAS, THIS WAS WHAT WAS DONE.
UNDER LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE, UH, 33, 1 0 6, THE COP, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A LAND USE PLAN IN ORDER TO FIX THAT.
EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF THAT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THAT NOTICE IS GIVEN UNDER 33, 1 0 8.
THAT REQUIRES THAT NOTICE BE GIVEN IN THE PAPER.
THIS IS WHAT WAS DONE BY PLANNING STAFF.
THEY DID RESEARCH FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
THEY HAD 16 PLANNING DISTRICT INFORMATIONAL OPEN HOUSES, THREE PARISH, WIDE VISIONING WORKSHOPS FOR SMALL AREA PLANNING WORKSHOPS, ONE TRANSPORTATION WORKSHOP, TWO PRESENTATIONS TO THE FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, COUNTLESS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS PRESENTATION TO THE GOAT COALITION.
THEN IT WAS ADVERTISED NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT RICE.
THERE WAS LEGAL ADS THAT WERE RAN IN THE PAPER.
THERE WAS 1, 2, 3, 4 LEGAL ADS THAT WERE RAN.
AND LET ME STOP YOU FOR A SECOND NOTICE WAS GIVEN UNDER WHAT WAS DONE BY THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
THANK YOU, BRIAN, IF YOU CAN, IN 30 SECONDS, GIVE US THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS PLAN.
UM, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WAS DONE IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE RESPECT FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FLOODING.
SO TOUCH ON THAT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
REAL QUICK, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS VISIONARY.
IT'S A LONG RANGE PLAN TO GUIDE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY PARISH REAL QUICK, TAKING A FEW STEPS BACK, UH, HISTORICALLY BACK IN 2000, UM, WE RESEARCHED THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN EVERY REITERATION, GOING BACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH 99, UP TO 2,002,000 WAS THE FIRST INSTANCE WHERE WE FOUND WHERE A PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD AMENDED THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS REGULATORY.
UH, THEY AMENDED THE UDC TO TIE TOGETHER REA RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, AGRICULTURAL LAND USE.
THAT WAS THE LAND USE CATEGORY PRODUCT PRIOR TO 2011.
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IN 2000 AMENDED THE UDC TO MAKE IT REGULATORY.THE COMBINATION OF REA LAND USE AND RURAL ZONING TO REQUIRE ONE ACRE LOTS.
IT WAS IN THE CODE FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, GOING BACK TO 2000, THE COUNCIL PERSON IN THIS AREA IN 2001, DID A LAND USE STUDY REQUESTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE TIME, DO A LAND USE STUDY TO STUDY THE RURAL CHARACTER IN THE AREA.
WHAT CAME OF THAT STUDY WAS THE CREATION OF THREE ZONING DISTRICTS OR
AND THAT WAS A ONE ACRE REQUIREMENT, A TWO ACRE REQUIREMENT, AND THEN A THREE ACRE REQUIREMENT FOR RDA THREE.
THERE WERE ADDITIONAL LAND USE CHANGES THAT AGAIN, CAME FROM THAT STUDY, BUT NOT ON THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY, THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY PRIOR TO 2011, AS THE APPLICANT STATED WAS LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, UM, THE EQUIVALENT OF, OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LAND USE.
NOW AT THE TIME PRIOR TO 2011, THERE WAS 7.3 UNITS IN ACRE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY THAT CHANGED THE FUTURE BR WHICH PAULO, THE PARISH ATTORNEY STATED WAS ADVERTISED, UH, ESSENTIALLY CHANGED, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THAT LINKAGE ON THE UDC THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2000.
UH, SO IT WAS CHANGED FROM 7.3 TO ONE UNIT AN ACRE.
I'LL JUST END MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THIS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ST.
GEORGE, THE CITY OF CENTRAL, WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE DISCUSSION UP HERE TONIGHT, WASN'T ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
IT LARGELY WASN'T ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE AREA.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE GUIDANCE IN FUTURE BR FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT THE STAFF USE TO EVALUATE, TO COME TO THE DETERMINATION TO DENY.
SO AGAIN, I ASKED YOU TO DO THEN I THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MOKE.
I WAS DREW, I DON'T, I WAS DREW MY NAME FROM THE THING CAUSE I WAS THE COUNCILMAN HUDSON HAS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
HE'S BEEN SPEAKING WITH ALL OF US ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO USE MY FIVE MINUTES ON.
I KNOW PLEASE KEEP YOUR GAPS DOWN.
BUT, UH, BUT I WAS ALL FROM MY TIME TO COUNCILMAN CLASSIC BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S BEEN MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
IF HE WOULD LIKE TO USE ANY MORE I'M OKAY AT THIS TIME, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUDSON.
THERE WAS A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS COUNCIL MEMBER, NONE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DONE.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MACKOLEN.
SO THERE'S TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION.
THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM TWO POINT OF ORDER.
CAN WE RESTATE THE MOTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE, PLEASE? SURE.
THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WHICH IS THE ITEM WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON FIRST IS TO APPROVE ITEM TWO.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUNN AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COLEMAN.
THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WE WILL VOTE ON SECOND.
IF IN FACT, THE FIRST MOTION DOES NOT PASS IS TO DENY THE ITEM AND IT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER, HUDSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD.
SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR IN HERE AND AS WELL AS AT HOME, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE FIRST ITEM ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FIRST, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS IS PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINES.
MICHIGAN'S WHERE I'VE BEEN ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION.
CARRIES THE ITEM AT THIS TIME.
COUNSEL, NO MEMORIALS MOTION TO ADJOURN MOST TO MOST OF THE JOURNAL.
YEAH, MOSTLY TO ADJOURN BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.