Metropolitan Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

It's a little bit after two. I'm going to call this meeting of the Boer Metropolitan Planning Commission to order. If we uh could uh please stand. Uh I'll do the invocation and uh Mr. Ad will do the pledge. Dear Lord, thank you for this city, for our first responders, our officials, city council, thank this board, the volunteers, their time. We just ask that you give us wisdom and guidance to make the decisions that honor you and this city. Again, we just pray for our first responders.

Citizens, please join me in the pledge. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay. Uh, could you uh please do the roll call, please? James Fine, here. Dave Haden here, ma'am. Donnie McDaniel is absent. Art Schult here. Jeff Digpin here. Chris Turner absent. Michelle Wallace here. We have a quorum. Okay. For our agenda, u I think we might have a motion to the quorum. Oh, the speech. That's right.

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Thank you. Um I think we might have a a motion to adjust something on the agenda. Mr. Chairman, if I may, um I would kindly request that we add to item number 23 under old and new business uh the amendment to the 2026 MPC meeting dates and deadlines calendar. We will be moving back into the city council chambers and our meetings will resume on Monday. So I would ask kindly that you add that to the agenda.

Thank you. If I may too, um I' like to propose that we table items 13, 14, 15, and 16 today. We had just received revised drawings on the Folia development uh today and our board really hasn't had a chance to study it thoroughly. uh not to mention the staff and I think there's a lot to absorb uh with the plan including master plan and its relationship to the proposed east west or the planned east west.

Okay, we've got a motion. Do we have a second on that? Okay, got a motion and a second. Does uh anyone from the public have any comments on that agenda change? Yes. We need we need separate. He's going to do um an amendment to the agenda and then an amendment to approve the agenda as amended. I thought we needed they don't have to be separate. Okay, I got you. Who was the first? I'm so sorry. Who? You made it. Okay, thank you. Are we good? Uh again, anyone from the public have a comment on the agenda change? There's your opportunity.

You can't hear. Okay. We've had a a motion to change the agenda to table items 13, 14, 15, and 16. Uh just to table those because we haven't gotten or there's some information that was provided today uh and the board has not had time and the staff uh to uh adequate time to review that. And the other item changed was to add item 23 that we will be moving back to the uh city council chambers I believe in June. In June. Yes, sir. Because they've remodeled that and they've got that uh got that ready. So those are the two agenda China.

Yes, ma'am. We will be notified. We would need you to come up to the podium and state your name for the record. Tommy Brooks. We will be notified when the postponed agenda will meet again. Yeah, the items 13 through 16 are related to the folio development. Yes, it's that but we will be notified. Yes. Thank you. Are we able to speak on the classification of reszoning?

I have questions on 13 through 16. Um, of course that's my case as you know. Uh this this package was submitted uh I don't know when several two three months back.

Um and we continue to receive comments and we can continue to address those comments as we move forward. Um so I received comments on Tuesday uh maybe Monday. I turned around as quickly as I can and address those comments. I understand there may be additional comments that we need to get addressed. The most important agenda item on the the ballot for today is specifically item specifically item number 15 subdivision unit number one phase one. Y'all's concerns, I understand, are probably going to be related to things with the east west corridor. Is that correct?

That item in particular has nothing to do with the east west corridor. It's already been approved by y'all preliminarily. Um, we're wanting to sell. I cannot do that specifically the We have people waiting. the construction is finished. It's been inspected. We've we've u addressed the the city's comments and that in my opinion even to be able to move forward. Um I mean I received a comment yesterday. I can't I can't address comments if I don't get the comments in a reasonable amount of time to get them addressed. It's not like this is the only project I'm working on. If I get a comment on Tuesday, I can't turn it around on Tuesday. Y'all have to allow me to get some sort of time to work on these cuz the application for this has been at least what 30 60 days ago. So if I get comments after the first round of comments, I address them. If I get more comments, I address them. I address comments today that was received two days ago. So that is the most important item. Um, number 15, it allows us,

the one we're talking about,

that one right there, it allows us to move forward with unit one. And if there's what I would consider um administrative changes from the original approved unit one plat, we've decreased lot count. We've we've shown the the potential east west corridor uh on that plan. We've uh done all of those things, everything we've asked. It's we've reduced density. We've submitted a final plan application 6 months, a year ago, and and you know, she says it's expired. I think that item should at least not be tabled. I don't understand why we're tableing the other items without discussion. Just to be clear then on on unit one phase one um it excludes the planned right of way property. Correct.

Absolutely not. Okay. So your unit one phase one encompasses it encompasses a property in the potential corridor. Yes. Yeah. I think that's the issue we have today. I I if you table them, I understand that. But I think we should at least have the ability to speak with the board about those items to address y'all's in or y'all's particular concerns instead of just table with no discussion. I mean that we're asking for something that should have been approved administratively enough,

nothing but delay the or decrease the density from the original density. I can go ahead and amend my uh proposal to here. Art, if you could because what we have to do, unfortunately, the master plan has to ride with the plats. They cannot be separated. Okay. Unfortunately, unit one's plat expired in 2025 and there were deviations from the approved plan unit development master plan. So, they have to go together. Th those changes were decrease in density.

I understand. But it the the master plan was approved and you've changed it from the approved master plan. I don't have the authority to amend a master plan administratively. They have to ride together. Even if it's a decrease in lots, taking six lots and making one large lot. The master plan was approved one way you decided to change it. Okay. Are we at least able to discuss these items? Even if y'all decide to table them after discussion, we can have a a wide openen conversation on it. I mean, we're at the end of the agenda. The last items. Yeah. Neil, do you have a comment?

No. What was the last comment?

Right. I think they're are you I'll leave my motion to stay. Are are you are we able to discuss them and me take the obligatory and say I will table these items if so we can at least discuss them and hear y'all's or is it no discussion? Again um we just I mean Carla our staff we just received documents today or this morning when I get comments yesterday that's how quick they take to turn around. I mean that is not a me problem,

right? I guess we've heard from our legal counsel and we need to move. Okay. Um yes and on advice from our legal counsel. We're going to just leave the motion as it stands. It's on the floor and we need to vote on that motion. We've had a second on that motion. So uh are we doing verbal or both? vote. Okay. Verbal vote. Uh, all those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? None heard. And now we need a motion to approve the agenda as amended.

I'll second. Okay, we got a motion to approve the agenda as amended. There's a second. All those in favor? I. I. All opposed hearing none. Okay. All right. Uh I guess we'll be on to the first item.

Okay. First item is going to be C Z N182026. The application of carousel requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 0.19 acres more or less from RLD residential low density to B3 general business located generally located northwest corner of Typton Street and Nina Street, Boer City, Louisiana for a proposed baseball training facility, city council district 2, police jury district 9. Okay. Any uh any changes uh from our preliminary meeting? No, sir.

If you would state your name. Carl Rousel. Okay. Could you tell us just a little bit about the case, please? Could you tell us a little bit? You want to know about the project? Yes.

Okay. Well, obviously it's a baseball training facility. Um, it's going to encompass a building that's going to be 85 foot wide, 125 ft long, 24 foot size, 3 and 12 pitch. So, it's a very large building. Inside of the building, there will be a little league size infield with four batting cages. There's a viewing area for the parents or co or whoever wants to observe what's going on. And then on the outside of that, we intend to put both uh in connection with each other, a little league uh infield that will be outside. uh as well as we hope to be able to fit in a 90 ft infield which is regulation major league size. Uh on the 90 foot we do have a little issue on our spacing so we're going to be asking requesting a reduction so we can get closer to the east side so we have a little bit of footage from the end of the baseline to the building. Um, this project is something that people in the Bojer Parish City area have been begging for. Everybody's said, "Oh, we're going to do it. We're going to do it." It never got done. Well, we're going to do it.

All right. Thank you. Any comments? Just one quick question. Does the existing building, does that remove? Oh, no. No, no. Okay. It stays there. Yes, sir. There's there's two lots behind that building. Uh I'll just say in the future down the way, we very possibly may use the old Raana building as part of this project because there is some other ideas, but that's that's yet to be determined. But today we are uh ch wanting to change from residential low density to B3 general business. And there's B3 all.

Yeah, I think there was one lot or something in there that was still residential maybe, but All right. Thank you. Uh any uh any more comments from the board? No.

Any uh public comment? This is an open meeting. Yes, ma'am. If you'd come forward and state your name. We do have a lot of items on the agenda today, so I'm just going to make this up front. May have to say it again, but uh please limit your comments to three minutes. My name is uh Willie and uh I need a better understanding and I had to develop some um couple of houses and give Mr. Jeter. It's about five lots up in there and to provide something for lowincome parents. I work with parents children about 50 years and that's one of their goals was to own a home and so now I have retired and Mr. REL had called about purchasing the land about a month ago and I told him we could talk perhaps I could let him have one of the lots and everything. So the next thing I know it's about reszoning. Now my question is it's a residential area. So if he's asking for it to be commercial will it be reszone just for uh commercial? I would not want to stop his program and I wouldn't want him to stop mine. So that's the question that I have. Ch. He would like to respond. Of course.

Yes ma'am. I think he the gentleman would like to respond to that. But uh just in general we would we would listen to any case presented individually and we have no intention to just blanket reszone the area. Okay. So her residential lots will stay residential. The residential stuff that's there outside of the one we're speaking about with him are not even on discussion right now. So they would stay residential, but I still would like to address because I think

um so what I had called Miss Blackshaw about was like I said, she has five vacant lots behind us on the other side and I uh mentioned to her if she would be willing that I'd be interested acquiring one or two of those lots um just in the uh event that at some point we wanted them for maybe a little additional parking. So that's that's the only thing we would be needing them for. So we're not going to be doing anything related me necessarily to our project. So ju like I said if she chooses that she would be interested in letting me buy a couple of those lots. It'll just be for in the whatever period of time if we decide we need a few more parking spots, we could use them.

But that's not for today's discussion. That's right. That's just for information. That's just, you know, give her peace of mind. Very good. Any other any other public comment? Yes. Yes. Come up. State your name again. Three minutes, please.

Good afternoon. My name is David Whitehead. I'm a former professor Grammy from a lot of schools around here. University. I went to Airline High School, all-star basketball player. Uh Willie is my that's my aunt. So my mother's sister. My concern is this lot is pretty big. We've been cutting it for years and the gentleman uh office is across the street. In those lots you have a Barbara Miller lives on this side and another house and and five houses and live down. So this it's between two residential area this big bulk of land. So it's going to be interesting to see how to prevent her from creating her h homes on the land for a baseball field. You got thousand baseball fields in Boer. So I was just want to make sure I believe him. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you. Any further comment from the public? I'll make a motion. Entertain a motion. Yeah. I'll make a motion we approve C zone 18-2026. We have a motion to approve and a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? I'm going to abstain. Have oneain. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, you can come forward. You just come to the microphone.

So, I want to make sure that I understand it still will be residential also. Okay. Yes. Where you're at. All right. Thank you. Yes. And that motion carries. Okay. Next case, please. Did we do the verbal vote? We did.

Okay, we missed that. Sorry. Okay, the next item is going to be PLC 402026, the application of Andrew Corby's vintage realy for Karan and Monroe LLC. A conditional use approval for the sale of high and low content alcohol for off-remise consumption at Super Saver Convenience Store with fuel cells located at 4980 Benton Road, Bojer Parish, Louisiana, Police Jury District 6. If you would state your name, please.

Dang. Andrew Quig. Um, we did this 2024 and it was approved and told me since we didn't get our permits, we had to reapply. And so, um, we purchased the lot the um our original plan to now is that there's not going to be any more retail. It's just going to be the convenience store and the rest of the 10,500 square ft is going to be for storage. It's going to have eight pumps. So, and um since we met the last time, Jim with the Department of Transportation said we need to put a DEL and a A cell lane. So, we're going to do that, which one of the partners wanted to do from the beginning cuz if anybody's making a Uturn coming south, they didn't want to get hit by a car going uh north. So I think it like it was before. They need that up there. Belly's going to be all behind the counter. It's not going to be out. And um I think it'll be really good. Since then we built one in plain dealing and it's done very well. Second

like to get reloaded. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Comments on the board. Do we have any open items that need to be resolved on this case? Miss Carlotta, do we have some Do we have some open items that need to be uh resolved? Uh we would like to have a further discussion about cross access um so that people leaving the strip center don't have to enter back on a major thoroughare to enter back into this track to land since it's going to be immediately adjacent. Um but that is a question that we would have we would need to have between both property owners. Okay. Is there hours of operations or landscapes or any other issues that we need to discuss?

Can you explain your hours of operation for the convenience store? probably be open at 5:00 in the morning. It's about 10 at night. Okay. And um because like the one on East, we get a lot of people coming in wanting to get breakfast while they're heading down to work and stuff like that. And um I'd say after about 8 or 9:00, traffic out there slows down. So,

okay. So, I see uh uh Miss Carlotta, I'm saying Monday through Sunday 4:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm at in one place in my uh documents and then I see uh 6 to 12 in another. So, that's why I was kind of curious what's the hours.

Yeah, that's the UDC. Um, so the the request is to ex to operate outside of regular operating hours. Whenever a business is located within 300 ft of residentially zoned property, they have to ask for permission to be open outside of the required hours. And so essentially, he doesn't want to be open any later. They just would like to be open earlier earlier. Okay. Okay. Did you have any was there any consideration to connecting to the strip center Jason?

I think they worked on that and there may there's a verbal agreement. Uh but Scott Smith who owns the muddy waters ne his drainage comes around there but I think there's been some comment to do that and um so that's just to make it easier if somebody's at the convenient you know at that strip center they can come over instead of having to go out and do a big circle and come back around. So is that still a possibility?

Yeah that's a pretty good possibility. Any public comments? Do we have any comments from the public until I just saw yesterday this application for the alcohol? And so, um, I'd like to I have a couple of questions. I I'm gonna ask a couple questions that I think I know the answer to. No on premise.

Yes, that's correct. Thank you. There's a part of the uh agreement for the storage unit area was that there was supposed to be some drainage mitigation put in with regard to that because one of the reasons I'm here is it's not history of the construction of that of that existing commercial property that was actually part of that was built on a drainage easement and the drainage goes the wrong way. The parish has worked on it for a long time, but the drainage in that area is a disaster. And what we don't need is to create new drainage issues. And so there's a part of this development, anything to do with drainage. That was one of the questions that I had. Um, but I have major concern access sand uh operation where there's been a lot of major accidents when the train comes here and stops the 18-wheeler trucks back up and it's the same area. I mean I think safety is an issue and I be connecting to anything. Uh

okay I'm looking for the plan. Stand by just one second. That's okay. There's this one and then I with the acceleration and deceleration lane. I mean, I guess a question that I would have zoning was granted so long ago and if changing their plan, if they're changing their ingress, egress, would it be appropriate to have them come back with the specific plan rather than just moving forward with this based on this alcohol permit? That would be my request if we could. Okay. If we could at least pass it to the next meeting to give more opportunity to to have these questions answered. Carlotti, your thoughts?

Yes. Um, I think our parish representation may have left, but I am aware of the drainage issues along the existing property and I know this property, the proposed property will be evaluated to not cause any more or no adverse impact to or cause any additional issues to it. So, I know that is being evaluated. In addition to the access, it has been regulated by DOT. They have um they requested two accesses. DOT only gave them one. So there is a proposed access uh on the north side closer to Muddy Waters, but it has been granted by DOT.

And Carl, if I understand it, that northern access is not in alignment with the median. So, anybody coming out of that development to go south first have to go north. Correct. It's as far north as possible to to his point to Mr. Ray's point that it wouldn't be aligned with that access to the dirt operation on the west side. Another question I have.

Yes. I think that that's been a long-standing I don't know if I call it the parish and the you know the developers that that would not be connected. I think there'd be a lot of concern if there if that was part of it to be connected. So one of my questions was if I could just have some reassurance that that is to connect. Good. Yeah. Yes sir. There is no intent to uh connect Destraan. the residents uh of that subdivision were against it and the police jury obliged. So there would be no connection there.

Yeah. The only other thing I'd be remiss if I didn't point out to y'all saw the name Kieran of Monroe LLC. It is it is a name very familiar to me because I was involved in litigation client against Kieran of Monroe LLC. Um this Toronto Monroe My client had to sue them. I was one of the attorneys in it. We had to file suit against them in both state and federal court and it was protracted litigation was uh we were successful in stopping them. But if you go out just have a little they have a little chain they let go over private property so they don't have to watch that.

Yeah, we'll have to watch that. Thank you for your you're out of time though, but thank you for that. We used that this time. Okay. Do we have any further comment from the public? Got one coming here.

Parker Morris. So we'll play. Okay. Okay.

Thank you.

Any any further comment? I recently inherited the property from John Gasway. I wanted gas stations. We all know that serious crimes. There's always gas station that just alcohol is not going to increase drivers alcohol already gas stationificant allow that to happen because of that you're going to have and everything else that comes across here.

Road is very busy road. Um so that like he said 18 back up to the sand all the other traffic through there in the past that it's not going to happen. So we have to utilize shoulder to insight you have large scale red's being dealt with. So I do appreciate the fact that

backyard. Thank you ma'am. Any additional comment from the public? Mr. Pres, uh, Mr. Council Chairman, I say council. Um, we Eric Hudson is here. There was Eric, there was a question about the drainage. Um, if you could speak a little bit about the drainage issues right there at that strip center at Dester and Highway 3. Um, there were questions about the drainage on the proposed gas station and how that would impact that. I don't recall the uh for this gas station.

Just make it work. Donnie did it. But now Okay. Um, I think we've heard all concerns from the public. Okay. Uh any other discussion from the board?

No, sir. If uh no additional comments that uh if somebody wants to offer a motion. Okay. I move we approve 001 2026. Got a motion to approve. All those in favor say I. I'll I'll second that by the way. Oh, sorry. I need somebody to keep me. Okay. Follow the rules. Okay. Okay, we have a second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All opposed. None. And that does it does pass. Okay. Next one, please.

Okay. P A M552026. The application of Richard Moore and Associates for LP development requesting approval of an amended master plan for Redwood Place at Legacy being 6 648.90 acres more or less located in sections 21 township 19 range 13 south of Dean Point and north of Swan Lake Road lying east of Willisoot Bayou and west of Flat River in Bojer Parish, Louisiana. Police Jury District Five.

If you would state your name. Basically the same way. Donnie, I see that there's one access on Dean Point. Uh, I don't know why I was thinking there was going to be two. Did it change?

Okay. Down. Okay. Any other comments from the from the board? We have any uh it's a public hearing. We have any comments from the public on this on this case? Seeing none. Yeah, I'll make a motion that we approve P and S 55-206. We got a motion. And uh do we have a second? Yes, we have a second. Uh all those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? That passes. Thank you. Next one, please. P L A T2072025 Darnold Barker Morn Associate for LP development requesting a preliminary platwood place at Legacy Unit 13 being 6.0852 acres more or less located at the intersection of Dublin Way and Grand Lake Drive, Bojer Parish, Louisiana. Please jury district 5. Okay. No question. Okay. Any questions?

No questions. Any public comment? Seeing none. Make a motion we appro approve a P plat 207-2025. Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? None. That one passes. Next, please. C P L A T 322026. The application of Ricky Wood for a preliminary plat Liberia plantation unit number four being 2.075 acres more or less located at 5052 Shed Road, Boer City, Louisiana. City Council District 4, Police Jury District 7. Uh, no questions.

Any questions? No. No questions from the board. Do we have any uh comment from the public or concerns? Unseen. I entertain a motion. I'll make a motion we approve 32-206. Second. Got a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? None noted. That passes. C P L A T2820226 the application of Reggie Lewis Raian Associates for Tibberon Development LLC for a preliminary plat village at Tibberon unit number 16 being 11.654 654 acres more or less located in section 1, township 18 north, range 13 west, Boer City, Louisiana City Council District 4, Police Jury District 5. Jacob, give me just a second. Could you give a one minute overview on what you're got here? Okay. Have any questions from the board?

It looks like outside of it. We're not near the future of these questions. No, then I don't have

no comments questions. We have any uh questions or concerns from the public? Come forward, ma'am. You state your name, please ma'am. Is this

It doesn't even look Any any other comments from the public? Ma'am, did you sign in? Can Can you please? Thank you. Yeah. When you when everyone comes forward, if you would state your name and sign in, please. Yes.

Thank you. Yes, sir. Sorry. Yeah. Okay, I got you. Yeah.

Okay. So, Jacob, so where Chism Trail is, you'll go right past Chism Trail and you'll hit unit 16. You like that? Okay. Okay. Yeah. So for right now for this unit 16 that's what we're talking about today is on the opposite side of of what you're talking

And and sir, the these are on the website, right? Uh is this this is not on the agenda? Due to the fraudulent invoices, we took all that information, but we can provide it. You can send it to Okay, you bet. Okay. Any additional comments from the public?

Make a motion we approve. Come back. Right next to y

long creek. Initial bridge at the front of the neighborhood One way.

Okay. Okay. Any Any further comment from the public? Hearing none, I'll make a motion we approve C28- 2026. I'll second. We have a motion and a second to approve. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? And that passes.

Okay, next one, please. C P L A T2920226 The application of Reggie Lewis and Associates for Tibberon Development LLC as for a preliminary plat village at Tibberon unit number 17 being 10.380 acres more or less located in section 1 township 18 north range 13 west boer city Louisiana city council district 4 police jerry district five.

So, the last one was unit 16. This is just um north of it or east of it, so to speak. Unit 17. East just east of the lake. Okay. I have no further questions. Okay. Any any questions? Any questions from the public?

State your name again. And yeah,

it's it's John and Hunter Black.

Yeah. Same developers. Yes, sir. Any additional comments from the public 29-2026 have a motion. A second to approve. All those in favor say I.

I. Any opposed? That carries.

Next one, please. C O Fs G10 2026. The application of Brian Mcnu, McN Architecture for Edward Bass, requesting a conditional use approval to install a digital off-remise advertising sign to replace two older signs that are in place located north of the intersection of Airline Drive and East Texas Street, Bojer City, Louisiana. City Council District 2, Police Jury District 9.

State your name, please. increase location. Two of those located This results in exist. Thank you. Any comments from the board or questions? I mean, I can certainly understand, but there's I don't see anything in our code that gives us any flexibility here with the distance between digital boards

being FTate. So right there we should hear The same thing is

um well um he's only referencing one board and so per the So for per 9.5.6 any backtoback sign surfaces are considered one. And so when you calculate both sign faces he meets the classification of the 1,00 distance requirement on a major arterial when they're facing in the same direction. It's it's 9.5.6. That's what it says.

It says it at 9.5.6. It says, "Vype or backtoback sign surfaces on the same device shall be considered one sign. They shall be considered one sign which means we have to assume that both sides of the face

is There's notific one size. Yeah, he has two faces. He's talking about faces. Yeah, he's talking. He's referencing faces. Okay. Well, it's it's our understanding

as it's stated and the square footage would reflect that being considered one sign. That's how we've interpreted. Pardon me. It it reads 9.5.6 Six Vtype or backto back sign surfaces on the same device shall be considered one sign. So it includes the it includes the surfaces and it includes the divi the sign itself which you need to work with and then he can

you're saying that you take both sides and that becomes one side right I don't know that be the case let's just say that's the Why is the same thing going on?

Yeah. Let me uh Carla is the is the ordinance for 1,000 ft between digital signs?

Yes, it says separation requirements for off- premise sign advertising surfaces. So, there's a couple of things here. Uh he wants to upgrade to a digital sign. Yes. Um we interpreted that the existing sign is non-conforming because it is too large and that it is too close to the existing signs that are there. Um but the distance requirements are the same. So, if he's contesting that there's another sign that has uh that is closer, we would have to review that. I I'd have to get some investigation going on those I have the exact same in January of 200. almost where they have a Well, she she read what's written and our interpretation has been as we as we described it. Um I mean if there's and I'm throwing this out for discussion among the board. If there's question about another instance that that I'm not aware of that that is u you know falls

into this this same category. Should we just table this and and and review and kind of because you're saying that on Benton Road there are two digital signs less than a thousand feet between each other. Okay. And if it's static, it's another. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

The minute then it will change or something.

Yeah. But less than a thousand feet between them. Okay. Um, I would table

I would I would recommend that we that we table this and get it right. Make sure that we get it right. I'm not saying we're wrong now, but I'm saying I want to make sure that it's right. Yes, sir. Yes sir. Okay. Then I'll make this suggestion. Uh if we vote now, I'll tell you right now because of our interpretation. So we can table it and look at it further or we can we can vote

or he can take it to the board of adjustment for appeal of the interpretation by the executive director. That would probably okay to move toward that. How would we handle where we're at right now? You would say that this you've determined that this matter is a matter of interpretation by the executive director. Therefore, you now don't have jurisdiction and he needs to take an appeal to the board of adjustment. Someone, it's a separate separate group. They they handle any variances in the code

and and questions of interpretation that you're disagreeing with in terms of the executive director's interpretation. Now, if you don't want to do that, you can keep it right here and postpone it and have it come up next month and there'll be some investigation. But I mean, if it it wouldn't take that long, 30 days to review it and come up with a penny, we could do a special call. Yeah.

At no charge to Mr. We we won't be able to do that because this chamber is we're sharing it with the city council, the court system, and so they've advised that we can't have any special calls unless it goes past the June deadline. We could, but he's not wrong. We have been actually working on this since November. Um we've taken and we appreciate the uh the effort you've made and offering to, you know, take down other signs. We we get that. We just want to make sure that we are following the regulations the way we're supposed to follow.

Well, that's the purpose of us walking away from this and making it right, making sure it's right and getting back to you. Or we can vote now. I understand it's been a thousand feet between digital boards. Yes. and not between digital board static, right? And so and that's what we it was my understanding that digital boards are handled are are addressed separately and there there is two digital there's Lamar at one side about 500 something feet from you and then to the opposite

yeah and so there's a th000 ft between and so what we're our interpretation is when you're putting a digital sign in between now it violates that thousand foot rule and I though you have a different interpretation of the th,000 ft foot rule. So I think we are best to we we have some three three options. We can vote, we can table or we can send to the board of adjustments. But that's not for Mr. Bass. That's for us.

That's for you declaring that you don't have jurisdiction any further given the issue. I I can't agree with with with the discussion and the disagreement and the understanding of Greg that we need to send this to the board of adjustments. That be my Okay. Someone have a motion. Let me that we send this to board.

Let me just say real quick. I think what what's at stake here is that if we vote if we're in agreement with you, we're changing our interpretation. We're changing precedent. Then we can have would be coming in here with 30 more billboards, digital billboards. And so that's not really what the intent was for our city. So I think it's important that we do it. And if we vote and we vote no, we won't be able to come back for six months and we don't want to do that to you. Is it did I get that right,

Carlo? So he could he could reapply immediately if he wanted to. But yes, since he is contesting it and some of the boards that he has discussed were post uh the ordinance change. There have been two ordinance changes since then. So some of them are existing and non-conforming. Um so but we can address it at the board of adjustments if he is contesting that that verbiage in the code. That's that's absolutely something we can do. Okay. Okay. So do we have a motion? Yes, we have a second. I mean we have motion M Mr. Fine to your motion motion to send this to the board of adjustments. Okay. Do we have a second? This is a disagreement interpretation of the law. Okay. Do we have a second?

Okay. We have a motion and a second to move this to the board of adjustments for review. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? None. That will move. Okay. Next one please. I believe they meet next week. Carlaua, does the board of adjustments meet next week? And then I'm not sure their timeline.

It does. I would I'll get with you and talk about timelines and submission because he'll have to resubmit the information and, you know, select the discrepancies that he's in disagreement with so that they can hear it properly. So, I'll get with you about the dates, submission dates. Next one.

C O N P SIG G472026. The application of Felix Fabian requesting a conditional use approval for a building sign review for a business Bura Tacos restaurant located at 1131 Airline Drive, Sweet B, Bo Do Boer City, Louisiana, City Council, District 3, Police Jury District 9.

State your name, please, after you sign in. Thank you. Yep. Right. on the Barbale Boulevard.

So you have 12 and a half ft or so in the front, but your business in the back of the building is fairly long, right? Yeah. Okay, I understand. I understand. Okay. I I I don't have any concerns to Okay. Any comments from the public on this? Seeing none, entertain a motion. Okay. I recommend we approve CI47 2026. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve. All those in favor say I. I.

Any oppose. That passes. Thank you, sir.

Sign of the time. All right. Next stage, please. C Z2392026. The application of Leslie Winnenberg requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 0.07 07 acres more or less from RLD residential low density to B3 limited business located at 2290 Benton Road, Bojer City, Louisiana for a chiropractic office. Bo City Council District 5, police jury district 7

I'm sorry to be one limited business. Okay, state your name, please. And Miss Leslie, I'm gonna and board, I'm going to have to recuse myself on this case.

Okay. house. Any questions from the board?

Yes. I think couple things you should since you were here last year. So we are in the process of executing with a consultant to update our unified development code and one of the items um that's going to be a focus of that is to how we treat if any lots that want to convert to B1 or B3 along major arterials that are adjacent to residential subdivision. So that's going to be a topic of discussion for that unified development unified development code and and I think the city council we should be aware of. They're going to want to weigh in on that. So I think it would be important to have something in our code now that clearly states some options for applicants such as you. So I just wanted you to be aware of that before we move forward. My concern is I think uh we appreciate you making the effort to move your driveway off of Douglas Drive and so just be the one entrance off of Benton Road and which would be also as far south as you can get it closer to Scott's repair shop there and Um, one concern

might be for on street parking on Douglas Drive. Um, we may want to require some type of uh just in front of your property, no parking, let's say from here to the corner or something like that.

Right. Okay. Any other comments up here? Yeah. Okay. Any comments from the public? Come forward and state your name. And I'll I'll just say this again up front. We each speaker gets three minutes and then uh if there are others that want to speak on the same subject if you would just limit it to new information you might have concerns over instead of just repeating the same the same thing. Okay. Thank you. opposition. to

As of today, as we had We thought that was the reason. So I think the metrics that we are demonstrating people safety issues, especially congestions. Thank you. You could state your name and sign in, please. And

especially We don't want to be Everything. invited to their homes. My pray

Thank you, ma'am. Any additional comment of of any new information? Please sign in also. Oh, okay. Thank you.

Okay. My name is Alice Green. Um, I live in the Old Green Acres neighborhood. I am a CPA, but I am not here today in my professional designation. I'm here as a resident. We bought this house because when I looked at it in 1997, I saw people walking close to dark and I thought this is a nice safe neighborhood. And we've been there since then, raised our family. We're getting older and everything that has happened. Uh they're talking about Douglas Drive. People blow through the stop fight. They always do. But I thought maybe they can put a stoplight at the corner of Douglas Drive and Benton Road, but they cannot because we already have Texas Street, two at Shed Road, one at Riverwood, and one at the new cutoff that's like a block and a half away. Um, I looked up this company and I figured the only reason they bought theirs is because they got it cheaper. I have materials for you that I have looked up. 2700 2700 Douglas Drive is already zoned as a medical building. It's a corner lot. It's down the street. And this is for you. I also have uh she mentioned she has what did they say? They can use the overflow parking on Scottos. Well, I took a picture off of Google the aerial view before the fire, the aerial view

after the fire of that strip center. And then we have pictures on 422. There's a dirt parking lot. And as you can see, they have plenty of parking, but it's almost used. They don't have parking for 50 people. converting this property into if you approve this zoning change, not only do you hurt our property values by external obsolescence because we can no longer use that number in our comparable sales. So, everyone's property values go down. But I'm also worried about our little neighbors and you're limiting access in and out of our neighborhood which directly affects our safety. So I am definitely against this change. This is a residential area. It needs to stay a residential area.

Thank you. Thank you ma'am. Oh this is for you too. Okay. Anyone else, please from the from the public?

Oh, she just Okay, seeing no other comments from the public. Any other comments from the board? Just I mean, I appreciate everybody's comments. They all seem to be focused on a couple items. traffic on Douglas. I know when we last year when we heard this case, uh we did approve it. It was turned down by the city council. Um I think the applicant has done uh uh some improvements uh mainly not putting any entrance to his uh proposed development um off of Douglas, but move it strictly to uh Benton Road. um the existing business. It's not going to be a new building. It's residential in character. It's been there forever. Uh unfortunately for Benton Road and same thing with Airline, uh all of that corridor is commercial. So there'll there's not going to be any lessening of traffic. Um the applicant does have a business already on Benton Road. He's simply moving it to this location. Um I don't see anything that um would change my vote uh from a year ago. So any additional comments from the board? Well, one thing that I think that we might add is the fact that uh in the past we have tried to do our best to protect neighborhoods and there was an application a year or more ago someone on B road that wanted to confirm a home there to a venue commercial venue and that was turned down by the board because it was in the middle of the neighborhood and I think one of the things we're looking at is uh and I don't know if this is going to be uh motion or not is restricting any further commercial north of Douglas that includes the old Green Acres. So that's just one thought I'd like to

throw out and I agree with you that they've tried to address the

traffic problems on Douglas by restricting access to their clean from Douglas so that it won't increase traffic on Douglas is part of which is part of the big objection I think. And I I just might add too um just one other case comes to mind. There is a law office on the uh corner of Green Acres Place that's actually was a part of Green Acres Place subdivision. I think um it hasn't done anything to reduce property values. If anything, it might have increased property values. So I don't really see a compelling reason for me anyway to change my vote. But I do agree that any vote does need to include um no further commercial use along Benton Road uh that parallels the old Green Acres subdivision.

Okay. Okay. You want to make that motion?

Uh yes. Okay. Um, well, I make a motion that we approve uh CZ zone 239- 2026 as B1 um as presented with uh no access off of Douglas Drive and also with the condition that this board not approve any other commercial zoning north of this site. Uh, and that parallels the Greenacres Place, Old Green Acres subdivision, and that and that we also have um a proper uh screen wall on the east side of this proposed development uh in accordance with our um requirements of the city. And I'll second that.

Okay, we've got a motion to approve with those stipulations and a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed. I abstain. One abstain. Okay. Douglas Drive

as it parallels Old Green Acres Place. Old Green Acre subdivision and screen wall on the east side to conform to Katie. Did you get those garbles? Okay. And that passes 3 to one with one abstain. Okay. Next, please. P L A N D252026. the application of Ryan Estus and Associates for Apex Property Management requesting a conditional use approval for the allowance of an 8-oot privacy fence located at 5501 Benton Road, Boer Parish, Louisiana. Please jury District 3 Associates 4913 Shed Road on behalf of Mr. Past and asking for a u an 8ft fence. I don't know how much y'all went over this project in y'all's premeating. Um, but we were going to be coming forward um with a conditional use application for uh as you aware, this this site is on the other side of the uh railroad tracks. Uh not any visibility. So, we're going to be coming to you next month uh for a conditional use approval. Um the fence is hopefully going to be a a pro vote today. going to be coming next month for a architectural variance.

He's essentially barn um shop a architectural variance, a landscaping variance. Uh I don't remember what the third one is. It's gravel variance. It's existing gravel. I mean those those are the existing things. So I'll answer any questions you may have. Um, Ryan, this is for storage of the school stages and personal storage. Yeah. And it's not uh

Yes. in personal storage. It it's it's basically his um he's into um setting up stages for concerts. Uh so he's not going to be having a concerts on the opposite side of the river. Doesn't have customers. His customers are like the University of Southern Arkansas. Yeah. his stuff is generally not on site. Um, it may be weeks and weeks, move it in, move it out, maybe coming back in from southern Arkansas or, you know, Louisiana Tech at 10 or 11, not 10 or 11, like 1 or 2 in the morning to move things in. And so, right, what kind of what kind of gate is he going to have there? Well,

I just want to make sure it's safe for him if you know where I'm going. if you're going with the railroad tracks and getting on that. I am unsure. I know it's a Okay, he is it's a chain link for the fence. I'm sure it's I'm sure it's a push button. Okay. Um but it will be secured. That's why another reason he's wanting the fence for screening and security and all of that stuff cuz you know he keeps his stuff here. But I don't know if it's mechanical or if it's electric or Yeah. I don't I think you know where I'm coming from. Yeah. Get on the track and you know he's sick. Yes. So he's been operating that. So but I don't know if it's mechanical or electrical. Okay. Okay. But today is just about the fence. Just about the fence today. Okay.

I'm good. All right. Any other any other questions? Any comments from the public? Yes, sir.

Good afternoon, Dr. David Nelson. If you sign Have you signed in, sir? I have signed in.

Thank you, sir. Uh, this property we're talking about is at 5501 Benton Road and I believe I own the property 5601 Bent Road right behind it on the highway and then All right. I have an access road given to me by the railroad company that allows us to use to cross the railroad onto the property. And then there's a 20 foot access road that goes parallel to the railroad northward toward the fence. Okay. And then a second 20 foot access uh going westward over the levy. Okay. My question is, how is your fence

going to interfere with my ability to access my property? I was unaware that he was using the property for access. Um, here you go. But in in saying such, we're staying 100% on to our property with any of the fencing. So the the existing 20 foot road rightway that you're discussing um the fence is is on our property because as it stands right now there's a pole right down in the middle of that 20 foot access road that someone has tried to take out of take the fence out but it's smack in the middle of the road.

So I don't know that's we're we're not planning on doing he's fencing his property. um we've staked it out his within his limits of his property. So, um this gentleman's access is should remain undisturbed. Okay? And if it doesn't, then um if you have any questions, I mean should be clearly on that if you look at the the diagram, it is it's within his property and that's the road access on the parallel and adjacent to the railroad right away. Doctor, if I can just ask you a question. So, is yours your rightway on the u uh Union Pacific property or is it on this gentleman's property? It's on the Union Pacific.

Pacific property from well from the Union Pacific ditch. Yep. That's 20 foot easement that was that I purchased when I purchased the property. Okay. Given to me, extending north. Okay. Right. So, I see how yours is behind Ryan. I see how his property is behind your clients. So, I'm just kind of You also do see the road rightway ex outside of our property. So, how does it get across? But how does it get across north?

That's I I don't know. I I was unaware that somebody was using the property for access, but there is a road rightway. So, I'm assuming that's where you go up the road right away because you had Ma'am, could you could you also Could you also sign in? Oh, she did. You just got to state your name, too. Valerie. Okay, Miss Valerie. So, again, all we're doing is fencing my uh client's property. Any means of egress, ingress, and egress, we are not disturbing. if it's on the the road right away, if that's what they're discussing, um it will be maintained and

okay to so there is no rightway across your client's property. I'm unaware of any rightway across my client's property or any private servitude of access across my property. If you look at the diagram and the plan that you have before you, you clearly see the 20 foot road right away. I'm assuming that's where he is accessing his property. I'm unaware, but it runs parallel and adjacent to the western line of the um Union Pacific Railroad right away. And that as soon as you cross that the And you take a right. Yeah. So that's going to be is the is the gate? The gate. Do you go through the gate now? You can't get through the gate there.

That's so But are you able to get to your house with without even getting through the gate? So like how are you maintaining your access now? I had my access before there was a gate. But I'm saying now that there is a gate, how do you get to your home? I can't get to my Don't have a home there. Okay. So again, I was unaware of this. I'll have to discuss gate onto the onto the he's onto his rideway. He's the gate is supposed to be on his property. We're staking the gate. If we need to adjust that, um if y'all have concerns about it, I'm coming to you next month. I can get that answered and we can this this month. Okay. Because if that's if that's the question, this is just for a fence, right? We're not talking about

just for the 8oot fence. Yeah. Right. But the location, not the not really a gate. Well, there's an existing gate out there. There's an existing I don't know 8 foot chain link gate. How long is that? That is that is it's a gate and he's connecting to that existing gate with an 8ft board fence. These individuals, I don't know how they access their property. There's a there's a road rightway. I'm assuming that is where the ride ofway is supposed to go or that is where their access is supposed to go down the public right away. Yeah. Um we're just wanting to fence our property. I would like to help these individuals out with their access, but

yeah, if there is no clear access through my uh private servitude of access through my client's property and they're supposed to be going along the road right ofway. I mean, I don't know. It's a rightway. There was a road right there was a road there and now it's no longer there. When you turn over into your into that property and you have something sitting over on this left, it was a road going right there to go over the railroad track. It has since it's been gone. It's gone. Now it's nothing but brass over there. And and you can't even go up to the railroad track anymore.

Yeah. But that's But that's not on your client's property. That again that this is on the Union Pacific's property. Do you have that rightway? It's a rideway. Do you have the diagram in front of you? No, I can't. I'm um I'm not a show. Yeah, we have that. We have that and we're looking at the roads, but we're we we're not quite sure. difficult. My my concern, Ryan, is that as if they were to cross over the track and go down a a servitude, right? Then when they cross over to get back to their property, are they crossing on your client's property or somebody

that's what that's what he's discussing, but the 20 foot is not on us. Just want to make sure everybody's clear about the 20 foot is left open so you can get in there all the way because no longer get in there and as long as I can get across the railroad track and take a right I'm good because it's all the way up to the railroad track. We're staking up. Yes, we're going to stake the property out. In fact, I told him one foot in the property on his property. We're going to put the the fence in time to the the metal gate. Yeah, doctor. I think you're good. He's his fence is going to be on his property. So, it should still have to right away. We don't care about the fence or the high.

I totally agree. I mean, and and I'll bring this up to my because he asked us to stay because it is a long run. If you could work with the Nelson's, we'd we'd appreciate that. Absolutely. What is y'all's phone number? I'll make sure that my client okay I think I think we're good I think we're good say again

do you know Mr. Paxton and Eric Paxton. Okay. Well, I'm going to get I'm going to get y'all meeting up um so y'all can discuss it. He's he's asked us to stake that fence. So, he if he is approved today that we'll stake and we'll make sure that we stake it at the location shown um not within that 20 foot rideway. Yep. On his on his property so he doesn't disturb any of their access. All right. Very good. That's good. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Any further comments here? Anyone have a motion? I move we approve land 2526 as written. I second.

We've got a motion to approve and a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Hearing none.

Michelle seconded first. Ryan, thank you for working with the Nelson on that. We appreciate it. That passes next, please.

Yeah. How are we doing this? Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous. Preliminary. Yeah. Should we get preliminary? Yep. Go to preliminary. Miscellaneous is before preliminary. Yeah, I see that though.

Uh we have CMC742026. The Bojer City Parish MPC is requesting approval of a resolution authorizing Carlaua Ascu Brown to execute the contract with House Associates Incorporated for the professional services related to the update of the comprehensive plan and unified development code and further authorizing the reduction of the MPC fund balance by $326,677 and increasing the 2026 consultant services balance by $326,000 I'm sorry consultant services budget by $326,667 board if you will um we are a little bit past due on updating our comprehensive plan and unified development code uh previously we did one in 2003 and subsequently we did one in 2013 um due to COVID and some other issues, we were delayed in starting that process. So, we were given the green light to start last year. Last year, we drafted an RFP back in March to start the search for consultants. We had a couple of consultants respond and we uh had interviews for the consultants that responded to the RFP. Out of that RFP, we had an interview committee interview the consultants. They had they all came here and they were in the council chambers and uh that interview committee asked them some very hard questions and essentially voted on a consultant which was the half consultant. Um since then we have been working on the contract agreement and we are working with the city council and of course the police jury to start moving forward with that contract. Um just to give you a little background on where we

are. um 2013 doesn't reflect where we are today. We have new infrastructure issues, we have transportation issues, and just like we heard earlier, we have uh zoning use issues. And so all of that can and will be evaluated during the comprehensive plan update and the UDC update. The comprehensive plan is essentially our roadmap. It is our vision and the UDC is the enforcement tool behind that. So uh to try to save you know some money we decided to run both of those together and the consultant agreed with that. So uh within that master plan comprehensive update we will have a robust uh team. They will be here. They will be present and on site. We will also have an advisory board. We will have a technical committee. Um, we will also have a website that showcases where we are in the plan moving forward and any deliverables uh that we have moved forward on. So, we want it to be actionable. We want it to be available. We want the community to have access to it. And we want to hear from them because this is for them. This is for the stakeholders. And so, we just want to know how do we need to grow? What are the quality of life components that we're missing from today? What do we need to do to move forward? because we are growing very fast to the point where at some point we had to put a moratorum on development because we were just outgrowing what we could maintain. Um so this is essentially given us the green light to move forward with this consultant. This project will take roughly 18 to 24 months. We are anxious to get started on it and so are they. But we want to make sure that we are incorporating everyone into this solution and that also would include the school boards air force base who just recently updated their AKUS plan to also tie into this unified development code

and comprehensive plan update. So um all of these are are are actually waiting on this plan to be completed so that we can move forward with a fresh new start on where we need to grow, how we need to grow and be responsible about how we grow. Carla, I might just add to that. Uh I was part of that selection committee uh doing conducting interviews and I think we're all very impressed with the selection with uh Half and Associates.

Yeah, I know that group has done a lot of work and there's a lot of work left to be done, but this is the first step to uh to begin to uh get that UDC in place. Any more questions or comments from the board? We have any public comment?

Ruth Pope Johnston. I respectfully rise to ask for postponement of execution of the contract with Half Associates. As you know, the matter has been postponed at both the city council and police jury level. Since the contract in its finality involves all three parties, I ask that you not prematurely execute the document singularly. The process started conversationally probably before a long time before uh 2025, but at the time it was started and the RFP was created and the vendor selection was undertaken. Our new city council who took office in January 2026, I believe, was not involved. The citizens are asking, the citizens are asking that city council, our current city council, that they do be involved and go back to the foundational basis of um the RFP, the process and selecting this um this particular vendor. Our city council now more stringently follows the money than before. This is all taxpayer money, no matter whose bucket it falls into. And also, we're not talking about $326,000. We're talking about $980,000, almost a million bucks for this. A million bucks of taxpayer dollars. We're only asking that our city council retrace and uh and be part of the process. Please recall that to date, the public has had no opportunity to speak on this issue to inform acceptance or concerns. At bare minimum, I know I believe the top two finalists. One was a Louisiana company, one was a Texas company. Um, was the project chosen by low bidder? I know it does not have to be, but was it? And was was it chosen one because one has more expertise in senior neighborhood redevelopment, uh, a specialization in that area? I do not

understand why this project is a dire emergency. It's like no one is dying. Let's slow this down and get it, as you all said before in another project, let's get it get it right. We will live with this new enforcement tool in our new land use vision for 10 to 15 years. Uh we are not opposed to growth, speaking for the citizens, we are not opposed to updated UDC's. We just believe that we need to have consensus and buy in from all stakeholders and currently we do not. We don't want our city council, the one who will give authority for this ultimately to be decided to not have a seat at the table. Going back to the beginning, even the legislative auditor agrees that the Metropolitan Planning Commission is a um component unit of our city and and that is in our organizational plan. So, please let's slow down. Let's get it right. We're going to live with this a long time. Please, I appreciate your consideration.

Carla, do you have any comment? This this will be she she's not wrong in the fact that when we started this the current sitting administration some of them were not in place.

However, we received the go from the Boer City Administration and from the Bozer Parish Police Jury to move forward with this. Um if we decide to delay then it just pushes it down into possibly another vote for a new city council. So at what point do we start the process? This will not exclude any community members. The point of getting started is so that we can include them so that we can hear their voices. Um so um it's never to exclude, it's always to include and we this company was also selected if I remember correctly art was because of their outreach methodology was one of the higher components as to why they were selected. Correct.

Um but it it's totally up to you. We have we've started it the the process will take two years. If we delay it, then we could possibly be into another election season and have to start over again. And I think it's really important that to note that that the city council is very much will be very much involved. The public will be very much involved. U so but it it there is a a point where you have to begin and um yeah, I think that it's I think we're years behind working toward a new DC.

We were supposed to start in 2021. Um, but because of staffing and COVID, we just didn't have we weren't robust enough to do it. Goer has some problems that are good problems in that there's growth and we've heard growth. Yes. Uh, you have to have a master plan and if you don't, you're just sort of throwing darts at the wall and hope they all sort of land in a in a way that they make that they make sense. if you'll approach and a quick question. Come up to the thing.

Can you you'll need to come to the podium. Yeah. Um I understood there was a comment made that both the police jury and the city council had given their go-ahad to move forward and I just am not aware that there was a vote taken on that and that's not my understanding at all. So no um not the city council the administration which gave us the green light to start the RFP process. Right. But of course the city council is the one who'll execute the document. Correct. And that's why it's they will have an opportunity to vote and have input on it. I might add one thing if you will. There's never a perfect time to start anything.

There is you either you keep kicking the can down the road or you start. I think it's time to start. I will also state on that interview panel was the uh Boer City administrator CEO Amanda Noddingham and Ken Ward from the Boer Parish Police Jury who both were participants on this election process. Right. So I wouldn't have been able to do that without that permission which that's why we put a lot of effort into it. Yeah. I just got it. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. Yes sir. I can just add and it that the proposed portion from the city council has been submitted to be on the agenda for the next city council meeting which is April the 30th. So the public will have an opportunity to unless the council passes it again I mean passes it off of their agenda the the public will have an opportunity to review all of that on April the 30th and May the 12th. Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Quickly, I need to know if this proposed redevelopment includes my neighborhood

Alice Green and I'm on the list. It Well, it's a it's a unified development code and it is an overencompassing uh set of instructions for the city to move forward. It'll include everybody's neighborhood. Okay. So they're not in essence taking my property like imminent. Oh, absolutely. Oh, no. Okay. Oh, no. This is trying to avoid

u confusion on the direction of the city as we move forward. Uh so you'll have plans for this type of activity, this area, and this type here and and these others are protected or you know there but there'll be a plan. No plan right now. So we'll have notice for Yes. And and lots of public input. Yeah. Okay. This is just like one step and a pretty long journey, but it's got to begin somewhere. All right. Thank you.

Yes. And ju this will encompass Boer City and five miles outside into the parish. And we're having issues as we've seen today. There's issues on policy. There's issues on procedure. there's issues about traffic and the plan is initiated to actually evaluate those issues to find remedies for them so that we can stop merging over into areas that we probably should merge into. So we want to evaluate those as a part of this process and everyone will absolutely be invited to that. Ryan, did you have

Ryan Estus Railian Associates 4913 Shed Road? I problems with any of thing y'all are talking about. I just want to make sure everybody I'm looking y'all in the eyes when y'all do this and I've been a part of this process multiple times from ordinances in the parish ordinances in the city put moratoriums and most of the time the comments that we have as a consulting community just go one in one ear and out the other and we see things very particular in a from a very different perspective of light than all of y'all may see things. So, please take that public consideration and the consultant considerations and comments with with an actual, you know, I I guess to heart. So, we're I guess believe me, I'm in this the UDC as much in these ordinances as much as anybody in this entire parish and I'm very well verssed in them. Most of the time it goes one ear out the other. So, please do not do that.

Thank you. Okay. Any further comment? All right. I'll make a motion. Do we have Do we have a gentleman?

Yes, sir. Good afternoon. I wasn't going to have much to say this afternoon till I heard of what everyone else had come up with, but I'd like you to put yourselves in any one of this particular c businesses customers in their position. They're asking you to agree to let the these overflow parking lot 250 ft away from their front door across the side the other side of the road.

What the kind of customer are they going to get in the middle of winter in the dead of summer when it's 95 degrees has to walk 200 semi across an unpaved yard way and across that bastard driveway out of parking lot that's used to other people. Okay. Or you're you're commenting on the on the feasibility of this but not on the current thing that we have on the floor. We're currently talking about the UDC uni unified development code passing that but you're referring back to the chiropractor. Right. Okay. Away. Yes, sir. Okay.

And then once it's there you have this permit that property then becomes commercial. Okay. Once it is commercial, who's be next to take over this property? What are they going to do with it? And how's that going to affect our properties? Okay. Thank you for your name, please. Yeah. State your name into the microphone, please. You signed in. Will you state your name, please? Yes. Danny Green, 251 Douglas. Thank you. All right. Okay. Um, any further comment up here? No. Do we have a uh somebody have a motion? UDC. Yeah, I approve it, but I don't know what to

Well, I'm going to uh approve uh uh Well, this is miscellaneous. So, is this it requires a vote? Well, this doesn't move. Does this move forward to a public or this is this is just a one time? This is it because this is not a preliminary. Uh recommend that we approve C miscellaneous 74-2026. Second. Have motion and second to approve. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Hearing none. That motion passes. Okay. And to the preliminary.

Okay. Go ahead. Right. We have P Z N422026. the application of Jacob Malone and Associates for Philip Rogers for a zoning amendment to change the zoning classificate of a certain tract of land being 4.966 acres more or less from RA resident agriculture to I1 light industrial to construct buildings for light industrial use Sherry District 5. Okay. Jacob Malone and Associates 4913 Shed Road, Boer City. Here to answer any questions y'all might have. Let's see.

Jeff, I don't have any questions. There's a lot of appears to be light industrial in that area right now anyway. So, yes, sir. No questions. No questions. Any any questions or comments from the public? See, now we've got one member that stepped out. We need to wait on Do we need to wait, Miss Carla? Yeah, you guys can move forward. We have a Okay, I'll entertain a motion. Okay, I'll I'll make a motion that we move uh Pzone 42-2026 to a public hearing. Second. Got a motion and a second to move that to public hearing. All those in favor say I. I

any opposed hearing? None. Okay, that passes.

And the next one C Z N442026 the application of Jacob Malone and Associates for Folia LLC for a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 4.296 296 acres more or less from RND residence medium density to B3 general business located in section 33 township 19 north range 13 west boer city Louisiana for the future commercial development within Folia development city council district 5 police tree district 6. Uh Ryan Estis Rail and Associates here on behalf of Folia LLC um to answer any questions y'all may have.

No, this is this is to preliminary to move it to public. I don't uh I don't have any questions. I don't have any questions. Any questions or comments from the public uh to entertain a motion? Okay. I recommend we move C zone 44 to 2026 to public hearing. I second. Have a motion in a second. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed?

Okay. Like that passes and we need to Yes, we approve the minutes. Move we approve the qualifying commission minutes March 12th, 2026. Second. Got a motion and a second to approve the March 12th minutes. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? for the uh workshop minutes. Move we approve the workshop minutes for 3127. Second. Got a motion and a second. Uh all those in favor say I.

I. Any opposed? Hearing none. That passes. Uh old or new business? Any old or new business? Yes, we do. Hey, how you doing?

Good. Jeff Duber NPC zoning administration supervisor. Just a few months ago, we talked about going to bodywn cameras for the zoning office. Want to let y'all know that they are in uh we put them into service on March 25th. Uh the cameras are going to serve twofold. One, they're going to be like a silent witness whenever we're out and about. Thought for good for documentation, court, or everything else. Uh a static picture is good, but sometimes having video is better. Uh the video itself will be maintained by the Bojer City Police Department. We're currently operating under their standard operating procedures for bodywn cameras and uh they'll be taking care of the administration of the footage and the evidence and things like that. Uh we're still in the training phase. We're still learning the cameras. It's going well. Hopefully in a couple months I can come back and give you all positive report on how things are. But I just want to let you know that we have them when we are using them.

Good. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. We wait one additional item. There's more. But wait, there's more. Thank you, Jeff.

Item item 23 is to amend the 2026 MPC application and deadline and meeting dates. Um, as stated earlier, we had to change our meeting dates to a Thursday to accommodate the renovations that were happening in the city council chambers. I have been informed that we will be moving back there in May. However, we will still need to be here in May because it will not be ready in time for our meeting, but we will reconvene our regular program schedule uh in June of 2026 and we will continue on with our Monday meetings. Okay. Okay. Okay. Nothing to We don't need to move.

We just need to vote to approve the amended. I'll make a motion we approve the amended 2026 NPC application deadlines and meeting dates. Second. Got a motion and a second to approve. All in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? Hearing none. And with that, I will adjourn the meeting with my