Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

I'd like to call uh tonight's city of Covington Planning Commission meeting uh to order. Let's all stand for the pledge of allegiance, please. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Um, roll call, please. Mr. Boon, here. Mr. Davidson, here. Miss Sords here. Mr. Duvik here. Mr. Pot here.

Mr. Hudson absent. Miss McCay here. Uh, okay. Commissioners, we have the approval of the minutes from the last meeting. Um, commissioners, we have any changes, amendments, corrections. If not, I'll entertain a motion to approve. So moved. And a second. And a second. Mr. G. Mr. Boon. Yes. Mr. Davidson. Yes. Mrs. Swords. Yes. Mr. Duvik. Yes. Mr. Bulock. Yes. Miss McKay. Here. Yes. Okay.

Okay. We have uh one case um tonight's case number 26-05-01 sale. It's a request for the city to sell at private sale a portion of South Monroe Street lying between squares 1403 and 1404 West 14th Avenue and West 15th Avenue. Division of New Covington measuring 300x 50 ft 14,991 square ft. The applicant is Jerry Brazwell. The owner is the city of Covington. Uh Mr. Rodri, would you like to comment? Any comments? Mr. Ge, any comments from the city?

So, public works was originally a little concerned with the drainage. So, as long as we maintain a drainage servitude, they're they're satisfied. And that was the only pickup. Okay. Uh the petitioner is here to to speak. Would you please come to the microphone? State your name and address for the record, please. Jerry Brazwell, 243 South Jefferson, Cington. Do you have anything to that you would like to add, Mr. Brazwell? No. If that's that's what I want to do. Pretty straightforward. Yep. Commissioners, do you have any questions for uh Mr. Brazwell at this time or the city for that matter.

No, we're all good. Um, okay then. Uh, as long as the drainage is taken care of. Sure. We have uh one person in the audience that wants to uh possibly say something or not. Mr. uh Bop, would you like to state your name and address for the record? Okay. Michael Bob. Uh 309 West 15th Avenue, Coington. and I own the entire square of 1404. And just more of a question, you know, so if if uh if the sale happens, I guess it has to be appraised first. So the sale is going to be to the property owners 50/50, I suppose. It's more not in this case.

It's more of a question. In this case, he is applying to buy the entire street himself. He would pay for the entire thing and he would own the property up to your property line. Okay. Okay. I'm not okay with that. No, that's not what we're going to do. Well, that's that's the petition is for. All right. Let me re let me recap what the law is.

There are several processes to revoke a street or to sell a street or to exchange a street. Initially, we had one type of street revocation. You were you were required to get a petition from the property owners on each side of the street and if the city revoked the street, the street reverted to the center line of the street to each property owner and it was free. It was that that particular methodology of street revocation involved giving the street to the adjoining property.

Correct. They then had special legislation passed that gave you several options, exchange, sale, and so on. But in this case, what you have before you is a petition from one property owner to buy the street. So in this case, what's before you is Mr. Brazwell buying the entirety of the street, in which case he will own it. Correct? You don't have anything for Mr. Bop petitioning to buy the street. Correct. Yeah. Mr. Bob concurring in the purchase of the street by Mr. Brazwell.

Now they want to concoct it in a different that fashion. That's fine. But I'm telling you, bro, what you have right now is one person petitioning to buy a street, right? And is it also safe to say though that this that the city was okay with this, Mr. Gay? So I don't the only comment I have from the city is in public works and public works just wants us to reserve a drainage certificate. Let me just throw one more thing out for the purposes of discussion.

The test is is the street no longer needed for public purposes. That that is what your standard is to determine that the street is revokable or sailable that it is not needed for public purposes. No, I understand that, but I was hoping that the city would have had some comments before we're having this meeting. Comment the city had was that the public works director and the city engineer were concerned about sheep flow drainage going to Simpson Creek across this property and wanted a drainage servitude reserve. But it but in general, no. But short of that, there was no there was no object. Okay. Right. All right. Mr. Bob, you want

So I'm totally against it. I I I'm I you know I I don't understand how one property owner can take the street all the way to my property line. Not only that, there's another neighbor here that is not on his property and he's going to own that next to their property, too. That's and and what we've already discussed how we're going to divide this. You're gonna get everything on your side. She's gonna get hers on the front side and I'm gonna get the back side. Get% hold on hold on a second because we're not having this go through the the right channels

channels here. Um, okay. We've heard your point. Does anybody have any questions? We'll let Mr. Brazwell, you can come up and state what you have to state. And Mr. Bump, you're welcome to Okay.

continue in this discussion. The intention from the start was Mr. Bot was going to get everything on his side. S Miss Noin is going to get half of on the side that I'm going to get. So I'm going to get 25%. She's going to get 25%. He's going to get 50%. Now if it's if you sell it to me, I'll we'll have to handle it and that won't be a problem. Whatever it costs, that's what you're going to pay. talking about I I just did what I was told to do.

All four property owners would have need to have been the petitioner. Correct. Well, I got I got waiverss from every property owner saying yes, they would like to close this street. It is of no use and we discussed how we were going to do it. So the fact that it's going to come to me means that I will then divide it out like we had discussed previously. It's in the packet the letters from the people. I think there's a little Mr. Bob was maybe misunderstanding something. Mr. Bob, are you okay with uh Sir,

are you okay with what he's saying if if he follows through with that? I mean, I need you to the microphone. I mean, and we can handshake and between us two, that's fine. It's okay with me, but once he buys it, he doesn't have to sell it to me. I mean, you know what I mean? I know. But I understand what you're saying. And I we've owned this this square for over 100 years. So, that's not a functional street right now. No, no, no, no, no. It's woods. It's woods, right? No, stay. Yeah, just one. And we now understand that Mr. Bob wants to make sure he gets his I just want to make sure I get half. He got half

and and Mr. Bradwell had stated that from what I gathered from the record. All right. Okay. Okay. Well, and also can I make the statement uh that it's safe to say that this will go before the council. Really a recommendation. Yeah. So, we'll we'll make a recommendation, but it still goes to the council for the final. And that will allow you all to get any an memorandum of understanding between the parties before it goes to the council. You'll have it the ability to to go to the council and speak on it as well. And if you don't have so desire to go with our recommendation, whatever that may be. Okay. Okay. And and one one question, what is the position of the city of Coington on the open culprits on 14th

in front of I don't know. Yeah, that's another discussion. Okay. Um is I don't have any other papers for anybody to sign. So I mean that wants to speak. So with that um commissioner any questions or comments for anyone? Should you something be other than what they've said? I have a statement on record saying they agreed all agreed to divide or is that another filing? They stated it in the video. So reach an agreement amongst themselves.

Yeah. or we can deal with it when we concoct the ordinance itself. Could you just make a recommendation that the streets no longer need a public per council has to pass an ordinance of exactly what they want to do and perhaps either the Mr. Bob and Mr. Bradwell can advise us they've reached an amicable agreement uh and it can go forward like it is or council could specifically adopt their ordinance because they regarding the aortionment among the property owners but it's certainly easier for us if we get one appraisal do one sale then they'll get

yeah they can tidy it up between then and there yeah okay well yeah because this the paperwork that was in our packets. I mean, I know um has their statements that they have no objection to closure. That's not saying I want to buy it. That's saying I don't care if Mr. Bradwell buys it. It's completely different. It's not an application by them to buy the street. But we just heard from Yeah, we just heard from Mr. B and so I'm okay with that. And Mr. Brown. Any other questions, commissioners? If not, I will entertain a motion.

Make make a motion to uh recommend to rec Yeah. To recommend the uh the sale the revocation the revocation for the city and sale and sale. Yeah. All right. Second. And we have a second roll call. Mr. Boon, yes. Mr. Davidson, yes. Miss Swords, yes. Mr. Dubic, yes. Mr. Bullock, yes. Miss McKay, yes. Okay, that's finished. Uh, thank you all. Um, other business, Miss G,

make sure you finish your ethics training, please, and your sexual harassment prevention training if you haven't done that yet. Would you be kind enough to let us know by email who who needs what? We'll we'll double check on everything for you. Um and also uh you will have a meeting next month, June 15th. June 15th. Yes. So save the date. All right. Um with that, if there's no other discussion, the meeting will be adjourned. Say I I Thank you. Okay. Teddy, you kind of went below.