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AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING
[ROLL CALL]
AT THIS TIME.WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOLCOMB, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT HERE.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELLENDER HERE.
YEAH, COMMISSIONER HILL COMMISSIONER.
THE COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 18TH, 2022 MEETING.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 18TH MEETING? UH, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES SEEING NONE OF THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.SO THERE'S A COUPLE OBJECTIVES AND FUTURE BR UH, THAT DEAL WITH BROWN FIELDS.
THERE'S AN OBJECTIVE IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY DESIGN ELEMENT THAT, UH, TALKS ABOUT ENHANCING EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS BY ELIMINATING BLIGHT AND PROPERTIES.
THERE'S ALSO AN OBJECTIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION ELEMENT THAT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH REMEDIATING BROWNFIELD SITES.
AND IN THAT SAME VEIN, I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE EPA HAS SELECTED EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOR A $500,000 BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANT.
THIS IS THE MOST EAST BATON ROUGE HAS EVER BEEN AWARDED FOR THIS GRANT.
UM, THE TIGER, THE TARGET AREAS FOR THE GRANT ARE TO BE MID CITY, THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR, AND THE SCOTLANDVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL THREE ARE, UH, COMMUNITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE SPECIFICALLY WORKING ON, UM, WITHIN OUR BROWNFIELD PROGRAM.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
I'LL MOVE ON FOR RULES FOR CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL, 2, 2, 2 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 2 THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48.
DURING THE MEETING ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW.BR LA.GOV ON METRO 21 COX CHANNEL 21 AND 18 T CHANNEL 99.
AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, FACEBOOK PAGE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING.
DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE ITEMS, PUBLIC HEARING, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND@HTTPSWWW.LA.GOV, BUT WE'RE SLASH PC APPLICANT AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO HAS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANTS WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.MR. MORIN, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL ITEM TWO PA 1222 MAJOR STREET PLAN AMENDMENT MIDWAY CONNECTOR TO REMOVE A SEGMENT OF THE MIDWAY CONNECTOR CAN EXTENDING BETWEEN
RESIDENTIAL USE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
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TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M ONE TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE EIGHTTHANK YOU, MR. MORIN, YOU HAVE HEARD ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND BY A COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED? WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[3. TA-1-22 Driveway Widths Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 17, Parking and Loading to establish new standards for two car garages. PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and the need to create a more user friendly UDC Staff Report]
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM THREE, A NUMBER THREE T A ONE TO TWO DRIVEWAY WIDTH, A BRIEF SUMMARY ON THE SIDE ON THIS, A TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, THAT YOU INITIATED A COUPLE MONTHS BACK.THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY ON THIS ITEM, UH, THIS, UH, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY TO REVISE CHAPTER 17, PARKING AND LOADING TO ESTABLISH NEW STANDARDS FOR TWO CAR GARAGES APPROVAL IS RECOMMENDED BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE NEED TO CREATE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW A LARGER DRIVEWAY WITH OR SMALLER LOTS SPECIFICALLY WITH TWO CAR GARAGES.
THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR, CALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR OR AGAINST THAT'S CORRECT.
NO SPEAKER CARDS FOR THIS ITEM, THEN I WILL, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE FROM STERLING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER? NO OBJECTION THAT, UH, THAT IS CARRIED.
[4. TA-4-22 Chapter 19, Definitions Unified Development Code amendment to revise and simplify definitions associated with other chapters. PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and the need to create a more user friendly UDC Staff Report]
TA FOUR DASH TWO TWO CHAPTER 19 DEFINITIONS.AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WAS INITIATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
AGAIN, STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARIS ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE SMALL REVISIONS TO EXISTING DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 19 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL BASED ON CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE NEED TO CREATE A MORE USER-FRIENDLY UDC.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS, OFFICE WAREHOUSE, FLEX SPACE, AND ALSO THE DEFINITION OF MONUMENTS ON AND THE DEFINITION OF PROJECTING SIGN.
AGAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THESE EXISTING DEFINITIONS.
UH, THE TWO SIGNED DEFINITIONS
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HAVE EXISTING REGULATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS VARIED IN CHAPTER 19.AGAIN, IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S BEST PRACTICES TO REMOVE THOSE THERE'S, UM, REGULATIONS THAT ARE BURIED IN THE DEFINITION CHAPTER.
THEY ALREADY EXIST IN THE, UH, CHAPTER 16 AND THE, IN THE SIGNED CHAPTER.
SO THEY'RE NOT NEEDED AND STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE.
OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR, AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS OR AGAINST ON THIS ITEMS? NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS ON THE SUN.
AND I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS OR YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND FROM A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS EXCUSE ME.
ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT CARRIES
[Items 5 & 6 ]
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.ITEM FIVE IS CASE 20 22 1 0 7 6 0 INDUSTRIAL PLEX BOULEVARD.
NUMBER SIX IS S FOUR DASH 2 2 7 60 AT INDUSTRIAL PLEX SUBDIVISION, K A S 20 22, 1 0 7 60 INDUSTRIAL BLACK BOULEVARD RELATED TO CASE S 4 22.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH STYLE OF INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, WEST OF SIEGEN LANE.
THESE THREE 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS MAKING ROBERSON.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO RESOLVE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO TOWNHOUSE EIGHT 2.5 PROPOSED USE TOWNHOMES CASE S 4 27 60 AT INDUSTRIAL DIVISION.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 78,000 HOMES WITH ONE COMMON AREA TRACK ACCESS THROUGH PRIVATE STREETS CASE 20 22, 1 0 7 60 INDUSTRIAL PLANT BOULEVARD.
RELATED TO CASE ASKED FOR 22 STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
STEP ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED, PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 16 MESSAGES AND OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO ITEMS AND ONE MESSAGE IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MICKEY ROBERTSON, UH, 93 45 INTERLINE AVENUE, JAMAR ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT SEVEN 60 AT INDUSTRIAL PLACE TOWNHOMES IT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT AND A HALF ACRE SITE.
IT'S LOCATED BEHIND THE ACADEMY IN FRONT OF HIDDEN OAKS APARTMENTS, RIGHT THERE OFF OF INDUSTRIAL EGGS AT SEGUN WE'RE PROPOSING 78 UNITS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED A C2.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A DOWN ZONING TO 82.5 SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A USE.
THAT'S MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE AROUND IT.
THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE CURRENT C2 ZONING COULD ALLOW FOR A LOT MORE PERMISSIBLE USES.
UH, THERE A LOT MORE ONEROUS THAN A TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
OUR DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE PRIVATE, GOING TO BE GATED PRIVATE STREETS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ABOUT 25% GREEN SPACE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR RESEARCH, WE OBTAIN THE AS-BUILT DRAINAGE, UH, PLANS FOR JEFFERSON TERRA, SIX FILING, WHICH ABUTS US TO THE NORTH SIDE.
WE HAVE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON OUR WEST SIDE, UH, SO THAT WE MADE SURE WE PROPERLY ADDRESSED ANY DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT WERE THERE.
THE, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE COMING FROM THE NORTH THAT GOES THROUGH OUR SITE THROUGH A CURRENT DITCH THAT IS PARTIALLY LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC DURING THE SERVITUDE AND PARTIALLY OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC DRAINAGE SERVITUDE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO REALIGN THAT DITCH AND REDEDICATE THE PUBLIC DRAINAGE SERVITUDE FOR THE ENTIRE DITCH.
WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN IT OUT, WIDEN IT I'LL MAKE THE DRAINAGE BETTER FOR THE AREA.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE BOARD FORM, JEFFERSON TERRACE, SIX FILING.
THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT DRAINAGE, ABOUT SETBACKS UPBRINGING, SPACE FUCKED UP THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
UH, WE ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER ALL THEIR QUESTIONS.
THEY MAY STILL HAVE SOME REMAINING, BUT WE WILL, AS PART OF OUR PLAN, WE WILL HAVE A 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WILL ABUT THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT WE DID COMMIT TO AT THAT MEETING WAS TRYING TO BALANCE BETWEEN THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE REQUIRED REAR YARD DRAINAGE AND LEAVING THE FIRST FIVE OR 10 FEET ON THE TREE LINE, THAT WHERE THE TREES ARE ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN THE FENCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MESS WITH THEIR FENCE.
UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL MAINTAIN
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THE MATURE TREES THAT ARE BACK THERE.SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM ALL DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE OR OUR PROPERTY LINE THAT IS TREED.
SO WE DID COMMIT TO, YOU KNOW, GOING AHEAD AND SAVING WHAT DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH INSTALLING PROPER DRAINAGE, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THE DRAINAGE KIND OF SUPERSEDES THE NEED FOR SAVING THE TREES.
THE SPRINTING IS VERY IMPORTANT THESE DAYS.
WE ARE ALSO AWARE THAT NOT AWARE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
THERE IS A PORTION OF OUR SITE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WHERE OUR FUTURE DETENTION POND IS GOING TO BE LOCATED THAT THERE ARE SOME WETLANDS DOWN THERE.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THAT PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKS.
IT COMES ABOUT ON A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS.
UH, SO WE DO GO THROUGH IT OFTEN.
IT TAKES ABOUT 12 TO 18 MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OR SOME KIND OF PLAN WITH CITY PARISH.
SO THAT'S THE STAGE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE INITIATED THAT PROCESS AND WE ARE GOING, GOING THROUGH IT.
UH, I GUESS IN SUMMARY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REITERATE IS THAT THIS IS A DOWN'S ZONING FROM C2 TO EIGHT, 2.5.
IT IS GOING TO BE ADJACENT TO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, TO SOME, SOME AWAN SINGLE FAMILY THAT'S LOCATED ON C2 PROPERTY BACK IN THE MID NINETIES.
UH, THERE WERE SOME PROPERTIES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY ON C2 THOUGH.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST OF US IS ACTUALLY ZONE C TWO, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO OUR REZONING, OUR DOWN ZONING WOULD BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THAT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS AND WE WILL GO FIRST FOR THE, UH, UH, THE S THE PROPONENTS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE MICKEY ROBERTSON, WHO I THINK JUST SPOKE, UH, SECOND WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, BEAHN BATESON THAT CORRECT? OH, DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK, I'M SORRY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPPONENTS.
THE FIRST IS KEVIN BURKE'S AT, OH, UM, THIS IS, HE GOT A CAR.
IS HE GOT A CARD ON HERE, THOMAS? YES, GO AHEAD.
MY NAME'S TOM BURKES AND I LIVE IN A PROPERTY THAT ABUTS TO THE, UH, NORTH FENCE LINE OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
FROM WHEN NOW, ANYWAY, MY OVERWHELMING CONCERN IS FLOODING, AND I THINK THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND, UH, JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE HOUSE, WHICH BUTTS RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME FLOODED IN 1999.
MY PROPERTY CAME WITHIN INCHES OF FLOODING IN 2021.
I WASN'T THERE IN 1999, BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF IT AND I COULD MAKE THEM ALL AVAILABLE, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD TIME, WHICH BRINGS UP ANOTHER POINT.
I GOT THIS THING ABOUT NINE DAYS AGO.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO TALK TO ANOTHER ENGINEER.
I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT A DRAIN IS I WAS NEVER GIVEN A DRAINAGE PLAN.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS THING IS IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE.
ALL I KNOW IS I LOOKING ON MY, ON MY FENCE BEHIND MY YARD AND I SEE STANDING WATER, IT'S THERE ALL YEAR, AS HE SAID, IT'S A WEAPON.
SO I REAL CONCERNED BECAUSE THAT WATER IS GONE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GO RUSHING OFF UNLESS THEY HAVE A EXCELLENT, UH, DRYNESS PLAN THAT I COULD GET VALIDATED.
I THINK IT'S A FAIR CONCERN TO HAVE INDEPENDENT PARTY VALIDATE THEIR PLAN AND TO MAKE SURE I DON'T FLOOD.
UH, BASICALLY I MADE THE THREE YEARS OLD.
SHE'S AN EX-TEACHER, I'M A US VETERAN.
I WORKED ON THE SPACE PROJECT AND I PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO DO A PLAN.
RIGHT? WE GOT THAT ONE, RIGHT? I WANT TO GET MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MESS IT UP.
I PAID THE PRICE, MY HOUSE FLOODS.
I GOT TO GO LIVE IN A HOTEL FOR TWO YEARS.
THAT'S ALL MY SAVINGS, MY WHOLE LIFE.
I WORKED FOR THE STATE 50 YEARS ALMOST OF COME AFTER WORK.
CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
I'LL BUY A HOUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE MOST REGULAR FAMILIES.
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I'VE PUT MY, MY SAVINGS ARE IN MY HOUSE AND I JUST CAN'T AFFORD OTHERWISE BASICALLY, UM, PROBABLY HAVE TO RUSH.THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD AN EASEMENT IN BACK, WHICH IS GOING TO RAISE THEIR PROPERTY
WELL, I GOT TO, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT HE HAS BEEN, CAN TAKE ALL THE WATER OFF AS FAST AS HE CAN NEXT TO MY FENCE LINE.
DAN TEND TO PUT A SMALL EASEMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE BACKYARD, THIS 20 FOOT ABUTMENT, SIR.
I GOT TO PUT MY WHOLE LIFE IN THREE MINUTES.
UH, UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT FAIR FOR EVERYONE.
HE, HE GOT 15 TO DESTROY HIM AND I GOT THREE MINUTES.
WE'LL BE FINISHED IF, IF WE COULD, IF I COULD HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE, I'LL WRAP IT.
UH, I, I WOULD RATHER HAVE EVERYBODY IN THREE MINUTES AND IT MEAN IF WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE YOU COME UP FOR QUESTION IF WE NEED.
THANK YOU, TOM BLUE OR SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
UH, KEVIN BARKS 1 0 5, 1 5 4 BROOK AVENUE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT TO MY DAD'S POINT ABOUT DRAINAGE AND FLOODING.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
IT IS, THEIR PROJECT SHOULD NOT HAVE IRREPARABLE HARM TO MY PARENTS' HOUSE.
IT SHOULDN'T, LET'S NOT RUSH THIS.
WE'RE ASKING TO D TO DEFER THIS 60 DAYS.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO AN INDEPENDENT SURVEYOR, THE INDEPENDENT ENGINEER, MAYBE PERHAPS GET LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENTS AS PROPOSED RIGHT NOW, THE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PLAT IS INCOMPLETE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THERE'S A SERVITUDE NEXT TO OUR HOUSE THAT DOES NOT SHOWN ON THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PLANS.
THEY HAVE AN, AS HE MENTIONED, AS HE MENTIONED, THEY HAVE A 20 FOOT SERVITUDE BEHIND OUR HOUSE IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN THEIR HOUSE.
AS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THEY'RE TRYING TO USE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AS WELL AS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
IT'S NOT TO BE STRICT TO DEED.
WHEN THAT PERSON BUYS A PROPERTY, HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH HIS BACKYARD.
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPAIR THE DRAINAGE ONTO OUR PROPERTY.
HOW CAN HE SERVE TWO THINGS WITH ONE, A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND A TRAINING CHEESMAN.
AND WHEN THAT WATER WOULD, THAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT COMES UP AND THEY RAISE IT, IT'S ALL GOING TO FLOOD BACK TO OUR PROPERTY.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, AS HE MENTIONED, THERE ARE POTENTIAL USA JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS ON THAT PROPERTY, INCLUDING WATERWAYS AS HIS FEEDS, CORRECT? THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DOES WANT TO SEE AN APPROVED DRAINAGE DESIGN, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO ASK YOU MINIMIZE TO MINIMIZE AND AVOID THOSE WETLANDS AND THOSE WATERWAYS UNTIL HE'S COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT MINIMIZES AND VOIDS THOSE WETLANDS, THAT'S NOT COMPLETE.
THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND THEN COME BACK AND MEET WITH US.
ALSO, MY OTHER POINT IS WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING BULLIED HERE.
LET'S ADD SAID WE'VE HAD THREE MINUTES TO SAVE HIS, HIS INVESTMENT TWICE.
EVEN TODAY, WE'RE GETTING THE THREAT.
OH, IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDING 600 UNITS BEHIND YOUR PROPERTY.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE US FEEL? WE'RE BEING BULLIED THROUGH THIS.
EITHER TAKE THIS OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDING, COME ON.
WE ASKED THEM THE DEVELOPERS TO COME IN.
GOOD FAITH WAS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOOD.
FAITH TO ME WITH THIS LAST WEEK.
AND ALSO THE COMPLAINT ABOUT BUILDING A FIFTH BEHIND OUR PROPERTY.
WE ASKED HIM, COULD HE BUILD A FIFTH, BUILD A FENCE? WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE A FENCE.
WE'LL JUST TIE INTO YOUR FIST.
THE REASON WHY HE WANTS TO SAVE.
HE'S NOT GOING TO BUILD WITH IT CAUSE HE WANTS TO USE OUR FENCE LINE.
THE DEVELOPER BUILT HIS OWN FENCE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MAJOR TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT AND HE WANTS TO USE OUR FENCE.
CURRENTLY OUR HOUSE SLOPES, THERE'S NO LINE OF SIGHT PROTECTION INVOLVED.
THEY SAYS HE WANTS TO SAVE SOME TREES.
WHAT TREATS DOES HE WANT HIS HAND? MY LAST POINT, THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE HAS NOT BEEN MET AND I WANT TO SEE IT BEING MET HAS NOT BEEN MET.
AND I WANT THIS TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL 60 DAYS TO WHERE CORRECT PROPER REPRESENTATION IN ENGINEERING REVIEW.
NEXT CARD IS WHO SUZANNE RONLEY RODLEY.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS THAT THEY DO AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE BECAUSE, UH,
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WE HAVE WATER THAT BACKS UP FROM THERE AND STAYS IN OUR YARD FOR QUITE A WHILE BEFORE IT FLOODS.IT GOES BACK OUT AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND THEY, AFTER A HURRICANE IDA AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HURRICANE GUSTAF.
WE HAD STANDING WATER BACK THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WONDERING TOO IS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING UP, IF THAT'S GOING TO EVEN MAKE IT WORSE FOR US, AS FAR AS ALLOWING THE WATER TO FLOW THE WAY IT'S NATURALLY SUPPOSED TO FLOW.
NEXT CARD IS FOR ROSEMARY GROVES.
AND THE NEXT CARD IS FOR CELESTE.
YOU WANT A SEC? OH, THEY DON'T WANT US.
WELL, UM, THAT'S ALL OF THE OPPONENT'S CARDS.
UH, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES TO RE TO REPLY.
UH, AS I SAID, PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DRAINAGE IN GREAT DETAIL.
ONE, ONE POINT THAT I MAYBE FAILED TO MENTION IN MY INITIAL PRESENTATION IS THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
WE ARE NOT RAISING OUR PROPERTY, UH, FROM THEIR BACK YARDS TO INDUSTRIAL PLACE.
THE PROPERTY FALLS ABOUT 10 FEET.
SO WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DRAINAGE IS IN THAT DIRECTION.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT MADE EVERY EFFORT HAVE, UH, GOTTEN THE PLAN, RIGHT.
I THINK IS THE, UM, WHAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY YOU USED EARLIER, BUT WHAT WE WOULD COMMIT TO DOING IS WE WOULD COMMIT, YOU KNOW, AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN, UH, SEND US FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL WITH AN APPROVAL, BUT WE, WE WILL COMMIT TO MEETING WITH MR. BARKS AGAIN, BOTH, YOU KNOW, UM, MR. TOM AND, AND MR. KEVIN, UH, I WE'LL CERTAINLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT OUR DRAINAGE PLANS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID SUBMIT A DRAINAGE IMPACTS STUDY.
SO WE, WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS REQUIRED IN TERMS OF THE DRAINAGE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF EVERYONE'S NEEDS, UH, IN THE AREA, THE, UH, AS FAR AS THE BUFFER, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE DEED RESTRICTED THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISTURB THE BUFFER IN THE BACKYARDS.
UM, IT IS COMMONPLACE TO HAVE DRAINAGE IN A LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
UH, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPEDE THE LANDSCAPING.
SO IT, IT, THERE WILL BE, IT IS COMMONPLACE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
I, IN TERMS OF NOT COMING FORWARD IN GOOD FAITH, WE WERE VERY TRANSPARENT AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK.
UM, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY OPPOSED TO BUILDING A NEW FENCE.
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS IN HAVING TWO FENCES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND WHO MAINTAINS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN.
SO WE'RE NOT, BUT WE'RE NOT TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THAT, BUT WE ARE, UH, COMMITTED TO TRYING TO SAVE AS MUCH OF THE BUFFER AS WE CAN.
I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE A THREAT TO SAY WHAT COULD BE BUILT IN C2.
IT WAS MERELY TO POINT OUT, UH, THAT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE USE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN C2.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BUT, UH, WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, ASK FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER STERLING.
YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
LOOK, I GOT THIS CARD, THIS NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING ABOUT NINE DAYS AGO.
I HAVEN'T GOT A DRAINAGE PLAN.
I KNOW THE PLANS THEY HAVE ARE MISSING A MAJOR DRAIN.
JUST BIG THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
ANYWAY, UH, THOSE ARE THE MAIN AND THE OTHER THING I'VE DONE, I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO EVEN TALK TO ALL THE OTHER OWNERS WHO ARE AFFECTED.
I GOT TWO OWNERS WHO GO MUCH MORE ELOQUENT THAN I AM, AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE, ALL THIS STUFF WHO COULDN'T COME.
AND ONE OF THEM'S OUT OF TOWN.
CAUSE HE'D BEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR TWO WEEKS.
THEY GOT THIS NINE DAYS AGO, HE COULDN'T CHANGE HIS PLANS.
I GOT THE PRESIDENT OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
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SHE SAID SHE WOULDN'T COME, BUT SHE HAD COMMITMENTS.SO WE HA I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE THIS THING HAD JUST A RUSH JOB AND THERE IS NO COMPELLING REASON TO PUSH THIS THING AHEAD.
LET'S GET A DELAY FOR 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY FAIR THING TO DO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BANKS.
SO HAVE, HAVE THERE BEEN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE COUNCIL, WOMAN ADAMS, YOU AND THE HOMEOWNERS MET? YES.
G MS. ADAMS COULD NOT MAKE IT, BUT HER REPRESENTATIVE WAS AT THE MEETING AND YOU ALL HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING.
SO WERE THE COMMENTS THAT THE GENTLEMAN HAD, DID HE MAKE THOSE, ARE THERE ANY RESIDENTS MAKE THOSE CONCERNS REALLY CLEAR? YES, MA'AM.
AND WE HAD, WE ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS AT THAT MEETING, TOLD THEM WE ADDRESSED THEM.
I WENT BY THE SITE AGAIN AND WENT BY MR. BURKE'S HOUSE CONFIRMED.
THERE IS A DRAINAGE PIPE ON THE SIDE OF HIS HOUSE THAT WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR.
WE HAVE DRAINAGE IN OUR REAR YARD.
SO WE FELT LIKE WE ANSWERED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT WITHOUT DELAY, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY GO MEET WITH HIM AGAIN.
AND WE ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN 30 DAYS.
UH, I DON'T THINK OUR CONTRACT WOULD ALLOW FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION.
SO HE'S GOT A PURCHASE AGREEMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, MR. BUT WE'D, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN NOW AND THE COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH MR. UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? MR. MR. BURKS.
WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING YOU TO SIT DOWN AND I GOT A HARD TIME GETTING YOU TO COME HOME.
SO, UM, UM, THE DEVELOPER DID IN INDICATE THAT YOU ALL MET LAST WEEK.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A SHOW AND TELL HE JUST SAT UP THERE AND HE HAD A DRAWING LIKE THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM.
SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SEEN IT BRIEFLY, BUT HE JUST HAD THIS SITTING OVER THERE AND HE TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT ALL OF THEM DO, BUT THAT'S ALL WE GET TO, BUT DID YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT? W I REVIEWED IT.
AND PART OF, AS I GOT THIS NOTICE AND THE LAST EIGHT DAYS, AND I SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND BASICALLY ON MY COMMENTS, I'M SAYING THE SAME THING.
I WANT TO GET A, I'M GOING TO WORK WITH ANOTHER ENGINEERING FIRM.
AND I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET FLOODED.
SO THE POINT IS, THIS PLACE IS FLOODED TWICE ALREADY.
I THINK THAT WHAT A LOT OF TIMES IN THIS CASE, DEVELOPMENTS CAN HELP WITH THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT, WHAT THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE HE'S COMMITTED TO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WHERE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE ME TO DEFER THIS ITEM.
HOWEVER, WHAT, UM, HE'S INDICATED IS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS MET WITH THE, UM, HOMEOWNERS.
I MAKE SURE THAT I ALWAYS ASK THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS THERE TO MEDIATE THE MEETING.
SHE WAS NOT THERE, HER ASSISTANT.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THAT SOMETHING YOU GOT TO TAKE UP, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR AND THAT I WOULD WANT IF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER WASN'T THERE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THE, I, AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS PLANNING, I BASICALLY WILL SUPPORT WHATEVER THE COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS.
SO WHAT I'M LEFT WITH IS THE FACT THAT HE'S DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE.
HE'S MET, HE'S MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO PLANNING.
HE'S MET WITH THE COUNCIL WOMAN.
HE'S MET WITH AN EXTRA COUNCIL WOMAN TO MEET WITH YOU ALL THE CONSTITUENTS.
WE CAN'T JUST DELAY HIS PROJECT AFTER HE'S DONE.
AND HE'S SAYING FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND COMFORT, I WILL MEET AGAIN, LET HIM BRING HIS, UH, UH, ENGINEER AND WE'LL WORK THINGS OUT.
SO HE'S INDICATED THAT ON MY RECORDED EVERYTHING, BUT TODAY I CANNOT, UM, HOLD HIM UP WHEN HE'S DONE WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FACTS YET, BUT YOU HAVE A PRESENTED ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
THE OTHER DAY, HE'S MISSING THE MAJOR DRAIN THAT RUNS RIGHT BETWEEN.
HE'S GONNA WORK IT OUT FOR YOU THOUGH, WITH YOU AND THE ENGINEER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE.
YOU ALL ARE GOING TO WORK ALL OF THAT OUT.
BUT AS OF TODAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE
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TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.IT'S LIKE I'M TRYING TO, THERE WAS A WHOLE ITEM IN NEWSPAPER, ESSENTIALLY, PARIS.
THEY HAD A BIG, BIG MESS OVER THERE BECAUSE THE FLOODING FROM ONE BACKED INTO ANOTHER.
THERE IS, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MOVING THIS FORWARD SAYING NONE.
[13. PUD-5-04 Phase 6, Pelican Lakes, Final Development Plan Proposed single family residential development on property located on the south side of Burbank Drive, west of Pelican Lakes Parkway, on Tracts A-1-A-1 and B-1-A-2-A of the T.P. Stuckey Property. Section 75, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 3 - Gaudet) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request is consistent with the approved Concept Plan and meets the minimum criteria of the Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements Application Staff Report Plans]
WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 13, ITEM 13, SORRY.THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING TO COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS NOT THE END OF THIS STORY.
ITEM 13, POD FIVE DASH FIVE DASH ZERO FOUR, PHASE SIX, PELICAN LAKES, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THIS WAS DEFERRED FROM APRIL 18TH BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR 5 0 4 PHASE SIX, PELICAN LAKES, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK, DRY WEST OF PELICAN LAKES PARKWAY, CONSTANT DISTRICT THREE.
MICKEY ROBBERS, MEDIUM DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE IS COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD 5 0 4 PHASE SIX PELIKAN LAKES, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN AND MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA OF THE PLAN.
EITHER DEVELOPMENT BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED THREE MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THE SADDAM.
NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.
UM, MICKEY ROBINSON, AGAIN, KIMORA ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.
AND, UH, TONIGHT IS THIS PROJECT IS THE FINAL PHASE OF PELICAN LAKES AT SPACE SIX.
THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 2004.
THIS IS THE FINAL PART IN 17 LOTS.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DEPARTED LAST MONTH IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT ASKED US TO GO BACK AND RE REVIEW THE DRAINAGE FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
ALTHOUGH THIS WAS ONLY A VERY SMALL PORTION OF IT.
THEY WANTED US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DRAINAGE FOR THE ENTIRE 153 ACRES.
WE TOOK AN EXTRA TWO MALLS AND WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK A LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESIGNED IN 2004, NOT ONLY WAS IT BUILT UP, BUT IT WAS BUILT PROPERLY.
AND THAT THIS FINAL PHASE COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
WE ALSO HAD TO TAKE THIS FINAL PHASE AND MEET THE NEW STRICTER REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT AND FLOOD ZONE.
SO AS A PART OF THAT DRAINAGE STUDY, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SIX FILING MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE DRAINAGE STUDY WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL 2004 DRAINAGE STUDY SHOWED ABOUT 16 ACRES OF DETENTION.
ULTIMATELY, WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 31 ACRES OF DETENTION OUT THERE.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE 10 YEAR STORM AND REDUCE THE FLOW ONTO BURBANK BY 42%, THE 25 YEARS STOLEN.
WE REDUCED IT BY 39% AND THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, WE REDUCED THE FLOW INTO BURBANK BY 36%.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING AS IT WAS INTENDED TO IT'S PROVIDING A DRAINAGE BENEFIT FOR THE BAYOU FOUNTAIN WATERSHED.
UH, THIS IS A USE BY RIGHT, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED AND SET CONCEPT PLAN.
SO WE'D ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
OH, WE HAVE ONE OTHER CARD IN SUPPORT ART LANCASTER, WHO DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AND I WILL MOVE ON.
WE HAVE A ONE CARD FROM JOHN DAGEL, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
UM, SO, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT ALONG BURBANK DRIVE IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION FROM, UH, DECEMBER, 2021, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENYING THIS, UM, AT THAT TIME 80% WAS IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
UH, THE INFORMATION FOR TODAY SAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT IS IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA AT THAT POINT, UH, 36 30 0.6 ACRES OF REQUIRED FOR COMMON OPEN SPACE.
AND THAT WAS PROVIDED WITH A FURTHER DESCRIPTION THAT ABOUT 50% OF THAT UP TO 50% MIGHT WOULD BE NATURAL WETLANDS
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TODAY ON THE FORM ON THE WEBSITE UNDER COMMON OPEN SPACE REQUIRED, IT SAYS NO ANSWER.AND 10.6 ACRES IS PROVIDED UNDER GREEN OPEN SPACE.
AND DECEMBER A 15.3 ACRES WAS REQUIRED.
THEY WERE PROVIDING 21.2 ACRES, UH, TODAY.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER YOU HAD A 24.2 ACRES OF UNDISTURBED WETLANDS.
TODAY THAT'S DOWN TO TWO ACRES AND THERE'S AN EXTRA 16.3 ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER, SLATED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE FROM THE TIME THE PROJECT WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO BE DENIED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, EVERYTHING WORKS WORSE, UH, THERE, UM, ON EACH OF THOSE CRITERIA THAT'S, UH, INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORTS.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
UM, AND IT IS INTERESTING THAT THESE, UH, NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAINAGE, WHAT WAS TERMED A MORATORIUM, UH, WHICH OF COURSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, WAS NOT A MORATORIUM.
UM, IF THAT ACTUALLY WORKS AGAINST ALL THE CRITERIA THAT I MENTIONED, THEN I DON'T SEE HOW THE PUBLIC IS BENEFITING FROM THAT.
UM, EXCEPT THAT IF YOU ALLOW IT TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, WE DON'T WANT MORE FLOODING, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO REPORTS FROM DECEMBER AND TODAY.
THAT'S ALL I ASKED THE APPLICANT.
IF HE WAS TO COME UP FOR FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL AND DECEMBER OF 2021.
I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL THAT MEETING, BUT SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE UPDATED THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THIS PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
UH, SO WE HAVE MET ALL THE GREENSPACE TO DETENTION.
ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET TO THE LETTER AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM PLANNING, COMMISSION AND DPW.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSION.
I GOT A, I GUESS KIND OF A COMMENT OR A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR HOLCOMB.
I MEAN, I'M S I'M STILL THIS AREA HERE WITH THE AMOUNT OF, UM, THE FLOOD ZONE AND THE WETLANDS THAT THIS IS NOT AREA, I STILL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT OKAY.
BUT I DO RECALL BACK IN DECEMBER, WE DID DENY THIS ON OUR LEVEL.
CAN, CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE A, A HISTORY OF WHERE, HOW WE GOT BACK TO THIS POINT? SURE.
SO THERE JUST WANT TO ADD, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN.
NOW I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE AND THEN I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, THE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL, WHICH WAS A CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, UM, FOR THE ENTIRE SITE THAT WERE REVISING THE USE TABLE.
SO THAT STAFF REPORT HAD THE ACREAGE AND OPEN SPACE, UH, AND LANDSCAPE AND DETENTION FOR THE ENTIRE SITE WHERE THIS IS A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS THE APPLICANT STATED FOR THE LAST PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO TH THOSE ARE THE REASONS FOR THE DISCREPANCIES ON THE STICK, UH, STAFF REPORT.
IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, ONE WAS THE CONCEPT PLAN WHERE THIS IS A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON JUST THE PORTION, AS FAR AS THE CASE HISTORY, THAT PREVIOUS CONCEPT PLAN DID COME BEFORE THIS BODY IN DECEMBER OF 2021 STAFF DID CERTIFY THAT IT STOOD ON ITS OWN MERITS.
IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
HOWEVER, BASED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SENT IT TO THE COUNCIL AS A DENIAL, UH, COUNCIL THEN APPROVED IT, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO COUNCIL, UH, APPROVE THAT CONCEPT OF PLAN CHANGE AT THEIR JANUARY MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS SIMPLY A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED.
IT IS A 117 SINGLE FAMILY, LOT SUBDIVISION, AND, UM, IT MEETS THE MERITS OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, REQUIREMENT AND THE ORDINANCE WITH THE ENHANCED HUNDRED YEAR DESIGN REQUIREMENT AND, UH, GREATLY EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM, UM, DRAINAGE AND, AND DETENTION AREAS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, MOTIONS, YOU HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE,
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RIGHT? THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.DO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR THIS FOR APPROVAL? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT MOTION? WE HAVE ONE OBJECTION.
ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE? THIS MOTION CARRIES.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS, TO
[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]
DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, MR. HAWKINS, OR JUST A FEW THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, AT YOUR SEATS, YOU DO HAVE DRAFT LANGUAGE TO SECTION 17.5 2 8, 3 RELATED TO GRUDGE SETBACKS.THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING AGAIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PARISH ATTORNEY ON PROPOSED CHANGES, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PERMANENT OFFICE TO, UH, HELP CLARIFY A FEW ISSUES WITHIN THIS SECTION.
THIS WILL BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA IN JUNE.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I NEED TO REMIND YOU IS YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS JUNE 20TH.
[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
UH, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FIRST, UH, CONGRATULATE MEGAN, I'M SORRY.YOU WENT MEGHAN DWIN PLANNER TO CURRENT PLANNING DIVISION, WHO IS OUR LATEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
MEGAN DEMONSTRATES AN EXEMPLARY ATTITUDE WHILE PERFORMING HER DUTIES.
SHE IS NOT HESITATED TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND TO HELP, UH, TO HELP OTHERS AROUND THE OFFICE.
SHE REVIEWS ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, DRAFTS ZONING LETTERS OF INTERPRETATION PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AS NEEDED.
SHE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHILE IN THE RESOURCE CENTER, PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
AS PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER EXCELLENT JOB PERFORMANCE AND PROMOTING A PLEASANT WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
AND IF I MAY TAKE A PERSONAL NOTE, I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH MEGAN AND SHE IS IN FACT IN SALARY.
HAVE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING STAFF, TO MAGGIE AND JASMINE WITH THE LONG RANGE FOR ASSISTING WITH, UM, THE BROWNS FIELDS, UH, LUNCH AND LEARN FOR, UM, THE BATON ROUGE NORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.