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THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND

[ROLL CALL]

ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE ROLL CALL DIRECTOR, HOLCOMB.

CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.

HERE BY CHAIRMAN GROUT.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER BANKS.

COMMISSIONER EL COMMISSIONER LATINO.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER SCRUGGS HERE.

AND COMMISSIONER STERLING HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU MR.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

HOLCOMB.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 20TH MEETING? MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STERLING, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.

THERE IS NO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

SO 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 48.

DURING THE MEETING, ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW.BR LA I'M YEAH, ALL COMMENTS WE BROADCAST ON WWW.BRLA.GOV ON METRO CHANNEL 21, BOX CHANNEL 21, AND AT T CHANNEL 99 ON AND ON THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE FACEBOOK PAGE VIA FACEBOOK LIVE.

COMMENTS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO 3:00 PM OF THE MEETING.

DATE WILL BE COMPILED BY POSITION FOUR AND AGAINST, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY INTERESTED PERSONS WHO DO NOT WISH TO COMMENT IN PERSON MAY USE THE FORM FOUND@HTTPSWWWDOT.GOV SLASH PC.

APPLICANT AND APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FIRST FOR A PERIOD OF NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.

THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM.

ONCE THE ITEM IS ANNOUNCED, EACH PERSON'S NAME WHO IS FILLED OUT A FORM WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.

PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.

SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

APPLICANTS WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES OR REBUTTAL.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU MR. GROUT.

WE CAN NOW

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MR. MOORE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR WITHDRAWAL AND THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL.

THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CASE 14 23 1500 THROUGH 1600.

BRIGHTSIDE DRIVE TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TWO LC TWO ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BRIGHT SIDE DRIVE WEST OF NICHOLSON.

DRIVE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE 15 DASH 23 12 75 HONORE LANE TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HONORE LANE, EAST OF FIELDSTONE DRIVE.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 16 DASH 23 14 700 OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ONE LC ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY EAST OF MILLERVILLE ROAD.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT K 17 DASH 23 25 75 AND 25 95 O'NEILL LANE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, ONE HC ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF O'NEAL LANE, SOUTH OF NORTH LAROCHE DRIVE.

ITEM NUMBER 10, CASE 19 DASH 23 1 72 40 PERKINS ROAD TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO GENERAL OFFICE, LOW RISE, G O L ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, NORTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD.

ITEM NUMBER 11, CASE 20 DASH 23 1 21 81 AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY WEST OF PICU.

LANE.

ITEM NUMBER 12 CASE 21 23 56.

21 GOVERNMENT STREET TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT, C A B ONE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A GOVERNMENT STREET WEST OF CLOUD DRIVE.

ITEM NUMBER 13, PUT TWO DASH ZERO BENNY'S B QUICK BURBANK UNIVERSITY FINAL DEVELOPMENT

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PLAN.

PROPOSED PROPOSED COMMERCIAL TRUCK RENTAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF PICU LANE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

IN ITEM NUMBER 14, 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 PLANNING COMMISSION.

STAFF CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE UDC.

WE'VE RECEIVED TWO MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION FOR ITEM EIGHT, CASE 1723 AND ONE FOR ITEM 10, CASE 1923.

AND ON 11 CASE 2023.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A REQUEST IN PERSON TO PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO HAVE IT HEARD IN THE REGULAR AGENDA ORDER.

THANK YOU.

MR. HOLCOMB 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 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR NUMBER FOUR TO DEFER? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ON THE, UH.

OKAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S ON CONSENT.

IT ISN'T.

I SEE.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSION? IF, IF NOT, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. CHAIRMAN, IT WAS JUST, UH, ONE CONFIRMED, UH, CITIZEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM EIGHT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SCENE NONE.

I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION, I'M ANY, IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY.

THERE'S A SECOND.

FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, UH, TO APPROVE THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.

WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE, TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

BEFORE WE HEAR THE FIRST ITEM, THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO, UH, TO REORDER THE A THE AGENDA, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE FLOW OF THE MEETING.

I BELIEVE, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DIRECTOR HOLAND, THE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, SPEAKER CARDS ARE FOR THE FIRST TWO ITEMS THAT ARE TO BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

OKAY.

SO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, FROM THE BODY IN THE TO, UH, APPROVE REORDERING THE AGENDA? THERE'S A MOTION FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GR IS THERE SECOND? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS SEEING NOW? WE'LL, WE WILL TO THE REORDER.

SEEING NOW, WE WILL MOVE, UH, ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE BEHIND THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE REMAINING ITEMS, UH, WITH A, UH, MUCH FEWER NUMBER OF, UH, SPEAKER CARDS.

SO AT THIS

[4. TA-2-23 Chapter 16, Signs]

TIME, WE WILL HEAR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, TEXT A MEMBER 2 23 CHAPTER 16 SIGNS.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 16 TO REVISE SECTION 16.24, DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PERTAINING TO SPECIFICALLY ABANDONED SIGNS.

PLANNING COMMISSION.

STAFF HAS CERTIFIED THAT THE PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE'VE RECEIVED MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM FROM THE BAT ROUGE AREA CHAMBER MAYOR PRO, TIM LAMONT, COLE, AND COUNCILMAN GOK.

UH, THIS TEXT AMENDMENT SIMPLY ESTABLISHES A CLEAR PROCEDURE FOR THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO DETERMINE WHEN EXISTING ABANDONED SIGNS ARE, ARE JUST THAT ABANDONED.

IT WILL ALSO HAVE A FORMAL NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT OUTLINES A PROCESS TO RESPOND AND ALSO A REMOVAL PROCESS OF THE SIGN IF THE OWNER IS NOT RESPONSIVE.

THIS SAME, UH, IN SIMILAR LANGUAGE WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE YEARS AGO.

UH, UPON RESEARCH IT WAS INADVERTENTLY REMOVED FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THIS SIMPLY PUTS THAT LANGUAGE BACK IN THERE THAT GIVES, UM, WARRANTY TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO ENFORCE BLIGHTED SIGNS ACROSS THE CITY PARISH.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, SPEAKER CORDS FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

AND SINCE THIS IS A, UH, ITEM THAT IS INITIATED, UH, BY THIS BODY, SO THERE'S NO, UH, APPLICANT, UH, TO SPEAK, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER BANKS HAS, UH, SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO SAY REGARDING THIS ITEM.

SO THE REASON WHY, UM, I'M ASKING FOR THIS ITEM B TO BE DEFERRED IS THAT, UM, I WAS WORKING WITH BOTH PLANNING AND PERMITTING AS IT RELATES TO SIGNS.

AND ONE OF THE, UM, THE ISSUES THAT I

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BELIEVE, UH, NEED TO BE HANDLED IN ADVANCE IS WE NEVER SIGNS ARE GETTING ARE ABANDONED BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, UP FOR A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEY'RE WEATHER BEATEN, FALL DOWN, TEAR UP, TORN UP AND ALL.

SO, UM, I WAS WORKING WITH A PARISH ATTORNEY AND, UM, SOME ON HAVING PERSONS WITH SIGNS TO HAVE, UM, A DATE ISSUE OR A CERTIFICATION NUMBER BECAUSE OFTEN WE HAVE SIGNS WHERE THEY ARE EVEN, THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, PEOPLE JUST PUTTING SIGNS OUT.

SO FOR ME, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, WE NEED TO GO TO MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND ARE GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING OFFICE, THAT THEY KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IN ADVANCE OF, UM, WHATEVER THE EVENT IS, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT, WHETHER IT'S AN ELECTION, WHATEVER, THAT THE SIGNS ARE TO BE UP, HOW LONG AFTER THAT EVENT THEY'RE TO BE DOWN.

AND THIS, BY PUTTING SOME KIND OF, UM, WHEN THEY'RE PRINTING, BEING ABLE TO PUT A PERMIT NUMBER ON THEM IN EVERY CITIZEN CAN, WILL THEN BE ABLE TO BE, UM, INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT BLIGHTED SIGNS AND SIGNS THAT HAVE, UM, EITHER VIOLATED THE, THE TIMELINE OR MISSED THE TIMELINE.

ALL THIS IS, IT'S, UM, IT'S FINE, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S AN ADVANCE OF, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET WITH THE PARISH ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO US KNOWING THOSE TIMELINES.

AND THEN AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WE DO THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THE MAINTENANCE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE STILL GONNA HAVE THE SAME, UM, OUTCOMES AS IT RELATES TO SIGNS BEING ABANDONED BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW THE TIMELINE OR WHAT CONSTITUTE THEM BEING ABANDONED.

OKAY.

AND SO TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE, YOU ARE REQUESTING TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

NEXT MEETING.

OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 30 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THERE'S A SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT AS WELL? I DO HAVE A COMMENT AS WELL, YES.

UM, I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN BANKS IS GETTING TO.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE THAT WE GET CLARITY OF WHEN THAT TIME STARTS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ATTEMPTING TO DO.

BUT FOR MY PURPOSE, I ALSO WANNA BE ON THE RECORD AND SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE CLARITY OF WHEN THE 90 DAYS ACTUALLY STARTS AND THAT NOTICE TO THE OWNERS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE SIGNS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S ATTEMPTING TO GET TO.

AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THAT PART OF THE PROCESS.

BUT THAT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FOR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS, UH, TO DEFER 30 DAYS.

THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE

[8. Case 17-23 2575 and 2595 O’Neal Lane]

ON TO THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE 17 23, 25, 75 AND 25 95.

O'NEILL LANE CASE 17 23, 25, 75, AND 25 95.

O'NEILL LANE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF O'NEILL LANE, SOUTH OF NORTH LAROCHE DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE HUDSON.

THE APPLICANT IS DORIS STANKY.

THE FUTURE PR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIXED USE.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 WITH THE REQUESTED ZONING TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE HC ONE CASE 17 23, 25, 75, AND 25 95.

O'NEILL LANE.

STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

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.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

I'M STEVE IRVING, I'M THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER, AND, UH, I'M GONNA LET HIM TELL THE STORY ABOUT IT.

I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TOO, BUT I'M REALLY JUST HERE TO REPRESENT THEM.

YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN? YEAH.

YEAH.

SO WE, UH, WE, WE OWN THE PROPERTY ON LANE.

WE BOUGHT IT, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

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UH, WANTED TO, UM, GET THE PROPERTY LEASED UP AND, AND BE A, UM, AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE FEEL LIKE, UM, TRANSITIONING TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL, UH, GIVES IT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE ASSET.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS, UH, THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.

THE FIRST IS FOR CHAD MORROW.

MR. MORROW, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UH, MY NAME IS CHAD MORROW.

I REPRESENT CAMDEN LAKE, L L C, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE CAMDEN LAKE APARTMENTS LOCATED, UH, 25 25 O LANE, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF LAROCHE DRIVE.

UM, AS, AS WAS JUST STATED A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE CURRENT ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY IS C ONE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, DISTRICTS DESIGNATED AS AN INACTIVE DISTRICT UNDER THE UDC.

THE BUT IN THE UDC, THE PERMITTED USES FOR C1 ARE LISTED MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR, SALES AND RENTAL ARE NOT PERMITTED USES UNDER C1.

THEY'RE NOT CONDITIONAL USES, UH, UNDER C1.

AND THIS TO ME IS A CLEAR RECOGNITION BY THE CITY AND PARISH THAT THOSE SIMP, THOSE USES SIMPLY DON'T FIT IN THIS AREA.

THEY, THEY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS.

UM, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS SINCE REPLACED THE C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THREE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, ONE LC, ONE, LC TWO, AND LC THREE.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE WAY I READ THE CODE, THERE ARE THOSE SORT OF HAVE ESCALATING FLEXIBILITY OF USES IN TERMS OF GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER AND CLOSER TO WHAT I'LL CALL HEAVIER COMMERCIAL.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS, IS NOT SEEKING TO BE DESIGNATED AS ONE OF THOSE ESCALATING DISTRICTS, UM, BUT, BUT SEEKS TO GO ALL THE WAY, IF YOU WILL, AND CHANGE THIS FROM WHAT IS NOW A LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO A HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THESE TWO PROPERTIES.

AND THEY'RE DOING THIS, OR HE'S DOING THIS WITH WHAT WE WOULD CALL, YOU KNOW, A SPOT ZONING OF, OF CHANGING THESE TWO BECAUSE IT JUST, IT, IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A, A FIT WHERE THE ENTIRE AREA, UH, NEEDS TO BE OR, OR SHOULD BE SHIFTED TO HC ONE, BUT RATHER, UH, ONLY TWO ADDRESSES ARE BEING PICKED OUT OF THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AT THIS TIME AND BEING SOUGHT TO BE REZONED AS HEAVY.

AND AGAIN, WE THINK THAT THE UDC WAS CORRECTLY DRAFTED IN MAKING THOSE REQUESTED AND PROPOSED USES SIMPLY NOT PERMITTED, NOT EVEN CONDITIONAL USES IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND FOR THAT REASON, UH, WE, WE OBJECT TO THE REZONING APPLICATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY NEXT CARD IS FOR FIELD MAIN.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS FIELD ME.

I REPRESENT, UH, RAMPART MULTI-FAMILY MANAGEMENT, ALSO REST REPRESENTING CAMDEN LAKES LLC.

UH, MY POINT HERE IS TO HOPE YOU CONSIDER WHAT WE FEEL WILL BE A DIRECT IMPACT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AT CAMDEN LAKE APARTMENTS.

WITH THIS NEW PLANNED DEVELOPMENT W NEXT DOOR TO US, WE FEEL THAT IT'LL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS ENJOYMENT OF LIFE WITH NOISE WASTE AND OTHER, UM, CONSTRUCTION OR, OR MA MACHINERY RELATED ITEMS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

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

UM, THIS APPLICANT, THIS APPLICATION CHECKS ALL OF THE BOXES IN TERMS OF THE USAGE.

UH, O'NEILL LANE IS, IS GOING COMMERCIAL.

IT HAS WALMART, IT HAS A CAR REPAIR PLACE, IT HAS TWO CAR PARTS, PLACES.

UM, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY COMING UP THERE.

IT'S JUST THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO O'NEILL LANE AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

UH, I LIVE OUT THERE MYSELF, AND IT'S, YOU CAN SEE IT EVERY DAY.

THANK, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY.

THANK YOU.

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

BEFORE I DO, BEFORE WE MOVE TO, TO THAT PART, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, THERE WAS A, A COMMENT MADE BY ONE OF THE, UH, PERSONS IN OPPOSITION REGARDING SPOT ZONING.

AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT, IT MENTIONS THAT IT'S, UH, COMPATIBLE

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WITH SURROUNDING USES AND, AND MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING AND THEY'RE SEEING C1, C1 NOT SEEING A LOT OF, UH, H ONE, THERE IS SOME ON THE MAP.

UH, COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AS TO, UH, WHY THAT IS THE, UH, THAT IS THE CASE AND WHY IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED SPOT ZONING? CERTAINLY AS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS THAT AS SOME EXACTLY.

WE, WE LOOK FOR, UH, THERE IS ADDITIONAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING, UH, C2 AND HC ONE AND HC TWO IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

UH, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH NOT ONLY THE ZONING, BUT THE DESIGNATED FUTURE BR FUTURE LAND USE.

UH, FOR THIS CORRIDOR, IT'S, UH, FOUR LAND CORRIDOR THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED FOR COMMERCIAL, BOTH LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES SINCE 2011.

IN THE ADOPTION OF FUTURE BR THE, UH, THE CURRENT LAND USE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THIS SPECIFIC CORRIDOR IS DESIGNATED FOR MIXED USE.

AND THE DEFINITION WITHIN THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF A MIXED USE CORRIDOR IS MIXED USE AREAS.

EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND RETAIL CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY PARISH INCLUDE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, UH, THAT ENCOURAGE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF WAREHOUSE OR LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THE ONLY USES THAT SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED ARE TALLER BUILDINGS, MORE THAN FIVE STORIES, INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS.

UH, THOSE USES SHALL BE DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMERCIAL USES BOTH LIGHT AND HEAVY ARE NOT ONLY COMBAT COMPATIBLE, BUT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE BR LAND USE THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR.

THANK YOU.

MR. HOLCOMB, COMMISSION MEMBERS.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

THANK YOU MUCH.

MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I GET THE APPLICANT BACK UP FOR A MOMENT? I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING.

IN YOUR APPLICATION, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU'RE PUTTING A CAR DEALERSHIP USED CARS THERE.

MM-HMM.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S YOUR ONLY INTENDED USE THAT YOU PLAN ON PUTTING ON? YES SIR.

THAT PROPERTY? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE USES OF ACTUALLY GONNA BE.

SO, SO I WANNA JUST REITERATE, SINCE WE'VE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UM, LEASING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE CHANGING THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN KIND OF RECOUP OUR, OUR INVESTMENT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE, WHERE WE ARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? UH, YES OF A QUESTION.

VICE CHAIR MCG BROCK, MR. DIRECTOR, THIS THE ZONING THEY'RE REQUESTING.

WHAT OTHER USES COULD THAT BE PUT TO? SO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE ALLOWS NOT ONLY YOUR TRADITIONAL RETAIL USES, IT ALLOWS UP TO LARGER SCALE, UH, RETAIL USES.

WE'RE PULLING IT UP NOW, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S 250.

YEAH, THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE IS, IS 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL.

OBVIOUSLY THIS SITE WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT BASED ON THE CONSTRAINTS AND THE DIMENSIONS, UH, IN, IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

BUT AGAIN, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING.

SPECIFICALLY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, UH, AND OR REPAIR IS ONLY ALLOWED IN THIS HC ONE PREVIOUSLY.

UH, IT WOULD NOT WORK WITH THE LIGHTER COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS ALL I HAVE.

THAT ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS.

ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTIONS OR ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.

WE WILL NOW

[9. Case 18-23 1939 and 1941 Paulson Street]

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 18 23, 19 39 AND 1941.

PAULSON STREET CASE 18 23, 19 39 AND 1941.

PAULSON STREET PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PAULSON STREET SOUTH OF JACKSON AVENUE.

THE APPLICANT IS KAREN MARSHALL.

THE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A TWO WITH A REQUESTED ZONING TO TWO FAMILY, A 2.9 CASE 18 23, 19 39, AND 1941.

PAULSON STREET.

STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING USE THAT WAS PERMITTED AND CONSTRUCTED.

HOWEVER, THE REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

REZONING DOES ADDRESS THE PERMITTED NONCONFORMING USE.

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.

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HEY, GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS KYLE GUIDRY.

I'M ACTUALLY A REAL ESTATE AGENT AT LADDER AND BLOOM, UH, REPRESENTING MISS SELLER.

MISS UH, KAREN MARSHALL.

I REALLY ONLY NEED TO SPEAK IF THERE'S OPPOSITION.

UH, JUST CLEARLY A REZONING OF A TWO A 29.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURT THAT IS IN FAVOR BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK IN US FOR GLENN MARSHALL.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

THAT MOTION FINDS A SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

[Items 2 & 3]

MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

THOSE ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB.

AT THIS TIME WE WILL HEAR ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLAN AMENDMENT 6 23 84 39 84 83 8400 TO EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE OH ONE HIGHLAND ROAD.

AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUD 1 23, THE VILLAGE AT MAGNOLIA WOODS, PA 6 23 84 83 HIGHLAND ROAD WITH RELATED CASE PUD 1 23, THE VILLAGE AT MAGNOLIA WOODS CONCEPT PLAN PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHLAND ROAD, EAST OF MAGNOLIA WOOD AVENUE COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCKA.

THE APPLICANT IS MATT OL.

THE CURRENT FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

THE REQUESTED FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS TO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE WITH A REQUESTED ZONING TO PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT P U D FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 78 LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND 29,400 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

PA 6 23 84 83 HIGHLAND ROAD WITH RELATED CASE PUT 1 23, THE VILLAGE AT MAGNOLIA WOODS CONCEPT PLAN STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA AT A FURTHER LEVEL OF DETAIL AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES.

STAFF ALSO CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT BEING COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.

IF THE COMPANION COMPLA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED FOUR MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO ITEMS. THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I'M WALTER MONSOUR WITH C S R S AT, UM, 85 55 UNITED PLAZA BOULEVARD IN BATON ROUGE.

UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN, BANKS AND GENTLEMEN.

UH, THIS, UH, APPLICATION WE BELIEVE IS, UH, THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE.

THE DEVELOPERS HAVE MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND DIRECT NEIGHBORS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR, FIVE MONTHS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

WE'VE HAD BOTH HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS MEET WITH THEM ON THE DRAINAGE AS WELL AS TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ON THE TRAFFIC.

UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS NEARBY.

BUT, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE BELIEVE, AS SOMEONE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID, CHECKS ALL THE BOXES, AND IN FACT, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE UDC WANT TO SEE IN INFIELD DEVELOPMENT.

UM, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA IS THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR THIS DISTRICT.

UH, SHE'S SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

UH, IT'S BEEN ENGINEERED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS STORM, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED.

UH, THE CURRENT A ONE ZONING ALLOWS FOR 82 LOTS.

THE APPLICATION SAYS 78, BUT WE'VE EVEN AMENDED THAT DOWN TO 75 LOTS.

THERE'LL BE SIX TOWN HOME LOTS AND 69 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S LOW DENSITY.

THERE'S GONNA BE 29,400 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AS WELL.

UM, WE ARE PREPARE.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO JACK AND BORE UNDER HIGHLAND ROAD TO ALLEVIATE SOME CURRENT DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS AN OFFSITE, UM, WORK ON OUR PART THAT IS NOT REQUIRED, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, AMENDMENT

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TO THE PLAN OR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT IS THE BEST THING FOR THE SUBDIVISION, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE AREA AS WELL.

SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

I'M CERTAIN THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, SATISFIED EVERYBODY, BUT THAT WILL NEVER BE THE CASE AS FAR AS I KNOW MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN.

UH, BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, UH, AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS AREA AND I WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR SUPPORT AND BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WHEN THAT TIME IS AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD THAT IS IN FAVOR IS FOR STEVE BENTON.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

WELL, LET ME OBJECT TO THAT.

.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

UM, LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF FIRST.

I'M STEVE BENTON.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR FIRST OF ALL, YOUR SERVICE HERE.

UM, I GREW UP ON THIS PROPERTY.

THIS IS FAMILY PROPERTY TO ME AND TO SELL IT, UM, FRANKLY, ALMOST BRINGS ME TO TEARS.

UM, I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AND WHILE THEY MAY LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND CHALLENGE MY, MY SINCERITY BECAUSE I AM SINCERE, I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE.

THESE FOLKS HAD A ROAD TO GO DOWN.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE THEM AS NEIGHBORS.

I'M GLAD THEY OBJECT TO SOME OF THE POINTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESULTED IN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY.

I DON'T LIKE IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT CHANGES MY WORLD.

THERE IS NO ONE THAT'S GONNA BE MORE AFFECTED BY THIS THAN MYSELF.

I LOSE A LIFETIME VISTA.

I LOSE THE TREE CANOPY, I LOSE THE SILENCE.

I LOSE THE FOX THAT KEEPS COMING THROUGH THE BACK OF MY YARD TO GET INTO THE BACK OF THAT PROPERTY.

BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD TURNS SOMETIMES.

EVERY TIME A NEW STREET GOT POPPED UP, I LOST SOMETHING.

BUT WE GAINED SOMETHING.

WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF DEVELOPERS BEFORE THESE FOLKS SHOWED UP AND THEY PROMISED THE MOON AND DELIVERED NOTHING.

WHEN I WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAINSTORM TO TRACK WHERE THE WATER WAS GOING, BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE I THOUGHT, I KNEW WHERE IT WAS.

I'VE LIVED THERE ALL MY LIFE AND I KNEW THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND WHAT I WAS ABLE TO TRACK, I SHARED AND THE OFFSITE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

THAT'S SOME OF THE RESPONSE THAT NONE OF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS A EVEN CARED ABOUT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY WALKED THE STREETS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SPOKEN WITH COUNTLESS NEIGHBORS THAT ARE OUT WALKING LIKE I DO IN THE MORNINGS AND THE EVENINGS.

UM, I HAVE KNOCKED ON DOORS IN THE FIRST BLOCK OR SO OF, OF THE STREET.

I HAVE NOT HAD COMPLETE SUCCESS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED.

THEY DO IN FACT BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP HAS HONOR.

THEY HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE.

THEY MET WITH US AND WE PUNCHED THEM ON THE CHIN.

ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.

YES SIR.

NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE IN, IN LARGE MEETINGS THAT WENT ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THEY CAN TAKE A PUNCH.

THEY DID NOT GRIPE.

AND THEY HAVE PROMISED TO STEP UP AND DO THE THINGS NECESSARY.

I WANT US TO HAVE A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE POD.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STEP INTO THE NEW WORLD AND HAVE A PLACE TO SHARE, TO GATHER, TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE.

UM, I'M SORRY FRANKLY THAT WE CAN'T KEEP IT THE WAY IT WAS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN FAVOR, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

THOSE ARE FOR LAOS BUTTON AND MONA BUTTON.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THOSE CARDS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.

THE FIRST IS FOR MARK RILEY.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES AFTERNOON.

I TOO GREW UP MAGNOLIA WOODS.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

IT SAYS, FOR PROPOSAL THREE, THE ONLY CONCERN OF SOMEWHAT LEFT AT A HALF A ACRE.

THIS CAN'T BE CORRECT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACRES THAT IS.

I THINK THE, LET'S BE A TYPO HERE.

I THINK THE HALF A ACRE HAS TO DO WITH THE

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PROPERTY ON HIGHLAND ROAD ITSELF, WHICH IS THE FIRST NUMBER, NUMBER TWO.

BUT CERTAINLY IT IS NUMBER THREE TO P U D.

ONE DASH 23 IS MUCH LARGER THAN A HALF AN ACRE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WE GOTTA GET THAT CLEARED UP.

I'VE KNOWN THE BENTON FAMILIES MY WHOLE LIFE AS WELL.

WE MOVED ON THE CORNER LIGHTED.

LET'S SEE.

NOW I KNOW YOU WAS THE MILLER WITH 1963.

WE'VE ENJOYED THAT PROPERTY OUR WHOLE LIVES OF, WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE BEN, CHAIRED THE POOL WITH THE BINS.

HAD NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR THOSE GUYS.

HOWEVER, EXCUSE ME, THEY DEVELOPED THIS LAND BACK THERE.

IT'S RADICALLY GOING TO CHANGE MY WAY OF LIFE AND THE WAY OF LIFE OF EVERYBODY SURROUNDING THEM.

AND I BEGGED BEFORE YOU APPROVE ANY CHANGES TO THE ZONING THERE, WE OUGHT BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I HADN'T SEEN A PLOT PLAN OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

THEY MENTIONED A LOW DENSITY HOUSING, BUT IT MENTIONS RIGHT HERE A MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING AS WELL.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT SINGLE RESIDENT OR THEY QUADRAPLEXES DUPLEX.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

APARTMENT BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW WE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

I LIKE WHAT THE GUY SAID ABOUT HIM TRYING TO WORK ON THE AREA.

UH, DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING QUITE NATURALLY.

THAT'S A CITY PARISH CONCERNS.

WELL, I'M SURE, BUT IN THE AREA, JUST, JUST IN ONE OF THE RECENT FLOODS, I KNOW PEOPLE HAD WATER IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF, NOT CAUSE OF FLOODING, BUT BECAUSE OF POOR DRAINAGE, POOR MAINTENANCE OF DRAINAGE.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ALSO OCCURS, UH, IS VERY MUCH CONCERNED TO US.

YOU GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.

THANK YOU.

TRAFFIC COMING AND GOING.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMING OUT WHERE IT'S COMING OUT, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE LIKE TO SEE PLOT PLAYING AND THE EXACT PLAN OF WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING.

MY PROPERTY BACKS UP RIGHT TO THE WOODS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, DEVELOP THOUGH QUITE AN AFTER IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY, UH, UH, OUR LIFESTYLE.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR ANNETTE, A BEAR.

IS IT A BEAR? YES.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

HOW ARE YOU? WELL, AND YOU I'M NERVOUS.

.

IF I SWALLOW MY TONGUE, SOMEBODY HELP.

HEY, MAGNOLIA WOODS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DON'T LIVE IN COOKIE CUTTER HOUSES.

THERE ARE MANY ON THIS SIDE OF YOUR FOCUS, EMBRACING THOSE LAST FEW PRECIOUS ACRES WHERE THE WILD THINGS DWELL.

PREACHERS FROM AMPHIBIANS TO OWLS, BUNTINGS, RABBIT, DEER, RACCOON, AND EVEN THE SCREAMING COYOTES AND MANY OTHERS LIVE AND PASS THROUGH THERE.

ALONG WITH THE WILD BERRIES, IRIS, HONEYSUCKLE, PECAN AND PINE, THEY ALL PEACEFULLY COEXIST TO SIMPLY LIVE OFFERING THEIR GIFTS TO THE ECOSYSTEM IN WHICH THEY THRIVE.

THEY HAVE BLESSED US WITH PEACE, THE ESSENCE OF MAGNOLIA WOODS.

IT'S MY SINCERE PRAYER THAT IN THE MIDST OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE REMAINING ACRES IN MAGNOLIA WOODS, THAT YOU'LL FIND THE COMPASSION TO REHOME THE WILDLIFE THAT HAVE FOUND SANCTUARY.

THEY SIMPLY LIVE AND THEY'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG.

AND PLEASE, DEVELOPERS, WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, AS YOU PROGRESS DOWN THIS ROAD, TURN YOUR EYES TOWARDS ECOLOGICALLY PROGRESSIVE CITIES SUCH AS AUSTIN OR FORT COLLINS.

PEACE WITH NATURE HAS UNFOLDED IN THOSE CITIES.

TRY IT HERE.

WE OWE IT TO OUR NEXT GENERATIONS.

LASTLY, YOU SHOULD PROCEED AS PLANNED.

LASTLY, SHOULD YOU PROCEED AS PLANNED PERMANENTLY FIXING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WITHOUT HARMING THOSE THAT LIVE DOWN THE ESCARPMENT.

BUILD SPEED BUMPS IN LAY SIDEWALKS ON MENLO CASTLE, KIRK KIMBRO, AND MAGNOLIA WOOD AVENUE, AS WELL AS STOP SIGNS AT ALL INTERACTIONS.

D IN ALL INTERSECTIONS.

DENYING THAT, THEN RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED VEHICLE OUTLET TO MENLO OR KIMBRO.

WHATEVER IT IS NOW NEW RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THE ENTIRE CITY FROM HIGHLAND ROAD.

WE HAVE GROWN WEARY OF DODGING SPEEDING CARS, SCHOOL BUSES AND TRUCKS, DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH

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NOWHERE TO GO BUT THE DITCHES AS IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC.

I ALSO URGE YOU TO DROP MAGNOLIA WOODS FROM THE PROPOSED NAME.

YEAH, ABOUT 30 SECONDS MA'AM.

AS FAR AS THE 100 YEAR PLAN FLOOD PLAN GOES, WHY DID MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE FLOOD IN 2019 OR 2021? WHITED HOUSES AT THE END OF MAGNOLIA WOOD AVENUE FLOOD AND HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND REBUILT BEHIND YOUR HOUSE.

MR. BENTON, YOU'LL STILL HAVE SOME WOODS IN A LAKE AND THAT WILL BE YOUR SANCTUARY, BUT YOU'RE LEAVING THE REST OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA WITH NONE.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR VICKY PQ.

YEAH, THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

UH, THERE CERTAINLY WILL BE A HARMFUL IMPACT ON MAGNOLIA WOODS TO BUILD THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND WITH CURRENTLY VERY UNCERTAIN PLANS.

MOST PARTICULARLY WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT OF SURROUNDING ROADS, MENLO KIMBROUGH AND MAGNOLIA WOODS.

THERE WILL BE MANY MORE VEHICLES MOVING IN AND OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

MANY OF THE VEHICLES GOING IN AND OUT OF THE VILLAGE AT MAGNOLIA WOODS WILL BE JUST PASSING THROUGH.

WE ALREADY HAVE SPEEDING VEHICLES.

WE HAVE DONATED OUR PRIVATE MONEY TO POST SLOW YOUR ROLL SIGNS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HELPED MUCH.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF WALKERS.

THEY'RE WALKERS AFTER DUSK AND EARLY MORNING WALKERS.

THERE ARE WALKERS DURING THE DAY.

THERE ARE VERY FEW SIDEWALKS AND THERE ARE DEEP DITCHES.

THE PAVEMENT IS 19 FEET WIDE.

THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN INJURIES, DISFIGUREMENTS AND DEATHS IF YOU DO NOT REQUIRE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE SURROUNDING ROADS.

AND I CALL UPON THE CITY TO DO THIS.

IF THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY NEEDS TO IMPROVE THOSE ROADS, VEHICLES NEED TO ENTER AN EXIT ON HIGHLAND ROAD.

THE STREETS ON THE BACK END.

MENLO KIMBRO AND MAGNOLIA WOOD ARE ALREADY CLUTTERED UP WITH PARKED VEHICLES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

SOME DEEP DITCHES AND THE 19 FOOT WIDE PAVEMENT.

I ASK THAT THESE ITEMS, ONE IN THREE BE DEFERRED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MANY ISSUES CONFRONTING MAGNOLIA WOODS' RESIDENCE UNTIL THE PLANS FOR DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC ARE MADE STABLE.

AND I HAVE A FINAL QUESTION.

I'VE HEARD MANY DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF MR. GO'S PLANS AND I'VE ATTENDED ALL OF THE OPEN MEETINGS AVAILABLE TO ME.

UH, TODAY I'VE HEARD 75 HOUSES AND 69 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.

SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER SIX RESIDENCES? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER SIX HOUSES ABOUT? I HAVE NO INFORMATION WHATSOEVER ABOUT THESE.

I'VE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO DEFER UNTIL THE PLANS HAVE GELLED A LITTLE BETTER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY NEXT CARD IS FOR EDDIE CARTER.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, MY NAME'S EDDIE CARTER.

I LIVE AT 40 71 KIMBRO DRIVE.

AND I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE FOR BEING REDUNDANT, BUT I'VE WAITED THIS LONG.

I'M GONNA TAKE MY THREE MINUTES.

WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK TOWARDS IS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.

UM, AND WHAT I'M OPPOSING IS THE ACTUAL CONNECTION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH KIMBRO DRIVE.

THE EXISTING STREETS ARE NARROW AND THEY BARELY ALLOW TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.

THEY'RE NO SIDEWALKS.

AND THE OPEN DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE DEEP, EXCESSIVE SPEEDING OCCURS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO THE MANY PEDESTRIAN USERS AND BICYCLISTS WHO HAVE TO SHARE THE ROAD.

THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULD POSSIBLY ADD INCREASED TRAFFIC ON KIMBRO DRIVE UP TO 300 CARS PER DAY.

THIS IS SERIOUS IMPACTS TO OUR STREET AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AVOIDING IMPACTS WITH NO ENTRANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON KIMBRO MENLO OR HIGHLAND ROAD.

I MEAN, OR MAGNOLIA WOODS ONLY ON HIGHLAND ROAD, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

IF THIS TO AVOID THESE IMPACTS.

IF THAT, IF THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, POSSIBLY A DEAD END ON KIMBRO BEFORE THE CURVE, WHICH IS AT 2 0 5 KIMBRO DRIVE.

IF THIS PROPOSAL DOES GO FORWARD, MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS BY REDESIGNING THE INTERSECTION TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR VEHICLE TURNING MOVEMENTS AND INCREASE SITE DISTANCES

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TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA ELEMENT OF SAFETY.

FURTHER.

TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THIS, WE WOULD ASK FOR TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTIONS SUCH AS FOUR-WAY STOPS AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND POSSIBLE SPEED HUMPS OR DIPS TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN.

PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THERE.

RIGHT NOW THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE OVERTURNED CARS BECAUSE THEY'VE RUN THROUGH STOP SIGNS.

UM, I JUST WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE ALLOW US TO, TO, TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ALL CHOSE TO LIVE THERE.

UM, AND AGAIN, MY FOCUS IS, IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE CONNECTION WITH KIMBRO DRIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT CARD IS FOR JAY MICHAEL ALLEN.

GOOD EVENING LADIES.

GENTLEMEN.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MIKE ALLEN AND I LIVE AT 2 23 KIMBRO DRIVE.

THAT IS LOT SEVEN OF LAUREL LEE SUBDIVISION.

THIS IS TWO LOTS DOWN FROM THE PROPOSED ACCESS TO KIMBRO DRIVE FROM THE VILLAGE OF MAGNOLIA WOODS.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS MY CONCERNS AS MR. BENTON ALLUDED TO THE DRAINAGE ISSUE.

IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM TODAY WITHOUT NO CONSTRUCTION HAVING TAKEN PLACE TODAY WHEN, I'M SORRY, UH, THERE IS BEHIND MY HOUSE A DITCH THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 FEET WIDE AND ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 FEET DEEP ALONG THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE IS ANOTHER DITCH.

BY THE TIME IT MERGES WITH THAT BACK DITCH, IT'S AT THAT SAME DEPTH.

I'VE HAD WATER IN MY YARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, I GOT A PICTURE OF IT HERE, BUT I CAN'T SHOW IT TO YOU CUZ I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY OF MY, UH, BACKYARD FLOODING.

I HAVE HAD ON OCCASION UP TO MY, UH, FOUNDATION.

GOOD NEWS IS I'VE NOT FLOODED INSIDE MY HOUSE YET.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SOME REAL CONCERNS.

CAUSE WITH THE NORMAL RAINS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING AROUND HERE, MY DITCHES ARE FULL.

THEY HAVE NO ROOM, AND THEY DO OVERFLOW ON TIME.

I HAVE SHED OUT BACK THIS HAD THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF WATER IN IT.

AND THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL HAPPENING.

THE OWNERS OF THE BUSINESSES ON HIGHLAND ROAD NEXT TO THE MAIN DITCH SAYS HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE CUSTOMER PARKING LOT DURING THESE TIMES OF RAIN.

AND I QUOTE, WE HAVE HAD WATER IN OUR PARKING LOT UP TO OUR PORCHES BEFORE, AND OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK.

SO DRAINAGE IS ALREADY AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR THIS.

FOR US, THESE DITCHES ARE VERY DEEP, AND ALL THE WATER IN THESE DITCHES DRAINS TOWARD THE 36 INCH COVERED UNDER HIGHLAND ROAD.

AND THAT IS SIMPLY NOT GOING TO CUT IT IN MY MIND.

WHEN WE THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKE, IF THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE IN A, IN ADDITION, THE THE, UH, UH, CUT THROUGH INTO KIMBER DRIVE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THE WATER THAT'S IN THOSE DITCHES TODAY THROUGH THAT AREA? IN REVIEWING THE DRAINING PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT, I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN ADDRESSES THE ADDITIONAL WATER ISSUES THAT WILL COME FROM THE NUMBER OF HOUSES, STREETS, AND DRIVEWAYS.

SEVERAL NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE MET WITH MR. GOS AND HE HAS AGREED TO TAKE OUR SUGGESTIONS UNDER ADVISEMENT.

HOWEVER, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM HIM REGARDING THE PLANS AND DETAIL, WE ARE RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT HIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR MICHAEL AND I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO MAKE OUT THE LAST NAME.

SO NEWMAN.

NEWMAN, SORRY ABOUT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD'VE GUESSED NEWMAN, BUT THAT WAS ONLY CUZ I COULDN'T THINK OF ANOTHER NAME.

SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT, BROTHER.

THAT WAS MICHAEL NEWMAN.

UM, UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF MAGNA WOODS FOR PROBABLY OVER 50 YEARS.

GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR.

AND, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY ONE OF MY CONCERNS AND MY BIG CONCERN WAS DRAINAGE BECAUSE I WORK RESIDENTIAL, UH, LANDSCAPING, AND I DO A LOT OF DRAINAGE WORK, AND ESPECIALLY WHAT'S DEVELOPING NOW WITH THESE ZERO PROPERTY LINE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND SO IN THE PROCESS OF THIS, UM, I RIGHT AWAY THE CONCERNS THAT I SAW WAS NUMBER ONE, HOLLAND ROAD, THE THREE FOOT PIPE, WHICH A LOT OF THIS STUFF WAS WAY BEFORE TY, MR.

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GHOST EVEN SHOWED UP.

AND THESE PROBLEMS HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

AND IT'S HUGE.

AND I'VE BEEN AT MICHAEL'S HOUSE AND SEEING WHAT THE WATER DOES, UH, THE DRAINAGE ASPECTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT EVERYTHING OVER EVERY BIT OF THE DESIGN.

SO THAT ONE CONCERN OF HIGHLAND ROAD AND THE THREE FOOT PIPE BETWEEN SAMMY'S AND BANK HEADSS, UM, DENNIS'S OFFICE, THAT'S HUGE.

THAT'S A BIG, BIG CONCERN.

BUT GHOSTS SEEMS TO THINK THAT HE'S GONNA RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

I THINK HE WOULD PROBABLY DO IT.

HE'S GONNA GET IT DONE.

THE OTHER ASPECT IS, UH, THE, UH, THERE'S SIX LOTS ON MENLO IN THE BACK END OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

AND MY CONCERN ON THOSE SIX LOTS AND THE LA EIGHT LOTS THAT ARE ON MAGNA WOODS, ALL THOSE HOMES HAVE WHAT THEY CALL, YOU KNOW, ROOFTOPS, WHICH IS CALLED DISPLACED WATER.

AND THAT WATER'S GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO OUR DRAINAGE SERVITUDE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS IN OUR DRAINAGE SERVITUDES IN MAGNA WOODS, ESPECIALLY UP IN THAT AREA.

SO GHOSTS AND I TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEING RESOLVED, AN IDEA THAT'S BEING RESOLVED, THAT IT'S GONNA GO INTO A DRAINAGE CAULDRON THAT GOES BETWEEN THESE LOTS.

AND I'M ASKING THEM TO PUT A SIX INCH PIPE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE LOTS.

SO SOME, UH, THE, THE GUTTERS THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT ON THESE HOUSES THAT THEY'RE TALK, TALKING ABOUT WILL GO INTO THIS PIPE THAT'S GONNA ALLEVIATE A LOT OF WATER.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE DRIVEWAYS.

SO HE'S, UH, ALL OF US ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE FINDING SOLUTIONS.

I KNOW THAT THESE SCENES ARE GONNA WORK BECAUSE I'VE DONE 'EM.

I'VE HAD A SHOVEL IN MY HAND, UH, WORK FOR TRANSOMS AND LEVELS AND DONE ALL THIS TYPE OF WORK.

IT WILL WORK.

UH, BUT I'M JUST GONNA HOLD OUT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTA GET SOMETHING IN WRITING.

BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SIR.

WE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON RESOLVING THIS STUFF, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS GUY'S BEEN REACHING OUT TO US AND I'VE NEVER HAD A DEVELOPER REACH OUT AND, BUT WE, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS THING RESOLVED.

THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER CORD IS FOR JAMES WILKINS.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

YEAH.

UM, THIS IS GONNA CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS TO MAGNOLIA WOODS.

THE LOSS OF THE WOODS BEING THE WORST AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT I CAN SEE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

MY CONCERN, UH, IS TO REITERATE WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

AND WE'RE TOLD BY THE DEVELOPERS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BACK ENTRANCE TO THIS SUBDIVISION.

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO ON HIGHLAND ROAD IF YOU HIT.

WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH CUT THROUGHS, UH, TRYING TO AVOID THE INTERSECTION AT STARRING AND HIGHLAND PEOPLE RACING DOWN THE, THE STREETS, UH, NARROW STREETS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT.

PAR SIDEWALKS, LOTS OF WALKERS, KIDS RIDING BIKES, PEOPLE WALKING DOGS, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INCREASED DANGER FOR OUR RESIDENTS IF YOU HAVE THIS EXTRA CUT THROUGH, WHICH IS JUST GONNA INCREASE THE PEOPLE COMING DOWN.

SO I WOULD ASK THE DEVELOPERS TO, AND, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HAVE JUST TWO ENTRANCES ON HIGHLAND ROAD, THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, PREFERABLE.

IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEY DO HAVE AN ENTRANCE, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IT BE GATED AND ONLY OPENABLE BY THE RESIDENCE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.

THERE'S ALREADY A PRECEDENT FOR THAT ON THE POND SUBDIVISION OFF BAIRD.

AND THAT WOULD CUT DOWN ON, ON, UH, A LOT OF THE CUT THROUGHS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK OUT.

READ THOSE NAMES IN FOR THE RECORD.

SALLY ALLEN, HARRY ROBERTS, MIKE ALLEN JR.

AND PATTY KEL.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE OBJECTIONS THAT, UH, WE ALL HEARD FROM, UH, THESE RESIDENTS, UH, WITH RESPECT.

UH, I, I THINK I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, HOWEVER, AS ONE OF THE OBJECTORS, UM, SUCCINCTLY STATED THAT THEY KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY THIS PROPERTY IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED, UH, THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY STOP THAT.

AND, UM, IF YOU DO, UH, THEN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR RULES AND REGS BECAUSE THIS, THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT DOES IN FACT COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE UDC, UH, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION

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STANDS FOR.

UH, IN FACT, WE DO HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

THE, THE FIRST, UH, PERSON WHO OBJECTED WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE, THE RADICAL CHANGE OF LIFE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INEVITABLE IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY AND DEVELOP IT.

AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

HOWEVER, UH, SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, UM, OUTLET WAS.

AND IT IS GONNA BE ON KIMBRO, AS WAS STATED LATER.

UH, TRAFFIC CALMING IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS WITH THE CITY PARISH.

WE CAN'T DO THAT ON OUR OWN.

THESE ARE PUBLIC STREETS.

THE CITY PARISH IS GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER AGREE OR MANDATE IT.

UH, BUT WE AS THE DEVELOPERS ARE OPEN TO DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE CITY PARISH AND CERTAINLY PARTICIPATING IN THE COST OF THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.

UM, ONE LADY COMMENTED THAT, UH, IF WE'RE DOING THE, UH, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION, THEN WHY DID THE FLOOD HAPPEN? WHY WERE HOUSES FLOODED IN 19 IN, UH, 2019? WELL, THIS IS 2023 AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THE FLOOD MITIGATION YET.

THIS PLAN DOES DO THE FLOOD MITIGATION.

WE'RE ENGINEERING IT TO A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, WHERE THE CODE ONLY CALLS FOR 25.

SO I THINK YOU CAN SEE WE'RE GOING FOUR TIMES ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED.

UM, THE LOTS, THERE ARE 69 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THERE ARE SIX TOWN HOME LOTS AS FAR AS THE, UH, DRAINAGE ON HIGHLAND ROAD.

IT'S PRESENTLY 1 36 INCH CULVERT.

THE PLANS NOW CALL FOR THAT.

WE ARE GOING TO DO OFFSITE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO, BUT ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT AIDS THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS TO HAVE 2 36 INCH CULVERTS, UH, IN THAT SPOT.

UM, LASTLY, THE, UH, GENTLEMAN ASKED WHY NOT TWO, UH, ENTRANCES AND EXITS ON HIGHLAND ROAD? WELL, CLEARLY IT IS BECAUSE IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON HIGHLAND ROAD, YOU SEE WHETHER YOU HAVE TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS ARE THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THE RESIDENCE OUT.

SO THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER OUTLET.

UM, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF AN EXCEPTION TO THIS.

WE'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH, UH, THE CITY PARISH AS FAR AS HAVING A GATED, UH, ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR THE, UH, RESIDENCE ONLY.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD CATEGORICALLY THAT IF YOU PRIVATIZE ONE STREET, YOU HAVE TO PRIVATIZE ALL OF THEM, AND THAT WOULD BE A TOTALLY GATED COMMUNITY, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, UH, IN THE OFFING, I BELIEVE, FOR THE BEST DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY.

UM, AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE MET ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

I'M, UH, PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTORS, UH, COMMENTED THE DEVELOPER ON THE, THE STEPS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE TIGERS HAS GONE TO, TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEIGHBORS, UH, TO TRY TO MAKE THIS DEVELOPMENT FIRST CLASS AND ONE THAT WILL BE SAFE, ONE THAT WILL HELP DRAINAGE, UH, AS WELL.

AND WE STAND BY THAT.

AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, THAT THIS COMMISSION SEES THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE MADE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE WILLING TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL QUICKLY ASK, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, THAT WAS RAISED BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS REGARDING A POTENTIAL DISCREPANCY, UH, REGARDING THE ACREAGE, UH, DIRECTOR.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT VERY BRIEFLY? CERTAINLY CHAIRMAN.

UM, ITEM TWO, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA AND WAS ADVERTISED IN THE ADVOCATE.

UM, IT, IT DESCRIBES ALL LOTS OF RECORD AND PARCELS OF PROPERTY THAT ARE PART OF THAT PLAN AMENDMENT.

AGAIN, ITEM TWO IS JUST THE PLAN AMENDMENT.

SO THE TOTAL ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ON, ON JUST THE PLAN AMENDMENT IS 3.1 ACRES.

UH, IT INCLUDES A 0.483 ACRE TRACT THAT I THINK THE GENTLEMAN, UH, WHO, WHO QUESTIONED A, A POTENTIAL DISCREPANCY IN THE, THE LEGAL AD, UH, RAISED.

THAT'S ONE PORTION OF THE TRACK THAT MAKES UP THE TOTAL 3.1 ACRES OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROPERTY.

ITEM THREE IS A SIMILAR LE LEGAL DESCRIPTION THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THOSE SAME PROPERTIES, BUT THEN GOES ON

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TO INCLUDE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT MAKE UP A TOTAL OF 20.07 ACRES OF THE ENTIRE PUD CONCEPT PLAN.

SO I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE GENTLEMAN HAD HAD A QUESTION OF.

IT.

IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT THAT IS A, A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE ON B ON BEHALF OF, OF THESE ITEMS, UH, IN QUESTION TONIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, MCGRAW, UM, MR. DIRECTOR.

COUPLE OF THINGS.

UH, THE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC AND TRAINING STUDIES FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS AT THIS POINT WOULD BE DONE AT A LATER STAGE OR, BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD SAID THAT THERE WERE NO TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE STUDIES DONE, OR THEY WERE INSUFFICIENT.

SO THE APPLICANT IS, IS NOT, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A, A DETAILED TRAFFIC, UH, STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR OWN TRAFFIC ANALYSIS OF ALL POTENTIAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THIS ONE.

UH, AGAIN, THE, THESE ITEMS UP FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT ARE A PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, THAT ALLOWS NO DEVELOPMENT BY RIGHT, AND A, A RE POTENTIAL REZONING, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION ONTO COUNCIL OF JUST A CONCEPT PLAN THAT ALLOWS A SPECIFIC DENSITY OR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF A MULTI-STEP PROCESS, UH, THAT REQUIRES MANY MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND DETAIL PLANS TO BE REVIEWED AT, AT A LATER DATE.

THERE WAS A, UH, A, UH, DRAINAGE ANALYSIS, A A DRAINAGE STUDY THAT WAS REQUIRED ALONG WITH THE WATER QUALITY STUDY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY PARISHES, DRAINAGE ENGINEERS, ALONG WITH PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, UM, WHO HAVE CERTIFIED IT UP TO THIS POINT.

BUT AGAIN, I, I STRESS THAT IS UP TO THIS POINT, UH, THE, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WILL BE SCRUTINIZED AS, AS AND IF THIS PROCESS PROJECT MOVES ON TO A ANOTHER STAGE.

SO THIS POD WILL BE BACK BEFORE US QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES.

THIS CONCEPT PLAN, UH, REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL.

UH, AGAIN, THE ACTION BY THIS BODY WOULD JUST BE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE PLAN AMENDMENT.

UM, IF COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS NEXT MONTH, THEN THE APPLICANT COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A POTENTIAL FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THIS BODY WITH, AGAIN, A MUCH GREATER LEVEL OF DETAIL, UH, FOR THOSE DRAINAGE STUDIES AND DETAIL OF THE SPECIFIC DESIGN LAYOUT AND STREET SECTIONS AND, AND ANY CHANGES THEY MADE TO THAT DOWN THE ROAD WOULD ALSO HAVE TO COME BEFORE US.

CORRECT, GREGG? THERE'S A, A VERY SPECIFIC, UH, DETAILED, UH, DESCRIPTION OF WHAT CAN BE CHANGED.

IT'S VERY LIMITED IN SCOPE, UM, THAT WE CAN APPROVE.

UM, MANY CHANGES REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER CHANGES IF THEY WERE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH CHANGES.

THERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL OF CHANGES THAT REQUIRE COUNSEL APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND CAN I ADD ONE OTHER THING? AND, AND I, I'M PROBABLY GONNA MAKE SOME PEOPLE UPSET, BUT, UM, UH, IN SPEAKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, I NOTICED THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OFF THE CONNECTION, THE STREET CONNECTION AT MENLO ON CASTLE KIRK.

AND, UH, I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN JUST PUT TRAFFIC BACK ON HIGHLAND.

PART OF THE REASON HIGHLAND IS WHAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MANY SUBDIVISIONS THAT DO NOT CONNECT.

AND SO PEOPLE CAN'T GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B WITHOUT GETTING ON A MAJOR ROAD.

SO THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY, I AM ALL FOR, AND IF THIS IS A PUBLIC ROAD, THEN ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT ROAD.

NO GATES PERIOD.

YES, YOU WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

SO WILL I ON MY STREET WHEN THEY COME IN WITH A DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY MAY DO BEHIND MY HOUSE OR DOWN THE STREET.

BUT I WOULD RATHER SEE CONNECTIVITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MUCH MORE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAN HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE ISLANDS THAT CONNECT ONLY TO MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS.

SO, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I, I, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS PLAN, I THINK THAT WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE AND WHAT THE AGENT HAS DONE IN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN TRYING TO GET, UM, TO GET THE NEIGHBORS ON BOARD, UH, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD THING.

SO I'M GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.

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

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ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THESE TWO ITEMS? COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

THANK YOU MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, ARE WE TAKING ITEMS THREE AND TWO AND THREE TOGETHER? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.

UM, I THANK MR. MANSUR, CAN YOU COME BACK TO THE MIC JUST FOR A SECOND PLEASE? AND IN ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU DID ADDRESS A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT RESIDENTS WERE MAKING THAT I MADE NOTES TO, UM, IN YOUR REBUTTAL, SO I WON'T BE REDUNDANT AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AGAIN.

UM, BUT YOU DID ADDRESS THE, SOME OF THE TRAININGS AND TRAFFIC YOU ADDRESS THE ACREAGE.

AND OF COURSE I DO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, UM, A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW THE DEVELOPERS WORK WITH THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAD.

UH, AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD.

THE ONE OTHER THING I DIDN'T, I HEAR YOU ADDRESS WAS SOME, SOME BIT OF CLARITY, BUT I WANT TO KIND OF GO A STEP FURTHER.

YOU SAID THERE'S A 36 INCH DRAINAGE COVERT THAT IS REQUIRED.

THERE'S ONE YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN TWO, UH, I THINK THAT WAS A PART OF THE STATEMENT YOU MADE THAT I WAS, WAS PUT IN ATTEMPTING TO PUT IN TWO.

THERE'S PRESENTLY ONE AT THE HIGHLAND ROAD AREA THAT, UM, THAT WHERE THIS PROPERTY, DRAINAGE TWO, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT ONE AND ADD ANOTHER 36 INCH CULVERT AS WELL.

SO THERE, WE, WE WILL DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF THE DRAINAGE, UH, WHICH THE HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS HAVE TOLD US AFTER THEY'VE STUDIED IT WILL, UH, ADEQUATELY DRAIN NOT ONLY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE REMAINING, UH, AREAS AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE NOW HAVING REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. AND I THINK YOU SAID, I WON'T WANNA MISS, UH, REID, WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU STATED WAS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS IS JUST FOR ONE AND YOU'RE ADDING A SECOND ONE.

WAS THAT NO, THIS IS OFFSITE.

SO IT'S NOT EVEN REQUIRED FOR US.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED, THIS IS NOT ON OUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL, LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WILL DRAIN TO THE SAME CULVERT.

AND, UH, ADDING THE CAPACITY NOT ONLY WILL, UH, UH, MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.

UH, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD TWO OR A BIGGER, BIGGER CULVERT TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THE WAY WE INTEND TO RESOLVE IT IS TO HAVE 2 36 INCH CULVERTS.

OKAY.

I, I GUESS I WAS GONNA, UH, GONNA ASK THE QUESTION THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS DID RAISE, HE INDICATED THAT YOU'RE DOING A THREE FOOT PIPES, WHY COULD YOU GO NOT GO TO SIX FOOT PIPE? AND I GUESS TECHNICALLY TWO, THREE FOOT IS SIX FOOT.

SO I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ADDRESSES HIS CONCERN, BUT THAT IS WHAT THAT TECHNICALLY COMES DOWN TO, AS OPPOSED TO UPSIZING IT TO A THREE FOOT PIPE.

HE SAID SIX, AND YOU ARE ADDING ANOTHER THREE FOOT.

SO TECHNICALLY THAT IS SIX.

I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DOUBLING, IT, IT KIND OF EQUALED OUT IN MY MATH TO WHAT HE HAD ASKED FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND I GUESS I WAS GONNA GET HIM BACK UP TO ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE SOMEWHAT OF THE ENGINEERS AND THEN WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SO GONNA REVIEW WHAT YOU ARE TURNING ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

I MEAN, I, I OFTEN HEAR RESIDENTS OFTEN SAY, WELL, WE ARE NOT ENGINEERS, BUT THEN WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING STAFF THAT WE RELY UPON.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT WE DO AND THAT IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT ADVERSE IMPACT IS ADDRESSED TO SOME DEGREE.

UM, BUT I GUESS YOU DID ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YOU'RE GOING TO TWO, SO THAT COULD BE TECHNICALLY SIX, BUT I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO COME BACK UP AND ASK, SINCE HE SAID HE WAS A LANDSCAPE DEVELOPER AND HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE, HOW THESE PROCESSES WORK.

AND I WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION OF, OF THE RESIDENT IF HE CAN COME BACK TO THE MIC FOR A SECOND.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I GOTTA TELL YOU, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

OKAY.

AND, UM, THE REASON WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS BACK THERE, I'VE GOT PICTURES ON MY PHONE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU AFTER THIS TO SHOW TY.

I WAS THERE TWO SUNDAYS AGO, AND IF YOU JUST PUT 2 36 INCH PIPES IN, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE DEBRIS AND TRASH.

AND I THINK THERE WAS A 20 FOOT TREE OUT THERE AND IT THAT COULD JAM UP A PIPE AND BLOCK UP THAT AREA LIKE IT DID BEFORE.

AND WAS ABOUT, UH, WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO? I DON'T, I'M WITH YOU THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT THE WATER FLOW TO GO THROUGH THERE, I THINK YOU NEED A, YOU KNOW, A SIX INCH PIPE.

THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT HE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S A CABLE RUNNING THROUGH THERE, THAT IF WHILE THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK, THEY TOUCH THAT CABLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SUVS FROM NEW ORLEANS COMING UP HERE, BLACK SUVS.

UM, DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT MY THOUGHT IS THAT THE, WELL, BECAUSE OF SECURITY, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, UM, INTERNET, WHATEVER MY THOUGHT IS WITH YOU, THE VOLUME OF WATER AND THE DEBRIS, AND AGAIN, I HAVE PICTURES I CAN SHOW YOU LATER, MR. ADDISON, UH, THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT'S IN THAT AREA, ANOTHER THREE FOOT PIPE ISN'T

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GONNA CUT IT.

OKAY.

UH, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DIMENSION, YOU KNOW, INSIDE OUTSIDE DIAMETER, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA CUT IT.

YOU'RE GONNA GET A BETTER FLOW.

I WOULD PRAY THAT WE ONLY GOT ONE CHANCE, ONE SHOT AT THIS.

OH, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO DRESS MEAN NOT, NOT THEM RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS.

I UNDERSTAND.

AND MY, MY THOUGHT IS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FIVE OR SIX FOOT PIPE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO THAT, THAT IDEA OF TWO THREE FOOT PIPES DONE, 36 INCH PIPES DON'T WORK IN HERE.

IT DOESN'T SETTLE WITH ME WELL AT ALL.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, SIR.

I SEE OUR ENGINEERS STANDING UP OVER THERE.

DIDN'T MEAN TO CALL HER, BUT SINCE SHE SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, THAT THIS IS OUR TRANS ENGINEERING PERSON FOR THE PUBLIC PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S WHO WE WOULD BE RELYING UPON.

THANK YOU, SIR.

RICHARD, IF YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. ADDON.

UM, THERE IS A HOMELAND SECURITY, PROBABLY A, A, A VERY LARGE, UH, CONNECTION AND COMMUNICATION LINE.

AND YES, BLACK SUVS WILL BE COMING FROM NEW ORLEANS .

UM, THEY MONITOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND SO THERE PROBABLY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPH, I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ELEVATION CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, RESTRICT PUTTING IN A SIX FOOT PIPE.

NOW THEY PROPOSED 2 36 S, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS DOWNSTREAM OF THERE.

OKAY? SO THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT MODELING THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR.

AND OTHER DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY UPDATES.

WE HAVE REVIEWED THE PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE STUDY, WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD KIND OF CALL THEIR DRAINAGE STUDY AT THIS PHASE.

AND THEY HAVEN'T MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY PARISH HERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE MIC AND YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO THE RESIDENTS KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT.

WE LITERALLY HAVE.

SO WHAT YOU SUGGESTED AS A RESIDENT AND WHAT SHE SUGGESTS AS AN ENGINEER WHO DOES THIS EVERY DAY, CONFLICTS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT HIM WHO'S CONFLICTING IT, IF SHE INDICATES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS REVIEWED THIS, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOWNSTREAM IMPACT IS MINIMIZED AND WHOLE NINE YARDS.

SO OFTEN WE HEAR PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE DYNAMICS OF EVERYTHING IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'LL COME HERE AS ONE RESIDENT, UM, ONE COMMUNITY, RIGHT ADJACENT, YOU, YOU SEE HAVE THE SAME SIDE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOLLAND SAYING JUST THE OPPOSITE.

SO, SO WE HAVE TO RELY SOME MORE ON WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAYING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, I I, I DO CONCUR THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE YOU DID RAISE A GOOD POINT.

AND I WANTED TO ENGINEERS AND I WANTED THE DEPARTMENT AND AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPERS TO, UH, TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY RAISED.

AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M, I'M DONE WITH MY COMMENTS AND I'LL WAIT FOR THE MOTION.

THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

UH, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTIONS? THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FROM VICE CHAIRMAN MCGRAW, A SECOND FROM COMMISSION OF SCRAGGS.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THEN THOSE TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED

[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]

AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS, BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

JUST A FEW THINGS TO KEEP THE COMMISSION UPDATED ON AT YOUR SEATS.

UM, KEEPING WITH POLICIES AND PRACTICES, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE LIKE TO PASS OUT PROPOSED CHANGES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS INITIATED A MONTH BEFORE YOU WOULD TAKE ACTION ON 'EM.

SO AT YOUR SEATS ARE DRAFT PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE UDC, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER NINE, RELATED TO USE REGULATIONS 9.5 0.2 D IN RELATIONS TO FENCES AND WALLS.

THIS, UH, ITEM WAS INITIATED AT YOUR MARCH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND WILL BE ON YOUR MAY AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION.

NEXT, I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WILL DESIGNATE, UH, MAY AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH AND ALSO BIKE MONTH.

MEMBERS OF BOTH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND ALSO OUR COMPLETE STREETS COMMITTEE WILL ATTEND NEXT WEEK'S METRO COUNCIL MEETING TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

AND FINALLY, YOUR NEXT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MAY 15TH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL

[COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS]

MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND, UH, WE'LL BEGIN THOSE WITH OUR NEWEST, UH, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, CAROLINE MORRIS AND THE LONG, WHO'S A LONG RAGE PLANNER.

CAROLINE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE COMPLETE STREETS COMPLETE STREET CITIZEN COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER GOING ON THE BACK.

IF YOU GUYS CAN TAKE Y'ALL CONVERSATIONS OUT OUTTA ROOM, PLEASE SO WE CAN FINISH UP THE MEETING.

YES, SIR.

WE, IF WE COULD ASK, ASK EVERYONE TO, UH, EXIT IN A, IN A, UH, IN A QUIET MANNER.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT AS WE, UH, CONCLUDE THE MEETING.

THANK RECORD.

YES.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ADDISON.

YES, BACK TO OUR EMPLOYER OF THE MONTH, CAROLINE MORRIS.

SHE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND

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THE COMPLETE STREET CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SHE'S BEEN AN IN A VALUABLE LIAISON BETWEEN THE CONSULTANT, THE PLANNING OFFICE, AND THE LOUISIANA HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE ON THE SPANISH TOWN HISTORIC STRUCTURE SURVEY.

THIS UPDATE TO THE SURVEY IS USING A TEMPLATE THAT CAN BE USED TO UPDATE THE NATIONAL REGISTER SURVEY AND DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

A CONTRIBUTION HAS ALSO BEEN VITAL IN OUR REVISIONS TO THE COMPLETE STREETS ORDINANCE.

CAROLINE DISPLAYS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WORKS TO ENSURE TASK OR COMPLETED ON TIME.

SHE'S AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE EMPLOYEE WHO IS MORE THAN DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING.

CAROLINE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.

SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, .

CONGRATULATIONS INDEED.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LATINO? ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE, MEETINGS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.