Jul 18, 2022 Planning Commission

I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR MIC IS ON BETTER.

YES, SIR.

BILL JOHNSON, SPEAKING FOR THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, WE ARE REQUESTING A DEFERRAL OF THIS ITEM.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CALLS? OKAY.

WE HAVE A TWO SPEAKER CHORUS ONES IN FAVOR, UH, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, UH, LEORA MESSINA AND THE OTHER IS OPPOSED ANDRE RODRIG, WHO DOES WISH TO SPEAK.

ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A, A DEFERRAL, SO, OKAY.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLAN AMENDMENT 16 22 1 0 4 7 3 PQ LANE, PA SIXTEEN, TWENTY TWO, TEN FOUR SEVEN THREE PICU LANE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF PICU LANE, NORTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, VICE CHAIRMAN.

GROPPE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE DEFERRAL FOR ONE MONTH WAS THAT REQUESTED FOR ONE MONTH.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER GROWL TO DEFER THIS ITEM, UH, TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT THAT MOTION IS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

SCROGGS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO DEFERRING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

WE'LL MOVE

[3. PA-16-22 10473 Pecue Lane To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Agricultural/Rural to Residential Neighborhood on property located on the east side of Pecue Lane, north of Highland Road, on Lots 4-A and 4-B of the Camille F. Bodin Property. Section 61, T8S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 9 - Hudson) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Recommend denial, based upon the land use designation of Agricultural/Rural appearing appropriate with the development pattern in the area]

THE APPLICANT IS ED KRAMER.

THE CURRENT

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FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS AGRICULTURAL RURAL.

THE REQUESTED FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PA SIXTEEN, TWENTY TWO, TEN FOUR SEVENTY THREE PICU LANE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL BASED UPON THE LADY'S DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL APPEARING, APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS RECEIVED 31 MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ED KRAMER, 1 0 4 73 PICU LANE ON THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE APPLICANT.

UM, THIS IS FIVE ACRES THAT I OWN ON PICU LANE.

I'VE OWNED IT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

IT ZONED RURAL.

THIS IS NOT A REZONING CASE.

IT'S A REQUEST FOR PLAN AMENDMENT FROM OUR AG TO OUR N IT'S.

IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY A PLANNING CASE.

IT'S MORE OF A LEGAL CASE.

YOU'VE HEARD THE CASES PA 2 22, WHICH WAS THE PRIOR CASE WE HAD ON PICU LANE.

AND YOU ALSO HEARD THE WOODHILL SUBDIVISION CASE THAT OUR FRIEND LAUREN KLEIN, PETER, WHO WAS HERE THIS EVENING, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE CASES IS PROPERTY ZONE RURAL.

AND THIS, THIS OVERLAY, THIS FUTURE BR PLAN CAME INTO PLAY WHERE WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING TO AGRICULTURE AND WHAT IT DOES.

IT EFFECTIVELY CHANGES THE, THE ZONING ON IT TOO, TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO ONE LOT PER ACRE.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS US THE LANDOWNERS MEET SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE.

I NEVER GOT NOTICE OF THAT.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I CAME TO THIS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BACK IN.

I THINK IT WAS MARCH WHEN JOE BADGER ON HE HE'S MY NEIGHBOR.

HE'S ABOUT 600 FEET DOWN AND ACROSS THE STREET NEXT TO THE NURSERY AND GIFT SHOP.

HE WANTED TO PUT THREE LOTS, FIVE LOTS ON THREE ACRES.

AND IT'S ZONED RURAL.

SAME AS MINE.

AND THE SAME NEIGHBORS CAME OUT.

OH NO, IT'S ONE LOT PER ACRE.

ONE LOT PER ACRE BECAUSE IT'S AG.

WELL, I NEVER GOT NOTICED.

HE NOT NEVER GOT NOTICED.

I TALKED TO RYAN HOLCOMB.

I SENT HIM A LETTER, OH, YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND ASK FOR REZONING $700.

I DID THE PARISH ATTORNEY SAID IN THIS CASE, THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.

THIS IS THE ONLY AVENUE TO FIX IT.

I HAVE NO OTHER RECOURSE.

I'M AN ATTORNEY I'M LICENSED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

I'VE BEEN THE GROWTH COALITION DEVELOPED PRESIDENT, THE BATTERY'S GROWTH COALITION FOR TWO YEARS, PARTIES, WIRES HERE.

HE WAS PRESIDENT I KNOW DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THE LAW.

THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY I WOULD LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON TWO AREAS AS QUICK AS I CAN.

SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE EVENING.

NUMBER ONE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WERE TAKEN WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT.

NUMBER TWO, THIS CASE MUST BE DECIDED CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER CASES, ARE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.

THERE'S SOME FACTS THAT WE MUST KNOW, OR AT LEAST MUST BE BROUGHT OUT.

NUMBER ONE, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ZONED RURAL, AND IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED RURAL.

THE FUTURE VISION IS CAME OUT IN EITHER 11 OR 18.

I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET NOTICE OF IT IS RURAL AG.

I'VE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS.

I DID NOT REQUEST THE CHANGE.

I WAS UNAWARE OF IT AND I WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

I LOOKED UP THE FUTURE BR PLAN AND IT SAYS UNDER LAND USE SECTION PAGE FOR LAND USE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A STATEMENT OF POLICY AND THEREFORE NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ZONING, BUT EFFECTIVELY IT DOES CHANGE THE ZONING BECAUSE NOW I'M STUCK WITH ONE LOT PER ACRE, UNLESS THIS HAS CHANGED SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T GET NOTICE OF.

I'M HERE TO RESTORE MY RIGHTS ON THAT PROPERTY AND TO CHANGE THIS CHANGE, THAT FUTURE PLAN TO RN, WHICH IS REGULATE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE IN THIS PROCEEDING BY REFERENCE THE CASE PA 7 22, WHICH IS THE PRIOR CASE ON PICU LANE IN PA 2 22, THAT'S ACTUALLY REVERSE WOODHILL.

AND THE ONE, FIRST OF ALL, IN, IN THE PICU LANE CASE, COUNCILMAN DURHAM SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS LEGAL.

WELL, IT'S NOT LEGAL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET NOTICED.

AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE THE NOTICE THAT WAS MAILED OUT FOR THIS MEETING.

YOU MAIL NOTICE, YOU SAID 300 FOOT RADIUS FOR EVERYBODY NOBODY'S SENDING ANY NOTICE FOR THIS FUTURE PLAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB STATED AT THE METRO COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR, THIS REPRESENTS A RARE INSTANCE, THAT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE LOST.

AND THIS IS YET ANOTHER CASE WHERE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE LOST.

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AND LIKE, LIKE STATED BEFORE THE PARISH ATTORNEY SAID, THIS IS THE AVENUE TO FIX IT.

COUNCILMAN HUDSON STATED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE PRIOR PICU LANE REZONING.

AND HE VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GO FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON SOMETHING OR SOMETHING TO AG RULE ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY APPROVE OF IT.

WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF DESIGN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DESIRE FOR THAT IN DISTRICT NINE, THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE IT, WHEN RESIDENTS APPROACH US WITH THAT, INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, WE ASKED THEM TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING, TO ART E A ONE ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL WATTS.

THAT WAY, IF YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN ON YOUR LOT, YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU DON'T IMPACT YOUR NEIGHBORS.

SO WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IF YOU HAVE A TRACT OF LAND AND YOU WANT ONE LOT PER ACRE, YOU CAN VOLUNTARILY ZONE YOUR LAND, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BEHIND SOMEBODY'S BACK AND CHANGE IT AT THE FUTURE PLAN.

WITH, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE U S CONSTITUTION IN ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO OF THE LOUISIANA STATE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE NOTICE REASONABLY CALCULATED TO PRIZE OF INTERESTED PARTIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT.

THIS HAS BEEN DEFINED.

AND LAUREN TOLD ME THERE'S A NEW CASE.

RECENT CASE THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIRED IS MAIL.

THE SAME AS THE MAIL THAT I GOT.

AND MANY OF US GOT FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING.

OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T IT'S, IT'S NOT LEGAL CLEARLY.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SUBDIVISIONS ON PICU LANE, PICU LANE ESTATES, VALHALLA SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE THAT ARE LESS THAN ONE ACRE, LOTS, ONE HALF ACRE, LOTS.

AND THESE ARE VERY NICE SUBDIVISION WITH $2 MILLION HOMES IN THEM.

SO THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF, IS THIS RIGHT OR NOT? THIS IS A QUESTION OF IN THIS AREA, OUR CITY IS SPENDING $91 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

I CAN STAND ON MY DRIVEWAY AND LOOK DOWN AND SEE A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

I CAN SEE A ROAD THAT'S GOING TO BE WIDENED TO FOUR LANES, PICU LANE.

I CAN SEE PERKINS ROAD, THERE'S GOING TO BE WIND.

THE FOUR LANES.

I CAN SEE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND FOR OUR CITY TO SAY, HEY, LET'S INVEST $91 MILLION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET OFF IN AN AGRICULTURE SECTION.

THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT.

I DON'T BELIEVE WITH, WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING HERE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT IN KEEPING WITH, WITH A GOOD INVESTMENT OF OUR PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S REALLY BESIDE THE POINT BECAUSE THE POINT HERE IS NOTICE, UM, MY CLOSEST NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE NEXT TO ME, THE MS. STRATAS AND GREG WILLIAMS, THEY ARE TO MY PROPERTY.

THEY'RE HERE, UM, WITH NO OPPOSITION AND NICK CALLA, VODA WHO LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME.

HE SAID, LOOK, I CAN'T COME DOWN THERE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO OPPOSE IT.

NOW, JOE TERRITO AND THE HARRISON'S ARE HERE.

I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN WAYS TO SUNDAY TO TELL YOU WHY IT SHOULD STAY AGRICULTURE AND WHATNOT.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'D COME DOWN AND POST EVERYTHING AND, AND DOTTING BEAUTIFUL LADY THERE IN SALOMON SHIRT.

HER FAMILY OWNS 10 ACRES ON HIGHLAND ROAD, WHICH IS ABOUT 2000 FEET FROM HERE.

AND IT'S NOT ZONED AGRICULTURE.

IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M SAYING, IF YOU REALLY EARNESTLY BELIEVE ALL THIS, AND YOU SHOULD ZONE THAT OR PUT OUR ON IT, BUT I'M HERE TO GET MY PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BACK.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THIS SQUAD.

I'VE BEEN ADVISED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WASHINGTON.

ME, UH, DOWN THE ROAD INTO THE BRIDGE, AT LEAST OVER THE ROAD, GOING INTO OUR SUBSTATION, THE ONLY ROAD, THE BIRD ISN'T UNDER CORROSION FROM BOTH SIDES, WHICH HAS BEEN INSPECTED.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER CARD THAT IS IN FAVOR, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

AND THAT IS FOR GREG WILLIAMS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.

FIRST CARD IS FOR EUGENE TURNER.

YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.

MY NAME IS JEAN TURNER.

I LIVE IN A NINE TO FIVE, FOUR SKIP WITH ROAD IN HIGHLAND LAKES, SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS DOWNSTREAM DIRECTLY DOWNSTREAM FROM THE WATERSHED, WHICH IS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.

AND SO THE WATER THAT COMES OFF THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO US.

I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, OF COURSE, UH, THE, THE ELEVATION, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO INVOLVE MORE ROUTES, MORTAR, CONCRETE, AND SO FORTH.

IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN FASTER AND THAT'S GOING TO ERODE LAND CAUSE MORE ROSA, UH, VELOCITY TO COME DOWN AND AT THE CORNER OF OUR ONE ROAD GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION, THERE'S THE CORNER IS ALREADY ERODED AND IT'S UNDER A, UH, ORANGE FENCE, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED IN OVER A YEAR NOW AT FURTHER UPSTREAM.

AND EXCUSE

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AND YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND SEE THE CEMENT LINE AND HOW MUCH THE, UH, LEVY IS ERODED INTO THE SIDE.

I HAVE PERSONALLY CANOED ACROSS THE LAND DURING ONE FLOODING.

SO WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CUMULATIVE IMPACTS FOR A LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS THAT YOU NEED TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS, WHICH THE WHOLE PARISH KNOWS ABOUT.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE FOR IT.

SO I KNOW YOUR STAFF HAS REJECTED THIS SO FAR, AND I ASK YOU TO RESPECT THAT AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR NANCY RABELAIS.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OR HAVING ME HERE, I LIVE AT 9 2 5 4.

SKIP WITH MIKE STEM, FAMILIAR GENE TURNER.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE SINCE 1991, AND I AM THE CURRENT BREADWINNER AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME FOR THE HIGHLAND LAKES, CIVIC ASSOCIATION, UH, SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE OF THE AGRICULTURAL ROLE TO RESIDENTIAL FOR THE PA 16.

FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ALREADY VOTED AGAINST IT.

AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO ASK OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.

HAS ANYONE BEEN AFFECTED BY BLOOD PROPORTIONS OF PICU AND ITS INTERSECTION WITH HIGHLAND ROAD DURING TORRENTIAL RAIN FILES? I HAVE, THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A TV SHOW, BUT I HAVE, HAS ANYONE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR AFFECTED COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH CARS CARRIED OFF THE ROADWAY BY FLOOD WATERS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE SAFETY OF ITS OCCUPANT? I HAVE, HAS ANYONE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR AFFECTED COMMUNITIES SAYING EXTREMELY UNSAFE SITUATIONS AT PICU AND HIGHLAND ROAD WITH REGARD TO CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC AND, AND TREACHEROUS TO NAME, TO DESCRIBE IT, WAYS OF THE TRAFFIC THAT IS CONGESTED THERE I HAVE FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION AND THE SAFETY OF ITS RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO DRIVE THROUGH IT, WHICH ARE MANY MEMBERS OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT THE HIGH RISK OF FLOODING MUCH MORE CONGESTION AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG PICU, ROUTE ROAD IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS PART OF THE PARISH.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER THAT THE BOW HOWAN ABOUT HOWAN SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION A LONG TIME AGO AGAINST THE OPPOSITION OF MANY PEOPLE.

AND THEY AGREED A CIRCULAR AREA FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THEY WERE NEVER HELD TO IT.

AND INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, NEXT COURT IS FOR CHARLES PARALLEL.

I LIVE AT 4 1 0 4 2 OH PICU LANG DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MR. KRAMER'S PROPERTY.

I'M PRESIDENT SPOKESMAN FOR THE PICU PARKINSON HIGHLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE PA 1622 IN AMENDING THE LAND USE ON THESE PROPERTIES WHILE MR. CRAIG PRIMER HAS NOT INDICATED THAT HE WILL DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, THAT DOES NOT KEEP HIM FROM DOING SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THIS REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE VAST TOTAL OF ALL PROPERTIES BORDERING ON PICU LANE ARE IN FACT DESIGNATED AS AGRICULTURE AND RURAL, BUT CHANGING LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY WILL INCREASE NOT ONLY INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY FROM ONE HOUSE PER ACRE TO 4.1 HOUSES PER ACRE, BUT IT AFFECT THE FUTURE CHARACTER

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OTHER CONCERNS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND FLOODING KITCHEN BR STATES THAT ONE OF ITS GOALS IS TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

CHANGING THE LAND USE DIDIER FROM THE DECISIONS, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES CARRIED OUT IN THE STUDY OF THE PICU LANE AND HOLLAND ROAD AREA BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DURING THE 2018 FUTURE BR UPDATE AND THE DECISIONS BY BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE METRO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME TO APPROVE IT.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FINDINGS REGARDING THE 2018 UPDATE WERE MADE IN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND I QUOTE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BASED UPON SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC OUTREACH AND THE NEED TO UPDATE FUTURE BR TO ADDRESS CHANGING CONDITIONS, ELIMINATING REDUNDANT, INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS AND EXAMINATION OF LAND USE PATTERNS TO GREATER DETAIL REGARDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND NOTIFICATION OF PEOPLE, UH, OF THE UPDATES.

THE REPORT STATES YOU AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, FROM THE REPORT STAFF RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE UPDATE AND A VARIETY OF WAYS, 10 COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSES FROM 2016 TO 2018 AND LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PARISH PUBLIC COMMENT LOG, INCLUDING RESPONSES PUBLISHED ONLINE, MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON THE FUTURE BR FACEBOOK PAGE DRAFTS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT ALSO STATED WITH STAFF REPORTS AVAILABLE TO REVIEW ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2018 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE ON OCTOBER FIVE, NINE AND 11, 20, 30 SECONDS, 20, UH, DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2018.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS OFFERED, UH, NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO INSPECT AND COMMENT ON THE UPDATES PRIOR TO THEIR APPROVAL AND BECOMING EFFECTIVE.

SO WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, NOT APPROVED, BUT TO DENY, UH, THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

THANK YOU, MR. PARALLEL.

I AM CHARLES PARALLEL.

I LIVE AT 16 0 4 6 HIGHLAND BLUFF COURT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVE WITH THE FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING DRAINAGE ON BEHALF OF MY OWN SUBDIVISION IN HIGHLAND LAKES, WHOSE ENTRANCE IS ONLY ABOUT 200 YARDS BEYOND PQ AT HIGHLAND.

UM, WE BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES IN 2016, THE NEIGHBORS ALONG PQ LANE AND NEARBY HIGHLAND ROAD LED BY MR. JOE TERRITO MET WITH THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, MR. FRANK DUKE.

WE ASKED HIM HOW COULD WE BEST PROTECT OUR AREA FROM HIGHER DISHES ELEMENT THAT WOULD MAKE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WORSE.

MR. DUKE TOLD US THAT WE COULD PETITION TO HAVE THE LAND USE OF THIS STRETCH OF PQ AND HIGHLAND CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO RURAL AGRICULTURAL.

MR. DUKE SAID, IF THEY HAD A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR THIS CHANGE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO THE PC.

WELL, THE RESIDENTS GOT 78% OF THE NEIGHBORS TO SIGN THE PETITION.

MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S A LANDSLIDE.

IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER, 2018.

AND BY METRO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, 2018, IT WENT INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY OF 2019.

WE BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES.

THERE ARE SOME GOOD FOLKS WHO THINK PLANNING RULES SHOULD NOT OVERRIDE THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

WELL, IF THAT WAS SO THERE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE ANY RULES NOR A PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE OWNER CAN STILL DIVIDE HIS PROPERTY INTO FOUR LOTS, ITS FIVE ACRES.

HE CAN DIVIDE THAT INTO FOUR LOTS AND STILL FOLLOW THE RULES.

I ASKED THAT YOU DENIED THE REQUEST OF ONE LAND OWNER TO HAVE HIS LAND USE CHANGED.

THIS WOULD BE A SEVERE INCONSISTENCY WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT TODAY ASKING TO SUBDIVIDE THIS PROPERTY, A LAND USE CHANGE WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT METRO COUNCIL APPROVAL.

I BELIEVE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PART OF PQ AND HIGHLAND.

I ALSO THINK THAT A SPOT CHANGE OF LAND USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH SOUND PLANNING PRACTICES.

THE PLANNING

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STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.

I AGREE, PLEASE DENY THIS REQUEST.

AND ONE MORE TIME WE BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING THE RULES AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES.

PLEASE DENY THIS REQUEST.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR DOTTIE TERRITO.

HELLO.

HI.

I LIVE AT 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 PICU LANG ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS LANE CHANGE USE.

ALTHOUGH MR. KRAMER IS ONLY PRESSING THE LAND USE CHANGE THIS TIME AS A DEVELOPER, HE WILL AND COULD POSSIBLY, AND MORE, MOST LIKELY BUILD MANY HOUSES AS THE CODE ALLOWS.

ONCE HE GETS THE DESIGNATION CHANGE, LOOKING AT THE REQUEST FOR PA 1622, MR. KRAMER'S PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER RURAL AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES.

IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE NOR IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED FUTURE LAND USE OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY BETWEEN 2016, 2018, THE FIVE-YEAR MANDATORY FUTURE BR LAND USE WAS UPDATED.

MR. KRAMER HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND OBJECT TO THE 2018 UPDATES PRIOR TO THEIR APPROVAL.

IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIZENS TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT PUBLISHED CHANGE, PUBLISHED CHANGES IN THE LAWS AND CODES OF THE PARISH.

HE CAN'T PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY ON ANYONE BUT HIMSELF FOR NOT BEING INFORMED OR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT TO THE LAND.

USE UPDATE.

A PARISH ATTORNEY STAFF MEMBER RECENTLY STATED AT A METRO COUNCIL MEETING THAT ALL PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE THE FUTURE BE OR UPDATES AND CHANGES MADE TO THE LAND USE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY OF 2019 WERE LEGALLY AND PROPERLY EXECUTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE METRO COUNCIL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. KRAMER WANTS TO PRESERVE HIS PROPERTY RIGHTS JUST AS I WANT TO PRESERVE MY PROPERTY RIGHTS ALONG WITH OTHER RESIDENTS WHO OPPOSED THIS CHANGE.

AND I AM AN HEIR TO THE PROPERTY ON HOLLAND ROAD.

THAT IS 2.65 ACRES.

THIS PROPERTY DID NOT CONFORM TO THE, UH, LANE USE CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE PLAN COMMISSION AND WAS NOT ZONED AS RURAL AGRICULTURAL.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE PA 1622 WILL BE DENIED.

TODAY'S CARD IS FOR PEGGY DAIGLE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS PEGGY DAIGLE.

I LIVE AT 1 5, 101 HIGHLAND ROAD.

I'M OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WITH OVER DEVELOPMENT DOES TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY.

WELL I THINK, AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES.

I LIVE NEAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PQ LIGHT AND HIGHLAND ROAD, WHERE WE CONTINUALLY HAVE BOTH OF THESE ISSUES AT THE CORNER OF PQ AND HIGHLAND ROAD.

THERE HAVE BEEN NINE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS SINCE JANUARY OF 2022.

AND I AM VERY WELL AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE MY DRIVEWAY IS USED AS A TURNAROUND BECAUSE HIGHLAND ROAD DOES NOT HAVE OFFER SHOULDERS OR SIDEWALK.

SO WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, I AM AWARE WE'VE ALSO HAD TWO CARS THAT WERE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN THE POND AT THE END OF HIGHLAND AND PICU WHERE THE SUBDIVISION BALL HOLLA HAS DEVELOPED, MR. KRAMER DOES NOT LIVE ON PICU LANE.

HE OWNS THE PROPERTY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT HE DOES NOT INTEND TO IMMEDIATELY DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, BUT BY AMENDING THE PROPERTY, HE CAN AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE SUBDIVIDED INTO A MUCH HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD CREATE AND OR ADD TO MY FLOODING AND TRAPPING TRAFFIC ISSUES AS THE RESIDENCE OF THE PQ HIGHLAND ROAD AREA.

AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT OUR HOMES AND PROPERTY AND CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS FROM HIGH DENSITY, OVERDEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD FIRSTLY AFFECT US.

I ALSO AGREED THAT THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE LAND USE OF THIS PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL, THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS TOTALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND WITH THAT OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND ASK THAT YOU PLACED DENY THIS PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

MY LAST CARD IS FOR NELLIE BROUSSARD.

WHO'S IN OPPOSITION, BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THIS IS A ROBBERY I'M GETTING ROBBED.

I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT WHAT THEY SAY, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

THEIR LAND ON HIGHLAND ROAD, THEY CAN VOLUNTARILY ZONE

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IT TO RDA ONE AND THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, OH, I'M DOWNSTREAM AND IT'S FLOODING AND ALL THE SAME THING'S HAPPENING.

IF THEY DEVELOP THEIR LAND, GO AHEAD.

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE, OH, THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND ALL THAT, PUT IT ON YOUR LAND.

WHY ARE YOU STICKING IT ON MINE? WE GOT $91 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

OUR CITY'S DOING IT.

WE'RE BUILDING IT THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S COMING BABY.

THE INTERSTATE HAS HAVING AN INTERCHANGE THERE.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

WE FOLLOW THE RULES.

SURE.

YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT'VE POSTED ON FACEBOOK, BUT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU AS AN ATTORNEY AND A MEMBER OF THAT BAR WHO HAS PRACTICED BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

THAT'S NOT NOTICE YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GIVE MAIL AND NOTICE THIS, THIS I'VE DEVELOPED.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, DEVELOPS IN BATON ROUGE, DALLAS AND FLORIDA.

AND I HAVE SOME HERE.

THIS IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT JUST AN ESOTERIC THING.

IN FACT, I'D LIKE TO SAY, I'D LIKE TO SAY MR. HOLCOMB, YOU KNOW, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE BUSINESS BOARD IS WHERE YOU AND YOUR ANSWER IS, OH, WELL, HE CAN STILL DEVELOP TO ALLOW FOR LARGE LYNX, LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AS MY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE TAKEN AWAY ARE I CAN WAIT WHEN THE FUTURE PLAN IS REVISITED.

NEXT YEAR, I'M LIVID ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE NOTICE IN 2018, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.

AND I, AND I HAVE MORE THAN ONE HOME.

AND I DO LIVE THERE.

OCCASIONALLY.

I TH THERE IS A HOME THERE AND I JUST BUILT A HORSE BARN THERE FOR THOROUGHBRED HORSE THAT I OWN.

AND IF THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA IS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO GO IN AND TEAR DOWN ALL MY OAK TREES, TEAR IT ON MY FENCE AND MAKE IT BARREN.

IS THAT GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER OR DO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BEAUTIFY THEIR PROPERTY? THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS NOTICE THAT I DIDN'T GET THE NOTICE.

AND IF, AND IF YOU WERE TRUE, JOSEPH AS DOUGHTY, MR. CRACKER, MR. KRAMER, IF YOU COULD DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED.

THEY ARE MY NEIGHBORS.

WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS.

WE JUST WANT TO FOLLOW YOU.

WE JUST WANT TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL.

SO THANK YOU.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT ANY EVENT, I, I HOPE THAT THAT, THAT MY EMPATHETIC FEELINGS ABOUT THIS WERE RELAYED TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US.

IT'S HAPPENED TO ME 78%.

I KNOW BETWEEN GREG, THE MUST-READS AND MYSELF, WE OWN 18 ACRES AT THIS LOCATION.

THERE'S ANOTHER NEIGHBOR.

THERE'S OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT ACRES THAT WILL BRING THIS FORWARD.

SEVEN, 8% ARE THE FRINGE PEOPLE SAYING, OH YEAH, WE'VE WE LIKED THAT VIEW.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA STICK IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE LAND, WHICH IS ME, THE MOST STRATAS AND GREG, AND SOME OTHERS.

BUT YOU CAN'T, IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF WOLVES DECIDE TO EAT THE SHEEP FOR, FOR SUPPER.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

WE ARE THE LAND DEVELOP A LAND OWNERS.

THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE ON DEVELOPED LOTS ARE SAYING, OH YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO REGULATE ALL THAT, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU GIVE NOTICE.

AND THE TIME TO BRING UP DRAINAGE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IS IF AND WHEN A PLAN IS PRESENTED, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN UP HERE A LOT AND YOU HEAR A LOT OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.

I WAS HERE TOO, BUT, UM, I, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THOMAS EXPIRED.

MR. FEES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STOP SPEAKING.

YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, UH, BEFORE I ASK THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I'LL ASK DIRECTOR HOKUM TO COMMENT ON OBVIOUSLY A LARGE PART OF, UM, THE DIALOGUE FROM MR. KRAMER WAS REGARDING THE NOTICE, UH, THAT HE RECEIVED A DID NOT RECEIVE, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY.

IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK TO HOW AND WHEN, UH, THAT NOTIFICATION WAS IMPLEMENTED, I THINK THAT'LL GIVE US A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

ONLINE WITH, UH, LINKS TO ALL THE DOCUMENTS.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS DID, DID GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE DETAILED NOTICE OF THE PLAN ITSELF.

UM, THE UP THE FIVE-YEAR UPDATE TO FUTURE BR WAS LAST APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN, UH, LATE 2018, IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL, DECEMBER OF 2018.

UH, THERE WAS OVER 10 OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS AND EVERY CORNER OF THE PARISH, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED, UH, BOTH ON OUR WEBSITE AND IN PERSON, WE HAD A DETAILED PUBLIC COMMENT LOG THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

THERE WAS OVER 2000 COMMENTS SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH THOSE MEANS, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AT EACH AND EVERY OPEN HOUSE.

THERE WAS LAND USE MAP, PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WERE POSTED IN THE ADVOCATE, UH, REQUIRED QUARTER PAGE ADS THAT RAN AS PART OF THAT LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT.

THERE WERE, UH, AGENDAS AND MEETING NOTICES POSTED EACH AND EVERY TIME WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AND A MEETING, UH, THE DRAFT PLANS WERE POSTED

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THERE WAS MULTIPLE, UH, NEWSPAPER REPORTS, UH, BOTH IN THE ADVOCATE AND THE DAILY REPORT AND BUSINESS REPORT.

THERE WAS, UH, INTERVIEWS, LIVE INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF AND PREVIOUS PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THAT PROCESS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY THAT AN INDIVIDUAL DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE LAND USE CHANGES IN THE OVERALL UPDATE TO FUTURE BR.

SO ALL THAT AGAIN, WAS DONE VERY PUBLIC, VERY TRANSPARENT, UM, AND THOSE CHANGES WERE, WERE PROCESSED THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.

AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE WILL BE UNDERGOING A, UH, ANOTHER UPDATE TO FUTURE BR AND THAT WILL BEGIN, UH, IN 2023.

SO STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, DIRECTOR, HOKUM, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

UM, I JUST, MY ONLY QUESTION IS AS IT RELATES TO THE NOTICES, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, THAT HE HASN'T BEEN GETTING.

HE DIDN'T GET A NOTICE.

NOW, IF HE DOESN'T LIVE THERE, THEN DOOBIE SEND NOTICES TO THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WHEN THE LAND IS VACANT AS PART OF THE FIVE YEAR AND 20 YEAR UPDATES TO FUTURE BR, WE DO NOT INDIVIDUAL.

WE DON'T, WE DO SEND INDIVIDUAL NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS PART OF THE UPDATE.

THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE UPDATES, UH, IN EACH ELEMENT OF THE FUTURE BR PLAN THERE'S CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE LAND USE MAPS.

AGAIN, ALL THAT, UH, WAS DONE IN A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS AND THERE WAS A REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT WAS DONE, UH, FOR THOSE CHANGES, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER, AUTHOR ON WHAT YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I'M DONE.

BUT THEY OWN THE PROPERTY.

LAST YEAR AT MCGRAW.

OH, THE QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR, UM, ARE THE, ARE THE NOTICES SENT OUT TO THE VARIOUS CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, IS YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE FUTURE BR UPDATE OR THIS PARTICULAR, THE FUTURE BR UPDATES, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY THIS SPECIFIC.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE SENT OUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC APPLICATION, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS, BUT, OR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ARE THOSE, ARE THOSE ROUTINELY SET OUT TO, UH, HOMEOWNERS, ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS ALONG THE WAY? WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY THAT WE KEEP UPDATED, UH, IN OUR OFFICE WITH ANY KNOWN CONTACTS FOR, FOR INDIVIDUAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WE DO INVOLVE THEM WITH THE UPDATE TO FUTURE BR THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, RYAN AGAIN ON, ON THE NOTICE ASPECT AND THAT'S WHAT HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT.

HE DIDN'T RECEIVE.

WE ALSO HAD THAT ONCE BEFORE I JUST GOT UP AND TALKED OUT OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED IS GOING.

WE DO FOLLOW THE GENERAL PROCESS OF PUBLIC NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THAT WE MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT.

WE SEND IT OUT AND WE POST THE NOTICES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY WAY OF SIGNAGE ON, BUT WHEN SOMETHING AFFECTS SOMEONE'S PERSONAL PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IT, I THINK THEY SHOULD GET SOME KIND OF MORE DETAIL OF NOTICE BY WAY OF THE FACT THAT IT CHANGED.

AND THEY ARE ASKED THE ASPECT OF THEIR USAGE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THE IDEA THAT WE DID POST THE GENERAL NOTICES AND WE ADVERTISEMENT IN THE, IN THE ADVOCATE OR WHATEVER OTHER PERIODICALS WE USE AS A PARISH GOVERNMENT.

YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF THE OWNER TO COME BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'VE CHANGED MY USE.

YOU'VE CHANGED MY ABILITY TO USE MY USE.

THEN THAT WOULD MEAN TO ME, I SHOULD GET EITHER A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T RESPOND, IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALL GAME.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'D LIVE THERE, DON'T LIVE THERE, YOU DON'T RESPOND.

I MEAN THE SAME THING THAT WE DO IN REGARDS TO TAXATION, IF THE PERSON DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES, THEN WE HAVE A PROCESS OF HOW WE, HOW WE FIX THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T PAY YOUR TAXES WITH JUDICATE YOUR PROPERTY, BUT WE SEND YOU NOTICE BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE TAKE ON SUCH ACTIONS, WE DON'T, WE DON'T JUST GENERALLY SAY WE ADVERTISE IT IN THE ADVOCATE.

WE DON'T GENERALLY SAY THAT.

AND I HEARD EARLIER THE RESIDENTS INDICATE HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.

THEY MET WITH MR. DUKES.

THEY INITIATED THE ACTIONS TO CHANGE IT TO A CERTAIN DESIGNATION AND SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY IS A LAND OWNER, DIDN'T EITHER GET PROPER NOTICE OF THAT PROCESS EITHER.

THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE IN THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, OR THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE BY WAY OF CALLING THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THEY'RE NOT ASKED TO COME IN AND READ THE ADVOCATE,

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IF YOU COME INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU CHANGE MY OWNERSHIP OF MY PROPERTY, I AM ENTITLED TO A, ANOTHER LEVEL OF NOTICE.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT'S THE APPLICANT AND OR THE APPLICANT'S SITE.

THIS IS THE PROCESS WE USE TO FIX THAT.

WHETHER IT'S LACK OF NOTICE OR WHETHER HE WANTS TO REUSE HIS PROPERTY SOME WAYS, THIS IS THE PROCESS WE DO USE.

WE DO USE THIS PROCESS.

HE SHOULD BE TO COME BEFORE THIS GOVERNMENT AND SAY TO US, I LIKE TO USE MY PROPERTY, DUSTIN.

SO, AND WE EVALUATE THAT REVIT IT MULTIPLE WAYS.

WE TALK ABOUT FLOODING.

WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.

WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS COULD BE BEING IDENTIFIED AS WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS.

SO I WANT A COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AT THIS STAGE.

HE'S NOT DONE THAT.

HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT USED THE PLACE BEFORE US, HOW HE PLANS ON USING THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL OF PROPERTY.

SO AGAIN, I MEAN, I JUST, WHEN I HEAR THAT, I'M LIKE TO A WHOLE DEGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF NOTICE BEYOND JUST THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BECAUSE HE'S AFFECTED BY IT TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN I AM.

AND I MAY TAKE THE TIME, SAME TIME IN MY THREE MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO COME DOWN HERE AND COMMENT ON AN AMENDMENT OR PLANNING, UH, ON THE PLANNING, UM, APPARATUS WE USE IN HIS PARISH.

BUT I MAY NOT HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT.

I HAVE A GENERAL EFFECT BECAUSE I PAY TAX IN THE PARISH AND I LIVE HERE.

YOU KNOW? SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN THAT PROPER NOTICE THAT THEY CAN USE AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT THIS GIVEN TIME.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IF 70% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA DECIDES THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, THEN HE'S AT LEAST HAVING HE'S ON RECORD.

I SAID, I OPPOSE.

AND THAT'D BE ALL MY COMMENTS TO THAT PARTICULAR PART.

THANK YOU, MR. YEAH, NO, NO, SIR.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

YES.

COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER BANKS TO SHIP MIKE ON.

I CAN BARELY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. PARADOR.

I JUST WANNA HEAR WHAT HE, OH, UM, WHAT'S MY QUESTION.

HALF SPECIFIC THIS SPECIFIC DOCUMENT FROM MR. KRAMER? UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, OF THE, AND WE JUST TAUGHT WE NOT INCLUDING HIGHLAND ROAD, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT PQ, LIKE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON, UH, PICU LANE WHO, UH, THAT WERE ELIGIBLE.

UM, HAS INDICATED REGARDING, REGARDING HIM NOT GETTING NOTICED.

I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, UM, OH, UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, UH, REGARDING HIM NOT GETTING SPECIFIC NOTE.

I DO.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

I DO THINK THAT HE, UM, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD A CERTIFIED LETTER OR SOMETHING, BUT DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING AS IT RELATES TO THAT TIME PERIOD? WELL, MR. KRAMER MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THAT THE UPDATE WAS GOING THROUGH THIS APPROVAL, BUT HE DEFINITELY WAS AWARE THAT WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO, UH, UH, FIND OUT WHO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR AREA WAS INTERESTED IN, WOULD APPROVE OF HAVING THEIR PROPERTIES, UH, AMENDED TO THEIR LAND USE TO AGRICULTURAL RURAL FROM ITS PRESENT.

UM, HOW DID THAT PROCESS REGARDING YOUR NEIGHBORS? HOW WAS THAT? WAS THAT, UH, A MEETING YOU ALL HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET? DID YOU, UH, WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A FARM, WHICH PLANNING DEPARTMENT BASICALLY REQUIRED US A OFF, WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL, EACH HOMEOWNER, HUSBAND AND WIFE, IF IT WAS BOTH WHERE TO ASSIGN THEIR APPROVAL, TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PERFORMED THEIR STAFF PERFORM, WHICH TOOK, I DON'T KNOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS TO DO.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

MR. HOPE TURNED IN EACH ONE OF THOSE THAT WE TURNED IN THOSE APPLICANTS THAT HE WOULD NOT CONSIDER THEM UNLESS THEY HAD SOMETHING SAYING, DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW ARE

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CAUSE THERE WAS SOME THAT DIDN'T CONFORM, THERE WAS 27 TOTAL OF THE 27 21 AGREED TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTIES AMENDED FIVE DID NOT AGREE THAT THEY WERE NOT IN AGREEMENT.

MR. KRAMER'S WANDERING.

AND THEN ONE PERSON, WE WERE JUST SIMPLY NOT ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM REGARDING HIS PROPERTY AT ALL.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE WANTED IT OR NOT.

AND IT WASN'T MR. , THERE WAS NOT MR. KRAMER.

NO, THIS WAS, UH, UH, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT, THAT ACTUALLY LIVES ON PICU, BUT HE, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT AN EASY PERSON TO, TO, TO REACH.

SO WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT TOOK, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TWO YEARS, BUT IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THAT STUDY, THEY DID, WASN'T AN EXTREMELY IN-DEPTH STUDY.

IT.

WASN'T JUST A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA SPEND A FEW DAYS LOOKING AT THE US AND HERE AGAIN, MR. HOLCOMB AND, UH, MR. MORON CAN, CAN EXPLAIN MORE OF THAT PROCESS TO YOU.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT I, WHETHER HE KNEW THAT THE UPDATE WAS BEING APPROVED OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT IS, THAT DOES SIGNAL TO ME ENOUGH TO, UM, TO, FOR AN OWNER TO HAVE TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE TAKE IS TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AND WHERE'S IT HAD IT, HE MADE THE EFFECT.

MY WIFE HAS THERE TO THAT PROPERTY ON HIGHLAND THAT HE REFERRED TO, ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING TO BID DEPARTMENT, NOT ME.

IT DID NOT CONFORM BECAUSE THERE IS A HOUSE ON IT IN THE HOUSE, KEPT IT FROM CONFORMING TO THE ONE ACRE STATUTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK IT'S THE DORITO.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON A VICE CHAIRMAN GRA.

YES.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, UH, YOU INDICATED THAT THERE WERE, I THINK 27 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO, UH, YOU ALL CONTACTED AND 21 OF THEM APPROVED THAT THERE WERE FIVE THAT DID NOT THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THIS GENTLEMAN WAS ONE OF THOSE FIVE.

IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, UH, DID NOT, DID NOT SIGN THE PAPER.

CORRECT.

HE DID NOT SIGN THE PAPER.

SO HE WAS AWARE OF THIS PROCESS, CORRECT? YES.

AND HE WAS, HE WAS NOT ONLY AWARE, BUT YOU WERE AWARE THAT YOU WERE TAKING SOMETHING FROM HIM.

WERE YOU NOT? I WAS AWARE THAT I WAS OFFERING A PROPOSITION PROPERTY OWNERS THERE, BUT, BUT WAS HIS, WAS HIS, UM, HIS, HIS OBJECTION.

I MEAN, IT'S HIS PROPERTY.

DID HE HAVE, DID HE HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO COME BACK AND SAY, I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

WELL, ANYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, HE CHOOSE, HE, HE, HE CHOSE, HE SAID HE WAS NOT, HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THAT'S FINE.

HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND NOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HE WAS MADE A PART OF THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT CORRECT? WELL, YEAH, YES, NO, IT'S NOT.

NO, THAT WAS THE UPDATE.

THEY DID AN UPDATE IN THE, I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS BETTER FOR MR. KRAMER VERSUS MR. CERRITO, YOU WERE ASKING MR. CERRITO QUESTIONS THAT HE CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

MR. CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EITHER BEFORE MR. TREATER SITS DOWN, I'D LIKE TO ASK ONE QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION, EMAILS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT SHOWS THAT MR. KRAMER WAS AWARE OF? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I DO, BUT THEN THE GUY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I DON'T.

I THINK I MAY HAVE, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. TERRITO, MR. KRAMER, THANK YOU.

I'LL BE BRIEF.

FIRST OF ALL, LEGALLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE SUPREME COURT SAYS YOU HAVE TO MAIL.

NOTICE I PAY TAXES.

I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IS, DID YOU MAKE AN OBJECTION AT THAT TIME? YES OR NO? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER IT, BUT I CAN ANSWER IT THIS WAY.

HE CAME BY, HE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO VOLUNTARILY SUBJECT YOUR LAND TO ONE, ONE LOT PER ACRE? I SAID, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN NOW HERE'S, HERE'S WHY YOU HAVE TO DO MAIL NOTICE.

AND I PAID TAX, BUT I HAD A STROKE AND I HAD TO HEART CHURCH.

I WAS DEALING WITH THAT SORT OF KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THERE.

WE ARE HERE GATHERING FACTS.

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IT'S THE COMMISSION.

AND I, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION I HAD.

THANKS COMMISSIONER BANKS.

OH, NICE.

SO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. KRAMER AT THAT TIME WAS SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY BALL WHEN THE WAY HE STILL SEEING HIM.

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY BALL BY OMISSION BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SIGN IT.

AND HE WAS GIVEN NOTICE, BUT WHATEVER, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE OUT OF BE, BE INVOLVED IN IT.

SO WHEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE IN A WAY, IT DOES VIOLATE HIM BECAUSE REALLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING IS I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND TODAY HE'S STILL SAYING, I DON'T WANT THE CHANGE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT IS, IS WHY WE'RE HERE.

BUT, UM, BY OMISSION, HE'S SAYING HE BACK TO, IN MY, IN THE WAY I SEE IT BY OMISSION, HE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY PROPERTY CHANGE.

AND THAT WAS HIS DECISION AND HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON IT.

AND NOW IT'S IT.

NOW THAT THE CHIP, NOW THAT THE CHANGE IS MADE, HE'S, HE'S STILL STICKING TO THE SAME STORY OF, I DON'T BE A PART OF IT.

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY BALL.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW ARE WE DEALING? BUT IT'S ABOUT OMISSION, NOT NECESSARILY COLUMBIAN SHIN, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SIGNATURE SAYING NO, BUT OMISSION IS, I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, PERIOD.

THAT'S JUST MY INTERPRETATION OF IT ALL.

LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER SCRUGGS.

UM, REAL QUICK QUESTION HERE.

THIS IS JUST AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE.

IF HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO DEVELOP, HE HAS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE FOR A REASON TO GET MORE DENSITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES AND NO.

POTENTIALLY HE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE HERE, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS, SMALLER SCALE THAT HE COULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE PERMANENT OFFICE ON HEARTBURN CHAIRMAN.

SO IF OUR DIRECTOR HELP THEM.

SO I BELIEVE I HEARD HIM MENTIONED THAT HE DID HAVE AN OPTION TO WAIT UNTIL OUR TWO WEEK UPDATE, OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO POSSIBLY HAVE THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE.

AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE SINCE WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE UPDATE? SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FOR HIM IN THE PROCESS AND POSSIBLY CHANGING NOW, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING THEY DID WITH THE HOA, THE COMMUNITY? DID I ASK THAT? RIGHT? SO THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS TO THE LAST TIME WE DID IT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INPUT.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO CONSTITUENTS IN EVERY CORNER OF THE PARISH.

WE'RE GOING TO GO MEET WITH THEM, UH, AT, AT A PLACE THAT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADVERTISED PUBLIC PUBLICLY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXISTING LAND USE MAPS THAT SHOW THE EXISTING LAND USE OF THE AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A PROPOSED REVISIONS BASED ON FEEDBACK.

WE GET FROM CONSTITUENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL PERSON, UH, THAT KNOWS THEIR DISTRICT, UM, BETTER THAN WE DO TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, TO HEAR THEIR VISION, UM, AND THEIR NEEDS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

AND BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK, WE WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE ELEMENTS OF FUTURE BR.

WE WILL UPDATE IT BASED ON, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS AND, UH, DATA THAT WE RECEIVE.

AND THERE WILL BE PROPOSED MAP REVISIONS, UH, SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT THAT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE MAPS, THAT WE WILL BRING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WE WILL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE CONSTITUENTS, LOG THAT IN A DOCUMENT.

AND, UH, ULTIMATELY THAT FINAL VERSION WITH THOSE CHANGES WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION COUNCIL LATE NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU IN IF, UM, SO WHAT DIRECTION WOULD YOU GIVE IN REFERENCE TO IF WE WENT AHEAD AND DENIED THE APPLICATION AND IT SAYS ON THE APPLICATION THAT IT GOES TO THE METRO COUNCIL.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION TONIGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IF THIS BODY WERE TO DENY, YES, AS LONG AS IT GETS ONE VOTE, IT GOES ON TO TWO COUNCIL.

IF IT GETS ONE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, IT GOES ONTO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL.

IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A MUCH HARDER HURDLE FOR HIM AS ONE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME BEFORE THE ENTIRE STAFF TO ASK FOR THIS AMENDMENT OF IT, OF THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, IT WOULD ALMOST GO IN THE FACE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED HARD FOR TWO YEARS TO GET THE GATE, GET THE ZONING AS IS CURRENTLY IS A SIBLING TO TAKE ONE PERSON HE CAN ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT AND THE FUTURE VR PLAN OR FUTURE HORIZON PLANNING, WHATEVER NAME WE CALL IT, THE DATE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MUCH GREATER HURDLE FOR HIM TO TRY AND GET ONE PROPER REZONE OR RE RE DESIGNATE DELEGATING, THEN DOING A WHOLE ENTIRE AREA IN A SECTION BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLAN INSIDE THE PLAN IS NOT ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR LANDOWNER.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

SOMETIMES MS. CHAIRMAN, MY THOUGHTS HERE,

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WE DON'T PLAN BY, BY ONE PROPERTY OWNER.

I MEAN, I WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT STAFF IS GOING TO START TAKING ONE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY ON AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU, OR IT'S A ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE HIS C3.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TO TRY TO LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES, THE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS, AND THEN TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD APPLY OR NOT.

THAT'S WHAT THAT METRO COUNCIL HAS SAID AND HAD TO DO TO TRY TO DO THAT.

BUT THE PLAN INSIDE IS THE GLOBAL ASPECT OF PLANNING.

IT'S NOT WHETHER IT'S ONE GENTLEMEN, WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK FOR HIS AMENDED, THE PLAN IN 2023.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NOT THE ISSUE OF NOTICE.

I HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE ON A NOTICE SIDE THAT, THAT WHETHER HE IS GIVEN A FORMER NOTICE BY WAY OF A LETTER FROM THE PARISH SYSTEM, THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

NOTICE IT'S NOT THAT HIS NEIGHBOR KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OR ATTEMPT TO CHANGE SOMETHING.

THE FORMER NOTICE WAS THAT HE WAS NOT GIVEN A PROPER NOTICE FROM THE PARISH SYSTEM.

THAT'S HIS ESSENCE NOTICE.

IT'S NOT THE, HE DID HAVE A NOTICE FROM HIS NEIGHBOR WHO KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SAY, WE PLAN ON DOING THIS.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE? CAUSE HE CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE QUITE, QUITE OBVIOUSLY JUST LIKE YOUR DAY, HE CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE.

WELL, WE'RE HERE TO DECIDE IS WHETHER OR NOT HE GET AN OUT OF THAT PLAN, IT'S GOING TO BE SO DISRUPTED THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOW HIM TO GET OUT.

AND HE'S ENTITLED TO SUE US ADDRESSES.

THIS IS COURSE OF ACTION.

NOW, AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO GETTING PROPER NOTICE AND MAKING A DECISION ON THEIR PERSONAL ASPECTS OF THEIR PROPERTY.

CAUSE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WITH LAND OWNERS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS THAT THEY, WHAT THEY BUY AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT WALKS IN AND SAY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO USE IT AFTER YOU BUY IT.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

AND WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, I JUST THINK THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY PERSONAL HOME OR WHETHER IT'S MY PERSONAL LAND WHEN I BUY IT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LET ME KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE.

HOW CAN USE IT BECAUSE HOW I'VE USED IT NOW, THREE AND A HALF PLAN ON BUYING WHEN I BOUGHT IT.

SO THERE AGAIN, THAT'S MY TAKE ON THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

UH, ONE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR, UH, EITHER RYAN, MAYBE GAIL, MAYBE PAULO, UH, LET'S SAY THAT THAT MR. KRAMER HAD COME COME UP AT THAT TIME TO SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HE WAS ADAMANT THAT HE DID NOT WANT THIS CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE.

AND HE, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION TO THE PLANNING OFFICE.

HE MADE A SCENE, HE JUST MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE WAS, HE COULDN'T BE MORE OPPOSED TO THIS.

WHAT EFFECT WOULD IN YOUR ESTIMATION WOULD THAT HAVE HAD? WELL, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AT THE TIME COULD HAVE EXCLUDED THAT PARTICULAR LOT FROM THE PROPOSED MAP BEFORE IT GOT PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL, THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION COULD HAVE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE MAP AS PART OF THE UPDATE PROCESS, THE COUNCIL COULD, THEY EXCLUDED THE LOT OR MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE FUTURE BR WITH ANY MAP REVISIONS OR ANY TEXTS REVISIONS AT ANY TIME DURING THAT PROCESS.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER STERLING.

I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE DENIED BASED ON THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO DENY THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ELLENDER.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? WE APPROVE.

THERE WAS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN.

SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCRAWLED.

WHO WAS, WHAT WAS THAT? OH, COMMISSIONER SQUAT.

SORRY.

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SUBSTITUTE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

SCROGGS I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SEVERAL THERE.

THAT WOULD BE, UH, AN OBJECTION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.

VOTE FOR THIS ROLL CALL VOTE.

THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCROGGS WAS TO IMPROVE.

WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL.

VOTE BEGINNING WITH CHAIRMAN ADDISON.

I MEAN CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

COMMISSIONER MADISON.

YES.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

COMMISSIONER ELEANOR.

NO COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE.

YES THE COMMISSIONER STERLING? NO, THE MOTION PASSES WITH A 63 BED COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[6. Case 42-22 2575 O’Neal Lane To rezone from Light Commercial (C1) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (bar and lounge)(C-AB-2) on property located on the east side of O’Neal Lane, north of South Harrell’s Ferry Road, on a portion of Lot 1 of the E.F. Hart Tract. Section 46, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 9 - Hudson) 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]

SIX, CASE 42 22 2 5 75.

O'NEAL LANE CASE 42 22 25 75.

O'NEAL LANE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF O'NEAL LANE, NORTH OF SOUTH HAROLD'S FERRY ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON.

THE APPLICANT IS DOLA TREY STANK.

THE FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIXED USE.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FOR COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR, MILD CAV TWO FOR PROPOSED BAR AND LOUNGE CASE 42 22 25 75 O'NEAL LANE STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS AUTUMN.

AT THIS TIME, I OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? THE APPLICANT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURSE.

SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, VICE CHAIRMAN GROW THE APPLICANT ISN'T HERE.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS FOR CAV TWO FOR A 9,000 SQUARE FEET OF CAV TWO ON O'NEILL, BUT CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 43, 22 28 ON 9 28, 27 AND 28 45 DAUGHTERY DRIVE CASE 43 22 28 0 9 28, 27, 28 45.

WELL, THAT'S A, I MEAN, IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS A SPECIFIC SWEDEN IN THAT, IN THAT MALL STRIP SHOP, I COULD SEE, BUT THOUSAND SQUARE FEET IS, UM, THAT'S A BIT MUCH.

UM, AND THE APPLICANT'S NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UNLESS THE APPLICANT OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A DEFERRAL, UM, I I'M, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUTED.

NOW THIS ITEM IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS DENIED? WE'LL MOVE

[7. Case 43-22 2809, 2827 and 2845 Dougherty Drive To rezone from Light Industrial (M1) to Two-Family (A2.9) on property located northwest of the intersection of Dougherty Drive and Underwood Avenue, on Lots 29, 30 and 31 of Dougherty Place. Section 61, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 7 - Cole) 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]

DOHERTY DRIVE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF DOHERTY DRIVE AND UNDERWOOD AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, COLT.

THE APPLICANT IS CASSANDRA WILLIAMS. FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND ONE WITH THE REQUESTED ZONING TO TWO FAMILY, 82.9 FOR A PROPOSED TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CASE 43, 22 28 0 9, 28, 27 AND 28 45.

DOHERTY DROPPED STAFF CERTIFIED THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR CHANGE OF ZONING, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USERS AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

DO YOU NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION TO DECIDE THEM AS WELL.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15

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MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

THE COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS CASSANDRA WILLIAMS. I AM THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, UM, MYSELF AND MY SON.

UM, THE NAME OF OUR BUSINESS IS FOSTER PLACE LIVING.

UM, I'M A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRADE AND MY SON IS AN ENGINEER.

WE CO-OWN THIS PROPERTY I'M FISHING.

NOW THIS PROPERTY IS TO BUILD FOR THE ELDERLY AS WELL AS THE DISABLED.

AND THAT IS OUR MISSION FOR THIS PROPERTY.

WE, UH, HOME ALL THESE PROPERTIES, I BOUGHT JUDICATE PROPERTIES.

I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THEM, MY LOCAL COUNCILMEN FOR THESE AREAS, MR. COLE, WHICH I DON'T SEE HIM.

UH, UH, OH, OKAY.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE WRONG ONE.

BUT, UM, I DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO HIM AS WELL AS THE MAYOR TO TRY TO GET SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE ZONING, UH, WITH THE CITY.

THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE ZONED INCORRECTLY AND THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO RESOLVE THEM AND THEY NEVER GOT DONE.

SO I PAID OUT MY POCKET TO GET THEM RESEWN AND QUESTION IS AS THE REASON AS TO WHY THE OPPOSITION, JUST TRYING TO FIND A REASON.

I DON'T WANT TO BE AN OPPONENT.

I SAID, IF SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS ONE OPPOSITION, THAT MEANT THAT WAS A LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NECESSARILY.

EXCELLENT CONSIDERATION TODAY, SO, OKAY.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PLAN.

WE ALSO WENT ABOUT, WE GOT THE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PROPERTY, UM, DOT ALL THE, I GUESS THE PAPERWORK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER WORD IS, BUT IS WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLANS FOR IT AND EVERYTHING.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THE GOAL HERE BY THE CITY, AS WELL AS WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA WE'RE TRYING TO BUY AND DO THE SAME THING WITH THEM.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY THING.

THAT'S MY SIDE.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 46, 22, 11 402 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, AND 2 0 5 SOUTH SHERWOOD BOULEVARD, CASE 46, 22, 11 4 40 FLORIDA BOULEVARD.

ALL RIGHT.

AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS, UH, COMMISSIONER.

SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTION TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU, MS. WILSON, MOST ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, SECOND BY A VICE-CHAIRMAN GROUT, ANY, UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THIS ITEM, SEEING NONE THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

MR. MEMBERS, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[9. Case 46-22 11402 Florida Boulevard and 205 South Sherwood Boulevard To rezone from Single Family Residential (A1) to Light Commercial One (LC1) on property located on the east side of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard, south of Florida Boulevard and north of Archery Drive, on a portion of Lot 2-A of the Broussard Tract and Lot 5 of North Sherwood Forest Subdivision. Section 37, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 4 - Moak) 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]

AND 2 0 5 SOUTH SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD.

PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF FLORIDA BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF ARCHERY DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR.

THE APPLICANT IS CURTIS CHAIN.

THE FUTURE OF VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY.

RESIDENTIAL AWAN.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL, ONE FOR PROPOSED RETAIL SALES CASE 46, 22, 11 4 40 FLORIDA BOULEVARD, AND 2 0 5 SOUTH SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD, STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

FINALLY, COMMISSION STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE OF OPPOSITION TO THE SIDE.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS .

I'M AN APPLICANT AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I FIRST SAW THE, IT WAS A, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF TRASH AROUND THE AIR, AND I SAW THAT.

SO I WAS ASKED TO DEVELOP, DEVELOP OPPORTUNITY, AND, UH, I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UH, SINCE THEY HAD BEEN CUT DOWN THE GRASS CUT DOWN THE TREE, HE MIGHT PROBABLY LAID OUT WITH A REALLY LAYOUT, A NICE AREA.

UH, SO, UH, UM, THE, THE I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT A PROPERTY IS TRYING TO DEVELOP, UH, UM, THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A NICE BIT MORE SUBDIVISION AROUND THE AREA TO, UH, I GUESS TO BUILD AROUND THE AREA, IT'S AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY, BUT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S MY AREA, BUT, UH, AND, UH, FOR BETTER FOR THE ERA AND, UH, AND, UH, AND FOR THE, FOR THE PLACE.

SO I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

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WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CORE THAT IS IN FAVOR, UH, FOR A DEBORAH SEMINAR.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

UM, I'M DEBORAH SMINO.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF SHERWOOD FOREST CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.

I LIVE AT 9 83 HEDGEWOOD DRIVE AT BATON ROUGE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT HIGH TRAN CAME BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION WHICH I CAN GIVE TO WHOMEVER STATING THAT WE WILL NOT OPPOSE THIS REZONING AND THAT WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, HIGH-QUALITY FAMILY FRIENDLY ANCHOR STORES ON OUR BORDERS IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO DO I GIVE THIS TO SOMEONE YOU CAN HAND OVER HERE? THANK YOU.

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, PUT 1 94 CITY PLACE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION EIGHT, PUT 1 94 CITY PLACE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION.

MISS YOUR MEMBERS.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURSE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS, WHETHER IT'S COMMISSIONER HILL, JEREMY AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER HILL SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NONE THAT ITEM IS APPROVED? WE'LL NOW

[11. PUD-1-94 Citiplace, Concept Plan Revision 8 Proposed change on Phase V to allow for hotel use on property located on the south side of Corporate Boulevard, north of Interstate 10, on Lots A, C, D, E, F, G, JTS-1-A-1, JTS-1-B-1, JTS-A-D-1-A, JTS-1-D-1-B, JTS-1-C-1-A, L-1-A, L-2-A, L-2-B, M-1-A, N-1-A, N-1- B of the Cedar Lodge Plantation Property. Section 93, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11 - Adams) PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed request meets the minimum criteria for a Planned Unit Development, being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, compatible with surrounding uses, and conforming to Unified Development Code requirements]

EIGHT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORPORATE BOULEVARD, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 ADAMS. THE APPLICANT IS SAM.

SEE ANY OF THE PROPOSED REVISION INCLUDES A CHANGE OF LAND USE AND PHASE FIVE TO ALLOW FOR HOTEL USE AND AN ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE CONNECTION TO CORPORATE BOARD PUT 1 94 CITY PLACE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION, EIGHT STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 46 MESSAGES AND OPPOSITION AND LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM THE BOCAGE LAKE, JEFF JEFFERSON PLACE.

BOKASHI HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE RESERVE AT CEDAR LODGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, ALL COMING OUT OPPOSED AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD, NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND STAFF MEMBERS.

MY NAME'S LAUREN KLEIN.

PETER.

I'M AN ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN.

I'M REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.

MY ADDRESS IS 8 7 0 8 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, SUITE B BANNERS, LOUISIANA SEVEN AND 8 0 9.

UM, AS I'VE TOLD A FEW OF YOU, I'VE ONLY JUST GOTTEN ENGAGED IN THIS MATTER TODAY.

AND AT THAT POINT I LEARNED THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, UM, HAD THIS MATTER DEFERRED ON THE DATE WAS TO COME UP TO THE HEARING LAST TIME, WHICH IS HER PRIVILEGE, UM, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, SENT IN A REQUEST TO DEFER IT, BUT IT WAS SENT IN LAST THURSDAY, NOT WITHIN, UH, PAST THE WEEK WHERE THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT HAD THE RIGHT TO DEFER IT.

SO I SENT A LETTER INTO THE STAFF AND A COPY COPIED Y'ALL, UH, ASKING FOR A DEFERRAL.

UM, I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST, I THINK THE LAST MANNER ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

SO I'M GUESSING EVERYBODY ELSE HERE IS, UH, TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

I CERTAINLY KNOW WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO LIVE.

UH, SO THEY'RE HERE ON THIS ITEM.

I KNOW THEM TO BE REASONABLE PEOPLE.

UM, I WOULD CERTAINLY, AS A REPRESENTATIVE HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED LATE IN THE GAME, LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MEET WITH THE, UH, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, BOOK OZ LAKES, UM, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST.

UH, BUT I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFER IT.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER DEFERRING AND IF I'M SORRY, I HAD TO DO NO.

THIS WAS NOT INTENDED TO CAUSE EVERYBODY TO COME DOWN AND SIT.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO GO THAT WAY AND WOULD ASK THAT, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, CONSIDER, UH, JOINING US IN THAT REQUEST.

I DON'T, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE FAVORABLE AMONG THE NEIGHBORS COULDN'T HURT TO ASK.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO PROCEED IT JUST IN CASE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ON BOARD WITH IT, NOT ASK YOU TO PROCEED AS THOUGH THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH IT.

WELL, AS STATED IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION, THE VIDEO PRESENTATION, THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS, UH, UM, AMENDMENT TO THE, TO THE, UH, PUD

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OR THE PUG, UH, THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT TO BE DEVELOPED.

UH, IT ADJOINS ON THE WEST SIDE OF OCAS LAKES OR RESIDENTIAL AREA.

UM, THE, THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS NEXT TO THIS OR, UM, PIECE OF PROPERTY IS, UM, THE, THE LOCATION OF COTTON PORT BANK, A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

AND IT WAS, THAT WAS OPPOSED WHEN, UH, COTTON PORT BANK WAS GOING IN THERE.

UH, I KNOW THE D THE APPLICANT MET WITH MS. ADAMS AND MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND I WASN'T IN THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I'M ADVISED THAT THERE WERE TWO MAJOR, UH, REQUEST.

ONE IS WINDOWS OVERLOOKING THE, UM, THE ADJACENT MILK ICE LAKES.

AND THE OTHER HAD TO DO WITH LIGHTING, WHICH EVERYONE'S CONCERNED WITH.

YOU DON'T WANT, UM, LIGHT POLLUTION COMING OVER AND GET BACKYARDS, ET CETERA, NEITHER, WHICH IS A PROBLEM.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR HOTEL IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A BAR AND NOT GONNA HAVE A RESTAURANT IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO PRIMARILY, UM, SERVICE BUSINESS FOLKS THAT ARE IN FOR THE WEEK.

AND THEY CAN STAY THERE FOR EXTENDED TIME.

IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A FULL SERVICE HOTEL.

UM, IT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY FROM CORPORATE BOULEVARD THAT THE HOTEL STRETCHES PARALLEL TO CORPORATE BOULEVARD.

SO THE ONLY WINDOWS THAT OVERLOOK, UM, THE BOCAGE LAKE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION ARE ON THE NARROW END OF THE FAR END OF THE BUILDING.

AND THE, UM, THE APPLICANT AS A DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO PUT OPAQUE MATERIALS IN THOSE WINDOWS.

SO THEY'RE NOT, SEE-THROUGH, CAN'T TAKE THE WINDOWS OUT CAUSE IT'S BARCODE SITUATION WITH, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER ALSO INTENDS TO GIVE A LIGHTING PLAN, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESS, UH, SO THAT THERE IS NO LIGHT POLLUTION.

CERTAINLY NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN ON THE SUBDIVISION.

NOW, THE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS FOUR FEET SHORTER, OR ARE LESS TALL, IF YOU WILL, THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT BUY-IN OR OCCURRENCE BUD PUDS, EXCUSE ME, PLAN.

UM, IT CA IT COULD BE DEVELOPED TODAY FOR 90 SOMETHING UNITS, UM, CONDOMINIUM UNITS, UM, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF APPROVAL WHATSOEVER.

UM, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE STAFF FOUND THIS, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL AREA, BECAUSE THERE'S, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, UH, NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT YOU GO JUST TO A HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE STREET.

THERE'S A F UH, A MULTI-STORY BUILDING, BEING BUILT COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AND THE, UM, UH, FARM BUREAU JUST IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS, UH, ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH I HAVEN'T BEEN IN.

IT HAS HAD NOT OPEN YET, BUT I IMAGINE I CAN SEE IN THE BULKHEADS LAKES AND BO CARS AND SOME OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MIXTURE OF PROP, UH, OTHERS APARTMENTS, THERE'S APARTMENTS BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR TRACK, UH, THE CITY PLACE APARTMENTS, UM, THERE'S, UH, FAST FOOD, UM, UM, PLACES WITHIN THE PUTT, THIS, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR TRACK, AS WELL AS DOWN THE ROAD, BOTH WAYS.

UM, AND WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU OWN A RESIDENCE THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE GREEN SPACE NEXT TO YOU AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MOVES IN, HAS GREEN SPACE NEXT TO THEM, THEY LOVE TO SEE THAT GREEN SPACE REMAIN GREEN.

UH, AND I GUESS THAT'S GREAT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PURCHASE THAT GREEN SPACE AND KEEP IT GREEN SPACE, BUT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IN CHARACTER WITH THE ORIGINAL PUD THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

UM, AND, UM, THE ONLY REASON THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE, UH, OR REQUEST OF A CHANGE, UH, IN THE PUD IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO A HOTEL AS OPPOSED TO WHAT COULD BE MULTI-STORY CONDOMINIUM UNITS.

UM, SO I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE THIS COMMISSION TO FOLLOW THE STAFF APPROVAL, AND I WILL, UM, DEFER TO THE ENGINEER, MR. LANG LAW, FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ENGINEERING.

LET'S, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS FOR ME.

GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, NOT COME TO AGREEMENT ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

UH, MR. LANG VAQUITAS LANGUA, THE SURVEYORS WHERE THE PROJECT MANAGERS ON THE, UH, THING, I WON'T REPEAT ANYTHING THAT WAS TO CLIMB.

PETER SAID, UM, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE POINTS WE DID MEET WITH, UH, WITH MS. LAURIE.

AND WE DID MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

UH, WE LEFT BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WITH A PRETTY GOOD FEELING.

WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE

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UH, THEY WON'T, LIKE HE SAID, THERE WON'T BE A SWIMMING POOL.

THERE WILL NOT BE A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WILL NOT BE A BAR OR A RESTAURANT HERE.

THIS IS STRICTLY, UM, MARRIOTT FOR A CORPORATE STAY, UM, YOU KNOW, 90 ROOMS. UH, WE COULD DO 90 CONDOMINIUMS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I, I JUST DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT HE SAID, CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP YOUR TIME.

HOTEL WOULD BE BUILT THERE, IT'S ALL ALREADY VERY DIFFICULT TO ENTER AN EXIT FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER CARD IN FAVOR.

UH, SAM, I APOLOGIZE.

I CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT THE LAST NAME, BUT THEY DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE OPPOSITION.

OUR FIRST CARD IS FOR CHAZ ROMER.

YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

ARE THERE OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, TODAY I DON'T WANT, THERE ARE, THERE ARE A FEW BOMBS.

DON'T BE LAUGHING AT ME.

UH, MY NAME'S CHAZ ROMAR.

I LIVE AT 68 37.

RUBO KOSH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FIRST.

UH, THE ATTORNEY FOR SUGGESTING THAT I WAS A REASONABLE PERSON.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S BEEN SAID.

SO, UH, I REALLY, I LIKED THAT A LOT.

UH, HE MENTIONED SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED.

I'VE NOT SHOWN UP IN OPPOSING OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE ISSUES HERE THAT I THINK DESERVE A PARTICULAR CONSIDERATION.

UH, ONE IS WE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE EVERY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME.

I DON'T THINK I'M THE FIRST TO SAY THAT.

AND CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HEARD THAT.

AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN A RASH OF INCIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH SIMILAR PROPERTIES, UH, THAT HAVE TENDED TO DRAW AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CRIME, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF US WOULD HOPE FOR.

UH, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THAT THAT CRIME ISSUE WOULD BE ADDRESSED WHEN A DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED.

IT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL USE WAS, WHICH WAS PRIVATELY OWNED, POTENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS THEY'VE MENTIONED, WHICH IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

UH, AND THAT WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, UH, TRANSIENT TRAFFIC INTO THIS PROPERTY WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS A MIXED USE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GIVE IT SPECIAL CONCERN.

UH, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAMILIES IN THE AREA THAT I THINK THIS WOULD HAPPEN, IMMEDIATE IMPACT.

UM, THE SECOND ISSUE THAT THAT MEANT OFFICE I'VE SAT IN A PUBLIC POSITION BEFORE, UH, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT DOING WHAT YOU DO, UH, BUT I ALWAYS TRIED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF TRANSPARENCY, UH, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, UH, THE PROCESS WAS LESS THAN TRANSPARENT.

NO ONE MET WITH ME.

UH, I'M ASSUMING I RECEIVED SOMETHING IN THE MAIL ALONG WITH 800 OTHER PIECES OF JUNK MAIL.

UH, SO I DON'T GET TO ALWAYS GO THROUGH THEM PROBABLY AS THOROUGHLY AS I SHOULD, BUT I'LL ALSO WOULD NOTE THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, THE, THE SIGN FOR THE CHANGE IN ZONING WAS LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO CITY PLACE, WHICH APPARENTLY THIS IS PART OF THE SAME PUTT.

NOW THAT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM THE ACTUAL SITE.

THERE'S A, THERE'S A THERE'S INTERESTINGLY, THERE'S A REALTOR SIGN ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

THERE'S A REALTOR SIGN IN THIS SITE, BUT THERE WAS NO YELLOW REZONING SIGN PUT IN THIS SIDE.

IT WAS A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT ANY REASONABLE PERSON THAT PULLED INTO CITY PLACE AND SAW A REZONING SIGN WOULD ASSUME IT HAD TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, NOT A PROPERTY, A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.

NOW I WOULD POINT OUT THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THAT REAL ESTATE SIGN AND ABOUT A HALF A MILE TO THE REZONING SIGN.

AND MAMA HOUSE IS 300 FEET.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THIS HAS BEEN LESS THAN A PROCESS, CERTAINLY CONTRARY TO THE USE THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED WHEN WE ALL INVEST IN OUR OWN LIFE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY.

OUR NEXT CHORD IS FOR PASTOR RONNIE WILLIAMS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ADDRESS YOU, GIVING GOD THE GLORY FOR MY PRESENCE HERE TODAY.

I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION TO PUT 180 4 FOR SEVERAL BASIC REASONS AS WELL.

THE CHAIR, I JUST EXPLAINED MOST IMPORTANT ONE, THE CHANGE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN PURPOSE, UH, FOR THIS AREA, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT IN THIS AREA ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO.

AND AT THAT TIME WE KNEW THAT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS ZONED FOR APARTMENTS, CONDOS, AND SO FORTH.

MOST OF THAT FAMILY, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IN THAT AREA.

IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT A 92 UNIT

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I LIVE AT 2,602 CEDAR LODGE IN BULL CARS PLACE.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEAR MISSES AND TO GET IN AND OUT, AND I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE 184 MORE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.

BOY, THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR PROBLEM.

JUST TALK TO A REALTOR WHO JUST SAID THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WOULD DECREASE THE MARKETABILITY OF OUR PROPERTY.

NOT ONLY THAT POSSIBLE DRAINAGE AND CRIME, BUT MOST ESPECIALLY IT WOULD CHANGE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS AREA PROPERTY.

ERIC, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I RESPECTFULLY ASKS THAT YOU WOULD OPPOSE, BUT ONE NIGHT.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR TIM.

MY NAME IS TIM .

I LIVE AT 68 31 FOUNTAIN LANE.

I KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M OPPOSED TO THE, UH, THE CHANGE IN PUT ONE OR ANY FOURTH AS THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME, IT SAID, I THINK THAT THE, THE PUB THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET FORTH CLEARLY SPELLED OUT THE INTENDED USE FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE LEG CONSIDERED THAT, I THINK THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OWNERSHIP OF CONDOMINIUMS AND OWNERSHIP OF A TRANSIENT NATURE OF A HOTEL, BUT THAT REASON I'M OPPOSED TO IT.

AND I ASK YOU YOUR OPPOSITION ALSO.

A NICE CARD IS FOR JANICE SWYERS.

UM, MY NAME IS JANICE SWYERS AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOOK, ACTUALLY, I'M UNDER SOME ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY.

AND, UM, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE THE CHANGE OF THE C PLATE, BUT LAND USE.

AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT EVERYBODY THAT'S OPPOSED IS HERE.

STAND UP.

MA'AM IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP YOUR COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSION, THAT'D BE APPRECIATED.

SO, AND I THINK THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO THESE THERE'VE BEEN MANY LETTERS AND SENT TO THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION PLUS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND SO I HAVE OPPOSITION LETTERS ALSO FROM, UH, BOTH GOSH, LIKE HOMEOWNERS IT'S 100 AND 400 MINORS.

THE RESERVE AT CEDAR LODGE CONDOMINIUMS VOA, THAT'S 300 HOMEOWNERS.

THE GATES AT CITY PLACE IS 369.

NOW SOULS JEFFERSON PLACE IN BOCA KOSH, UH, POA IS 444 HOMEOWNERS.

THE GOODWOOD POA IS 500 HOMEOWNERS.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE LETTERS THAT WE HAVE OVER, UH, 1700 RESIDENTS THAT ARE OPPOSING THIS, THAT LIVE AROUND THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

AND SO, UH, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UM, RESPECTFULLY, UM, TURNED DOWN THIS REQUEST.

HI, NICE CARD IS FOR HARDY SWYERS OKAY.

CERTAIN, SO YOU COULD TRY TO REPOSITION SO THAT YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MIC.

NOW WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND RECORD.

TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.

OTHER HOTELS IN THE CITY PATE PLACE AND THE CARPET SQUARE BY DEVELOPMENT, HEART HOTELS AT FINDING THOSE AREAS, THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, BUT NOT IN THIS RESIDENTIAL END OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, SO, UH, THIS PIECE IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

UH, THE, UH, COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT WERE ON THE WEST END, THIS EAST BEHIND WAS RESIDENTIAL.

UM, SO, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL CONDOS AS HE HEARD.

UM, THAT'S IT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO SAID, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS THAN, UM, A TRANSIENT HOTEL.

UH, THEY'RE ALREADY SEVEN

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WHAT IT BASICALLY BOILS DOWN TO IS AN INVESTOR OWNS THIS.

UH, HE BOUGHT IT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, KNOWING IT WAS A RESIDENTIAL USE.

AND NOW HE'S TRYING TO GET IT CHANGED TO A COMMERCIAL HOTEL USE THAT HE CAN SELL FOR A LOT MORE MONEY THAN FOR A RESIDENTIAL USE.

THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.

AND BASICALLY THAT'S IT, THE DETRIMENT OF OUR HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE HOMES THAT ARE THERE.

THIS HOTEL IS 10 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

THEY'RE GOING TO WALK OUT OF THEIR DOORS AND LOOK UP AT A, AT A FOUR-STORY HOTEL.

UM, YOU GOT TO PITCH, YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THAT POSITION.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S TERRIBLE.

UH, A POD IS A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT CITY PLACE PUT WAS PLANNED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES ON THIS END AND WE THINK IT NEEDS TO STAY THAT WAY.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR ROBERT .

ROBERT BARHAM.

I LIVE AT 25 32 BOCARD'S LAKE DRIVE.

WHEN I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY, I WAS CONFIDENT AND REASSURED BY THE FACT THAT IT WAS ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL.

I WAS PROTECTED.

IF YOU WILL.

THAT WHERE I MOVED IN, I WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, BO BEAU COLLEGE ON ONE SIDE, AND THIS PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN BATON ROUGE HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEELING ABOUT THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE CITY, THE, THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, THE STREETS, THE SITE, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND A HOST OF ISSUES, AS OPPOSED TO A TRANSCENDENT WHO IS IN BATON ROUGE FOR A FEW DAYS, OR MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME.

WE RELY ON YOU TO HAVE A STABLE, SECURE ZONING SYSTEM.

AND WE BOUGHT KNOWING THAT IT WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL, AND WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT US OUR INVESTMENT AND KEEP IT AS RESIDENTIAL.

DON'T APPROVE THIS.

PUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU SHOULDN'T CHANGE EXPECTATIONS.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR LESLIE NICHOLSON.

I DO OTHER THINGS, MY WHOLE, THE SIDE, UH, MY NAME'S LES NICHOLSON.

I LIVE AT 29 48 COURT, AND I'M NEW TO BATON ROUGE.

I JUST CAME HERE LAST YEAR, WENT TO LSU, A LOUISIANA GIRL CAME BACK, BOUGHT A PLACE IN BOCAGE LAKE.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO ZONING IN MY LIFE.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT JOANIE IS IT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS.

IT IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPATIBLE, NOT MINIMAL STANDARDS, BUT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF PEOPLE.

THIS PROPERTY.

NEXT TO US BEEN ZONED RESIDENTIAL OVER 20 YEARS, OVER 20 YEARS, EVERYBODY WHO'S BOUGHT AND COST LEGS HAS HAD THAT PROTECTION.

AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE MAP, EVERYBODY AROUND US IS RESIDENTIAL.

IT OUGHT TO STAY THAT POINT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPELLING COMMUNITY BENEFIT REASON WHEN YOU CHANGE A 20 YEARS OLD, THERE IS NO COMPELLING REASON.

THERE WAS NO REASON GIVEN AT ALL.

THE ONLY OBSERVATION FROM THE PLANNING STAFF IS IT'S COMPATIBLE AND THE MINIMAL STANDARDS LISTENING.

WHAT YOU'VE HEARD IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THERE.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE CONCERNED WITH THIS, DENIED THIS APPLICATION, KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM OR SOME OTHER USE THAT MAKES SOME SENSE, BUT NOT THIS, THIS KIND OF CHANGE.

UM, NEXT COURT IS FOR RAJENDRA DESSAI.

I AM RAJENDRA.

THIS SITE LEADS ON 2,704 CEDAR LODGE.

WE BUILT THE HOUSE TWO YEARS AGO AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA DECREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUE OR, UH, UM, SECURITY AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO I'M PROPOSING THE PROJECT.

THANK

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YOU.

UH, THE NEXT COURT IS FOR EDWARD BAKER, JUST REAL BRIEFLY.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS FOR 45 YEARS AND, UH, WHEN I PURCHASED THAT HOTEL OR THAT PROPERTY TO LIVE IN MY WIFE AND I PURPOSELY WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED THAT A HOTEL BUILT THERE.

AND, UH, CAUSE I, I KNOW IT'S TRANSIENT AND ESPECIALLY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE RESTAURANTS AND THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT WALKING AND IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD FIT FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

AND UH, IF I THOUGHT IT WAS, I WOULD HAVE BUILT NEXT TO ONE OF MY OWN HOTELS.

THE REMAINDER OF THE SPEAKER CORES THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED OUT THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION HAVE INDICATED THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

I'LL QUICKLY READING THOSE NAMES FOR THE RECORD.

DANIEL TRAN, TIFFANY TRAN, CONNIE HICKS, OR SHAUNA BANDA, CELESTE JEFFERSON, BRANDON GHAITH, BRENDA SALTS, KATHY BAKER, NEIL WILLIAMSON, DEBRA WATER, CATHERINE STEPHENS, JOY JOHNSON, CHEYENNE MILLA, ALLAH POTTY, WILLIAM LOCKWOOD, RICKIE AINSWORTH, SONYA WILLIAMS AND SCOTT MCKNIGHT.

BEFORE I CALL THE, UH, APPLICANT BACK FOR HIS FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND CALL UP A COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS TO SPEAK.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO BE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OTHER I WATCH Y'ALL ON TV.

SO IT'S NICE TO SEE Y'ALL IN THE FLESH IN THE FLESH.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL TO PLEASE NOT DEFER THIS ITEM.

WE STILL HAVE TIME IF THERE IS SOME DISCUSSIONS TO BE HAD, UM, KNOW THIS COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL ZONING ON WEDNESDAY.

SO A DEFERRAL THERE WOULD STILL BE POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY HAS BEEN BEEN PUT INTO TODAY.

SO I'D HAVE TO, I'D HATE FOR THESE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO COME BACK OUT AGAIN.

UM, I JUST WANNA, UM, AS A COUNCIL PERSON TALKED TO Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTS, UM, IN NEGOTIATING, UM, PUDS, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER ONE AND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UM, GOES INTO WORKING WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHEN YOU WERE DOING A PUD.

AND SO, UM, WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE RESIDENTS IS THAT, UM, IT'S REALLY, IT FEELS LIKE IT FEELS LIKE A BROKEN PROMISE WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, A POD IS PLACED AND PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THOSE, THOSE PROPERTY DESIGNATIONS ARE.

UM, THEN TO COME BACK AT A, AT A, AT A LATER TIME AND CHANGE IT, UM, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE JUST CHANGING THE GAME AND THAT REALLY MAKES, UM, RESIDENTS BEGIN TO DISTRUST.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, HERE IN THE CITY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, UH, DON IS HIS TALK WITH OTHER REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS AND ASK THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE ME TO GIVE ME SOME THOUGHTS.

AND WHAT THEY TELL ME IS THAT FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL, IT IS JUST GOOD PLANNING TO HAVE A TRANSITION AREA, WHICH QUITE FREQUENTLY IS RESIDENTS OR CONDOMINIUMS, RESIDENTIAL, UM, TOWNHOMES, OR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS AND THAT THIS, THIS MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THIS DESIGNATED, UM, FOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL MY BATTLES AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOUR OR FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MR. ROEMER.

IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY UP ARGUING ABOUT WHERE A SCIENCE PLACE WITH IT'S, I GUESS RIGHT BEHIND HIS BACK, SHOWING THAT THE SIGN WAS THERE.

AND I GUESS SOMEBODY MUST HAVE MOVED IT WHEN HE WAS LOOKING FOR IT.

CAUSE IT WAS JUST DOWN FROM THAT REAL ESTATE SIGN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO IT WAS PROPERLY POSTED.

AND IF, IF IT WAS REMOVED, THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE APPLICANT SLOUGH FAULT.

AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMON THEME I HEARD BESIDES, UM, PEOPLE WANTING TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH WE ALL DO.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S COMMON FOR ALL OF US.

THERE'S I WAS OBVIOUSLY NOBODY CAN DISAGREE WITH THAT IS A CONCERN ABOUT CRIME AND THERE'S THIS WORD THAT KEPT COMING UP TRANSIENTS.

UM, WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME AND YES, CRIME IS ON THE RISE IN BATON ROUGE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHARE.

BUT WHEN WE START REFERRING TO PEOPLE THAT USE A MARRIOTT FLAG, THIS INTENDED FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE AS BEING TRANSIENT, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF BEING DISINGENUOUS WITH OUR

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TERMINOLOGY THERE.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY MARRIOTT FLAGS, UH, THAT I WOULD COMPARE TO THE OHIO MOTEL THAT WE KNOW WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE PROBLEMS OUT OF SHOUT, SOUTH SHERWOOD FOREST BOULEVARD, AND MR. SUAREZ, WHO IS A DEVELOPER MADE A GOOD POINT THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE CURRENT LANDOWNER WAS TRYING TO GET THE MAXIMUM VALUE FOR HIS LAND, WHICH OF COURSE IS SOMETHING THAT A LANDOWNER WANTS TO DO.

BUT THAT ALSO MEANS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THAT HOTEL PROPERTY.

AND WHEN YOU BUILD AN EXPENSIVE HOTEL PROPERTY, IT DOESN'T TURN INTO A PLACE FOR TRANSIENTS AND FOR, UM, DRUG DEALERS TO HANG AROUND.

IT'S IT'S FOR BUSINESS FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN AND SPENDING THE WEEK IN OUR ECONOMY.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR BUD.

THERE'S THE BURRITO ACROSS FROM THE BANK.

AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS I THINK IT'S CALLED STAY AMERICA, BUT IT'S ANOTHER HOTEL IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, IF THERE WERE TRANSIENTS THAT WERE COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAUSING CRIME, I THINK WE WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

WE'D HAVE SOME STATISTICS HERE.

IT'S NOT THE CASE.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I CAN'T ADDRESS WHAT INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE LOOKED INTO WHEN THEY WERE BUYING THEIR LOT OR BUILDING THEIR HOME.

CERTAINLY THEY HAD THEIR OWN THINGS THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH AND LOOKING INTO WE'RE ALL CONCERNED.

WHAT'S NEXT DOOR.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GREEN SPACE.

UM, A FOUR STORY CONDOMINIUM.

THAT'S FOUR FEET TALLER OVERLOOKING YOUR PROPERTY TO MANY WOULD NOT BE AS NICE AS AN NICE MARRIOTT HOTEL.

THAT'S FOR PEOPLE, BUSINESS PEOPLE STAYING DURING THE WEEKDAYS PRIMARILY.

BUT AGAIN, WE ALL HAVE OUR DIFFERENT TASTES.

MY FATHER USED TO SAY, THAT'S WHY BASKIN ROBBINS HAS 33 FLAVORS.

NOT EVERYBODY LIKES CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA.

YOU MIGHT LIKE STASH YEO THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PUD, IN THE PUB, THE REST OF THE CITY PLAYS PUD AND BACK ALL OF DEVELOPMENT ON CORPORATE.

AS YOU GO DOWN, I MENTIONED THE FARM HERE, A PROPERTY.

I MENTIONED THE NEW BUILDING.

THAT'S GOING UP, UH, WEST OF IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BUILDING IS, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AND THEN YOU GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT BANKS, YOU'VE GOT THE BANK ON THE CORNER OF THIS PROPERTY.

IT WASN'T REALLY INTENDED ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE A BANK THAT WAS OPPOSED.

NOW IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN A GOOD USE.

I KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

THIS IS COMPATIBLE.

IT'S A CHANGE.

IT'S NOT A, IT'S CALLED A MAJOR CHANGE UNDER OUR ORDINANCE.

AND SO IT HAS TO COME BEFORE YOU, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY COMPATIBLE.

AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU APPROVE IT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF, THE TRAVELING.

UM, PERMISSION AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE NECESSARILY BEEN DONE TO THE FULLEST AT THIS POINT.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT'S A $50 MILLION PROJECT.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE PROPERTY AND ALSO TO THE TRAFFIC ON 90 CONDOMINIUM, CONNIE GO OUT TO ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PER CONDO.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT ROUGHLY 200, UH, 90 HOTEL ROOMS TO PROBABLY AVERAGE OUT TO ABOUT WHEN YOU FOOLED 90.

SO THE TRAFFIC WAS SET A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC WITH CONDOS AND IT WOULDN'T BE WITH THE HOTEL.

SO, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC PLAN CARPET AS WELL WITHIN THE TRAFFIC DESIGNATION AS WELL WITHIN, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ALLOWED FOR IT.

AND ALSO TOO, THERE WAS THE CURB CUT WHEN THE, UH, THE BANK WAS PUT IN, UH, IT WAS AGREED TO PULL THEM WITH THIS LANDOWNER.

THERE'S A CURB CUT TO WHERE THE TRAFFIC THAT WANTS TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE BANK AND TAKE THAT CURB CUT AND GO OUT AND NOT GO TOWARDS, UH, VOLKOV LAKES AND MAKE THAT U-TURN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM COMMISSION TO ADDISON.

YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU GEARING UP OVER THERE.

YOU DIDN'T QUITE RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU BOUGHT TWO COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, THAT'S THE CLIMB FOR YOU? CAN YOU COME BACK UP FOR A SECOND, PLEASE? I THINK YOU STARTED OUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, INITIALLY YOU ASKED US FOR A CONSIDERATION FOR 30 DAYS, UM, AND THE CHAIRMAN KIND OF LAUGHED ABOUT YOU THINK WE HAD ENOUGH OPPOSITION TO PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING THAT 30 DAYS.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT 30 DAY DEFERRAL? IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE? WELL, I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS THE GIRL, THE GREAT COMPROMISER MS. STRATUS, AND, UH, I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF THESE PEOPLE SITTING HERE IN ROOM AND AS I SAY, I KNOW THEM TO BE REASONABLE PEOPLE AND YOU MAY NOT COME TO ANY BETTER UNDERSTANDING, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, I CERTAINLY THE CERTAIN WAYS THAT I HANDLE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THIS, UH, UM,

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AND CERTAINLY JUST KIND OF COMING ON THE SAME TODAY, UM, WAS, UH, LEARNING AS I, AS I WENT ALONG TODAY.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB, DAN.

THANK A GOOD JOB.

UM, I DID HEAR YOU ABOUT YOUR 30 DAY DIFFER.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY, WHAT IS THAT ISSUE? I MEAN, I'M DONE, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE CLARITY OF WHAT YOU NEEDED FOR 30 DAYS FOR, UM, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT TO DO LIKE WITH CHAZ ROMER MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPARENCY.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, OF THIS QUESTION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY, UM, SUCH AS BOTH CARDS AND OTHER PARTS OF THESE PATTERNS, PARIS THAT HAS SUCH STRONG OPPOSITION TO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE, IT'S A DIFFICULT DEAL TO TRY TO BALANCE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

OUR PARISH, UH, WITH HOMEOWNERS, AS I STATED EARLIER, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTIES TO LIVE IN, UM, WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND I SEE PEOPLE LIKE, UH, SENATOR BOARDROOM AND I SEE MY GREAT FRIEND, ROBIN, ROBIN WILLIAMS, BACK BEHIND ME, UH, IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SAY THAT, SAY TO THESE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, A CONDOMINIUM VERSUS A HOTEL.

AND WHEN IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS YOUR INITIAL PLANS WAS TO PUT A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT ENDED IN THE, IN THE SPUD, UH, TO MODIFY THAT SPOT AND GO TO SUCH DRASTIC TO A HOTEL IS A DRASTIC CHANGE.

IT'S NOT, NOT A MONOGAMOUS CHANGE, EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE NOT COME BACK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT.

UM, AND I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SET AND SAY THAT THE DEVELOPING TEAM, WHILE THERE'S 15 MILLION, A HUNDRED MILLION, UH, THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DESIRE TO HAVE YOU TO COME TO OUR PARISH BECAUSE WE DO, BUT WE WANT ORGANIZATIONS PARTICULARLY BIG FLAGSHIPS, LIKE MARRIOTT TO CONSIDER HIS SPANISH PARISH.

UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT JUST DON'T FIT.

AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT MIGHT NOT FIT, UM, AND THEY MAY BE BETTER FIT FOR IT ON SOME OF THE HIGHWAY OR SOME OTHER PLACE IN THE PARISH.

BUT, UH, I TO LISTEN AT WHAT THEY'VE PUT, THEY'VE SAID, THEY'VE CALLED ME AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, KIND OF RIDE ON THE AREA AND KIND OF VISIT IT AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND I DO THAT OFTEN WHEN RESIDENTS HAVEN'T ISSUE, I GIVE THEM THE COURTESY OF COMING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

AND I DO THE SAME WITH DEVELOPERS.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO BE FAIR IN MY VETTING OF AN ITEM THAT COME BEFORE THIS BODY.

UH, AND I I'VE COME TO MY OWN CONCLUSIONS.

I DON'T THINK IT FIT.

I THINK IF YOUR BEST, YOUR CLIENTS WANT TO PUT INTO THE CONDO, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO SELL THE CONDOS AND KEEP IT AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A BENEFIT FOR MY VOTE.

UM, BUT AT THIS POINT I JUST DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT IT AND SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT.

UH, THEREFORE MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY AND HOPEFULLY GET A SECOND.

I'LL BE DONE AS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO DENY SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUNTER MOTION THAT WE DEFER FOR 30 DAYS? UM, I JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UH, I'M IN, I'M VERY MUCH IN THE SAME BOAT AS COMMISSIONER ADDISON, BUT SINCE, UM, UH, MR. CLIENT, PETER JUST GOT ON BOARD TODAY, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, I KNOW MR. CLIENT, PETER I'M IN A PARTY.

I KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT HERE.

UM, DO I THINK THAT, UH, YOU'RE PERFECTLY HONEST, LAUREN, DO I THINK IT HAS A CHANCE TO SUCCEED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK IT AT LEAST GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO TRY TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE.

I REALLY AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BEING A HOTEL.

UM, IT WAS, IT, IT WORKS AS A GOOD BUFFER WITH CONDOMINIUMS OR TOWNHOMES WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE LIVING THERE.

AND, AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE INTENT WHEN THEY STARTED.

BUT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS WILLING TO ACCEPT IT, I'M WILLING TO GIVE YOU 30 DAYS TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT.

UM, WELL, NO, WELL, WELL LET'S MAINTAIN ORDER.

LET, LET I HAVE, I HAVE DEALT WITH LAUREN ON A FEW THINGS.

HE IS VERY GOOD AT BEING PERSUASIVE, BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT I THINK BECAUSE HE IS HERE TODAY AND HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO EVERYONE, UM, I'M WILLING TO, I'M WILLING TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, BUT, BUT AGAIN, I HAVE TO ASK EVERYONE TO RESPECT THE FLOOR.

EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND NO ONE INTERRUPTED YOU WHILE YOU WERE DOING THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THAT SAME RESPECT FOR THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

MY MOTION MAY FAIL.

SO MY MOTIONS OUT THERE TO DEFER FOR 30 DAYS, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR

[01:55:01]

FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUTED.

THE FURTHEST ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION SAYING NONE THAT MOTION FAILS.

THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS TO DENY THIS ITEM.

THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SECONDED BY OKAY, BY COMMISSIONER ELLENDER, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO DENYING THIS ITEM, SEEING THAT THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DENIED AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO MEDICATIONS.

[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION THAT BEGAN WITH THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.

I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE AS THEY EXIT TO PLEASE KEEP THE NOISE LEVEL DOWN.

AS THE MEETING IS GOING TO CONTINUE AT YOUR SEATS.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE SCOTLANDVILLE SMALL AREA PLAN, UH, CPX CENTER FOR PLANNING EXCELLENCE WORK WITH THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING SCOTLAND BUILT COMMUNITY TO PUT THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.

IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A SMALL AREA PLAN.

UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK THROUGH IT PRIOR TO THE NEXT NEXT MONTH MEETING.

IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ON THE AUGUST 15TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IT AND ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS AUGUST 15TH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOGAN.

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS.

I'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONERS.

UH, I BELIEVE EVERYONE HERE IS AWARE THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OR RATHER, UH, INITIATED A, UH, A, UH, WE'VE INITIATED TO WHERE WE WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE.