Sep 16, 2020 Council Zoning

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AT THIS TIME WE'RE

[Call to Order]

SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2022.

ORDER ASHLEY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

JASMINE WELCH, ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN BANKS PRESENT CONSTANT LOOP HERE.

COUNCILMAN WILSON HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN GREEN HERE, HERE.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS LEWIS HERE.

COUNCILMAN COLE, ABSTINENT, COUNCILMAN AMAROSA HERE, HERE, COUNCILMEN HUDSON HERE.

COUNSEL ON WICKER.

ABSENT.

COUNCILMAN WATSON HERE, HERE, COUNCILMAN ROCCA.

HERE YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

YEAH, AGENDA

[1. 20-00842 PA-14-20 7017 Perkins Road]

TO REMOVE THE SEGMENT OF KENILWORTH PARKWAY EXTENDING ACROSS PERKINS ROAD TO TIE INTO HENNESSY AVENUE FROM MAJOR STREET PLAN COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 ROCCA COMMISSION ACTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED NINE TO ZERO.

THIS ITEM REQUIRES EIGHT VOTES.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THERE? MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

MOTION BY WATSON.

SECOND BY ROCCA.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING? NONE.

MOTION CARRIES

[2. 20-00843 Case 33-20 320 Lee Drive]

PARKING TO COMMERCIAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LEE DRIVE, NORTH OF HOLLAND ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT 12, ROCCA COMMISSION ACTION, MOTION TO APPROVE CARRY NINE TO ZERO.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING NONE? WELL THERE'S ONE PUBLIC FORUM.

IT WAS ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM NATHAN GREEN, TINY TOWEL BODY IS APPLYING TO REASON SO THAT WE CAN ACQUIRE AN ALCOHOL PERMIT.

WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH AUTHENTIC THAI STREET FOOD OFFERING ALCOHOL IS A WIN WIN.

OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WANT TO US TO SERVE IT.

AND ALCOHOL WILL HELP OUR BUSINESS.

ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

WE LOVE BEING A PART OF THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS ON ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION SECOND BY AMOROSA THERE ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE MOTION CARRIES

[3. 20-00844 Case 34-20 3030 Perkins Road]

MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED NINE ZERO.

THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY ROCCA SECOND BY WATSON, ANY OBJECTION SEEING NONE MOTION CARRIED AGENDA ITEM

[4. 20-00845 Case 35-20 16500-16600 River Road]

MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED NINE ZERO.

ANY OBJECTION, PUBLIC COMMENT.

SORRY.

MOTION APPROVED.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY LOOP.

SECOND BAD CUTS IN.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION SEEING NONE MOTION CARRIES

[5. 20-00846 Case 37-20 1184 Bob Pettit Boulevard]

THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, NO MARTIN LET FRED'S BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT.

UH, NEXT COMMENT ON ITEM FIVE, RYAN .

THIS WILL ATTRACT A MORE

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NEXT COMMENT, ALEXANDRA BIONIC HAS RESENTING.

THIS WILL HELP THE ONGOING ISSUE OF CRIME IN THE AREA I LIVE NEARBY AND FULLY SUPPORT ANY AND ALL UPGRADES TO THE TIGERLAND AREA.

FRED'S BAR AND GIRL HAS DEMONSTRATED TIME AND AGAIN, THEIR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE AREA SURROUNDING THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.

I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A MASSIVE STEP TOWARDS BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THIS PART OF TOWN.

THE TIGER LAND AREA SHOULD NOT BE AS DANGEROUS AS IT IS, AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY IMPROVE THAT NEXT COMMENT, ABBY TRIOLI THE REZONING WILL ALLOW FRED'S TO BUILD A SPACE THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY SERVE ITS PATRONS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

YEAH, UPGRADES ALSO INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE AND IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT COMMENT IS, UH, THE SAME COMMENT OR, UH, NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BILL REICH IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN SOLUTION, ALLOWING SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE MAINTAINING MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE OUTDOOR GATHERING AREA.

NEXT IS DUSTIN KING.

THIS IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA OUTDOOR SEATING WOULD BE GREAT.

NEXT IS DARREN KING, PLEASE.

WE NEED MORE OUTDOOR SEATING TO HELP WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING GRANT MURPHY, MARK AND JASON ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THEIR PATRONS SAFE AND THEIR SMALL BUSINESS ALIVE.

DURING THESE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, ALLOWING THE REZONING WILL AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE PATRONS OUT, PROVIDING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

MARK AND JASON, JASON SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR PIONEERING NEW WAYS TO KEEP SMALL BUSINESSES ALIVE.

DURING THESE TRYING TIMES, JAMES RIVIERA, THIS WILL HELP GIVE A FACELIFT TO AN AREA WHERE IT IS MUCH NEEDED.

ALLIGATOR JONES.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ALLIGATOR JONES.

YES.

I'M AWARE OF MY UNIQUE NAME.

I AM WRITING TO YOU TODAY AND SUPPORTIVE REFINE ESTABLISHMENT AT 184, BOB HEADED.

THEY ARE TRYING THEIR BEST THERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR JAEGER MY SHIRTS.

UM, COMMENT, IT'S NOT GERMANE TO THE ISLAND.

THE NEXT COMMENT IS JASON NE.

UM, THIS REZONING WILL HAVE A POSITIVE RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES AND STRUGGLING APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE I AM FIVE MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

TO PROVE BY LOOP SECOND BY ROCCA.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION, HEARING A MOTION CARRIES AGENDA

[6. 20-00847 PUD-2-12 Oak Colony (Formally Sanctuary at Oak Colony) Concept Plan Revision]

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

PUBLIC COMMENT FROM DEREK MURPHY, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DEREK MURPHY WITH QUALITY ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.

WE ARE THE ENGINEERING FIRM FOR O'CONNOR REPRESENTING OUR CLIENT, MR. KEVIN WYNN.

THIS IS AN UPSCALE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED ALONG BEAR OPPRESSING OUR REVISION TO THE CONCEPT PLAN.

THE 90 ACRE, THE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN LOW DENSITY WITH THE TROUT REQUESTS GOING FROM LOT PER ACRE TO 1.6, LOTS PER ACRE.

THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

THE EXISTING RAILWAY LAYOUT OR REMAIN AS IS, BUT AS PROPOSED TO BECOME PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, THE EXISTING PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS MANY OF THE PROPERTIES, NATURAL FEATURES AS A MINUTE AMENITIES, SUCH AS THE PRESERVATION OF MANY, 100 YEAR OLD OAK TREES OR WHICH TWO ROW AND NATURAL AREAS LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY.

THESE AREAS WILL BE COMPLIMENTED ABOUT LARGE LAKES WITH FOUNTAINS AND A WALKING TRAIL SYSTEM.

THE PROPOSED PROPOSED PLAN WILL PRESERVE THIS THING WAS 27.1 ACRES OVER 30% OF COMMON AND OPEN AREAS FAR EXCEEDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF 18%.

IT MUST MUST BE NOTED THAT THE OVERALL AREA OF IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT INCREASE THE DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS BASED ON REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE.

AT THAT TIME, THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS REVISED TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY A 25 YEAR DESIGN STORM EVENT DESIGN, BUT RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS WERE ADJUSTED TO CORRELATE TO THE PROPOSAL THAT SIZES MODIFICATIONS

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CLEARLY DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE THAT THE ADDITIONAL LOSS WILL NOT CAUSE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OR SURROUNDING AREAS, ANY SPARES PARENTS, EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND HOW THOSE CONDITIONS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY DEVELOPMENTS ARE TYPICALLY ANALYZED BY PARISH STAFF AND ADDITIONAL EVALUATION BY OUR ENGINEERING GROUP, DETERMINED THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS FOR WHOSE TWO ROAD ARE ESTIMATED TO BE SLIGHTLY OVER 5,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, OR APPROXIMATELY 40% OF THE CAPACITY OF A RURAL TWO LANE ROAD THERE'S DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT DROP THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THIS CORRIDOR WITH CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS NO WAY LOWER THAN THE ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE LSB.

ALSO WHO SHOULD TO ROAD IS PRESENTLY ON THE MOVE VR PROJECT LIST, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE CAPACITY AND SAFETY EVEN FURTHER.

SO THESE BATTERIES CITY PARIS BANKSTOWN CERTIFIED THAT THIS PROPOSED REQUESTS WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES AND CONFORMED TO UDC REQUIREMENTS.

DURING THE VIRTUAL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH, SEVERAL EMAILS WERE READ INTO THE RECORD, ASKING THE PARENT MENTIONED TO DENY THIS REQUEST MAY HAVE THESE STATEMENTS CHALLENGED, THE ENGINEERING MERITS OF THE PROJECT WHILE OTHERS ATTACK DEVELOPER'S CHARACTER CENTERED ON HIS DESIRE FOR CHANGING, CHANGING THE PROJECT, THE RULES, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY PARISH UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS PRETTY MUCH PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SHERRY BUSEY.

I'M WRITING TODAY TO SUPPORT THE RECEPTIVITY RESET DIVIDING THE POLK COUNTY SUBDIVISION OF WHICH TO ROAD.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

AND I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO LIVE THERE WISH THERE WERE MORE SPACES LIKE THIS ONE IN OUR AREA.

THEY HAVE DONE A NICE JOB SAVING THE TREES AND NATURE OF OUR AREA.

PLEASE APPROVE THIS REQUEST AT YOUR MEANS.

COMING FROM WILLY MARTIN, I AM RUNNING THE PUBLIC PUBLICLY SUPPORT DEVELOPER, KEVIN WYNN AND SUPPORT OF THE RESEARCH DIVISION OF OAK COLONY SUBDIVISION ON TWO ROAD.

THE CURRENT HOUSING MARKET IS MORE FAVORABLE TO SMALLER HOMES IN THE 400 TO $500,000 PRICE RANGE.

AND THE RESALE DIVISION WOULD ADD MORE HOUSES IN THAT MARKET RANGE.

I'M A LICENSED RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR AND I'M CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN THIS AREA OPENING MORE AVAILABLE, LOTS OF THE MARKET RANGE, THE HIRING MARKET, 800,000 BUZZ.

IT'S NOT MOVING AT THE CURRENT TIME AND I BELIEVE IT IS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND HOME BUYERS ARE MORE RELUCTANT TO INVEST AT THE HIGHER END.

OKAY.

COMMENT FROM RUSTY GOLDEN, I'M RUNNING TO PUBLICLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPER CHEVON WHEN AND THE RESEARCH DIVISION, BOTH COLONY SUBDIVISION AS A BUILDER WHO WILL POTENTIALLY WORK IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT GIVES US A MORE DIVERSE PRODUCT TO ANTICIPATE THE NEEDS OF A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, MORE MARKETING AS LUMBER PRICES HAVE SKYROCKETED AND LABOR IS TIGHTENED TIGHTENING FROM COED.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HOMES THAT WILL FILL THE NEEDS OF THAT MARKET FROM MOVING UP ARMS TO A STATE SIZE, LOTS, IT AFFORDS MULTIPLE CHOICES FOR CLIENTS DEPENDING ON THEIR FAMILY NEEDS AND FINANCES.

PLEASE CONSIDER APPROVING THIS REQUEST AS PRESENTED COMMENT FROM CHARLIE COLVIN, I'M WRITING YOU TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT PLANNING REVISION FOR OAK COUNTY.

I'VE KNOWN THE DEVELOPER FOR MANY YEARS AND WORKED WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THAT.

I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND HIS DESIRE TO HAVE FIRST CLASS FIRST CLASS DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT OAK COLONY WILL BE DIFFERENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROJECT IS SLIGHTLY DENSER THAN THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.

HOWEVER, IT'S STILL ON 1.6, FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS MUSCLE LESS, MUCH LESS INTENSE THAN SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON HIS SHOE.

AND A LOT MORE AMENITIES THAN THOSE PROJECTS.

COMMENT FROM CLAY.

FOR I'M WRITING TO WRITING YOU TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE REVISIONS OF ITEM SIX ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A NET POSITIVE FOR THIS AREA.

I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT THIS DEVELOPER WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

MOST DEVELOPERS WOULD SCRAPE THIS THOUGHT, BUT THIS DEVELOPER PLANS TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LIVE OAK TREES ON HIS PROPERTY.

HE'S A MAN OF HIGH INTEGRITY AND WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS OF THIS DISTRICT.

FURTHERMORE, THESE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PLANNING STAFF AS MEETING CRITERIA FOR THIS TYPE OF POINT OF DEVELOPMENT.

THIS MAKES THE RESERVATION A NO BRAINER.

IN MY OPINION, I SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE REVISIONS THAT AGAIN, FOR COMMENT FROM RUTHIE GOLDEN, I'M WRITING TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT DEVELOPER, KEVIN LYNN IN SUPPORT OF THE RESET DIVISION VOTE COLONY SUBDIVISION TWO ROAD.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS.

MY SUPPORT HERE, JUST A FEW ONE SINCE 2017, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS THE LISTING AGENT ON THIS PROPERTY.

AT THE TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS ACTIVE PRIOR

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ONCE THE ECONOMY BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN.

AND THEN WHEN THE ECONOMY CAME TO A HALT AND MARK, CAUSE WE'VE COVERED, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THESE BUYERS WANT AN OUT OF THEIR CONTRACTS.

WE CANCELED CONTRACTS AND RETURN ALL THEIR DEPOSITS.

THE UPPER HAND SPECULAR MARKET WAS NO LONGER A VIABLE OPPORTUNITY.

THE JUMBO LOAN BUSINESS DRIED UP AND THE BUYERS FROM ARDS AND EXPENSIVE, LOTS OF EXPENSIVE, LOTS FOR CUSTOM HOMES.

WE'RE ALSO AFRAID TO BUY OR BUILD IN THIS PRICE RANGE WITHOUT A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT THEIR INCOME WILL LOOK LIKE GOING INTO 2020 OR 2021 TO 20 YEARS AGO.

I WAS THE LISTING AGENT FOR MELLOW LAKES PROJECT THAT IS ADJACENT TO OCALIVA BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE MANY SALES FOR THE LARGE TRACTS OF LAND.

THE DEVELOPERS WENT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND EAST BATON ROUGE COUNCIL TO RESOLVE A SECTION CALLED THE WILDERNESS AND MALHEUR LAKES, CARVING NUMEROUS FIVE ACRE TRACKS OR THE REMAINING 30 ACRE TRACKS.

SINCE 2000, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE CONTINUED TO RESET, TO BUY THEIR PROPERTY, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE BUYER.

AS LATE AS AUGUST OF 2020, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEGAN REVISE YET ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THAT SUBDIVISION, ALL OF THESE REVISIONS HAVE PRODUCED NEARLY DOUBLE.

THE NUMBER OF LOTS FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED, SECTION THE WILDERNESS, NOT MELLOW LAKES, NUMBER THREE, THE OAK COUNTY DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS DEVELOPER ARE DOING MORE DRAINAGE THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

A CURB AND GUTTER SYSTEM HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE OTONOM BUILDABLE AREAS OF ALL LOTS OUT OF THE FLOOD ZONE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE HOME BUYERS WILL NOT NEED TO PURCHASE FLOOD.

INSURANCE DEVELOPERS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED SEVERAL MILLION OF SKIN MAGNIFICENT 100 YEAR OAK TREES AT ITS ENTRANCE AND HAS PLANS FOR OTHER SUBDIVISION AMENITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THE LIVES OF FAMILIES.

AND THE SUBDIVISIONS OF NOTE, BOTH PAST HBA PRESIDENTS, WILLIE, MARTIN, AND RUSTY GOLDEN ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS REVISED CONCEPT POINT AND PLANNING TO PURCHASE LOTS, BUILD HOMES AND CONTINUE THEIR BUILDING CAREERS AND OUTCOME AND SHORT.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.

DISTRICT BUYS CONCEPT OH, COLONY PLANNING UNIT COMMENT FROM DOUG FERRIS.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BATON ROUGE AND I HAVE MANY FRIENDS IN AND AROUND UCONN ALSO FREQUENT THE AREA ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.

I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO REQUIREMENTS AND THEREFORE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.

MR. DEVELOPER HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT ANY OTHER DEVELOPER WOULD DO FOR THE AREA.

SO THE PRAIRIE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO A COMMENT FROM RAVEN, RAYMOND HUFFED, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ONE THAT IS A LONG TIME COMING AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF SEEING IT GET TO THE FINISH LINE.

I'M READY TO SEE HOMES BUILT AND ACTIVITY.

WHEN WE GO, MAN, LET'S SEE THIS THING THROUGH AND APPROVED FROM COLLIER THORNTON.

PLEASE LET THIS EMAIL SERVERS, MY PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

MY NAME IS COLLIER THORNTON.

I LIVE IN THE AREA VERY CLOSE TO THE OAK COUNTY DEVELOPMENT.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH OAK COUNTY.

SO DIVISION IS, I WAS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS OF MALLET CROSSING, JUST WEST OF COLONY.

AND I USED TO LIVE IN OUR LAKE SUBDIVISION.

IN FACT, A LOT OF PURCHASE WITHIN OUR LIKE WAS SUBDIVIDED AFTER THE SUBDIVISION WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BECAUSE THERE WAS A DEMAND FOR SMALLER LOTS.

THIS IS THE EXACT SAME SITUATION THAT KEVIN WENT INTO REQUESTING IN A COLONY.

SINCE THE DEVELOPERS OF MALHEUR LAKES WERE ALLOWED TO REACH OUT TO, BY THEIR LOTS TO MAKE THE MARKET MANS.

IT IS OF MY OPINION THAT KEVIN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THE SAME.

I ALSO STILL LIVE IN AREA, IN MY OPINION, O'CONNOR WITH THIS MAJESTIC OAK TREE ENTRY GREEN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND FIRST CLASS AMENITIES IS BY FAR ONE OF THE NICEST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA.

I'M A HUGE PROPONENT THAT YOU SUPPORT DEVELOPERS, WHO DON'T CUT CORNERS AND COMMIT TO DEVELOPING, TO DEVELOPING FIRST-CLASS DEVELOPMENTS.

OH, COLONY IS ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.

LASTLY, OAK COUNTY IS LOCATED AROUND STRETCH TWO THAT ADDS AT LEAST FIVE TRAFFIC GALLERIES.

FOR THE LIMITED LIMITED ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC KEVIN'S REQUEST WILL CREATE PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY MUCH RATHER SEE LOTS ADDED FURTHER DOWN, WHO SHE TO DISPERSING THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ACROSS MULTIPLE OPTIONS AROUND THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

MY HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL GRANT KEVIN THE EXACT SAME APPROVALS AS HIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, YOUR BRAND, NOTHING MORE COMMENT FROM ADAM CRIGLER.

THIS WILL BE A GREAT DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AREA COMMENT FROM THOMAS TAYLOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOMES BEGAN TO BE BUILT ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT IS, AS IT IS, IS BEING VANDALIZED.

SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE IS OCCURRING.

THE ROADS ARE ALREADY THERE.

DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET DEVELOPED IN MOVIES, COMMENT FROM MARY REGINA, WE LOVE THE FACT THAT DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO LIVE OAKS ALONG THE ROAD.

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I THINK THAT THE CHANGE WILL PROVIDE FOR MORE OF A VARIETY AND LOT SIZE AND ABILITY TO PURCHASE THE LOTS IN MORE TIMELY MANNER.

THAT'S ELIMINATED VACANCY OF THE PROBLEM COMMENT FROM YANA IS MAURY.

THIS LOOKS TO BE A REAL NICE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE YOU ON HERE TOO, WITH THE VARYING LOT SIZES WELL PLAYING IN GREEN.

SO PROVIDE A LOT TEACHER RESULTS COMMENT FROM CHRISTOPHER COOK.

I'M ALL FORCING THIS DEVELOPMENT MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S IT ANY LONGER.

I LIKED THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL STILL CAN CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THE TREES AND GREEN SPACE LIKE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTENT, TOMMY FROM REN SOLAR, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING THE TYPE OF LOANS WITH THE NEW LOT SIZES AND ALL THE COMMON AREA THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY.

I HOPE THIS CAN MOVE FORWARD REAL SOON.

THIS CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ONE SIX.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, ERICA, THIS IS A COUNCIL THAT WILL MAKE A MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT COME IN DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I KNOW TONIGHT WE HAVE HAD ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN, BUT THERE WERE SOME LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ONE.

UH, AND I JUST WANTED THIS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

UM, SO YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN AND TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITION, A FEW TO, UH, ITS CHARACTER AS A RURAL ROAD, THE CONDITION IS CURRENTLY IN, UH, AND SPECIFICALLY HOW NARROW IT IS.

SO I DO WANT FOLKS OUT IN THAT AREA TO KNOW THAT, UM, AT THE, AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE PASSED THE ROAD REHAB PROGRAM, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND WHO SHOULD TWO IS ON THAT LIST.

UH, WE DO EXPECT THAT PROJECT TO BEGIN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO YOU WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONDITION OF THAT ROAD AND IT WILL BE ADDING SIX INCHES TO A FOOT ON EITHER SIDE AND EVERYWHERE WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO THAT IS GOING TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE CONDITION AND SOME OF THE, UM, THE WIDTH ISSUE ON THAT ROAD.

UH, ALSO JUST LIKE WE SAID, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, UH, WHO SHOULD TOO IS ON MOOD BR.

UH, AND SO YOU WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, A MUCH WATER ROAD AT THAT TIME, UH, CURB AND GUTTER IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING AS WELL.

UH, BEYOND THAT, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A VERY RULE OF CHARACTER SOUTH OF VEINS ON WHO SHOULD TOO, UH, IT'S MY GOAL.

AND I THINK IT'S THE GOAL OF EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOLKS THAT HAVE RESOLVED TO REA WON AND THAT SORT OF THING TO KIND OF PRESERVE THAT RURAL CHARACTER, UH, THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE YOU'VE GOT, UH, A SUBDIVISION ON ONE SIDE THAT IS MUCH MORE DENSE THAN THIS ONE.

UH, YOU'VE GOT THIS ONE AT 1.8, UH, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MOUNTED LEGS, WHICH IS, UH, A VERY LARGE LOTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THIS DOES, UH, AS PART AS IT SITS, DOES REMAIN SORT OF A TRANSITION AREA.

UH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT CREATES A SITUATION THAT WILL FURTHER DRIVE, UH, MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT DOWN WHO SHOULD DO THAT.

THAT'S THE LAST THING ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WANTS.

IT'S THE LAST THING I WANT FOR THAT AREA.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS, UM, LOOK, KEVIN WYNN IS A GOOD DEVELOPER.

UH, HE'S WORKED WITH US ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS OUT IN THAT AREA.

UM, I FULLY EXPECT THAT KEVIN WILL KEEP HIS WORD, UH, AND WILL DO WHAT HE SUPPOSED TO DO OUT THERE.

UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION IF I COULD.

OKAY, MATT, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY HUDSON SECONDED BY WATSON WATSON.

HAS SOMEONE ELSE MADE THE SECOND? I WAS ASKING THEM WILSON.

WILSON.

I KNOW MELVOIN MY, MY QUESTION IS RYAN HOLCOMB AVAILABLE.

RYAN IS LOW.

CAN YOU HEAR ME THIS WRONG, RYAN? I GOT A QUESTION FOR THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS A REVISION OF THE CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THIS IS JUST THE REVISION, BUT THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CHANGES WOULD GO BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

COUNCILMAN.

THAT'S A, THIS IS A REVISION TO THE PROD CONCEPT PLAN IS STEP ONE IN THE PROCESS.

THE, UH, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, STEP TWO WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE LOTS AND, UH, DO ANY ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AT THE SITE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU.

UM, COSMIN BANKS, DID YOU WAVE YOUR HAND TO SPEAK?

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UM, IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THE MOTION HEARING? NONE.

THE MOTION CARRIES

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IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.

FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM SEVEN IS FROM A LANER.

BRUCE.

I HAVE ENJOYED SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO GOVERNMENT STREET OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH THE ADDITION OF MANY NEW BUSINESSES, THESE BUSINESSES HAVE ATTRACTED A CROWD THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MID CITY AS UNIQUE, EXCITING IDEAS.

COME TO THE AREA AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL WORK DAILY NEXT TO THE NEW MODEL BLOCK TENANT.

I AM ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THIS REZONING.

I BELIEVE THAT THE NEW ARCADE WILL BE A FUN PLACE FOR ADULTS TO GATHER AND BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR CHILDHOOD WITH THEIR CLASSIC GAMES THAT THEY LOVE.

NEXT COMMENT IS FROM CHERYL CLOUD.

HIS LETTER IS TO SUPPER IS TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING FOR THE NEW ARCADE, THE DEVELOPER OF THE BLOCK, WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED, HAVE LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT STREET CORRIDOR WITH THEIR NEW BUSINESSES THAT THEY'VE HELPED BRING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE ARCADE WILL BE A VERY POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE BLOCK.

THE PROJECT WILL ADD TO THE ALREADY DIVERSE TYPE OF BUSINESSES ALONG THE GOVERNMENT STREET CORRIDOR.

IT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC, WHICH APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE GOVERNMENT STREET ROAD DIET.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE POSITIVELY ON THIS PROJECT AS A RESIDENT OF MID-CITY, WHO ALSO WORKS, NOT THAT FAR FROM THE PROJECTS LOCATION.

I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT COMMENT FROM DANIEL MCLAUGHLIN, THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR MID CITY GOVERNMENT STREET AND BATON ROUGE MODEL BLOCK HAS ALREADY BEEN A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN FIGHTING BLIGHT AND IMPROVING GOVERNMENT STREET.

MAKE IT BETTER.

NEXT COMMENT IS FROM BEN GRAHAM.

I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE EYES, GOD REVISION AT MODEL BLOCK ON GOVERNMENT STREET.

THE INTENDED USE FITS WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND IS COMPLIMENTARY TO SURROUNDING USES.

NEXT COMMENT IS FROM GEORGE MATA.

JEN, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY.

AS BATON ROUGE IS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES WITHOUT THIS SORT OF CONCEPT, IT WOULD ATTRACT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO SPEND TIME AND MONEY ON OUR SIDE OF TOWN.

NEXT COMMENT IS FROM SUSAN KNOCKIN.

I BELIEVE THIS REVISION WILL FURTHER HELP THE GOVERNMENT STREET GROWTH OF MID CITY AS A FREQUENT PATRON OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS ALONG GOVERNMENT STREET.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THAT THE BUILDINGS AND MODEL BLOCK CAN BRING TO THE CITY.

THE BUILDINGS IN THIS BLOCK BRING A CLEAR AND SAFE FIELD TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I ALREADY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WOULD CONTINUE TO THAT WOULD CONTINUE AFTER THE REASONING.

NEXT IS AMANDA HUGHES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M WRITING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE NEW RK THAT WILL POTENTIALLY GO UP ON GOVERNMENT STREET NEXT TO CITY PORK.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND A WAY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN TO ENJOY WHAT MID CITY HAS TO OFFER.

I THINK GOVERNMENT STREET IS REALLY TAKING OFF AND I LOVE WHAT ALL OF THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING TO MAKE IT A FUN PLACE TO WORK AND HANG OUT.

BE ARCADE WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ADULTS TO LET GO OF STEAM AND PLAY SOME GAMES, HAVE A BEER OR TWO WHILE DOING SO.

THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER.

I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

I THINK THE DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH GREAT SUCCESS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE REVISION FOR THIS BUSINESS.

NEXT IS FROM STEVE MEYER.

I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF MODEL BLOCK DEVELOPMENT FOR GOVERNMENT STREET.

WE, UH, HAVE THIS APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO EXECUTE THE CITY'S VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT STREET, AND I'VE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE HAVE ADDED PARKING AND TRIED TO PROCURE TENANTS THAT SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS, PILATES CITY, PORK, ET CETERA.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COUNCIL WOMEN AND HAVE ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES.

WE TAKE THE REASON APPLICATION VERY SERIOUSLY AND WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE OUR APPLICATION, INCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I AM SAD.

IS THERE A MOTION? I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

GO AHEAD, WATSON.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DON'T HAVE ANY DISSENT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD OR FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT DOOR.

AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS GOING TO OPEN THE BUSINESS AND THE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION WOULD NOT BEGIN ANY EARLIER THAN HOURS AFTER SCHOOL WOULD LET OUT.

SO THIS IS NOT A DANGER OF ANY ALCOHOL BEING SERVED WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION OR ANY WAY THAT THE KEN'S WOULD GO FROM BEN HIGH OVER THE BALL OVER TO THIS LOCATION RIGHT AFTER

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SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DANGER IN BEING CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF BAR OPERATING DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR SHORTLY AFTER.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, THAT THE OGDEN PARK AREA, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING THE AREA, HAS AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THIS.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILOR WATSON.

SECOND BY THE CHAIR THERE, ANY OBJECTIONS, CNN MOTION, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

AGENDA ITEM

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IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS MOTION TO APPROVE BY WELSH SECOND BY THE CHAIR THERE, ANY OBJECTIONS HEARING NONE MOTION.

THE MOTION HAS PASSED.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOST TO ADJOURN BY COUNCILWOMAN? I'M A ROSA SECOND BY THE CHAIR.

EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT DAY.