* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. [ROLL CALL ] AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL. MR. HOLCOMB, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON. HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT. HERE. COMMISSIONER ADDISON. COMMISSIONER BANKS. COMMISSIONER LANDER. HERE. COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE. COMMISSIONER LATINO. HERE. COMMISSIONER SCROGGS. HERE. HERE. AND COMMISSIONER STERLING. HERE WE HAVE A QUO. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EEND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. [RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS ] AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO READ IN THE RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS, RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS. ANY INTERESTED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL 2022 ST. LOUIS STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 0 2. THIRD FLOOR, ROOM 3 38 3 48. EXCUSE ME. DURING THE MEETING, ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW.BRLA.GOV ON METRO 21 COX, CHANNEL 21, AND AT T CHANNEL 99 AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE FACEBOOK PAGE VIA A FACEBOOK LIVE COMMENT SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING. DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOUR OR AGAINST AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING. ANY INTERESTED, ANY INTERESTED PERSON WHO DOES NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND AT HTPS. WWW DOLA.GOV/PC APPLICANT AND APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES. THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM. ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO IS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK. PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK AND THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS AND TO AVOID DUPLICATION IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS. APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF A TOTAL PERIOD OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT. [CONSENT AGENDA ] AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR. MORAN CONSENT AGENDA, THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL. ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL. ITEM SEVEN, CASE 5 23 29 43 PERKINS ROAD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR OR LOUNGE, C A B TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, WEST OF HOLLY, DALE AVENUE. DEFERRED TO MARCH 20TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCKA. ITEM NUMBER NINE, PUT ONE DASH 23, THE VILLAGE AT MAGNOLIA WOODS TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. A ONE TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUT FOR A PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH LOW AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SLASH OFFICE USES ON PROPERTY. LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHLAND ROAD, EAST OF MAGNOLIA WOOD AVENUE. ITEM 12 PUD 1306 PENSKE PICU PLACE. FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL TRUCK RENTAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF PICU LANE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. ITEM NUMBER 16, SS TWO DASH 23. AJ KLEIN PETER TRACT PROPOSED COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION WITH PUBLIC STREETS ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SEGAN LANE NORTH OF INDUSTRIAL PLEX BOULEVARD. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CASE TWO DASH 23 2 10 SOUTH 14TH STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M ONE TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CA ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH 14TH STREET, SOUTH OF NORTH BOULEVARD. ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE THREE DASH 2391. 30 91 36 AND 91 42. MEADOWY DRIVE TO REZONE FROM TRANSITION B ONE TO ZERO LOT LINE A 2.6 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MEADOWY DRIVE NORTH OF PERKINS ROAD. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE SIX DASH 23 66 51 [00:05:01] BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C2 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD WEST OF BACARDI AVENUE. ITEM NUMBER 10, PUT TWO DASH ZERO ZERO BURBANK UNIVERSITY CONCEPT PLAN REVISION 12. PROPOSED REVISION TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL VEHICULAR CONNECTION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NICHOLSON DRIVE EAST OF BEN HERR ROAD. ITEM NUMBER 11, PUT ONE DASH 11 PHASE TWO PARTS 20 THROUGH 23 POINT MARIE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. PROPOSED LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF POINT. MARIE DRIVE NORTH OF RIVER ROAD. ITEM NUMBER 13, PUT FOUR DASH 12 RV SHOP PHASE TWO, THE GREENS AT MILLERVILLE. FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION TO ADD BILLBOARD SIGNAGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILLERVILLE GREENS BOULEVARD, WEST OF MILLERVILLE ROAD. ITEM NUMBER 14, CS 3 23 BROADMORE PLAZA PRO. PROPOSED FLAG LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY SOUTH OF DEL COURT AVENUE. ITEM NUMBER 15 CS FOUR DASH 23 ANEZ CALLOWAY TRACT PROPOSED FLAG LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD, SOUTH OF ALFONZ FORBES ROAD. AND ITEM 17 SS THREE DASH 23 W M RIDDLE PROPERTY, PROPOSED MINOR SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHARLTON ROAD SOUTH OF COMME ACRES AVENUE PLANNING COMMISSION. STAFF CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE U D C. THANK YOU MR. MORAN COMMISSION. MEMBERS. YOU HAVE HEARD ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE TO BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCRS? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING ANY OF THESE ITEMS? WE CAN. THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. [Items 2 & 3 ] MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER IN THIS ITEM TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU. WE'LL HEAR AT THIS TIME. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 24 22 AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, CASE 65 22 58 25 NORTH VO FOSTER DRIVE, PA 24 22 58 25 NORTH FOSTER DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 65 22. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST SIDE OF NORTH FOSTER DRIVE NORTH OF GREENWELL STREET. CONS, DISTRICT FIVE HERTZ. THE APPLICANT IS ELTON DON JR. THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO INDUSTRIAL RELATED CASE 65 22. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO RESIGN FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL A TWO TWO LIKE INDUSTRIAL M ONE, THE PROPOSED USE WRECK VEHICLE STORAGE PA 24 22 58 25 NORTH FOSTER DRIVE RELATED TO CASE 65 22. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE PLAN CASE SIX 20 BASED UPON THE LAND USE DESIGN DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARING APPROPRIATE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA. STAFF ALSO CANNOT CERTIFY THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I DO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT STAFF ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2ND. THERE WAS NO ONE AT THAT MEETING IN OPPOSITION OF THESE TWO CASES. ALSO, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A PETITION OF SIGNATURES ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU. 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, [00:10:01] SIR. SIR, COULD YOU MAKE SURE YOUR MIC IS ON? I I DON'T. UH, IS THAT GREEN LIGHT? UH, AT THE BASE OF THAT, OF THAT MICROPHONE SHOULD BE A GREEN LIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ? YES. HI, I'M ELTON DUNN JR. UH, YEAH, I'M HERE BEFORE Y'ALL TO, UM, ASK FOR REON AND, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY AT 58 25 NORTH FOSTER. UM, ALL I'M BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO IS USE IT FOR MYSTERIOUS YARD. I HAUL MY TRUCKS THERE AND I ONLY DEAL WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES. I DON'T DEAL WITH ANYTHING ELSE. NO MAJOR HAZARD OR NONE OF THAT. IT JUST BASICALLY PULL THE TRUCK IN, PARK IT, PULL IT OUT, PARK IT. I MIGHT HAVE A TRUCK ON THERE FOR STATE FARMS, UH, PROGRESSIVE OR SOMEBODY TO CALL. DON'T STAGE THERE. IT, THEY MIGHT KEEP IT THERE A DAY OR TWO. THEN THEY COME GET IT OUT CUZ THEY JUST A GOTTA GET IT. LIKE, IF SOMEONE HAVE A ACCIDENT, I'M MAY HAVE TO GO PICK THEIR CAR UP. I BRING IT BACK TO THE YARD TO HAVE IT. I STORAGE THAT NIGHT SO IT BE PROTECTED. THEN INSURANCE COMING IN, GO SEND OUT SOMEONE OR THEY'LL HAVE MANY TORE IT OUT TO GERBER OR, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE BODY SHOPS OR REPAIR SHOP, THEY NEED COAL PARTS, WHATEVER THEY DECIDE FOR THE CAR TO GO TO. THAT'S BASICALLY ALL WHAT I DO THERE. I MEAN, IT IS NOT, NOTHING HOUSES IT. I TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T CONSIDER DOING ANYTHING. I TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY. I, YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW THEY FELT ABOUT IT. THEY WAS GLAD BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY NEEDED MY SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WAS GLAD THAT I RE YOU KNOW, DID THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS GROWN UP OUTTA CONTROL. THEY WAS HANGING THERE, THROWING EVERYTHING THEIR TIES, BEER BOTTLES, TRASH. THEY JUST MADE THEIR DUMPING ZONE. SO I CAME THERE, WE CLEANED IT UP AND STRAIGHTENED UP EVERYTHING FOR 'EM AND ASKED THEM HOW THEY FELT BY ME COMING THERE BEFORE I DID ANYTHING. AND THEY WAS ALWAYS IN FAVOR. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL BASICALLY ALL WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS. WHAT IS ITEMS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO ITEMS. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION. UH, COMMISSIONER STERLING, IF YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE PODIUM, SIR. YES, SIR. MR. DUNN, WHAT'S TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT OF IT? OR IS IT, IS IT HOLMES? UH, YES, WE HAVE, UH, A HOME TO THE LEFT. WE HAVE A HOME TO THE RIGHT. WE HAVE BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET. HAVE A HOME TO THE LEFT AGAIN, AND YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, THEN YOU HAVE A HOME TO THE RIGHT. YOU HAVE AFTER THAT FIRST HOME, SECOND HOME, THEN YOU HAVE A BUSINESS THERE. WE GOT, YOU GOT BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET, DOWN THE STREET BESIDE, UM, THAT'S FINE. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU PLAN TO PUT A FENCE UP AROUND IT? WANT, IF YOU GOT IT APPROVED? YES. I, I HAVE FENCE, YOU KNOW, IT BE FENCED OFF, NEVER OUT CLEAN OFF. UM, I BASICALLY DID EVERYTHING THAT THE STATE POLICE REQUIRE. OKAY. ALL THING I HAVEN'T DID IS PUT THE LIGHTING BECAUSE I COULDN'T PUT NOTHING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE PERMITS. I HAD TO WAIT TILL THE PERMITS. BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST, EVERYTHING'S THERE. I MEAN, IT'S A CLEAN SPOT. OKAY. AND IT, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T MAKE NOISE. WE DON'T, I MEAN, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW 'EM THERE, THEY, THEY, THEY BE LIKE, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN YOU COME HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT MY NEIGHBORS AND I TRY TO HELP 'EM. I DON'T DO NOTHING WITHOUT, THEY CONSENT. WHENEVER I DO DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING, I GO ASK, HEY, Y'ALL OKAY WITH ME DOING THIS? Y'ALL OKAY WITH ME DOING THAT? AND THEY BE LIKE, YEAH, I'LL DO IT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? VICE CHAIR MCGRATH? UM, I DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK UP. UM, I UNDERSTAND ABOUT FENCING AND I, I THINK WE JUST, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING, THERE WAS ANOTHER MEETING THAT INVOLVED FENCING ALL THE WAY TO THE STREET. SO YOU'RE, [00:15:01] I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING UP, UH, AN O AN OPAQUE FENCE, UH, SO THAT YOU'RE SCREENING FROM YOUR RESIDENCE. MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT IF IT GETS REZONED THAT YOU SELL IT OR, YOU KNOW, YOU SELL YOUR BUSINESS, SOMEBODY ELSE DOES SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD OPEN UP SOME OTHER USES. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. DIRECTOR? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S, IT'S ALL THE USES IN M ONE. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY BROAD, UH, STROKE THERE. UM, CONSIDERING YOUR, I I KNOW YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PARKING LOT, UH, SOUTHEAST OF YOU, YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, UH, NORTHEAST OF YOU. BUT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I, I'M, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND, UM, UH, WHEN THE VOTE COMES, I WILL VOTE TO DENY. THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? I DO WANT TO ADD, UH, THE APPLICANT. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO HIM FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. MR. DUNN, UH, HE ACTUALLY SU UH, APPLIED TO OUR OFFICE BACK AUGUST 11TH IN 2022. SO HE'S, UH, BEEN DEALING WITH THIS A WHILE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. UM, I BELIEVE HE WAS CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY AND ATTEMPTING TO PUT UP A FENCE AND, AND THEY DID, UH, THE CITY DID A STOP WORK ORDER BASED ON THE ZONING. IT, IT DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE, THE ZONING OR WHAT WAS NEEDED TO GET HIS BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING AT THIS LOCATION. UM, THE COUNCILMAN MY DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCILMAN, HE, UH, INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS IN SUPPORT. UM, ONCE I TALKED TO HIM AND KIND OF EXPLAINED TO HIM WHERE, WHERE STAFF WAS GONNA BE AND, AND WHY WE COULD NOT SUPPORT SUPPORTED, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT. THE COUNCILMAN WANTED SOME LEVEL OF INSURANCE FROM THOSE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE HE WENT OUT AND TALKED TO HIS NEIGHBORS ON ALL SIDES AND ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, HE SUBMITTED A PETITION TO, UH, COUNCILMAN HURST, HIS COUNCIL OFFICE, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN HURST DELAYED THIS A A LITTLE BIT IN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. AND, AND I ATTENDED THAT MEETING, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT AND, UH, THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAD ANY QUESTIONS COULD, COULD ATTEND AND, AND I, I WAS THERE WITH HIM. THERE WAS NO ONE OPPOSED, UH, AT THAT MEETING. AND, UM, I BELIEVE, IF I'M CORRECT, YOU HAVE SHARED THAT PETITION WITH THE COUNSEL? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, SO THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UM, WEDNESDAY ON FEBRUARY 15TH. AS LONG AS HE GETS ONE VOTE FROM THIS BODY. OKAY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, UH, COMMISSIONER STERLING AND SCRS HAS SOMETHING. YEP. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SCROGGS. YEAH, SO I MEAN, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE, I TAKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UM, SERIOUSLY, I KNOW Y'ALL PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS. I THINK THIS SECTION OF NORTH FOSTER, IT'S CHALLENGING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S, I MEAN, YEAH, IT IS RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO LOOK UP AND DOWN NORTH FOSTER AND SEE THAT THERE'S A MIXTURE OF, OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND, UH, COMMERCIAL USES AND, AND, AND IT'S AN OLDER RESIDENTIAL PART OF TOWN. AND, YOU KNOW, MY BACKGROUND IN, IN BEING IN REAL ESTATE, SEEING THE WAY THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN DEVELOPED OVER, YOU KNOW, THE COURSE OF THE YEARS. IT, IT WASN'T ATYPICAL TO SEE A MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL KIND OF BLENDED IN. AND SO THE FACT THAT THE COUNCILMAN IS, IS ON BOARD, IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEIGHBORS HERE SPEAKING OUT IN OPPOSITION. I, I, I THINK I'M GONNA LEAN TOWARDS MAKING A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE THIS, BUT I, I'LL WAIT TO LET, UH, MR. STERLING SPEAK FIRST. SO, NO, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THIS AS WELL. SO, UH, I AM MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. OKAY. MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING. I'LL SECOND. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCRS, UH, OBJECTIONS COMMISSION. WE'LL DO A DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE. CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT? SURE. UM, MY, MY, UM, MY DECISION IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT, IT'S A VERY TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IS GOOD. I'M JUST NOT SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS AS, UH, UH, A HARSH CRITICISM OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, THOUGH. I JUST WANTED PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU AGAIN. I KIND OF WANTED TO, I WANTED TO SECOND THAT AS WELL. IT, IT'S SAID, I JUST STRUGGLE WITH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME COMMERCIAL BY COMMISSIONER SCRS MENTIONED. I, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT [00:20:01] ONE AND, BUT IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ONCE WE REZONE IT, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH THAT. THAT WILL BE REZONED TO THAT POINT FURTHER ON AFTER, NO MATTER, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU LIKE YOU SAY YOU SELL YOUR BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD OCCUR. THAT'S JUST THE DIFFICULT PART TO HAVE, UM, WITH BEING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, KIND OF, KIND OF RE REITERATE WHAT WAS JUST SAID, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, SIR. TO ADDRESS THAT, MR. HOLCOMB, IS THERE A WAY TO TIE THIS ZONING TO HIS OWNERSHIP OR HIS USE AND THEN IT WOULD REVERT, REVERT BACK? UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NO LEGAL WAY TO DO THAT. UH, THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT CAN REZONE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY OWNER THEMSELF. UH, HIS BODY CAN, CAN INITIATE A REZONING, AND THE COUNCIL AS A BODY CAN INITIATE A REZONING SO THAT THAT COUNCIL PERSON WHOSE DISTRICT THIS IS END. UM, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT OR THERE WAS A CONCERN, THERE IS A MECHANISM THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, COULD TAKE UP A A DOWN ZONING IN THE FUTURE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. DIRECT THE HOLCOMB. I BELIEVE WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ITEM TWO AND THREE, TAKEN TOGETHER WITH ONE VOTE. CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO APPROVE NO VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT. NO. COMMISSIONER LANDER? NO. COMMISSIONER LATINO? NO. COMMISSIONER SCROGGS? YES. AND COMMISSIONER STERLING? YES. THAT ITEM, UH, GOES AS A DENIAL TO COUNSEL, BUT THIS ITEM WILL BE HEARD BEFORE THE FULL COUNSEL, UH, COUNSEL ZONING FOUR O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY, AND WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, CONTINUE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNCILMAN, UH, REGARDING THIS ITEM, SIR. THANK YOU. [4. TA-1-23 Chapter 5, Waivers Unified Development Code amendment to revise Chapter 5, Waivers, to be consistent with the new Chapter 15 adopted with Ordinance 18731. PLANNING STAFF FINDINGS: Staff certifies that the proposed UDC amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan ] AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, TEXT AMENDMENT 1 23. CHAPTER FIVE, WAIVERS. SO THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER FIVE OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REVIS CHAPTER FIVE, WAIVERS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW CHAPTER 15, WHICH WAS A STORMWATER MASTER PLAN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF AT YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING. AND COUNCIL RECENTLY ADOPTED, UH, THOSE CHANGES TO CHAPTER 15, GO INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST, UH, TO IMPROVE THE STORMWATER REGULATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE FLOODING ACROSS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PLAINTIFF COMMISSION STAFF HAS CERTIFIED THAT THE PROPOSED UDC AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ITEM. UM, BASICALLY WE REVIEWED THE ENTIRE UDC, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 15 TO MAKE SURE IT WAS, UH, IN, IN CONFORMANCE WITH CHAPTER FIVE, WHICH IS THE WAIVER SECTION. CHAPTER 15 WAS MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO WE MOVE, THERE'S MORE RESTRICTIVE WAIVER REQUIREMENTS TO CHAPTER FIVE, SO THAT THEY ALIGN WITH THOSE REGULATIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL. THAT'S ALL THIS IS BEFORE YOU, UH, WE SHARED THIS WITH THE FEDERATION AND WITH THE GROWTH COALITION, ALSO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERMIT OFFICE ALSO REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HOLBURN, WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON ITEM FOUR. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION FROM THE CHAIR TO, UH, APPROVE THIS ITEM. I BELIEVE THAT MOTION IS SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE. THIS ITEM IS APPROVED. [18. INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT Request to review and propose revisions to UDC, Chapter 16, Signage, Section 16.2.4, Design, Construction and Maintenance ] WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18, INITIATION OF TEXT AMENDMENT. OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, ASKING FOR INITIATION OF A TEXT AMENDMENT, UH, TO REQUEST, REVIEW, AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE UDC, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 16, SIGNAGE SECTION 16.24, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UH, WITH DISCUSSIONS THROUGH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL BLAKE STEINER AND COUNCILMAN COLE ON STEPH STUDYING THIS SECTION TO ASSIST WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, THIS HAS TO DEAL WITH DILAPIDATED AND ABANDONED SIGNS ACROSS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH. SO, WITH A MOTION TO, UH, TO STUDY THIS, WE WILL, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND REVISE, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS SECTION AT A FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION. ON THIS ITEM, I MAKE A MOTION, COMMISSIONER SCR HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN, UH, SECONDED BY OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, LAST NAME LATINO . ANY OBJECTIONS, UH, FOR THAT ITEM? THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED [DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS ] AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, [00:25:01] BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A, UH, COMMISSIONER APRIL HAWTHORNE, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE WITH US TONIGHT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER FOR HER, HER SIX YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS BOARD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS, UH, PUT TOGETHER A, UH, A PLAQUE, AND WE'LL GET THAT TO COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, UH, EITHER IN PERSON, AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE MAIL. THE PLAQUE READS AN APPRECIATION FOR HER SERVICE, DEDICATION, UNDERSTANDING AND PROVIDING A CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PLANNING WITH THE SENSITIVITY TO THE NATURAL AND MANMADE ENVIRONMENTS. THANK YOU, APRIL, FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO, TO KNOW YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT WE HAVE IS, UM, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20TH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB. I WILL, UH, ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EACH OF THOSE SIX YEARS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE, UH, HAS SERVED. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH HER ON THERE, ON THERE ON THIS BODY WITH HER. AND WE CERTAINLY WISH HER, UH, THE BEST IN HER ENDEAVORS THAT, THAT, UH, ALIGN THE FUTURE. WE'LL [COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS ] MOVE ON AT THIS TIME TO COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME. UH, WE GENERALLY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. WE WEREN'T, UH, ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, THIS TIME. BUT I WILL GIVE A BRIEF, UH, REPORT ON, UH, THE BRETT COMMISSION AT THIS TIME. UH, AS USUAL, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF BIG INITIATIVES GOING ON, UH, AT THE AGENCY. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, WITH FAMILIES, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES IS MARCH 4TH, UH, A DATE FOR SUMMER CAMP, UH, REGISTRATION. SO, UH, IF YOU CAN SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, UH, ABOUT BR AND THEY OFFER, UH, AWARD-WINNING CAMPS, UH, FOR JUST ABOUT ANY INTEREST OR AGE GROUP, AND A LOT OF THEM FILL UP THE SAME DAY AS REGISTRATION. SO IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT, I, I'D CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY SOONER THAN LATER. UH, WE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT, UH, BRECK, UH, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS N R P A GOLD MEDAL AWARD, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, IF YOU WILL, FOR PARKS. AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, SUPERINTENDENT WILSON HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO PROFESSIONAL GROUPS ACROSS THE AREA AND EVEN APPEARING IN PARADES IN ORDER TO, UH, KIND OF SHARE THAT, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY. UH, YOU'LL SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHATNOT. UH, YOU HAVE KIDS TAKING, TAKING PICTURES WITH THE, UH, WITH THE GOLD MEDAL. SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REALLY, UH, ABLE TO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN AND, AND, AND TRULY APPRECIATE. SO ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN THAT WIN IS THE 2004. IMAGINE YOUR PARK STRATEGIC PLAN. IN ADDITION TO THE 2014 UPDATED PLAN, UH, WHICH, UH, MORE OR LESS GUIDED THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SYSTEM. UH, THE AGENCY USED TO BE COMPRISED OF MOSTLY YOUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, AND NOW IT HAS 175 PARKS, WHICH INCLUDES 12 LARGE COMMUNITY PARKS, SPLASH PADS, DOG PARKS, A 30,000 FOOT EXTREME SPORTS PARK, LIBERTY LAGOON, WATER PARK, A GROWING TRAIL SYSTEM, CONSERVATION AREAS, AND, AND PLENTY MORE. IT WASN'T UNTIL I ACTUALLY JOINED THE COMMISSION THAT I REALIZED JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW, UH, HOW INVOLVED, UH, REC IS IN, IN, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE, THE LEVEL OF, UH, PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER TO ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT GROUPS AND WHATNOT. IT'S, IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL THING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF. SO YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A YEAR LONG EFFORT TO CREATE A THIRD ITERATION OF THE IMAGINE YOUR PARKS PLAN, WHICH WILL, WILL INCLUDE A 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN AND THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLANS TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM KIND OF MOVING FORWARD. AND PUT BRETT IN A POSITION TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL AGAIN IN TWO, IN 2027. HOPEFULLY, UH, ONCE AN AGENCY WINS THE AWARD, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO REAPPLY, UH, FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS. SO WE'LL BE PRACTICING IN THE MEANTIME, . SO, UH, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS WILL, UH, FOR THAT WE'LL INCLUDE A, UH, FOR THAT, UH, IMAGINE YOUR PARKS. UH, NEXT ITERATION WILL INCLUDE A ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT PORTION, AND THAT'LL HAPPEN THROUGH PUBLIC MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, UH, SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS. SO IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE COMING COME YOUR WAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE RIGHT NOW. BRETT LEADERSHIP IS ALSO PREPARING TO CELEBRATE THE OPENINGS OF THE RENOVATED JS CLARK GOLF COURSE, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME REPEATEDLY. HEY, UH, HOW WE LOOKING ON THE TIMELINE WITH THAT? SO, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE, UH, THAT'LL BE OPENING VERY, VERY SOON. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW PYGMY, UH, HIPPO EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO IN GREENWOOD COMMUNITY PARK, THE ENTIRE PHASE OF THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY, UH, INCLUDING A NEW GIRAFFE FEEDING EXHIBIT, UH, A NEW ENTRY BUILDING IN THE PARK AND ONE OF A KIND ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND SHOULD BE CONTR COMPLETED SOMETIME IN 2024. CONSTRUCTION SHOULD ALSO BEGIN ON A TRAIL TO CONNECT SCOTLANDVILLE PARKWAY TO MEMORIAL STADIUM FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, IN ADDITION TO A COMMUNITY PARK AT AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND THE LAKES PROJECT THAT I, [00:30:01] I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BRETT WILL ALSO SOON BE BUILDING, UH, SEVERAL SAFE ROOMS, WHICH ARE STATE-OF-THE-ART RECREATION CENTERS THAT WILL HOUSE FIRST RESPONDERS DURING AN EMERGENCY. AND THAT'LL BE AT BOTH THE AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND THE MEMORIAL STADIUM COMPLEX USING CITY PARISH, UM, FEMA FUNDING NEW MASTER PLANS WILL ALSO BE CREATED FOR THE BLUE BOND SWAMP NATURE CENTER AND PERKINS ROAD COMMUNITY PARK CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING AT HOWELL COMMUNITY PARK ON AN ELEVATED RECREATION CENTER AND POOL THAT WERE DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD OF 2016, UH, AS WELL AS A NEW NATURE STATION AT FRENCHTOWN ROAD CON CONSERVATION AREA AND A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. RECENTLY, THE BRETT COMMISSION ALSO APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF A FOUR FOUR ACRE TRACTOR LAND NEAR FOREST COMMUNITY PARK. AND THAT'S PART OF, UH, CONSERVATION AND FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED ON ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO IF YOU LOOK LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE PROJECTS OR ANY EVENTS OR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED BY BR, UH, ANY OF THEIR INITIATIVES, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE@BRICK.ORG AND ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, AND YOUTUBE. AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE THE REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEWEST EMPLOYER OF THE MONTH, BLANCA TAHIRA, WHO IS A PLANNING MANAGER OF THE SITE PLAN AND PLAT DIVISION. BLANCA HAS TRAINED NEW STAFF TO HELP THEM LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS AND HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES. HER ROLE IN TRAINING NEW STAFF IS VITAL TO OUR SUCCESS. BLANCA HAS PROVIDED, HAS A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN HER PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES THAT MOTIVATES OTHERS. SHE DISPLAYS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WORKS TO ENSURE TASKS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME. SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WONDERFUL TEAM. PLEASE HELP ME IN CONGRATULATE BLANC. ARE THERE ANY ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ELEANOR. ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.