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[ROLL CALL]
EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL CALL, MR. HOLCOMB, CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON.
COMMISSIONER BOYD, COMMISSIONER LANDER.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 14TH AND AUGUST 21ST? MEETINGS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LATINA.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.
[COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE]
ON TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE BY MR. LUENBERGER.UM, I'M JEFFREY BERGER WITH THE LONG RANGE PLANNING DIVISION.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON FUTURE BR AND THE FIVE YEAR UPDATE WE'RE WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE NINE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOLDING ACROSS THE PARISH, UM, FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
UM, IN TOTAL WE'VE HAD ABOUT 500 PEOPLE ATTEND THE WORKSHOPS AND 410 SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE COLLECTED DURING THAT PROCESS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE WORKSHOPS, WE ALSO HELD, UM, A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE AT THE D V D A DOWNTOWN.
WE ATTENDED SCOTLAND SATURDAYS TO PASS OUT FLYERS AND ASSIST WITH OUTREACH.
WE PRESENTED TO THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBERS QUALITY OF PLACE COMMITTEE, THE FEDERATION OF CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, AND TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT AND, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT SO WE CAN GET A GOOD UPDATE TO THE PLAN.
WE ARE NOW GOING BACK, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF IS GOING BACK.
WE'RE ADDRESSING OUR, THOSE FINAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE WILL HAVE THOSE, UM, COMMENTS ADDRESSED AND HAVE A FINAL DOCUMENT ON THE, THE WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE COMMENTS, UM, THOSE ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS.
WE'LL PUT THOSE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL SO PEOPLE CAN SEE HOW WE WENT ABOUT DOING THAT.
AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU CAN GO AND CHECK IT THAT OUT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, HOMEPAGE.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL HAVE THAT, THAT VERSION BEING PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER AND THEN THE METRO COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT IS WHAT OUR PROCESS IS.
AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANKS A LOT.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE VICE CHAIRMAN CLIFF GROUT, IF YOU'LL BE SO KIND AS 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 AN ITEM FROM THIS AGENDA MAY COMMENT IN PERSON AT CITY HALL 2 2 2 ST.
LOUIS STREET, THIRD FLOOR ROOM 3 48.
DURING THE MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK AT A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO A MEETING AGENDA AND COMPLETE NECESSARY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY FILLING OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD INDICATING WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO, WHICH ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK, AND PLACE IT IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATION.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, APPLICANT AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PROPOSAL WILL SPEAK FOR A, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF COMBINED NOT TO EXCEED, EXCUSE ME, WILL SPEAK FOR A TOTAL OR COMBINED PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
PROPONENTS WILL SPEAK AND THEN THE OPPONENTS, EACH SPEAKER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR REMARKS BY AVOIDING DUPLICATIONS OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANT WILL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
OPPONENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO REBUT ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF WILL NOT HAVE TIME ALLOCATED FOR SPEAKING UNLESS THERE IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AT THE MEETING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
IN SUCH CASES, THE PROPOSAL WILL FOLLOW THE STANDARD PROCEDURE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A WITHDRAWAL ITEM NUMBER THREE, PA EIGHT DASH 23 95 0 9 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO OFFICE, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY WEST OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CASE 34 23 95 0 9 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE N O TO GENERAL, GENERAL OFFICE, LOWRISE, G O L.
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ALSO LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY WEST OF BLUEBONNET BOULEVARD.THE FOLLOWING ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DEFERRAL.
ITEM NUMBER 13 M CUP TWO DASH 23 3 8 6 1 1 AND 3 9 4 0 0 THROUGH 3 9 6 0 0 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD AND 23 100 THROUGH 23 200 LEE PRICE ROAD.
PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATION LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD, SOUTH OF LEE PRICE ROAD.
THIS ONE WILL IS DEFERRED FOR 30 DAYS BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR AND 30 DAYS BY COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL.
SO IT'LL BE DEFERRED TO NOVEMBER THE 13TH.
AND THIS WAS, UH, REQUESTED TO BE DEFERRED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE AGENDAS.
I APOLOGIZE THAT WE'RE UP FRONT, DIDN'T REFLECT THIS, BUT ALSO FOR DEFERRAL IS CASE ITEM NUMBER 20, SSSS SEVEN DASH 23 SUBURB NORTH BATON ROUGE, PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WHERE THE PRIVATE STREET LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CENTRAL ROAD, EAST OF SCENIC HIGHWAY, DEFERRED TO OCTOBER THE 16TH BY COUNCIL MEMBER BANKS.
THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSENT ITEMS FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 51 DASH 23 1 0 6 1 1 GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A ONE TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL TWO LC TWO LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GREENVILLE SPRINGS ROAD, WEST OF LASSEN DRIVE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CASE 52 DASH 23 25 74 NORTH ACADIAN THROUGH WAY EAST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M ONE TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BAR OR OR LOUNGE C B TWO LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH ACADIAN THROUGHWAY SOUTH OF SENECA STREET.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE 53 23 8400 THROUGH 8,500 NICHOLSON DRIVE TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL TWO H C TWO LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NICHOLSON, DRIVE NORTH OF INNOVATION PARK DRIVE.
ITEM NUMBER 10, CASE 55 DASH 23 1 6 0 0 1 7 0 0 OAK VILLA BOULEVARD TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL C TWO TO COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING.
THREE CW THREE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOM DRIVE WEST OF OAK VILLA BOULEVARD.
ITEM NUMBER 11 S P SIX DASH 23 CRESCENT CROWN WAREHOUSE EDITION.
PROPOSED WAREHOUSE EDITION TO EXISTING FACILITY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOM DRIVE WEST OF OAK VILLA BOULEVARD.
ITEM NUMBER 12 MORNING DOVE DRIVE ROUNDABOUT TO REVOKE A PORTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT RIGHT OF WAY FOR MORNING DOVE DRIVE A ALSO A 16, A 15 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY SERVITUDE AND A 15 FOOT PUBLIC SEWER SERVITUDE ALONG WRIGLEY AVENUE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MORNING DOVE DRIVE BETWEEN JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND STOMBERG LANE.
ITEM NUMBER 14, PUT 17 DASH ZERO SIX GREAT HEART SCHOOL, THE PRESERVE AT HARVEST AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVISION TO PROVIDE MONUMENT SIGNAGE FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE BONNET BOULEVARD EAST OF NICHOLSON DRIVE.
ITEM NUMBER 15 P ONE DASH ONE ONE PHASE TWO, PART ONE POINT MARIE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WITH INTERNAL PRIVATE STREET LOCATED NORTH OF RIVER OF RIVER ROAD, WEST OF VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE.
ITEM NUMBER 16, CSS 14 DASH TWO THREE EEE SHILEY TRACK, PROPOSED FLAG LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOM DREA ROAD, WEST OF PORT HUDSON PRIDE ROAD.
AND ITEM NUMBER 21 SS S EIGHT DASH 23.
ED ANDERSON TRACT, PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY SOUTH OF PORT HUDSON PRIDE ROAD PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE U D C.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NINE, CASE 53 23 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
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YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS.YOU HAVE NOW HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WILL BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED AND HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER ADDISON SECOND BY VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED AND WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.
[5. PA-13-23 5466 Douglas Avenue & 6. Case 54-23 5466 Douglas Avenue]
FIVE AND ITEM SIX.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
PLAN AMENDMENT 1323 AND ITEM NUMBER SIX, CASE 54 23 54 66 DOUGLAS AVENUE, PA 13 DASH 23 5 4 6 6 DOUGLAS AVENUE RELATED TO CASE 54 DASH 23.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF DOUGLAS AVENUE, SOUTH OF HOLLYWOOD STREET COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE HEARST.
THE APPLICANT IS WIL MEDA HOLIDAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED A CHANGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE USES PLAN AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMERCIAL RELATED CASE 54 DASH 23.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, A TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE HC ONE PROPOSED USE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND REPAIR.
THE FUTURE BUREAU LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PA 13 DASH 23 5 4 6 6 DOUGLAS AVENUE RELATED TO CASE 54 DASH 23.
STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE 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 REZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING IF THE COMPANION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT, UH, WETA HOLIDAY? YOU CAN COME TO THIS.
IF YOU COULD COME TO THIS MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS.
SO ANY ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANNA MAKE ABOUT THE PROJECT, YOU CAN DO THAT AT THIS TIME AND BRING THE MIC DOWN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, I, I, I PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY.
IT WAS OVERGROWN WITH FOLIAGE AND I CLEANED IT UP AND I WANTED TO PUT A LIGHT POLE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT WHEN I LOOKED INTO IT, THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO, IT HAD TO BE COMMERCIAL.
SO THAT WAS MY REASON FOR HAVING THE REZONE FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.
SO AFTER I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT, I SAID, WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE ME A LITTLE BUSINESS ALSO.
SO
SO I CLEANED A LOT UP AND I FENCE IT IN AND I JUST WENT FROM ONE ITEM TO THE NEXT TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT, UH, APPROVED TO BE COMMERCIAL.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.
AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. COMMISSIONER ADDISON, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
THAT MOTION RECEIVES A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THESE TWO ITEMS? SEEING NONE, THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM
[17. S-2-23 Keystone Square]
17.S TWO DASH 23 KEYSTONE SQUARE SUBDIVISION.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF OLD CENIC HIGHWAY SOUTH OF HECK, YOUNG ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BANKS.
THE APPLICANT IS KEVIN WYNN OF AMERICAN HOMELAND, L L C.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 1033 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, 52 COMMON AREA TRACKS, FOUR COMMERCIAL TRACKS AND PUBLIC STREET ACCESS.
THE FUTURE BE OUR LANE DESIGNATION
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IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL S TWO DASH 23.KEYSTONE SQUASH SUBDIVISION STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
MY NAME IS DEREK MURPHY WITH QUALITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING AT 1 8 3 2 0 HIGHWAY 42 IN PORT VINCENT, REPRESENTING THE KNIGHT AMERICA HOMELAND AND ITS APPLICATION FOR OUR PRELIMINARY PLATT APPROVAL.
THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF 9 64 BETWEEN GROOM ROAD AND HEC YOUNG ROAD.
THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT INCORPORATES 1033 LOTS ON 337 ACRES WITH, WHICH HAS LESS THAN TWO ACRES OF ANY TYPE OF FLOOD ZONE.
THE COMMISSION APPROVED A ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IN ITS ENTIRETY ON AUGUST 21ST OF THIS YEAR, AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE REZONING ON SEPTEMBER 20TH THAT RE THOSE THAT REZONING HAD BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
AND THIS PRELIMINARY PLATT CREATES THE COMMERCIAL TRACKS THAT WERE PART OF THAT ZONING AND IT CREATES THE RESIDENTIAL TRACKS, UM, THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
THIS MEETS CODE, UH, THE COMMERCIAL AS ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT WAS PUT IN TO HELP SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE IS THE OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW IN THIS ENTIRE REGION.
AS COMMERCIAL AREAS GET DEVELOPED, IT WILL SUPPORT THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT, REDUCING TRAFFIC FLOW HEADING ELSEWHERE FOR THOSE SAME SERVICES.
BUT WE DECIDED TO DO, UH, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND WE'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR THE RESIDE, UH, COMMERCIAL PRO PROPERTIES.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE U D C AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
WE ADHERE TO TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AS ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO, TO YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE SPEAKER CARDS THAT ARE IN FAVOR BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
I'LL READ THOSE NAMES IN FOR THE RECORD.
CHRIS COOK, GEORGE SPELL JASON ENGEN.
WE HAVE ONE, UH, SPEAKER THAT IS OPPOSED THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I HOPE I'M KIND OF SHORT
I LIVE IN ZACHARY ON ROSEWOOD IN ROSEWOOD PLANTATION.
MY SUBDIVISION IS OFF 9 64 AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO, UM, HIGHWAY 64.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO SEVERAL MEETINGS AND, UM, ZACHARY DISCUSSED, UM, SOME ISSUES WITH D O T D IN REFERENCE TO THE LACK OF ACCESS TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SUBDIVISIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RAVENWOOD LAKE POINT, THEY CAN ALL FEED OUT INTO HIGHWAY 64.
THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING NOW IS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.
UM, I'M ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 9 64.
THERE ARE NO SOUTHBOUND TURNING LANES.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HEADACHE THAT EXISTS WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF YOUR, UM, SUBDIVISION, ESPECIALLY GOING SOUTH ONTO 61.
SO MY CONCERN IS, AND THE CITY OF ZACHARY HAS TOLD ME MANY TIMES, YOU NEED TO GO TO A COUNSELOR, UM, MEETING BECAUSE IT IS THE CITY OF EAST VAN RIDGE PARISH WHO APPROVES THESE SUBDIVISIONS.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY THERE AND WITH ALL THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE BEING BUILT HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION? IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY SUBDIVISION BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE STRIP MALL.
WE ARE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE MAIN, WE ARE RIGHT ACROSS FROM AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE ARE DOWN THE STREET FROM THE ZACHARY COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH I CANNOT, UM, USE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF GETTING IN AND OUT.
THE BUSES HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ENTERING AND LEAVING THE SUBDIVISION.
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DO? JUST LAST WEEK, THERE WERE TWO ACCIDENTS, UM, AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL, UH, DOWN THE STREET NORTH OF HIGHWAY 64.SO WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THESE SUBDIVISIONS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ASSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE THERE AND THE ONES WHO ARE COMING IN WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE HIGHWAY? IT'S A TWO LANE.
THERE ARE NO STREET LIGHTS, NO ROUNDABOUTS, NOTHING TO MOVE THE TRAFFIC.
AND I CAN TRULY SAY WHEN WE HAD THE LAST HURRICANE, I HAD TO CALL THE SHERIFF SEVERAL TIMES AND THE POLICE FROM THE CITY OF ZACHARY SEVERAL TIMES TO ASK PEOPLE TO MOVE SO THAT WE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS ALSO, WHEN THEY ACTUALLY BLOCK.
OKAY, MA'AM, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP.
SO MY CONCERN, JUST TO SUM IT UP, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE SINCE WE'RE BUILDING THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS? YES, MA'AM.
'CAUSE MY QUALITY OF LIVING HAS DECREASED.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
WE, UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF US, AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE MAJOR STREET PLAN.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A COMPLETE ROAD FROM GROOM ROAD ALL THE WAY TRYING TO NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
AND THE MAJOR STREET PLAN SHOWS AN ACCESS FROM GROOM ROAD TO HECK YOUNG ROAD TO THE NORTH OF US.
SO IF YOU DRAW THAT CONNECTION ALL THE WAY FROM GROOM ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR PROJECT ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE, IT WOULD TAKE A SHORT SEGMENT IN ORDER TO TIE IN HE HECK YOUNG.
SO THE PURPOSE THERE IS, IS TO FOLLOW THE MAJOR STREET PLAN, HAVE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND TRY TO DIVERT SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF 9 64.
AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER BANKS? YES.
SO, UM, I ACTUALLY ABOUT, I GUESS ABOUT TWO OR THREE, UH, WEEKS AGO HELD A MEETING, UM, FOR I GUESS ZACHARY AND DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS REGARDING, UM, THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS ON 9 64, 64 AND 61.
AND, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE AT MY MEETING, OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I I, I, UH, I, I WAS INTENTIONAL IN, UM, WHO I INVITED, UM, BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IS EVERYBODY'S WORKING IN SILO.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE IN THIS AREA, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, TWO MAYORS, TWO POLICE CHIEF CHIEFS, A SHERIFF.
UM, I INVITED, UM, THERE ARE TWO, THREE REAL WELL, TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED AND OF COURSE, PLANNING AND ZONING AND STAFF AS WELL AS THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WAS THERE TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THE, UM, THE BREAKDOWN IN TAXES, UH, WHAT'S BEING SUPPORTED, WHAT'S NOT.
UM, THIS, THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS NOT, UH, OPERATING IN A WAY OF SMART GROWTH.
UH, WE ARE BEHIND THE, THE ABILITY, WE ARE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL AND BEING REACTIVE.
AND WHAT I FIND IS JUST LIKE YOU SAID, SOMEBODY TOLD YOU TO GO TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALL THE CONVERSATIONS ARE, ARE DIVISIVE WHERE SOMEBODY'S BLAMING THE OTHER PERSON.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME AS A, AS A LEADER OF THE METRO COUNCIL, THAT MEANS CITY AND, UM, THE PARISH BRINGING MY, MY GOAL IS TO BRING THOSE ENTITIES TOGETHER.
UH, THIS AREA IS, UM, GOING TO BE, UM, OR IS PATROLLED BY THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
NEITHER ONE OF THE CITIES, AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD A, UM, WHEN TRATO CAME BEFORE US, THE ONLY CONVERSATION WAS BASED ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE TO BE CONSIDERED, AS I STATED.
UM, THESE BILLS ARE NOT ONLY, UH, HURTING,
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UM, THE TRAFFIC, WHICH THESE ARE STATE ROADS.SO YOU'VE HAD PEOPLE IN POSSESSION FOR 8, 10, 12 YEARS WHO HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THAT.
SO WHEN THEY BLAME THE, THE PLANNING AND THE COUNCIL, IT IS NOT GETTING THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, IF YOU FOCUS JUST ON THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU'RE IN.
BUT THERE'S A LOT IGNORED REGARDING DRAINAGE, UM, IGNORING THE ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THE HEALTH AND THE MAIN, UM, THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF THE ROADS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT ALL THAT IS PART OF SMART GROWTH.
AND AS LONG AS THE CITY OF BAKER HAS ONE STORY, THE CITY OF, UH, ZACHARY HAS A STORY.
AND EVEN ME AND MY COLLEAGUE TELLING TWO DIFFERENT STORIES, IT, THE RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS NOT GONNA GET HEARD.
I BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO GROW, UM, SMARTLY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, THAT NOW THIS PROPERTY AS A, AS WE SAID, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
AND I WON'T BE VOTING FOR THAT, I'LL TELL YOU NOW, BUT THIS IS A ONE THAT INCLUDES, UM, ADDITIONAL ARTERIES THAT DON'T FLOW STRAIGHT INTO 61.
UM, THEY, IT ALSO HAS A COMPONENT WHERE EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE STORE, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO, UM, 61 AND 64 TO GET EVERYWHERE.
WHEREAS THIS ONE WILL ALLOW YOU NOT TO HAVE TO EVEN LEAVE YOUR AREA.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, UH, GOING ON, BUT ONE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT, IS NOT THERE.
THERE ARE LIKE 10 DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE WE GOT HERE, AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING THE SAME PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT THAT'RE COMPLAINING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING EVERYBODY HAS TO, YOU KNOW, COME CLEAN AND TELL, I, YOU KNOW, PART OF, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT IT, BUT THEN WHO'S, YOU LOOK AND SEE WHO DOING THE TITLES FOR THESE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S JUST A LOT.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
STOP TRYING TO PLAY, UM, A POLITICAL BEAST AND SAY SOMETHING TO SOOTHE, UM, FOLKS.
AND IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT, BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY COMING TO THE TABLE TO BRING SOLUTIONS.
SO I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
UH, THIS WILL NOT BE, UM, ANYTHING THAT WILL ADD TO I BELIEVE THE, UH, FURTHER ISSUES.
AND I ALSO AM GONNA REQUEST NOW THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AS PART OF THE PLANNING, UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED.
WHEREAS WITH ME, EVERY TIME A DEVELOPER COMES TO MY DISTRICT, THEY MEET WITH MY, MY, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BANKS, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE THAT MOTION RECEIVED A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE.
THAT ITEM IS APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
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MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18.SUBDIVISION 3 23 TRATO SS DASH THREE DASH 23 TRATO SUBDIVISION.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST SIDE OF OLD CENIC HIGHWAY NORTH OF BLOOM ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO BASE.
THE APPLICANT IS ART LANCASTER.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 1,218 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, 72 COMMON AREA TRACKS, THREE GOVERNMENTAL TRACKS AND PUBLIC STREET ACCESS.
THE FUTURE BUREAU LAND DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL S DASH THREE DASH 23 TRATO SUBDIVISION STAFF CER CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO SEEK 15 MINUTES.
MY NAME IS TOM EASTERLY AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
MY ADDRESS IS 4 5 0 LAUREL STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 7 0 8 2 1.
I'M A PARTNER AT TABLE QUARTER BROOKS AND PHILLIPS, AND ALONG WITH MR. MURPHY WITH QUALITY ENGINEERING, UH, WE'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TRATO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, WHICH ACQUIRED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OVER THIS PAST SUMMER.
UH, THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S BEEN BEFORE THIS PLANNING COMMISSION AT LEAST TWO ON AT LEAST TWO OTHER OCCASIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
THE FIRST THAT I'M AWARE OF WAS AUGUST 16TH, 2021.
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AS HEARING NUMBER ONE.IT LATER CAME BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHICH I MAY REFER TO HEREAFTER AS HEARING NUMBER TWO, THE REQUEST THIS AFTERNOON IS FOR A REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHICH WILL ADD SEVERAL LOTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY IT WILL CHANGE THE LOT CONFIGURATION FROM THE ORIGINAL APPROVED CONFIGURATION, INCLUDING 946 LOTS TO A CONFIGURATION INCLUDING 1,218 LOTS.
THIS IS MORE THAN THE CODE CONTEMPLATES THAT CAN BE DONE AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE DENSITY, THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY IS 4.1 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THE APPLICATION TONIGHT IS FOR A DENSITY THAT IS STILL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A, A NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE 3.5 LOTS PER ACRE IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY.
IN TERMS OF THE GREEN SPACE, WE'RE STILL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS.
THE REQUIRED GREEN SPACE IS 15% AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED INCLUDES ALMOST TWICE THAT, WHICH IS 28%.
ACCORDING TO THE, THE PROPOSED PLAQUE THAT'S BEFORE YOU, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTENTIOUSNESS SURROUNDING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
ACROSS THE BOARD, MS. BANKS IS SHAKING HER HEAD BECAUSE I THINK SHE KNOWS THAT I'M RIGHT.
I WAS NOT HERE FOR HEARING NUMBER ONE, BUT I DID HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING HERE FOR HEARING NUMBER TWO WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED.
AND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE FIRST HEARING BACK IN AUGUST OF 2021 VERSUS THE COMMENTS AT THE HEARING IN JANUARY, 2022, WERE STARKLY DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THAT THE COMMENTS WERE A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT RESPECTFULLY, I THINK THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT THE DEVELOPER AND THE LANDOWNER ARE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE TERM USED BY RIGHT IS A TERM THAT GETS TOSSED AROUND QUITE OFTEN IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS REMAINS A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS A USE BY RIGHT TRATO DEVELOPMENT.
L L C OWNS THE PROPERTY, IT'S A LANDOWNER.
THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS PROPOSED REMAINS THE USE BY RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LOTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THIS PROPERTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING OR ALLOWABLE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EXISTING ZONING.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED AND WE'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THE LANDOWNER'S ENTITLED TO HAVE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE PARISH IS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC WHERE I LIVE.
I LIVE IN THE PARISH LIFELONG RESIDENT IN BATON ROUGE.
TRAFFIC IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE IN THAT AREA TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS, WHICH IS WHEN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING THE TRATO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BUILT OUT.
THE ORIGINAL CONTEMPLATION WAS FOR THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT I, THAT I SAID EARLIER, TO BE BUILT OUT OVER NINE DIFFERENT FILINGS.
THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS FOR 12 DIFFERENT FILINGS.
SO THE DEVELOPER'S SEEKING TO SPREAD OUT THE DEVELOPMENT OVER A LONGER DURATION, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE TYPES OF CHANGES IN THAT AREA TO COME TO FRUITION, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WILL ADD SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE.
IT WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO THE ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT NUMBER IS IN THE MILLIONS.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PROPOSED STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT, UH, 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE BUILT OUT.
IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE LANDOWNER OBTAINED A BULK GRADING AND DRAINAGE PERMIT.
AND PURSUANT TO THAT PERMIT, THE PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY BEING CLEARED.
BUT IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, I, AND I SAID A MINUTE AGO THAT THE FIRST HEARING THAT I'M AWARE OF WAS IN AUGUST OF 2021.
THAT WAS MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO.
AND SO THEN, AND NOW THERE REMAINS SIGNIFICANT WORK BEFORE THE PROJECT CAN EVEN GET OFF THE GROUND IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY.
THIS COMMISSION JUST APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO TRATO, THE KEYSTONE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM.
THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT CONTEMPLATED AND IF BUILT OUT WILL INCLUDE 1033 ADDITIONAL LOTS.
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WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS A SMALL FRACTION OF THOSE ADDITIONAL LOTS TO BE APPROVED HERE TONIGHT.AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF LOTS TO BE APPROVED HERE TONIGHT IN CONTEXT OF THE TRATO DEVELOPMENT.
TO BE SPECIFIC, MR. MURPHY, THE QUALITY ENGINEERING CAN ADDRESS ANY OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP, BUT I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THIS IS A, A, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT I THINK SHOULD BE GRANTED.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOW OR LATER.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR RANDALL.
TH YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I LIVE AT 1 5 6 8 3 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPOSED TORINO PROJECT.
AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
UH, MAIN REASON I BELIEVE LANDOWNER SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH HIS PROPERTY, WHAT HE LIKES.
IF LONG AS, UH, THIS COUNCIL APPROVES IT, UH, THERE IS ONE CORRECTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THE PLOT PLAN.
I'VE SEEN, UM, LOOKED AT IT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTRANCE DRIVE THAT ACCESSES FROM OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT ENTRANCE, THE PLOT PLAN SHOWS THE, THE NAME MARIVALE SUBDIVISION.
MARYVILLE SUBDIVISION IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH, RIGHT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT ENTRANCE IS MY PROPERTY.
AND SO I DID WANT TO SHOW UP TODAY AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO, UH, FIND OUT WHO MY POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE PROJECT MIGHT BE SO THAT IT'S NOT, WE CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
UN UNLESS THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, I MAY HAVE ENTERTAINED PEOPLE HERE.
WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS THAT ARE IN FAVOR BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
I'LL READ THOSE NAMES IN ARTHUR LANCASTER.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER BANKS? I OBJECT.
THERE'S A NOTED OBJECTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL OBJECTIONS? YES, UH, YES.
IN WHAT ORDER? ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM? WELL, BESIDES THE FACT THAT I'M CONFUSED, 'CAUSE, UM, COMMISSIONER'S, UH, WHO SAID WHO, WHO APPROVED COMMISSIONER SCROGGS? OH, NO, HIM.
UM, I LIKE TO, UM,
UH, I MEAN THE, THE HEARING IN AUGUST, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, WOULD YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OR DO WE NEED TO CALL THAT THE GENTLEMAN TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION? OKAY.
I'M SHOWING TRATO SUBDIVISION, ORIGINALLY CASE SS 4 21.
IT WAS THEN RESUBMITTED AND PRESENTED TO THE PLAN COMMISSION AS A NEW CASE S 1521, UH, FOR 946 LOTS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BODY ON JANUARY 22ND, 2022.
OKAY, MS. LADY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DAY OF 2022? JANUARY, JANUARY 22ND.
OKAY, SO, UM, A LOT HAS HAPPENED AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE DR.
HART AND MY, MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, AND MUCH OF IT HAS, UM, TO DO WITH NOT ONLY THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN ISSUE THAT I DEFINITELY SUPPORTED BECAUSE, UH, THE CLAIMS AS TO WHY IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, DID NOT, UM, DID NOT PROVE TO BE VALID.
HOWEVER, AFTER ALL OF THAT, I THINK IT'S, UH, DISINGENUOUS FOR D R HARDIN TO COME
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BACK TO THIS COUNCIL.UH, HAVING NOT SPOKEN WITH MYSELF, NOT TRYING TO MEET, WHEREAS WOODEN OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME TO, UM, BRING YOU BEFORE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED.
I'VE NOW RIDDEN, BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THAT AREA, UM, QUITE A BIT SINCE THE INITIAL, UM, APPROVAL.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST, UM, DR.
HARDIN IN LOUISIANA REGARDING, UM, THE, THE FAULTINESS OF THEIR PRODUCT.
SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS DEEM IT NOT BEING SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE.
UM, I'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, I HAVE A FRIEND LIVES IN, UM, IS IT MALTO MAR MARVI? I THINK THAT'S THE NAME OF IT.
AND THE, THE, THE, ALL THE OTHER, THE FRONT HOUSES THAT WERE APPROVED ARE VERY NICE, VERY SPACIOUS, BUT THERE'S A NEW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, WHAT, UH, WHAT IT'S CALLED WHEN IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, NUMBER OF HOMES COME OUT A LITTLE AT A TIME, BUT THE OTHER ONES ARE MATCHBOXES.
SO THEY'RE, THEY HAD THESE REALLY NICE FIRST SET OF HOMES, UM, AND NOW THE OTHER ONE'S ALL, UM, LOOK IDENTICAL.
AND IT JUST DOES NOT APPEAR TO ME THAT D R HARDIN IS REALLY CONSCIOUS OR CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES BY WHICH THEY ARE BUILDING.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT IT NOT BE, UM, APPROVED.
IF, IF YOU CAN GO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, I SUGGEST YOU DO THAT, WHAT WE'VE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO ADDING MORE HOMES WITH ALL THESE NEGATIVES FOR THIS COMMUNITY, I ABSOLUTELY, UM, THINK IT'S HORRIBLE.
THERE IS A LOT NEED TO BE DONE AS IT RELATES TO THESE STATE HIGHWAYS, AND THIS PROJECT WILL ONLY ADD TO THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE IT HAS ONE ARTERY IN AND OUT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE AREA, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, ABOUT THE PEOPLE, ABOUT THE SAFETINESS, ABOUT THE, UH, QUALITY OF PRODUCT PRODUCTS, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE COMING BEFORE ME TODAY OR THIS, UM, THIS, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO FOR ME, ON BEHALF OF THE AREA THAT I REPRESENT, I DON'T LIVE ACROSS TOWN AND I'M NOT GONNA BE PUT ADDING PROBLEMS TO PEOPLE WHERE I DON'T LIVE.
SO ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION THAT IS MAKING AN APPROVAL THAT IMPACTS MY CONSTITUENTS IS A PROBLEM FOR ME.
SO AGAIN, I MAKE A MOTION, UM, THAT THIS ITEM NOT BE APPROVED, AND IF WE NEED TO GO TO A VOTE, LET'S DO THAT.
SO I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS HAS INTRODUCED A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DENY THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SEEING NONE, THAT MOTION FAILS.
UH, THERE'S, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCROGGS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE THAT MOTION RECEIVED A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON? YES.
UM, YOU SAID YOU REFERENCED ITEM, UM, THE SECOND FILING AS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UH, THAT IS ONE I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ONE THAT WAS DENIED ON AUGUST THE 16TH OF 2022, WHERE YOU ASKED FOR AN INCREASE OF 986 LOTS.
WHAT HAS CHANGED BETWEEN THE TIME OF WHEN YOU INITIALLY WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY 22ND AND WENT BEFORE THE, UH, COUNCIL THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE 946 LOTS? THAT'S THE 40 LOT INCREASE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION DENIED MR. ADDISON.
I BELIEVE THAT THE DATES OF THE FIRST TWO HEARINGS WERE AUGUST 16TH, 2021.
AND I FINISHED LOOKING AT THE VIDEO FROM THAT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO BEFORE I ARRIVED.
I WAS HERE FOR THE MEETING, AND I, THE DATE THAT I HAVE IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2022.
BUT IF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, MR. HOLCOMB SAYS THAT IT'S JANUARY 22ND, 2022, THEN I WILL, UH, DEFER TO HIM ON THE DATE, THE, THE CHANGE BETWEEN JANUARY OF 2022.
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NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S WHO I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF, WHICH IS TRATO DEVELOPMENT, L L C.AND THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER REGULATIONS IN DOING ITS JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION RELATIVE TO WETLANDS.
AND THAT JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION CAME OUT TO BE MORE FAVORABLE THAN WAS ORIGINALLY FORECASTED THE PROPERTY'S BETTER FOR DEVELOPMENT THAN WAS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED.
AND SO IT ENABLES THE DEVELOPER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RECONFIGURING THE PROPERTY STILL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN THE CODE STILL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE GREEN SPACE REGULATIONS.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE GOT MORE THAN JUST ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH GREEN SPACE AS IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES THAT DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. ADDISON.
I MEAN, I THINK SOME OF THE, THE, THE COMPROMISE WAS AFTER, BETWEEN THE 9 86 AND THE 9 46 WAS THE AMOUNT OF LOTS YOU WERE ASKING FOR IN THE QUARTER.
AND THERE WAS, WHETHER YOU ARE THE NEW OWNERS OR THE NEW OWNERS ARE GENERALLY WE HEAR THAT WHEN WE HAVE A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP THAT THAT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE LAST OWNER MM-HMM.
UH, THE 300 AND SOMETHING ACRES THAT WERE BEING DEVELOPED WAS THE SAME ACREAGE.
IT WAS NOT WHETHER ONE OWNER DECIDES HE WANTS TO PUT 9 46 VERSUS NINE, UH, 86, AND NOW NEW GUYS SAY, I WANNA PUT 1100.
WE TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE ENTIRE QUARTER.
AND, AND, AND OF COURSE THIS QUARTER IS NOW, AS YOU VERY WELL REFRESH REFERENCED A SECOND AGO, THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES BEING DEVELOPED IN IT.
I MEAN, LAND, THAT WAS ONE TIME IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, UH, WHERE A LOT OF ACREAGE, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CATTLE BEING RAISED, A LOT OF FORMING BEING DONE.
UH, TODAY IS NOT, IT'S NOT THE SAME.
AND SO WE HAVING A LOT OF, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN THE QUARTER, WHETHER IT'S IN, UM, UM, PRIDE PORT HUDSON AREA OR WHETHER IT'S IN THE, UM, 9 64 AREA OF, OF THAT PORT OFS HIGHWAY.
UH, BUT THE CHANGES IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ME IS THAT WHEN THE CHANGES START TO, WHEN WE GET A DEVELOPER TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, AND THEN YEAR OR TWO LATER WE'D SAY WHETHER THERE'S NEW OWNERS, THEREFORE WE ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR THAT ADDITIONAL THREE OR 400.
IS IS PART OF THAT? THAT'S 'CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT CHANGE IS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
WHY? BECAUSE THE COUNCIL COMMISSION DID LOOK AT IT BEFORE AND, AND, AND DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO AT 9 84, WENT WITH 9 46.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, IF I WILL, IF YOU LET ME.
UH, THE ORIGINAL PLAQUE THAT GOT DENIED HAD 900, I THINK AN 86 LOTS DURING THE RESUBMITTAL CAME BACK AT 9 46 BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF THE SCHOOL TRACK, THE FIRE TRACK, AND THE, UH, POLICE TRACK.
AND WE LOST ABOUT 40 LOTS IN DONATING THOSE LANDS, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON DOING AND WORKING OUT THOSE DONATION DOCUMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AND, AND THE LATER ONES.
I HAVE A, MAY I, SO THE, UM, THE DONATIONS, WHO ARE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS WITH? I BELIEVE NOW IT IS ARE YOU DOING THAT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ON THE PROPOSED PLATT, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS AND IT'S IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE, OF THE PLAT.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE TO WHATEVER ENTITY OF THE, OF THE PARISH, PARISH WOULD HAVE THOSE DEDICATIONS BE TO.
SO AS, UH, BACK TO SMART PLANNING AS I INDICATED, HOW, HOW IS THIS, UM, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IF I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE GIFT, I DON'T WANT THE GIFT.
HOW IS IT A GIFT? YOU SAID IF THEY, IF THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR THIS DONATION, THEY'RE, UNLESS THEY'RE IS SOMEONE WHO SAID, I WANT THE DONATION.
HOW IS IT A DONATION THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED MS. BANKS, COMMISSIONER BANKS? YES.
THE, THE, THE WAY THAT CAME TO BE IS WE GOT A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEEDED, UH, FIRE PROTECTION IN THIS AREA, THAT WE NEEDED POLICE PROTECTION IN THIS AREA.
AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT SCHOOLS IF THEY, IF SOMEONE NEEDED A SCHOOL SITE IN THIS AREA.
SO WE GOT, UH, WE ADDED THAT TO OUR PLA FOR DONATION TO GIVE THAT LAND TO THOSE ENTITIES IF THEY EVER WANTED TO BUILD A POLICE STATION, FIRE STATION OR SCHOOL, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE LAND IN THIS AREA TO DO THAT, TO SERVICE THIS ENTIRE REGION.
BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT DOESN'T GO TOGETHER? A AGAIN, IT'S NOT SMART PLANNING.
IT'S LIKE YOU TELLING THEM WHAT YOU WOULD DO FOR THEM, EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, IF THEY, YOU SEE WHAT
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I'M SAYING? IT'S LIKE, UM, AND YOU'RE CHOOSING A LOCATION.AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN I TALK ABOUT BEING DISINGENUOUS TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE ZERO INPUT IN THIS DECISION AS IT RELATES TO ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLAN.
NOW, PART OF IT IS THEIR FAULT, I HAVE TO SAY, BUT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN ALL THOSE AREAS.
SO IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL, BUILDING A FIRE STATION AND BUILDING WHAT ELSE? YOU SAID FIRE POLICE.
ALL THE, I THINK WHEN THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN THAT AREA, UM, MANY OF THE PERSONS WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE, THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY OF, OF BATON ROUGE BASICALLY HAS KIND OF A MARK ON THAT.
UM, SO YOU WOULD BE GETTING WHAT YOU WANT AND THE COMMUNITY, THEIR STILL HAVING TO TAKE WHAT THEY CAN GET.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT BOTHERS ME MORE.
AND IT IS, IT'S LIKE IF ANY OF YOU LIVED IN THAT AREA, IN THE AREA AND YOU WOULD SEE THERE'S ALSO THE COM
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AT ITS COMPLETION.
AND IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A MORE, A VE UM, SINCE 2021 AND 22 AN EVEN MORE REALISTIC VIEW OF WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
AND AGAIN, UM, I I AM ASKING MY COMMISSIONERS WHO, WHO, WHO AREN'T RIDING THOSE ROADS THAT THIS NOT BE APPROVED, THAT THESE, THESE COMMUNITIES OF BOTH BAKER, UH, ZACHARY AND WHATEVER PARISH INFLUENCE WE HAVE, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BREATHER AND WORK OUT A SMART GROWTH PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
I'M NOT AGAINST, UM, ANY OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT PROGRESS.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T STOP DEVELOPMENT.
YOU PLAN FOR IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE APPROVED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
MR. WASHINGTON? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
I I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, VERY BRIEFLY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS. BANKS, I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN BATON ROUGE FOR ALL MY LIFE AND I DON'T LIKE TRAFFIC ANY MORE THAN YOU LIKE TRAFFIC.
BUT THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE ON SCENIC HIGHWAY FRONTAGE FOUR, THE PARISH TO COME IN AND BUILD THE TYPE OF FACILITIES THAT I THINK EVERYBODY CONTEMPLATES THEIR BEING INSIDE THE NEXT DECADE.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF GROWTH AND PLANNING THAT I THINK THAT DEVELOPERS SHOULD ENGAGE IN WITH THE COUNCIL.
THAT IS GOOD GROWTH IN MY OPINION.
SO WE DO HAVE EXAMPLES OF THAT, BUT THEY'RE PART OF MOVE VR, SO WE ARE, WE EVERY, EVERY, WE ARE PUTTING IN PROJECTS EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY ARE IN RELATIONSHIP.
YOU, YOU AGAIN, YOU EVEN NOW YOU TELLING THE PARISH WHAT YOU JUST ASSUME.
AND THESE ARE NOT EVEN PARISH ROADS, THESE ARE STATE ROADS.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A STATE ROAD FIXED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARISH IN LIKE 20 YEARS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IN BATON ROUGE YOU LIVE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE AREA.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BANKSON.
UH, MR. LY, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
COMMISSIONER BOYD, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED? I JUST, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
IT MIGHT BE FOR THE ENGINEER, BUT CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT CHANGED AS FAR AS THE WETLANDS DETERMINATION THAT ALLOWED TO THE HIGHER DENSITY OF LOTS? THERE'S LESS AREA THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE WETLANDS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
AND THE PROJECT IS ON PROPERTY THAT IS HIGHER AND DRIER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY FORECASTED.
SO BASICALLY THE FIRST DETERMINATION WAS MISTAKEN, I GUESS IS WHAT Y'ALL ARE TELLING US.
AND IT'S AT THE SECOND GLANCE IT WAS CORRECTED, OR COMMISSIONER BOY, WE DID A, A, A PRELIMINARY CURSORY CURSORY REVIEW OF THE WETLANDS, UH, JUST FOR OUR SUBMITTALS, UH, BECAUSE IT DELIN A FULL DELINEATION TAKES A WHILE.
BUT ONCE WE GOT INTO A FULL DELINEATION, WE REALIZED THAT IT WAS A LOT LESS WETLANDS THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
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WE, WE WAITED AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAME BACK AND AGREED WITH US THAT IT WAS LESS WETLANDS.AND SO IT HAD A, A LOT OF AREA GREEN SPACE THAT WAS NO LONGER WET.
AND SO WE CAME BACK AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S 'CAUSE WE HAD THOSE, LIKE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DISTURBING MORE WETLANDS, WE'RE LEAVING THE SAME AMOUNT OF WETLANDS ALONE THAT WE ORIGINALLY WERE.
IT'S JUST CLOSE TO IT, BUT IT WAS JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAD, UH, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LESS WETLANDS ON THAT PIECE PROPERTY.
DOES THAT ADJUST YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? BOY.
SO COMMISSION MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THAT MOTION IS RECEIVED.
THE SECOND WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER BANKS FOR A ROLL CALL.
SO I WILL ASK FOR THAT AT THIS TIME FOR ROLL CALL.
VOTE, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM 18 AS 3 23.
TRATO CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON? YES.
CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN GRUB? NO.
THAT MOTION FAILS ON A FOUR TO FOUR VOTE.
[19. SS-6-23 Dr. C.S. McConnell Property]
COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19, CSS 1423.CS MCCONNELL PROPERTY S S SIX DASH 23.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE DEAD END OF NOEL WOOD DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCKA.
THE APPLICANT IS MICKEY L ROBERTSON.
APPLICANT PROPOSED A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OF FIVE LOT WITH PRIVATE STREET.
THE FUTURE BUREAU LANE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD S S SIX DASH 23.
CS MCCONNELL PROPERTY STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
CONSIDERATION PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE HAS RECEIVED 11 MESSAGES IN OPPOSITION AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF ATTENDED TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS ON SEPTEMBER 6TH.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, UH, CHAD STEVENS, MR. ENGINEERING SURVEY IN 93 45 IN OLINE AVENUE, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.
UH, HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS, THE DAGEL FAMILY, UH, IN ADDITION TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, MR. MATTHEW CHENEY WITH AMELIA FINE HOMES, UH, PRESENTING A MINOR SUBDIVISION AS WAS STATED ON, UH, UH, FIVE LOTS ON THE SERVITUDE OF ACCESS, UH, ON APPROXIMATELY SIX AND A HALF ACRES.
UH, AS STATED, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED DAY ONE, UH, WHICH ALLOWS MINIMUM LOTS OF 75 BY ONE 40 AND A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 10,500 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THAT ZONING ALSO ALLOWS A DENSITY OF 4.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE, WHICH ON THE SIX AND A HALF ACRES WOULD ALLOW, UH, A MAXIMUM OF 26 LOTS.
UH, AGAIN, THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS FIVE LOTS ON THAT SIX AND A HALF ACRES FOR DENSITY OF LESS THAN ONE LOT PER ACRE.
UM, THE SMALLEST, THE SMALLEST LOT OF THE LOTS, LOTS X TWO, UM, IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50% LARGER THAN THE MINIMUM.
UH, LOT X ONE IS WHERE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS, UH, WHICH IS AN APPROXIMATELY, UH, 8,200 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, UH, THAT'S THERE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE PLAT, YOU SEE THAT PORTIONS OF X FOUR AND X FIVE, UH, ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD ZONE.
HOWEVER, THOSE LOTS WERE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE BUILDING PADS, UH, ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD THAT ARE LARGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE BUILDING PAD FOR AN A ONE LOT.
SO, AN A ONE LOT HAS A BUILDABLE AREA.
ONCE YOU TAKE, UH, SETBACKS ON THOSE THINGS OF ABOUT 5,900 SQUARE FEET, THE BUILDING PAD ON X FOUR IS, UH, 6,300 FEET.
AND THE BUILDING PAD ON, UH, X FIVE IS APPROXIMATELY 8,700 SQUARE FEET.
SO THOSE LOTS HAVE, UH, AREA ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD FOR HOUSES TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
UM, IF A BUYER SO CHOSE TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, MUCH LARGER THAN THAT, UH, IT'D HAVE TO BE A PRETTY BIG HOUSE.
UM, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO, UH, THE CONVEYANCE AND ANALYSIS AND THOSE THINGS, AND ANY, ACTUALLY ANY STRUCTURE BUILT THERE WOULD HAVE TO DO A CONVEYANCE ALLOW, UH, STUDY.
HOWEVER, THAT WOULD BE MUCH, UH, LESS INTENSIVE IF YOU BUILT ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD.
UM, SO YEAH, AS WAS ALLUDED TO ABOUT, UH, STAFF, THERE WERE MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
UH, MS ASKED FOR A DEFERRAL FROM THE AUGUST MEETING,
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UH, SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH HER IN ADDITION TO THE RESIDENCE.THAT MEETING OCCURRED, UH, MS AKA HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, THERE WERE ALSO THREE SEPARATE NEIGHBOR LETTERS THAT WE ANSWERED, UH, WITH THE FINAL STIPULATION LETTER THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WAS SIGNED AND ACCEPTED BY THE OWNER.
UH, AND AGAIN, THAT COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO, TO STAFF TO BE PART OF THE RECORD.
UM, D O D HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, AND THE PC HAS INDICATED, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, SORRY, HAS INDICATED THAT THE SUBDIVISION COMPLIES WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE U D C.
UH, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER COURT THAT IS IN FAVOR BUT DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
THAT COURT IS FOR MATTHEW CHENEY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL COURTS THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE FIRST IS FOR MIKE HAWKINS.
HE HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
UM, WE LIVE AT 1248, NO WOOD, WHICH IS THE END OF THE DEAD END STREET.
AND PART OF OUR PROPERTY IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR, UM, THAT PART OF OUR PROPERTY ADJOINS, UH, THE MCCONNELL PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND MANY TIMES IN THAT TIME WE'VE SEEN WATER FIVE FEET OR MORE IN OUR BACKYARD THAT WOULD BLOCK THE ENTRANCE, UM, TO THE MCCONNELL PROPERTY AND WE WOULD HAVE NEIGHBORS CANOEING THROUGH OUR BACKYARD.
MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR KEEPS A CANOE IN AT HIS HOUSE.
UM, WE'VE MET, UH, AND HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND THE LES HAVE AGREED TO A LIST OF NINE STIPULATIONS THAT ADDRESSES OUR PRIMARY CONCERN.
AND THAT IS THAT AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT, THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND HOW LONG THAT WATER STAYS ON OUR PROPERTY WON'T BE INCREASED.
SO AS LONG AS THOSE STIPULATIONS ARE ABIDED BY, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
OUR NEXT COURT IS FOR PATRICK LOVELL.
I'M ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION HERE.
UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, ATTACK HERE.
UH, INITIALLY WE WERE IN, UH, OBJECTION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I'LL BRING UP IS NOEL WOOD, IF YOU SAW THE, THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN IS A VERY NARROW STREET.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, UH, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM RUANNE, UM, THAT COMES UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
UM, IT'S HARD A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE GARBAGE TRUCKS TO GET DOWN.
AND SO THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE, UM, THAT WE'LL BRING UP.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GET ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
UM, LIKE ANY DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, UH, UH, SEWAGE, UH, IS THAT GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF? IS, UH, AND THEN, UH, I'LL LET, UH, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE FLOODING, BUT, UH, WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND THAT YOU HAVE, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT IN OBJECTION OF GOING FORWARD ON THIS.
CRAIG, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
I LIVE AT 1272, NO WOOD, AND HAVE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
I'M ONE LOT REMOVED FROM THE, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
AND, UM, OUR MAIN CONCERN WAS THAT THESE STIPULATIONS GOT INTO THE RECORD, WHICH APPARENTLY THEY HAVE, AND I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THE PROJECT, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT RENO WOOD ENDS WHEN IT FLOODS, IT GOES, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE FEET UNDERWATER.
AND HOW ARE RESIDENTS GONNA GET OUT WHEN THE WATER'S UP? THE DA WHO LIVE THERE NOW HAVE HAD THE CANOE OUT, YOU KNOW? SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER BUYS THESE LOTS KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO, BUT I HAVE NO REAL OBJECTION TO IT.
WE'VE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY
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AND EVERYBODY, AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND COOPERATIVE.AND SO HOPE YOU JUST THINK Y'ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR RANDY RUSSEL
IS RANDY AVAILABLE? ARE YOU RANDY? THAT'S OKAY.
HE'S ASKING IF THERE'S ANOTHER CAR.
WHO'S RANDY? YOU COME AT THIS TIME? WE, UH, FOUR.
HI, MY NAME IS WINIFRED RILEY AND I LIVE AT 50 19 EAST BLUEBELL DRIVE.
IT'S DIAGONAL FROM THE DLE OR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE MCCONNELL PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I AM AT THE END OF THE LINE.
THIS IS WHERE IF A DOG HOUSE IS BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY, I'LL GET THE RUNOFF OF THE DISPLACED WATER.
NOT TO MENTION THE TREES THAT WILL BE 50, 60 YEAR OLD TREES, AT LEAST, MAYBE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD TREES MAY BE CUT DOWN.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF ONE TREE FOR WATER ABSORPTION, BUT AGAIN, ANY, ANY BIT OF CONCRETE THAT IS POURED AND ANY BIT OF FILL THAT COMES IN WILL END UP BEING DISPLACED.
THE WATER WILL BE DISPLACED AND IT WILL END UP IN MY PROPERTY.
TWO YEARS AGO, I LOST THREE CARS, UM, IN AN EVENT THAT WASN'T EVEN, IT WAS NOT EVEN AN EMERGENCY EVENT.
I EVENT, I NEVER GOT A, NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE FLOODED, BUT OUR HOUSE WENT UNDER, UH, IN THE, AND WE LOST WHERE OUR HOUSE IS RAISED, BUT ALL OF OUR CARS WERE FLOODED, SO, UM, I WOULD BE CRAZY TO SUPPORT THIS
I LIVE AT 48 47 WHITEHAVEN BATON ROUGE, UH, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER WITH NORWOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE SAYS.
UM, IT, IT SAYS THAT STORMWATER PLANNING, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT STARTS AT THE PLANNING STAGE.
YOU DON'T DO IT LATER, YOU DO IT BEFORE.
UM, IT ALSO SAYS THAT I'LL INCREASE RUNOFF MUST REMAIN ON SITE UNTIL THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM HAS THE CAPACITY TO RECEIVE IT.
THERE, UM, OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, IN ADDITION TO STRICT ENGINEERING CRITERIA SUCH AS, UH, ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY DURING MAJOR STORM EVENTS, ACCESS BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UM, ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, PROVIDED THERE ARE ASSURANCES THAT THE POST-DEVELOPMENT RUNOFF DOES NOT EXCEED THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT RUNOFF.
WE MET WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
WE MET WITH, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, IN, IN SOME CASES IT WAS EDUCATION OF WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES.
IN, IN SOME CASES, UM, IT WAS ASSURANCES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, PROVIDED ASSURANCES EITHER THROUGH THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT IF THE IMPERVIOUS COVER OF A LOT IS OVER 4,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, THERE'LL BE AN OFFSITE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS.
WE'VE ALSO, UM, THROUGH AGREEMENTS WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, AND, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREES TO CERTAIN OTHER STIPULATIONS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION.
BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL SUBDIVISION, WE DON'T HAVE THE PLANS TO LOOK AT.
THEY'VE AGREED TO PROVIDE THOSE PLANS TO US IN ADVANCE TO ACTUALLY START A CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, OPPOSITION OR THE LACK OF OPPOSITION IS BASED ON THESE, UM, ASSURANCES.
AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, UM, UM, THAT THERE'S MECHANISMS IN THE CITY SYSTEM AND IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ASSURANCES THAT ARE GIVEN TO APPROVE A PROJECT FOLLOWED THROUGH THAT THE PROJECT IS LOOKED AT IN A, A COMPREHENSIVE MAN MATTER AND NOT JUST ONE HOUSE.
WHAT IS ITS IMPACT IS LIKE ALL THE HOUSES, WHAT ARE THEIR IMPACT? THE STREET? WHAT IS HIS IMPACT? SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY, UM, THROUGH MR. STEVENS EFFORTS, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SIGNED THE STIPULATIONS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT A SIGNED COPY IS PART OF THE, UM, RECORD
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OF TODAY'S HEARING.SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, WE, AND YOU HAVE ABOUT EIGHT SECONDS, SIR.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
AGAIN, LIKE WE SAID, UH, AND, AND THEY'VE ECHOED, WE'VE MET, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL THE ISSUES.
WE'VE SIGNED SOME STIPULATIONS, UH, TO DO RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, MADE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A BILLABLE AREA ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD.
LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS FLOOD.
ANYONE, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? UM, SO THE, JUST ONE NOTE, THE STUDIES WERE, UH, WAIVED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE MORE THAN A 20% IMPERVIOUS AREA ON THE ENTIRE SIX AND A HALF ACRES.
UM, SO THE, THE DRAINAGE DESIGN WILL BE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS, WHICH WE HAVE AGREED TO PROVIDE TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORS AT THE TIME THAT WE, UH, GET THOSE CONSTRUCTION PLANS DONE, THAT THEY CAN REVIEW 'EM BEFORE WE SUBMIT 'EM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO, AGAIN, WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE, BEFORE INVITING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, DIRECTOR HOLMAN IT.
UH, AS THE APPLICANT MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE MADE, UH, TONIGHT, UH, APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN, UH, DISCUSSED AT, I BELIEVE THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, FOR THIS ITEM.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME STIPULATIONS WERE AGREED UPON, UH, TO BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT, TO, UH, QUIET SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THOSE STIPULATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY A PART OF THE, UH, PROJECT AND A PART OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTATION FOR IT? CERTAINLY.
I, I GOT A COPY OF THIS TODAY.
THEY, THEY, UH, BOTH PARTIES DID COME TOGETHER.
COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN ROCKA WAS INSTRUMENTAL ON, ON BRINGING BOTH SIDES TOGETHER AND HOSTING A, A COUPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND, UH, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE PARISH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND PLANNING WERE INVOLVED IN THOSE MEETINGS.
THERE IS A, A SEPARATE D P W OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM, UH, THAT WAS SENT OUT.
EACH MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECEIVE THAT AND IS PUBLIC RECORD.
THOSE ARE TIED SPECIFICALLY TO AN APPROVAL BY THIS BODY TONIGHT ON EACH AND EVERY ITEM.
THERE IS VERY DETAILED STIPULATIONS IN THAT MEMO RELATED TO DRAINAGE, UH, MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SERVICE PER LOT.
UH, THAT WILL APPEAR ON A, ON A NOTE ON, ON THE PLAT.
AND ALSO ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND BALANCES RELATED TO CONVEYANCE ZONES, HYDRAULIC MODELING AND OFFSIDE OFFSITE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS.
UM, AS THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, THIS, UH, IS, IS THE FIRST STEP.
UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY PARISH WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS PROPERTY, AND BOTH, BOTH PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO, UH, TO ADDITIONAL, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
AND SECOND, FROM VICE CHAIRMAN.
ROB, DID, YOU MAY HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, COMMISSIONER.
I WANNA MAKE SURE FROM PAUL HERE, DO WE HAVE TO INCLUDE STIPULATIONS AS AGREED UPON, OR DO THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO THE RECORDS? DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION WITH STIPULATION? YOU CAN JUST, UH, UH, AGREE TO IT.
NOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, THE CITY WILL NOT ENFORCE THOSE STIPULATIONS.
THAT IS A, BASICALLY A PRIVATE DEEDED RESTRICTION.
I, I'M SURE THAT MR. ELL WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HOLD THE, UH, ACCOUNTABLE.
WELL, SOME OF 'EM ARE WITH THE ENGINEER'S, REPORTS ENGINEERS.
THAT IS, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOME OF THE CONCERN YOU'RE RAISING WITH THE, WITH THE DRAINAGE AND WHATEVER.
THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT WOULD BE A PART OF, SO THAT IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE CITY PARISH.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE OTHER STIPULATIONS MAY NOT BE, BUT I WANNA BE SURE ON THE RECORDS FROM THE MOTION SIDE, DID WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT IN THE MOTION OR IS THAT AUTOMATIC? SO I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION WITH STIPULATIONS.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH ALL STIPULATIONS.
I BELIEVE, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT RETAINS HIS SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
THE MOTION THE PUBLIC HEARING HAD ENDED FOR THAT ITEM.
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MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS, BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.JUST A QUICK REMINDER, YOUR NEXT, UH, REGULAR SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS OCTOBER 16TH.
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ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR LATEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, DANISHA LONDON, SENIOR PLANNER.
IN CURRENT PLANNING, DANISHA ROUTINELY ASSISTS OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.
SHE'S ADAPTABLE AND ABLE TO WORK IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
SHE ROUTINELY ASSISTS OTHERS AND STAFFS THE RESOURCE CENTER ON DEADLINE
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DAY, LEADING THE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE.SHE'S A TEAM PLAYER WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN ALL OF HER DUTIES.
DANISHA DISPLAYS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND WORKS TO ENSURE TASKS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME.
SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT FOR BEING CONSISTENTLY A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE TEAM.
ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DANISHA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
COMMISSIONER ADDISON, MOTIONS TO ADJOURN.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER STERLING.