Metropolitan Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Thank you. It's not cold, isn't it? It's not. Thank God. All right. I have the time as 2:03 p.m. And I'd like to call the Monday, September 8th, 2025 Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting to order. Um, our invocation today will be uh done by Mr. Think pen and our pledge of allegiance by Colonel Hen. Please rise.

Stand while while I pray. Dear Lord, thank you for this uh for this city, for this uh body of volunteers that work on this board. Uh we thank you for the military that we have here, Lord, the Air Force and their presence. We pray for those individuals we uh include in that our uh first responders, police, fire, and all the all the city. Lord, that we just ask that you watch over them. We thank you for all that you do for us and for this city. And uh we just would ask for your wisdom and our decisions made in this board that they would honor you in Jesus precious name. Amen.

Amen. Hey, Colonel wanted to recognize you. Glad to have you here and representing Barksdale. So would you all please join me in the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to theublic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

All right, Katie, if we can have our roll call, please. And our decorum statement. Jim Fun, Mr. Fun, Dave Haden here, ma'am. Donnie McDaniel here. Michelle Wallace here. Uh, Art Schultton is absent. Jeff Digpin here. Chris Turner here. And we do have a quorum. All right. So, I need to get a motion and a second to approve our agenda. Do the decorum speech right now.

Oh, I'm sorry. In accordance with Louisiana open meeting law, the Boer City Parish MPC ask for order and decorum at our meetings. Please silence your cell phones. For anyone who wishes to address the commission on any item on the agenda, we ask that you come forward. Identify yourself for the audio record and sign in. Speakers must address the NPC board at all times. For those that would like to make a comment on an item, please limit your comment to three minutes on a particular item that's up for discussion. All other audience members are asked to observe the meeting quietly. If there's a need for an audience member to hold a conversation or take a phone call, you're asked to please step out of the meeting. Thank you, Katie. All right.

I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as written.

A second. All right, that motion carries. Okay, so next on the agenda is our visitors, Miss Lynn Brian with Keep Boer Beautiful. Hello. Well, thank you for allowing me to come and share a little bit with you guys about some of the things that Keep Boer Beautiful is doing to work with you and others to keep Bojer Parish in Bojer City clean and green. So, I wanted to share a few things we've done this year, just some highlights. We started out the year um by um recycling 200 Christmas trees at Cypescu, building fish habitat. In January, I went to the Keep America Beautiful Conference in Washington DC with Lieutenant Governor and others and met with our legislators to request resources to enhance our welcome to Boer Gateways. We planted 50 bald cypress trees in South Boer. We partner with local businesses that do a great job of keeping their flower beds and the exteriors of their buildings clean and green. and uh we give them a uh gift card and a sign because we want them to uh know that we appreciate them taking care of our communities. We had our first uh trashing show. That's um a fashion show made from trash uh with our students this year and it went really well. And we do work to take care of our flower beds at our gateways even in the rain. We also have our big cleanup that we do once a year. It's called Operation Clean Sweep in partnership with the city and the Bojer Sheriff's Office and the police jury. And this year we had an amazing team as always. We had 14,000

pounds of debris removed from our community. We planted 50 B uh 50 trees in Brownley Park or North Boer Park and when uh most of those were dwarf magnolia and two weeks later they were blooming and it was so gorgeous there. There's another beautifification award winner. And we work with our students. We worked with fourth and fifth graders this year to pick up number one plastics. And you'd be surprised what fourth graders would do for a pizza party, but it was very successful and educational. And this is our compactor that's back behind the courthouse in Benton. And uh it is uh was donated by Keep Boer Beautiful for recycling of paper and cardboard. And that's some of the uh courthouse employees that were in a contest to recycle. And these are some of the students from local high schools who worked to clean up their campuses. And we partnered this year for the first time with Shripport Green for a double citywide cleanup. We are working on the Greatest American Cleanup. And we had our first uh ever large water cleanup at Lake Bistano. and we literally picked up a ton of debris out of the uh lake and it was really a very good uh response and we've been super blessed by the Lord. We've gotten several grants that are helping us in this work. Our Ae Foundation grant will enhance our outdoor classroom. It's a 22 foot trailer that we will pull up into the school parking lot. We'll unload our canopies and tables and chairs and then rotate the fourth graders through there for litter education. And then we've got a couple of grants with Keep Louisiana Beautiful. One of which you may have already seen some uh results of this grant on our local channel 3 TV, some awareness ads and some billboard ads with Lamar.

And we were really fortunate to land a $20,000 grant with Keep America Beautiful for um helping to get rid of the number one recycled item in the world, which is cigarette butts. And we are placing these receptacles on the east bank, at the lake, and various parks around Boer to hopefully allow individuals a safe place to dis to dispose of their cigarette butts. And we're also working with Keep America Beautiful for our greatest 250th anniversary. Uh we are partnering with all 700 affiliates in America to kick to pick up 250 billion with a B pieces of litter but before our 250th anniversary. We've been working on this for two years and that'll uh we'll finish that up in July. And we just last last Friday, my team doesn't even know about this yet. We got a Arbor Day Foundation grant for almost $14,000 for a program called Plant a Tree, Plant a Flag. And we'll be giving away 250 trees on November the 8th and 250 trees on the 15th in between Veterans Day to honor our veterans and prepare for our 250th uh anniversary. And I just want to finish up with this this last slide here. Uh keep America beautiful. To be in good standing with an affiliate, you have to do an annual review of litter in your parish. All 700 affiliates in the me in America use the same statistical method to measure litter. And when we started measuring litter here in Boer Parish, uh we were pretty amazed at how much litter we did have because it goes out in all of the rural areas. We measure it on a scale of 1 to four. One is no litter. Number four is incredibly littered. So 5 years ago we had a score of 1.77. This year I'm very pleased to report

that we had a score of 1.49. And that is the culmination of a lot of individuals and agencies working together. That's the sheriff's office, the police, I mean the sheriff's office, the city, the parish, DOTD, and others who are contributing to that. But we are seeing a decrease in litter in our parish. I hope you guys have noticed it too. We're pretty excited about it. And then I'll just end with our fundraiser that we have coming up on September the 21st. If anybody might want to support our work and our mission, uh you can find information about this on our website at kitbos.com. Let me just end by saying that we want to partner with you. If you have projects that fit within our realm of responsibility, we'd love to hear from you and help you in any way because we're all working for the same thing to keep Bojer Parish clean and green. So, um, that's all that I have.

Thank you, Miss Brian. I would like to say that Miss Brian had a team out cleaning out the ditches over by Hobby Lobby and five uh I mean Five Below. I mean, how many uh carts did you retrieve? 16 shopping carts out of that ditch beside Hobby Lobby. Yeah. 16 shopping carts out of there. So, they are doing the dirty work on behalf of Boer City Boer Parish. I mean, I think they were fighting off snakes and some other things to keep snapping turtles to keep Bojer beautiful. So, we commend you on the work that you do for Bojon honor to represent this group. Thank you guys. Thank you so much.

I think uh the next on the agenda is Colonel Lance McInness um with the second division mi mission support group commander.

So, good afternoon everyone. Lance McKinnis, the mission support group commander here at Barkstdale Air Force Base. I was asked to come by Miss Ascu Brown and so sort of a open forum for you all to ask me questions. I'll give you a quick update on on where we are and what we've got going on as far as things that you're probably already tracking. So our I220 gate is still currently on track to open in the April time frame. So a little uh less than a year from now. Um so we'll work through that. Also, I know you all are tracking that the MAC and Barksdale. We went down and talked to the Louisiana legislature and we got some funding to help offset um some of the uh new gate to make it a four-star entrance to the gate coming in uh to the to the base. So, I know we'll work through that. also working with Senator Bass and the legislature earlier this year. We got extended out the no drone zone around Barkstdale Air Force Base and I know we worked that also with our uh first responders in the local area to make them aware of that and they were on board with that as well. So those are uh a few big things we have going on. Um also we've got 75 new airmen and their families coming on board in the next six months. So that's going to be schools, that's going to be housing, that's going to be all those things that go go with those families that'll be coming in. And the majority of those will be defenders. So with the new mission set that we've got scheduled to come in in the 28 29 time frame, um we're just building up to get ready for that new mission set.

And so with that, those are the big rocks we have, but I'll open the floor for any questions, concerns, or anything that that you may have. Two questions. Yes sir. Colon one and that you mentioned the 28 29 time frame. Don't want to get too specific on the mission, but how many people do you think might be coming? So we've already brought in we brought 100 airmen in and their families last fiscal year.

We've got another 75 coming in and that's just for the defenders. And so I know of another 10 airman families coming in for a special communication uh security program that'll be associated with it. And then we also have another 100 families on the maintenance side. So the maintenance of the new weapon system that's coming online. Um but they'll come a little later closer to to the mission set. Um so we've got a significant mission increase that's coming. And so with that, we've been our uh school liaison officers have been getting word out through the school systems and all because it's going to be a we're in the ultimate team sport with you all with the mission set we have coming and with the uh people and airmen that we'll have coming in where their schools and housings and utilities, you name it. You know, just think of what that's going to do for for the local area and for Barkstdale. Yes, sir.

The new gate, will that be open? Is that a restrictive gate or will it be uh can anyone come in that gate? So that will as of right now, we'll see how the traffic flow works once we open it, but the intent is for that to be the new main entrance for Barkstdale Air Force Base. Colonel, we uh going going back to the air show, we invited some legislators from South Louisiana. Mhm.

I believe 39 showed up and the majority of those 39 told me that at 2:00 they needed to be on a bus and leaving. At 4:30 only one had left. You blew absolutely blew them away. And I think in turn they have come back saying uh they want all 105 representatives and I think 39 senators to come. And I think they are going to give you guys $250,000 for the air show. I think that's what they had mentioned before.

So sir, you're you're correct. I don't know the exact breakout, but from our take we hosted a little under a hundred elected officials, whether that was federal, state, local, it was a little over a little under a hundred. Um, and it was a great time for everybody from what from the feedback we received.

And the uh I think it's the speaker of the Louisiana Senate. Am I saying that right? The president of the Senate. um he did um make a change in that from now on, if I'm saying this correctly and understand it correctly, they are going to fund the air show every two years the same way they fund the Sugar Bowl. Whatever funding stream and whatever amount, it will be treated the same way. Good. You guys did just a fantastic job. Yeah, like I said though, it's it's a partnership especially with all the things that we have going on and so it was a a great success on on our side as well with the air show.

Colonel, what are y'all going to do with the land where the golf course was there? Is that turn into housing?

So, I don't want to speak out of term. We've got a a new I got a new boss, right? And we also have a new fourstar change of command coming up. We're just waiting on the Senate confirmation process for uh for the current fourstar to go to his next job. So that's sort of the hold up in the timing, but there will be a change of command coming up. I would think probably in the next 60 days, probably if I were to guess. Um so once General Busier gets the Senate confirmation to whatever his new position will be, um then that'll free up for his replacement to come in. So be on the lookout for that. And I've heard multiple things in regards to that land. Um, and so

wait and see, huh, Right. It may go back to what it was before. We'll just see. Okay.

But those those are talks going on if we can somehow partner with the with the local community to possibly bring that that golf course back. And like I said, I don't want to speak out of term, but those are some things we're talking about. Um, years ago we used to get appropriated dollars where we could sustain a golf course and think, but that with the federal budget the way it is, we don't get those dollars anymore. So, it would have to be self- sustaining. And so, I don't know if we could do that on our own. And so, we may have to reach out and do some try to do some type of partnership with the local community if we want to try to bring that 18-hole course back or whether we start with maybe just nine, see how that goes and then get into. But there are discussions that we're starting to make in regards to do that. But housing is is not on the

okay on and as a matter of fact we're going to uh demo more of our uh historic housing on base that's already been approved and so we'll be demoing some of those uh older historic homes later this year in 26. Colonel, uh, are you able to speak on the program that sends airmen home for the holidays?

Yes. So, that program is is we work that with the MAC, the Military Affairs Council. I'm sure you all are aware of that. And so, we raise money on base. Uh, the MAC is hosting a golf tournament to raise money for it. And then all the proceeds and we sell tickets. You come on base and it's a it's an Oktoberfest event. We got an October Fest like band and and the uh and all those kind of things. And then all the money raised we will uh we work through our first sergeants of course and and we send airmen home whether we buy them gas so that they can get home or um we've also bought uh airline tickets and so we've sent last year we sent two or three airmen home back to the the continent of Africa to visit over the holidays with their families. So, it's I think we did what a little over 16 17,000 last year if I remember right and we were able to to send help send a lot of airmen home for the holidays. So, that's a big event and that's uh October 3rd or 4th. It's in conjunction with celebrate Barksdale. So, when the MAC comes out and they do the big lunch for us on base, that afternoon will be the October Fest event on base. Well, I'd just like to we appreciate everything the Air Force does here and and if there's something that you can you need from this group or somebody in the community, reach out and I think there'll be somebody that would step up.

Yes, sir. And so, Jeff, I work with you in your other capacity. I think I didn't know you did this, but yeah, they came out and cleared um all of our power lines on base for us. So they made a donation to the Air Force in order to be able to do that and so trying to keep the lights on. Big difference, sir. Trying to keep the lights on. That's exactly right. That's exactly right. So, uh, it's been good. But it's a it's a great partnership. I've been in uh the Air Force 28 years, and this with the relationship with the local community here in Barksdale. Um, not exaggerating, but this is the best I've ever seen. And so hopefully we can continue that with the new mission sets that we have coming in in line in the next few years. Thank you.

Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Okay, Katie, I think we can move into our public hearings now. If you don't mind reading the first one on the agenda, we have C Z672025, [Music] the application of Michael Kelch and Associates for AJ Real Estate Holdings LLC, requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 1.837 837 acres more or less from RLD residential low density to B3 general business located at 4208 Benton Road, Boer City, Louisiana for a commercial strip center or an automotive sales lot. Boer uh city council district 5 police district 6.

Hey, good afternoon. Michael Kelch with Railing Associates here representing the owner. Uh, as you know, we've we've been deferred or postponed uh twice and we've narrowed it down to those two items that were just mentioned. So, I'm here to answer any questions you have. See, Michael, I'm um I think we've narrowed it down to what? An auto automobile uh yeah sales lot which you know that that auto shop and I mentioned this to Carolina will have potentially some sort of repair along with it just like in you know all the other car uh dealerships have and maybe some sort of washing station you know I don't know that

and then the other is a like your typical strip center uh that you see around town airline Benton Road yeah that that one for me I can't speaking for the board still has me concerned because on the strip center I don't know what's going to go in there and there is a neighborhood behind and and I think I have a responsibility to protect those neighbors. I think they need to know what's going in and so that's just my kind of thought. U but board if you have any other thoughts

and I think we I sent uh the NPC staff as part of that strip center. Uh it was still scratched out to be what would be in that you know what types of businesses would be in that strip center. Uh just your typical smaller possible restaurant. I mean, you see them subways or and then, you know, office uh potentially bank type things. I mean, just same same situation as as you've seen around around town. I think the concern is, you know, once something is is moved to B3, um there's there's no real way for uh you can't control what's coming in after um to a point and it's it it can become unmanageable for the office with the MPC to just track that over time as to what's been allowed and what has not been allowed or like this list of things being marked off. um that's pretty hard to to to kind of track and keep track of that over time.

Well, I'll say from our standpoint that this particular site, you know, if you look at it more as I think what areas the city would like to see B3, this is it. I mean, you're Benton Road, you got B3 all around you. Uh, I mean, I don't know what else we can do from our side as far as is is, you know, getting this guy land developable. I mean, right now it's a abandoned house that Well, one thing he could do is tell us what he wants to put in there. He doesn't know for sure. He's trying to sell it.

Then why can't he just wait until he figures that out? What What is the rush to turn it to B3 today? Well, I mean, you've got to you've got to get it to B3 to market it to to different So, he's marketing it to centers. And I will say he doesn't know that it's going to be an auto. I will say he he's in the car business and he's here. He can speak. Uh he actually he came to the meeting today. He's leaning towards the car business. uh and you know so if y'all he can come up and speak towards that if y'all want to narrow it down just to the auto car sales then maybe we can do that as well. Thank

I'm James our Daisy owner of AJ Real Estate Holdings and you know I had two things I wanted to do was a strip center of course and you know I can't determine what kind of business is going to go in. I feel your concern there, but you know, I have a duty here just as you. I live in the parish also, very close to there. So, I'm going to want something more advocacious for, you know, for my surrounding area. So, you know, it's up to me as landlord to say yes or no, you can you can use this property for that sort of business or not. So, uh, as a strip center, you know, it it would have to be something like, you know, a subway like he was saying or something that gives you the community a a common play, you know, it's not just for it's not the night life or the the bars or the the liquor stores. There's plenty of that everywhere. We don't need any more of that. Um, there is a buffer. If you look at that plot of land, you've got a creek bed on one side and then you got a creek bed behind it. So, you've got a good buffer from those areas, from those homes. So, you know, my my thing is is I'm trying to figure out exactly what kind of funding I can get from the bank so I can develop this property. Um, me personally, you know, if I can get a strip center there, I'd love to, you know, because it it gets me out of the realm of having to deal with every day business decisions, you know. I' I've got two businesses here locally that I deal with. I don't know if I need a third location, but I do have a car lot. I have two locations. Uh, in Boer, I have one. It's the, uh, old uh, Baiff Autos building right next door to Griffs. and uh redid that building and you know business is flourishing. So I

don't have a problem necessarily if that doesn't if I if I can't make the numbers work for me on a strip center to make it an auto center. But again I'd have to have a repair center there because I mean everybody knows when you're when you're dealing with used cars you have to you have to fix them you have to you know service them you know for the public. So, those are the two things that I have narrowed it down to. And just like he said, we we had a laundry list of of dos and don'ts that I believe all of you wanted me to check off. And I'm in total agreeance to that. You know, those are those are the businesses that I wouldn't want around me either. You know, so I'm in total agreeance to that. So, it it's it's if we do a strip center, it's something for, you know, the the person in our local community that's wanting to start his own business and thrive. You know, that's that's kind of what it is. Um, but, you know, it's just going to be a nice clean setup. Uh, that's what I'm that's what I'm looking to do. So,

if you have any questions for me, I'd be more than happy to answer. So, you'll be developing this? You will not be selling it?

I'll be developing. Yes. Uh, previously there was a home there with the ceiling falling, roof falling in, uh, with squatters in it that we had to get out so we could bulldoze the property. So, I've already I've already got thousands of dollars invested in this piece of dirt, you know. So, I mean, I want to develop it. I I'm a I'm a big buyer at foreclosures, uh, housing foreclosures here in Bojer Parish. I've bought over 150 houses in the last nine years at the courthouse. So, you know, my job is to go in there, fix them up, get a good person to buy the home, and raise property taxes and, you know, values of the area. You know, that's what I'm here for. I live here just like you all. I don't plan on going anywhere. I want to I want to make the area as best I can. You know, typically we approve B3 when we know exactly what's going to go in so we can make sure that like the homeowners behind this property so that they'll know exactly what's going in. And so I I just don't understand why we can't wait till you can positively determine what you would like to do.

Well, the funding that I I you know, even if I did the strip center, there's no I can't make a positive case on any business that's going to be there. Or it could be a could be a, you know, a Subway and then it could be a a boutique, you know. Uh I I can't decide that. It could be B1 stuff. It could be B2 stuff.

It could. But don't you want don't you want the option for a B3 business to be there? You know, I mean, I I I think it's it limits me for the for the for who I'm who I'm having able to rent this property. I just I just would like to know what your plans are before I approve something that's B3 when you can turn around tomorrow, sell the property. I don't know that you're not going to do that. Not going to do that. But I I know. But but something could happen. And now I've approved a B3 that I have no idea what's going in.

Well, Mr. Hay, a man's only as good as his word. And you've got my word here today that I'm not going to do that. I haven't taken the time or energy or the money to invest in that property to to just sell it. That's not what I'm going to do. Okay. No, no further questions. Could you sign in on the sheet?

Sure. Michael Kelch, I'll also add with a strip center, it's almost impossible and and we've developed several of these strip centers around uh and some of them we've gotten B3 zoning without telling y'all what we're putting in. And I know y'all might be trying to go to that, but it's almost impossible to do that. you have to put the shell of the building up and before you can really get renters to show up to the property to decide whether they're going to be there or not. So, I mean, there's been several instances where we put a 60 by 100 building with five units and then you go out and market it to Subway or market it to a a boutique and that's how you get them to come. They they don't just come when there's nothing there a lot of times. Sometimes they do, but and so that's all I want to say. I haven't advertised anything yet. What I'm trying to do is is is build it so they'll come. That's that's what I'm trying to do.

I mean, it's my understanding that we've never approved anything B3 without knowing what was going there. We the board hasn't made it a habit of doing that. Um there are several different instances like if it's surrounded by B3, it may lean more towards a B3, but this instance it's, you know, not completely surrounded. Correct. I mean, every it's case by case. It's it's not entirely Okay. Correct. Um, we also received a couple of comments from the neighbors about the uh about the current state of the lot. Um, is it intended to be bushthoged or how is it being maintained?

As of right now, I don't intend to do anything. I intend to try to get, you know, some approval where I can start, you know, construction on this property. That's that's why I haven't maintained it. There's no point in maintaining a lot that I can't do anything on, you know. I mean, right now it's just dirt, you know. It's it's it's zone residential, you know. It's there's not a whole lot there. But if I if I need to get over there to bush hog it, I don't have a problem. But, you know, when we have when we have construction going on, that's, you know, it's going to change the whole face of it. Once that house left, which was, you know, falling in on itself, it just made it an ugly face of Sweepco's power station right there on Benton Road. So now when you're headed towards Benton, all you see is is that power station there. So, you know, that's I'm trying to do something with the property, but I I need I need your help. I need the board's help. Okay. I'll ask um is there uh anybody from the audience like to open it up to public comment Stephen Kyle Wenberg. Um, I'm at 202 Walnut. I'm the property due east. Um, I have no problem with commercial and Benton. I'm I'm working on that myself. Um, the only thing I'm worried about is there was a nice hedge of trees. I know it didn't look great, but it did block a lot of sound, a lot of visual from the substation of lights beaming into my

backyard. Um, and there is Benwa Bayou. and the way the property lines work. I believe that property comes just to the edge on the other side on my side, but I keep it maintained on our side.

Um, I have no problem with I mean I think the time I read the documents it's from access 6 a.m. business to midnight is B3, I believe. So, as long as there's some type of visual and sound barrier, I have no problem. even just a well-maintained hedge. Um whether it be some type of vegetation or a wall because there is no fence system there. As soon as he bush hogs it too, I can see clear to Benton. If it is like um a car lot, they're going to be seeing me, you know, or I'm hanging out with my kids while I'm watching people shop for cars, you know. Um, and I don't know with the because it's levy board there. That's Benwa Bayou. So, it's still considered I I talked to my neighbor who's into uh um you know, he's a into real estate that um that's still considered a navigable canal. It's still documented as that. So, we had to get tons of approval just to put a shop back there within 100 ft of the canal. Um, so as long as there I don't know if I can even build a fence either because of the way the property lines are or with le or with levy board. So you know I'm just asking you know for some type of barrier between the houses and the businesses if it if it is B3 as long as I have something like that I don't have a huge complaint then.

Okay. Thank you for your input. Let's see how else comments. If I may, uh, you know, with with his statements there, it it's really showing that something needs to be done soon with this property and, you know, me just bush hoging it and and we put it on the back burner further, it's it's not helping the local community that surrounds that property. So, I just want to make that statement.

Okay. I do have some agreement with the strip center, but it's kind of is it a strip center or is it a car lot? Because I understand what you're saying. If it is a strip center, that is is somewhat typical of being zoned where you can have that tenants, you know, know what know what that is.

Yes, I I would I would prefer to make a strip center there. Um, and you know, if I can fit enough units into that into that area, you know, so that's that's something that I've got to get a master planner to do, which I'm in the works of that. Um, and if I can get enough of u, you know, units there where I can make it make sense financially, then yes, that's the way I'm going to go. Uh, my business that I know like the back of my hand is the car business. So, uh, that's that's that's my that would be, you know, what I would revert to if that didn't work. So, I think I'll I'll speak real fast and let you jump in, Dave.

As a board, I think we're more comfortable if you had an actual site plan showing the strip center with how many units and and where the where the buffers is for this gentleman back here and a little bit further down the road. I I'm speaking for myself now. I don't have a problem with a strip center right there. Okay. I think that's a good use of the property. Thank you. But we don't have anything other than you telling us I might do a strip center or a car lot. And you did make a good list, Michael. So, I know I know going down your list is is a is is is down the road, but still I'm I'm for me an actual site plan, knowing where and what egress, you know, the whole the whole nine yards. I know you there's

financially you don't want to go too far till you kind of get all this. We've supplied a site plan to the MPC. 60 by 100 building, 40 parking spots. Shows the access and so that would be a strip center. It's, you know, one parking spot per 150 square foot. Yeah, I see it in this pack. Is it in this packet? Page in last month's packet, wasn't it? page 15 of the last and we I'm sure the owner would be uh agree well we we will be required to put a compatibility compatibility buffer

on the east even though there and there is a 100 foot control area for the levy board on that east property line so he'll have even much more of a buffer than I mean they'll still be required to put one Yeah. Yeah. And that's no problem. Yes. So that's on you said Michael that's on

there you go right there. So that's a 60 by 100 building and what what you would you know see is four separate units is what's what's typical and they'd be you know uh split you know split the you know maybe 25 by 60 foot units is what we typically do and that shows your parking lot shows the drive out to Benton Road. We've submitted that to DOT for preliminary uh access, you know, just to make sure the drive in that I have so that picture. So uh and so Michael, if it's a automobile uh sales, what would it look like then?

So I did, you know, it could be similar. I I didn't lay that in. I It might still be it probably be a little bit smaller building, you know, like maybe a I don't know that you need a 6,000 square foot building for that. Uh and then but you know that was this plan is to kind of show that your parking scenario will work for uh an automobile uh shop or a strip center. You know, if it's an automobile, how many cars are you going to have out there for sale? Well, all I can I mean, the name of the game is to stack them deep and sell them cheap. So, you know, I mean, all I could ever put in there is what I would try, you know, as long as I could have.

The reason I say that is because on Benton Road, I've been past two that they've crammed so many cars on there, you can't even if you're on shed road and you're looking to the right, you can't even see that they've jam-packed. They've jam-packed them to the street. Yeah. And that's another responsibility that I have for the public. If you go right over the railroad track right there, they are jam-packed. I don't even know how somebody can drive in the parking lot. There's so many cars there. Those are just things that we have a responsibility to the public. Well, and we'll be required to submit a formalized site plan. Your front buffer has to be what, Carla? I know it's on that plan, but I can't Oh, it's landscaping or just

Yeah, landscaping and off of Yeah. 20 actually 50 for the building. So, it is set back farther. Yeah. So also consider for the B3 if he decides to go with auto sales that is a requirement of the B3. Also with B3 if he does the strip center then it's allowed fast food restaurants that have the drive-thru component that also has the order box component that would essentially possibly back up to the neighborhood. So all of those things are to be considered. B3 fast food restaurants automobile sales repair. be to he could still have retail restaurants but no drive-thru services would be allowed in that area. So all those things to be considered.

No further questions. Also with the B3 like he stated, he could be open till midnight with different uses. B2 limits him to 10 p.m. But B2 doesn't get you where you need to be. I don't think an automobile is allowed. But what what if we did B2 and if and I don't know how we would word this, but we would approve B2 and then if you made the decision you want to do auto, we could do the B3. Or is there a way?

They'd have to come back and they have to come back. I mean, is there something that you had envisioned with the uh with the strip center that needed to be B3?

You know, again, I just want to somebody that wants a thriving business not to be limited. You know, if if they do B2, then we're limiting them. And what business can come in there? Uh, you know, B3 kind of opens it up to some other businesses. Of course, the businesses that we've already checked off our list are not going to be in there, but it does open the doors up to some some different game, you know. So, and and if I decide not to do a strip center and I go B2, well, I can't do a car lot. So, I mean, the property is virtually what it is now, worthless to me, you know. So, uh, that's that's why I'm shooting for B3. Well, I mean, I think I heard you say you would prefer a strip center.

Sure. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if this is a solution or not, but if we did B2 and then you may go down the road a bit and decide you want to do a car lot, you come back in here, I wouldn't push back on a car lot for B3 because we'd know what it was. That's I think that's the that's the hanging point, if you will, is we're just not really sure what. And B3 really opens the door to anything. And once you cross that, you just can't. It's difficult to go back. And just because you line it out on that sheet doesn't legally require you to abide by that. Once it's approved B3, you can do whatever you want with it.

Yeah. I mean, and for what it's worth, and this is just me, but I would I would be fine with B2. Uh if you want to go toward the uh I don't know if we can do that in here right now or not. You could downzone it, but that I mean I I would not have an issue with that. Well, and you could do the strip center and if if something came up and it needed to move to B3, you can come back and present it again. Yeah. And everything you got listed in here fits in a B2, does it not, Carl? Going down his list. I just everything everything on your list will go in a B2 except for the car lot. Except for the car. Except for the car lot. But then if you decide to go that route, we're we're not opposed to that.

We just need to know exactly. So hear me out. So if he goes that route, it gets to B3. Y'all have no problem with reszoning at B3. Uh he and anybody else in the city, they can sell that property. They can do B3. And so I think anything that you're reszoning needs you you need to look at that in my opinion I think we all agree you need to look at the site itself and say is this

is this a good area for B3 and I just don't see how this is not I mean you got B3 next door and you've got a a a power facility and so as a as a but when they came in and got the B3. They said, "We're building a bank right here." And that's what they did. You're given right now two different options. We don't have a clue what you're going to do with it. Well, then how about we just say we're doing a car lot right now? Then that would work. Yeah. If you said you're going to do a car lot, doing a car lot.

But you I mean the site plan and everything going forward have to be car lot. I don't think that's true because every other thing that y'all done B3, it gets reszoned and they're able to to change it. So, we can just say comes back, it'll have to be the car lot is what I'm saying. No, but none of the other B3s in this in the city have to come back. They can come in there and do whatever they want.

It's case by case. It just depends on what it is. I mean, if they're going from a B2 to a B3, depending on the types of uses, sometimes they have to add more parking. Sometimes if the use change behind it, they'll have to add a compatibility buffer. There's no apples apples here. Yeah. But in those situations, when they leave, it becomes they can do whatever they want and they don't have to come. That's a valid point. That's true.

And so, I think from a board, and I'm not obviously I'm not trying to tell y'all how to do y'all's job. Y'all know way more about this than I do. Y'all have been doing it a long time. But I think from a board's perspective, you want to look at the the area that you're doing your reszoning in and is it good for a B3 here versus is it good for a B2? Because I think that's just, you know, that's that's just my opinion. And I think this property is excellent for B3. I mean, you're on Benton Road with B3 around you. I

I'm not sure what raceway and and everything around the raceway is probably B3 as well. Where about Huh? Which one? The raceway across the pretty much across the street with center and some other properties behind raceway on Bon Road. I believe that's all B3 and that strip center. I can tell you they didn't know who was going to be in there. Which one? The strip center behind where the coffee shop is. Yeah. Right in there. All that was brought before us. It came before us, but Okay. They have no neighbors either. It's the railroad. But they they knew who their tenants were going to be prior to the build. Okay. Yeah. But if they were to ever leave, they can do whatever they want within the B3. That's right. They can. That's true.

Yeah, that's true.

But there are no protected uses back there either. That's that's I think that's the issue. They're trying to make sure that they protect the people on the east side as well. And I understand that, but but we have a bayou with a 100 foot control levy uh levy board. We'll put a a compatibilility buffer on top of it. Um I'm sure Mr. Ardis Desi would agree to a fence uh as part of that buffer and whatever landscape. But, you know, I drove by there today and it has been cleared, but from me driving by Benton and looking that way, it's still a a good wooded section where I couldn't see the house from Bon Road. I mean, maybe if you and so there's still a good good buffer there. Uh, and then we can do some other things to enhance it. I just going back I think this is a perfect spot for B3 and and I think that's that's what you got to lean towards. uh when when making these types of decisions, but ultimately, you know, it is y'all's decision.

This property has been just an eyesore on Benton Road for years and years. And now when somebody wants to enhance and bring, you know, retail stores in, you know, see, we're not pushing back on that at all. All we're asking for is is detail. I understand.

You know, it's it's it's hard again. you know, it's hard to get those tenants in when, you know, it's just it's hard to sell them a dream, so to speak, you know, so it's again, if you build it, they will come sort of thing. So, I think you ask for a motion.

I'll go to make a motion. It passes. It passes. Just um just from a staff perspective, we would recommend one zoning or the other. We wouldn't prefer a scratch off method of any sorts because we aren't able to enforce it. Even if they selfdeed restrict, that's not something that we can enforce. Um, so it would either need to be B2, all B2, B3, all B3. If they want to self-restrict, that's fine, but I have no way of regulating it. I'm just trying to continue. Uh, are we ready for a motion?

I make a motion that we uh accept CZ 67-2025 for B3. Second I think we're looking for one.

No, it's on me. Motion carries.

Thank you all. Thank you. All right, Katie, if you don't mind reading our next agenda item. All right, we have P Z562025 application of Ryan Estus Railian Associates for Wan Adams Boer Property Group LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 5.476 476 acres more or less from B1 Limited Business to B3 General Business located at 2240 Vansfield Road, Bojer Parish, Louisiana for a multi-purpose retail sales and service, Police Jury District 6.

Ryan Estraen Associates, 4913 Shed Road. Um, so this site's the exact same thing, a little bit further uh north, requesting B3. Um, there is no residential around. On the south side, we have a um a large bayou um that's buffering any sort of residential to the rear of the site uh which would be to the east of the site. We have uh B1 already zoned all the way to the residential and we're going to keep it that way to buffer the residential from any of the heavy commercial. Uh we're in talks with uh a couple of con convenience stores guys uh looking at developing on on this hard corner. We've we've discussed these issues with uh the the access connections with the OTD. Um and um you know, we've been in contacts with the Karate Dojo and the Gunsmith and we're still going to have to come back to y'all for platting approval uh whenever um you know, because this is this is only for zoning. So, we still have to come back to you for platting approval. Um, but this is the site plan uh that we are proceeding forward with. So, I be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

And we did the same thing and we're still going to do uh by scratching off. We're still going to take those more um let's say in intensive B3 uses out of the picture. Um, and we we still will abide by that. Uh, I I know that y'all really can't enforce that, but that's uh this is his development and uh that's what he's wanting to do to not have those portions in it.

Just from a staff perspective, if you decided to go with the scratch off method, how would you continually enforce that? Well, and and after after the propertyy's sold, unless without deed restrictions, there's no other way to do it. Um but in as long as he's in control of the property, which he will be until um until all of the properties are sold, he'll be there centrally going to be a property owners association because if you look at the site plan we have, there's a lot of cross access agreements. There's a lot of um roadway stuff. So, um, and and and again, u, until that is finished, he's going to be a part of the development. And, um, we still got to come back to the parish for construction plans. We got to come back to the parish for platting. So, this will not be the last time y'all look at this property. This will be um you know I'm I'm I'm assuming the parish is going to have some sort of comments that are going to um going to like the platting comments. So y'all going to have to take a look at this again. But this is what we're um what we're proceeding forward with at this time. So, so Ryan, all of these uh let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six properties. All those six properties along Benton Road, that's what you want. B3.

Yes. If if you look um I'm okay with that. So, just so Yeah. If it doesn't have a building on it, we're it's staying B1. So if if you see the if at the end of these site plans, I can highlight it, but the end of the site plans, we got her an updated legal description, but any any building that is not uh specifically Yeah. So the legal description, let me just Can I walk up there? Yeah, if you could, please.

Coming up from the hard corner. Keep rolling up a little bit. anything past this line up to this property line over and down. Uh now I don't think I don't I don't think we resone that. It's unusable anyway, but anything outside of these bounds is remaining B1. B1. Okay. So commercial. Yeah. So my only concern was you got that all B3. What I didn't want to see is some B1's mixed in with B3s and vice versa. No, no, no. We're going to clearly intensive on the front um less intensive in the in the rear in in the back.

Okay. Uh so those uh and and all of that is going to be a commercial subdivision will be done in phases. So you're going to be probably seeing this, you know, phase one, phase two, phase three because with the cost of development nowadays, you can't go out and do one big blanket commercial subdivision. It's just too expensive and residential is way down the road. Residential is not going to be on this picture. Not even in that picture, is it? Not on this picture whatsoever. So, yeah. But res residential, you have one large property owner directly east and then you have Autumn Creek. I mean, I think there's probably a few more owners, but Autumn Creek is up the road. Autumn Creek is the main other one, and it's a mile away, maybe. some ways half mile

half mile half a quarter or something at the corner of Yeah. And we're going to have to get there's a lot of approvals. There's a lot of development that has to go on. We have no sewer. So, we have to go all the way to Autumn Creek. So, uh you know, in order to make this proceed, we have to, you know, get it through y'all first and then start dealing with the parish. No questions.

Anybody else in the board have any more questions? I'm going to open it up to public comment. There's anybody that would like to speak on behalf of this one. Anybody want to make a motion? I'll have to abstain. Make a motion that we zone PZ N 56-2025B3.

Second. Motion carries. All right, Katie. Uh number six on the agenda. We have C US1242025, the application of Geetta Toys GCM jewelry, requesting a 20 foot landscaping buffer waiver located at 1705 Olden Road, Bojer City, Louisiana, northwest intersection of Benton Spur and Oldman and Road, uh, City Council District 3, Police Jerry District 9.

If you don't mind stating your name and telling us a little bit about your your project. I am Craig Toys. Luckily, Geette is my wife. She'd be better up here, but she's lost her voice. And we are proud to present GCM Jewelry's relocation and our expansion of our business that we've been here in Boer now a little over 25 years and currently we're on Clovis and our daughter who's at the office diligently working along with our other teammates, our jewelers and our other salespeople. We have taken the old Burger King and Dax and it's not the same. We're bringing some traditional first class. We're excited to present this as going to be a it's a dream. It's a thought that we've had. We've been looking to expand for about five years and we looked at other parts. This building came available. It checked all the boxes north,southeast, and west. And we're uh looking forward to spending another 25 to 50 years at this location. So, we're remodeling and what we're asking for is a little variance on the landscaping part and the reason is we're very excited about we remodeled this existing building for cost purposes and everything else with the existing property. We've got lots of good parking, but we want to make we are a jewelry store and we have some security issues. So, we have a plan that you should have that shows how we're doing landscaping on the patada side and then it comes to a rod iron fencing that we're going to do on the side and the back behind the building with rod iron gates which will have automatic gate closures that's going to be for our staff to park and it also gives security because we have a full building generator back there with two new AC units. I don't want customers being able to drive around that part during the day, much less in the evening because there will be security and it'll be zoned uh to keep people from approaching

or attacking the building. But to improve the uh coming and going the entrance and the exit, we want to maintain the entrance on the west side and therefore customers could come in and around like they do now. We took out what was a play area originally that Burger King had done. So, we're going to have a lane there, but we want to do heavy landscaping along the building. So, we have a front porch and uh if you please stop by anytime and

we can start making appointments now for Christmas. And you'll see we have a front porch. We're trying to give it a feeling. I'm going to welcome you into my home, into my house on the corner of Benton and Minton Road. And that's the the type of feeling. So, we've got this blue stone slate that's already down and the type of ceilings that we're doing. It's going to be flower beds that are going to be multi-layered that go out and then it comes around onto the south side of the building. So, we want all that and we're going to have trees going up with the logo in the middle of that parapit wall. Does that say right? Parapit. Yeah. And uh

and so along you I think you want a uh a reduction at the street, right? So instead of putting the landscaping at the street, we want to clean that up. I've got a contractor coming in that's going to saw cut and clean up the to the street level where we have grass where the customers can drive in without being impeded. coming and going. They won't be obstructed their view coming in and out of uh Old Mindon Road there, but the landscaping is just going to be up against the building. Building. We like that. One of my concerns was people coming

very fast from toward the west and then as you're trying to come out, I didn't want a bunch of trees up there. I think that would hinder could cause an accident. And just the overall with the landscaping we're doing on the front porch, the way it's going to wrap around onto the south side and on and around the west side. West side and then it comes to a rod iron gate and on the other ends of the gate. Yeah, we're giving kind of a New Orleansy Louisiana kind of feel. Uh that's the whole premise and uh just real excited to be moving and expanding. We need we've just outgrown our space. Yeah, it's a I think it's a good safe safe plan. Beautiful building. Yeah. Thank you. Does anybody

have any questions? No. Um I'll open it up to public comment. Have a motion. I'll make a motion that we approve C124-2025. Second. Thank you very much. Look forward to being around for a long time. Okay. Motion carries.

Okay. All right. We have PPUD872025. the application of Lloyd Dodson Dodson Properties LLC requesting an amended planned unit development for two Oaks Storage and Plaza being 12.930 acres more or less for a proposed shopping center located at 5150 Highway 80 Boer Parish, Louisiana, Police Street District 2. How y'all doing today? Good. Mr. Johnson, you got any you got anything different than what we had?

We're gonna change the whole thing. No, it's just I'm waiting on y'all to stamp it where I can get a bulldozer in there and go to work. I'm ready. You ain't waiting on us, Lloyd. All right, we'll stamp it and I'll have it tractor over there today. No, no questions. I have no question. Yeah, we we go to the police jury next, I guess. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Just for the zoning. Just for the zoning and everything else turn loose. Yes, sir. Okay, I'll uh open it up to any public comment. Okay, I don't think we have any. Can I have a motion?

Yeah, make a motion we approve PUD 87-2025. Second.

Motion carries. Get it cranked. All right. Thank y'all. How about Yes. All right. All right. K number eight.

All right. C O FF SIG139 2025 special call the application of Stonebridge Development LLC requesting approval of a 4x8 off- premise sign being a residential electronic message center located in section 12 township 18 range 13 Boer City Louisiana southwest intersection of Stone Haven Drive and Stonebridge Boulevard City Council District 4 District you'll just tell us a little bit about your request and your name.

Sure. I'm Harold Watson. I live in Stonebridge. I've lived there for 18 years. I've managed the operations of Stonebridge Community Association, Inc., which is our homeowners association. for the last 15 years. We've had an on well we consider ones fixed media sign for about 13 years and we'd like to replace that sign with a modern LED sign that would be intended for community messages. Uh a very limited amount of advertising for residents who live in Stonebridge. no outside uh advertising of any kind. The sign would be one-sided, does not face any homes. We are leasing the property. It is on a 99-year ground lease with John Good Development. U we think it's a good thing. I I can answer any questions you have about it.

Do we have any questions? No. All right. Just in general, would the sign be on 24 hours or just a certain amount of time? 24 hours. Okay. Thank you. Okay. I'm going to open it up to public comment and see if there's anybody in the audience. Okay. I don't think we have any. Have you Have you had any resistance from inside the homeowner association? We've had a couple of people who have expressed concerns about it. I think we've quately address those concerns. Initially, there was some thought to a two-sided sign and that was quickly squashed because that would be facing some residents, but other than that,

no, this was probably approved an HOA meeting or it was approved. It was discussed at the last annual homeowners meeting. The board took it under consideration, decided it would be a good thing. We have an opinion letter from Jeff West saying that the homeowners association board and the architectural control committee have the authority to act on behalf of the homeowners association. Okay. So it has not actually it will it go before a vote with the homeowner association? It will not go before a vote. Okay.

Anything else? Have a motion. I'll I'll make a motion to approve CFFs1392025. [Music] Second.

Motion carries. Thank you. Welcome.

Thank you. Katie, it looks like we have one miscellaneous. It's going to be C MISC1362025, a resolution supporting the 2025 air installation compatibility use zone study um AQ's study for Barks Air Force Base by promoting proactive collaborative planning and comp development to sustain mission and community objectives. We have been working on updating the AUS for the last a little over a year and at this time we want to pass a resolution stating that we will now um go off of this latest plan. So I will read the resolution for the record. Um a resolution supporting the 2025 air installation compatible use zone study for Barkstdale Air Force Base by promoting proactive collaborative planning for compatible development to sustain mission and community objectives. Whereas the Barkstdale Air Force Base is a vital asset to the state of Louisiana, Bojer City, Bojer Parish, and the surrounding region, serving as a major contributor to national defense, regional economic development, and community sta stability. And whereas the air installation compatibility use zone program was developed by the United States Air Force to promote public health, safety, and welfare in areas subject to aircraft operations by encouraging compatible land uses around air installations. And whereas the Barkstdale 2025A study provides updated analysis and recommendations regarding noise contours, accident potential zones and compatible land use guidelines to ensure the long-term viability of Barkstdale Air Force Base operations. And whereas the Barkstdale 2025 ACU study further assists local governments and planning authorities including the Boer City MPC in their efforts to

integrate compatible land use zoning planning and development regulations. And whereas the continued collaboration between Barksdale Air Force Base, the city of Boer City, the parish of Boer, and regional partners is essential to preserving mission readiness while ensuring safe and sustainable growth within the community. Um, I just wanted to bring this before you. It's a it's an excellent program and we're here to support Barkstdale Air Force Base. Uh, Simon Zika, who was also an essential partner in helping us facilitate um, this latest u guide, um, is here in the audience as well in support of it. So we wish to uh pass this at this time. All right.

We need anything from any comments from the public? And no questions from the board. All right. Can I have a motion? Okay. I make a motion we approve C miscellaneous 136-2025. Second. motion carries. Thank you.

All right, we'll be moving into our preliminary hearings. Katie, do you mind reading the first one? Right. We have C T L E T1212025. The application of John Jacobs, Bradley Merchensson, Kelly and Shay for Municipal Communications LLC, AT&T, requesting approval of 140 foot telecommunications tower at 1315 Northgate Road, VFW, Post 5951, Boer City, Louisiana, City Council District 2, Police Tray District 10.

Um, good afternoon. John Jacobs here from Bradley Mkusen, Kelly and Shay on behalf of the applicant municipal communications LLC for the reference telecommunications tower application. Um here to answer any questions you might have. I also have uh Mr. John Throck Morton who is the vice president at municipal communications and an AT&T engineering rep who I could call if y'all have any more technical questions that I may not be able to answer. So, as y'all saw in our plans, we are proposing a 140 foot monopole at the southwest corner of the VFW post off Northgate Road. Um, municipal already has a lease agreement with the VFW uh for the construction of this tower. And once the tower is constructed and or approved and constructed, a municipal will pay the VFW a one-time bonus as well as monthly rental payments. Um the VFW plans to use these payments to um repair their roof as well as you know their community outreach programs that they do for the school and just for the events around town. So just moving on to the application itself. I noticed on the um thing posted with the agenda that it said it was a 140 foot monopole with a three-foot lightning prod. Like I actually uh talked to Mr. Zika uh previously and that's where at the request of Barksdale Municipal has reduced that lightning rod to 142 ft so we don't break airspace and we don't need to have a additional permit from them.

Yeah, I think we we have that in here. We were concerned for national security type purposes a a a tower there, but it looks like you guys have got everything with parks covered. Yes, sir. Um and also, you know, in response to staff review, we've also submitted a our statement of fall zone. um a landscaping an a landscaping plan and we also removed a sign that wasn't permitted under the unified development code and late last week like Friday afternoon which not a great time to submit anything but we uh submitted the tower design that we plan to use for the moniples. So if y'all have any additional questions feel free to let me know.

Is this is your partner Mr. Mkerson is he he's not from Nacadish is he? Um, I don't know the answer to that. There's attorneys from there. I just was kind of curious. Well, his first name is Malcolm if that's what I'm Okay. No, no questions. Anyone else have any questions? What's the use of the tower for? Who's carrier? Uh, AT&T. AT&T, right? Sir. Okay. I have a motion. I make a motion that we approve C TAT T121-2025. That's to go to move it to public hearing on

then I'll second. Thank you'all very much. Yes. Thank you.

Motion carries.

You bet. Okay. Next we have P Z1182025. the application of Michael Kelch Rail and Associates for East Highland requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 7.129 acres more or less from RA resident residential agriculture to RMHP residential manufacturer housing park located in section 16 to section township 18 north range 12 west boer parish Louisiana for an addition to East Highlander mobile home Mark, it's Police Street District 2.

Hey, good afternoon. Michael Kel and Associates. Uh, as I I think y'all have a master plan that we submitted that shows 32 additional lots to the expansion of East Highland Mobile Home Park. Uh, here to answer any questions. We've met with the staff, I think, a couple times and and uh the parish was part of those meetings as well. So, here to answer anything if y'all have anything y'all want me to go back to the owner

concerns as a buffer between Espanita and the mobile home park and then also the drainage of that Michael I know that water runs down that hill and I know we're just dealing with zoning sure but so you know that's just speaking for myself that's some of the concerns that I have anyway okay I'm not saying it can't be done but I'm just you know uh ant's up on I guess. Yeah. And as going forward, I guess question is can as part of the buffer, can that be a fence or or is it needing it to be a uh I want to defer to Carla on that. I mean, it can be a fence or it could be a wall.

Yeah, some sort of wall or fence. And I don't think the the the our client has any issue with that. I think that's expected. Michael, have you been to that site where the as Donnie says where that street There's a lot of water's Yeah. V's right in there. Kind of where we on the master plan where we show lot 1000 and lot 101. We're expecting to have to do uh some sort of drainage to capture all that water. Yeah. And I don't know. Are you going to slow it down up ahead a little bit? Maybe where just doesn't it's it's a running river. We we'll have to get with that's a dedicated drainage servitude. So, we'll have to get with uh get with the parish and figure out how to make sure we don't

Haven't been over there in a while, but I have seen that thing really roll. Absolutely. Yeah. Yep. We'll have to capture that drainage and work through that. What's the latest on the sewer? We are going So, just background on the sewer. Uh that lift state. There's a lift station that's in that detention area that we show that that kind of common lot. Uh but that's at capacity uh from talking with the parish. So we're going to try to tie into uh there's East East East Highland has their own, you know, has it's parish sewer, but it we're going to tie back into East Highland. We've got our survey crew

going out and and tying down manholes to see if we can gravity into it or if we may have to lift station that, huh? might have to which you know that wouldn't be wouldn't be good for the client but we're by the public meeting we'll have answers on that Michael as it's proposed right here just be aware that the uh school board may not send buses into that area okay because of turnaround purposes but there is a I understand a a bus stop uh how do they pick up in East Highland right do they drive through east they do drive through but in there they can't turn the bus around as it's as it's platted now.

Sure. So, they might have to be at the they might have to walk into the existing right east and I think where you may be taking two mobile homes at that is a bus stop in front of there. Gotcha. Okay. Gotcha. Okay. No further questions. Any other questions? You're not asking for B3, are you? I go back there. We can still be friends, huh? By the way, for the record, uh the last time this land came before us, it was split to be residential. Now, it didn't say what kind of residential. Yeah.

But it was split to be residential. It led us to believe houses, but but this is residential. So, Gotcha. Yeah. I kind of I expect maybe some people at the public hearing, so we'll see. I don't think so. That's what I say. So, be be prepared for Okay. Any other questions? All right. Can I have a motion? Go ahead. I'd make a motion that we move Pzone 118 2025 to public hearing.

Second. Motion carries. Thank you all. Thank you. All right. Okay. So, next on the agenda, I need approval for the minute. I'll make a motion we approve the August 11, 2025 m uh minutes as written.

Second. Motion carries. And I also need approval on the August 14th minutes. Make a motion we approve the August 14th special call meeting minutes uh as written. Second. Motion carries. All right, we have some old and new business. Carlo,

yes. I wanted to just bring up uh or have a pol discussion about outstanding balances. Um we did an internal audit of our fees in August, late August, and discovered we were about uh 12 grand um upside down. And so um we we want to put some stipulations in place with regards to payment. Um we have tried to be a good business partner and in turn uh we have not been paid. Um so in the last couple of weeks we have been a bill collector. It has not been fun and I do not want to do it again. Katie and Madison bore the brunt of a lot of those discussions going back with people back and forth about payment and how it should be paid, when it should paid, if it should be paid. So going forward, we will we will put some stops in place. So with regards to um certificate of occupancies, we will no longer inspect without the fee being paid. Um so uh right now there's a substantial amount of people on the list that have not paid. um we will now move forward with the typical violation where the they will be issued a violation notice. We'll give them time to comply. If they do not comply, then we will issue them a ticket and we'll go to court. So that's how we plan to uh move forward with certificate of occupancies. If the certificate of occupancy is invalidated, legally they are not supposed to be in business because their occupational license will also be invalid. Um so that's how we plan to move forward with certificate of occupancies and nonpayment. Um, now with regard to plan review, uh, any items that come before this board, we still have a couple of outstanding items, but upon receipt of the application and upon us approving that it actually moves forward, we will give them a certain time frame to uh, pay those invoices and if they do not pay, they will not be heard at the next agenda. I mean, we have to put a stop

gap there because if we continue to do the work and not get paid, it's just, you know, moving bad information after not and we will also not allow them to submit any new applications until they're current on their accounts. So, we've gone from almost $12,000 to uh now we we're only owed 1,800, but it has not been easy and we do not want to do this again. So, um we want to be business friendly. Um but we we have to have our fees in order to continue to do the work that we do. Okay. Okay. So, you had discovered y'all were 12,000 behind and now y'all are to 18.

18. Yes. But it it has been very difficult and we'll also put some other stipulations in place. I think there was some unawareness and maybe some misconceptions about payment. I think we had one particular gentleman state that it's not his responsibility to pay. It should be the property owner's responsibility to pay. But whenever they submit inside of the Intergov system, if they only list themselves, then they're responsible for payment. um it's not up to us to try to track down 15 property owners to get them to pay. And so we'll probably put out some other policy um guidelines going forward so that they're aware that if they put themselves in the system and they mark themselves or if they're the billing contact, then that's who we're going to bill and expect payment from. Um so we just wanted to put that on the record that that will be the policy going forward unless the board sees that we need to do something different. But I mean there has to be a hard stop uh on payment and I think we've arrived there because of the non-payment issues we've had in the past. Okay.

Any other questions? I know they they have been taking the phone calls and sending the emails. So it wasn't fun the last two weeks, but um we've made good progress. Okay. Thank you, ladies. All right. Uh we also have our ethics training. Um, just kind of want to remind everyone we I've gotten most of you, but if you haven't done it, um, please complete it and send it in to me so I can You got all the way to December. You do. You have all the way to December. It's okay. I haven't done mine either. I'm I'm I'm terrible, but I got it on my to-do list this week. So, okay.

And also, we do have a new social media manager, Anna. She's gone for now, but uh you will see her on occasion at events here at the meeting. So, make sure you tell her which side is your good side so that she can post those for you. Thanks, Carla. Anything else? All right. Oh, I'm sorry. Comment. Well, and I and I'll have a question for you after. Sure. I was plann to talk to you, too.

Uh, member at the last meeting, I said that you could expect a second circuit decision and Carla already may have reported on it in terms of short-term rentals. um and whether they would be allowed or not. The trend nationally is to allow them regardless of homeowners association rules. Uh but the second circuit did rule about two weeks ago and it ruled that u our homeowners association since I'm reporting on this since it's next door to our house. They ruled that if your homeowner association just at as art had anticipated, if it says no commercial use, that applies to short-term rentals. And that that's a pretty big decision uh and somewhat contrary to the trend nationally, but follows precedent in this district of the second circuit court of appeal in North Louisiana. So they can appeal that uh to the owners can appeal that to the Supreme Court. I will be surprised if the Supreme Court accepts it. And so I this may be the end of the line in terms of that issue uh with the decision being that at least in North Louisiana, if your homeowner association says no commercial use, then that applies to short-term rentals as well.

But if there's no homeowners association, then it's still open. That sounds like it. Yeah. When was that decision made? About two weeks ago. Two weeks ago. Yeah. Carlaua has a copy of it. I can forward it to you. Yeah. A lot of the homeowners associations were concerned that their um covenants and deed restrictions didn't cover this type of use because they didn't have the foresight, nor did we, that Airbnbs would even be a subject. But now that it's here, that ruling uh gives them some teeth to their covenants to if somebody operates a commercial business out of that neighborhood, then Short-term rentals are fair game. Is that right? That's correct.

Well, let's think about it. Um, short-term rentals were seen to be in the category of commercial operations. Now there's I I will tell you now it was an it was a question mark in my mind in terms of home occupational uses

and that came up you know during the trial and everything else uh with saying but look you've got Mary Kay cosmetics you know why why can't I have a short-term rental that didn't fly with the district court or with the court of appeal uh Judge Cox uh is the one who wrote the decision. And so I just bring this up just so you'll know that that short-term rentals were found to be different than a home occupation or at least it didn't convince them that they that they were the same. And therefore, if you have a home occupation, no signs, no anything else, I think those would probably still be allowed. But short-term rentals will not. as being in a with the judges consider different. What's that?

If you're just having a home office, per se, it's really not a rental. It's an extension of your home, maybe. I'm just asking. Oh, right. Yeah. Because you're not, like you said, you're not really doing business with signs and customers and so forth and so on. It's just strictly your little, you know, paperwork area basically. Right. I I thought, well, that's even that's even less of an impact than a home occupation. That's just a home office. Yeah. So, those are fine. Yeah. That's fine. Is Yeah, sure. Home occupations, I think, are still fine as long as they follow the rules. Yes.

But Airbnbs, depending on the homeowners association language, no commercial operations are now u out. Now, it who's going to enforce it? It's going to have to be the homeowner association. That was my next question is who's responsible for enforcement of it? Just the home because you have Broadmore. I know there's a lot of Airbnb stuff in Broadmore in Broadmore. But there's no there's no HOA active. Not that I know of. Don't know of property there, but I don't think there is. But you're correct in terms of saying who enforces. It's not a zoning issue. It is a private contractual issue. The homeowners association. Thank you. Thank you, Neil.

Okay. Anything else, Carla? All right, we'll adjourn. Okay, I do now. That Are we off? We're off. Hang on. Hang on. Attorney General