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AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
[ROLL CALL]
HAVE THE ROLL CALL AND MR. HOGAN CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON HERE BY CHAIRMAN GROUT HERE.COMMISSIONER ADDISON, COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER ELLENDER HERE.
MR. HAWTHORNE HERE, COMMISSIONER HILL HERE.
MS. SCROGGS HERE AND COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 16TH MEETING? SO MOVE, MOVE BY COMMISSIONER HILL THAT CAN BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED.
[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
ON TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND I'LL ASK MS. THOMAS TO GIVE THAT UPDATE.SO A COUPLE OF STAFF UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ALSO STAFF RECENTLY UPDATED THE FOOD SHOULD BE OUR WEBPAGE ON OUR FINAL COMMISSION WEBSITE.
AND AS PART OF OUR FUTURE BR FIVE-YEAR UPDATE, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN, UM, CONTACTING LEAD AGENCIES, UH, TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR ACTION ITEMS. AND LASTLY, STAFF RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE SCOTLANDVILLE COMMUNITY PRESTIGIOUS PLAN TO BE ADDED AT THE SMALL AREA PLAN.
UM, SOME DRAFT COPIES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING, JULY 18TH, AND THE CASE WILL BE HEARD AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING IN AUGUST.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN TO READ IT AND THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS.ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL, 2 22 ST.
LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 7 0 8 0 2 THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48.
DURING THE MEETING ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW DOT
DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOR AND AGAINST.
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEM'S PUBLIC HEARING, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND@HTTPSWWW.BR LA.GOV FORWARD SLASH PC APPLICANT.
AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR 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 AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROUT AT THIS TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL ASK MR. MORAN TO READ THOSE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A WITHDRAWAL ITEM.
NUMBER THREE, PA 14 22 4 6 6 3 5,000 THROUGH 5,100, UM, FIFTY THREE HUNDRED THREE FIFTY FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR TWENTY THREE JUROR ROAD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO CON COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ONE DASH 22.
GEORGE PLAYS CONCEPT PLAN BOTH WERE WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT ON JUNE 13TH.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DEFERRAL ITEM NUMBER TWO, EA 1222 MAJOR STREET PLAN AMENDMENT MIDWAY CONNECTOR TO REMOVE A SEGMENT OF THE MIDWAY CONNECTING CONNECTOR EXTENDING BETWEEN
I HAD A NUMBER 17, BUT ONE DASH NINE FOUR CITY PLACE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION EIGHT PROPOSED CHANGE ON PHASE FIVE TO ALLOW FOR HOTEL USE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORPORATE BOULEVARD, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND ITEM 24 CS SIX DASH 22 JULIET T LATHER PROPERTY FLAG, LOT PROPOSED FLAG, LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF ANDERSON ROAD.
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THESE ITEMS ARE TO BE DEFERRED TO JULY 18TH.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 36, 20 TO THREE 50 SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE EIGHT C1 TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE EIGHT
THE PRESERVE AT HARVEST AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION.
ONE PROPOSED CHANGE TO ADD INTERNAL STREETS AND ACREAGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD, WEST OF HARVEST AND WAY ITEM NUMBER 23 DASH 13, GUERRILLA WARFARE PAINT BALL FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSED OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL RECREATION FACILITY ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF JUUL ROAD, SOUTH OF
YOU HAVE NOW HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE TO BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SEEING NONE.
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RULE ABOVE VICE CHAIRMAN GROWL SECOND BY 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 AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.[Items 5 & 6]
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER ITEMS FIVE AND SIX.AND WE WILL NOW HEAR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLANT AMENDMENT 1522 AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE 33 22 26 95 NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE, P A S 15 DASH 22 2 6 9 5.
NOT SHARE WITH ME RELATED TO CASE 33 22.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST SIDE OF NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE NORTH THE SOFT CHALK TAUT DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HURST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE USES PLAN AMENDMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL TO EMPLOYMENT CENTER, CASE 33 DASH 22 2 6 9 5 NORTH HSA WITH FOREST DRIVE RELATED TO PA DASH 15 DASH 22.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AWAN AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, INLAND TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ONE PROPOSED TO USE WAREHOUSE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
THE FUTURE BR LANES DESIGNATION IS INSTITUTIONAL P A S 15 DASH 22 2 6 9 5, NO SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 33 22 STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA.
THEN A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES STAFF.
ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.
IF THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING DO UNIFIED CODE REQUIREMENTS, MISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
I'M JUST HERE TO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT THAT THERE WAS NO NEGATIVE OR ANYTHING CONTRARY.
THEN I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, SIR? TRAVIS THORNTON.
THANK YOU AND DIRECTOR HOPE AND TO BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CHORUS, THAT'S CORRECT.
NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THIS, FOR THESE TWO ITEMS, COMMISSIONER HILL, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HILL TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS. I BELIEVE THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING ON THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED
[7. TA-5-22 Garage Setbacks Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 17, Section 17.5.2.A.3, Garage Setbacks PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Approval is recommended, based on consistency with the comprehensive plan and the need to create a more user friendly UDC]
AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, TEXT AMENDMENT 5 22 GARAGE SETBACKS, THE MODERN TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISE AFTER SEVEN, THE MONITOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODES, REVISE CHARLIE.AT ONE MORE TIME, THERE IS SOME MINOR REVISION TO THE UDC TO REVISE CHAPTER 17, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 17.5 TO A THREE IN REGARDS TO GRUDGE SETBACKS.
IF YOU RECALL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE TOOK THIS ITEM, UH, BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL, IT WAS APPROVED UPON FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF, OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERMIT OFFICE.
THEY REQUESTED THEM MINOR MODIFICATION TO THE LANGUAGE, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO ENFORCE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THAT BEFORE YOU, UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UM, AND THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS FOR THIS ITEM.
SO COMMISSION MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS? UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, THE VICE CHAIR TO APPROVE THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[8. Case 35-22 415 Bedford Drive To rezone from Limited Residential (A3.1) and Light Commercial (C1) to Limited Residential (A3.1) on property located on the east side of Bedford Drive, north of Government Street, on a lot comprised on the North 40 feet of Lot 11 and South 30 feet of Lot 13 of the Ogden Park Subdivision. Section 81, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 10 - Coleman) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, even though not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, is compatible with surrounding uses and zoning, lessens the extent of inconsistency, and conforms to the Unified Development Code requirements]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE 35, 22 41 5 BEDFORD DRIVE.35 DASH 22 41 5 BEDFORD DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF BEDFORD DRIVE, NORTH OF GOVERNMENT STREET, COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
THE APPLICANT IS J ANGEL ORTIZ JR.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE FROM LIMITED RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURE, ONE IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1, TWO LIMITED RESIDENTIAL 83.1 PROPOSED TO USE TWO FAMILY DWELLING.
THEY FEEL TO BE OUR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CASE 35 DASH 22 41 5 BEDFORD DRIVE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING, EVEN THOUGH NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
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IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING.IT LESSENS THE EXTENT OF AN INCONSISTENCY AND CONFORMS TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
DO YOU NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK TO A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
I AM THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE OWNER.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE NOTICED IN REVIEWING THE, UH, COMMISSION MAPS IS THAT A PORTION OF A LIGHT COMMERCIAL BLEEDS INTO THE EXISTING PROPERTY MAP.
SO IN CONTACTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN OUR PREPARATIONS, THEY MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FILE AN APPLICATION AND GET THAT CORRECTED ON THE MAP.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT ZONING.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR THE MAP TO BE CORRECTED, TO IDENTIFY THE ZONING AS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON THIS SIDE? NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN GRUB.
UM, MR. DIRECTOR IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, A PIECE OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S A SMALL SLIVER IS IN SEAT ONE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CORRECTING THAT.
SO THE WHOLE PROPERTY THREE, ONE THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S A DOWN'S ZONING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING SOUNDING.
I MOVE FOR APPROVAL MOTION TO APPROVE THEM FROM THE VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCROGGS ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[13. Case 40-22 1700 Government Street To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (bar and lounge)(C-AB-2) on property located on the south side of Government Street, east of South 17th Street, on a portion of Lots 1 and 7 of Rosedale, Square 1. Section 74, T7S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 10 - Coleman) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the criteria for a change of zoning, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to the Unified Development Code requirements]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, CASE 40 22 1700 GOVERNMENT STREET CASE 40 DASH 22 1 7 0 0 GOVERNMENT STREET.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF GOVERNMENT STREET, EAST OF SOUTH 17TH STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 COLEMAN.
THE APPLICANT IS CORNELIUS CORALS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REFILL COMMERCIAL C2, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR, OR LOUNGE C A B TWO PROPOSED USE MORE.
THE FUTURE BR LANES DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL CASE 40 DASH 22 1 7 0 0 GOVERNMENT STREET.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, THE FLOOR 15 MINUTES, SIR, I STILL WITH HIM, I'M GOING TO TALK UP.
UM, THIS LOCATION IS ALREADY BLIGHTED AND UH, THEY HAVE BARS ALREADY IN THE AREA.
I HAVE HISTORY WITH DOING BARS.
I DID THE MAIN LOBBY DOWNTOWN, UH, BATON ROUGE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, A CLUB SCENE AT BATON ROUGE IS USED TO, IT'S MORE OF A, UM, UPSCALE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL BAR, A LOUNGE SEATING, NO LOUD MUSIC PER SE.
UM, THIS YOUNG BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SIDE, I WAS GOING TO HAVE A CIGAR LOUNGE INSIDE OF IT.
UH, BRINGING A DIFFERENT GRAPHIC.
I MEAN DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC TO THE AREA.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN ABANDONED LOT ALREADY.
ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURSE DIRECT TO HOME.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD THAT IS IN FAVOR FOR MARY ALFORD.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
MA'AM I AM MARY ALFORD AND I CURRENTLY OWN OFFERED SAFE AND LOCK, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF DOORS DOWN.
AND, UH, CORNELIUS, WHEN HE CAME TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND HE CAME AND TALKED WITH ME ABOUT THE PLANS AND I BASICALLY AGREED WITH IT.
HE SHOWED ME SOME OTHER PROPERTIES HE OWNS AND HOW HE REHABBED THEM AND WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AND SAY, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR THEM AT THIS TIME.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMENTS, EMOTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. CORNELIUS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.IT WAS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS IN AUSTIN OR HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND I EVEN TOOK A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE SIGN THAT SAYS THERE'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO IS UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, IF NO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE YOUR, YOUR PROJECT BECAUSE THIS IS QUALITY WORK.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM, SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
MR. MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM.
[15. ISPUD-2-22 D’Unne Terre To rezone from Single Family Residential (A1) to Infill Small Planned Unit Development (ISPUD) for proposed low density single family residential development on property located on the east side of South Ardenwood Drive, north of Glenwood Drive, on the Mary C. Wall and Ethel Mary Allen Tracts of the former William Odom Property. Section 82, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 7 - Cole) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the minimum criteria for an Infill Small Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]
NUMBER 15, I SPOKE TO 22 DOOM TEAR.I SPOKE DASH TWO DASH 22 DON'T TEAR.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH SIDE OF HARDWOOD DRIVE NORTH OF GLENWOOD DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN COLEMAN.
THE APPLICANT IS CHAD STEVENS, PROPOSED YOUTH LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH 16 UNITS.
THE FUTURE BR LANG HIS DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SPOKE DASH TWO DASH 22 DON'T TEAR STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST AND MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AN INTRO, SMALL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE IT PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 52 52 MESSAGES OF OPPOSITION TO THE SIDE, HOME AND 32 IN SUPPORT.
AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CHAD STEVENS, ZIMMER ENGINEERING, 93 45 INNER LINE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
UH, TONIGHT HERE PRESENTING A REZONING FOR DURING TERRA NASPA 16, LOTS AS WAS MENTIONED ON 2.1 ACRES.
UH, ALSO HAVE THE OWNER DEVELOPER HERE TONIGHT TOO.
AND, AND LANCE KING, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK LATER, UH, UDC DISCUSSION.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED DAY ONE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USE, UH, DESIGNATION OF RN, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HOW THE REQUEST IS FOR AN ICEBERG WITH THE RN TO REMAIN THE, THE CURRENT DENSITY FITS WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN OF EIGHT, LESS THAN EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE, UH, PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ARE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ARE INSTITUTIONAL AND MIXED USE.
AND RESIDENTIAL USES ARE TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.
UM, JUST LIKE WE SAID, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.
UH, WHEN YOU EXAMINE THE PROPERTIES ALONG FLORIDA, UH, THAT ARE A SIMILAR DISTANCE, UH, FROM FLORIDA ON THIS, AS THIS PROPERTY IS YOU FIND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL, UH, IN COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AS STATED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDINGS, THE REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES.
UH, FURTHERMORE, WHEN IT WAS SUBMITTED LAST YEAR AS 30 LOTS, UH, IT WAS REFERENCED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH LAND USE ACTION ITEM 4.14, WHICH STATES TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN NON-RESIDENTIAL USES AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROTECT STABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, THE REQUESTS THAT ASKED, BUT PROVIDES THAT TRANSITION AS YOU HAVE HIGHER DENSITY, AS WE DISCUSSED COMMERCIAL, UH, WHICH ALLOWS 29 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
AND THEN WE HAVE LOW DENSITY, UH, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST, WHICH HAS 4.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE AND IT LESS THAN EIGHT.
THIS IS, UH, FURTHER TOWARDS THE 4.1 IN THE COMMERCIAL.
UH, THE ASPHALT IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UM, JUST LIKE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST, UH, JUST IN A SLIDER THAT'S SLIGHTLY HIGHER DENSITY.
SO THIS IS NOT MEDIUM INTENSITY.
UH, IT IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE ICE BOARD MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE UDC, UH, DPW AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAVE BOTH CERTIFIED AS SUCH A DPW REVIEW.
THE DRAINAGE STUDY, UH, THE SITE IS NOT LOCATED IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
UH, THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT 25 YEAR RUNOFF FROM THE SITE WILL BE DETAINED AND RELEASED AT THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT RATE JUST AS IS REQUIRED, UH, IN THE UDC.
UH, WE DO HAVE PLANS FOR REAR YARD DRAINAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY NONE OF OUR WATER REACHES ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THAT IT'S ALL CONTAINED IN OUR POND, THAT POND DRAINS TO SOUTH ARDEN WOOD TO THE, TO THE FRONT, UH, AWAY FROM ALL THE OTHER, UH, JASON PROPERTIES AND THEN DRAINS TO, TO CLOUD CANAL, UM, TRAFFIC THAT SINGLE-FAMILY IS, YOU KNOW, PRODUCES ABOUT ONE TRIP, UH, PER LOT IN THE PEAK HOUR.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 16 CAR TRIPS AND THE PEAK HOURS.
UH, THAT'S ABOUT ONE TRIP, EVERY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES, UH, DPW, AS YOU KNOW, PERFORMED STRAFFIC STUDIES.
UH, THERE WAS NO IMPACT CREATED BY THESE 16 LOTS.
UH, SO THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS BY DPW.
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SPEEDING ON ARDEN WOOD.UM, AND AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHETHER OR NOT THIS DEVELOPMENT'S BUILT, UH, THAT'S AN EXISTING ISSUE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WITH THE 30 LOTS, WE HAD ONE CAR GARAGES.
UH, THE OWNER DEVELOPER HAS, UH, COMMITTED TO TWO CAR GARAGES, UH, WITH THE PARKING COUNT, WE'RE SHOWING TWO CAR GARAGES AND THEN TWO PARKING SPOTS IN EACH DRIVEWAY.
SO ALL HOMES WILL HAVE FOUR PARKING SPOTS, WHICH ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR ANY ONE STREET PARKING, EVEN THOUGH NOT REQUIRED.
UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO ON THE PLAN, THEY SHOWED A SIX FOOT WORD FENCE AFTER MEETING WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS OR A FEW OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.
THEY DID COMMIT TO THOSE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS TO DO AN EIGHT FOOT WOOD FENCE AROUND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
WE'VE ALSO GATED THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
UH, THERE IS, UH, A RIGHT TURN LANE.
THAT'S KIND OF BEING BUILT OFF OF SOUTH ARDEN WOOD, UH, TO ALLOW CARS, TO STACK, TO ACCESS THE GATE, UH, TO ENTER THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT WILL BE A GATED COMMUNITY.
UM, HEIGHTS, A ONE IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST AS DISCUSSED, UH, THAT ALLOWS THE SAME HEIGHTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, HOUSES ON THE ADJACENT LOTS COULD BE TWO STORIES, I'M SORRY, TWO AND A HALF, BECAUSE 35 FEET IS THE HEIGHT LIMIT.
UH, SO THE HEIGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT ANY HIGHER THAN ANY ADJACENT, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, THE OWNER DEVELOPER MADE OUTREACH TO THE ADJACENT, UH, COMMUNITY.
THEY CONTACTED GPOA, WHICH IS THE GOODWOOD, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, APRIL 18TH, WHICH WAS ABOUT 60 DAYS AGO.
UH, THEN MAY 4TH, ABOUT 40 DAYS AGO, UH, SENT ALL ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, UH, SNAIL MAIL WITH THAT INCLUDED A PAPER COPY OF THE PLAN.
UH, JUNE 2ND GPO, UH, RESPONDED TO THE APRIL EMAIL AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY MEET WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, WHICH WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY LAST YEAR.
ALSO, WE MET WITH GPOA AND ALL THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.
UH, SO THEY SET UP A MEETING FOR JUNE THE 10TH, UH, AT THE SITE, UH, THAT INCLUDED THE OWNERS, SOME NEIGHBORS AND GPO, A BOARD MEMBER, UM, AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE MEETINGS LAST YEAR, OBVIOUSLY THE DENSITY OF 30 UNITS WAS THE ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE NOW REDUCED THE, THE DENSITY TO 16 LOTS.
UH, THEY HAVE ADDED THE GATE AND THEY'VE MADE ALL THE GARAGES, UH, TWO CAR GARAGES, UM, GPO, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEIR BYLAWS STATE THAT THEY ARE TO PROTECT A ONE ZONING.
UM, BUT GPO AKINS CONTAINS MANY DIFFERENT ZONINGS THERE'S I SUPPOSE THERE'S EIGHT TO, UH, THERE'S COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UH, IN THE GPOA THAT ARE NOT A ONE, UH, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS CREATED ANY IMPACT OR LOWER PROPERTY VALUES OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
AND APPROXIMATELY 40%, UH, OF THE LOTS THAT ARE NORTH OF, UH, GOVERNMENT THAN SOUTH OF FLORIDA ARE IN FACT SMALLER THAN 10,500 SQUARE FEET, UH, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT OF ANYONE'S ZONING.
SO, UH, THERE ARE MANY OTHER USES IN GPOA BESIDES A ONE.
AND AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL PROPERTY WE'RE UP AGAINST COMMERCIAL THROUGH OUR NORTH, UH, INSTITUTIONAL ACROSS FROM US.
AND, UH, SO I MEAN, THIS IS A PIECE THAT, UH, SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY THAN THE A1C ZONE, AND THEN IT CONTAINS MORE IN LINE WITH THE RN FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER CORP THAT IS IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR CAITLIN AND SUSAN.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS CAITLIN SUSAN, AND RIGHT NOW I'M CURRENTLY LIVING ON CLOUD DRIVE, VERY CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS RENTING ON CONVENTION STREET IN THE CUL-DE-SAC LESS THAN ONE BLOCK FROM THE SOUTH ARDEN WIND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I SPENT MANY NIGHTS WALKING MY BABY TO SLEEP IN THAT CALLED THE SAC.
BOTH OF MY HOMES HAD PRETTY SMALL, LOTS LESS THAN 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND MY CURRENT LOT IS ONLY AROUND 8,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT EVEN THAT IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN WHAT I PREFER TO TAKE CARE OF.
I HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY SAVING FOR A DOWN PAYMENT TO PURCHASE A PLACE TO CALL MY HOME IN THE MID CITY OLD GOODWOOD AREA, UM, FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO LOVE.
HOWEVER, I REALLY WANT TO BE IN
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A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME.SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THE MAINTENANCE COSTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
WITH THE OWNERSHIP OF AN OLDER HOME, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT AND I CAN SEE MYSELF OWNING A HOME THERE AND RAISING MY FAMILY THERE.
I'VE ALSO HEARD ABOUT EXCITING STUFF LIKE BIKE LANES, POSSIBLY BEING PUT IN THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND AROUSES POSSIBLY BEING BUILT.
AND THOSE ARE TWO BOTH VERY POSITIVE THINGS FOR THE AREA.
AND I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING, I LOVE MID-CITY.
I DO LIKE, I JUST LOVE THE AREA AND OLD GOODWOOD IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'D APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ALLOWING ME TO SOMEDAY CALL DUNE, TEAR MY HOME.
UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR A TIME MARIST.
YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 1315 CARROLLTON AVENUE, WHICH IS ALSO AN OLD GOODWOOD AND, UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT OF FACTS AND FIGURES.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW.
UM, NATIVE OF BATON ROUGE MOVED AWAY FOR 29 YEARS, DO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS, AND A LOT OF SPIN SEVERAL STATES MORE THAN I CAN COUNT 30 STATES SO FAR TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITIES TICK, WHERE THE VALUATION COMES, BUT MOVED BACK TO BATON ROUGE, BOUGHT A LOT IN OLD GOODWOOD.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS TO HAVE THE SECURITY OF HAVING THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY SOLID AND NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE DETERIORATION OF THE CITY AROUND ME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE GPOA HAVE TO PROTECT IT.
WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION ON THE SCIENCE AND WHAT REALLY KEEPS THE VALUE, BUT I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED.
IT KEEPS THE VALUES HAVING THAT TRANSITION.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED IN 19 24, 22.
I WAS DOWN IN THE COURTHOUSE, LOOKING AT SOME THAT'S ABOUT WHEN THE LAWS WERE SOLD AND, AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY FRO GOODWOOD NEVADA, THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF WHAT YOU WOULD PLAN FOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE VALUES OF THE HOMES THAT WE WANT TODAY, THAT YOU WOULD DO WITH THE TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO HOW DO WE GET THAT IN? THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO ALLOW SOME TRANSITIONS.
AND I SAY TRANSITION FROM THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL, CAUSE YOU GOT 40,000 PLUS CARS THAT I OWN FLORIDA, LITTLE BUSINESSES THAT WANT THAT, THAT KIND OF BUSINESS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS YOU WANT THEM ON THERE, BUT NOW YOU GOT TO TRANSITION INTO THE HEART OF THE SO I CAN FEEL THAT MY VALUE IN MY HOME IS GOING TO STAY SOLID.
AND NOT BE DETERIORATED BECAUSE YOU GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY TO BUILD A ONE LINE ON THE BACON LOT, RIGHT NEXT TO FLORIDA, YOU GOTTA HAVE, WE HAVE HAVING A DIFFERENT VENUE IS WHAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS WHAT CITY PLANNERS DESIGNED FOR.
THEY DESIGNED THESE THINGS AND ALL THE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS, WE JUST, THIS, WE DIDN'T INVOLVE THAT WAY.
WE CAME FROM A COW PASTURE TO HOMES AND WE HAD ALL KINDS OF, UH, RESTRICTIONS AND CODES ALONG THE WAY THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED ON.
BUT IF WE HAD TO DESIGN THIS FROM THE GET GO, WE WOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND I LIKED THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE REINVESTMENT IN OLD GOODWOOD, MY NEIGHBORS, UH, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN IN THE ROOM JUST BOMBED, JUST BUILT A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE RIGHT BEHIND ME, EXCITED, LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW? AND SO I'M ALL FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THE COMMON SENSE IS YOU CAN'T JUST SAY NO TO EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CASTLE WALL, THAT TRADITIONAL TRANSITION TO MAKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEXT TO IT WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, FEEL THAT MUCH BETTER ABOUT SOMETHING IS TRANSITIONAL AND PLACE A GATED COMMUNITY WITH NICER STUFF.
THAT'S PERFECT THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR LANCE KING.
HEY, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS EVENING? I'M LANCE KING.
UH, MY WIFE, ERIN AND I, WE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE'RE THE ONES WANTING TO PUSH FORWARD THIS PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE, TRYING TO KIND OF COME UP WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
UM, STARTED OUT BUSING TABLES.
PHIL'S OYSTER BAR RIGHT THERE ON GOVERNMENT STREET.
UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CARE ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE NOT OUT OF TOWN INVESTORS LOOKING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK.
UH, WE PUT OURSELVES OUT THERE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM.
WE'VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY.
UM, WE STILL HAVE SOME OPPOSITION.
I THINK WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE OPPOSITION Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME WAY TO BE PROUD OF AND THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE AREA AND WE WOULD LIKE YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
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I'M ERIN KING, AND I'M ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I PROMISE NOT TO GIVE YOU THAT DISSERTATION THAT I GAVE YOU LAST YEAR.
I ALREADY LAID OUT ALL THOSE FACTS FOR YOU GUYS LAST YEAR, UM, IN A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR.
UM, IF YOU GO BACK AT THE MINUTE, SOMEBODY EVEN SAID 30 IS TOO MUCH, IT WAS ALWAYS DENSITY, DENSITY, DENSITY, DENSITY FOR OUR OPPOSITION.
WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN FAVOR LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR, UM, I MEAN, I'M SORRY WE HAD SOME PEOPLE IN FAVOR, BUT THE OPPOSITION WAS DENSITY, DENSITY, DENSITY.
UM, GO BACK TO THE MINUTES AND THEY SAID, GIVE US HALF, GIVE US 16.
WE'RE NOW AT 16, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE BR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, ANOTHER REQUEST FOR LIKE CHAD SAID WAS FOR THE TWO CAR GARAGE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE THE 16 DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THERE IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVE RETENTION POND PLANTED AND BIOSWALE PLANTS.
UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE VALUED IN THE MID 300,000.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM ACCESSIBLE TO A MORE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, CAN'T NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD A $500,000 HOUSE TO A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP IT ACCESSIBLE TO A MORE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT 1600 TO 2000 SQUARE FEET AND ABOUT 350,000.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND PLANNING AND ZONING LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN EVEN BETTER DESIGN THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL.
RESHORE RICHARD PRETTY SHORT FROM P AIRPORT.
MY NAME IS CINDY RASHARD AND I'M, UH, A REALTOR WITH REALTY EXECUTIVES.
I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MS. HANNAH SHEETS, WHO HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY THIS AFTERNOON.
SO SHE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND AND I WILL BE SPEAKING FOR HER AND MS. SHOOT STATES.
I HAD BEEN A LICENSED REALTOR AND BROKER FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
I AM PRESENTLY AT GOVERNOR APPOINTED COMMISSIONER ON THE LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE COMMISSION AND HAVE STUDIED TRENDS I SUPPOSE, AND DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA.
IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE AND IS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN.
AND THE AMAZON FACILITY, IT SEEMS TO BE A PERFECT LOCATION FOR A 20 MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWING EASY ACCESS TO DAILY NEEDS WITH SIDEWALKS LEADING TO BOTH THE FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND GOVERNMENT STREET CORRIDORS, AMPLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT WELL-DESIGNED HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT PROPERLY AND INTEGRATED INTO AN EXISTING COMMUNITY CAN BECOME A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY ASSET THAT ADDS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE POTENTIAL NEEDS OF A GROWING AND CHANGING POPULATION.
IF WE AND OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE YOURSELVES ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PROVIDING MORE HOUSING DIVERSITY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCOMMODATE HOME OWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN TRANSITION ZONES, SUCH AS THESE, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE.
ADDITIONALLY, FEATURE BR IS A COMPREHENSIVE THAT LOOKED TOOK YEARS OF COMMUNITY INPUT TO DEVELOP IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS ICE BIRDS.
IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION.
IT SPECIFICALLY LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR SMART GROWTH AND IN MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPINION, BY A PROVEN DUNE TEAR.
IT'S ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR SMART GROWTH AND A BETTER OVERALL COMMUNITY.
NEXT CHORD IS FOR GARY FONTENEAU, GARY FONTENEAU, TRAFFIC DRAINAGE, DENSITY, AND PROPERTY VALUES, ALL LEGITIMATE HOMEOWNER CONCERNS THAT YOU WILL HEAR OPINIONS OF THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE OPINIONS CAN BE SUPPORTED BY FACTS.
FORTUNATELY, YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE JUSTIFIED CONCERNS WILL EASILY SHOW YOU THE FACTS THAT WILL GUIDE YOUR DECISIONS BETTER YET ON TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE.
YOU REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE EXTENSIVE STUDIES TO FACILITATE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION.
I COULD OFFER MY OPINION ON TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE AS OTHERS WILL, BUT IT WOULD BE MERELY THAT AND UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THOSE TWO CONCERNS I WILL RELINQUISH TO YOUR REQUIRED REPORTS SUBMITTED NOW DENSITY AND PROPERTY VALUES.
THESE ARE TWO USUALLY GROUPED TOGETHER.
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THE OTHER MORE DENSITY, LESS PROPERTY VALUES, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY YOU DON'T REQUIRE DATA ON THESE IMPORTANT CONCERNS.ALTHOUGH STEP THOSE STATS DO EXIST.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN ASKED WHAT ZONING WAS INITIALLY APPROVED BY YOUR PARISH, COUNCIL STUDIES SHOWED THAT INFIELD LAND THAT PROVIDES NO ADDITIONAL PROPERTY VALUE TO SURROUNDING HOMES CAN BE PROPERLY DEVELOPED WITH HIGHER DENSITY AND INCREASE THOSE SURROUNDING VALUES, WHICH ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ASPERGER'S ZONING APPROVAL.
AND THOSE STATISTICS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY PROVEN TRUE THUS FAR IN THE EXISTING SURROUNDING PRESENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASPIRANTS.
YOU ARE NOT BLAZING THE TRAIL BY APPROVING THIS ICE.
OTHER ASPECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THIS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIGHER DENSITIES THAN A ONE ZONING.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TAJ TOWNSHIP VILLAS AT GOODWOOD, UH, DAHLIA, ET CETERA.
AND THESE ALL FACE THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE ALL APPROVED AND ALL THE NEW HOMES WERE SO RAPIDLY.
AND TODAY THESE ICE BUDS ADD TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES AND COMPLIMENT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVE REALTOR AND BROKER FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND I HAVE RUN THE STATISTICS ON THIS PROPOSAL OF ELEMENTS SEVERAL TIMES AND DISCUSS THOSE STATS WITH AN APPRAISER.
AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO LATER REVIEW AND OR COMPARE WITH ANY CONFLICT VALUE OPINIONS PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
IT IS MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL OPINION BASED ON CURRENT STATS THAT DUNE CHAIR AS DID THE PROCEEDING ICE BUDS WILL PROVIDE SOUGHT AFTER NEW HOMES AND INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES REGARDLESS.
AND FORTUNATELY YOU WILL STILL BE AFFORDED CHECKS AND BALANCES ON THESE PROPERTY VALUE OPINIONS.
YOUR APPROVAL WILL ONLY APPROVE LOTS ON PAPER BEFORE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS.
A COMMERCIAL LENDER WILL REQUIRE AN EXTENSIVE AND DETAILED PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL SUPPORTING THESE VALUES, PROTECTING THE BANK'S INVESTMENT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORING VALUES AND JUSTIFYING YOUR APPROVAL.
ALSO EACH TIME A HOME IS BUILT AND EACH TIME A HOME IS SOLD A NEW APPRAISAL WE'LL RECONFIRM THE VALUES CHECKS AND BALANCES, FACTS, NOT FICTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE, DO OR TRY AND DO DUNE TEAR.
I FIND A SPEAKER CARD IN FAVOR THAT WAS TO SPEAK AS FOR A WOLF WASH.
OUR GOOD AFTERNOON, A WOLF WAR SHOWER, 1650 CAMERON AVENUE.
UH, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ALREADY COVERED EVERYTHING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, UH, THIS EVENING.
UM, ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS COME OUT AGAINST THIS, UH, GOODWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS ABOUT 700 MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
I BELIEVE GOODWOOD PROPERTY X ACTUALLY THE, UH, POPE GROUP OF IS ABOUT 2,400 RESIDENCES.
IT DOESN'T REPRESENT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY OWNERS AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE HOA AND I APPROVE THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IN CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE WEIGHING WITH THE GPOA IS, IS ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT AS MANY HAVE SAID, THIS IS A TRANSITION AREA.
THERE'S COMMERCIAL, THERE'S FLORIDA BOULEVARD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH COMMERCIAL ON TWO SIDES OF IT AND ACROSS THE STREET AND ADJACENT PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO DO OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, NOT JUST LEAVE IT AS A EMPTY PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, IT'S NOT ALWAYS A ONE IS THE END ALL BE ALL.
SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO CONCEDE TO BE ABLE TO GET A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE COMMERCE AND TO, AND I FULLY BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL RAISE THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
AND AS NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE STATED, UM, NUMEROUS HOMES, I THINK I COUNTED IT A MINIMUM OF 20 LOTS IN THE ART AND WHAT AREA ARE BELOW THE AWAN STANDARD.
THEY'RE LESS THAN 20, UH, 10,500 SQUARE FEET.
AND SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION OR THIS DEVELOPMENT, SAME TIME.
SEVERAL MORE SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
AND FOR THE RECORD, JENNIFER MAILLARD, PRECEDE, DAMA, AND BRETT BROOM.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THOSE SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST COURT IS FOR CINDY MAYO.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
MA'AM UM, MY NAME IS CINDY MAHA.
UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING ON MARQUETTE AVENUE 31 YEARS.
MY SISTER-IN-LAW IS THE HOUSE THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE BEHIND THESE APARTMENTS.
WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY.
WE HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND FLOODING.
AND, UM, SO FAR I HAVEN'T BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE COMING.
WE'VE SEEN LOTS AND LOTS OF CHANGES AND SOME OF THE NEW CHANGES HAVE CREATED HAVOC IN OUR AREA.
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DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE.NICE COURT IS FOR AT HENRY KENNY.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE ON NUMBER 15 THAT IT SAYS A REZONING.
THIS IS A REZONING, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN LIGHTLY AT ALL.
NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE LAWYER REES AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE ENERGY AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE STAFF OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, IN MY CAREER, AS A ZONING AND PLANNING AND LAND USE LAWYER.
I DON'T THINK I'VE MET A MORE, A PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF FOLKS, BUT ZONING IN THE ZONING WORLD OF LAW DOES NOT RE ALLOW AD HOC CHANGES.
I LIKE THIS, OR I DON'T LIKE THIS.
SO THE CONCEPT OF, UH, OF, UH, ZONING OR A CHANGE IN ZONING IN MY OPINION REQUIRES A VERY, VERY STRICT BURDEN OF PROOF.
NOW, YOUR ORDINANCE HAS I THINK, THREE ABC REQUIREMENTS, IN MY OPINION, CONTRACT TO THE STAFF, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MET A THERE'S NOT EVEN A HINT OF A CHANGE LAND USE, NOT A HINT.
THAT'S A B, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SAY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN SAY GOING FROM 16 UNITS PER BLOT FROM ONE IS NOT A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY? AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IT SAYS, YOU MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RELIANCE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RELIED ON THE ZONING THAT WAS THERE.
THEY DIDN'T BUY THAT HOUSES, THAT DIDN'T MOVE INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BELIEVING THAT SOMEDAY THEY'D WAKE UP AND SOMEBODY WOULD COME IN WITH A PLAN AND DECIDE AD HOC AD HOC THAT SOMEBODY NEEDED TO CHANGE THIS FROM LOW DENSITY TO HIGH DENSITY OR GET, I GUESS IT WOULD BE WHAT C4 C5 UP TO C5.
SO TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT 700 FAMILIES ORGANIZATION IS OPPOSED TO THIS, THE GPO AND I NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I LIVE, I'M THE GUY THAT BUILT A NICE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN NOT SAY THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT.
THE VERY NATURE OF YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE RECOGNIZES THAT YOU GO FROM LOW DENSITY TO HIGHER DENSITY.
SO TO CRAM DOWN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN BE ANYTHING THEY WANT IT TO BE, I THINK IS NEGATIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS LEGAL CHALLENGE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE CRITERIA FOR A REZONE IS GOING TO BE MET.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR A HANSON.
I LIVE IN GOLD GOODWOOD FOR 24 YEARS NOW.
UM, I LEFT MY NOTES ON THE CHAIR NEXT TO ME AFTER I HEARD ALL THESE ARGUMENTS.
I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN COMPETE WITH MY NOTES.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF ZONING.
I DON'T GO AROUND AND MEASURE PROPERTIES.
AND IF THEY FIT IN THE ZONING BECAUSE OF A, MAYBE GRANDFATHERED IN THIS IS NOT MY ARGUMENT.
UM, WHEN I MOVED INTO GOODWOOD, I DROVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT WHAT I DID THEN IS I GOT OUT OF MY CAR.
I WALKED AROUND AND I TALKED TO PEOPLE, HEY, DO YOU LIKE LIVING HERE? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT LIVING HERE.
WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD ABOUT LIVING HERE.
AND I GUESS THAT'S HOW MOST PEOPLE, THEY MIGHT NOT GET OFF THE CAR NOWADAYS, ESPECIALLY NOT NOW WEATHER LIKE THIS, BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE PLACE YOU'RE MOVING IN.
WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW HOW BIG THE LOTS ARE IN DESCEND THAT THAT'S THAT'S FOR THE PROFESSIONALS TO TALK ABOUT.
AND I THINK A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE PROPOSED FUND IS CHANGING THE CHARACTER.
AND MY SECOND ARGUMENT IS THAT IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THE SAME THING
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TO HAPPEN ON TWO LOTS.AND THEN THE CHARACTER WILL CHANGE EVEN MORE.
AND IF THAT'S HAPPENED, THEN FOLKS LIKE MYSELF AND OTHER RESIDENTS, UM, THEY GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.
THIS IS NOT WHY WE MOVED THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND IT'S A CHANGE THAT YOU EITHER APPROVE TODAY, OR YOU DENY IT.
AND I ASK FOR YOU TO DENY THIS PROPOSAL.
UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR MATTHEW DIAZ, A GOOD EVENING.
I LIVE AT 3 45 WEST, STARTING WITH DRIVE.
I'VE LIVED TWO BLOCKS, TWO BLOCKS SOUTH, AND ONE BLOCK WEST OF THE DUST.
THEY CALL IT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY NOW FORGIVING, UH, FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, I'M RAISING FOUR CHILDREN ON SITE.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE AIR FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE GOODWOOD PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, UH, FOR SIX OF THOSE YEARS.
UH, AND AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, UH, ONE OF THE CRITICAL PARTS OF OUR ARTICLES OR OUR BYLAWS IS THAT WE ARE EAGER TO MAINTAIN A ONE ZONING WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF GOODWOOD.
UM, AND SO AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT A1C ZONING IS MAINTAINED.
UH, AGAIN, AS WE FEEL, UH, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE KINGS AND THANKS CHAD STEVENS FOR COMING BACK AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THE, UH, OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE HAD ABOUT DENSITY.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT AS AN A ONE ZONING PROJECT COULD BE AN OUTSTANDING ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE A PRODUCTIVE LAND USE AS AN AWAN PROJECT, WHICH WOULD GIVE US EIGHT, EIGHT HOUSES ON THE TWO ACRE LOTS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AN ICE BUCKET, WHICH WILL NOT PRESERVE A ONE ZONING.
NOW WITH THAT SAID, UH, THERE ARE I SPUDS AND GO WITH SO FAR.
AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A FEEL FOR WHAT THOSE ARE.
UM, AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS A DEAL YET AT GOODWOOD PLANTATION, AND IT IS FOUR UNITS PER ACRE.
THERE IS TILTON CORE AUSTIN AND IT'S TOWNSHIP.
THERE IS A TAJ COURT, WHICH IS 5.7 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THERE'S THE VILLAS THAT OLD GOODWOOD ALSO KNOWN AS ELDERFLOWER ALLEY, WHICH IS AT SIX UNITS PER ACRE.
THESE NUMBERS WERE PULLED FROM THE EBR GIS SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THE HIGHEST DENSITY ICE BUD IN GOODWOOD SO FAR IS SIX UNITS PER ACRE.
AGAIN, UH, IT'S GREATER DENSITY SO FAR THAN ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN TERMS OF ICE BUDS, ALL RIGHT, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE FEEL THAT AS MR. KENNEDY SAID EARLIER, THERE IS A PROSPECT OF, ONCE.
ONE IS APPROVED, THERE IS A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TOWARDS GETTING MORE OF THESE DONE.
AND, UH, OUR CONCERN IS THAT IT, WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT A ZONING AT ALL TIMES, AND WE FEEL THAT IT NEVER HURTS TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN LESS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ZONING APPROACHES.
SO AGAIN, I COMMEND THE DEVELOPERS FOR TAKING THIS PROPERTY AND BRINGING IT TO PRODUCTIVE USE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT IN PRODUCTIVE USE.
WE BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE WITH A1C ZONING.
OUR NEXT CHORD IS FOR PAULA MAURO.
UM, I'M PAULA MOST EFFECTED BY THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
THIS IS OUR WHOLE BACKYARD WOULD BE TWO-STORY TINY HOUSES INVADING ALL OUR PRIVACY.
THE WHOLE PROBLEM IS IT'S TWO STORIES LOOKING OVER OUR PRIVACY, EIGHT HOUSES LIKE MATT SAID, I'LL PIGGYBACK ON.
I KNOW MY PROPERTY VALUE WOULD DEFINITELY INCREASE.
THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE MONOPOLY, LITTLE GREENHOUSES, TRYING TO FIT IN BOARDWALK.
SO I KNOW THAT'S RUDE, BUT I'M VERY EMOTIONAL AND VERY INVOLVED.
I HAVE BEEN TOO INVOLVED IN LOSS, TOO MUCH, SLEEP OVER THIS, THINKING THAT MY HOME, A 35 YEARS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME TODAY.
ME AND MY HUSBAND SOLICITED OUR NEIGHBORS ON OUR STREET.
THESE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOTED ONLINE AGAINST OUR, AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE PERSONALLY INVOLVED.
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOME, THIS IS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL I CAN DO IS ASK YOU TO PLEASE PROTECT OUR HOME AS IT IS AGAIN, A ONE RESIDENCE, EIGHT HOUSES WELCOME, BUT THREE JUST ON IN MY BACKYARD IS TOO MUCH.
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MORAL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.THANK YOU, MARK MAURO, 1 46, MARQUETTE HOMEOWNER, 35 YEARS.
UH, MR. CHARLIE TO YAY SENDS HIS REGARDS.
HE'S LIVED ON MARQUETTE FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND, UH, HE STRONGLY IS AGAINST IT.
UM, THEY CALL HIM THE MAYOR AND THEY CALL ME THE SHERIFF.
SO, UH, I REALLY, REALLY WOULD, UM, YOU'D UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS OUR HOME AND THIS IS OUR STREET.
THIS BACKYARD IS TWO ACRES AND BEHIND US, WE KNEW EVENTUALLY ONE DAY SOMEBODY WOULD DEVELOP IT, WHICH IS GREAT.
EIGHT, NOT 16, NOT WHERE WE HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, DOING THINGS THAT THE SQUIRRELS IN THAT ARMADALE WAS.
UM, I THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THE GREAT JOB Y'ALL DO.
UM, JUST PLEASE CONSIDER EIGHT SO I CAN LIVE WITH MY WIFE ANOTHER 35 YEARS.
THAT WAS OUR FINAL SPEAKER COURSE AT THIS TIME, I WILL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UH, AGAIN, UH, LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING, UH, DENSITY WAS GOING TO BE THE CONCERN WITH THE GPOA.
UH, AND AS WE SPOKE ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, AS HIGH AS 29 UNITS TO THE ACRE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST 4.1, UH, AND AGAIN, AS YOU LOOK ALONG FLORIDA, UH, LOOK ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, UH, AS YOU LOOK TO THE EAST AND THE WEST, UH, ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE SOUTH OF FLORIDA, UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE A MIX OF USES THAT INCLUDE MIXED USE.
THEY INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, THEY INCLUDE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR LOW DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL.
UH, SOMEONE CAME TO THE PODIUM, UH, TALKED ABOUT APARTMENTS.
UH, THIS IS LOW DENSITY HOUSES.
UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED TINY HOUSES, AGAIN, 1600 TO 2000 SQUARE FEET.
TWO CAR GARAGE, UH, IS BY NO MEANS A TINY HOUSE.
UH, MOST OF THE HOUSES IN ARDEN WOOD ON THE 1400 TO 1600 RANGE, THERE ARE SOME LARGER HOUSES ON MARKET IN THE 2000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE.
UH, BUT BY NO MEANS IS THIS AREA, UH, YOU KNOW, 2,500 TO 3,500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES.
UH, THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE IN THIS PART OF, UH, GOODWOOD, UM, THE MAN WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE REZONING, THE THREE ITEMS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD RELIANCE.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS FOR.
AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE RN, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
SO THE PLAN THAT THE NEIGHBORS LOOK AT IS BEING COMPLIED WITH, AND AGAIN, UM, HE SPOKE ABOUT DENSITY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, THE CHANGE FROM 29 TO THE NORTH TO FOUR TO THE SOUTH, UM, OPENING THE DOOR TO FUTURE REZONING I'M IN, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN REZONINGS IN OLD GOODWOOD, UH, N GPOA, UH, THE ONES THAT WERE MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT, UH, DAILY, UH, TAJ, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE ARE THE INTERIOR OF GPO.
UH, THEY'RE NOT ON THE EDGES, THIS ONE.
UH, SO YES, THOSE FOUR TO SIX UNITS PER ACRE ARE A LITTLE MORE APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERIOR OF GPO.
UM, THOSE WERE APPROVED AND THEY'RE FANTASTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE RAISED PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, THE ONLY ONE THAT THEY SPOKE OF THAT IS ON THE EDGE IS THE ONE THAT HE SAYS HAS A DENSITY OF SIX POINT WHATEVER.
UH, THE DENSITY OF THAT IS ACTUALLY 7.1.
THAT'S THE ONE AT LAUDERDALE, AN OLD GOODWOOD.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, OUR DENSITY IS MORE IN LINE WITH THAT, AND WE'RE AT THE EDGE, JUST LIKE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HERE, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS, BUT THIS ITEM, VICE CHAIRMAN GROWTH.
UM, I SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS BACK IN AUGUST OF 2021.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THAT, BUT, UH, I WENT BACK AND REVIEWED THE, UM, THE TRANSCRIPT OF THAT.
AND I ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND THE VIDEO AND, UM, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT ONE OF THEM I HAVE, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE WHO IS REPRESENTING THE GPO WAY? OKAY.
CAN, CAN YOU COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, SIR? MATTHEW, WHAT IS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE GPO WAY? FAIRFAX AVENUE.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALMOST ALMOST TO, UM, UH, TO, UH, UH, BRCC, CORRECT COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE BACKGROUND.
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BEFORE IN 2021 THAT I SUPPORTED THIS.I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DENSITY, BUT I SUPPORTED THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD, IT BECAME A TRANSITION BETWEEN A ONE AND HIGH, YOU KNOW, HIGH, HIGH, HIGH DENSITY COMMERCIAL.
I STARTED SOMEONE SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE A C5.
DO WE EVEN HAVE A C5? NOT IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA AND NOW, OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, BUT THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION, YOU CAN SIT DOWN.
I JUST WANTED THAT ONE QUESTION ANSWERED.
UM, THERE IS ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE CONSIDERATION, AND THAT IS, UM, THE OLD GOODWOOD CROSSING.
AND THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE YOUR BOUNDARY WAS, IS THAT MEANS THAT ALL GOOD WOULD CROSSING AT GOVERNMENT FALLS WITHIN YOUR BOUNDARY.
AND THIS IS AN EDGE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS 35 UNITS ON 2.6 ACRES, WHICH COMES TO 13.4.
AND AGAIN, I WAS NOT NECESSARILY PRESENT FOR A NUMBER OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO THIS IS BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT LOT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED COMMERCIAL.
AND SO IT WAS UNCOMMERCIAL AND, UH, THEN IT WAS REZONED TO, I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT ZONING, RIGHT.
SO, UH, GPOA SAW NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
BECAUSE IT WAS ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND LOOKING AT THIS IN A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT I SEE THERE IS THIS, WHAT THEY DID AS A, AS A DOWNS OWNING WAS EXCELLENT BECAUSE YOU WENT FROM COMMERCIAL HEART UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL TO A TRANSITIONAL AREA OF MORE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL IN-BETWEEN IF YOU WILL, UM, A 2.1 OR UNITS THAT ARE CLOSE TO 82.1.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR CONSIDERATION, I KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE WITH IT'S WITHIN YOUR BOUNDARY.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT, TO MY MIND, THAT SETS A PRECEDENT.
AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO STATE JUST, AS I STATED BACK IN 2021, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BACK THEN.
UM, AND I WON'T MENTION NAMES, BUT ONE OF THEM SAID, QUOTE, IF IT, WE CAN TALK, IF IT WAS 16 HOUSES AND OTHER ONES SAID, WE CAN LIVE WITH A LOT LESS, WE CAN LIVE WITH THAT.
ANOTHER ONE SAID HALF OF THAT, ANOTHER, ANOTHER ONE SAID HALF OF THAT.
I'M STILL IN SUPPORT OF THIS AT 16, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS BUFFER IS NEEDED FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW, AGAIN, I WILL STATE, AS I DID, THEN IF THIS WERE INSIDE, IF THIS WERE, IF, IF THERE WERE A ONE LOTS ON THREE SIDES OF THIS OR FOUR SIDES OF THIS, AS I SAID, DAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THIS.
I, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, NOT EXPECT THIS TO FLY WHERE IT IS ON THE PERIPHERY.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TRANSITION.
SO, UM, AT THE TIME WHEN IT'S NECESSARY AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SPOKEN, UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, PARTICULARLY THE GPOA FOR DOING YOUR HOMEWORK.
UH, I'M CERTAINLY NOT DISPARAGING YOU IN ANY WAY.
I THINK YOU ALL DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
I THINK IF THIS WERE INSIDE AS AN ICEBERG, I DON'T LIKE THE ICE BUDS THAT ARE IN THERE NOW, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE DONE LONG BEFORE ME, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TRANSITION.
IF THIS WERE FURTHER INSIDE, I WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER BANKS.
COULD YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO YOUR MIC? I SAID I WAS, UH, I WAS VERY MUCH, UM, IMPRESSED WITH, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF, BY THE OWNERS YESTERDAY.
I MATTER OF FACT, I STILL HAVE THE, THE BINDER THAT SHE MADE AND I, I SHOPPED AROUND QUITE A BIT FROM MY DISTRICT TO AREA.
UM, BUT I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING I BELIEVE TO SATISFY THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DO TO SATISFY, UM, THE EXISTING NEIGHBORS.
I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME, UH, TRANSITIONAL OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWING, UM, NEEDS THAT WILL COME WITH, UH, AMAZON AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, UH, THAT ARE BEING TARGETED IN MID CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I HAVE COME TO REALIZE, AND PROBABLY SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY'VE NOT HERE, BUT ON THE METRO COUNCIL, UM, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS DO NOT WANT BIG HOUSES IN BIG LAND.
UH, THEY THEY, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY, UM, A LOT OF THINGS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES, OTHER THAN ENTERTAINING, THEY WANT TO TRAVEL.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR KIDS.
AND IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TIME.
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ARE VERY NICE HOMES.AND I THINK THAT EVEN IF THEY WERE, UM, A ONE HOMES THAT ARE, THAT WERE TWO STORES, IT'S STILL, THEY WOULD STILL OVER UBER OVER SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.
IF YOU KNOW THAT, THAT MY NEIGHBOR HAS A TWO STORY HOME AND, YOU KNOW, SHE COULD SEE EVERYTHING GOES ON TO MY NEIGHBOR AND MY BACKYARD, WHICH IS NOTHING GOING ON IN MY BACKYARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, SO I MEAN THAT THAT'S JUST NORMAL, BUT I DO, UM, LIKE THIS PROPERTY, I LIKED IT.
THEN I APPRECIATE, UM, THAT MY PERSONAL PET PEEVE IS TWO CAR GARAGES, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT GROWING FAMILIES, AS WE KNOW, UH, IF YOU HAVE TWO PERSONS WORKING IN A HOME, YOU CHANCES ARE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TWO CARS.
AND, UM, SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I JUST THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
I LIKED THE, UM, THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
THEY'VE DONE THE GATED COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE DONE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, UM, TO MAKE IT AMENABLE TO THE EXISTING, UM, NEIGHBORS.
BUT, UH, I, I WELCOMED THIS PROPERTY AND THIS PROPOSAL GOING FOR, IT WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE IT, A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION SAYING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS TIME? I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR FINAL ITEM PRIOR TO MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS.
[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]
AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE DIRECTOR FOR HIS COMMENTS, JUST REAL QUICK, A FEW THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.UH, WE HAD SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE UPDATES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THE PREVIOUS PRACTICE WAS PRINTING THOSE HARD COPIES AND WHOLE PUNCHING THEM, HAVING THEM AT YOUR SEATS.
UM, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WILL, UH, DO THAT FOR ANY MEMBERS THAT WOULD WISH TO LIKE HAVE HARD COPIES OF THOSE UDC AMENDMENTS TO PUT IN, IN YOUR BINDER.
OTHERWISE WE CAN UPDATE THEM ELECTRONICALLY AS WE'VE ALWAYS HAVE, UH, EACH AND EVERY CHAPTER IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE CAN SEND THOSE ELECTRONIC LINKS OUT, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THAT A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
UM, SO WITH YOUR BLESSING, UM, WE CAN MOVE TO ELECTRONIC UPDATES IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE A HARD COPY.
WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE THAT, JUST CONTACT US, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR YOU.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, UH, I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW ARE MOVING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, USING THESE DIGITAL DEVICES THAT CAN STORE A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, AT A TIME NOT TO MENTION, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT OF PAPER THAT'S PRINTED AT A TIME WHILE RETAINING THE OPTION FOR ANYONE WHO DOES KEEP THAT PREFERENCE OF WANTING TO HAVE A HARD COPIES AND MAINTAIN THAT BINDER STILL HAS THAT, UH, HAS THAT OPTION TO DO SO.
I APPRECIATE THE, UH, STAFF, UH, BEING CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18TH.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CONTROVERSIAL CASES ON THAT AGENDA, AS YOU MAY KNOW, SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS.
SO THERE'S ITEMS MOVING CLOSER TO THAT MEETING.
AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK MAGGIE GLEASON, WHO IS OUR MANAGER OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING DIVISION AND MEGAN WYNN, WHO IS A PLANNER, UH, IN CURRENT PLANNING, THEY WILL, UH, BE LEAVING THE CITY PARISH.
SO I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY PARISH.
IT'S BEEN A JOY WORKING WITH THEM AND GETTING TO KNOW THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU TO MEGAN, MEGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONERS'
[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]
COMMENTS AND I'LL BEGIN, UH, WITH OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, WHO WAS VANCE BALDWIN IN THE PLANNING WHO WAS A PLANNING PROJECT COORDINATOR.IN ADDITION TO VANCE'S REGULAR WORKLOAD, HE'S BOTH TAKING THE LEAD AND ASSISTED IN RESEARCHING SOME COMPLEX UDC AMENDMENTS.
THESE OF ALL RESEARCH AND CITIES IN OUR REGION TO STUDY EXISTING BEST PRACTICES.
HE HAS ALSO ACCEPTED ADDED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THIS MONTH WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES BEING OUT OF THE OFFICE.
HE COORDINATED REVIEW OF STAFF REPORTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ENSURING THAT ESTABLISHED DEADLINES WERE MADE.
HE COORDINATED THE MONTHLY SHIFTS FOR THE RESOURCE CENTER AND PREPARE HIS PRELIMINARY AGENDA.
HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN INTERVIEWS FOR NEW STAFF.
FOR THESE REASONS VANCE WAS SELECTED AS THE NEWEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HIM.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CROSS, ANY OBJECTIONS SAYING NONE? THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.