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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR, FOR TONIGHT'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
[ROLL CALL]
ROLL CALL DIRECTOR HOLCOMB.AND COMMISSIONER SCROGGS HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 18TH MEETING? NEED A MOTION? THANK YOU.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOYD.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED.
[RULES FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC HEARINGS]
CHAIRMAN CLIFFORD 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 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 ON A PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD REFER TO THE MEETING AGENDA AND COMPLETE NECESSARY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING BY FILLING OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD INDICATING ON 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 FIRST FOR A TOTAL COMBINED, COMBINED PERIOD OF 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 DUPLICATION OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
APPLICANTS 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 THE ITEM.
IN SUCH CASES, THE PROPOSAL WILL FOLLOW THE STANDARD PROCEDURE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VICE CHAIRMAN GR WE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.MR. BALDWIN, THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON CONSENT FOR WITHDRAWAL OR DEFERRAL.
ITEM SIX, CASE 16 24 18 81 WOODDALE BOULEVARD TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL M TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE HC ONE, SORRY, AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE HC ONE TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE HC ONE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODDALE BOULEVARD NORTH OF EXCHANGE PLACE.
ITEM SEVEN, CASE 18 24 72 42 PERKINS ROAD TO REZONED.
PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CA B ONE AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL THREE.
LIGHT COMMERCIAL THREE LC THREE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD EAST OF KENILWORTH PARKWAY.
ITEM EIGHT CASE 1924 T 1501 T 1503 AND T 1541 TERRACE STREET TO REZO PROPERTY FROM GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, A FOUR TO ZERO.
LOT LINE, A 2.6 LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TERRACE STREET, EAST OF SOUTH 15TH STREET.
ITEM NINE, PUT 2 22, THE RESERVE AT DRAWER PLACE AND MORNINGSIDE AT DRAWER PLACE.
FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REVISION.
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF JEWEL ROAD AND SOUTH OF GREENWELL STREET.
ANTHONY TN NOLAN PROPERTY PROPOSED FLAG LOT MINOR SUBDIVISION LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY SOUTH OF COMMONWEALTH BOULEVARD.
ITEM 11 SS 2 24 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY EXTENSION OF HIGH PLAINS DRIVE LOCATED NORTH OF PECAN GROVE AVENUE.
CARL ELTON CHENEY PROPERTY PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION WITH A PRIVATE STREET LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILLVILLE ROAD, WEST OF CHENEY.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PULL TWO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST ITEM REQUESTED TO BE PULLED AS ITEM SEVEN, CASE 18 24 72 42 PERKINS ROAD.
THAT ITEM WILL BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HEARD IN THE REGULAR AGENDA ORDER.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEM 11 SS 2 24 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING.
SO BOTH ITEMS SEVEN AND ITEM 11 WILL BE BOTH PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND HEARD IN REGULAR AGENDA ORDER.
YOU HAVE NOW HEARD ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE TO BE TAKEN WITH ONE VOTE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM SEVEN AND 11.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHO HAVE AN ITEM ON CONSENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED TO BE HEARD AS PART OF THE REGULAR AGENDA? DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE
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ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE.IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCRAGG? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FOWLER? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTING THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, THESE ITEMS HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED AND WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
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NEXT TWO ITEMS MAY BE TAKEN TOGETHER.ITEMS TWO AND THREE PA 2 24 LABERGE BATON ROUGE RELATED TO PUD 1 0 9 LABERGE BATON ROUGE CONCEPT PLAN.
REVISION FOUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF RIVER ROAD SOUTH OF LABERGE CROSSING DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE.
THE EXISTING FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A REQUESTED FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE PUD 1 0 9 LAB BURGE CONCEPT PLAN.
REVISION FOUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE INTERSECTION OF RIVER ROAD AND LAB BURGE CROSSING DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE GO.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INCREASING THE ACREAGE OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT BY REVISING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE PUD CONCEPT PLAN AND INCREASING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAND USES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.
FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS MIXED USE REGIONAL CENTER AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS RURAL AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
PUD WITH A REQUESTED ZONING OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD PA 2 24 LABERGE BATON ROUGE RELATED TO PUD 1 0 9 LA BURGE BATON ROUGE CONCEPT PLAN REVISION FOUR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL 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 A MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT MEET COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS IF THE COMPANION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED.
AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
IS YOUR, IS YOUR MIC ON YOU? MAKE SURE THAT LITTLE GREEN BUTTONS, UH, AT THE BASE I THINK IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
UH, ANDRE RODRICK, 1200 BRICKYARD LANE, SUITE 400 BATON ROUGE, UH, AS THE APPLICANT FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS AS, UH, NOTED IN THE SUMMARY THERE.
UH, PLAN, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USE, UH, AMENDMENT FOR, UH, TO GO FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO MIXED USE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE P UH, PRIMARILY FOR ABOUT 84 ACRES THAT'S BOUND BY, UH, RIVER ROAD LA BURGE CROSSING AND NICHOLSON DRIVE.
OVERALL FOR THE P REVISION ITSELF IS TO INCREASE THE, UH, PUT AREA BY ABOUT AN ACRE AND A HALF.
THERE WAS A SMALL AREA, OUR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS A GAP IN THE PUT IS NOW TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THAT.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THE, THE USES THAT WE'RE, UH, PROPO PROPOSING AND ONE OF THE LAND, UH, DEVELOPMENT ZONE ZONE SIX IS TO INCREASE SOME OF THE, THE LAND USES THAT WERE THERE PREVIOUSLY FOR, WHICH WAS JUST LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
WE WANNA ALLOW FOR MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ADD HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE PUT ALSO AND COMMERCIAL USES.
SO OVERALL, UH, AN INCREASE IN SOME OF THOSE USES, IT DOES HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE OVERALL COMMON OPEN SPACE FOR THE OVERALL PUD, BUT IT'S WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUM CRITERIA.
AND AS NOTED, IT MEETS ALL THE, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE STATED FORWARD IN THE UDC.
SO THEREFORE, I REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
WE DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER COURTS, SO AT THIS TIME I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER SCROGGS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER SCRAGGS, I BELIEVE.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO
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THE NEXT ITEMS. MR. CHAIRMAN, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS CAN ALSO BE TAKEN TOGETHER.ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, THANK YOU.
PA 4 24, 2 0 3 86, 2 0 3 56, AND 2 0 3 26 SAMUELS ROAD RELATED
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TO CASE 1724.PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAMUELS ROAD NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT ZACHARY ROAD COUNCIL.
THE APPLICANTS ARE BLAINE ADAMS AND MARK WILKES.
THE CURRENT FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS AGRICULTURAL RURAL.
THE REQUESTED FUTURE VR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS RURAL WITH A REQUESTED ZONING OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL M1, PA 4 24 2 0 3 86 2 0 3 56, AND 2 0 3 26 SAMUELS ROAD RELATED TO THE CASE 1724.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL BASED UPON THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF AGRICULTURAL RURAL APPEARING APPROPRIATE.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PRO PROPOSED PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA OF A CHANGE OF ZONING IF THE COMPANION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, BEING COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
I DO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCILMAN NOEL ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS TO APPROVE THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND HE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE THE COMPANION REZONING ON THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD 19 C 15 MINUTES.
HOW Y'ALL, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? WE CAN.
SO, UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A GENERAL MACHINE SHOP.
WE'VE BEEN IN BAKER FOR 24 YEARS, UH, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO EXPAND OPERATIONS AND BUILD A BIGGER FACILITY THERE ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL, UH, BE IN FAVOR OF SUCH.
AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, SIR.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKER CARDS.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL CLOSE, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR MOTIONS FOR THESE TWO ITEMS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER BOYD TO APPROVE THESE TWO ITEMS. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER FOWLER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THIS, THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM
[7. Case 18-24 7242 Perkins Road]
NUMBER SEVEN, CASE 18 24 72 42 PERKINS ROAD CASE 18 24 7 2 4 2 PERKINS ROAD.PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD EAST OF KENILWORTH PARKWAY COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCKA.
THE APPLICANT IS DONALD JARO JR.
FUTURE B LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CA ONE AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL LC THREE WITH A REQUESTED ZONING OF LIGHT COMMERCIAL THREE LC THREE CASE 18 24 7 2 4 2 PERKINS ROAD.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A CHANGE OF ZONING BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMING TO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
UM, ALEX KNIGHT, UM, HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WE WERE LOOKING TO REZONE THE RESTAURANT SPACE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS JUST THE FOOTPRINT OF THE RESTAURANT FROM CAB ONE TO LC THREE, WHICH IS THE ZONING OF THE PARKING LOT SURROUNDING IT.
UM, THE PROPOSED USE IS A FUNERAL HOME, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN LC THREE, BUT NOT IN THE CAV ONE.
SO BASICALLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF ANYTHING COMES UP, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER CORD WHO IS IN OPPOSITION.
THAT CARD IS FOR VIOLET TREMBLAY.
HI, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I AM THE OWNER OF PAINTING AND PINOT.
IT IS A PAINTING BUSINESS THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE BUILDING IN QUESTION IS LOCATED.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ZONE INTO MORE OF A MIXED USE SOMETHING FOR A FUNERAL HOME.
MY PROBLEM, UH, HERE IS PARKING.
I WENT AROUND TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS
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FOR DIFFERENT FUNERAL HOMES, AND IT IS WOEFULLY UNDER NUMBERED.SO THE CURRENT, THIS LOCATION HAS, LET'S SEE, 65 SPOTS.
THE TOP FOUR FUNERAL HOMES THAT YOU CAN THINK OF IN BATON ROUGE, THEY HAVE ON AVERAGE 146 SPOTS.
SO ON AVERAGE, THIS LOCATION HAS 56% LESS PARKING THAN OTHER OTHER FUNERAL HOMES IN THE AREA.
IN FACT, WE HAVE 12 OTHER FUNERAL HOMES IN THE AREA.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS ALL OF THE, THE FUNERAL HOMES THAT I WENT TO VISIT, THEY ALL HAVE A LIGHT DEDICATED TO COMING OUT OF THEIR FACILITY.
THIS LOCATION DOES NOT, IN FACT, KIND OF ADJACENT CAT CORNER IS THE BATON ROUGE CLINIC, AND THERE'S NOT A LIGHT THERE EITHER.
SO I LOOKED AND LOOKED AND LOOKED TO TRY TO FIND ACCIDENT DATA FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
I'D BE WILLING TO BET MONEY THAT IF WE HAD THAT DATA, IT WOULD SHOW THAT ADDING SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ALL AT THE SAME TIME LIKE A FUNERAL HOME WILL, BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOES TO A FUNERAL HOME AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE A RESTAURANT WHERE PEOPLE COME AND GO, THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE SERVICES ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO NOT ONLY IS PARKING AN ISSUE, BUT ALSO TRAFFIC FLOW IS GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.
YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT OUT OF THERE WITHOUT TAKING YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR HANDS.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA TALK ABOUT
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I COULD WAIT TOO.
DO YOU GUYS WANT THAT? UH, YOU HAVE, YOU COULD, YOU COULD HAND IT TO, UH, COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
HE COULD UH, PASS IT AROUND FOR COURSE OF YOU.
AT THIS TIME I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
UH, YES, IN RELATION TO PARKING, JUST FOR SOME CLARITY ON THE, THE PLAN FOR THIS FUNERAL HOME, IT'S NOT ONE OF THE VERY LARGE ONES THAT MOST OF US ARE USED TO THAT.
IN FACT, THE, THE PLAN IS TO DO SOMETHING MUCH SMALLER.
I BELIEVE THAT BUILDING IS ABOUT 4,200 FEET MAYBE IN TOTAL.
UM, FROM WHAT THEY ARE DESCRIBING TO ME IS THAT THEIR, I WANNA SAY CHAPEL, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD TO USE.
WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE SERVICE, I BELIEVE WILL BE LESS THAN HALF OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE REMAINING SPACE WOULD BE KIND OF BACK OF HOUSE SERVICE ORIENTED TO THE OPERATION.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE SPACE FOR AFTER THE SERVICE TO HAVE A SMALL RECEPTION.
THE ENTIRE GOAL WAS TO HAVE A FUNERAL HOME BY DESIGN THAT WAS MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT IS AROUND, BECAUSE FRANKLY, THOSE CAN BE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING FOR FOLKS.
UM, JUST 'CAUSE THEY ARE SO BIG.
SO THE, THE, THE ACTUAL GOAL FOR THIS FACILITY WAS TO HAVE A MUCH SMALLER OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SERVICES.
SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, LEMME KNOW.
AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INVITE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER BANKS HAD A QUESTION.
COULD YOU COME BACK TO THE, UH, PODIUM, MA'AM? MS. TREMBLEY? THE, THE QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS ASK, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OUTREACH OR THE COUNCILWOMAN? UM, NO, I HAVE NOT BECAUSE, UH, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET A NOTICE OF THIS.
THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT WAS SEEING IT IN THE, ON FACEBOOK IN THE NEWS.
SO I SPENT, UH, LAST WEEK, LIKE I SAID, DRIVING AROUND TO FUNERAL HOMES.
ARE, ARE THERE OTHER BUSINESSES? IS IT A STRIP OR WHAT? SO RIGHT NEXT TO ME, UM, THERE'S BODY BRIGHT, WHICH THEY HAVE A REALLY SMALL CLIENT BASE.
AND THEN, SO, WHICH IS A HUGE PARKING ISSUE.
WE'VE HAD A PARKING ISSUE SINCE DAY ONE.
UM, IN FACT, THE BANK, THERE'S A BANK THERE AS WELL.
AND THEY TOW PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DID.
IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING THAT, UM, THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC HEARING, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC? I MEAN THE PARKING CONCERN DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS? YES.
UM, THE, THE APPLICANT, MR. JARROW HAD DEVELOPED
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KIND OF THAT WHOLE AREA.UM, AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE BACK THAT WAS PURCHASED.
UM, AND, BUT YES, THERE, THERE IS A BUSY SHOPPING CENTER.
THERE'S NO, UM, ACTUALLY THERE MAY BE A WAY TO CONNECT THROUGH, INVEST OUR BANK AND EVENTUALLY GET TO, UM, HER LOCATION IN THE BACK.
SO THIS IS SELF-CONTAINED AND THEIR GOAL IS TO BE SELF-CONTAINED.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF THERE ARE TIMES, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TIME TODAY, BUT I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT THE DEVELOPER GETS WHAT, UM, THE OTHER NEIGHBORS TO LET 'EM KNOW WHAT, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON JUST FOR FEEDBACK.
AND THEY, UM, THEY DID REACH OUT TO, UH, COUNCILMAN RAA.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN WITH HER ABOUT, BUT DID SHE'S HAVE, WELL, SHE'S NOT HERE ANYWAY, SO WE DON'T KNOW.
SHE, I I THINK SHE WAS GENERALLY RECEPTIVE TO IT.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DIFFERENT.
SO I'M LOOKING AT A GOOGLE MAPS PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
SO THE PARKING LOT, THE, SO YOUR PARKING LOT IS DEDICATED TO ONLY THAT BUSINESS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SHARED WITH ANYBODY? CORRECT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S CROSS PARKING NOW IN, IN, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE ARE GONNA PARK WHERE THEY PARK UNLESS THEY HAVE SOME NO PARKING SIGNS OR VIOLATORS WE TOOK.
SO DO PEOPLE MAYBE PARK ON THE, UM, THAT RESTAURANT SITE? POSSIBLY.
UM, BUT IT HASN'T, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HASN'T BEEN, UM, I WOULD SAY POLICED OR HASN'T BEEN, UM, NOBODY'S BEEN TOWED FROM, FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET DOWN TO SEE THE SAME MAP.
YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT HOW MANY SPOTS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR PARKING LOT? IN THAT PARKING LOT? UM, I BELIEVE SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID 56.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA GO WITH I THINK SHE SAID 65.
SO SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE LOOKED AT SEVERAL, UH, FUNERAL HOMES AND THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD CONSIDERABLE MORE PARKING.
AND YOU SAID BASICALLY THAT BY DESIGN, THIS WAS LOOKING TO CATER TO SORT OF A SMALLER, UH, CROWD IN REGARDS TO YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
HOW ARE, HOW, COULD YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY TO HOW YOU LOOK TO, HOW YOU WOULD LOOK TO REGULATE THAT, UH, INCORPORATING THE CAPACITY OF THE CATHEDRAL THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HOLD? UH, YES.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE DONE THEIR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS YET.
UM, BUT MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE, LET'S SAY HALF THE SPACE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2000 TO 2200 FEET FOR THAT, UM, THAT SERVICES SPACE, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN FIT, UM, INTO 2200 FEET, LET'S SAY, BUT I'D IMAGINE IT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT, LESS THAN THAT, OR CLOSE TO IT.
SO HOW MANY CARS YOU WOULD FIT? I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
I CAN WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY WOULD EXPECT TO HOLD SERVICES HERE.
UM, THEY HAVE ANOTHER FACILITY IN TOWN, WHICH IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO HERE.
SO I'D IMAGINE ANY, UM, ANY SERVICES THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING THAT WILL BE BIGGER WOULD BE GEARED TOWARD A LARGE FACILITY.
AND, UH, I JUST TOOK A QUICK GANDER AT THE, UH, THE DOCUMENT THAT, UH, SHE PROVIDED FOR US TO LOOK AT.
IT LOOKED LIKE, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER FUNERAL HOME THAT HAS, UH, SEVERAL FEWER PARKING SPOTS THAN WHAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, PROPOSING YOURS WOULD HAVE.
WHAT I WOULD WANT TO ASK IT, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, UH, HOW MUCH CONSIDERATION SHOULD WE GIVE THE PARKING ISSUE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WOULD BE REGULATED, UH, BY THE CITY? SO IT'S OKAY TO DISCUSS GENERAL CONCERNS, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS A LAND USE AND ZONING ISSUE ON WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO CHANGE THE ZONING AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE PARKING IS A, IS A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND THAT'S TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
UH, THAT WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE HAVE TO, IF, IF THE ZONING WERE TO BE APPROVED, THERE WOULD BE DETAILED PLANS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PERMIT OFFICE AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND THEIR STAFF WOULD LOOK AT THAT IN DETAIL TO DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE PARKING.
IF THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE PARKING, THEY WOULD NOT, UH, ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE, THE GENERAL AREA FOR, FOR THE RECEPTIONS IN THE PUBLIC TO GO TO.
SO THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT AT A LATER DATE.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC PARKING CODE FOR, FOR THIS USE, UM, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, THIS, THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED FOR A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL IF, IF P COMMISSION TAKES ACTION THIS EVENING, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE, UM, BOTH SIDES TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON PRIOR TO THAT COUNCIL ZONING MEETING.
WHERE WOULD I FIND THAT DATE FOR THAT SECOND PUBLIC HEARING?
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I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.AND THIS, AND THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE METRO COUNCIL, RIGHT? IT'S A SEPARATE DEDICATED MEETING TO OKAY.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T GET INTO THE DETAIL OF IT.
YOU'RE BUILDING A FUNERAL HOME RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE BATON ROUGE CLINIC WHERE I GO, SO
BUT CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT A PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BUT THE, UH, THE CONCERN I HAVE HAS TO DO WITH THAT PARKING, BECAUSE YOU SAID A 2000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, FACILITY.
UH, IF YOU TAKE NFPA 1 0 1 AND YOU LOOK AT JUST REGULAR 2000 SQUARE FEET, YOU GOT 133 PEOPLE AT ONE TO 15, YOU WANNA GO ONE TO SEVEN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVEN MORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO SOLVE.
AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR THIS.
BUT AS FAR AS GETTING THE LAND USE CONSISTENT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WHETHER Y'ALL CAN MAKE IT A FUNERAL HOME IS UP TO Y'ALL.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THAT IS, UH, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, BUT I'M APPROVING IT BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE LAND USE, NOT THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THE LAND IS USED, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH GENERAL LAND USE, NOT THE SPECIFICS HOW YOU'RE, HOW YOU'RE GONNA, HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT MANY PEOPLE PARKING ON HERE AT 65 SPACES.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
IS THERE A SECOND? I HAD A, I'M SORRY.
UM, FIRST, FIRST, FIRST, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION, SECOND ADVICE FROM, UH, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
NOW I INVITE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER BANKS STILL HAD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
MY COMMENTS ARE, UM, ARE BASICALLY WHAT RYAN, MR. HOLCOMB INDICATED, UH, AND ALSO TO, UM, UH, THE BUSINESSWOMAN THAT HAS A, HAS AN INTEREST THAT THIS IS JUST LAND USE.
BUT, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU ALL GETTING TOGETHER IF YOU, YOU REACHING OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL, A MEMBER TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH, UM, THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS OTHER, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TIME NOW, BUT YOU HAVE NOT ONLY TIME, BUT A DATE TO BRING EVERYBODY IN.
UM, SO I, I REALLY WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGE INFORMATION THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE COUNCILWOMAN AND THAT A MEETING IS ARRANGED TO SHOW WHAT THE CONCEPT PLAN IS.
UM, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAD A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE CHAIR, HOW DO YOU REGULATE? 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CHURCH OR A FUNERAL HOME WHERE THEY ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE SURE.
AND IT'S QUITE ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE, UM, UH, STANDING ROOM ONLY PARK ON THE CURB, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT BECAUSE, UM, AND THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED, THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE.
UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE CHURCHES ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, COMMUNITY IN, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES WHERE IT BECOMES SOMEWHAT OF THE NORM AND EVERYBODY'S CORDIAL.
BUT WITH THE BUSINESS, THAT IS GONNA BE A ISSUE.
AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL WORK THAT OUT IN ADVANCE.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUD.
AND MOTION WAS SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.SS 2 24 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING, SS 2 24 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF PECO GROVE AVENUE COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE NOEL.
THE APPLICANT IS JEFFREY WILSON.
THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION IS FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY EXTENSION OF HIGH PLAINS DRIVE.
FUTURE B LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SS 2 24 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING.
STAFF CERTIFIES THAT THE PROPOSED REQUEST MEETS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 MINUTES.
SO THIS ONE IS, IS A BIT INTERESTING.
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ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS HERE.UM, HIGH PLAINS CROSSING WAS DEVELOPED AROUND 2005, UM, HUNDRED, 101 LOT SUBDIVISION.
SAME DEVELOPER IS DEVELOPING FAIRVIEW GARDENS, UH, IN THE CITY OF ZACHARY.
THAT'S ABOUT A 320 LOT SUBDIVISION.
UH, WHEN THE DEVELOPER IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILING THE FINAL PLAT FOR HIGH PLAINS CROSSING BACK IN 2005, THEY CAME BACK WITH A REVISION TO DEDICATE A STREET RIGHT OF AWAY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEDICATION WAS DONE AT A STAFF LEVEL, WHICH APPARENTLY IS, IS NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE RULES.
SO, UM, FAIRVIEW GARDENS IS COMPLETING ITS BUILD OUT.
WE WENT TO FILE A PERMIT TO CONNECT THE STREET FROM CITY OF ZACHARY TO EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
IT WAS DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE, AND WE'RE BACK HERE TO BASICALLY DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD CONNECT FAIRVIEW GARDENS TO HIGH PLAINS CROSSING.
SO THIS IS THE DEDICATION OF THAT 50 FOOT BY 160 FOOT RIGHT AWAY TO CONNECT THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS.
WE HAVE TWO SPEAKER CORES THAT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
YOU ARE UNDER THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES.
I AM A RESIDENT OF HIGH PLAINS CROSSING.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 1 4 1 HIGH PLAINS CROSSING.
I DO COME TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE STREET EXTENSION, UM, THE NEIGHBORS AND I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF PROPOSAL ON APRIL 2ND, UH, POSTMARKED MARCH 28TH ON THIS INFORMATION.
AND, UM, BUT THE PROPOSED WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND VERY MUCH NEAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN HOPES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I AM VOICING MY OPPOSITION BECAUSE WE ARE A BATON ROUGE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ZACHARY.
WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY REACHED OUT TO OUR COUNCILMAN DISTRICT ONE NOEL, UM, TO GET OUR STREETS FIXED.
UH, AND WE CANNOT TAKE ON THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AND THE CONCRETE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
NOW, EVERY STREET IN ZACHARY HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE, UH, MANDATED FOUR INCH LEVEL.
WE ARE STILL AT THE ORIGINAL LEVEL THAT WAS BUILT IN FOR THE 2005 WHEN THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED.
UM, THIS PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN, THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT STREET TO COME IN THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS CLOSER AND FASTER TO THE MAIN HIGHWAY.
AND THE STREETS CANNOT TAKE IT.
I WILL TELL YOU, THE HOMEOWNERS WILL BLOCK THE PATHWAY.
THEY, THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT.
I AM THE FORMER, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
MR. SCOTT IS HERE AS, UH, THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S LIKE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE HAVE TAXATION WITH NO REPRESENTATION.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKING, ASKING, ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO DO THE STREETS.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS GETTING PATCHED.
YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PATCHED.
AND SO NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. HOLCOMB, I CAN ASK YOU QUESTIONS LIKE, WHY ARE THE UTILITIES FOR THIS NEW ZACHARY NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, THE SERVITUDE AND EVERYTHING BEING LINKED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I TOOK PICTURES AND SENT IN, IN MY LETTER ABOUT THIS ADDRESSING IT.
THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THE CABLE WIRES ARE RUNNING FROM THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CONCRETE SIDE STREETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN POURED.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE ENGINEER THAT THAT LAST STREET THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED TO THE BACK STREET IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW PART OF ZACHARY.
WE'VE ASKED TO BE ANNEXED IN, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ANNEXED IN BECAUSE BASICALLY OUR MONEY, OUR TEXTILES ARE GOING TO ZACHARY, BUT WE HAVE NO VOICE.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING YOU IF NOTHING THAT'S GONNA BE DONE SINCE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, AT LEAST RAISE OUR STREETS TO THE MANDATED FOUR INCH LEVEL.
OUR NEXT CARD IS FOR RANDOLPH SCOTT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THREE MINUTES, SIR.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, I'M THE NEW HOA PRESIDENT OF HIGH PLAIN CROSSING.
THIS HAS, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DORMANT BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOMEOWNERS IN HIGH PLAIN CROSSING.
UH, THIS PROJECT'S BEEN LAYING DORMANT FOR YEARS.
ALL WE ASK THEM FOR IS THAT SOMEONE GIVE US THE COURTESY TO LEAST COME AND TALK TO US.
WE HAD TO FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE HAULING CONCRETE IN ON A, ON A SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A, A, A, A SMALL COMMUNITY.
THE ROADS ARE ALREADY TO UP AND, AND, AND THAT'S JUST FROM REGULAR TRAFFIC.
SO ALL WE ASKING IS TO BE, BE FAIR WITH US.
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WE ARE, WE ARE TAX PAYING CITIZENS.EVERYBODY IN THE, I'M RETIRED.
EVERYBODY IN THAT SUBDIVISION HAS THEIR JOB.
SO I'M SAYING JUST BE FAIR WITH US.
WE CAN'T, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUILDING THIS, THIS, THIS NEW SUBDIVISION, THAT'S FINE.
BUT DON'T, DON'T, DON'T TREAT US LIKE WE ARE OUR CAST.
I HOPE YOU CONSIDER, UH, JUST SOME MORE TOP YOU NO TALKS ON THIS TOPIC FOR US.
AND, UH, IF YOU NEED ME, UH, I'LL LEAVE MY NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND EVERYTHING WE NEED TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THIS.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK FOR A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL.
HOPE, HOPEFULLY I'LL ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE A FEW MORE.
UM, IN, IN REGARDS TO, TO WORK ALREADY BEING DONE.
LIKE I SAID, WE KIND OF FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS LAST MINUTE.
SO UTILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONNECTED THROUGH WATER, GAS.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE CABLES EVEN TAKEN INITIATIVE TO GET THROUGH THERE.
UM, THE, THE PROPERTY IS STILL OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER OF THE, THE TRACK TO THE NORTH, BUT AT THIS POINT, HE IS REALLY JUST PUT UTILITIES THROUGH HIS OWN PROPERTY.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO, TO OUTREACH TO HIGH PLAINS CROSSING, WE DID IN 2017 WHEN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR FAIRVIEW GARDENS WENT THROUGH THE ZACHARY PROCESS.
UM, I GUESS WE'RE SEVEN FILINGS LATER NOW AND EIGHT YEARS LATER.
UM, THAT MAY BE AN OVERSIGHT IN MY PART.
UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN COORDINATE WITH THEM, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
UH, UM, REPAVING THE STREETS, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, UH, IS, IS GONNA FALL TO, TO THE DEVELOPER.
BUT TO, TO THAT END, I'LL, I'LL LET Y'ALL ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BEFORE INVITING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, I'LL, I'LL ASK, UH, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER NOEL REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I HAVE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCILMAN NOEL REGARDING THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT I BELIEVE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
HE, UH, CONTACTED OUR OFFICE INITIALLY WHEN I BRIEFED HIM ON THE CASE, UH, EXPRESSING CONCERNS ON THE STREET EXTENSION, SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UPON, UH, GETTING BRIEFED ON, ON THE HISTORY THAT WAS MENTIONED, THIS INITIAL SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2005.
THERE WAS A FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, SHOWN EXACTLY WHERE THIS STREET STUB OUT IS.
THAT WAS ON THE REVISED PLAT OF SEPTEMBER, 2005.
HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE FORMAL DEDICATION PROCESS THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TONIGHT.
UH, I DID EXPLAIN THAT TO COUNCILMAN NOEL.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS ALSO REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE TO GO BEFORE THE CITY OF ZACHARY AND ALSO THEIR COUNCIL.
THEY, UH, VOTED ON IT AND TOOK A POSITION OF NO OBJECTION.
THEY ALSO, UH, APPROVED THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION, UM, TO WHICH THIS CONNECTION WOULD, WOULD BE ADJOINED TO.
AND, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED SHOWING A, A FUTURE CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY HERE.
UH, COUNCILMAN NOEL HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT, UM, DIRECTOR FRED RAYFORD.
UH, I, I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO ARRANGE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF.
THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR THE CITY STREETS THAT ARE PUBLIC ROADS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH UNDER OUR JURISDICTION HERE.
UH, TO HAVE IT RESURFACED, THOSE STREETS WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE CRITERIA.
THERE'S ALSO SOME DOCUMENTATION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO RESTRICT CONSTRUCTION ACCESS, UH, THAT COULD HELP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO NO, NO FURTHER DETERIORATION OR DEGRADATION OF THOSE STREETS IS DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.
SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD BEHIND THE SCENES WITH YOUR COUNCIL PERSON AND WITH THE APPROPRIATE DIRECTORS.
I, I DID WANNA SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.
UH, DIRECTOR HOLCOMB, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
MR. MR. CHAIRMAN, DEVELOPER, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEVELOPER.
CAN YOU COME BACK UP PLEASE? UM, YES SIR.
I UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS THE LOT AT THE CORNER OF PERKINS GROVE AVENUE.
YOU ARE CONNECTING THE STREETS AT NORTH PLAINS, NORTH HIGH PLAINS AND THE HIGH PLAINS DRIVE.
THOSE TWO IS GONNA BE, WAS CONNECTED.
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THAT'S CORRECT.AND THE 'CAUSE THERE IS NO CONNECTION ON THE MAP AS I LOOK AT IT HERE.
UH, YOU ARE BRINGING IT THROUGH YOUR ZACHARY TR 3 1 3 A ONE A ONE A ONE.
IS THAT, THAT'S THE PROPERTY YOU'RE COMING ACROSS TO CONNECT THESE TWO HERE.
YOU AND YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE THIS ONE LOT THAT IS BETWEEN, I'LL JUST CALL IT PECAN GROVE AVENUE.
THE CONNECTIVITY OF THOSE TWO PARCEL OF PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THIS IS THE PROPERTY YOU ARE DEDICATING HERE ON EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SIDE.
UM, THE RESIDENCE SAID THERE IS CREATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW, YOU CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS IS WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING OF WHEN SHE SAY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OR THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL OPERATIONS AFTER THE SUBDIVISION IS BUILT, UH, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH FAIRVIEW GARDENS.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT? IF IT SHOULD BE, WHERE SHOULD YOU MAKE SURE IT GOES? I I CAN JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SENDING THEM THROUGH THE CORRECT ROUTE.
UM, I GUESS THAT'D BE THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
'CAUSE ALL YOU'RE DOING IS REDEDICATED THIS ONE PIECE.
AND YOU ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE, BY THE COUNCIL COMMISSION, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN 2005.
IT, IT SHOULD HAVE, BUT IT DID NOT.
IT IS, IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
MM-HMM,
I THINK IT IS THE CURRENT OR FORMER? NO, THE CURRENT.
I I I UNDERSTOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU REPRESENT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY.
THE, UM, THE CONCERNS THAT YOU WERE RAISING, YOU KEPT SAYING YOU JUST WANT THEM TO BE FAIR.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BE FAIR? THIS IS A ZONING MATTER FOR DEDICATION ISSUE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL, THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED DONE? I GUESS THE NAKED EYE YOU WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE IMPROVING THE, THE IMPROVING THE SURROUNDING.
WE SAY WE WANT TO BE FAIR BECAUSE WE STUCK IN NO MAN'S LAND.
WE ARE NOT OFFICIALLY A PART OF ZACHARY.
WE ARE OFFICIALLY A PART OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND WE HAVE BASICALLY NO REPRESENTATION.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THINGS JUST STARTED HAPPENING.
I UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL US ANYTHING.
BUT I FEEL LIKE, UH, THEY COULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO US.
WE, WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY DEVELOPING THE LAND AT SOME POINT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE TREATED FAIR AND NOT HAVE CONCRETE TRUCKS ROLLING DOWN OUR STREETS ON A SATURDAY OR ANY OTHER DAY IF, IF POSSIBLE.
UH, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THEY DID ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE THEY JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR PROJECT DONE.
AND I GUESS MAYBE I DIDN'T USE THE CORRECT WORD.
WHEN I SAY FAIR, I JUST WANT, MAYBE I SHOULD USE THE WORD BE INFORMED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET SOME KIND OF CLARITY ON WHAT THAT STATEMENT MEANS.
BUT, UH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT IF THEY'RE RUNNING CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURES THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONTROL OF.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
AND DEVELOPERS KNOW WHICH WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS AND THINGS ALONG THAT LINE WHEN THEY'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IF, IF THAT BECOMES A CONCERN, THEN THEY, OF COURSE, LIKE HE INDICATED WHEN I ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION BEFORE I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THEY CAN HELP CONTROL SOME OF THAT BY DIFFERENT MECHANISM.
ALSO, ONCE THEY FINISHED AND GONE, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO LIKE DOUBLE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT GONNA BE CONFINED TO ONE STREET.
THEY GOING TO FIND, FIND ANY WAY THEY CAN TO GET AROUND IT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A RED LIGHT.
WE DON'T, UH, WE, WE, WE ALSO, UH, IN FEAR OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND MAYBE UNSAVORY CHARACTERS, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
WE JUST HAVE TO TRUST AND HOPE THAT EVERYTHING GOES ALL RIGHT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THEY HAVE MONEY TIED INTO THIS.
WELL, I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU GUYS.
WE ALL HAVE MONEY TIED INTO THIS.
IF MY HOUSE LOSES VALUE BECAUSE WE
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HAVE AN ONSLAUGHT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH EVERY DAY, THEN I THAT WE ALL LOSE MONEY.AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT BLAMING ANYONE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, DISRUPTIVE OR NOT COOPERATIVE.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL IS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER BANKS.
COMMISSIONER BANKS, IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC.
I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT LAST NAME.
UM, YOU INDICATED YOU ALL, UH, DID NOT HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THE COUNCILMAN 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A DATED IN CHENEY, BILL AND DOWN HERE.
I HAVE EMAILED, I HAVE EMAILED HIM AS RECENT AS RECEIVING THIS NOTICE AND I SENT THE EMAIL TO, UH, MAYOR BROOM'S OFFICE.
MAYOR PRO TIM CO COE'S OFFICE AND TO NO, UH, CONSTABLE NOEL AND ZACHARY MAY AND I WAS CONTACTED BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM COLE AFTER SPEAKING TO MR. HOLCOMB.
SO COULD, I WOULD THINK THE NEXT STEP PROBABLY IS AGAIN, A COMMUNITY MEETING.
YOU ALL HAVE A, UM, DESIGNATED HOA.
UM, AND SO I'LL SEE HIM WEDNESDAY.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT'S LISA'S LAST NAME? UM, RIO LISA RIO.
THAT'S, UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT BRANDON'S? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW HER LAST NAME BECAUSE RIO, BECAUSE THAT'S HIS FULL-TIME.
UM, IF YOU, UM, GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM, I'LL FORWARD THE, SEND ME THE EMAILS YOU SENT HIM AND I'LL FORWARD 'EM BECAUSE SHE'S THERE FULL TIME AND I'M SURE HE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
YEAH, IT'S WHICHEVER, WHATEVER EMAIL ADDRESS IS LISTED ON THE COUNCIL PAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HERS OR HIS, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS.
IT JUST SAYS DISTRICT WANT, HOWEVER IT'S WRITTEN THE SAME WAY I GUESS YOU WAS.
BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU HER SPECIFIC AND HIS SPECIFIC AND UH, THEY PROBABLY, 'CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS AND SOMETIME THEY DO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY GET PUSHED DOWN.
BUT IF YOU, UH, WOULD FORWARD IT TO ME, I'LL CALL AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.
AND NOW ALSO WOULD YOU, UH, YOU ALL, YOU GIVE THEM YOUR NUMBER.
SO IF THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING THROUGH THEIR YARD, THEY'LL CALL YOU
COMMISSIONER BANKS, COMMISSIONER FOWLER, UH, UH, THE A CAN YOU COME BACK? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T GET THIS? THE STREETS'.
WHAT'S THE THE STREETS DON'T CONNECT.
SO, BUT WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE DEVELOPMENT? NOTHING OR TO THE, THIS IS A RARE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
AH, THIS IS A RARE CASE WHERE, UH, THE PROJECT IS STILL THE PROJECT WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTION.
THIS IS THE DEVELOPER THINKING.
IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE GENERAL AREA THAT 'CAUSE THIS WOULD CONNECT NIKKER TO TO MAIN STREET.
ARE THESE TWO SEPARATE SUBDIVISIONS CURRENTLY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT? LET ME ASK YOU A DIFFERENT WAY.
IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERED PART OF THE ONE THAT IT'S WOULD BE CURRENTLY CONNECTED WITHOUT THIS CONNECTION? SO HIGH PLAINS IS SEPARATE THAN FAIRVIEW GARDENS.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED PART OF HIGH PLAINS.
NO DEVELOPMENT, NO SEPARATE HOAS.
AND SO, BUT HE STILL OWN, Y'ALL STILL OWN THAT OTHER PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED SOUTH OR NORTH OF THAT OR WEST OF THAT? 'CAUSE I CAN'T SAY I'M SORRY.
IT'S NOT DEVELOPED ON, ON THE MAP.
SO HIGH FAIRVIEW GARDENS IS, IS THE ONLY PROPERTY NORTH OF HIGH PLAINS.
IT IS BEING DEVELOPED OUT FULLY.
EVERYTHING HE OWNS IS BEING DEVELOPED OUT.
HE OWNS THIS FORMERLY LOT, 47 OF, OF HIVE LANES CROSSING.
AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT IS THAT THEY WERE GONNA CONNECT THEM TOGETHER? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IT'S JUST AN OVERSIGHT OF YOUR OPINION.
BASICALLY THEY FILED THE FINAL PLOT, IMMEDIATELY BOUGHT THE TRACK TO THE NORTH AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO CONNECT THIS, RESERVE THIS LOT TO BE A STREET RIGHT AWAY AND JUST KIND OF FLOW THE PROCESS BY NOT GOING TO PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO CONNECT TO PECAN HILL DRIVE AS WELL? 'CAUSE I SEE THAT THAT STUBBED IN, IN DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE SITE.
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IN THE ORIGINAL ITERATIONS THERE WERE, BUT AT THE TIME, UM, WE'LL CALL IT MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, 64.UM, BASICALLY JUST CONTROL OF ACCESS.
IF YOU LIVE ON PECAN HILL, COMMISSIONER ADDISON, THANK YOU MUCH.
ARE THESE PRIVATE ROLES? NO, THEY'RE PUBLIC.
I BELIEVE AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS ALL PLANNED BACK IN 2005, WASN'T, WAS ZACHARY REQUIRING THIS CONNECTION? I THINK IT WAS A REQUIREMENT BACK THEN.
SHE HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS IN 2005.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT NOW PLAIN CALLED FAIRVIEW GARDENS WAS BEING DEVELOPED AS HIGH PLAINS CROSSING, FILING SECOND THROUGH HOWEVER MANY 2005 HOUSING MARKET TANKS PROJECT GOT SCRAPPED, UM, SET ASIDE.
THAT WAS THE QUESTION REQUIREMENT.
IF THIS CONNECTION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE, THE PROJECT STILL GOES FORWARD.
YOU GOOD? COMMISSIONER ADDISON? UH, VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT, UH, COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE BACK PROPERTY LINE OF HIGH PLAINS CROSSING, IS THAT, IS THAT THE, THE CITY LINE FOR ZACHARY? IT IS.
SO HIGH PLAINS IS ACTUALLY IN CITY OF BATON ROUGE, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THIS CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND FAIRVIEW GARDENS IS IN, IN THE CITY OF ZACHARY, WHICH IS WHY WE DO NOT SEE IT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE, THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING ROADS AT PECAN GROVE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM AN ABSOLUTE ADVOCATE FOR CONNECTIVITY.
SO PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN THIS CITY IS WE DO NOT CONNECT.
SO I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS CONNECTION.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS IN HIGH PLAINS HAVE A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY ABOUT ROAD.
UH, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT ROAD MAINTENANCE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT JUST THEIRS, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
AT THE SAME TIME, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, CONNECTIVITY IS PARAMOUNT.
WE, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT DECADES AGO.
THAT'S HINDSIGHT'S ALWAYS 2020.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO THROUGH.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND I'LL LET THAT GO.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FROM VICE CHAIRMAN GROUT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SCROGGS.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
[DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS]
COMMUNICATIONS, BEGINNING WITH DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.I DO NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE A, UH, SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HELD AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE.
THAT'S 1100 LAUREL STREET, A MONDAY, APRIL 22ND.
THAT'S A WEEK FROM TODAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK FOR A PRESENTATION OF THE FLORIDA COURT CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN BY THE CONSULTANT TEAM THAT WILL BE IN TOWN.
UH, IT'S INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
THERE'S NO ACTIONABLE ITEM ON THAT AGENDA, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO, THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH A PRESENTATION AND THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS AND, AND BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE ENVISION THAT PROJECT COMING TO YOU ON A FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA SOMETIME LATER THIS SUMMER AS A FUTURE SMALL AREA PLAN TO BE ADOPTED AS PART OF FUTURE VR.
AGAIN, THAT SPECIAL MEETING IS A WEEK FROM TODAY.
UH, WE'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER, BUT, UM, MONDAY, APRIL 22ND, FIVE O'CLOCK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICE, 1100 LAUREL STREET, THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WILL PROCLAIM MAY AS PRESERVATION MONTH AND ALSO BIKE MONTH.
SO WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HER HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND OUR,
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UH, COMPLETE STREET CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.AND WE'LL DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND A PROCLAMATION FROM, UH, THE OFFICE AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S
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COMMENTS AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.JEREMY GRON PLANNER IN THE SITE PLAN AND PLAT DIVISION.
JEREMY REVIEWS SUBDIVISIONS COLLABORATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND USING HIS BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE TO EFFICIENTLY REVIEW SITE PLANS.
JEREMY HAS READILY ACCEPTED ANY TASK, HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, ASSISTED WITH TRAINING NEW STAFF, AND KEEPS THE REVIEW PROCESS RUNNING SMOOTHLY IN ALL OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS.
JEREMY WORKS TO ENSURE TASKS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME WITH AN EYE FOR THE DETAILS BECAUSE OF HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST OTHERS.
HE'S A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE FOR THESE REASONS.
HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM.
PLEASE JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATE, CONGRATULATING.
JEREMY, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION FOR VICE-CHAIRMAN GR SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ADDISON.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.