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WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH,
[Call to Order]
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ZONING MEETING.CALL ME IN THE OR ASHLEY, PLEASE.
I'M GONNA CALL ROLE, PLEASE ANSWER.
YES OR PRESENT IF YOU'RE HERE.
COUNCILMAN BANKS, ABSENT COUNCILMAN LOOP.
COUNCILMAN WILSON, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GREEN, ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS LEWIS HERE.
PRESENT COUNCILMAN COLE, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN MROC HERE.
PRESENT COUNCILMAN HUDSON ROSA PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN WICKER PRESENT, PRESENT COUNCILMAN WATSON PRESENT, PRESENT COUNCILMAN ROCCO RESIDENT.
[Items 1 & 2]
MEMBERS.WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEMS FROM ONE AND TWO TOGETHER.
ITEM ONE REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES ITEM.
ONE IS PA DASH 10 DASH 2013, FIVE 11 PERK AND DROVE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO MIXED USE ON PROPERTY.
LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PERKINS ROAD, WEST OF METTERY DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE.
MOST IMPROVED CARRY NINE ZERO.
ITEM TWO IS CASE 26 DASH 2013 FIVE ONE ONE PERKINS ROAD TO RESOLVE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL LOCATE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PERKIN DROVE WEST OF METTERY COMMISSIONED ACTION MOTION APPROVED LLC ONE CARRY NINE, ZERO ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS, ONE OR TWO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS. ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY COMMENTS, IF NOT ON ITEM ONE, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ON ITEM ONE.
MOTION, THEIR EMOTION BY HUDSON.
SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER AND ANY OBJECTIONS AARON ON ITEM ONE IS APPROVED.
ITEM TWO, MOTION TO APPROVE TWO LIGHT LC, ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL WANTING AN ITEM TO MOTION.
SECOND BY MROS ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO PERRY? NONE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THREE AND FOUR, WE'LL TAKE THE REST OF ITEMS AND COME BACK TO ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
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GOING TO TAKE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER.ITEM FIVE REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES, K DASH 12 DASH 2050 890 100 BURBANK.
DRIVE THEM INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD ON PARKING LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK DRIVE WEST OF SHOPPER MEMORIAL COUNTER DISTRICT THREE LOOP COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION APPROVED PERIOD EIGHT AND ONE ITEM SIX, CHASE 31 DASH 2050 800 9,100 BURBANK DRIVE TO ITS OWN FOR RULES LIKE PERSONAL LIMITED RESIDENTIAL OR PROPERTY LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF BURBANK WEST UP SHADOW MEMORIAL DRIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, CHERRY EIGHT, ONE ASTRO, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON FIVE AND SIX, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS DRIVING SIX FROM JOE JOSEPH LEBAY GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JOE
WE ARE REPRESENTING OUR CLIENT AND THE LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE 21.5 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON BURBANK DRIVE WEST OF
WE ARE LOOKING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GROWING AREA OF THE PARISH.
AS THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG BURBANK TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THIS PROPERTY HAVE THE SAME FUTURE LAND USE.
WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS CASE AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL.
WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING OUR CLIENT ON THE, WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTING OUR CLIENT ON THE REASONING FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND LIMITED RESIDENTIAL FOR THE 21.5 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED ON BURBANK DRIVE.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BURBANK CORRIDOR.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT TO THE EAST RIGHT ACROSS SERVE, SERVE, SERVE DEVAA MEMORIAL DRIVE IS SIMILAR IN ZONING, ALONG WITH THE PROPERTIES ALONG BURBANK.
IT IS OUR DESIRE TO PROVIDE A HIGH END MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH AN UPSCALE RETAIL AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED RECENTLY ALONG BURBANK.
WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS CASE AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ROBINSON MOTION APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S CLOSED COMMENTS ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX COUNCILORS.
I NEED A MOTION OR ANY COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN LUKE, ANY COMMENTS, MOTION APPROVED MOST IMPROVE ON THE, UH, MENTORED ME AND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ON ITEM FIVE BY LUKE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM FIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
ITEM SIX, UH, APPROVE THE REZONE FROM RURAL TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL LC TO ON LIMITED RESIDENTIAL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE LOOP SECOND THERE SECOND, SECOND BY COLLINS LEWIS, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM SIX HAS BEEN APPROVED.
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TOGETHER.ITEM SEVEN REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES ITEMS, SEVENS, PA DASH 13 DASH 20 1371 SEVEN 13 803 13 913, 600 THROUGH 14, 900 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO DEMAND THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN FOR THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY AND SOUTH OF KIMBALLTON AVENUE.
COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON ITEM EIGHT, CASE 32 DASH 20 1371 SEVEN 13 803 13 913, 600 THROUGH 14, 900 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND OFF STREET.
PARKING TO TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JEFFERSON HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF KENSINGTON AVENUE, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, HUDSON COMMISSION ACTION.
MOST IMPROVED CARRIE NINE ZERO S.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ANY COMMENTS? ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN, SEVEN OR EIGHT? VERY NON-EMOTIONAL PROVE ITEM SEVEN, TWO A MINUTE.
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN ON ITEM SEVEN, MOTION BY HUDSON.
ANY OBJECTIONS HERE? NONE ITEM SEVEN HAS BEEN APPROVED CALIFORNIA AND A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM MADE TO REZONE FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND OFF STREET.
PARKING TO TOWNHOUSE DISTRICT ON ITEM EIGHT, MOTION IMPROVED BY WATSON.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY WICKER, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING TO TAKE ITEMS
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NINE THROUGH 11 TOGETHER NINE FOR 11.ITEM NINE AS TA DASH FIVE DASH TWENTIES, CHAPTER CHAPTER EIGHT, ZONING DISTRICTS.
THIS AMENDMENT REPEALS THE ENTIRE CHAPTER IN PLACES.
THE NEW LANGUAGE WE ARE NOW IN THE CHAPTER BY INTENSITY OF USE ELIMINATING SOME ZONING DISTRICTS, MAKING OTHERS INACTIVE AND RESTORING ONE DISTRICT TO AN ACT OF USE MISSION ACTION, MOTION APPROVED CARRY NINE ZERO ITEM 10 IS TA DASH SIX DASH 20 CHAPTER NINE.
YES, AMENDMENT REPEALED THE ENTIRE TRACTOR IN PLACES NEW LANGUAGE, CREATING EASY TO READ TABLES OR PRINCIPAL USES ELIMINATING APPENDIX H COMMISSIONED ACTION MOTION APPROVED CARRY NINE ZERO AND ITEM 11 IS TA DASH SEVEN DASH 20 CHAPTER 11, DIMENSIONAL REGULATION.
THIS AMENDMENT REPEALED THE ENTIRE CHAPTER.
REPLACE A NEW LANGUAGE, CREATING EASY TO READ TABLES AND FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ELIMINATING APPENDIX F COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION APPROVED CARRIED NINE ZERO ASHLEY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11 COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO COMMENTS ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11, ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMENTS ON NINE THROUGH 11 COUNSELORS? ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE ANY MOTIONS TO APPROVE COTTON? DONNA, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO IMPROVE ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11 BY COLLINS LEWIS.
SECOND BY ROCCO RIMINI OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEMS NINE THROUGH 11, BEEN APPROVED.
[12. 20-00684 Case 29-20 9595 Airline Highway]
MEMBERS GONNA TAKE ITEM 12 CASE 29 DASH 2095 95 AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO RESULT FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC.I'M SORRY TO REZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY, NORTH OF BULL HAMMOND HIGHWAY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 11 WATSON COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION APPROVED CARRY NINE ZERO ASHLEY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 12, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12 MOTION PROVIDE THEM 12 MOST IMPROVE ITEM 12 BY WATSON.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY AMA ROSA OR ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 12 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
[13. 20-00685 ISPUD-11-19 La Rosa, Revision #1]
COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING TO DELETE, MAKE A MOTION TO DELETE ITEM 13 IS ICE BLOOD 11 DASH 19 LA ROSA REVISION.NUMBER ONE PROBABLY IS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL OFFICE RETAIL RESTAURANT AND HIGH DENSITY.
RESIDENTIAL USES ON PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHLAND ROAD, WEST OF KENILWORTH PARKWAY, SOUTH OF MENLO DRY COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 ROCCA ADMISSION ACTION WAS MOTION TO WAS CARRIED NINE ZERO.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM 13, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM 13, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THAT ITEM REMOVED.
COUNCILMAN ROCK IS MAKING A MOTION TO DELETE I'M 13 SECONDS BY THE CHAIR.
ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING ON ITEM 13 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL COME TO I'M SORRY.
MOTION DELETE ON 13 MOTIONS LEAD ITEM 13, WE'LL GO TO ITEMS
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THREE AND FOUR.A 28 DASH 2096 79 AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO REMOVE FROM OLD HAMMOND HOT WHO TO REMOVE FROM THE OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY DESIGN OVERLAY DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY NORTH OF OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY DELTA DISTRICT 11 WATSON COMMISSION ACTION MOTION APPROVED CARRY FIVE TO FOUR.
I AM FOUR ICEBERG, FOUR DASH 20 MURPHY EXPRESS 96 79 AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO ZONE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO INFILL MIXED USE SMALL PLANNING INTO DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF AIRLINE AND NORTH OR OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY EMISSION ACTION, MOTION IMPROVED, CARRY FIVE FOR ASHLEY OR THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
HOW MANY ARE THERE? THERE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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SO JUST SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW, I'M GOING TO READ, UM, 20 COMMENTS AND THEN JUSTIN MYERS IS GOING TO TAKE OVER READ ABOUT 20 COMMENTS.WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH, UM, JUST TO GIVE EACH OF US A BREAK.
UM, SO IN KEEPING WITH, UM, REGULAR ZONING, UM, PROCEDURES, I'M GOING TO READ THE ITEMS WE RECEIVED AND SUPPORT FIRST ASHES.
SCOTT, CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION? UM, I GUESS I'M JUST MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS A THOUGHT THAT WE AGREED THAT UNTIL WE GOT BACK INTO COUNCIL AND I KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE, I ASSUME WE STILL HAVE TO READ THE COMMENTS, BUT I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS IF WE KNEW AHEAD OF TIME THAT THIS WAS COMING UP AS A CONTROVERSIAL ITEM FROM ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND COMMENTS, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE NOT TAKING UP THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL UNTIL WE GOT BACK INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO COME IN AND HEAR THE ARGUMENTS AND HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DIALOGUE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? I KNOW THIS IS OFF COUNCILMAN, BUT I KNOW THIS IS DIFFERENT, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE WHERE WE WOULD BE TODAY.
WE EXPECTED TO BE BACK IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PROBABLY FIRST MEETING IN JUNE AND GOOD ALLIES AND UNDERSTOOD THE FIRST 60 DAYS WE WEREN'T GOING TO TAKE CONTROVERSY ITEMS. ANYWAY, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
SO I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN PUT IN COMMENTS.
I KNOW PEOPLE WANT THEM BACK IN THE CHAMBER AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK ASHLEY HAS A MEETING ON FRIDAY IS BY GOAL THAT POSSIBILITY AND TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY SEPTEMBER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ADMINISTRATIONS, FOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, ASSISTANT CAOS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND POSSIBLY WE CAN PUT THE PUBLIC AT THE LIBRARY TO, THEY CAN, EVERYBODY CAN BE ON TV.
THEY CAN MAKE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON TV TO WHEREVER IT IS.
CAUSE WE CAN'T PUT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S GOING TO DO AT THE END OF AUGUST.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND, WE SAID WE WOULDN'T HAVE CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP PUTTING THEM OFF.
WE GOT TO MOVE ON AND UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC.
THEY HAVE ACCESS AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO EMAIL US.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE QUICKEST FIX IS POSSIBLY IN SEPTEMBER.
IF WE COULD DO THAT IN COUNSELORS.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE PROBABLY AN ITEM NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE QUICKEST FIX.
THEN HAVING TO MOVE LOGISTICALLY, EVERYBODY, THE MICROPHONES AND MOVE COUNTERPART PEOPLE TO ONE LOCATION HAVE PEOPLE.
SO I THINK THE LOGISTICS ITSELF HAS PUT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE IT'S COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE CAN SOCIAL DISTANCE AND PUT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND INTERPRETERS.
AND SO WE CAN DO THAT AND PUT THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN THE LIBRARY TO WHERE THEY HAVE A CAPACITY OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
WE CAN SEPARATE AS TO OUR SOCIAL DISTANCE.
THEY CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HAVE THE TV THERE AND THEY CAN WATCH FROM THE TV THERE AND WE CAN HIT OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE TV HERE AND THEY CAN WATCH.
SO THAT'S, I'M HOPING THAT COULD BE A REMEDY AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET BACK, BUT AGAIN, WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND WE WON'T HEAR ANYTHING MORE UNTIL THE GOVERNOR, I GUESS, ON THE AUGUST 28TH.
SO THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE AT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT WE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AT SOME TIME.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE WEEK AND I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OFF, BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'LL LET ASHLEY, YOU GOT YOUR WATER.
OUR FIRST COMMENT IN SUPPORT IS FROM MAGGIE NICKEL.
THIS IS A NATIONAL DEVELOPER TRYING TO DO THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR BATON ROUGE.
AS A CITIZEN OF BATON ROUGE, THE PEOPLE WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE A WELL DESIGNED GAS STATION INSTEAD OF A SAD, EMPTY PARKING LOT.
THIS IS VERY GOOD USE OF THE LOT AS IT IS IN A VERY CONVENIENT SPOT FOR A GAS STATION.
NEXT COME IN AND SUPPORT IS FROM SEAN BERRIGAN.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF THE ART GAS STATION CAN ONLY HELP OUR CITY FUEL IS A NECESSITY AND SOMETHING THAT WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO BE PURCHASED IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES.
NEXT COMMENT IN SUPPORT IS SYDNEY DUPLESSIS.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE CLEANUP OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
THIS GAS STATION WOULD BE A GREAT START, NOT TO MENTION A GREAT SOURCE OF CONTRIBUTION OF REVENUE IN HELPING STIMULATE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
NEXT COME IN AND SUPPORT IS SORRY.
TURNER THIS STEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AS A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE OF BATON ROUGE DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE VOTE YES FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
NEXT COMMENT AND SUPPORT CHRIS DARWIN.
I APPROVE OF PLACING A MURPHY OIL GAS STATION AT OLD HAMMOND AIRLINE.
THE NEXT COMMENTS ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THIS COMMENT IS FROM MIKE CLEGG.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR EACH OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR TIMELINE, FOR THE TIMELESS TIRELESS WORK, YOU PERFORM YEAR ROUND TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE OUR FAMILIES.
PLEASE ACCEPT THIS BRIEF STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE ATTEMPT
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BY MURPHY OIL, TO VIOLATE THE CLEAR BUILDING RESTRICTIONS WITH THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.I BUILDING ANOTHER GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE AT THE CORNER OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND OLD HAMMOND PORTRAY THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH STRICTLY PROHIBIT GAS STATIONS SHOULD BE ENFORCED.
THE OPPOSITION HAS MADE ON BEHALF OF THE SHERWOOD FOREST CITIZENS ASSOCIATION WITH MORE THAN 3000 RESIDENTS, THE TERRORIST CIVIC ASSOCIATION WITH MORE THAN 3,500 RESIDENTS, THE SHARPSTOWN HOMES ASSOCIATION MORE THAN A HUNDRED RESIDENTS ARE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO RESIDE ON RESIDE ON CAROLYN SUE DRIVE.
AND THE MORE THAN 125 CONCERN RESIDENTS WHO INUNDATED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH PERSONAL STATEMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING ATTEMPT COLLECTIVELY THE STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION REPRESENTS THE VOICE OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AND WHOSE LIVES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
IF MURPHY OIL IS ALLOWED TO CIRCUMVENT THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WHEN STERN DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY, I KNEW THAT IT WAS WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW GAS STATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTLESS LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WORKED TO IMPLEMENT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WHO ARE BMS REALLY OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING WAIVER WE RESPECTFULLY, OR AS THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO SIDE WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS OVER THE COMMERCIAL INTEREST OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS, MURPHY OIL HAS NOT CARRIED ITS HEAVY BURDEN OF SHOWING WHY IT SHOULD NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY, STERN DEVELOPMENT IS A COMPANY WITH OFFICES IN ATLANTA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, WHICH DOES BUSINESS AROUND THE NATION.
IT IS NOT A LOCAL BUSINESS WITH CLOSE TIES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MURPHY OIL IS A GLOBAL ENERGY COMPANY BASED IN HOUSTON.
MURPHY OIL ALREADY HAS SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA.
AND ALTHOUGH ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT MURPHY OIL TREATS ALL RESIDENTS AT BATTLERS THE SAME.
IT DOES NOT THIS MORNING ON EIGHT 1820 MURPHY OIL CHARGES CUSTOMERS IN NORTH BATON ROUGE AT SCOTLAND GRILL A DOLLAR 76 PER GALLON FOR GAS.
WELL IT CHARGE ITS CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE AT JEFFERSON HIGHWAY A DOLLAR 52 PER GALLON, A BUSINESS LIKE MURPHY OIL THAT TREATS RESIDENTS IN ONE PART OF TOWN BETTER THAN THOSE OTHERS SHOULD NOT BE WELCOMED.
THE GLOSSY RENDERINGS PRESENTED BY MURPHY OIL SHOW A WELL LANDSCAPED WELL-MAINTAINED SERVICE STATION.
THESE ROSY IMAGES TO NOT COMPORT WITH THE REALITY OF HOW MURPHY OIL MAINTAINS ITS PROPERTIES ATTACHED TO RECENT PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF MURPHY OIL'S GAS STATION ON BURBANK AND LEE IN FLORIDA.
AND WOODDALE WHICH SHOW FLOWERBEDS OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS THAT HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN MAINTAINED AT ALL.
WHETHER A GAS STATION HAS LANDSCAPED WELL OR NOT.
IT IS STILL A GAS STATION PLANNING, AZALEAS AND CREPE MYRTLES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF MURPHY OIL'S GAS STATION WILL NOT DECREASE TRAFFIC ELIMINATE CRIME OR INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUE OF NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS.
A PIG WITH LIPSTICK IS STILL A PIG.
THE ORIGINAL OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS PASSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH NO OBJECTION IN 2010, THE PURPOSE STATED WAS STRENGTHENED THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
NEXT COMMENT IN OPPOSITION IS FROM NEIL, MELISSA.
WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION AT THAT CORNER.
THERE'S ALREADY PLENTY IN THE TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION IS ALREADY CONGESTED.
THE NEXT COMMENT FROM RANDY S UH, SPRAWL USE OF I USE THIS INTERSECTION OFTEN PROPOSED GAS STATION WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND MAJOR INTERSECTION REMEMBERED THE DAY OF THE
AS AN EXAMPLE OF A BAD ACCIDENT.
BATON ROUGE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS BAD ENOUGH AT 3:30 PM ON COLLEGE DRIVE BAD BEFORE WALMART NOW A NIGHTMARE PUBLIC TOLD PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED.
BACK TO PROPOSED GAS STATION WILL MAKE HOMEOWNERS PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN PRIME AND DRUGS HURTS.
THE NEIGHBORS WHO PAY PROPERTY TAXES, HOA FEES, A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY WILL TAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF THE LOCAL MARKET FROM A LOCALLY OWNED.
AND THIS WOULD HURT LOUISIANA STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
LOCAL PEOPLE RECOMMEND CANCELING THIS WAIVER.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BOB BERMAN.
OBJECTION, BECAUSE OF SEVERE CONGESTION IN THIS AREA.
AND SURELY THERE IS A NEED FOR ENOUGH.
SURELY THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR ANOTHER SERVICE STATION, CONVENIENCE AND LIQUOR OUTLET, AS SURE AS I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT THAT MY CANCER NOW IN REMISSION HAS METASTASIZED.
NEXT COMMENT FROM GLENDA DAVIS, THE REZONING TO ACCOMMODATE AN UNNECESSARY GAS STATION AND CONVENIENT STORE TO CREATE MORE TRAFFIC AT AN INTERSECTION THAT IS ALREADY OVERBURDENED SHOULD BE REJECTED.
THERE WERE TOO MANY GAS STATIONS AND CONVENIENT STORES, VERY CLOSE TO THIS INTERSECTION.
THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THE CORNER OF TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS IS IGNORING THE FACT THAT IT IS ALREADY TAKEN, THAT IT ALREADY TAKES MULTIPLE LIGHT CHANGES TO NAVIGATE THIS INTERSECTION.
PLEASE REJECT THIS REQUEST AND RESPECT THE SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED.
NEXT COMMENT IS KATHERINE DART.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE ACCIDENTS.
CERTAINLY NO NEED FOR TWO WALMART
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GAS STATIONS WITHIN 500 FEET OF ONE.ANOTHER NEXT COMMENT IS FROM ANDREA SAAD.
I AM OPPOSED TO AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
WE FOUGHT TO GET THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ON OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY.
WHAT GOOD IS IT TO HAVE AN ICE BED OVERLAY? IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND METRO COUNCIL IS GOING TO CHANGE IT EVERY TIME SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS HORRIBLE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH CONVENIENCE STORES AND GAS STATIONS IN THIS AREA.
WHY NOT ATTRACT THEM ATTRACT ANOTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS, THE GAS STATION RIGHT ACROSS THE AIRLINE HIGHWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY CLOSED, THERE WAS ANOTHER CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY.
IF MURPHY OIL OPENS, IT WILL PUT THAT MOBIL STATION OUT.
WILL IT PUT THAT MOBILE STATION OUT OF BUSINESS? IF THIS HAPPENS, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER EMPTY BUILDING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY CONCERNS.
AND JUST COMMENT FROM J A LEBLANC INCREASED TRAFFIC, CONGESTION AND ACCIDENTS.
I OPPOSED THE SITE KNOW JULIE TOLER.
UM, SHE IS OPPOSED TO THE MURPHY OIL AT OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY, DOROTHY, EVEN SHE HAS OPPOSED TO THE MURPHY OIL GAS STATION.
ANOTHER GAS STATION IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WITHIN ONE MILE.
THE INTERSECTION IS ALREADY CONGESTED NEXT ON IT FROM A SIDES OPPOSED WHY WE HAVE AN ICE BUD OVERLAY.
IF THE METRO COUNCIL IS GOING TO CHANGE IT EVERY TIME SOMEONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ENOUGH GAS STATIONS IN THIS AREA AND TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS HORRIBLE.
THERE IS A CLOSED GAS STATION RIGHT ACROSS THE AIRLINE HIGHWAY FROM THIS ONE HELEN OFFERED.
UH, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM MURPHY OIL.
I AM AN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM AMENDING THE OLD HAMMOND OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARQUIS OIL GAS STATION LOCATION.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THE INTENT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO BE DISREGARDED AND THE GOOD OLD BOY BUSINESS AS USUAL IN BATON ROUGE TO PROCEED NEXT COMMENT FROM JESSICA RABELAIS.
SHE IS OPPOSED THERE ARE ALREADY MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD IN THAT AREA.
AND HAVING ANOTHER CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
NEXT IS JAMES RASHARD I'M OPPOSED TO THE MURPHY OIL ON OLD HAMMOND.
I'M AGAINST THESE TYPE OF CONVENIENCE STORES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS GO TO AIRLINE.
THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM JAMES GRAY.
I'M OPPOSED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
THE CURRENT OVERLAY DISTRICT PROHIBITS GAS STATIONS TO THE WORK DONE BY THE CITIZENS PLANNING AND ZONING AND FRANK DUKE AND CREATING AN AMENDING.
THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WILL BE FOR NOT.
AND THREE, IF YOU APPROVE IT, IT WILL CREATE A HARDSHIP FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES EXITING CAROLYN SUE STREET, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT OLD HAMMOND.
THE VEHICLES ENTERING AND LEAVING MURPHY OIL STATION WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE SHORT DISTANCE TO THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OVERCONCENTRATION OF GAS STATIONS, SEVEN GAS STATIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THAT AREA ALONG AIRLINES ELEMENT IS FROM ROSALYN CORDELL.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE PLAN FOR RESUMING THIS PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF OLD HAMMOND AND HIGHWAY AND AIRLINE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WILL CREATE MORE TRAFFIC AND REDUCE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES.
I OPPOSE ANY NEW GAS STATION AT THE CORNER OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND OLD HAMMOND.
THERE ARE ALREADY THREE GAS STATIONS, GAS STATIONS, BUT THEN A HUNDRED YARDS OF THIS CORNER.
WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION AT THIS SITE.
I AM ASKING THAT YOU DENY CASE 28 DASH 20 AND KEEP THE OVERLAY DISTRICT INTACT.
IF THIS IS ALLOWED, THE OTHER EIGHT OVERLAY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY AS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HELP PUT THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT IN PLACE.
IT IS ALARMING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY AND EASILY IT CAN BE DISMANTLED.
IT REALLY WEAKENS ONE'S ENTHUSIASM TO WANT TO VOLUNTEER, TO HELP MAKE BATON ROUGE A BETTER PLACE.
THE BUSINESS AND RESIDENCES AND RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON CAROLYN SUE WILL BE CHARGED THE WORST DUE TO TRAFFIC, LIGHTING NOISE, ET CETERA.
THIS QUIET STREET WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST.
THE INTERSECTION AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND OLD HAMMOND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IT WILL BE A NIGHTMARE.
IT ALREADY IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN BATON ROUGE.
SO YOU SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND VOTERS OF THIS AREA.
NO COMMENT FROM ALISON GARY, DEAR COUNSEL MEMBERS.
THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS APPROVED BY METRO COUNCIL DURING MY TERM AND WAS PART OF A COMMUNITY PUSH TO PLAN FOR NEW GROWTH.
FOLLOWING THE WIDENING OF OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY, MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO, PRIOR APPROVAL, WE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PROPERTY ORANGE WERE INCLUDED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT.
WHEN WE APPLIED DISTRICTS, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES WERE CHOSEN TO INCLUDE PROPERTIES WITH THE LAP FURNITURE ON THE OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY, IT'S CREATE A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT WERE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS HUNTER, AND SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC COMMENTS DOWNPLAYING
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THE ATTACKS OF THE GAS STATION TO NEARBY HOUSING.WE ALL KNOW THAT A GAS STATION IS AN INTENSE USE ON HOURS OF OPERATION, MANY VEHICLES COMING AND GOING AND BRIGHT LIGHTING AND RULES TO REMOVE THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AFTER THE BOUNDARIES WERE VERY PUBLICLY DISCUSSED, VETTED AND APPROVED WHEN UNDER UNDERMINE THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT HELPED TO ESTABLISH THIS ELDERLY DISTRICT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMERCIAL USE OPTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THE GAS STATION WAS SIMPLY NOT ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.
I STRUGGLE TO SEE BENEFIT OR PURPOSE IN REVERSE IN YOUR COMMUNITY BACK PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL APPROVED PLAN TO ALLOW FOR ANOTHER GAS STATION AREA, PLEASE UPHOLD THE OVERLAID DISTRICTS SO THAT THIS AREA CAN DEVELOP.
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THAT IS IN PLACE DURING THE AUGUST 17 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT UPDATING AND CHANGING OVERLAY DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS AND OTHER OVERLAY DISTRICTS ACROSS THE PARISH.
THERE IS CERTAINLY VALUE IN REVISITING OVERLAY DISTRICTS, OCCASIONALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITING POSITIVE GROWTH, HOWEVER, SUCH CHANGES SHOULD OCCUR AS A PART OF A PROACTIVE PROCESS, NOT AS PART OF THE REACTION TO THE OWN CASE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION COMMENT FROM MYRA DELANI.
SHE HAS OPPOSED COMMENT FROM ELLE.
NATHAN HAD THE WAY WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF MURPHY OIL SERVICE STATION ON THE CORNER OF AIRLINE AND OLD TIME AND HIGHWAY THIS'LL CREATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS WELL AS ADD TO THE SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS TRAFFIC AT THIS CORNER.
THIS WILL CAUSE PROPERTY VALUE TO FORM IT.
THERE ARE ALREADY TOO MANY GAS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE FOUR SUCH BUSINESSES WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS, LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE.
THIS CORNER IS A SALE FAILED SUCH BUSINESS, LEAVING THAT CONDOM VACANT AND A BLIGHT ON THE AREA.
PLEASE VOTE NO COMMENT FROM BOB SANCHEZ, REALLY AT AN ALREADY CONGESTED INTERSECTION, YOU WILL OVERWHELM THE OLD HAMMOND OVERLAY DISTRICT GENERAL TRAFFIC AND PUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A MORE DIFFICULT POSITION.
DOES THE GAIN OUTWEIGH THE PROBLEMS? OKAY.
COMMENT FROM GARY SCHAFFER, I WAS ONE OF THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS THAT WORKED WITH ALISON AND CASIO TO CREATE THE DISTRICT IN 2010.
AND WITH FRANK DUKE TO AMEND THE DISTRICT IN 2015, BOTH TOWNS WERE CREATED AND AMENDED THE DISTRICT BASED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND FRANK DUKES OF BASE PLACING A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE AT THIS CORNER VIOLATES THE DISTRICT, CREATES A TRAFFIC DANGER, INCREASED CRIME BASED ON TWO NINE, $2,019 YOU'D STUDY AND IS NOT NECESSARY WITH SEVEN GAS STATIONS ALREADY IN THERE.
THE CITIZENS IN THIS AREA DID WHAT WAS REQUESTED THEM TWICE TO HELP ENSURE THE SAFETY AND PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREAS.
SEVERAL COMMENTS WERE MADE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST NIGHT THAT THIS WILL BE AN ICEBERG.
THE STIPULATIONS THAT WILL BE ENFORCED.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE EXPLAIN HOW THE IMPORTANT OF STIPULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE HANDLED ANY DIFFERENTLY FOR THE ASK BUTTON.
THE DISTRICTS ONE, I NEEDS TO LOOK AT A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTAL AFFORDABLE OR WOODDALE TO SEE HOW WELL MURPHY OLD MAINTAINS THEIR PARENTS AT THIS PROPERTY.
WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND VOTERS IN THIS AREA AND BUILD THIS GAS STATION.
I OPPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GAS STATION WITH THIS CLIENT BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC, CRIME, BIKE AND OVERABUNDANCE OF GAS STATIONS.
YOU'RE COMING FROM MATTHEW JOBER.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANY MORE GAS STATIONS IN THIS AREA.
IT WILL ONLY HURT LOCALLY OWNED GAS STATIONS AND CAUSE TRAFFIC BUILDUP, INSTEAD OF AREAS SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO STAND FROM ANNE KEYS.
I LIVE AT RUNNYMEDE AND I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THE MURPHY OLD PROJECT ON OLD HAMMOND, HATTAWAY AND AIRLINE.
WE HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC AS IT IS, AND WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE.
THERE ARE GAS STATIONS ALL AROUND THE AREA, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE.
PLEASE CONSIDER MY THOUGHTS ON THOSE ISSUES.
COMING FROM HALEY DOZER, AIR METRO COUNCIL, AND I'M RUNNING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL, TO REZONE THE SITE ON THE AIRLINE HIGHWAY TOMORROW'S AGENDA.
SO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF A GAS STATION, CONVENIENCE STORE.
I'M A LONGTERM RESIDENT OR PROBLEM WORK.
AND SO I USE THAT INTERSECTION ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT'S A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MAJOR BUSINESSES.
THERE ARE ALREADY FILLING STATIONS NEAR THIS SITE AND THE OTHER IS NOT NEEDED.
MOREOVER, ADDING ANOTHER ELEMENT TO AN ALREADY BUSY INTERSECTION WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE HAMMOND AREA.
PARKING CAN BE CHALLENGING TO HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER THEM.
ONCE I HAVE SEEN NEAR COLLISIONS, AS PEOPLE TRY TO PULL OUT SAME AS TRUE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MARIJUANA, WHEN PEOPLE PULL OUT OF THE WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET, LOT, THE TRUTH IS THAT THE INTERSECTION DID NOT HAVE GOOD TRAFFIC CONTROL.
IT IS MUCH TOO LOUD AND WE ADDITIONAL GET ANOTHER ELEMENT TO IT WILL MAKE IT WORSE AS IT
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IS WITH NO CLEAR MARKINGS FOR HOW TO EXIT THE LOTS.IT IS COMMON FOR PEOPLE WITH SEX SHORTCUTS TO ENTER AND EXIT THOSE AREAS.
THOSE COMMENTS REFER TO BEING A KILLER TRAFFIC FOR PEDESTRIANS.
IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AS WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A BRICK PART, JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF WESTERVILLE OF OLD HAMMOND WITH CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL MAKE AN ALREADY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, WORST RG TO DEFEAT THIS PROPOSAL FOR REZONING AND FROM RICHARD ABSENT, I'M RUNNING THROUGH REQUESTS THAT YOU'D DO NOT APPROVE THIS ITEMS AT THE MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 17, 2020, OR TWO AGENDA ITEMS, ROY AND MURPHY, ALL ESTABLISHING CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION CORNER OF AIRLINE HOUSE IN OLD HAMMOND HALLWAY DISPLAYED A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE ESTABLISHED OVERLAY DISTRICT VOTED UPON AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY PARISH COUNCIL AND PROTECTED THE HOME HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE AREA.
IN MY OPINION, THE PASSING OF THESE TWO ISSUES BY THE COMMISSION AS A BLATANT DISREGARD TO THE WISHES OF WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTOOD THE REASONS WE AS HALLMARKS WERE OPPOSED TO THE PLAN, BUT THE FIVE MINUTES MEMBERS THAT VOTED TO APPROVE HAD TO BASE THEIR DECISION ON THE GENERATION OF REVENUE TO THE CITY AND NOT THE CONTENT CONQUERED CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO HOMEOWNER IMPACT TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY DUE TO IMPROPER UPKEEP PEAK UPKEEP OF PROPERTY AND PRODUCT.
THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS WORKED ON GUIDANCE FROM THE HEAD OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND APPROVED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED FOR PROTECTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THERE ALWAYS BE SO ON TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE ESTABLISHED RULES OF ABOUT SPORE, THE MANAGING GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, STEPPING UP TO REGULATE THE ISSUE PROPERLY.
WHAT IS THE POINT? SO YOUR PARENTS GOVERNMENT HAS LET HOMEOWNERS DOWN ON MANY OCCASIONS, DO THAT.
OUR INABILITY TO CLEARLY JUDGE BY THE ORDINANCES ESTABLISHED, BUT BY THEIR MENTALITY BASED ON BUILDINGS AND NOT ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES.
HERE'S OUR HOPE THAT THE CITY PARIS CASTLE WILL BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION TO REVERSE THE RURAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BASED ON THE ESTABLISHED OVERLAYED DISTRICT AND THE OBJECTIONS VOICEMAIL, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS COMMENT BY MARY TAYLOR.
I'M WRITING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO YOUR APPROVAL OR REMOVING THE PROPERTY AT AIRLINE AND OLD HAMLIN FROM THE EXISTING OVERLAY DISTRICT.
IF YOU ALLOW A GAS STATION TO BE BUILT THERE, YOU'LL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE TRAFFICKER, BUT IT'S ALREADY A BURDEN TO THOSE OF US WHO TRAVELED TO THE INTERSECTION DAILY.
THERE WERE FIVE GAS STATIONS WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF THAT LOCATION.
TWO OF THE STATIONS ARE WITHIN A BLOCK OF THE LOCATION.
IN QUESTION AT ONE STATION IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOCATION.
THE NEED FOR ONE MORE IS CERTAINLY NOT THERE.
PLEASE PUT THE CITIZENS AND VOTERS TO LIVE IN THIS AREA FIRST AND HELP US MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE OVERLOAD DISTRICT VOTING.
TWO EIGHT TWO ZERO COMMENT FROM ELLEN CAMPBELL.
I'M WRITING PARAGRAPHS THAT YOU DIDN'T APPROVE THIS ITEM.
PLEASE NOTE, I AGREE THAT MURPH THE MURPHY HALL PROJECT IS NOT NEEDED OR WHY THERE WILL BE A DETRIMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AREA COMMENT FROM EL NATHAN HATHAWAY.
THIS WILL BE A DISASTER FOR THE AREA.
THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR SUCH BUSINESSES.
THIS ADDITIONAL GAS LOCATION MAY CAUSE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO CLOSE CREATING A BLIGHT IN THE AREA.
SIMILAR TO THE CORNER OF THE OLD HAND AND INTO SILVER.
THIS IS NOW A VACANT LOT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY A SERVICE GAS STATION.
COMMENT FROM MICHAEL CLERK, WE ATTACK REPRESENTS THE OPPOSITION FROM OWNERS OF HILCREST ACRE SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
MANY FROM GARY SCHAFFER, I'M RYAN REQUESTS THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE.
ALTHOUGH SOME GROUP OF KIDS ARE THERE DIFFERENT ONES.
I KNOW SOME OF THE SAME NAMES, COUNSELING AND COUNSELORS.
IF THEY SUBMITTED MORE THAN ONE COMMENT, I TRIED TO PULL THEM OUT, BUT OBVIOUSLY I MISSED A COUPLE.
UM, WE KEEP THE FIRST COMMENT.
COMING FROM LESLEY EDWARDS, I'M WRITING TO A VOICE, MY OBJECTION TO CHANGING THE ZONING FOR MURPHY OIL, PLEASE DON'T PASS THIS.
I BOUGHT AND RUNNING NEW TOWNHOMES AND CHECKED ON ZONING.
OUR DIVISION GOING OUT BEHIND WALMART ALREADY.
THAT WILL CAUSE TONS OF TRAFFIC AND THIS WILL MAKE IT UNBEARABLE.
WE ALREADY HAVE CRIME IN THE AREA AND A 24 HOUR GAS STATION WILL NOT HELP.
I'M ATTRACTING PEOPLE ON MY HALL.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS GAS STATIONS AND HAVE NO NEED FOR ANOTHER.
THIS AREA, THE CRIME AND HOMELESS, IT WILL DRAW WILL BE HORRIBLE.
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ON AIRLINE WITH PROSTITUTION IN TONS OF WALKERS THAT BREAK INTO OUR CO-PASTOR SUIT.I KNOW CHARLES LANDRY HAS LOTS OF POLITICAL FRIENDS AND IT'LL BE HARD FOR YOU NOT TO PASS THIS, BUT PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA.
NO ONE THAT LIVES IN THIS AREA WANTS TO GET A STATION.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA.
THEN THIS LARGE CORPORATION COMMENT FROM DONALD HILL, THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPOSED BUSINESS, WE'LL ADD THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
AT THIS INTERSECTION, THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ALLOW SAFE FINGERS IN EMAILS FROM THIS PROPERTY, EITHER ON
THIS PROPOSAL ALSO GOES AGAINST THE OVERLAY DISTRICT PLAN AGREED UPON BY THE IMMEDIATELY IT'S ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY AND COMING FROM ALICE, TELL US I'M AN OPPOSITION WHEN MURPHY OR I DIDN'T TASTE TWO EIGHT, THREE ZERO COMING FROM BOBBY ADAMS TOO SATURATED AND IS NOT WHAT THE RESIDENTS GO TO BOARD IN 2015.
COMMENT FROM MARGIE HUNTER, PLEASE CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC RAMIFICATIONS IN ADDITIONAL AXLES, EXALT, DO THE INGRESS EGRESS LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE SHOWING THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ADDITIONAL CRIME AREA AND DECREASED PROPERTY VALUE SHOULD ALL BE CONSIDERED.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS LOCATION.
THERE IS AN OVERSATURATION OF GAS STATIONS IN AREA AND HALF THE MOTHER IS ABSOLUTELY.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM MEGAN OFFERED OUR AREA CAN NOT HANDLE ANY MORE TRAFFIC AND OUR OFFICES ARE ALREADY GETTING MORE CALLS.
THEN WHEN THEN WHAT THE LOCAL PRECINCT CAN HANDLE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
KEVIN HUNTER TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD.
MICHAEL WICKHAM IS OPPOSED TO THE ITEM.
WAYNE SULLIVAN IS OPPOSED TO THE CASE.
28 DASH 20 MURPHY OIL, JOHN PATRICK MOUSE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM, BUILDING A GAS STATION AROUND HERE ON AIRLINE WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON AIRLINE AND CAUSE MORE COVID CASES TO APPEAR WHERE I WORK AND LIVE IT'S BAD ENOUGH.
PEOPLE DO NOT WEAR MASKS AND THERE'S ALREADY REALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT RIGHT OUT OF MY STREET WITH CURRENT TRAFFIC, I'M VERY SCARED OF COVID-19 CASES, RISING TRAFFIC, OR TO INCREASE FOR ANY REASON ON AIRLINE MURPHY OIL AND THE OIL AND OTHER GAS STATIONS AND SOURCES FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC ON AIRLINE NEED TO BE BANNED DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
IF NOT PERMANENTLY, THERE ARE PLENTY OF GAS STATIONS TO GO TO ALL ALONG AIRLINE FOR MANY MILES.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM NICHOLAS IS A LOTTO.
I AM AGAINST ITEM THREE, CASE 28 DASH 20 MURPHY OIL.
I CURRENTLY WORK IN THE AREA AND OPPOSED THE AGENDA ITEM THREE, CASE 28 DASH 20 MURPHY OIL, AS THIS WILL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
AND THAT IS ALREADY A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA REVERSING THE RULES OF THE OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT WILL DEFINITELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES CURRENTLY IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR OTHER GAS STATIONS IN THIS VICINITY AND ADDING ANOTHER ONE WILL FURTHER DETRACT FROM THE VALUE OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THE INTERSECTION ON OLD HAMMOND ON THE OLD HAMMOND SIDE WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CROSS FIVE LANES OF PROFIT TO TURN INTO THIS LOCATION, THIS POSES, A SAFETY RISK TO DRIVERS TRYING TO ENTER EXIT THE PROPOSED SITE.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANOTHER GAS STATION IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL GAS STATION GAS STATIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, AND A COUPLE OF THEM ARE CLOSED.
WHY DOES THE PUBLIC NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION? WHEN THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN TO CONTROL WHAT TYPE OF GROWTH WE HAVE IN THIS AREA IT'S NOT NEEDED AND UNDERMINES THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF THE ORDINANCE.
I AM OPPOSED I'M AN OPPOSITION TO THIS ITEM DUE TO THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME AT THE INTERSECTION, AS WELL AS OVER-SATURATION OF EXISTING GAS STATIONS IN THE AREA, WORKING IN THIS AREA, IT'S ALREADY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM CAROLYN SUE TO OLD HAMMOND.
THIS EXEMPTION IS GOING TO CREATE TRAFFIC ISSUES WITH LARGE VEHICLES HAVING TO USE CAROLYN SUE AS A MEANS TO GET BACK TO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
HEY RODDY, UH, THE TRAFFIC HERE IS BAD ENOUGH AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS GAS STATIONS ALREADY WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS.
ROBBIE HETHERINGTON, THERE ARE THREE GAS STATIONS IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA.
THIS WAS ALREADY OPPOSED A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET A VOTE AGAIN FOR TWO YEARS, ALYSSA, I AM OPPOSED I WORK RIGHT OFF OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY AND THIS IS A HORRIBLE SPOT FOR ANOTHER GAS STATION.
OLD JEFFERSON IS ALREADY A PAIN.
LAURA WINTERS, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS IS YOUR OWN POCKETS.
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HAVEN'T FOUND A SINGLE PERSON IN THE AREA THAT WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN.YOU WILL CREATE A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE.
AND WHEN THE FIRST TRAFFIC FATALITY OCCURS, IT IS ON YOUR HANDS.
JACK WHITEHEAD, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPECTFULLY 10 YEARS AGO, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, ALISON CASTILLO WORKED EXCEPTIONALLY HARD TO HELP PRESERVE OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY WITH ITS OVERLAY DISTRICT.
NOW IN THE INTEREST OF A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION, THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO PIECE THE PIERCE, THE DISTRICT WITH YET ANOTHER GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE.
WHERE'S THE SANCTITY OF THE PROMISES MADE TO THE RESIDENTIAL TIME OWNERS WHOSE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE STOOD UP AND SAID, NO, THIS ONE EXCEPTION CREATES FUTURE MULTIPLE HOLES IN THE DISTRICT THAT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
I THOUGHT LEADERS IT'S IN YOUR HANDS TO KEEP THE PROMISE AND GUARANTEE TO THESE HOMEOWNERS MADE 10 YEARS AGO, FAIRNESS AND REASON SHOULD PREVAIL RATHER THAN BENEFITING THE WILL OF AN OUTAGE STATE DEVELOPER.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT RETARDING PROGRESS, BUT RATHER HOLDING TRUE VISION, TRUE TO THE VISION OF BATON ROUGE 25 YEARS FROM NOW.
IF I, IF IT WERE A LIVE MEETING, I ASSURE YOU IT WOULD BE THERE AND ELOQUENTLY CONVINCED THIS HONORABLE COUNCIL TO HOLD.
WHY NOT? ROB, UH, JERRY FORD, I OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF A MURPHY OIL GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF OLD HAMMOND AND AIRLINE ASHLEY TATE.
WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION MUCKING UP BATON ROUGE.
THERE ARE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS TO CONSIDER WHEN DECIDING TO BUILD A NEW GAS STATION.
MICHAEL SIMPSON, PLEASE STOP THIS BUILDING.
WE HAVE ENOUGH CONGESTION GAS STATIONS ON AIRLINE AND NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY OPPOSED TO BUILDING MORE.
DON'T NEGATE THE COMMUNITY COMING FROM MIKE TUCKER, OPPOSED TO THE RESIGNING OF THE CORNER OF OLD HAMAN AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY TO LET MURPHY OLD GAS STATION.
THERE ARE ALREADY SIX OTHER GAS STATIONS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE SPOT.
AND AS THE OWNER OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE AREA, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, OF NOT PROPERTY VALUE AND ALSO THE INCREASE IN NOISE AND TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, FROM MIKE MONTGOMERY, OPPOSED TO THE MURPHY GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF OLD HAMMOND AND CAROLINE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUBDIVISION ARE AGAINST THIS WITH THE SIX CURRENT GAS STATIONS ALL WITHIN ONE MILE.
SO LOCATION, AND THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
TWO YEARS AGO, IT WAS ALL ABOUT MURDERS.
REMEMBERS THREE COPS WERE SHOT AND KILLED AT THE BIG QUAKE GAS STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PROPERTY, ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM THIS GAS STATION ENOUGH, WE DON'T WANT THIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US COMING FROM AARON STONE AGAINST ALLOWING MURPHY TO BUILD GAS STATION ON AIRLINE AND HOLD HIM.
WHERE'S THE POINT OF PLANNING AND ZONING AREAS.
IF WE WERE JUST GOING ALONG GAS STATIONS TO BUILD ANYWHERE, THEY PLEASE, THERE ARE FIVE GAS STATIONS IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA, WHICH BRINGS MORE TRAFFIC AND CRIME INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
CAN MURPHY CHOOSE ANOTHER LOCATION THAT NEEDS TO GET A STATION? THE JOBS ARE GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMY, SO WE WELCOME MURPHY, BUT MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
NOW, MY FRIEND NANCY HERRON, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND THE ALREADY TENUOUS DURING EACH SITUATION.
EVERY TIME IT RAINS, I HAVE STANDING WATER ON THE STREET IN 2016, I LOST MY HOME AND LOGAN'S ONE SIDE DIVISION UNTIL THE CITY ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES, OUR STRENUOUS OR YOUR DIRECTOR TO ANY MORE CONSTRUCTION MY AREA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FROM STEPHANIE THORN.
THERE'S ALREADY A GAS STATION AT BENNY'S ON ONE SIDE AT WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET ON THE OTHER SIDE AND AT ALBERTSON'S WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STATION IN BETTER INTERSECTION.
TRAFFIC IS ALREADY HORRIBLE THERE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING BUILT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDING TO THE JOB MOLD.
WHY ON EARTH WOULD THERE BE ANY GAS STATIONS IN THIS CLOSE PROXIMITY? LET'S NOT FORGET.
THE COSTCO IS JUST DOWN AN AIRLINER COMPONENT COMING FROM CONNIE WILLIAMS. THIS AREA DOESN'T MEAN ANOTHER GAS STATION WITH MULTIPLE ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO FURTHER CONGESTED TRAFFIC.
THERE'LL BE A NEW HOUSING RESIDENCE, WHICH WILL CAUSE ENOUGH PROBLEMS ALREADY.
CAN THERE BE SOME FRESH IDEAS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH BESIDES GAS STATIONS COMING FROM MELVILLE ARSON.
IF THIS IS APPROVED IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE VALUES OF ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, I'M A FIRM, LORI LOBE.
I AM AN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED MURPHY OLD GAS STATION, AIRLINE LIEUTENANT, AS A RESIDENT OF BRAVO, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE GAS STATION OR THE RULES OF THE OLD HAMMOND HOWARD OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS AMENDED IN 2015 TO ENSURE A FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
WE VOTE AGAINST MURPHY OWES REQUEST FOR AN EXEMPTION LIKE YOU COMMENT FROM RANDY ZACHARY, THE REASONS FOR THE CITIZENS NOT WANTING ADDITIONAL GAS STATIONS,
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IT'S JUST NOT CHANGED.THE FACT THAT AN EXEMPTION IS REQUESTED THINGS THAT THE RESIDENT HAS ALREADY SPOKEN AND MADE THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN.
WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE OF THESE BEEN CISM.
I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO RESPECT THE EXPRESSED DESIRES OF THE CITIZENRY BY THIS SECTION COMING FROM GAIL.
SO WHY WOULD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION GIVE MURPHY ON EXEMPTION? THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THEY HOLD HIM IN OVERLAY.
THERE ARE ENOUGH GAS STATIONS IN THIS AREA.
ANOTHER ONE IS NOT THAT NEEDED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS RECOMMENDED AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT.
STOP THIS DEVELOPMENT, LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
I'M OPPOSED TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE OLD HAM AND HOW WE OVERLAY DISTRICT ZONING RESTRICTIONS.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE AMENDING AMENDED ZONING RESTRICTION SHOULD NOT BE DISREGARDED FROM KATHERINE BOSS.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING OF THE NEW GAS STATION WITH THE OLD HAMMOND ARROW INTERSECTION.
THERE'S ALREADY A STATION AT WALMART, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS, CAR WASH, AND HE FAILED ONE.
THEN THEY HELP ME SOME COMMENT FROM JOSHUA BURGEON.
I'VE LIVED IN BALTIMORE FOR THREE YEARS AND FEEL THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF GAS STATIONS IN THAT AREA.
IT WILL ONLY CREATE MORE TRAFFIC IN OUR INTERVIEWS.
THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR GAS STATIONS BETWEEN OLD HAMMOND, THE AIRLINE AND ORDERS STRAIGHT WITHIN A SQUARE MILE.
AND THAT AREA COMING FROM BARBARA, BARBARA BOULEVARDS WERE ALREADY GASSED TO DEATH WITH GAS, CONVENIENCE STORES IN BATON ROUGE.
IT WILL ADD NOTHING TO OUR ECONOMY.
IT'S CUSTOMERS THAT SIMPLY GO TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD STATION.
I STOPPED ONLY EVEN AT THE EXOME AIRLINE AT BLUE LINE.
AND WHAT WITNESSED DO DRUGS DO AIRLINE HAS CONVENIENT MAJOR GROCERY BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE SAY THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
AND THAT ENOUGH COMING FROM WHITNEY THOMPSON, ANOTHER GAS STATION, YOUR OLD, OLD HAMMOND AND HAIRLINE COMING FROM DICK SPEAR.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THE EXCEPTION FROM THE OLD HAND AND OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO WAS CHANGED.
DISTRICT WILL PROHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAS STATIONS IN THE AREA.
I LIVE WITH ONE WITHIN ONE QUARTER MILE FROM THIS INTERSECTION.
MY REASONS WERE SEVERAL OR ONE YEAR BY DISTRICT WAS CREATED TO HELP PRESERVE THE CHARACTER, THE AREA AND NOT INCLUDE OCCUPANCIES, WHICH WOULD DISTRACTING THE PROPERTY VALUES IN AREA.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THESE FIVE YEARS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT A GASOLINE STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD DETRACT FROM PROPERTY VALUES IN THE AREA.
ANOTHER REASON IS TRAFFIC ALLOWING THEM ALLOWING THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THIS WOULD INVOLVE TO ENTER AND EXIT.
THIS FACILITY WOULD BE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON AN ALREADY OVERUSED INTERSECTION.
IN ADDITION, IT APPEARS THE PILOT WOULD ALLOW ACCESS FROM A BACKSTREET, WHICH REQUIRED CARS TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM OLD HAND AND INTO THE BACK STREET WHERE THERE IS NO LEFT TURN LIGHT.
ADDITIONALLY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CROSS AIRLINE HIGHWAY ON HOLD.
HAMMOND IS THE TRAFFIC SYMBOL AND SET UP TO ALLOW THE TRAFFIC ON THE AIRLINE.
HOWARD HAD THE MOST TIME FOR TRAVEL IS SOMETIMES TAKES TWO OR THREE LIGHT CYCLES TO CRAWL.
SOME AIRLINE WILL HOLD HIM BECAUSE HE FINALLY HAS THE STUDY BEEN DONE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IS CREATED AT THIS INTERSECTION AND ON AIRLINE CARS ENTERING AND EXITING THIS FACILITY.
I THINK IF WE KNEW HOW MANY CARS TRAVELED THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION OF AN AIRLINE GIVEN DAY, AND THEN ADD IN THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WOULD TURN IN OR EXIT FROM THIS, IT'D BE CLEAR THAT THE CONGESTION, WHICH BATON ROUGE IS ORIENTING THIS FOR WOULD ADD ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION TO AN ALREADY CONGESTED HERE FROM DALE CRAFT.
TRAFFIC IS BAD ENOUGH TRYING TO CROSS THE ALBUM'S OF TRAFFIC HEADED EAST ON OLD HAMMOND AND TRYING TO TURN LEFT ON CAROLYN TO DROP, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT IS BEHIND THE GAS STATION COMING FROM JOSEFINA ESPENOSA I OPPOSED THE MURPHY OLD GAS STATION, LITTLE COLLAGE OF IRAN, ELEANOR FROM SHARON HOWARD.
IT'S NOT RIGHT TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO DESTROY THAT DIVISION SO THEY DON'T LIVE THERE.
SO IT'S, I'M SO TIRED OF THE POLITICS THAT PLAYS A PART OF THE DECISION MAKING.
YOU KNOW, I CARE ABOUT MONEY, NOT THE COMMUNITY COMING FROM ROBERT BOROUGH.
I LIVE IN RUNNYMEDE, ME, WHICH IS LESS THAN 100 YARDS FROM THE CORNER OF AIRLINE AND OLD HAMMOND.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS OKAY WITH ANY OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY OR ROAD DISTRICT AND LIVE IN 2015, STRICTLY PROHIBITING THE DOWNLOAD.
IF APPROVED THIS PROJECT WOULD CREATE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES.
ONE LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
THE CITY ALREADY CONSUMED A HUGE PERSON RUNNING EIGHT YEARS BACK TO WHY OLD GIVEN INCREASED NOISE AND LOWER APPROPRIATE LIGHTS TO INCREASE TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION.
IF YOU STOP AT THE MERCY STATION AND GO SOUTH ON AIRLINE OR WEST OR EAST ON OLD HAMMOND, YOU'LL HAVE TO EITHER DRIVE NORTH ON AN AIRLINE AND PASS ONE TO TWO.
NOW YOU TURN SIZE BEFORE BEING ABLE TO MAKE A U TURN TO PROCEED THROUGH A LIGHT, BUT IT'S ALREADY TOO OFTEN BACKED UP.
OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO USE BACK EXIT
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TO CAROL SUE AND ATTEMPT TO CROSS 34 LINES OF TRENT DANGEROUS AND ADDING MORE CONGESTION.THREE HOME SAFETY REDUCED THIS PREFERS PROPOSED MURPHY STATIONS WITHIN MERE FEET WHERE THREE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED AND THREE SHOT AND INJURED.
FOUR, THERE IS ALREADY AN ADDITIONAL 60 PLUS NEW HOME SUBDIVISION UNDER CONSTRUCTION ACROSS FROM MONEY NEEDED WILL INCREASE TRAFFICKING CONGESTION.
WE DON'T NEED MORE CONGESTION WHEN HE LAST HE'S VOTED, REVERSING A PLAN THAT WAS BACKED BY THE PUBLIC PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU, THE METRO COUNCIL.
WHY AND DO A LOT OF WORK FOR JUST ONE ZONE.
THE CASE NUMBER FROM CHERYL CAMRY IS BEING REPORTED THAT WE WERE OPPOSED TO THE GAS STATION BECAUSE COMPETITION CAN NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
WE ARE START FOUR YEARS OF CAPITALISM AND BRIANNA BRASS.
I CAN SAY WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAINTY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GAS STATION COMPETITION WAS NOT EVEN A DISCUSSION OR A RADAR.
WE WERE WORKING ON IMPROVING THIS DISTRICT.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE FACT THE GAS STATION WERE TOO INTENSE OF A LINE USED NEXT TO HOMELESS.
WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASE IN CRIME, THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY GAS STATIONS AFFECT FROM COMING FROM THOMAS BELL OFF.
WE WANT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TO REMAIN IN PLACE, BUT THERE IS CONSISTENCY IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT, EAST OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EAST, INCLUDING SHOW REPORTS.
NEXT COMMENT IS FROM GARY GRAHAM.
I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CEDAR CREST, MORE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AT THE TIME.
AND WE WORKED MANY YEARS TO SPECIFICALLY CREATE THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT TO STOP PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS FROM NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WE WANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENJOY KATHLEEN BALL HALL.
I BELIEVE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT EAST OF AIRLINE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE MODIFIED IN AN ADVOCACY MANNER.
THE USE OF THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE USES IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, DEBRA SEMINARY, PRESIDENT SHERWOOD, BORA CIVIC, ASSOCIATE, UH, CITIZENS ASSOCIATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE SHERWOOD BORA CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
I OPPOSE THE REMOVAL OF THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OVERLAY DISTRICT CITIZENS WORK TIRELESSLY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO ESTABLISH THE ZONING, WHICH WAS AGREED BY ALL PARTIES.
THE REGULATIONS OF THE AREA SHOULD BE UPHELD.
IF A CHOICE PROPERTY CAN BE SO EASILY.
CHERRY PICKED AND REZONED IN ESTABLISHING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS POINTLESS.
OTHER AREAS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH OVERLAY DISTRICTS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE WASTED REMOVING THIS PROPERTY AND REZONING IT TO A SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION.
THAT SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER WAY THAT BUSINESSES CAN BYPASS THESE REGULATIONS.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OVERLAY, UH, PHILLIP FETTERMAN KEY ISSUES.
ONCE A PRECEDENT IS PUBLISHED TO CHANGING THE ICE BETTER OVER LIKE, IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO TURN OFF FUTURE REQUESTS AND WE LOSE THE INTEGRITY OF THE ICE, BUT THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
TROPICAL BECOME A NIGHTMARE AND A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ON CAROLYN SUE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANT TO TURN LEFT ONTO OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY.
MANY OF THOSE WHO LIVE ON CAROLYN SUE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST CHANGING THE ICE BED MODIFICATION BECAUSE OF ITS IMPACT ON THEM.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE GAS STATION FAILS? AND WE END UP WITH AN ABANDONED PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT NO ONE WANTS TO DEVELOP, BECAUSE MURPHY IS TRYING TO OPERATE IT IN A VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT WHERE WALMART AND COSTCO SELL THEIR GASOLINE AS LOST LEADERS AT PRICES, AS MUCH AS 15 CENTS BELOW MURPHY'S PRICES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OR OTHERS CAN SELL THEIR GAS AT A LOWER PRICE BECAUSE THEY'RE A HIGHER VOLUME STATION WITH MORE PUMPS THAN MURPHY PLANS TO INSTALL OR FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER REASONS THAT MAKE IT CHALLENGING TO SELL YOUR PRODUCT IN A CONSOLIDATING FUEL MARKETING ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH ABANDONED GAS STATION SITES IN BATON ROUGE THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR YEARS.
I'M AN OPPOSITION OF ANOTHER GAS STATION IN THIS AREA.
ARROWS TRUCK'S CLEAR IS OPPOSED TO AGENDA ITEM MMM, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, COMMENTS AND OPPOSITES.
THEN NEXT IS THE REBUTTAL FROM THE APPLICANT.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT FOR THE STAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
SINCE WE ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE AS TO OUR ABILITY TO PRESENT IN PERSON AND WITH BOARDS AND OTHER MATERIALS.
I ASKED FOR A LITTLE INDULGENCE TO ALLOW THIS PRESENTATION TO BE READ.
AS YOU'RE QUITE AWARE AT THIS TIME, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
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OF DISINFLATION CIRCULATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR THE METRO COUNCIL TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION BASED ON FACTS AND A CREDIBLE OPINION OF EXPERTS.I ASK THAT YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PREPARED, DETAILED PRESENTATION MATERIAL DESCRIBING THE PROJECT AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW SPECIFICALLY, I ASKED THAT YOU HAVE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PROPOSED STERN PROJECT GRAPHICS HANDY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL UNDISPUTED FACTS THAT I BELIEVE ARE ESSENTIAL IN MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION ON THIS PROJECT.
UNDISPUTED FACT ONE WE'LL REPLACE IT WITH A BOTTLE THERE AND A LITTLE THE PROJECT SITE, WHICH WAS A USED CAR LOT COMPARED WITH WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, WHICH REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, LANDSCAPING, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE CAN REASONABLY ARGUE THAT THIS PROJECT IS ANYTHING, BUT WHO CAN ARGUE THAT THIS PROJECT REASONABLE, I'M SORRY, WHO CAN REASONABLY ARGUE THAT THIS PROJECT IS ANYTHING BUT A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY VISIBLE CORNER REGARDLESS.
SO WHETHER A PERSON IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED USE GAS STATION, THE BILL, RIGHT LANDSCAPE DESIGN REPRESENTS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO THAT CORNER AND WILL BE A MODEL PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU'LL HEAR NUMEROUS COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT RESULTING IN AN URBAN URBAN BLIGHT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO THE CONTRARY.
THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A REMOVAL OF URBAN BLIGHT.
UNDISPUTED BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT HAS RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF ALL GOVERNMENT BODIES.
TO THIS POINT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT MONDAY.
YES, IT WAS A CLOSE VOTE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THE CORRECT DECISION FROM BOTH THE POLICY AND LEGAL STANDPOINT.
THIS DECISION WAS REACHED NOT WITHSTANDING A WELL FUNDED AND EXTRAORDINARILY NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN IMPLEMENTED BY THREE ATTORNEYS AND A LOBBYIST AND PAID FOR BY A PARTY BY THEIR OWN AMBITION, THAT IT TENDED TO STIFLE COMPETITION FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PRIVATE INTEREST.
THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF ROBO TEXT, THE SENSATIONAL, SENSATIONAL, THREATENING GRAPHICS AND TEXTS INTENTIONALLY FOCUSING ON ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER.
WHAT WAS THE RESULT AFTER AN EXCRUCIATING PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH INCLUDED THE READING OF COMMENTS BY ALL THE PROPONENTS THAT AE DIDN'T INCLUDE ADDRESS INDICATING WHERE THE OPPOSITION ORIGINATED FROM.
HE HAD NO VERIFICATION THAT SUCH COMMENTS ORIGINATED FROM REAL PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MADE UP NAMES AS THE METRO COUNCIL HAS SEEN IN RECENT DAYS.
ON ANOTHER MATTER, C HAD NO VERIFICATION, WHETHER SUCH COMMENTS WERE SENT FROM THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS OR NOT.
D WE HAVE CONFIRMED ORIGINATED FROM A LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE II WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ORIGINATING FOR BATON ROUGE RANGE FROM AS FAR AS MILES AWAY FROM THE PROJECT SITE AND F WERE OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE SENT BY A SINGLE PERSON.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION SENSIBLY FILTERED OUT THE NOISE CREATED BY THE STAGE CAMPAIGN.
AND INSTEAD RELIED ON THE CITY PARISHES INDEPENDENT EXPERT EXPERTS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS IN COMMENTS.
AND I KNOW THAT JUST TRYING TO RAISE YOUR HANDS OR WE'RE NOT TALKING OVER EACH OTHER.
SO HE MIGHT LIKE TO SPEAK MATT, ANDY DOTSON AVAILABLE, OR SHOULD ATTORNEY ANDY IS ANDY DATSUN.
WHAT ABOUT PAULA I'M AVAILABLE? HELLO, PAULA.
UM, MANY OF THE COMMENTS MADE AND, AND THIS, THIS IS JUST SOME THAT I NEED TO CLARIFY.
UH, I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THAT THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW, THREAT OF, OR THAT A MOVEMENT WOULD BE MADE BY THE, THOSE TRYING TO PRODUCE THIS PROJECT THAT THEY WOULD, UH, FILE CASE IN 19 JDC IS AN ANTITRUST CASE IF THIS IS, UH, NOT PAST.
AND MY, MY FEAR IS A LOT OF THE MULTIPLE, UH, COMMENTS FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH CONTAIN OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE VERY REASONABLE.
UH, BUT SOME OF THOSE CONTENTS SAY THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY GAS STATIONS IN THAT AREA.
AND IN MY CONVERSATION WITH HOLCOMB THAT TRYING TO LIMIT CON COMPETITION, ISN'T SOMETHING, UH, THAT CAN BE USED TO DENY ZONING.
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME FROM YOUR LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, HOW REASONABLE IS IT THAT THE, THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE A VICTIM OF, OF A LAWSUIT, UH, AN ANTITRUST TYPE LAWSUIT.
PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT FOR A MOMENT, IF YOU COULD.
SO YEAH, THIS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MADE A DECISION BASED PRIMARILY SOLELY UPON ANTI-COMPETITION.
THEN YOU WOULD OPEN YOURSELF UP TO A LAWSUIT.
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MAKES ITS DECISION, UH, BASED UPON OTHER FACTORS, SUCH WHETHER IT'D BE DRAINAGE TRAFFIC, UH, THE, OF THOSE NATURES HAS A WELL REASONED ARGUMENT, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST, AND HAS LISTENED TO ALL THE COMMENTS AND HAS HAD THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO THEN YES, WE COULD STILL BE SUED.HOWEVER, I THINK WE MAY BE SUCCESSFUL BASED UPON THE REASONS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN, UH, TO OPPOSE IT.
NOW, THE REVERSE OF THAT WOULD BE THAT THE, LET'S SAY THIS COUNCIL MOVES TO APPROVE IT, AND THE OPPOSITION COULD ALSO FILE A SUIT AGAINST, UH, METRO COUNCIL, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF OTHER REASONS.
SO I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW THIS COUNCIL BASES ITS DECISION AND WHAT IT BASES ITS UPON.
AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, BASE IT UPON TRAFFIC OR DRAINAGE OR, UM, WHAT THEY COULD DO, UM, FROM THE OVERLAY DISTRICT ITSELF AND OPTING OUT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, THOSE ARE ALL WELL REASONED AND RATIONAL BASIS FOR, UH, YOUR DECISION.
WELL, PAULA, THERE ARE MANY OTHER REASONS OTHER THAN COMPETITION VOICED IN A LOT OF THESE, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, THAT, THAT WERE READ OUT BY JUSTIN AND ASHLEY.
SO THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER REASONS OTHER THAN JUST COMPETITION SOLELY.
I MEAN, IT'S MY JOB AND I MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT THAT I, I WAS ASKED BY CHARLES LANDRY TO FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS WITH RUNNYMEDE, UH, BROADMORE, CEDAR, CHRIS SOUTHMORE ST.
WE TRIED TO NO AVAIL TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH SHARPSTOWN.
AND I'M ALSO, UH, I'M SEEING HERE FROM EMAILS I'VE RECEIVED AT SHERWOOD FOREST WAS NOT OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MEETING.
AND I REALIZED IN THE AGE OF COVID HAVING MEETINGS JUST AS WE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCILMAN WICKER AND COUNCILMAN WILSON'S DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO HAVE EVEN A MEETING OF THIS TYPE.
UH, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE RED STICK LOFTS, WHICH IS ADJACENT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THOSE FOLKS ON CAROLYN SUE HADN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, MY, MY WORRY HERE IS I DON'T, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.
AND NORMALLY WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN WE HAVE FOR AND AGAINST.
AND I DON'T THINK WE NORMALLY, AS A COUNCIL ON A ZONING MATTER, MAKE A STATEMENT AS A GROUP TO STATE.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE ALL VOTING THE WAY THAT WE'RE VOTING.
SO ARE YOU, FROM WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, PAULO IS ALMOST NO MATTER WHAT WE CHOOSE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY OR, OR AN, OR A DANGER OF BEING SUED BY EITHER PARTY.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, WE ALWAYS STAY IN AND I SAY WE COLLECTIVELY IN THE PARISH, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARISH TO BE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN CONTENTIOUS ITEMS LIKE THIS.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE MAKING DECISIONS BASED UPON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE, THOSE ARE VERY RATIONAL AND THEY'RE BASED UPON A VARIETY OF REASONS TO PINPOINT AND SAY THAT IT IS DUE TO A COMPETITION.
I DON'T THINK THAT COULD STAND A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T PREVENT A LAWSUIT FROM BEING FILED.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
BUT IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WERE TO SAY, UH, NOW, OR ARE LATER TO SAY, HEY, I BASE THIS UPON A VARIETY OF DECISIONS OFF OF THE PLUS COMMENTS THAT WERE READ INTO THE RECORD AND HAVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW IS HAVING A THOUGHTFUL DEBATE ABOUT THIS SHOULD THINK THAT, UM, SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT MAKING AN ARBITRARY.
YOU COULD PREACH THIS DECISION AND YOU'RE BASING IT UPON SOME VERY RATIONAL, LEGITIMATE, LEGAL REASONS.
THANK YOU THAT YOU WANT YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME.
I'LL HOLD OFF AND LISTEN TO EVERYONE ELSE AND I'LL COME BACK.
ALL RIGHT, JEN, YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP GO.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY MUTE BUTTON.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT CHANGES EVERY WEEK.
UM, PAULA, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTARY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US, AND THAT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NICE COMING FROM THE PARISH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, I FEEL LIKE BASED ON WHAT PAULA HAS TOLD US AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AND
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I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD PUT TAXPAYER MONEY IN JEOPARDY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LITIGATION IF WE DON'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION HERE TODAY.SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PREMATURE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS MATTER, UM, FOR 60 TO 90 DAYS, WHICH ONE'S 60 OR NINE.
CAN WE DO 90? IS IT POSSIBLE? THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 90 DAYS.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MY AMA ROSA, UH, DWIGHT, ARE YOU FINISHED COUNCILWOMAN ROCCO? I AM.
UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, YOU ARE NEXT.
YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THE DEFERRAL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BEST THAN I'LL OUTLINE THAT MY REASONING FOR THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT I DID WANT TO RUN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS PAST RYAN HOLCOMB.
UM, RYAN, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
I GOT A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO A GOOD BIT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THERE.
THAT ISSUE WAS VETTED PRETTY WELL THERE.
UM, SO ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THAT DPW HAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED AGAINST THIS ITEM.
UH, IS THAT THE CASE STILL, OR, OR W TELL ME ABOUT THAT.
HAS DPW ACTUALLY MADE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION AGAINST THE ITEM WILL COME WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND MEMORANDUM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS DPW WAS TO APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH STANDARD STIPULATIONS.
AND WHAT WERE THOSE STANDARDS? THE DELETIONS BE? YOU GIVE ME JUST SAY THERE'S A LIST OF 15 STIPULATIONS ATTACHED TO THEY'LL RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO RUN THROUGH 15 OF THEM, BUT LET ME ASK A MORE POINTED QUESTION WHEN DPW IS EVALUATING AN ICE, BUT, UM, SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN JUST A ZONING CHANGE WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVALUATING AN ICE, BUD, DO THEY LOOK AT TURNING CONFLICT, UH, THAT TYPE OF THING.
DO THEY EVALUATE THAT WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION, DO THEY SERVE, DO, AND THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE, UH, LOUISIANA DOTD, SINCE BOTH THESE, UH, AIRLINE AND OLD HAMMOND ARE STATE ROADS, UH, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PERMITTING FROM THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF STATE TRANSPORTATION REQUIRED.
UH, FOR THIS SITE, THEY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MINIMAL IMPACT REGARDING TRAFFIC AND THAT'S FROM LAV.
DOTD EITHER THE OPPOSITION OR THE DEVELOPER.
THAT'S ACTUALLY DOTD SAYING THAT.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I KEPT ON HEARING QUITE FREQUENT DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND, AND THROUGH THE COMMENTS TONIGHT WAS ABOUT ALLOWED WE'LL USE IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UM, THE STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT A GAS STATION IS NOT AN ALLOWABLE USE WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S IN FACT, NOT CORRECT.
A GAS STATION IS ALLOWED, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A SIMILAR USE.
UM, THAT'S ALLOWED AND C ONE, UH, BUT IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T EXPAND THE BUILDING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO A GAS STATION ISN'T ALLOWED WE USE WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
ON THIS PARTICULAR, I WOULD ADD ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED LEGAL, NONCONFORMING USE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE.
THAT'S A USED CAR LOT UNDER THE EXISTING C TWO ZONING.
THEY COULD CHANGE THAT USE TO A, AN EQUAL OR LESS, OR USE INCENSE, A GAS STATION WITH A CONVENIENCE STORE IS ALLOWED AND SEE ONE, THEY CERTAINLY COULD DO A GAS STATION, HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT EXPAND THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN FOR THE AREAS THAT THE DIFFERENT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, DO Y'ALL HAVE A SYNOPSIS OF, OF WHICH ONES REPORT, WHICH ONES OPPOSE OR, OR CHOSE NOT TO OPPOSE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE STATEMENTS FROM THE BROAD MOWER RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, APPROXIMATELY 2000 MEMBERS.
UH, THEY ISSUED A STATEMENT TO US, VOTED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
CEDAR CREST SOUTHMORE CIVIC ASSOCIATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 MEMBERS ISSUED A STATEMENT AND VOTED TO HAVE NO OBJECTION OF HAVING MURPHY'S OIL PUT ON THE PROPERTY, RUNNING HOME ASSOCIATION, RIGHT.
UNDER 200 MEMBERS VOTED NOT TO OPPOSE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OPPOSITION, BUT THESE ARE THE ENTIRE BOARDS OR ASSOCIATIONS THAT REPRESENT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ST.
REGENTS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION THAT REPRESENTS 80, 80 PROPERTIES VOTED NOT TO OPPOSE THE
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DEVELOPMENT IN CYPRESS BIDDING AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET WITH 72 LOTS SENT A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TOOK A POSITION IN OPPOSITION, FOREST, TARA CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN SHARPSTOWN.
UM, AND AS I UNDERSTAND THE MAP, MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA, AND I DON'T HAVE THE MAP RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE EXTRA TIMES YOU GOT 10 SECONDS, DO YOU WANT EXTRA TIME? YEAH, I'LL TAKE MY EXTRA TIME.
HEY, JOEY, IS THAT THE CLOSEST TO THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT EITHER CHOSE NOT TO, NOT TO OPPOSE IT OR ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT? CORRECT? I WOULD SAY THAT'S ACCURATE.
UH, I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, ASHLEY OR JUSTIN OR ISDN OR WHOEVER IT IS THAT'S HANDLING THE BOARD THERE.
IF YOU WOULD PULL UP THE EMAIL THAT I ASKED TO BE A PART OF THE, UH, VISUALS FOR TONIGHT, I CAN PULL THAT UP AND, UH, CENTERED ON THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S UP, CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT OR NOT.
UM, IF YOU WOULD SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION, OR MAYBE I DIDN'T SEND YOU THE RIGHT ATTACHMENT WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS EMAIL, UH, JUST FOR A MINUTE, JUST A PORTION OF IT.
THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT FROM THE, UH, ATTORNEY, ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS THAT IS REPRESENTING, UH, SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENTING SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE OPPOSED MR. MIKE CLEGG, UM, TO SEVERAL PLANNING COMMISSIONERS IT'S APPARENT IF YOU READ THE FIRST PART THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEND SOME ATTACHMENTS, UH, BUT HE ACTUALLY SENT, UM, SOME INTERNAL COMMUNICATION, UH, THAT WAS TAKEN PLACE, UH, FROM THIS.
AND SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS.
UM, I HOPE THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH IT'S.
I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT IT IS.
UH, THIS WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THE POLITICS ARE SO HEAVY ON THIS ONE AND WHY WE NEEDED A DEFERRAL TO GET THIS BACK TO WHERE WE CAN HAVE IN PERSON MEETINGS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF SECOND TO READ IT AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE HOA IS LIKE SHARPSTOWN TO PUBLICLY OPPOSE MURPHY OIL.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK, ATTORNEY MIKE CLEGG HAS JOINED OUR TEAM.
MIKE IS CC'D ABOVE I'LL SKIP HIS PHONE NUMBER, MIKE CHARGES, $400 PER HOUR.
AND WE'LL INVOICE YOU DIRECTLY JUST LIKE MARY OLIVE PEARSON, TREY.
MIKE HAS ALREADY ENGAGED AND HAS MADE NUMEROUS CONTACTS WITH HOS ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND METRO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY THIS WEEK.
AND AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN MIKE WILL BE SEEN AS REPRESENTING SHARPSTOWN AND OTHER RESIDENTS, HOS WHO OPPOSE THIS EFFORT, NOT BENNINGS MARIELLA PEARSON OR NOT WILL REMAIN INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT MIKE WILL BE THE PUBLIC FACE OF THIS EFFORT.
GUYS, I CAN JUST TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO BE VACANT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A TURNING CONFLICT WITH TRAFFIC, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT LAND USE DESIGNATION AND ALLOWABLE USES WITH AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, THAT'S FINE.
WE COULD HAVE ALL THOSE COMP, WE CAN HAVE ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, BUT TO BE A MANAGING A PUBLIC DEBATE THIS WAY, UH, BEING SNEAKY AND DOING STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES, LIKE THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
I'M GOING TO CALL IT OUT EVERY TIME I SEE IT.
UH, SO I HOPE THAT IN 90 DAYS WE CAN GET PAST THIS.
WE CAN HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUES, UH, AND THEN WE GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
COUNSEL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS? THIS IS DONE.
SO I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHY IS SAYING.
I SPENT THREE AND A HALF HOURS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING DAY NIGHT, AND WE WERE PROVIDED WITH AMPLE INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, I SEE THIS AS KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, PAST THE ELECTION.
SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE.
THIS PUTS US ALL THE WAY INTO NOVEMBER, WHICH LEAVES US MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO MEETINGS.
SO IT COULD STILL GET DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR LOOKS LIKE IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT, UH, BEFORE 90 DAYS, I THINK 90 DAYS IS JUST NOT, IT'S NOT FAIR.
UH, WE TALK ABOUT GETTING SUED.
WE CAN GET SUED ON ANY DECISION THAT WE MAKE ANY FOR ANY REASON THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME UP WITH.
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SPENT THREE HOURS ON THIS MONDAY NIGHT, WE RECEIVED A ONE OF CHARLES LANDRY'S A WONDERFUL BACK IN DIFFERENT LAYOUTS OF HIS PROJECT AND HIS PLAN TO DO IT.UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I SEE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE 19TH.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, OCTOBER THE 19TH, NOVEMBER THE 19TH, WHICH IS A WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE, THE GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE PLANNED THAT, THAT WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WE PUSH IT BACK.
SO THIS COULD POTENTIALLY GET SOMETHING KICKED INTO NEXT YEAR.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, MAYBE 30 DAYS AT THE, AT THE LONGEST WITH THE KEY PUSHING THIS OFF, IT WAS ONLY AGENDA FOR JUNE.
WE DON'T, LIKE SCOTT SAID, KNOW WHEN WE'RE COMING BACK IN THE CHAMBER OR IF WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CHAMBER THIS YEAR AND WE CAN'T KEEP PUSHING IT OFF ITEMS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO CONTROVERSIAL.
TO ME, MORE PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ON THIS ITEM AND PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY WOULD SHOW UP AT A MEETING AT A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING ON A MONDAY, WE HAD, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER ALMOST 200 COMMENTS WITH ANOTHER HUNDRED COMMENTS A NIGHT, UH, ON THIS ONE ITEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IF WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING IN TERMS OF WHO ELSE WOULD SHOW UP.
PEOPLE ARE HAVING A GREATER OPPORTUNITY, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IT, BEING ABLE TO SEND A COMMENT HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO COME DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY CAN SEND A COMMENT AND ELECTRONICALLY NOW BECAUSE OF THE ZOOM, THEY CAN SEND THAT IN.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I, UH, CAN UNDERSTAND WANTING TO DEFERRAL, BUT FOR 90 DAYS, I THINK IT PUSHES US BACK INTO THE HOLIDAYS.
AND I THINK AGAIN, BACK INTO THE NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT NOVEMBER THE 18TH WOULD BE THE PLANNING, THE ZONING MEANING FOR IN 90 DAYS.
AND SO IF WE DECIDED ON THAT DAY IN NOVEMBER, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING, THEN WE KICKING IT BACK INTO DECEMBER WHERE IT PROBABLY NOBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A MEETING OR EVEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAVE ONE IN DECEMBER, BUT THEN YOU GO INTO THE HOLIDAYS, BUDGET MEETINGS AND ALL THAT.
AND THIS ITEM GETS SHUFFLED ALONG AGAIN.
I JUST SEE PEOPLE KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON IT BECAUSE THE UPCOMING ELECTION NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING.
SO I'LL JUST HANG OUT ONE NIGHT.
BUT 90 DAYS IS A LONG TIME, WHICH IS OFF WHEN HE'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA SINCE JUNE COUNCILWOMAN, DECEMBER THE SECOND WOULD BE A, UH, LAST ZONING MEETING.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ANY COMMENTS? I I'LL.
UM, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK, DONALD, WHERE ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR DEFERRAL FOR 30 DAYS? I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION TO DEFER.
I VOTED TO NOT APPROVE IT AT THE ZONING, WHICH I WILL STILL DO THE SAME THING TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, CAUSE I KNOW I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE EARLIER ABOUT, UM, THE MORE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR TYLER, BUT I KNOW FOR ME, I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND HERE IN LIES, AGAIN, THE ISSUE WITH TRUST OF THE PUBLIC, WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND IT'S, AND IT'S PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A CERTAIN THING UNTIL, AND I GET THAT, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE BACK AND ALL OF THAT.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THE RUSH FOR IT, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ADMITTED ON HERE THAT THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD NOT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO HEAR THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY, THEY TOO.
I JUST THINK WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING, I JUST THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IT.
AND WE'VE TOLD THE COMMUNITY THAT WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, IT WAS LISTED IN THE PAPER THAT WE WERE GOING TO WAIT ON THOSE UNTIL WE GOT BACK INTO SESSION.
AND SO IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY IS GONNA DIE, WE DON'T DO THIS.
NOW I DO THINK THAT WE AT LEAST OWE IT TO THOSE CITIZENS AND THOSE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS.
AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM TO BE HONEST AND UPFRONT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO AND JUST DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.
AND IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T, I DON'T THINK ABOUT KICKING ANYTHING DOWN AND CAN DOWN KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE HONORABLE WITH THE WORDS THAT WE GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, JUST DO THAT AGAIN.
NONE OF US ARE, ARE IN A POSITION OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH COVID AND WHERE WE ARE.
ALL OF US ARE HAVING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THESE INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OR AT STATE, IT'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON AND PEOPLE'S VOICES JUST NEED TO BE HEARD.
THAT WAS MY ONLY POINT IN, IN MAKING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT COMMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT IN DAYS.
LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE WITH DIFFERENCES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW A STILL AGAIN.
AND LIKE SCOTT SAID EARLIER, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EVERYTHING OFF? THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL
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DEVELOPERS WON'T GET PROJECTS DEVELOPED.WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE, SAY, PAIRS, GOVERNMENT FOR, AND IT'S JUST, WE DON'T KNOW.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, OR WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
WE KNOW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR SCHEDULED THEIR TIMELINES, THERE'S MONEY INVOLVED.
AND SO WE CAN'T JUST SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW OR THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, IF THEY CAN'T GET BACK IN THE CHAMBER IN 90 DAYS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT DOWN FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.
DEVELOPERS WANT ANSWERS, MESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.
IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE DIFFERENT, I WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT IN SUPPORT OF THAT, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
AND A KID, WE CAN'T HUG DEVELOPMENT FOR SIX MONTHS ON A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN THE CHAMBER.
SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILMAN HUDSON, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP TWICE.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT, UM, BUT AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN COLLINS, LEWIS SAID THERE WAS AMPLE COMMENT COMMENTARY THAT WAS BROUGHT IN.
UH, THE DIFFICULTY THAT I HAVE IS WE, WE DO HAVE SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MEETING.
I WAS CC'D ON SEVEN DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEVELOPER, TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO FACILITATE A CONVERSATION, THAT SOME WOULD BE PARTY TO IT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE FOR IT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE FOR.
IF YOU'RE AGAINST IT, YOU CAN MAKE AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF, OF WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, THERE WAS A LACKING IN COMMUNICATION TO SOME OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THERE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT COUNCILMAN COLLINS LEWIS IS SAYING IN, IN 90 DAYS.
UH, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA ASKED FOR FOR NIGHT, FOR 90 DAYS.
UM, I WOULD ADD A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR 60 DAYS IF COUNCILWOMAN ROCCA WOULD SHORTEN THAT FROM 90 TO 60 DAYS.
CAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND FRANKLY, UH, THE EMAIL THAT I'M SEEING, UH, COUNCILMAN HUDSON READ, UM, REALLY TAKES ME BACK QUITE A BIT.
SO I THINK WE SAY THAT I'M I'M FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT TO A LOT BEFORE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT IS MY JOB TO FACILITATE CONVERSATION.
MY DISTRICT TAKES IT INTO CONSIDERATION COUNCILMAN LEWIS'S, DISTRICT, COUNCILMAN WILSON'S DISTRICT.
UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND IN THE END, MY VOTE IS GOING TO BE TO REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE WHO COMMUNICATE WITH ME.
UH, THESE OTHER AREAS, AREN'T IN MY DISTRICT AND WE'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE DISAGREEING WITH WHAT THEIR BOARD.
I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO GET AS MUCH ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE FOLKS OR AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO.
AND I THINK, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT 90 DAYS IS NECESSARY, BUT I THINK 60 DAYS WOULD AFFORD THAT.
UH, IF, IF COUNCILMAN ROCCO, WHETHER SHE WANTS TO HAVE A VOTE ON HER MOTION FOR 90 DAYS, OR IF SHE'D BE AMENABLE TO AMEND HER MOTION TO 60 DAYS, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WITHDRAW OR AMEND YOUR MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS AND COUNSEL SECOND PAROLE FOR 60 DAYS? SO THERE'S A MOTION TO DEFER FOR 60 DAYS FROM WALKER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SHOW ME AS OPPOSING COUNSEL OPPOSING THE PREFERRED.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK? IF WE DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON IT TONIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS? AND THAT'S KIND OF THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS ITEM? NOT SO ASHLEY HAS AN EMAIL ACTUALLY.
IS THAT OKAY? COUNCILMAN, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS FROM, UH, RYAN AND HE CAN CERTAINLY CHIME IN.
HE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HE SENT ME, UM, UH, AN EMAIL SAYING THAT NO ACTION TAKEN WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A DENIAL OF THE ITEM.
AND HERE'S THE SECTION OF THE UDC THAT, UM, GUIDES A DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS, NO APPLICATION FOR A CHANGE TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP REGARDING A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, UNLESS IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR
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OR LONGER SINCE THE FIRST DENIAL OF A SIMILAR APPLICATION TO REASON, THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY.IT'S THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY IN TWO YEARS OR LONGER SINCE THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT DENIAL OF A SIMILAR PETITION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
SO RYAN, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE, ON THE CALL? SO THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT IS BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR DENIAL.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
UM, FAILURE FOR LACK OF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES UNDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION RULES, THAT ACTS AS A DENIAL.
UM, IF THE PROPERTY IS DENIED, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO RESUBMIT OR SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED THEIR PROJECT TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL.
I GOT YOU, BUT THE PLAN COMMISSION APPROVED IT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TONIGHT, WE'RE IN ESSENCE OVERTURNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR PAULO ON ANY INACTION BY THE, BY THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T REMEMBER THIS EVER HAPPENING BEFORE PAULO.
SO AN INACTION BY THE COUNCIL.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO ACT ON THIS, WHETHER OR NOT JUST SAY, HOLD ON, I'M JUST SAYING NOTHING GETS, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT VOTES WHATEVER'S NEEDED, THEN IT WOULD BE A CONSIDERED A DENIAL.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE GOT A MOTION TO DEFER GOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME.
I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION.
IS THAT OKAY? YOU HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO TALK.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR MATT IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, TO THE AMENDMENT.
SO, SO THE GOAL IS MAD THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, GO BACK OUT.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUND THIS AND YOUR GOAL IS TO GO BACK OUT AND SPEAK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.
AND SO YOU WILL BE LOOKING CAUSE YOU'RE OUT THERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO YOU'LL COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO STAND ON, WHAT WE SHOULD DO ON THIS.
MY GOAL IS TO, OKAY, THE CONVERSATIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GARNER SUPPORT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT, UH, AREAS WHERE BETTER COMMUNICATION, WHY I REDUCED, UH, ACT ASKED TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE BILL FERTILE.
I DON'T THINK 90 DAYS IS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE EMMANUEL EVERYONE TO HAVE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO VOTE THE WAY THAT, THAT, THAT THE FOLKS HAVE WRITTEN IN AND SAID THAT THEY WANT TO WANT TO HAVE THAT THEY WANT TO BE REPRESENTED BECAUSE THAT'S MY JOB.
SO CAN SCOTT DOES NOT OPPOSITION A DEFERRAL FROM GOING FORWARD OR DO WE HAVE ENOUGH VOTES WITHOUT ME? OKAY.
AND SCOTT, I CAN'T HEAR SCOTT.
I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO ALL ON THE MEETING.
CAUSE ERICA WAS ON THE PHONE AND I DON'T THINK SHE'S ON THE PHONE.
I MEAN, REMEMBER THE WAY I PRESENT, I'M COUNTING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE MEMBERS, NINE MEMBERS.
SO MY, MY, UH, MY OPPOSITION TO THE DEFERRAL DOES NOT WEIGH IN ON THE ITEM BEING.
IT DOES NOT, BUT YOU MAY NOT BE THE ONLY ONE WANTS TO OPPOSE IT.
I'M SAYING THAT'S ALL HAVE TO STILL ON THE LINE.
SO IT GIVES US 10 AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON A MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS THREE AND FOUR FOR 60 DAYS BY ROCCO.
SECOND BY
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COUNSELORS THREE AND FOUR.I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN BY THE CHAIR.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY EMMA ROSE IN 60 DAYS.