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WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2020
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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING.I ACTUALLY GOT A ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN WELCH, BEEN WATCHES, ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN BANKS.
WHEN BANKS IS PRESENT COUNCILMAN LOOP, THAT'S BEEN LAID AS ABSENT.
COUNCILMAN WILSON, COUNCILMAN LEWIS.
COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS, LEWIS THAT'S WHOM COLLINS LEWIS HERE.
NICOLE IS ABSENT COUNSEL, WOMAN AND BAROSSA COMPLEMENT.
COUNCILMAN IS PRESENT COUNSEL AND WICKER.
WATSON IS PRESENT COUNSEL IN ROCCA.
SO WHEN ROCKET WAS PRESENT AND SHOW COUNCILWOMAN GREEN AS PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A QUORUM, OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE NOT SKIP OVER.
WE'LL HAVE ONE IN CITY, COUNCILMAN WELCH UNTIL HE JOINS US.
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ITEM THREE, THREE, AND FOUR TOGETHER, AND WE'VE GOT TO DEFER TO THE AUGUST.19TH MEETING IS ITEM THREE IS PA DASH 10 DASH 20 IS A 13 FIVE 11 PERKINS ROAD TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO MIX USE PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS TO THE WEST OF METTERY COUNT A DISTRICT ON HUDSON COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO DEFER THE JUNE 15TH, GARRY NINE ZERO FOUR CASE 26 DASH 2013 FIVE 11 PERKINS ROAD TO RESOLVE FROM ROADS TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF PARKER ROAD, WEST OF
FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
SO PEGGY ANDERSON, DEAR METRO COUNCIL, THE REQUEST FOR REZONING, THE FRONT PORTION OF 13 FIVE 11 PERKINS ROAD IS FOR REZONING PURPOSES.
ONLY PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT ARE NOT THE APPLICANT'S INTENTION.
THE REQUEST IS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJOINING OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UM, I LIVE VERY NEAR THIS PROPERTY ON PERKINS ROAD, EXCEPT DURING CURRENT MONTHS WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME DUE TO COVID-19, THE STRETCH OF PERKINS ROAD EXPERIENCES, BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON DRIVE TIMES WHEN THERE IS A WRECK AT THE INTERSECTION OF SEGUIN AND PERKINS, PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO EVEN TURN OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION FOR 20 OR 30 MINUTES DUE TO THE TRAFFIC AT THIS TWO LANE STRETCH OF BARGAINS.
THIS ROAD CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITION OF MANY MORE DRIVERS ON A NORMAL DAY.
THE PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED WITH ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS OR APARTMENTS THAT WILL PUT A GREATER STRAIN ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE STRETCH OF PERKINS ROAD.
THE ROAD SHOULD BE FOUR LANES BEFORE SUCH DEVELOPMENT SHOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
HEY, COUNSELORS ON CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, ANY COMMENTS OR A MOTION TO DEFER TO THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
UM, MOTION TO DEFER MOTION, DEFER ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TO THE AUGUST 10TH 19TH MEETING, UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON SECOND BY WICKER AND ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.
I AM STORING FOR A MINUTE PRIOR TO AUGUST 19TH, ITEM FIVE
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IS PA DASH 11 DASH 20 ESTABLISHED PAIRS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.I'M IN THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN COMMISSIONED ACTION MOTION IMPROVED CARRY NINE, ZERO COUNSELOR IS GOING TO REQUIRE EIGHT VOTES, ACTUALLY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM FIVE, THAT'S MORE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS ON ITEM FIVE.
FIRST COMMENT IS FROM THOMAS DALFIT.
I AM WRITING TODAY TO ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A FATHER OF TWO, THE RIGHT TO WALK AND USE NON-MOTORIZED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AS ESSENTIAL TO WELLBEING AND FREEDOM.
IT GIVES US OPTIONS AND CONTRIBUTES TO HEALTH CITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE RESPONDED TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS BY CREATING MORE SLOW SPEED STREETS AND ENCOURAGING WALKING AND CYCLING.
SADLY, WE LACK A SAFE NETWORK AS WE CAN, AS CAN BE SEEN IN OUR HIGH PEDESTRIAN AND DRIVER CASUALTY WRITES THE PLAN IS NOT A BIG NEW EXPENDITURE.
RATHER A WAY TO COORDINATE GOVERNMENTAL EFFORTS.
A DECENT WALKING AND BIKING NETWORK ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ANY MODERN AMERICAN CITY TO HELP RETAIN AND ATTRACT A TALENTED WORKFORCE AND ALLOW FOR CITIZENS TO BETTER INCORPORATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INTO THEIR DAILY LIVES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP KEEP THE MOST VULNERABLE ROAD USER SAFE WHILE WALKING, BIKING AND USING MOBILITY AIDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR ANY TAX INCREASES.
INSTEAD IT CALLS FOR COORDINATING
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EXISTING RESOURCES AND DO A COHESIVE PLAN.I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
NEXT COMMENT ON ITEM FIVE, IS LYNN A MALONEY NEW YOKA? UM, SHE IS IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO ADOPT THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE PLAN.
HER COMMENTS FOR CITY PARISH OF BATON ROUGE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING ITSELF SINCE ITS ADOPT, SINCE IT ADOPTED DEWANI DOWNTOWN PLAN.
IN 1998, WE HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN BECOMING A CITY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO MOVED BRS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, FINDING A GREAT BALANCE BETWEEN GIVING DRIVERS WHAT THEY WANT AND THE STREET USERS, WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT IS MISSING IS A LOW STRESS NETWORK FOR BICYCLES.
I CAN SEE FROM MY MID CITY WINDOW, HOW MUCH BIKE USE HAS INCREASED SINCE THE VIRUS HIT, WE NEED TO KEEP UP THIS MOMENTUM.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM DANIEL WILLIS.
MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I AM AN LSU ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENT AND PROUD NEW FATHER I'M WRITING TODAY TO PROMOTE APPROVAL OF THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
AS A COMMUTER CYCLIST, A DECENT WALKING AND BIKING NETWORK IS ESSENTIAL FOR MY SAFETY AND FOR WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN MITIGATED WITH BETTER BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS MEASURE IS VERY PERSONAL.
IT COULD LEGITIMATELY SAVE LIVES AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR UNTOLD NUMBER OF YOUR DISTRICT MEMBERS.
IT IS ALSO VITAL TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT A TALENTED WORKFORCE AND ALLOW ITS CITIZENS TO BETTER INCORPORATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TO THEIR DAILY LIVES.
THE PROPOSED PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR ANY TAX INCREASES.
INSTEAD IT CALLS FOR COORDINATING EXISTING RESOURCES INTO A COHESIVE PLAN.
I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MEASURE.
NEXT COMMENT FROM MONICA PIERCE, SHE IS WRITING IN SUPPORT OF THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
PROPOSED BATON ROUGE IS POISED TO BE AN IDEAL BIKE CITY IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND WITH THE HELP OF THE METRO COUNCIL, WE CAN TAKE STEPS TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE SAFE FOR ALL WHO BIKE WITH THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ANDREW PINER.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SAFE TRANSPORTATION AND EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR WELLBEING AND FOR THE ECONOMY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR ANY TAX INCREASES.
INSTEAD IT CALLS FOR COORDINATING EXISTING RESOURCES INTO A COHESIVE PLAN.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JEANETTE DURBAN.
SHE IS IN FAVOR OF THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN DURING THE STAY AT HOME ORDER OF GOVERNOR EDWARDS IN AN EFFORT TO CURB INFECTION RATES OF COVID-19 AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC BIKING AND WALKING WAS SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED AS AN OPTION TO LEAVE THE HOME.
DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE USED THIS OPTION TO EXERCISE, SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS OUTSIDE THE HOME AND EVEN RUN ERRANDS.
AS A RESULT, THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT AND OBSERVABLE INCREASES OF BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT BATON ROUGE THROUGHOUT THE BATON ROUGE AREA AND COMBINED WITH LESS TRAFFIC SAFE OPTION.
HOWEVER, AS TRAFFIC INCREASES AGAIN, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAFE SPACE FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROMOTE THIS TYPE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ARI METZKER.
UM, HIS COMMENTS, PLEASE CONSIDER A VOTE IN FAVOR OF PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, MASTER PLAN, A SAFE AND ROBUST WALKING AND BIKING NETWORK IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANY MODERN CITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A TALENTED WORKFORCE, RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES THAT FACE US NOW AND IN THE FUTURE AND PROMOTE HEALTH BY ENCOURAGING ITS CITIZENS TO INCORPORATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INTO THEIR DAILY LIVES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IMPROVE IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP KEEP THE MOST VULNERABLE ROAD USERS SAFE, A METRIC BY WHICH BATON ROUGE IS SEVERELY DEFICIENT.
I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM WEEKS, UM, A COMMUNITY IS HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND ENGAGED WHEN THEY HAVE SAFE ACCESS TO WALKING AND BIKING.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM DOUG MOORE, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT BATON ROUGE HAS A TERRIBLE RECORD.
WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.
WE ALSO HAVE A POPULATION THAT IS GENERALLY UNHEALTHY DUE AT LEAST PARTLY TO LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
WE ARE ALSO PLAYED WITH TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL THAT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WALK BY AND USE TRANSIT TO GET TO WORK TO THE DOCTOR OR RUNNING ERRANDS.
THESE PEOPLE OFTEN CAN NOT DO THIS SAFELY AND FAR TOO OFTEN BECOMES VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW CITIZENS WHO SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY OR WHO ARE KILLED IN TRAFFIC.
WE HEAR ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE WILLING TO SPEND COUNTLESS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO SHUT A COUPLE MINUTES OFF PEOPLE'S COMMUTE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF THOSE THAT WALK AND BIKE, WE FALL FOR OUR SHORT SHAME ON US, SHAME ON US FOR NOT LOOKING OUT AFTER THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US, BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT
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THING.IT WON'T PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT IT IS A RESULT OF MANY, MANY HOURS OF WORK AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY PARISH, OFFICIALS, STATE OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LEADING NATIONAL CONSULTANTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
IT IS A MASSIVE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IN THE DIRECTION OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE NO MATTER THEIR WEALTH OR THEIR RACE CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND DO SO SAFELY IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAD MORE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE SO THEY CAN BE HEALTHIER AND THUS LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES, WHICH AS WE LEARNED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS CAN PUT, ESPECIALLY CAN BE ESPECIALLY DEADLY WHEN COMBINED WITH COVID-19 SIMPLY PUT ENACTING, THIS PLAN WILL SAVE LIVES.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING WE CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT THIS PLAN RAISES NO NEW TAXES.
IT'S SIMPLY GIVES US A BLUEPRINT TO COORDINATING WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE ALREADY FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE TOWARD A COHESIVE PLAN.
WE'RE BUILDING A NETWORK OF SAFE ROUTES.
EVERYONE CAN UTILIZE AND ENJOY.
FURTHERMORE, NOT ONLY WILL THIS INCREASE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR PARISH, BUT IT WILL MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE AS WELL, ASK ANYONE WHO HAS STUDIED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT INCREASINGLY THE YOUNG TALENT WE STRUGGLED TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT AND DEMAND, DEMAND TRANSPORTATION CHOICES WHEN THEY CHOOSE THE CITIES TO WHICH THEY LOCATE AS DO THE COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY THEM, HAVING A QUALITY BIKE PEDESTRIAN PLAN IN PLACE ALSO MAKES US MORE COMPETITIVE FOR GRANTS.
AS MANY SUCH GRANTS REQUIRE APPLICANT CITIES TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE WALKING AND BIKING PLAN SUCH AS THIS TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED IT'S TIME.
WE STOPPED LOSING TO CITIES WHO ARE AHEAD OF US IN THIS REGARD.
LASTLY, PLEASE DON'T THINK OF THE PLAN AS THE PRODUCT OF SOME NAIVE IDEALISTIC PIE IN THE SKY IDEA.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT POSSIBLE FOR BATON ROUGE TO BECOME A SAFE PLEASANT PLACE FOR ALL OF US, CITIZENS TO WALK AND BIKE.
WE CAN DO THIS IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT WORK STARTS HERE NOW WITH YOU VOTING TO APPROVE.
NEXT COMMENT ON ITEM FIVE IS EARNING BARRY.
UM, MY NAME IS ARLENE BERRY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE ON BELLEVUE DRIVE.
PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PEDESTRIAN BIKE MASTER PLAN TO BE PROPOSED ON JUNE 17TH.
IT'S LONG OVERDUE FOR OUR CITY TO PROVIDE OPTIONS OTHER THAN DRIVING.
AND THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN DO SO.
NEXT COMMENT IS MATTHEW DREHER.
I STARTED WRITING SERIOUSLY WHEN I STARTED ATTENDING LSU TWO YEARS AGO, SINCE THEN I'VE LOST AROUND A HUNDRED POUNDS AND GAINED A NEW PASSION.
I ONLY USE BICYCLES AND DO NOT INTEND TO EVER OWN A CAR.
I WISH EVERYONE COULD BE AS HAPPY AS I AM WITH THAT.
BUT FOR MANY PEOPLE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED OF TRAFFIC.
CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT ENOUGH TO FEEL SAFE, OR CAN'T FIND A ROUTE TO WORK.
THIS PLAN WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS ENSURING THAT EVERYONE IN BATON ROUGE, SHE WANTS TO FIND THEIR WAY AROUND TOWN SAFELY WITHOUT A CAR.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM KURT HERMAN.
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO HAVING A BETTER PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE MORE PEOPLE WALK OR BIKE, THE LESS CONGESTED THE STREETS WILL BE BIKING IS TRANSPORTATION IS MORE ECONOMICAL FOR A CITY.
IT REDUCES ROAD WEAR AND TEAR TO HELP THE ACTIVITY AND THEREFORE WILL REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS.
IT CREATES A MORE PERSONABLE COMMUNITY.
AND AS A RESULT, A MORE ATTRACTIVE CITY TO RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS, THERE'S AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RESIDENTS BIKING, AND IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER FOR CYCLISTS AS THEIR NUMBERS GROW BY FACILITIES, INCREASE RETAIL STORES, VISIBILITY AND SALES AND ADDS VALUE TO THE BUSINESS AND HOMES NEARBY.
IN CONCLUSION THAT NOURISH CONTINUED EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, PEDESTRIAN, AND BICYCLE PLAN ASHLEY CAMP.
UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
IAN RICHARDSON, BATON ROUGE DOESN'T HAVE MANY BEACHES, DOESN'T HAVE ANY BEACHES, MOUNTAINS, OR MANY OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS OTHER THAN HUNTING AND FISHING.
A COMPREHENSIVE BIKE PATH WITH OFF-ROAD TRAILS WILL BE A HUGE PLUS FOR THIS CITY AND SOMETHING WE COULD USE AND UNITE AROUND AND PROMOTE TO BRING IN CYCLISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
CYCLING IS HAVING A HUGE RESURGENCE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOMENT AND SHOW THE WORLD BATON ROUGE.
WHAT THAT RANGE HAS TO OFFER ADDITIONALLY AS IS BATON OR JUST ONE OF THE MOST UNSAFE CITIES TO RIDE A BIKE.
IF WE WANT TO CURB CYCLE RELATED DEATHS AND BRING MORE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS INTO THE CITY, NEEVA BUTKUS.
MY NAME IS NEVA BUTKUS, AND I AM WRITING TO YOU IN FAVOR OF THE EBR PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN.
ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN TWO TO FIVE, BATON ROUGE IS LARGEST YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ORGANIZATION.
OUR MEMBERS ARE AN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF THE EXPANSION OF ON-ROAD AND OFFERED BICYCLE LANES AND PATHS AND BATON ROUGE RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FAVOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR BICYCLE LANES AND ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION IN CITIES KNOWN FOR THEIR BIKE ABILITY.
LIKABILITY SUCH AS WASHINGTON, DC, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND BOULDER, COLORADO ARE ALL ONLINE FOR ATTRACTING AND RETAINING YOUNG TALENT FORM TWO TO FIVE ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT BICYCLE LANES AND PATHS ARE NOT JUST GOOD FOR ATTRACTING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, BUT THAT THEY CAN HAVE REVERBERATIONS
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ACROSS THE CITY.APPROVING THIS PLAN AND INVESTING IN BIKE LANES WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, REDUCE TRAFFIC AND ENSURE THAT BATON ROUGE, ALL BATON ROUGE, REGARDLESS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND SAFELY GET TO WORK TO VISIT A DOCTOR AND PICK UP GROCERIES FOR THEIR FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE PASSAGE, SPENCE BERNARD MILLER AS A LONGTERM RESIDENT OF EBR PARISH.
I SEE MORE CYCLISTS MEMORIALS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
AND THEN I SEE BIKE PATHS PROTECTED OR UNPROTECTED FROM VISITING COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE LIKE AUSTIN OR NEW ORLEANS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE IT'S A PLEASURE TO CYCLE AROUND THE CITY BECAUSE YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY WITHOUT FEAR OF GETTING HIT BY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR SOMEONE WHO HAS BLATANT DISREGARD PER CYCLE OF SAFETY.
I THINK THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED BATON ROUGE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BIKE LANES, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE IMPROVING TO DO SO QUICKLY.
NO MORE CYCLIST MEMORIALS, MORE BIKE LANES.
I AM SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS ON THE AGENDA.
I'M SO READY TO HAVE SAFE, EASY CARLOS TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THE NEXT COMMENTS FROM MARK MARTIN, DEAR METROPOLITAN COUNCIL BICYCLING AND WALKING WON'T FIX EVERY PROBLEM, BUT WALKING AND BICYCLING CAN HAVE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS THAT CAN MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN VERSION MAY, 2020 PROMISES AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT IS EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE TO ALL CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND THE REGION SERVING ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
IT PROVIDES A BLUEPRINT THAT CAN BE USED TO CREATE A PARISH WIDE SYSTEM OF SAFER FACILITIES, ENCOURAGING SAFER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT DURING THESE TIMES OF COVID-19 OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY SUFFERING.
SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THE SUFFERING OR THE PREEXISTING PREVALENCE OF TYPE TWO DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND OBESITY ACROSS OUR POPULATION.
WELL DESIGN AND PROTECTIVE ACT PROTECTED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS AN EXCELLENT AND INEXPENSIVE MEANS OF TREATING THESE CONDITIONS.
BICYCLING AND WALKING HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE VERY POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION HELPS CREATE AND MAINTAIN BRAIN TISSUE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE.
AS THEY AGE, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE AND TREATING SYMPTOMS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING BODY, WEIGHT, HEART, AND LUNG HEALTH AND MENTAL SHARPNESS.
HEALTHCARE COST SAVINGS ALONE WOULD MORE THAN PAY FOR A FULLY OPERATIONAL SYSTEM.
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS HAVE BEEN PROVEN TIME.
AND AGAIN, TO HAVE VERY POSITIVE IMPACTS ON BUSINESS BICYCLISTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SHOP MORE FREQUENTLY AND SPEND MORE MONEY ON THOSE MORE FREQUENT TRIPS BICYCLISTS PROVIDE PARKING DENSITY 10 TIMES GREATER IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE PARK PARKING MEANING STORES COULD GREATLY INCREASE PATRON TRAFFIC WITHOUT THE HUGE EXPENSE OF EXPANDING MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING AREAS.
LOWER INITIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKING WOULD MAKE OPENING AND MAINTAINING A BUSINESS EASIER.
THE MORE PEOPLE WALK AND RIDE, THE LESS THEY WILL HAVE TO DRIVE.
YOU WERE DRIVERS ON OUR EXISTING ROADWAYS NEEDS LESS CONGESTION THAT OUR AIR AND WATER QUALITY AND RADICALLY LOWER MAINTENANCE COST FOR THE CITY PARISH BICYCLING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE RIDICULOUSLY LOW COMPARED TO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOTOR VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE ENTIRE PROPOSED SYSTEM IN THIS PLAN COULD BE BUILT WITH THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR ONE MILE AT THE PROPOSED INTERSTATE 10 WIDENING PROJECT.
AND THERE WOULD BE MONEY LEFT OVER AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AS PROPOSED IN THIS PLAN WOULD LIKELY SERVE AS A QUALITY OF LIFE AMENITY THAT WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE POPULATION.
IT'S ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE.
HIS DEMOGRAPHIC HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE INTERESTED IN NOT OWNING MOTOR VEHICLES AND VERY INTERESTED IN LIVING WHERE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS READILY AVAILABLE.
SUCH AS SYSTEM MIGHT SERVE TO STEM AT LEAST TO SOME DEGREE, THE EXODUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE PARISH AS THEY LOOK FOR THESE QUALITY OF LIFE AMENITIES ELSEWHERE, WE MAY ALL BENEFIT IN WAYS UNIMAGINABLE FOR THIS PLAN.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE MASTER PLAN VERSION MARCH, 2020.
THE PLAN PROMISES AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT IS EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND THE REGION.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER MY COMMENTS.
FINAL COMMENT, UM, IS A COMMENT OPPOSED TO THE ITEM BY PHILLIP LARD.
UM, I AM AGAINST THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE IT PROPOSES WAY TOO MANY MILES OF NEW AND A SEPARATE BIKE PATHS THAT HARDLY ANYONE WILL EVER USE.
THE BUDGETS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND FUNDS POSSIBLY DEDICATED FOR THESE BYPATHS SHOULD BE USED FOR OTHER MUCH MORE NEEDED THINGS.
THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS OF THESE BYPASS WILL CONTINUE ON FOREVER AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS PATHS PROPOSED ADJACENT TO CREEKS LIKE WORDS, CREEK AND OTHER WATERWAYS CAN BE DANGEROUS DURING HEAVY RAINS WHEN WATER LEVELS INCREASE AND CURRENTS INCREASED QUICKLY.
AND A LOT BIKES HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND HAVE NEVER CAUGHT ON AS A VIABLE, RELIABLE
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METHOD OF MASS TRANSPORTATION.BIKES CAN NOT BE USED TO TRANSPORT GOODS ALL ACROSS THE USA LIKE TRUCKS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES CAN ON THE EXISTING HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TAXPAYERS ALREADY PAID FOR BIKES CAN STILL SHARE THE EXISTING ROADS AS THEY HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.
IN REALITY, IF BIKE RIDERS WANT SEPARATE BIKE PATHS, THEN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE BIKE RIDERS PAY A SPECIAL TAX FOR THESE NEW SEPARATE BIKE PATHS IN SUMMARY BIKES ARE GREAT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES FOR EXERCISE, BUT ADDING ALL OF THE PROPOSED BIKE LANES UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR TAXPAYERS.
THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR TAXPAYERS PRIOR TO THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND IS EVEN LESS FEASIBLE.
NOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE ABOVE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEMS. OKAY.
THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE COMMENTS.
FIRST SPEAK WAS A COUNCILWOMAN ROCKER.
I WOULD LIKE TO STAY THAT I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT PLAN AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN, BUT WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT I'M PROPOSING HER FOR A SINGLE PATHWAY THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE 20 YEAR PLAN.
UM, THE REASON WHY THE PATHWAY WOULD BE REMOVED HAS ENCROACHED UPON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
CORY WILSON AND REED RESHORE WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AMENDMENT AND THEY WERE INCREDIBLY ACCOMMODATED.
SO THE PATH WAS REMOVED AND THAT CHANGE IS REFLECTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES OF THE MASTER PLAN PAGE 75, 76 79, ONE 21, ONE 33, ONE 40 AND ONE 66.
HEY, COUNSEL ON, WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE AS AMENDED BY ROCCA.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SOME OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, NEXT UP IS COUNCILMAN OR YOU FINISHED COUNCILWOMAN ROCK.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A COUNCILWOMAN WICKER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, SCOTT? YES, MA'AM.
I DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN MARACA AND DEFINITELY WANT TO SECOND THAT MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE THIS PLAN.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO IN THE BEGINNING STAGE IS DEFINITELY A 10, MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, UM, HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT AS PART OF THE COMPLETE STREETS COMMITTEE, UM, AND, AND TALKING TO SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND CYCLING IS, SHOULD BE ALWAYS CONSIDERED ONE OF THOSE BIBLE OPTIONS THAT ALSO HELPS US WITH OUR EMISSIONS STANDARDS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT COST US OVERWHELMINGLY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND TAX DOLLARS AND ALSO OUR HEALTH.
SO I AGREED ABOUT WHICH HAS TO BE A PLACE WHERE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS OR CONSIDERED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE METHODS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY, UH, UH, TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, AND I, I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT.
THIS BLUEPRINT IS ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND RECEIVE THE, UM, THE BIKE BATON ROUGE AWARD, UM, NOT LONG AGO, BUT I CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT GOING BACK AND REFLECTING, UM, CLOSE AROUND THIS TIME.
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEN, BUDDY MRO.
SO WHO WAS SO, SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF DENISE IS ON HERE AND I, I DIDN'T SEE HER EARLIER, BUT HE WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
AND, AND I HAVE TO ATTRIBUTE, UH, EVEN ME GETTING ON THE BIKE WHEN BUDDY MADE ME RIDE THAT, THAT EIGHT MILE RIDE THAT I THOUGHT I WAS JUST GOING TO PASS OUT ON A SPARK AND EXCITEMENT IN ME ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS DIFFERENTLY.
SO I BUDDY IS, IS SMILING, UH, THAT WE ARE STILL MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND ARE TRYING TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.
AND I, I DO I CONCUR AND DEFINITELY WANT TO AGREE THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
UM, THE W THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE CONNECTIVITY.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS NOT A BIKE PLAN MASTER PLAN.
THAT WAS JUST ONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT LOOKED AT SOUTH BATON ROUGE, MID SYDNEY, NORTH BATON ROUGE, AND CONNECTING ALL OF THOSE CRITICAL POINTS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT OUR AREA.
AND, UM, LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SECOND THAT MOTION TO THANKS, JEN, FOR MAKING THAT MOTION.
WE'D ALREADY HAD A SECOND COUNCILMAN WATSON HERE NIGHTS.
I'M SO GLAD THAT THIS HAS COME FORWARD.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE GOT THE AMENDMENTS IN.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT AMENDMENTS.
I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN ROCCA HAD MADE THE MOTION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN WICKER FOR A SECOND IN THAT MOTION.
WHAT MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW? I DONATED MY TAHOE TO WURK F AND WENT STRICTLY TO RIDE A BIKE AND UBER FOR, FOR MANY MONTHS AFTER JANUARY 1ST.
SO I'M RIDING MY BIKE TO WHEN I COULD GO RIDE MY BIKE TO GET A HAIR CUT.
UH, I WOULD GO RIDE MY BIKE TO DO THAT,
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RIDE MY BIKE AROUND TOWN FILMS, ALL THIS AND RIDE A LOT OF THESE LANES THAT, AND PASS THAT ARE ON THIS.WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAKE IT SAFER.
I MEAN, AS, AS I DISCUSSED A LONG AGO, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCING THE SPEED LIMITS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS, I WAS HIT BY A CAR WHEN I WAS A KID.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE KIDS IN A SAFE SPOT BECAUSE I WROTE OUT IN THE ROAD AS A SEVEN YEAR OLD, AND I WAS THE KID.
I WROTE OUT IN THE ROAD, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT I PUT MYSELF IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DANGER, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A PROPER PATH FOR ME TO STAY AWAY FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PLAN, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DIGGING AND EXPECT TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR ALL AT ONCE AND GET IT DONE.
AND I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER TIME AND I FULLY SUPPORT, AND WE'LL BE VOTING FOR THIS.
AND I'M SO GLAD IT'S COME BEFORE US TONIGHT.
COUNCILWOMAN, ARE YOU THERE? COUNCILWOMAN? YOU'RE ON WELL, COUNCIL, WOMAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? COUNSEL? I'M EMMA ROSE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WE HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE AS AMENDED BY ROCCA.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE OR SEEING NONE? I'M FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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IS TA DASH FOUR DASH 20TH CHAPTER THREE, REVISIONS TO CUPS PROPOSED REVISION TO SECTION 3.5 0.4 ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.THERE ARE 3.5 0.8 REVOCATION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PERMISSION, ACTION, MOTION APPROVED CARRY NINE, ZERO ASH, OR ANY COMMENTS.
NO COMMENTS ON ITEM SIX, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE, OR ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN WATSON OR COUNCILMAN WICKER WHERE Y'ALL WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM SIX? NO, FOR THE PREVIOUS.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX MOTION BY HUDSON.
SECOND BY WATSON OR THE OBJECTIONS HEARING NON ITEM SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, DENISE, IF YOU EVER GET STRAIGHT, WE'LL GIVE YOU A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
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CASE 23, 20 2265 O'NEAL LANE TO RESOLVE FROM RURAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF O'NEILL LANE, NORTH OF BRISTOW AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON.I MISSED AN ACTUAL MOTION PROOF CARRY NINE ZERO.
ALSO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ITEM SEVEN FIRST IS FROM NICHOLAS MOLASSES, UH, UH, DEPRESSION, THE QUANTUS DESIGN GROUP PC HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR EXPRESS OIL CHANGE ON A NEAL AT THE O'NEIL LOCATION DUE TO THE CURRENT SITE BEING ZONED RURAL AND NOT ALLOWING THE PROPOSED OIL CHANGE CENTER.
WE ARE REQUESTING A REZONING TO HC ONE WHICH ALLOWED THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPRESS OIL WITH NO CONDITIONS.
WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH EXPRESS OIL TO DESIGN A SITE PLAN THAT WILL MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED PLAN WILL IMPLEMENT LANDSCAPING TO CREATE BUFFERS BETWEEN THE ADJACENT USES IN WHICH WE'LL TURN, WHICH WILL IN TURN BEAUTIFY THE AREAS AS SHIELD TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO THIS AREA AND SERVING THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA.
UH, NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JOHN DAVIS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO APPLY FOR REASONING TO ALLOW USE ON THE OLD PIPELINE IS LOCATED AT 2265 ANNUAL LANE.
WE HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE NEED FOR OUR BUSINESS, AND WE PLAN TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS BELOW ARE A FEW BULLET POINTS ON OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
WE'RE A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS THAT RELATES THAT RELIES ON BUILDING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORS WHO BECOME CUSTOMERS EXPRESS OIL CHANGE WAS FIRST OPENED IN 1979 IN HOMEWOOD, ALABAMA HOURS OF OPERATION ARE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY.
OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
WE HAVE GROWN THE COMPANY TO ALMOST 400 LOCATIONS.
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AT ROUGHLY 30 LOCATIONS PER YEAR.99% SURVIVAL RATE OF LOCATIONS BUILT SINCE 1996.
CURRENT LEADERSHIP BOUGHT THE BUSINESS IN 1996.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A SPILL THAT HAS IMPACTED GROUNDWATER OR SOIL AT ANY OF OUR SITES.
NO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS LOCATED INSIDE OUR PIT HIT IS 12 INCH THICK OF CONTINUOUS POUR CONCRETE WITH NO FLOOR DRAINS.
EACH LOCATION MUST FOLLOW AN EPA SPCC PLAN.
TANKS AND PLUMBING ARE INSPECTED.
CONSTANTLY LOW IMPACT ON TRAFFIC ONLY PRODUCING 41 CARS PER DAY.
ON AVERAGE, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CHAIN BRICK AND MORTAR CONSTRUCTION AND STRONG CURB APPEAL.
UTILIZING HIGH ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, CUSTOMERS REMAIN IN THEIR CAR DURING THE OIL CHANGE.
THAT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES WITHOUT COMING INTO CONTACT WITH OTHERS.
ANY VEHICLE REQUIRING OVERNIGHT STAY FOR SERVICE ARE STORED INSIDE THE BASE OUT OF SITE.
ONLY FULL TIME CAREER MINDED EMPLOYEES.
COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN HUDSON, OR MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION APPROVED BY HUDSON SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS AREN'T ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.
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EIGHT, CASE 25 DASH 20 IS 35 38 35, 30 35, 18 AND 35 OH SIX PLANK ROAD TWO 2,903 3,300 CALUMET STREET IS OWNED FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND LIMITED RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL.I'M SORRY TO RESOLVE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND LIMITED RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF PLANK ROAD, SOUTH OF
COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN IS COAL COMMISSION ACTION.
MOST IMPROVED CARRY NONE, ZERO OR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM EIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DON'T REMEMBER WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM EIGHT AND CHRISTOPHER TYSON.
THE REASONING IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLANK ROAD MASTER PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY LED PLAN FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE PLANK ROAD CORRIDOR.
THE PROPOSED USES HERE INCLUDE AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AND HORRIBLE HOUSING.
MR. ANTISENSE SUBMITTED THIS COMMENT IN FAVOR.
AND THAT CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, COUNCILMEN CALL IT CONTACT ME, WHICH IS TO MOVE FORWARD ON ASSIGN TO, UH, FOR APPROVAL.
IT'S ON IMPROVE ON ITEM EIGHT BY THE CHAIR.
THERE ARE SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING AN ITEM MADE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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SPUD ONE DASH 20 CHAPEL HILL TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL, PLAIN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OR PROPERTY LOCATED IN NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH HAROLD FERRY ROAD AND EAST OF O'NEILL LANE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION APPROVED CARRYING NINE ZERO ASHTRAY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NINE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NINE FROM NICK COREY, UH, SUBMITTED A COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF SPUD.COUNSELORS ARE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NINE, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, ANY COMMENTS ARE BOTH MOST IMPROVE ITEM NINE CUTSON SECOND BY THE CHAIR OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE.
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IS SNC DASH T DASH 20 PET DRIVE TO BASCOM WAY YOU PROPOSED STREET NAME CHANGE FOR PET DRIVE LOCATED SOUTH BACARDI AVENUE IN WEST OF VANCOUVER.SO LANE COUNCIL, DISTRICT 11 WATSON COMMISSIONED TO ACTION MOTION IMPROVED CARRY NINE, ZERO ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 10, ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 10 FROM ANDREW MCCANDLESS, BASCOM HUNTER AS A SMALL COMPANY PURCHASED AND IS RENOVATING A BUILDING PET DRIVE.
AND THE PARTY IS BUILDING WILL BE USED AS BASCOM HUNTER'S HEADQUARTERS.
THE BUILDING THAT BASCOM HUNTER IS OCCUPYING WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS A VETERINARY CLINIC, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE PET DRIVING.
THE STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET LONG AND IS A DEAD END STREET CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN LEWIS COMMENT.
I KNOW THIS WEB BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A STREAK, I THINK ON THE LAST ONE TODAY, RENAMED TO JOE, OR I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO CHANGING NAMES OF STREETS AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STREET NAMES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY RIGHT NOW.
SO I DO WANT TO VOICE THAT CONCERN ABOUT, UH, RENAMING.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST A VERY SHORT STREET, UH, BUT I JUST WANT US WANT US TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT RENAMING STREETS.
KNOW THE LAST ONE THAT CAME UP.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE STREET WAS NAMED, BUT IT WAS NAMED.
AND I SEE THIS, IT WAS THEY PIT DRIVER, CAUSE IT WAS A VETERINARIAN BUSINESS OR SOMETHING BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO CAUTION US ON RENAMING STREETS WITHOUT SOME REALLY VALID REASON TO RENAME IT.
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OKAY.COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILMAN WATSON, YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS.
I RESPECT THAT AND ECHO THAT STATEMENT AS WELL.
I'VE PULLED YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT IN THIS CASE, I THINK, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE MAKING IT NAME AFTER THE BUSINESS, THAT'S THERE, IT IS A VERY SHORT STREET.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I GOT A MOTION APPROVED BY WATSON.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE STREET BESIDES THIS PERSON'S COMPANY? YEAH.
UH, THE COUNCIL WON'T LET ME CHECK WITH PLANNING.
THERE ARE ONLY THREE BUILDINGS ON THE STREET.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING ARE ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, BELONGING TO THE PERSON THEY SIGN? I KNOW LOWE'S RUNS.
YOU CAN ASK YOU TO TALK TO RON.
AS BRIAN WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED HIM, WAS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE STREET? I KNOW THAT THERE WERE THREE SIGNATURES IN FAVOR.
THERE ANYBODY ELSE, ANY OTHER BUSINESS ON THE STREETS? THERE'S A PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY WERE ONE OF THREE, THREE TOTAL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST ON THIS STREET AND ALL THREE SIDES.
NOW THE THREE PROPERTY OWNERS.
ARE THEY BUSINESSES, PROPERTY OWNERS.
I HAD A MOTION TO APPROVE BY WATSON SECOND BY WELSH.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
AND HOW CAN YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THAT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
IT'S MORE OF A DOWNER THAT WAS GSR.
I SAID, WE CHANGED NAMES OF STREETS AS WELL, DOING THAT.
UH, AGAIN, WHY ARE WE CHANGING? WHAT WAS IT? AND CHARTER REALLY BROUGHT THIS TO MY COUNCILOR.
I THINK, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS WITH THAT ONE.
AND THIS ONE IS THAT IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
I WAS ACTUALLY REP I WAS AD ADVOCATING FOR THE PERSON WHO DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE IT, BUT THEY WERE THE ONLY BUSINESS.
ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES ON THAT ROAD HAD ASKED TO CHANGE.
THIS WOULDN'T IS ACTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HONORED.
COUNCILMAN, WAS THERE ANOTHER COMMENT? IS THAT OKAY? AND EMOTION APPROVAL.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEMS ONE
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AND TWO FOR COUNCILMAN WELCH.IT'S GOING TO TAKE ITEMS ONE AND TWO TOGETHER.
THERE WILL ACQUIRE EIGHT BOATS.
ITEM ONE IS PA DASH NINE DASH 2016, FIVE 91 ALL SEEN AT CONWAY.
THE, OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO OPPOSITE AND LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY.
SOUTH OF HECK YOUNG COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WELSH COMMISSION ACTION.
ZERO ITEM TWO IS CASE 24 DASH 2016, FIVE 91 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY REZONE FROM RURAL TO GENERAL OFFICE.
LOW RISE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF HECKY ON ROAD COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE WELCH COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION IMPROVED CARRY NINE, ZERO ASHLEY KINDNESS.
I'M WANTING TO THAT WAS MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM THE APPLICANT.
UM, ERIC PAULSON, WHO REPRESENTS THE APPLICANT.
I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 FIVE 91 OLD SCENIC HIGHWAY.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN UNDEVELOPED AREA, CURRENTLY ZONED RURAL.
IT'S ALSO DESIGNATED AS AGRICULTURAL RURAL ON THE FEATURE EBR LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THE APPLICANT IS MIKE AND THERESA COP WHO PREVIOUSLY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 76 CARNEY ROAD SINCE 1990, THAT PROPERTY WAS USED AS A LAW OFFICE FOR THERESA AND HER LAW PARTNER, CRAIG CASTER, SINCE 2011, THAT PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY EXPROPRIATED FOR THE COMINT RIVER DIVERSION PROJECT.
AND THE COPS PURCHASED THIS NEW PROPERTY AND WOULD LIKE TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE LAW OFFICES THERE.
I WANT TO BE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE SURROUNDING THE APPLICATION.
FIRST, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM RURAL TO GENERAL OFFICE LAY RISE AND CHANGING THE FUTURE BR LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM AGRICULTURAL RURAL TO OFFICE TO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY 107 WOODED ACRES.
AND WE HAVE A WRITTEN SUPPORT LETTER FROM THAT LANDOWNER WHO WOULD BE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 YARDS NORTH OF THE PROPERTY HAS A HOME LOCATED ON
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IT.AND THAT LANDOWNER WHO OWNED OVER A HUNDRED ACRES HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN SUPPORT AS WELL.
THE 130 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY IS USED FOR GRAVEL PIT MINING OPERATIONS.
THERE ARE NO HOMES LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY, AND HE ONLY HOMES ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE AWAY NEAR TEDDY'S JUKE JOINT, WHICH IS A BAR AND VENUE FOR LIVE MUSIC THREE.
ALTHOUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF DID NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REZONING OF THE APPLICANT.
APPLICANT'S APPLICATIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION DUE TO THIS UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATIONS AND HAVE PEOPLE SUPPORT THESE APPLICATIONS.
ERIC CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR, I DON'T WANT IT TO OKAY.
I CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO, NO COMMENTS.
SO WILL YOU START MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE IN MY DISTRICT TRAYS THE MOTION CONTROL TROY MOTION TO APPROVE PLEASE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS MILLS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I'LL JUST SECOND COUNCILMAN.
HONESTLY, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN WILSON.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON ITEM ONE PERSON, A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ON ITEM ONE, A MOTION BY WELSH SECOND, BECAUSE LEWIS TO APPROVE ON ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM ONE HAS BEEN APPROVED ITEM TO, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM TWO TO REZONE MOTION BY WELSH SECOND ONE OR THE CHAIR, OR ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM TWO HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION BY THE CHAIR.