[00:00:03] WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE [CALL TO ORDER] METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S ONLY MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2026. I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALL RIGHT. ITEMS ONE AND TWO. [Items 1. & 2.] WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THESE TOGETHER. ITEM ONE DOES REQUIRE EIGHT VOTES. PA 4-26 13118,13122, 13126, 13130 AND 13040 SCENIC HIGHWAY TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER TO INDUSTRIAL LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SCENIC HIGHWAY SOUTH OF RAFE MYER ROAD. COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. COMMISSION ACTION MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY 9-0. CASE 23-26 13118, 13122, 13126, 13130 AND 13040 SCENIC HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO LIMITED RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SCENIC HIGHWAY SOUTH OF RAFE MYER ROAD. COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. COMMISSION ACTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY 9-0. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO? MY NAME IS BART MALANSON WITH SLC. WE'RE THE OWNER. WE'RE TRYING TO, I THINK, MORE OR LESS FIX A, AN OLD ZONING DESIGNATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE PROPERTY'S BEEN USED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT WE THINK THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR BETTER USE ALONG HIGHWAY 61. AND SO, WE WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. EVERYTHING WENT OKAY. IF Y' ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AS BEST I CAN. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS? SEE NONE. GO TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HURST, I BELIEVE, IS ON HIS WAY. HE ASKED IF WE COULD HOLD OFF, SO WE WILL TRY. ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM FIVE, CASE 26-26 14832. OLD HAMMOND [5. 26-00890 CASE 26-26 14832 Old Hammond Highway ] HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM RURAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY WEST OF LAKEMONT DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 4, MOAK. COMMISSION ACTION MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY 9-0. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, GO TO COUNCIL. HAVE A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MOAK, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM SIX. THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR [6. 26-00891 MCUP-1-26 7740 and 9400-9500 Pettit Road ] TO THE OCTOBER MEETING. SO, 60 DAYS. MCUP 1-26 7740 AND 9400-9500 PETTIT ROAD PROPOSED SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATION LOCATED ON SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF PETTIT ROAD, NORTH OF COMITE DRIVE, COUNCIL DISTRICT 2, KENNEY. COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO DEFER TO AUGUST 17TH AND CARRIED 9-0. AND THEN THEY HAD THE MOTION CARRIED 6-0 AT THE MOST PREVIOUS, AT THE MOST RECENT MEETING TO APPROVE AGAIN. THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN KENNEY. JUST REAL QUICKLY. WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS. MY OFFICE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THOROUGHLY LOOK THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS. WE RECEIVE A LOT OF INQUIRIES, INFORMATION NOT ONLY FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, THOROUGH, TRANSPARENT INFORMATION. AND SO, MY OFFICE COULD MAKE A VERY THOROUGH DECISION AT THAT TIME. MOTION TO APPROVE FOR 60 DAYS. OKAY. DEFER FOR 60 DAYS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL KENNEY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. YES, SIR. SO I WAS, I WAS JUST GETTING UP TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT. I ASKED IF I'M SORRY. I CALL THE PUBLIC HEARING. I SEE YOU GOT A BOOT ON YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT UP QUICK ENOUGH. YEAH. IT'S OKAY. LOOK, YOU CAN USE MY TIME IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. OKAY. SO, MY NAME IS HEATH MORRIS. I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF DIRT CO. WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FACILITY FOR 12 YEARS NOW. AND WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION WE HAD ALL OF THE CORRECT PERMITS. WE DID NOT. WE FOUND THIS OUT LAST YEAR. WE SHUT THE FACILITY DOWN IN OCTOBER. WE HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING CORRECTED THAT WE NEED TO GET CORRECTED. IT'S BEEN OUR GOAL TO DO THAT TO BE. SINCE WE, SINCE OUR INCEPTION OF PURCHASING OUT THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR. WHEN WE PURCHASED HIM, WE WERE TOLD WE HAD THE CORRECT PAPERWORK. EVERYTHING WAS DONE CORRECTLY. AND THROUGH OUR IGNORANCE AND AFTER THE PURCHASE, WE DID NOT. AND IT CAME. THIS HAS COME TO HEAD MANY, MANY YEARS LATER. STILL TODAY, [00:05:01] WE'RE STOPPED. WE WANT TO GET THIS THING BACK RIGHT. BACK CORRECTLY DONE ON THE PARISH SIDE. BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR US SINCE OUR INCEPTION HAS BEEN BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO OUR NEIGHBORS. AND WE KNOW WE'RE A. THIS PERMIT IS FOR SAND AND GRAVEL MINING OPERATION. WE ARE NOT A SAND AND MINING OPERATION. WE ARE AN EXCAVATION COMPANY. WE'RE DIGGING PONDS. WE JUST TO CLARIFY THAT. WE HAVE SINCE OUR INCEPTION WE HAVE BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THEM. AND SO JUST RECENTLY WE WENT AROUND TO THE NEAREST NEIGHBORS AROUND OUR FACILITY AND ASKED, SAID HEY LOOK, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS? DO YOU NOT SUPPORT THIS? AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THE SIGNATURES THAT DIRECTLY BORDERED OUR FACILITY. AND YOU KNOW, SOME HAD, HEY, WHAT ABOUT DUST? YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE LIKE, WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT ALWAYS PERFECT BUT WE DO ADDRESS THESE AS SOON AS WE CAN. SO, IT'S, IT'S WITH THAT MINDSET THAT WE RESPECT THE 60 DAYS TO, TO FORWARD THIS AND, AND TO THE OCTOBER MEETING. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO BE VOCAL IN WHO WE WERE AND, AND SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL'S DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN. WE'RE BEING 100% TRANSPARENT TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN KENNEY'S OFFICE. WE'VE HAD SIT DOWN MEETINGS WITH HIM AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT OVER THESE NEXT 60 DAYS TO TRY TO GET THIS TO FRUITION, SO. ALL RIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN KENNEY, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS TO DEFER THIS ITEM FOR 60 DAYS TO THE OCTOBER MEETING. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3, CASE 22-26 9798 GREENWELL [3. 26-00887 CASE 22-26 9798 Greenwell Springs Road ] SPRINGS ROAD TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL C1 TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOL BEVERAGE RESTAURANT CAB 1 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD WEST OF PLATTE DRIVE CONSOLE DISTRICT FIVE, HURST COMMISSION ACTION MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 9-0. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME UP. WHO'S THE APPLICANT? I AM. OH. HI. YEAH, SO JUST, JUST REAL QUICK. SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IT'S OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON THIS. ON THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROPONENT SPEAK FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPPONENTS AFTER THAT. PROPONENTS WILL BE ALLOWED THREE-MINUTE REBUTTAL. SO, SIR, YOU'LL HAVE THREE-MINUTE REBUTTAL. AND AFTER THE OPPONENTS GO. THE OPPONENT FIRST? I'M SORRY, NO. YOUR OPPONENT FIRST? YOU'RE FIRST OPEN FIRST. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M A MR. BINAKI KABODE. I'VE BEEN IN MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR 55 YEARS. THAT'S MY COMMUNITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. SO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT. I'M VERY PASSIONATE WITH IT BECAUSE I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING. I KNOW I AM. GREENWELL SPRING ROAD NEED FACELIFT. NO, NOT QUITE ABOUT YOU COME LOOK AT IT. EVERYTHING IS SHUT DOWN. THE MAYOR DID CALL US AND TOLD US WE NEED THE BUSINESS PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. SO, WE MEET WITH THE MAYOR FOR THE BUSINESS TO REVOLVE THAT BUSINESS. THEY SAY, OKAY, MINORITY NEED TO INVEST IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE WENT IN AND DO THAT. I KNOW THE OPPOSITION, BUT I DID THAT THE RIGHT WAY. I CAME TO THE MAYOR; I CAME TO YOU THE COUNCIL BEFORE I STARTED BECAUSE I KNOW ABOUT THE OPPOSITION. THE OPPOSITE ANYTHING COME THERE. SO, I CAME TO THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR SAID YES, THE COUNCIL SAID YES. AND I PUT MY MONEY, MY WHOLE RETIREMENT MONEY IN A $3 MILLION. I BOUGHT PROPERTY. THE PLACE IS DEAD. NOTHING GETS THERE. WE NEED FACE LIFT. WE OPENING A RESTAURANT. THE RESTAURANT IS NOT A BIG RESTAURANT. IT'S JUST A SMALL. OVER 20 PEOPLE IN IT. MAYBE GETTING OPPOSITION BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT [00:10:01] THE OPPOSITION IS BECAUSE YOU USED TO BE A TACO BELL BUILDING. AND WE BOUGHT IT AND WE FIXED IT BECAUSE TACO BELL WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH BUSINESS THERE. SO, THEY MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN. AND WE BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT'S MY COMMUNITY. I SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING. THE MAYOR AGREED AND WE DID. AND I FIX IT. THEN I'M GETTING OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE SAYING, OH, HE'S OLD FOLKS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME TO GREENWELL SPRING ROAD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STARTING FROM. STARTING FROM MANNER. SO YOU HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY. ALL THE WAY DOWN IS DEAD. IT'S CLOSED. SO WE BOUGHT IT TO FIX IT. NOW WE GET IN THE POSITION FOR NOTHING. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I REALLY DON'T. BUT I'M GONNA GIVE THAT TO YOUR HAND AND LOOK AT IT VERY CLOSELY. AND LOOK AT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE IN OPPOSITION WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. CAN I PASS THIS OUT? SURE. I STAND HERE TO OPPOSE REZONING OF THAT PROPERTY. MR. KABODE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS. OUR PROBLEM IS REZONING IT TO SERVE ALCOHOL FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALSO. YOUR PACKET CONTAINS CLEAR PHOTO EVIDENCE OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE. I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. FIRST, THE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT WAS SET ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WAS ONCE OCCUPIED BY THE AFTER HOURS CLUB. INSIDE YOUR PACKET IS PICTURE A1 WHICH SHOWS THE BUILDING THAT HOUSED THE CLUB. PICTURE A2, WHICH IS ON THE COVER OF YOUR FOLDER SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF THE CLUB BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL BEING SOLD INSIDE, PATRONS DRANK HEAVILY INSIDE THEIR CARS, PLAYED LOUD MUSIC, REVVED THEIR ENGINES, DROVE INTO AND AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL DAWN. WE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO 911, CALLS THAT WERE REDIRECTED. THAT REDIRECTED POLICE ATTENTION TO AN ALREADY STRAINED POLICE DEPARTMENT. TRAGICALLY, THIS LOCATION BECAME THE SCENE OF TWO DEATH THAT WAS SOMEHOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CLUB. AFTER MANY COMPLAINTS AND POLICE CALLS, THE OWNER CANCELED THE LEASE AND A CHURCH NOW SITS IN THAT BUILDING. MR. KABODE SAYS THAT HIS BUILDING WILL HOLD 30 PEOPLE. OUR CONCERN IS HOW DO YOU CONTROL THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO REMAIN IN THE PARKING LOT? YES, THERE WAS A TACO BELL THERE PRIOR TO MR. KABODE'S PURCHASE, BUT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE FACILITY DID NOT EXIST. PARKING IS LIMITED. SECOND, THE LOCATION, WHAT YOU SEE IS B1, WHICH IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE COVER OF YOUR FOLDER, HOUSES A SCHOOL WITH 200 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH SECOND. B2 AND 3 SHOWS THE TRAFFIC GRID LOT ON FLATS DURING SCHOOL HOURS. AND AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, THE CONGESTION ALREADY BLOCKS THE RESIDENTS. IT COULD CREATE A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO IF EMERGENCY VEHICLES NEEDED TO GET IN OR OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IF WE FACE AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO EVACUATE. THIRD, THERE'S A VISUAL HAZARD. PICTURE C1 AND PICTURE C2 SHOWS THE APPLICANT'S BUSINESS IN RELATION TO THE PARKING LOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF RUDE, BUT THE PARKING LOT AND OUTDOOR FACILITY, WHICH IS LEASED TO OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, CARS, VANS, MOBILE HOMES, ET CETERA. THESE VEHICLES COMPLETELY BLOCK THE LINE OF SIGHT OF DRIVERS TRYING TO MANEUVER ONTO PLATTE AND GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD. WHEN WE HAD THAT CLUB THERE AND WHEN PEOPLE STARTED SELLING ALCOHOL, IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT ALCOHOL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VALUE OF HOMES. THERE'S ALSO BEEN PROVEN THAT THEY CAUSE A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF HOMES. FINALLY I'M GONNA LET YOU CLOSE. FINALLY, THE CHART SHOWS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. WHILE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PROMISES, TAX REVENUE DATA PROVES THAT ALCOHOL SALES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN CRIME, WHICH CAN DRIVE DOWN PROPERTY VALUE, LEADING TO THE CITY'S LOSS OF TAX BASE. REZONING FOR THE SALE [00:15:01] OF ALCOHOL COULD RESULT IN FINANCIAL LOSS TO PARK FOREST AND THE ENTIRE CITY. FOR THESE REASONS, WE OPPOSE THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION ON THIS? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M JACQUELINE ROYAN LEE, PRESIDENT OF THE PARK FOREST CRIME CONVENTION AND IMPROVING THE DISTRICT. I LIVE AT 10088 GAMBLE DRIVE. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND 276 WHO COMPLETED THE PETITION WHO STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CAB1 CHANGE. PARK FOREST IS AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS MORE THAN 60 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE ENDURED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE DEVASTATING FLOOD OF 2016. YET THROUGH IT ALL, WE HAVE PERSEVERED. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THEIR HOMES, MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES AND WORK HARD TO PRESERVE THE VALUE, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IN DECEMBER 2022, THE METRO COUNCIL APPROVED THE ZONING CHANGE FLOOR AT A PROPERTY AT 9702 GREENWOOD SPRINGS ROAD FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL 3 TO A HEAVY COMMERCIAL ONE, ALLOWING OUTSIDE STORAGE FACILITY. TODAY, THAT PROPERTY BECAME AN EYESORE. QUITE FRANKLY, IT LOOKED LIKE A JUNKYARD. THAT PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY NOW REQUESTING CAB 1 ZONE CHANGE. NOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT A SPORTS BAR THAT WAS SERVED ALCOHOL. AND WE WERE TOLD BY MR. KABOTE HAS A CAPACITY OF 30 OCCUPANCY. WHERE WOULD EVERYONE ELSE GO? THE PARKING LOT. AND THAT IS WHERE OUR CONCERNS BEGIN. WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE, TRAFFIC, PARKING SAFETY, LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY AND OVERALL IMPACT THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS COULD HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENT. WE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE NEGATIVE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE OUTSIDE STORAGE FACILITY. PLACING A SPORTS BAR NEXT TO IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO COMPOUND THIS CONCERN AND FURTHER CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, I QUESTION YOU, METRO COUNCIL. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL DO TO THE PROPERTY VALUES, QUALITY OF LIFE AND CHARACTER OF PARK FOREST? WE ARE REZONING THE PROPERTY OF 9798 GREEN SPRINGS ROAD TO ALLOW THE SELLER CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, PROTECTIVE PROPERTY VALUES AND INVESTMENT OF HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES OR PUT THOSE INVESTMENTS AT RISK. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SERVED EXTREMELY HARD, MORE THAN 60 YEARS TO MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY VALUE, PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROTECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE, OWN PROPERTY HERE, PAY TAXES HERE, AND INVEST OUR HARD EARNED MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS. AND NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE INTEREST OF A BUSINESS OWNER WHO MAY BE HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW. ONCE THE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED, IT IS THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE, NIGHT ACTIVITIES. AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HOMES AND INVESTMENTS ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE INTEREST OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO DENY THIS. WE NEED YOU. AND PLEASE LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS. AND I DO HAVE THIS PETITION OF 276 RESIDENTS IF Y' ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION ON THIS ITEM? GOOD AFTERNOON, ...TROY, TO PLEASED TO MEET YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I ASK Y' ALL TO OPPOSE THAT REZONING ON GRAND SPRING ROAD BECAUSE IT IS NOT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE. ALL THIS IS GOING TO DO IS TO START OUR COMMUNITY. AS WE SEE NOW, THE BADGER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO BRING DOWN NIGHT HOUR CLUBS IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ALL VIOLENCE. PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT, PARDON, SHOOTING. YOU SAW THE ARREST THEY MADE THE OTHER DAY. YOU SAW THE GUNS HERE IN THE STREETS. SO, WE TRY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOK PARK FOREST. WE TRY AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, A DECORATED SHOP IS NOT A POSITIVE INFLUENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ALL IT'S GOING TO DO IS BRING DOWN A POSITIVE VALUE. HAVE MORE OF THOSE COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE ELECT COUNCILMEN, WE ELECT COUNCIL TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE LET CONSTANT WHEN WE GO TO POLL WE UPHOLD Y' ALL EXPECT Y' ALL TO PROTECT US. LET'S SEE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTION, WE THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR Y' ALL TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR US, OUR COMMUNITY. WHERE WE LIVE IS. SO, WE ASK Y' ALL TO PLEASE OPPOSE IT. DO NOT LET IT DECORATE COME IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO START THIS MAN FROM MAKING ANY MONEY, BUT BRINGING ALCOHOL IN OUR COMMUNITY GOING TO DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE BE MORE PRESSURE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, [00:20:01] ONCE Y' ALL FOUND SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART AND TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, SOMEONE PLACE YOUR HEART AND OPPOSE THIS AND REJECT THIS. PROTECT THE PEOPLE. LET'S NOT PUT PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE. LET'S DO WHAT GOD WANT US TO DO. IT'S A LOVE WE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE RUN FOR. WE ALL RUN FOR OFFICE. WE TRY WHAT Y' ALL RUN FOR THE PROTECTIVE COMMUNITY. SO, LET'S DO WHAT GOD SAYS. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT GOD WANT TO DO TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. SOME PEOPLE AIN'T HERE BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK HOURS, BUT SEE WHAT PEOPLE TRYING TO DO. NOW, WE CAN LIVE A GOOD QUALITY LIFE, BUT WE WON'T HAVE ALL THIS MUSIC BLOWING ALL NIGHT AND KIDS PASS THERE SHOOTING ONE ANOTHER. Y' ALL IS THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK UP TO. Y' ALL IS THE PEOPLE THAT'S CONTROLLING THIS. Y' ALL IS THE METRO COUNCIL. Y' ALL IS WHO WE NEED. WE NEED Y' ALL KIND OF PEOPLE TO HELP US. THAT'S WHY WE ELECT Y'ALL. SO WE ASK Y' ALL FROM THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION GIVE US THE HELP WE NEED. THEY STOP YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN BY LSU. THEY STOP THAT FROM. FROM PASSING. SO, WE EXPECT THE SAME RESULTS. HELP US, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. GOD LOVE YOU. MAY GOD KEEP YOU. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO HELP Y' ALL DO THE RIGHT THING FOR HIS PEOPLE. WE ALL GOD'S PEOPLE. GOD LOVE US ALL. BUT WE MUST LIVE TOGETHER. WE SAY WE WANT COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. WE WANT TO BRIDGE THE GAP TOGETHER. WE NEED TO DO THIS, START NOW. WE CAN'T DO THIS WITH A DAIQUIRI SHOP SELLING ALCOHOL. WE IF YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, IT'LL BE ALL IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEN ALL THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAYING, WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT'S OUTSIDE. THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE SAID, YOU SEE. BUT AGAIN, MY BROTHER AND SISTER, AS I LOOK IN YOUR EYES TODAY AND THE WIFE OF YOUR EYES, LOOK IN YOUR HEART, FIND SOMETHING IN YOUR HEART, TOUCH YOUR HEART AND DO WHAT GOD YOU DO AND HELP PARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN LIVE A GOOD QUALITY LIFE. MAY GOD BLESS Y'ALL. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY. GOD KEEP Y'ALL. MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LILLIAN GOSSLEY. I LIVE AT 3481 ALETHA DRIVE. I'VE LIVED IN PARK FOREST SINCE 1997. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE ON THE BOARD AND ON THE CRIME DISTRICT. PARK FOREST CRIME IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED BY LEGISLATIVE ACT 187, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 16, 2013. THE ACT AUTHORIZED THE COLLECTION OF $75 PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT TO HELP FUND OUR CRIME DISTRICT. THAT TAX WAS RENEWED WITH 71% VOTE BY THE RESIDENTS IN DECEMBER 10TH OF 2022. OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO AID IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME IN AND IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION AND USE OF CRIME DETERRENT TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS LICENSE PLATE READERS. THAT'S ALL IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY. ENSURE ADEQUATE POLICE PATROL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, ELIMINATE BLIGHT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE PRIDE IN OUR SUBDIVISION BY ENCOURAGING HOMEOWNERS TO CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY THEIR PROPERTY. PARK FOREST IS A SAFE, ATTRACTIVE AND ECONOMICALLY AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF BATON ROUGE. IN 2016, WE WERE IMPACTED. OVER 90% WAS IMPACTED BY THE FLOOD, RESULTING IN MOST OF THOSE HOMES BEING SIGNIFICANTLY RENOVATED AND IMPROVED, CAUSING ALL OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES TO GO UP. MOST OF US SAW THAT WHEN WE GOT OUR TAX BILL THIS LAST YEAR. WE ALSO HAD FIVE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED FROM THE GROUND UP HOMES AT THE ENTRANCE OF BIG BEND VALUED AT OVER $300,000. THAT TELLS YOU THIS IS SOMEPLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE, MOVE TO. THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ANNUALLY COLLECTS ABOUT $2.4 MILLION FROM OUR RESIDENTS IN THE FORM OF PROPERTY TAXES. IF OUR COMMUNITY GOES DOWN, THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THE BASE OF TAXES COLLECTED. OUR HOMES ARE OUR MAIN ASSET THAT MOST OF US HAVE WORKED OUR ENTIRE LIVES FOR AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT IMPACTED NEGATIVELY RIGHT AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE ALL AT THE AGE OF RETIRING, LOOKING AT HAVING AN EASIER WAY AND ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR. THIS TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT DOES EVERYTHING TO WORK IN OPPOSITION OF THAT. FORMER BANKER, THE NUMBERS MAKE NO SENSE. $3 MILLION, 30 PEOPLE. ONCE THIS ZONING CHANGE TAKES EFFECT, IT IS THERE FOREVER AND ALWAYS. NOBODY EVER GOES BACK TO A LOWER ZONING CHANGE. SO, THIS PROPERTY CAN THEN BE USED FOR WHATEVER FUTURE POTENTIAL OWNERS MAY WANT TO DO WITH IT. AND WE HAVE NO SAY SO ON IT. SO, PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU. MOST DAIQUIRI SHOPS I'VE BEEN RIDING AROUND LOOKING THE ONES AT THE ENTRANCE OF NEIGHBORHOODS, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU DON'T SEE DAIQUIRI SHOPS LIKE THIS IN ENTRANCE OF SUBDIVISIONS. YOU SEE THEM IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. YOU [00:25:01] SEE THEM AT THE LAST MEETING REFERENCED ANOTHER FACILITY. IT'S IN A MAJOR COMMERCIAL COMPLEX. THAT'S WHAT THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES SHOULD BE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DENISE NED. I LIVE AT 3736 PASADENA DRIVE. IT WAS NOT MY INTENTIONS TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I JUST GOT OFF A 10 HOUR DETAIL WHERE CRIME IS PLAGUED IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS, OKAY? AND FROM THE TIME I WAS A VERY YOUNG CHILD, THERE WAS ALWAYS A LIQUOR STORE IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S JUST TIME OUT, OKAY? WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THIS YOUNG MAN'S PROWESS FOR BUSINESS, PLEASE BRING US A GROCERY STORE ON GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD, OKAY? WHICH WE WERE TOLD ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INSTALLED OVER ON JOY ROAD WHERE THERE'S A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT AS OF YET. MAYBE IT'S FORTHCOMING, MR. HURST, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY? BUT IT'S TOO MANY PROBLEMS. THERE'S NOT MAYBE TWO BLOCKS DOWN THERE'S A FACILITY FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING THERE. THEY APPLIED FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE. NOW JUST IMAGINE IF THEY HAD LIQUOR DOWN THERE. THEY HADN'T EVEN SOLD A BIT OF LIQUOR THERE OR HAVE LIQUOR AND THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A SHOOTING, OKAY? WE DON'T WANT THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ANYMORE. IT'S JUST POINT BLANK, WE SPEND JUST AS MUCH MONEY AS ANYONE ELSE IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS ENTIRE UNITED STATES. AND IT'S JUST TIME OUT. IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THIS YOUNG MAN. PUT IT IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. WE JUST DON'T WANT IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OKAY? AND THEN AS SOON AS SOMETHING GOES ON, OKAY, AS SOON AS THERE'S A SHOOTING, OH, THEY CUTTING UP OVER THERE AGAIN, OKAY? BECAUSE SEE, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE ME COME OUT THERE AND SIT, OKAY? THAT MIGHT NOT GO HOME. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS BUSINESS FOR 33 YEARS AND I THANK GOD, HE'S KEPT ME THIS LONG WORKING THESE TYPE OF EVENTS. BUT WE'RE ASKING, PLEASE CONSIDER. DO NOT HAVE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY? THERE ARE A LOT. YES. GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD NEEDS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT. IT NEEDS SOME LIFTS. I CAN'T EVEN STAND TO SEE THE GRASS GROWING OVER ON THE MEDIANS, WHICH IT DOES. WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS. THE MAN WITH THE BOOT, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S SOME KIND OF CEMENT MIXING BUSINESS. HAD I KNOWN THAT WAS COMING THERE BECAUSE IT JUST LEAVES ROCKS IN THE STREET. I DON'T WANT TO COME HOME AND SEE THAT. I WANT TO SEE MY NEIGHBOR BEAUTIFIED. I HAVE TRAVELED TO SO MANY CITIES IN THIS UNITED STATES AND IT'S ONLY HERE IN LOUISIANA THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE THE LEAST PICTURESQUE SITES TO COME HOME TO. AND IT'S JUST TIME OUT. WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT IT BE TIME OUT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? COME ON UP. YES, MY NAME IS REGINALD. I LIVE IN PARK FOREST. I'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 24 YEARS. AND IT'S JUST THIS WEEK ALONE WE JUST SEEN ON THE NEWS WHERE THE POLICE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE AFTER HOUR CLUBS, THE LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS, AND THEY TRYING TO TIGHTEN DOWN ON THEM NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SHOOTINGS, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT, JUST, JUST, JUST GOING, WOW, RIDICULOUS. THAT WAS JUST THIS WEEK ON THE NEWS. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH, WITH THIS YOUNG MAN. YOU KNOW, I WISH HIM THE BEST FOR WHATEVER HE, YOU KNOW, SETS OUT TO DO WITH HIS BUSINESS, BUT FOR THAT TO BE AT THE INTEREST OF OUR SUBDIVISION TO GO FROM A TACO BELL TO THIS. AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF SEATS THAT'S IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT, WE GOT A DECKER SHOP JUST WHAT, PROBABLY ABOUT HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, THAT PARKING LOT BE PACKED. AND I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THIS, FOR THE PEOPLE JUST TO SIT IN THIS DECKER SHOP. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST MY MINDSET ON THE WHOLE SITUATION OF ANOTHER DAIQUIRI SHOP ON GREEN SPRING ROAD. AND IF ONE NOT EVEN A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, THEY'D BE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT AND THEY HAD SOMEBODY ELSE IN THERE DOWN THERE, WHAT, A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO WITH A SHOOT. I MEAN, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THIS YOUNG MAN, BUT I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. BUT FOR ME TO BE THAT 24 YEARS AND AT AGE NOW TO BE RELOCATING, I MEAN, IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS, MAN, YOU KNOW. THANKS. [00:30:02] THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS YVETTE CANNING. I'VE BEEN IN PARK FOREST SUBDIVISION FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS. I AM 67 YEARS OLD. I HAVE NO PLAN OF RELOCATING. AND FOR THAT BUSINESS TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE SUBDIVISION, I KNOW IT MET THE FOOTAGE FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT JUST TO SEE THAT AND ALREADY KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE TO STORAGE CENTER RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT LOOKS LIKE A JUNKYARD, AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS COMING IN, AND I WISH HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM FOCUS ON THAT PROPERTY THAT HE HAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THAT SHOULD BE BLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE YEARS UPON YEARS. BUT TO HAVE ANOTHER ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT, AND I HAVE KIDS GROWING UP IN THAT AREA, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S RIGHT. AND I WANT TO COME HOME IN PEACE AND NOT TRAVEL THAT ROAD AT NIGHT. SO, I WILL REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS NOT LETTING THAT COME TO OUR SUBDIVISION. LET IT GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT NOT PARK BAR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE IN OPPOSITION? I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK. I'M HERMAN BRADFORD. I'M, I LIVE ON BIRD DRIVE, AND I'M AGAINST IT, TOO. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS, I SUPPORT HIM IN A BUSINESS, AS FAR AS RESTAURANT, BUT I THINK THE ALCOHOL IS BEYOND US. WE DON'T NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF. SEEING THE CHANGES ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE GOT ALL. WE GOT A FEW PROPERTIES WHERE PEOPLE GONE MOVED OUT AND THEY RENT THE PROPERTY. WE GOT THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S THINGS THAT I'M REALLY NOT USED TO. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND ALWAYS BEEN THE TYPE OF NEIGHBOR TO PICK UP BEHIND MY OTHER NEIGHBORS IF WE HAD PAPER OR SOMETHING FLYING DOWN THE STREET. BUT NOW THEY GOT THE YOUNG KIDS, THEY COME ALONG, THEY PULL UP TO THE STOP SIGN, THEY SIT THE PAPER DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TAKE OFF. WE TRYING TO DO AWAY WITH THE THINGS THAT TAKE THE COMMUNITY DOWN. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE MAN EITHER. YOU KNOW, IF HE GOT A BUSINESS LIKE A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING, I WANT TO SUPPORT HIM. AND $3 MILLION IS A LOT TO INVEST IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. I REALLY ADMIRE HIM FOR PUTTING SOME TIME AND MONEY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALCOHOL I DON'T THINK IS GOING TO WORK FOR US. SO, Y' ALL PLEASE VOTE IT DOWN, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, MR. BERNARD? YES. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ADDRESS ANYTHING YOU. SOMEBODY ELSE CAN ADDRESS, TOO. I JUST WANT TO SAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING UP HERE, REALLY. SO, ALL THAT THEY SAY IS GOOD AND WELL, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO YOURSELF? GO LOOK. DON'T LISTEN. GO LOOK. THEY DRINK ALCOHOL, BUT THEY SAY, OH, WE SANCTIFIED. YOU CAN BRING ALCOHOL UP HERE. GO TO SHERWOOD FIRST. IF WE NEED TO DRINK, WE GO TO SHERWOOD, GET DRUNK, THEN COME BACK UP HERE. AND WE NOT INSIDE THE COMMUNITY. WE OUTSIDE IN A MAIN DRIVEWAY. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, I HAVE HERE BUSINESSES AFFIDAVITS FOR BUSINESS THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO EAT OR DRINK. THIS IS A RESTAURANT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA CONSIDER AND EAT AND DRINK. WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING UP THERE IF WE WANT TO EAT, TO DRINK. YOU KNOW WHAT? I TAKE MY PEOPLE. I'M A BUSINESSMAN. IT'S A SHAME I HAVE TO TAKE PEOPLE A MCDONALD'S TO MAKE A MEETING IS NO PLACE I CAN GO AND SIT DOWN IN THAT THEY. THE PAST YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DOWNING. EVERY BUSINESS WILL COME OVER THERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYONE. LAST YEAR, [00:35:02] FRIEND OF MINE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE MEET DOWN THERE. HE ASKED ME, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN BRING BUSINESS? I SAID, YEAH, BRING THAT IN MY COMMUNITY. GREENWOOD SPRING ROAD. THAT'S THE ROAD TO CENTRAL ORLANDO. THE MAN PUT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR ON BUSINESS OF THAT THEY DONE HIM. THEY TOOK HIM UP AND HE COME TO ME GETTING MAD. YOU SAY, YOU SEND ME TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THOSE PEOPLE, NOT JUST ME, THEY DON'T ANYTHING COME THERE. GO LOOK. IT'S A DESERT. IS A NOTHING IS THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, YOU'RE GONNA SAY WOOD BUILDING FLOORS, BECAUSE OF THEM, THEY'RE CLOSING EVERYTHING THERE. OKAY, I HAVE A BUSINESS HERE. THEY SIGN UP ON IT. YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU? LOOK AT IT? SURE. YOU GOT ABOUT 15 SECONDS. AND THEY ALL STAND UP ON IT BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING TO EAT THERE, NOTHING. IN OUR DISTRICT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE? SORRY, I NEED YOU TO CLOSE. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE TWO BANKS CLOSED DOWN, MAJOR BANK,16 SMALL BUSINESSES, SHOPPING CENTER CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRAFFIC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. RYAN OR VANCE. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT BARS AND AFTER HOUR BARS AND PEOPLE HANGING IN PARKING LOTS. AND CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAB 1, THE REQUIREMENT AS FAR AS RECEIPTS AND HOW MUCH HAS TO BE FOOD FOR A RESTAURANT THAT SERVES ALCOHOL AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT AND A BAR? CERTAINLY, THE REQUEST BEFORE UNITE IS CAB 1. WE HAVE TWO ON PREMISE ALCOHOL ZONING DISTRICTS, CAB 1 AND CAB 2. CAB 01, IT HAS TO FUNCTION PRIMARILY AS A RESTAURANT. THE MONTHLY RECEIPTS HAVE TO BE 51% OR GREATER FOOD SALES. CAB 2 IS A BAR. AND LOUNGE NIGHTCLUB ZONING WHERE THE MAJORITY OF SALES ARE ALCOHOL. THIS IS NOT CAB 2. THIS IS CAB 1, RESTAURANT. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE, IT HAS TO FUNCTION MORE AS A RESTAURANT HAS TO HAVE 51% OF THE SALES COME FROM FOOD, NOT ALCOHOL. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO ABC OFFICE ENFORCEMENT. THEY CAN DO AUDITS, THEY CAN DO STING OPERATIONS. THERE'S MECHANISMS IN PLACE WHERE THAT PERMIT CAN BE REVOKED IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE STRICT RULES. SO, ANY RESTAURANT, JUST LIKE WE HAVE ALL OVER THE CITY, PERKINS ROAD OVERPASS. SO, CHILI'S OUTBACK. IF THEY JUST A REGULAR RESTAURANT, BUT THEY WANT TO SERVE BEER OR ANYTHING, THEY HAVE TO HAVE CAB 1. ANY PLACE WHERE YOU GO THAT IS FUNCTION PRIMARILY AS A RESTAURANT AND YOU WANT TO ORDER A HAMBURGER OR ORDER A MEAL AND HAVE A MAYBE A BEER OR GLASS OF WINE WITH YOUR MEAL, THAT CAB1. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WANTING TO CLARIFY. COUNCILMAN MOAK. RYAN, IF YOU COME BACK UP, PLEASE. GIVE ME A QUICK OVERVIEW THAT IF THEY SELL MORE ALCOHOL, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, IF THEY START SELLING MORE ALCOHOL THAN FOOD INTO PLACE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS? HOW QUICK DOES THIS GET CHECKED INTO ON THEIR SALES? SO, IF THERE'S CONCERNS, SO ALL THAT'S HANDLED THROUGH THE ABC OFFICE. IT'S NOT THROUGH OUR OFFICE. WE DON'T DO FORCED ENFORCEMENT OR PERMITS. THIS IS JUST A ZONING STAGE. BUT IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND GET THE ZONING FOR CAB 1 RESTAURANT WITH ON PREMISE ALCOHOL, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO APPLY AND RECEIVE THE PROPER PERMIT TO OPERATE A RESTAURANT WITH THE ABC BOARD IS. DO YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM ABC IS HERE OR IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER IT. DO WE KNOW HOW OFTEN THIS IS CHECKED? WHEN THE RECEIPTS ARE TURNED IN FOR SALES TAX, IS THAT WHEN IT'S CHECKED? DOES IT GET REPORTED THROUGH SALES TAX AND RECEIPTS EACH MONTH? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAVE TO KEEP TWO SEPARATE RECEIPTS, [00:40:02] FOOD AND ALCOHOL. AND THOSE, THOSE MONTHLY BOOKS OR AUDITS HAVE TO BE TURNED IN AND SUBJECT TO AUDITS AND REPORTING BY THE ABC OFFICE. OKAY. SO, ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA JUMP TO ANOTHER LEGALITY. WE HAVE GEO PREP. THEY MENTIONED A CHURCH AND EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE TALKING THE, THE DISTANCE RULE FOR ALCOHOL. NOW PERSON WILL ASK IS THERE'S A MOM SEAFOOD AND DELI RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THEY SELL ALCOHOL? OKAY, THEY SELL ALCOHOL. SO, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE THROUGH PLANNING. DO THEY MEET THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM DRIVEWAY TO DRIVEWAY? UNDERSTAND THIS IS DRIVEWAY TO DRIVEWAY. RIGHT? AGAIN, THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IS A CITY CODE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT BY THE ABC OFFICE. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S NOT AS A CROW FLIES, IT'S A SAFE WALKING DISTANCE AT AN INTERSECTION. OKAY. WE'VE BEEN TOLD. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY BY ABC HERE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT FOR REZONING. RIGHT? IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR REZONING. THERE ARE MECHANISMS WHERE THEY COULD POTENTIALLY ASK FOR A WAIVER BEFORE THIS BODY, BUT ABC IS PART OF THEIR PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT PAPERWORK. THEY GO OUT THERE, THEY MEASURE IT, CERTIFY IT, AND IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR LICENSING. OKAY. IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THEY'RE NOT GRANTED THE LICENSE. IT CANNOT OPEN. AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE. MOM SEAFOOD AND DELI HAS A DRIVEWAY EVEN CLOSER THAN THIS DRIVEWAY WOULD BE AS FAR AS THIS ONE GOES HERE. AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT RULING ON THAT OR WHATEVER, YOU'RE JUST RULING ON REZONING, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP HERE. OKAY. CAN THE OWNER COME UP. YES, SIR. GIVE ME A QUICK DESCRIPTION OF YOUR RESTAURANT LAYOUT. YOU PLAN ON HAVING A FULL BLOWN BAR SIT DOWN AT. DO YOU LOOK AT HAVING JUST ALCOHOL SALES AS PART OF SITTING DOWN WITH YOUR MEAL? BEER AND WINES, LIQUOR. BUT YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR, YOUR RESTAURANT THAT YOU PLAN ON VISUALIZING AND SEEING. YOU'RE REAL QUICK. I'VE ONLY GOT SO MUCH TIME. THEY'RE TALKING, THEY DON'T EVEN COME. OKAY, REAL QUICK, GIVE ME A LAYOUT OF YOUR THING. OKAY. IT IS A RESTAURANT. WHERE YOU COME IN IS A MENU. THEY HAVE A TV. YOU WILL READ YOUR MENU, YOUR ORDER AND JUST DUCK ON BURGER PLACE. AND YOU GO SIT DOWN IN THE DINING AREA. THEN YOU GO SIT DOWN AND EAT. OKAY. ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A BAR, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A SIT DOWN BAR AREA IN YOUR RESTAURANT? I'M JUST ASKING, YES OR NO. YEAH. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE VISUALIZATION AND THE CLASSIFICATION. YOU CAN... I APPRECIATE. YOU CAN SIT DOWN. OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. FROM A LEGAL STAND, FROM WHAT I FEEL IS A LEGAL STANDPOINT, WE'VE ALREADY GOT ALCOHOL ACROSS THE STREET, SO WE HAVE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL OR A CHURCH. WE'RE NOT DOING A FULL BLOWN BAR INSIDE OF THE THING. I DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE OF ONCE THE REZONING IS DONE, IT IS REZONED AS THAT. SO, I WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT I ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS CAB1, WHICH IS A RESTAURANT WITH 51% SALES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. THANK YOU. FOR A POINT OF CLARITY, THIS AREA 2020 THROUGH 2024 WAS DISTRICT 6 WHEN WE HAD REDISTRICTING 2025 TO PRESENT IS CURRENTLY DISTRICT 5. I HAD HALF OF PARK FOREST, DARRELL HAD THE COUNCILMAN HEARST HAD THE OTHER HALF. RIGHT NOW, HE HAVE THE WHOLE PARK FOREST. IT WAS BEFORE MENTIONED BY AT LEAST TWO RESIDENTS ABOUT THE STORAGE CENTER THAT WAS APPROVED WHEN THIS AREA WAS IN DISTRICT SIX. I GOT NOTICES, CALLS AND EMAILS FROM THE CRIME PREVENTION DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT WAS APPROVED. WE DIDN'T GET ANY NOTIFICATION, ANY PUSH BACK PRIOR TO THAT APPROVAL AND HAD A LOT OF HEATED DISCUSSIONS WITH MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND MANY PEOPLE WHO NOT IN THIS ROOM ABOUT THE PROCESS, ABOUT ADVANCED NOTICE AND CONVERSATION. AND I SHARE WITH THEM. THEN IF YOU TALK TO ME PRIOR TO THE ISSUE, YOU TELL ME YOUR OPPOSITION PRIOR TO THE ISSUE, I CAN SUPPORT THAT. THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO AFTER THE ITEM IS APPROVED. I WANT TO COMMEND THIS GENTLEMAN FOR MAKING THE INVESTMENT. THE AREA HAS BEEN ON DECLINE. IT HAS BEEN BLIGHTED. MY MOM LIVES IN PARK FOREST. MY MOTHER IN LAW LIVES IN PARK FOREST. I HAVE MANY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN PARK FOREST. THE AREA IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION [00:45:02] TO IT. WE JUST HAD ONE IN THE OLD CLUB DREAMS THAT THEY WAS TRYING TO BRING A RESTAURANT AND I WANTED TO SUPPORT IT, DID SUPPORT IT. THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA DID NOT WANT IT. MY POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT OR WHAT I SUPPORT IS THOSE WHO IN AND AROUND THE AREA AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT. BUT YOU GOT TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT AFTER THE FACT. WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TODAY, I KNOW IN ADVANCE SO I CAN TAKE A POSITION IN YOUR FAVOR. IT'S NOTHING I CAN DO AFTER THE FACT. SO, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT THIS TIME. SO, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR MY NOTICE AND BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SITUATION THIS TIME. SO, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE Y' ALL DON'T WANT IT. Y' ALL VOCALLY SAID Y' ALL DON'T WANT IT. I'M NOT IN, I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION TO IT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT I'M GONNA LEAN TO WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU SAID. SO, IF YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL PERSON THAT OPPORTUNITY, SIR, WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. BUT IF YOU TELL US AFTER THE FACT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. THESE NOTICES GO OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER. THAT INFORMATION GO OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER. YOU HAVE TO GIVE US ADVANCE NOTICE TO TAKE A POSITION. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT IN OPPOSITION. I'M ONLY SUPPORTING WHAT THE RESIDENT SAID THEY WANT OR DON'T WANT. SO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND, AND, AND LET COUNCILMAN HURST AND ALL AND THE INVESTOR KNOW IS NOT AGAINST YOUR WISHES, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE DEFER TO THE COUNCIL PERSON. WHATEVER THE COUNCIL PERSON WANT IN THIS DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER TO THEM BECAUSE. BUT BECAUSE OF OUR HISTORY, BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS SITUATION AND WHAT I ASKED Y' ALL IN THE PAST, Y' ALL HAVE DONE THAT I FEEL IN, IN THIS TIME AND I KNOW AND I CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. THE PREVIOUS SITUATION, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DEAL THAT YOU WAS AGAINST IT. BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE IN YOUR FAVOR AND I SUPPORT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO DO, BUT I'M GONNA VOTE IN YOUR FAVOR AND I SUPPORT IT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I FAILED TO REPORT THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ON THIS ITEM. WE RECEIVED 204 COMMENTS, 138 IN SUPPORT AND 66 IN OPPOSITION. COUNCILMAN HURST. SO, I'M GLAD SHE SAID THAT BECAUSE AT THE ZONING MEETING, IT WAS ABOUT 80 THAT WERE FORWARD AND ABOUT 20 OR 30 THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION OF IT. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK Y' ALL FOR BEING HERE AND REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY. AND LET ME BE VERY VOCAL IN HERE. I PARTNER WITH THEM A NUMBER OF TIMES TO SHUT DOWN VAPE SHOPS TO HELP SHUT DOWN THE AFTER HOURS CLUB. NOW, THERE WAS A NASTY TEXT MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT OUT BY THE CRIME PREVENTION PRESIDENT. THAT WAS A LIE. AND I CALLED OUT ON AND I SAID, I AM SUPPORTING HIM, BUT I DID HELP TO SHUT DOWN THE AFTER HOURS CLUB. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. CLEAVE HELPED TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON AFTER HOURS CLUB. WE WORK WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL, WE WORK WITH ENTERGY, WE WORK WITH THE PERMIT OFFICE. REX IS GONE, BUT WE WORK WITH TONS OF FOLKS, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, TO SHUT IT DOWN. WE CAN'T TELL YOU EVERY MOVE WE MAKE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CURFEWS TO PREVENT THOSE THINGS FROM HAPPENING. AND WE WORK WITH THE LANDLORD, WHICH DIDN'T RENEW THE LEASE. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF Y' ALL DIDN'T HAVE. BECAUSE OF ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. NO, I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, RACHEL, YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC. I JUST WANT YOU TO VERIFY SOMETHING AND I MAY HAVE TO BORROW SOMEBODY'S TIME, BUT CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT ALL THE WORK WE DID FOR THE AFTER HOURS CLUB ON GREENWELL SPRINGS IN TERMS OF PERMITTING AND WORKING AS A CITY PARISH GOVERNMENT. YEAH. SO THE, I KNOW THE POLICE HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS ABOUT DOING THE AFTER HOURS CLUB STUFF, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERMIT OFFICE HAVE. HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN TRYING FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, IN ADDITION TO WHAT ABC HAS BEEN DOING AND THE POLICE TO TRY TO SEND VIOLATION NOTICES AND BRING PEOPLE TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COURT PROCESS. THE LITTLE BLUE HOUSE WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO BRING THEM TO ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AND THE JUDGE REVOKED THEIR OCCUPANCY AND PULLED THEIR POWER. AND THEN THAT WAS DISCONNECTED, LIKE WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME. I THINK THE JUDGE GAVE THEM 10 DAYS. AND SO THAT EFFECTIVELY, ONCE THE POWER IS PULLED, YOU KNOW I'M GONNA TAKE MY TIME BACK. BUT I JUST WANTED Y' ALL TO KNOW, I SAID THANK YOU THAT WE WORKED OUR TAILS OFF AND ARE STILL WORKING OUR TAILS OFF TO STOP AFTER HOURS CLUBS. SO, THE. THE MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT THAT SAID, BECAUSE IT SAID MY NAME AT THE TOP. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T EVEN A COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME, SO IT LOOKS LIKE I WASN'T THE ONE SUPPORTING IT. BUT I'M GONNA HAVE HIS BACK, WHICH I TOLD HIM THAT HE SUPPORTED AS WELL IN TERMS OF HELPING TO PUT REGULATIONS IN PLACE. BUT THE RULES WERE JUST NOT IN FAVOR OF US AT THE MOMENT. SO, WE HAVE TO WORK TO CHANGE THOSE RULES. AND THIS IS NOT A CLUB. THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID THIS IS A CLUB. A SPORTS BAR. THIS IS A RESTAURANT. WALK ONS IS A SPORTS BAR. CHILI'S IS A SPORTS BAR. BUFFALO WILD WINGS IS A SPORTS BAR. HOOTERS IS A SPORTS BAR. THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING [00:50:02] OVER THERE OPEN AFTER 5 O'CLOCK. I HAVE TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT TO EAT BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN MY DISTRICT OPEN WHERE I CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEAL WITH MY FAMILY. ZERO. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THEY BROUGHT THE PICTURES, BECAUSE THE PICTURES EXPLAIN WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE ZONING PASS. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING OVER THERE. EVERYTHING IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER HAS GONE TO ZERO. AND IF HE DOES NOT TAKE THIS BUILDING AND DO WHAT HE'S DOING WITH IT, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER BUILDING THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WITH BLIGHT AND CONDEMNATION. BEEN IN THE BUILDING. HE HAS PUT SO MUCH INTO IT. IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. AND THEN I GOT A CALL AND SAID, HEY, HE SHOULD HAVE COME TO THE NEIGHBORS. I SAID, PEOPLE DON'T TELL YOU THEIR BUSINESS PLANS UNTIL THEY'RE READY SO THAT NOBODY TRIES TO CUT THEIR LEGS OFF IN TERMS OF TAKING THEIR BUSINESS IDEA. AND I SAID, HOW DO YOU THINK HE GOT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GO VIEW IT? BECAUSE WE HAD THE CONVERSATION. HE ASKED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S INFORMATION AND INVITED THEM OVER THERE. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE OPPOSITION CAME FROM. HE HAS BEEN TRUTHFUL WITH ME IN THIS PROCESS THE ENTIRE TIME. I GAVE HIM MY WORD. COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN HEARD HIM AT THE ZONING MEETING. AND THE FOLKS ON THE ZONING PEOPLE, SAME OPPOSITION. THIS IS NOT A NIGHTCLUB. AND AS IT RELATES TO AFTER HOURS CLUBS, THE REASON WHY THERE IS NO CONTROL IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE ABC BOARD, WHICH IS WHO WE'RE WORKING WITH, TO PUT CONTROLS IN PLACE. WHEN YOU HAVE CONTROLS IN PLACE BY THE ABC BOARD, THEN THAT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE CAN USE TO CONTROL THE BEHAVIOR OF THE OWNER AND THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTROL IT AND SHUT IT DOWN. HE'S CLOSING HIS RESTAURANT AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. AT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. THAT IS NOT AN AFTER HOURS CLUB. HE'S GOING TO OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND CLOSE AT 10. I DO DRINK. Y'ALL, Y'ALL DRINK. I'VE SEEN Y' ALL DRINK TOO. NOT EVERYBODY, BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF Y' ALL DRINK AS WELL. COME ON. I'M NOT SAYING EVERYBODY IN THE CROWD, BUT A LOT OF Y' ALL DO DRINK. I, I, HELL, I'VE HAD ONE WITH SOME OF Y'ALL. SO, MY POINT OF SAYING THAT IS THAT WHETHER YOU DO IT AT SOMEBODY ELSE'S RESTAURANT, I DO. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. I MADE A COMMITMENT. THE SAME WAY GOD GAVE YOU A VISION FOR WHERE YOU LIVE. GOD GAVE ME A VISION OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. AND IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND GREENWELL SPRINGS IS ON THE VERGE OF BEING PLANK ROAD. IT IS ON THE VERGE OF BEING PLANK ROAD. AND AS IT REL. AS IT RELATES TO THE GROCERY STORE, I MOVED IT FROM JEWEL TO NORTH SHERWOOD FOREST BECAUSE RIGHT NEXT TO SOUTHERN BORDERS, THE SAME PROPERTY OWNS THAT PROPERTY, OWNS THE ONE ON CATALINA. AND I SAID, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO PUT A GROCERY STORE IN THE MIDDLE OF WORLD WAR III IS WHAT I TOLD HIM. I SAID, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU ONLY HAVE YOUR GROCERY STORE AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS DEAD, IT WILL HURT YOUR BUSINESS. LET'S USE NORTH SHORE WITH FOREST, WHICH IS A BLANK CANVAS, AND CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THERE WHILE WE REVITALIZE GREENWELL SPRINGS. COMING FROM THAT AREA, FOR HIM TO TAKE A RISK IN AN AREA WHERE NOBODY ELSE WILLING TO TAKE A RISK, I APPLAUD HIM AND I APPLAUD HIS INVESTMENT. SO. BUT THEY WANTED A GROCERY STORE THAT STOLE CHICKEN AND LIQUOR, IT WAS OKAY. AND THE GROCERY STORE WAS ALSO GOING TO HAVE 10 TIMES AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS HE WOULD EVER HAVE. AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS AND WHY I SUPPORTED IT, BECAUSE I GOT A CALL SAYING IF IT WAS A MEXICAN RESTAURANT, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. IF THEY SERVE SOUL FOOD, I WOULD SUPPORT IT IF THEY DID. SO, WHAT WAS ABOUT THE TYPE OF FOOD THE MAN WAS COOKING? WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IF HE HAD, IF IT WAS AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. I'M LIKE, SO YOU WANT TO TELL THE MAN WHAT BUILDING HE CAN BUY, WHAT KIND OF FOOD HE CAN SERVE? IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. AND LIKE I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE GROCERY STORE. IF YOU WANTED THAT BAD, THE SAME 267 SIGNATURES YOU GOT ON THERE, YOU CREATE A, YOU GET THEM ALL TO COLLECTIVELY INVEST AND CREATE A COOPERATIVE AND YOU DO A CO OP GROCERY STORE WHERE, WHERE IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD OWNED AND OPERATED. THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO TAKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BACK IF YOU REALLY FEEL THAT STRONGLY ABOUT IT. BUT KILLING EVERYTHING THAT COMES OVER THERE, THAT'S WHAT KILLS YOUR PROPERTY VALUES. RIGHT NOW. Y' ALL LIVE IN THE NEW PLANK ROAD AND I'M A PART OF THAT. I LIVE OVER THERE TOO. AND I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE BEYOND THE ONES IN THIS ROOM THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANT TO SEE IT IMPROVE. AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE THAT. IF IT, IF ANY OF Y' ALL CAN TELL ME WHERE YOU CAN EAT ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN AFTER 5 O'CLOCK. ANYBODY, ANYBODY, ANYBODY HAVE A RESTAURANT? BECAUSE I KNOW MY DISTRICT. THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A FAST FOOD CHAIN. OKAY, THANK YOU. MY POINT EXACTLY. THE FAST. BUT THAT'S NOT FAST FOOD. SO, THERE'S NO SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS IN MY ENTIRE DISTRICT OTHER THAN FAST FOOD. SO, MY POINT IS THAT I'VE SEEN THE RESTAURANT. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL THIS BUSINESS IDEAS. I SUPPORT IT. I'M GOING TO BE A PATRON [00:55:01] OF IT. I'VE TALKED TO TONS OF FOLKS IN PARK FOREST THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY. I'VE TALKED TO TONS OF FOLKS IN MONTICELLO, I'VE TALKED TO TONS OF FOLKS IN OAK FOREST AND I'VE TALKED TO TONS OF FOLKS OFF OF JEWEL ROAD THAT ARE STILL LOOKING FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND IT WASN'T JUST Y'ALL. AND THEY SUPPORT IT. AND I DO AS WELL. AND I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. AND I UNDERSTAND. COUNCILMAN DUNN, COUNCILMAN DUNN TOLD ME, SAID, LISTEN, HE SAID, DARRELL, I'M FULL BUT I TOLD THEM THE NEXT TIME THEY CAME TO ME, I GAVE THEM MY WORD THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE STORAGE CENTER. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING AROUND THE STORAGE CENTER IS DEAD. IT IS ABSOLUTELY DEAD. AND FOR THAT REASON, I WANT MY SIDE OF TOWN TO STOP DYING. I WANT MY SIDE OF TOWN TO STOP DYING. SO, I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESTAURANT. AND WE CAN'T KILL EVERYTHING. AND IF IT, IF IT WAS A WALK ONS, NOBODY WOULD COMPLAIN. IF IT WAS A CHILI'S, NOBODY. BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT NOBODY WOULD COMPLAIN. BUT BECAUSE I'M NOT TALKING, SIR. YOU CAN'T TALK WHEN I'M TALKING. MR. CORPSMANIA, Y' ALL HAD YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. WHAT IT IS, IS, IS ON. BECAUSE IT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT'S TAKING A RISK WITH HIS RETIREMENT. IT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S GONNA OPERATE. WE'VE NEVER SEEN OTHER BUILDINGS LIKE HIS. WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. WELL, GUESS WHAT HIS. WHAT HE TOLD ME HE WANTS TO DO. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CORMAN HERE, MAN. I'M GONNA PAUSE, AND I WANT MY TIME BACK. I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK OVER Y'ALL. Y'ALL, PLEASE, YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE. WE ONLY SPEAK AT THE MIC. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S COUNCILMAN'S TIME. I'M GONNA SUPPORT HIM. I'M GONNA BE THERE WITH HIM. IF HE DOES WRONG, I'M GONNA SHUT HIM DOWN. I'M GONNA SHUT THE SAME WAY I'VE HELPED Y' ALL SHUT EVERYBODY ELSE DOWN THAT Y' ALL HAVE ASKED ME TO DO, THAT I AGREE WITH. BUT A RESTAURANT, I WON'T. AND EVERYBODY WHO OPENED UP THOSE OTHER BARS, I SAID IF Y' ALL WERE A RESTAURANT, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. BUT I'M NOT SUPPORTING BARS IN THE DISTRICT. HE'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO. I HAVE TO TRUST HIM THE SAME WAY I WANT TO TRUST EVERYBODY ELSE. AND WE NEED NOT JUST ONE RESTAURANT, BUT MANY. AND WHEN WE GET THAT FOOT TRAFFIC, THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE AMENITIES THAT Y' ALL WANT, WHAT YOUR GROCERY STORES AND OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT IT. SO, I'MMA STOP HERE, AND IF I NEED SOME MORE TIME, I WILL. BUT THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD A WORD, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU INVESTED LOOKS PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR PRO TEM TO THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE RESTAURANT. AND YOU, YOU'RE INVESTING IN DISTRICT 5. WELL, WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO IS COME AND INVEST IN DISTRICT 7 WITH THE PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S BLIGHTED. HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROPERTY THAT IS. YOU KNOW WHAT PROPERTY IT IS. YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. WHAT PROPERTY THAT IS? RIGHT, RIGHT PAST PARK ELEMENTARY IN THE CURVE, YOU HAVE A DUPLEX APARTMENT COMPLEX. OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY. SIR, SIR, THERE'S NO FEED, THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH. THERE'S NO BACK AND FORTH. WE'RE NOT DOING IT. NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR YEARS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN. COUNCIL WOMAN, I'M SUPPORT YOU IN TEARING IT DOWN TOO. YES, THAT'S FROM MY FATHER. PRIVATE PROPERTY COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN. ALL RIGHT, SO I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS, THAT YOU ALL ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND THAT THAT WORD THAT DOES MY HEART WELL IS HOME OWNERSHIP, NOT RENTERS. WHICH IS FINE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. BUT HOME OWNERSHIP AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND LET ME TELL YOU, I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS WITH THIS. AND I'M THAT DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE ISSUES WERE AND ARE AND ABOUT ALL THE AFTER HOURS, WHATEVER. AND IF I SIT HERE AND ACT AS IF THIS IS NOT A CONCERN, I'D BE HYPOCRITICAL. AND AS MANY THINGS I CAN BE, BUT THAT AIN'T ONE OF THEM. WHEN I LOOK AT AND EVERYBODY IN HERE, I BELIEVE, GROWN AND OF AGE AND TALKING ABOUT THE DRINKING, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO IF YOU 21 PLUS AND YES, I HAVE TO GO OUT OF MY DISTRICT TO GO TO A HOSPITAL AND YES, THE CLUB, WHEN THERE IS. WHEN THESE PLACES ARE FULL AND THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. WHEN THESE PLACES ARE FULL, THEY'RE ON THE PARKING LOT, THEY DO NOT MOVE, THEY ARE STAYING THERE. AND THERE ARE THREE INCIDENTS WHERE THIS HAS TRANSPIRED JUST THIS WEEK IN 10. AND I CAN'T LET THAT GO. ALSO, WHEN I SEE A [01:00:03] PETITION WITH 276 NAMES ON IT, THEN THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE. AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SEAT 30 PEOPLE IN THERE AND THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. NO WAY. BECAUSE MONEY GETS GOOD AND THERE WILL BE AN OVERFLOW. AND I KNOW THIS. AND YES, MORE STRESS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THIS. AND THEN WE WANT TO LOOK TO THE POLICE TO BE ABLE TO POLICE THIS. AND IT AIN'T FAIR AND IT IS OUT OF ORDER. AND SO I SAY THAT YES, MORE TO LIFE THAN EATING AND DRINKING, BUT FOLK EAT AND DRINK IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND GO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. BUT THE THING THAT'S SITTING AND STICKING WITH ME IS A PETITION WITH 276 RESIDENTS SIGNED UP. AND THEN YOU ALL ARE HERE THIS EVENING. AND SO, I CANNOT SUPPORT IT. COUNCILMAN KENNEY. I NORMALLY TRY NOT TO GO AFTER COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN, BUT NOW SHE. SHE BASICALLY HIT HER NAIL ON THE HEAD. WHILE I USUALLY SUPPORT ANY KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW ME AND COUNCILMAN HURST, WE SHARE A GOOD PIT IN NORTH BATON ROUGE, RIGHT? AND SO, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND KIND OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF TO BRING BUSINESSES INTO OUR AREAS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. BUT TO THE BUSINESS OWNER/APPLICANT, I FORGOT YOUR NAME. QUICK QUESTION. NOW THIS BUSINESS IS GOING TO HAVE LIKE A DAIQUIRI MACHINE, RIGHT? BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE. I KNOW COUNCILMAN MOAK TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL. BUT I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MAKEUP FOR YOUR RESTAURANT. OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIQUOR THERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MACHINE MARGARITA AND, AND DAIQUIRI, A COUPLE OF MACHINE THERE. BUT WE ARE STREET. AND SIR, A RESTAURANT, THERE'S A MENU WHERE YOU CAN COME AND SIT DOWN. WE'RE NOT DANCING DOWN THERE. SHAKE A LEG DOWN THERE. WE'RE NOT DOING WELL. I'M NOT CALLING YOU A CLUB. NO, NO, I'M NOT CALLING YOU A CLUB. AND LOOK TO COUNCILMAN HURST POINT AS WELL. HE BROKE IT DOWN TO WHERE HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR RESTAURANT WANTED TO BE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE VARIOUS RESTAURANTS, RIGHT? THEY GET THESE ALCOHOL LICENSE. THEY DON'T HAVE A BAR, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIKE TWO OR THREE DAIQUIRI MACHINES RIGHT BEHIND THE BAR WHEN THEY ORDER THE FOOD. MY CONCERN COMES IN TO THE POINT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WITH THE SECURITY, RIGHT? I KNOW Y' ALL CLOSE AT 10 O'CLOCK.Y' ALL NOT AN AFTER HOUR SPOT. BUT IF ARE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE LINGERING AROUND, WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS DOING TO CLEAR OUT THE LIGHT? WOULD IT BE POLICE ON A PREMISES OR WHERE Y' ALL GOING? LIKE HOW Y' ALL HANDLING THAT. WHICH IS A FRIEND OF MINE IS A POLICEMAN WILL BE THERE. MATTER OF FACT, HONESTLY TO TELL YOU WE MIGHT NOT NEED IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING WHAT THEY CALL RECORD SPENDING. WE NOT HAVE IS A MENU WHERE YOU COME 12 CLUB. WE HAVE A BREAKFAST. MY GOD. WHAT CAN WE DO? IF YOU COME AND LOOK AT THE BUILDING. IT'S NOT EVEN A SUIT FOR A BALL. IT'S NOT. YOU CAN'T SIT IN THE BALL. YEAH. IT'S JUST A MENU WHERE YOU ORDER THE FOOD AND GO SIT DOWN AND EAT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BREAKFAST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LUNCH AND DINNER. 10 O' CLOCK WE CLOSE AND THAT'S IT. AND THAT'S ALL. AND BY NO MEANS I'M NOT DISPARAGING YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, TO ANY BUSINESS OWNER I COMMEND THE ONE TO INVEST IN THE AREA. IT'S JUST THAT GREAT SPOT. IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. I THINK THAT AREA HAVE SEEN UNFORTUNATE EVENTS OF DAIQUIRI SHOPS NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AS WELL. SO, I DON'T THINK IT'S TO YOUR FAULT. I JUST THINK THESE NEIGHBORS HAVE A LOT OF PTSD WITH PLACES THAT HAVE ALCOHOL. THAT HAS NOT DONE RIGHT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME DISTRICT, RIGHT? I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME DISTRICT BUT IT'S, IT'S IN THE PROXIMITY OF JUST THAT GENERAL AREA. RIGHT. SO, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DISTRICT LINE BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE PTSD NEIGHBORHOOD. EVEN MY DISTRICT, RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY DAIQUIRI SHOPS BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE REGULATE THOSE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIQUOR LICENSE AND LIQUOR BUSINESSES. RIGHT? BECAUSE A BUSINESS MAY CLOSE AT 10 O' CLOCK, BUT PEOPLE LINGER. RIGHT? AND I'M NOT SAYING LOOK, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS WOULD BE YOUR BUSINESS INSTANCE. I'M JUST TELLING YOU IN THE INSTANCE TO WHERE THESE RESIDENTS HAVE A LOT OF PTSD AND KIND OF PRECAUTION AROUND IT. RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU SEE A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA. YOU WATCH THE NEWS. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU FROM THE. WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LINGER AROUND. SO, IT'S NOT TO YOUR BUSINESS FAULT BUT I JUST THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THESE LIQUOR LICENSE IN CERTAIN PLACES AS WELL. PEOPLE OFTENTIMES WANT TO LINGER ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. AND THEN IN PART WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED, IT FALLS BACK ON YOU IN GENERAL. AND SO NOT ONLY YES SIR. WHEN THEY HAVE THEY HAD A AFTER HOURS OF THAT GUESS WHO WAS THERE? I WAS THERE. I [01:05:01] DIDN'T SEE THEM THERE. I'M THE ONE CALLED 911. THEY BROKE ALL MY WINDOW, FOUR OF MY WINDOWS. $5,600 I HAD TO PAY. I WAS THERE. I DIDN'T I CALLED THE MAYOR THE NEXT MORNING TELLING ABOUT TO SHUT. I CALLED THE OWNER. I DID NOT SEE THE COMMITTEE COME THERE DO THAT. THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE POLICE CAME THERE THEY WASN'T THERE. I WAS THERE AT 6 O'CLOCK. THEY WAS TAKING PICTURE, ALL THAT. I DIDN'T SEE THEM APPEAR, LET ME SAY. SO, THEY SAY ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION WHEN THEY COME TO IT. I DON'T SEE THEM THERE DOING ASSOCIATION WITH THAT. SO, I DON'T. SO LET ME SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M, I'M CONFLICTED HERE BECAUSE WHY I DO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE WANTED TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE AREA. I THINK US AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND FIND SOLUTIONS TO THAT GRAY AREA, TO THESE AFTER HOURS SPOTS THAT ARE JUST CREATED INFORMALLY AFTER THESE BUSINESSES CLOSE. RIGHT. SO, IT'S NOT TO YOUR FAULT. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE AN AFTER HOURS SPOT. IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE TO AIR ON THAT SIDE OF CAUTION. AND I'LL JUST ASK MY, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN HURST IN CONVERSATION. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LAND IN ON IT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, GENERALLY ANY BUSINESS THAT COME IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT. I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE NEED TO LOOK AT STRONGER ORDINANCES TO KIND OF MANAGE, NOT MORE SO HINDERING LIKE BUSINESSES, RIGHT. WHO SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT JUST KIND OF HINDERING THOSE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THOSE COME ONCE THEY CLOSE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEY, YOU WANT YOUR EXTRA TIME. YEAH, YOU CAN SEND MY TIME. SO, MORE SO FOR ME, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ATTACKING YOUR BUSINESS AND I'M NOT ATTACKING THESE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR COMING OUT IN DROVES. I JUST THINK IT'S A, IT'S A HARD, YOU KNOW, DANG IF YOU DO, DANG IF YOU DON'T SITUATION. RIGHT. WE WANT MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING INTEGRITY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE SAME TIME. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, I'M MORE CONCERNED THAN SOME OF THEM BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE, I AM THERE. WHEN THEY HAVE THE SHOOTING AT THE BARBERSHOP, I WAS THERE, HE WASN'T THERE. LOOK, LOOK. SO, LOOK, LOOK. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, LOOK, I DO BELIEVE YOU'RE DOING THIS IN GOOD FAITH. AND I THINK THESE NEIGHBORS ARE COMING IN GOOD FAITH. I JUST THINK JUST THE GRAY AREA IS JUST WHEN PEOPLE COME LING AROUND AT ANY BUSINESS. RIGHT? HOW DO WE REGULATE THAT AND ENSURE THAT YOUR BUSINESS DON'T BECOME THE SCAPEGOATS IT HAPPENED AND THESE RESIDENTS DON'T BECOME PAINTED IN A BLACK LIGHT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I DID NOT COME HERE A BLINDFOLDED. YES, I COME TO Y'ALL. I CAME TO THE MAYOR TO TELL HIM WHAT I WAS TO DO, WHAT I WAS INVESTING IN IT. HE TOLD ME IT'S GOOD FOR OUR AREA. HE'S GOOD FOR THAT AREA. I WENT TO THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE SPOKE TO THEM. THEY SAID, YEAH, HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH BUY IT, LET'S GO, LET'S WORK IT OUT. I'LL WORK, WORK, I WILL FINISH IT. THEN I'M WORKING ABOUT ASSOCIATION. BUT WHERE HE WAS WHEN WE WAS TALKING WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT. BUT I DID WHAT A BLACK MAN SHOULD DO IS TO GO IN AND RESCUE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DYING. GO LOOK AND THEY'RE KILLING IT. WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND I, I REPRESENT A VERY HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY DISTRICT. SO, I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES, JUST LIKE PARK FOREST AS WELL. SO, I'M A, YOU KNOW, LEAN ON MY COLLEAGUE TO MAKE SURE HE DOES HIS DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE IF THIS WAS THE PAST, RIGHT, THERE'S NO BECOME A BLACK GUY IN THE AREA. BUT FOR ME TO YOU AS A COUNCIL PERSON IN AN AREA JUST LIKE PARK FOREST, TO YOU BEING A BUSINESS OWNER, THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT WE WON'T BE PROACTIVE FOR CRIME HAPPENING. RIGHT? REGARDLESS, WE PUT A COFFEE SHOP, PEOPLE COULD COME LINGER AT A COFFEE SHOP AND SHOOT SOMEBODY INSIDE OF A COFFEE SHOP. AND SO, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WANT TO INVEST IN THE AREA ARE PROTECTING ONCE THEIR DOORS CLOSED, ENABLES US IN BEHIND THEM IN THE AREA AS WELL. YES, SIR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE'VE ALL DEALT WITH SITUATIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN COLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH RESTAURANTS WHERE THE AFTER HOURS, THEY'RE FALLING OVER INTO THE PARKING LOTS AND INTO THE STREETS. AND SO, I KNOW I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH SEVERAL IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL. I HAVE PTSD FROM IT. NOW, IF I'M RIGHT HERE, I THINK THE ISSUE THAT OUR FOLKS HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO COME DOWNTOWN. THEIR ISSUE IS NOT THE RESTAURANT, IF I'M CORRECT, IT'S THE ALCOHOL. SO, WHICH, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT IS GREAT. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE LOCAL RESTAURANTS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, SIR. ALL I NEED IS A YES OR NO BECAUSE I'M NOT A LONG WINDED PERSON. I GET [01:10:02] TO THE POINT AND I MOVE ON. LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE TO SELL ALCOHOL? YES OR NO? YES YES OR NO? SO YOU GOT TO COME TO THE MIC IF SHE'S ASKING YOU A QUESTION SO PEOPLE WATCHING CAN HEAR. SO IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER NOT AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT REVENUES ARE MUCH BIGGER SELLING ALCOHOL. I GET IT. WE'RE SOUTH LOUISIANA. YOU CAN'T SELL SHRIMP OR CRAWFISH WITHOUT SELLING A BEER. I GET THAT. CAN I ANSWER HONESTLY? BUT YES. I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING YOU, WOULD YOU CONSIDER NOT GETTING AN ALCOHOL LICENSE AND NOT SELLING ALCOHOL? BECAUSE WE ALREADY INVESTED EQUIPMENT EVERYTHING. COUNCILMAN DUNN JR. SO HE'S GIVING ME HIS TIME. SO, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS BRING RYAN TO THE MIC AND ANTHONY KENNEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW MANY SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR DISTRICT? MY ENTIRE DISTRICT I HAVE. INCLUDING BAKE, I HAVE THREE. OKAY, NOW, LANE, YOU HAVE WHAT ELSE WE GOT? LANG YAP, WE GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ABOUT TO OPEN. CALL WHO THAT. AND ALSO WE HAVE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TRYING TO SEE WHAT SIDE OF IT'S NOT OPEN. TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY OPEN. NO, NO, THEY'RE OPEN. THEY'RE ABOUT TO OPEN. WHO THAT IS OPEN? YEAH, WHO. WHO THAT'S ABOUT TO OPEN? YEAH, SO YOU CAN GO BUY FOOD RIGHT NOW? YEAH, AFTER 5 O'CLOCK. WELL, THEY'RE ABOUT TO OPEN, SO I CONSIDER THEM OPEN. I'M SAYING AFTER 5 O' CLOCK. THEY'LL BE OPEN. YEAH, THEY'LL BE OPEN. CORRECT. OKAY. AND STOCKYARD. STOCKYARD CAFE. YEAH. WHAT TIME IS THEY CLOSE, Y' ALL CLOSED STOCKYARD CALL LIKE AT 7, 8. THEY CLOSED BEFORE THAT? NO, IT DEPENDS. THEY CLOSED AT 2PM. IT DEPEND WITH HOURS. DON'T FORGET ABOUT APPLES. AND APPLES AS WELL. YEAH. SO, MY POINT IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE RESTAURANTS EITHER. SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MY DISTRICT, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING COMPARISON FOR, FOR THE 40000 RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE TO GO. THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO AFTER HOURS. FOR 40000 PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, YOU AND I HAVE VERY SIMILAR DISTRICTS, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP. SO, RYAN, MY QUESTION IS, IS WHEN YOU, IF. WHEN YOU GET WALK ONS CHILI'S IN THESE OTHER RESTAURANTS, FOR THE MOST PART DO YOU GET THESE QUESTIONS? THOSE ARE USUALLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE Y' ALL GO SIT DOWN IN THE RESTAURANTS IN CENTRAL THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN CENTRAL, BY THE WAY, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THE RESTAURANTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITIES WALK OWENS AND ZACHARY, AMERICANA AND A BUNCH OF PIZZERIAS AND OTHER STUFF. IT'S A MASTER PLAN DESIGNED SO THAT THE ROOFTOPS SUPPORT THE BUSINESS. IT'S INTENTIONAL. WHEN YOU SEE THESE DESIGNS AND YOU SEE NEW RESTAURANTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN CERTAIN AREAS. HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF NEIGHBORHOODS? WE HAVE RESTAURANTS ALL OVER MAJOR ARTERIALS, MAJOR COLLECTOR STREETS, SOME OF WHICH HAPPEN TO BE ENTRANCES OR NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN STANCES ON CAB 2, BUT NOT SEE, IF YOU WANT. OKAY, LET ME TELL YOU THIS. Y' ALL CAN GET MAD AT ME IF YOU WANT. I DON'T REALLY CARE. I MEAN, I SPEAK MY MIND REGARDLESS. Y' ALL ELECTED ME BECAUSE I SPEAK MY MIND. I'VE BEEN BOLD WITH Y' ALL WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN I THOUGHT Y' ALL WERE RIGHT. I'M GONNA BE BOLD WITH Y' ALL WHEN I DISAGREE WITH YOU. AND WE ARE THE WORST CRITICS OF OUR OWN PEOPLE OPENING BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. BECAUSE IF IT WAS A WALK ONS, IF IT WAS A CHILI'S, YOU WOULD DO CARTWHEELS AND BACKFLIPS AND TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS, I CAN'T WAIT TILL THEY OPEN COAST CONSTRUCTION CREWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT WHEN IT'S SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS LIKE US, WE JUDGE GUNSHOTS AND BULLETS IN OUR DISTRICTS WORSE THAN THEY DO ON THE NEWS. WE ALLOW MEDIA. WE ALLOW MEDIA TO CONTROL OUR MINDS. WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR OWN KIDS IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DESERVE RESOURCES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE COMMUNITY. LOOK, I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. AND IF IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, IF IT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN WHERE WE HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GO GET FOOD, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM. BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT AFTER HOURS. AND WE HAVE TO START GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEN WE DO WRONG, OR WHEN THEY DO WRONG, WE SHUT THEM DOWN. WHEN THEY DO RIGHT, WE SUPPORT THEM. THE ONE THING I TOLD HIM, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HIS GOOD SERVICE. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW, AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THE BUILDING UP TO PAR. YES, I WENT THERE AND [01:15:01] I, I HELD. I'M THE ONE THAT GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL Y' ALL BECAUSE I THOUGHT Y' ALL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. HE DID CALL YOU CRY. HE DID CALL YOU CRIME PREVENTION. SIR, SIR, I'M NOT GONNA TALK OVER YOU ANY. YOU KNOW, I RESPECT YOU. I'M NOT GONNA TALK OVER YOU. SO, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE, TO HOLD A REAL PUBLIC MEETING SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS RESTAURANT SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE MORE THAN JUST YOUR OPINION. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I LIVE IN MONTICELLO, YOU GOT 30 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AT THE NEIGHBOR, SAME PEOPLE TO 30 PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP HERE. THE YOUNG WORKING PARENTS DON'T. OR BASKETBALL PRACTICE, A BASEBALL PRACTICE. THEY SHOW UP WHEN THEY CAN. BUT IT'S TYPICALLY THE RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED FOR A LONG TIME. I WANT TO PROTECT THOSE PROPERTY VALUES. SO, I RESPECT YOU, AND I DO RESPECT YOUR VOICE. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS REQUEST A DEFERRAL, BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD A REAL PUBLIC MEETING TO EXPLAIN, TO DO TOURS OF THE RESTAURANT SO THAT WE CAN GET A TRUE CONSENSUS. AND NOT JUST A BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I'M A CLOSE WITH THIS PARK. PARK FOREST ALONE HAS 4,500 PEOPLE. SO, 276 PEOPLE, WHICH COULD COME FROM 30 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40 HOUSEHOLDS OF LESS THAN 10% OF THE COMMUNITY. I WANT TO GIVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SHOW UP, VOICE THEIR OPINION, LET EVERYBODY HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. SO, I'M GOING TO REQUEST A DEFERRAL FOR THIS. I WANT TO HOST A MEETING AT THE GOODWILL LIBRARY. I WANT TO ASK THEM TO PUT UP SIGNS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND GUESS WHAT? IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THEM. BUT IF THEY DO WANT IT, THEN WE'RE GONNA DO WHATEVER. IF HE NEEDS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, I'M GONNA WORK WITH HIM TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SO HIS INVESTMENT DOESN'T GO TO WASTE. COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN RACCA. HI, EVERYONE. I REPRESENT DISTRICT 12, WHICH IS THE PERKINS ROAD CORRIDOR, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESTAURANTS. THE SOUTH DOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS PRETTY ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. THEY'VE TAKEN A POSITION THAT THERE IS NO NEW CAB 2. THAT STARTED LONG BEFORE I WAS A COUNCIL PERSON. IT'S CARRIED ON PAST BARBARA FRYBERG AND NOW WITH ME SITTING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT NO NEW CAB 2 DOES IS IT KEEPS THE ALCOHOL OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT. IT KEEPS THE FOOD AND THE RESTAURANTS GROWING IN YOUR DISTRICT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU DON'T COMPLETELY FORBID THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T CLOSE DOWN IVARS, AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO. WE STILL WANT THAT IN OUR AREA BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE A LARGE GROUP OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO. BUT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S WORKED FOR THEM. THE NO NEW CAB 2 WORKS. WITH REGARD TO CAB 1, I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH THERE, AND I'M BRINGING SOMETHING BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. CAB 1 IS YOUR RESTAURANT, YOUR FOOD AND RESTAURANT. SO, YOU CAN SERVE ALCOHOL, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FOOD. NOW, IF YOU SUSPECT THAT THIS RESTAURANT OWNER IS NOT DOING WHAT HE IS DOING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST COME TO THIS BODY AND THINK THAT THIS BODY WILL KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING. THE STATE ALSO REGULATES AND LOOKS AT THOSE NUMBERS. CHRIS CRANFORD WORKS FOR ABC. HE'S THE OFFICER THAT'LL GO IN AND INSPECT, BUT HE ALSO REPORTS TO THE STATE. SO, TO GIVE YOU ADDED LEVELS OF PROTECTION SHOULD THIS PASS, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED AS TO HOW TO KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE. KEEP THE RESTAURANTS BEING RESTAURANTS AND KEEP THE BARS AWAY. AND THAT IS AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A CAB 1 WITH FOOD, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FOOD AND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL SERVED. THEY HAVE TO SHOW RECEIPTS. IF THEY FAIL TO DO THAT, THEN YOU CONTACT THIS BODY, YOU CONTACT ABC AND YOU CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND YOU HAVE THEM INVESTIGATED AND YOU HAVE THEM SHUT DOWN IF THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. NOW, I KNOW THAT'S PUTTING WORK ON THE PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO. BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A PRETTY TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY THAT HAS YOUR STUFF TOGETHER, YOU'RE IN ORDER, YOU'RE COMING TOGETHER, BANDING TOGETHER TODAY. BUT TO KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY, TO HAVE YOUR RESTAURANTS, YOUR GOOD RESTAURANTS, KEEP THEM THERE, KEEP THOSE STAPLES. THOSE ARE THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO USE AND MY RESIDENTS HAVE USED FOR DECADES NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR LITTLE CORRIDOR NICE, SAFE, AND A GOOD PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, EAT, WALK, AND HANG OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. COUNCILMAN MOAK. OKAY. I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S MAKING THIS DIFFERENT THAN ONE, WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND TWO, SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT ARE IN [01:20:01] LIKE MY DISTRICT AND EVERYWHERE ELSE AND ARE PLACES THAT WE VOTED ON. EVERY TIME WE MAKE THIS VOTE, WE TAKE A CHANCE THAT THE BUSINESS OWNER IS GOING TO DO THIS AND SAY THIS, AND IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND THEN WE FIGHT AND ARGUE ABOUT IT AND WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THAT DISTRICT TO TRY AND GET RID OF THEM, SETTLE THEM DOWN, SEND THE POLICE. I WORK WITH DENISE WITH FALLEN ROO. THAT WAS, THAT WAS A CRAPPY SITUATION FOR THAT AREA. SHERWOOD FOREST AND WHAT CORSI AND THE WAY IT JUST TOTALLY DEVOLVED WHATEVER ELSE, TOOK THEM TO COURT, SHUT DOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT BEFORE THAT, WHETHER IT WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OR WHATEVER ELSE, IT WAS A GREAT PLACE. YOU WENT, YOU. YOU HAD DINNER, YOU GOT A DRINK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M HEARING ALL THESE REASONS ON WHY TO NOT PASS THIS, BUT COMPARED TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE AREA AND THINGS THAT HAVE OPENED. COUNCILMAN KENNEY, IT WAS IT ODAT IS THIS FIXING TO OPEN? WHO THAT IS THAT, IS THAT ON PLANE? IT'S INVERSE OF WHO THAT, WHO THAT. IS THAT ON PLANK ROAD SCENIC HIGHWAY. OKAY. I WAS TRYING TO LOOK IT UP TO SEE IF IT WAS KIND OF THE SAME SITUATION. IS IT IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IS IT ON THE MAIN STREET? IS IT A RESTAURANT? IS IT CAB 1? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN PASSING THAT VERSUS THIS WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT GOT CLASSIFIED AS THIS BAR AND ALCOHOLIC HANGOUT PLACE. WHEN IT'S A RESTAURANT, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A BAR. THE GENTLEMAN SAYING HE'S NOT EVEN GONNA HAVE A BAR SET UP AREA WHERE PEOPLE GO SIT UP AT THE, AT THE BAR COUNTER AND EAT FOOD THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A MENU PLACE, TAKE IT, GRAB A GLASS OF WINE, GRAB A BEER, GO SIT DOWN IN YOUR CHAIR IF YOU WANT TO OR TAKE IT HOME IF YOU WANT TO. I, I THANK YOU. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FIND WE'RE FIXING TO DRAG THIS GENTLEMAN'S INVESTMENT OUT. AND COUNCILMAN HURST, I KNOW IT'S YOUR DISTRICT. I DON'T AGREE WITH THE, WITH THE DEFERRAL. IT'S UP TO YOU AS FAR AS THE VOTE COUNTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUDGING THIS DIFFERENTLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPOT THAT IT'S IN. AND I JUST, I DON'T FEEL THAT'S RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT PETITION SIGNED, YOU'VE GOT A LARGE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RESTAURANT. THE GENTLEMAN JUST WANTS TO OPEN A RESTAURANT AND SERVE A DRINK WITH IT. AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING'S BEEN LABELED THAT THIS MAN IS OPENING A CLUB. AND I JUST DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT. AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T JUDGE THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN I WOULD JUDGE ANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO OPEN RESTAURANTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KENNEY. ALL RIGHT, SO COUNCILMAN, I DON'T THINK MY COMMENTS WAS NOT A DISPARAGE THE EFFORTS BETWEEN THE INVESTOR AND COUNCILMAN HURST. RIGHT? TO WHAT I SAID, DESPITE I TALKED ABOUT... THAT IS ALREADY CAB 2. RIGHT. IT'S IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IN MY DISTRICT. AND FOR ONE, WHEN I MADE MY COMMENTS, IT'S NOT TO SAY IN TOTALITY I AM AGAINST A RESTAURANT HAVING ALCOHOL. MY ONLY POSITION WAS TO MAKE SURE IT'S A COMFORTABLE SPOT TO WHERE THE NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE SOME TYPE OF REGULATIONS AROUND PEOPLE WHO LINGER AFTER THE FACT. RIGHT. AND SO I'M NOT SAYING, LIKE I SAID IN MY COMMENTS, I'M NOT AGAINST ANY NEW RESTAURANT, ANY NEW SIT DOWN BUSINESS IN HIS AREA IS JUST THE FACT TO HAVE A SOLUTION AROUND PEOPLE WHO MAY LINGER AROUND IN GENERAL. AND SO, AND POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN HAS. I HAVE AN IHOPS LEFT FOR IN MY DISTRICT. BUT COUNCILMAN KENNEY. I SAY, I SAY, I JUST SAY YOU ALREADY USED THE SECOND TIME. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN KENNEY, WITH RESPECT I HAD A MINUTE 21 LEFT ON MINE. REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THERE YOU GO. AND I SAID THIS IN TOTALITY, MY COMMENTS. AND I WOULD TELL COUNCILMAN HURST. SO, WE WORK VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. IT'S NOT JUST TO SHOOT DOWN ANYTHING COMING TO NORTH BATON ROUGE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PARK FOREST AREA WANTS TO HAVE MORE THINGS LIT UP IN THAT AREA. MY ONLY CONCERN IS JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF BARRIERS AROUND ANYTHING ONCE YOUR DOOR IS CLOSED. BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME. YOU CAN PUT A STARBUCKS RIGHT THERE AND PEOPLE WILL COME, LINGER AROUND, PARK CARS, HAVE A CAR SHOW AND IT WILL CREATE CRIME. RIGHT? WE CAN GO IN FRONT OF A WALMART, WALMART AFTER HOURS. SOMEBODY COULD SHOOT YOU IN FRONT OF WALMART AND THERE'S CRIME. SO, MY STANCE IS MAKING SURE IS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME TYPE OF BARRIER OR SOME TYPE OF RESOLVE OR SOME TYPE OF RESOLVE OR WORKING PARTNERSHIP. BUT I HOPE WE'LL HAVE Y' ALL MEETING, Y' ALL CAN TALK THROUGH THAT IF THIS WILL BE APPROVED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, REGARDLESS WHAT GOES IN THAT SPOT, NO CRIME IS ATTACHED TO THAT AREA FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HURST TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR 60 DAYS. [01:25:02] DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. IS THERE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, MY COUNCILMAN MOAK TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YOU'RE ALREADY ON THE FIRST MOTION. I MEAN, NOBODY HAS TO SECOND IT. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. IT'S OKAY IF Y' ALL DON'T SECOND IT. NO SECOND TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SO, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION ON THE MOTION TO DEFER SO THEY CAN HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH THE OWNER? COUNCILMAN MOAK. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE IN OPPOSITION. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM'S BEEN DEFERRED FOR 60 DAYS. COUNCILMAN [4. 26-00888 CASE 24-26 4743, 4747, 4751, 4755 and 4759 Peerless Street and 4730 Paige Street ] AMOROSO. ITEM FOUR. HUH? OH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. ITEM FOUR. LOOK, I CHECKED THE WRONG ONE. CASE 24-26 4743-4747-4751-4755 AND 4759 PEERLESS STREET AND 4730 PACE STREET TO REZONE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL A2 TO TWO FAMILY A29 ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PEERLESS STREET AND SOUTH OF PACE STREET EAST OF MOON STREET. COUNCIL DISTRICT 5, HURST COMMISSION ACTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY 9-0. WE WANT TO HEAR. WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURST. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HARRIS. ANY OPPOSITION MOTION CARRIES. COUNCILWOMAN AMOROSO. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MEETINGS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. GOD BLESS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.