Metropolitan Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Turn. He's moving around a little better than he is. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I have the time as 2:02 p.m. So, I'd like to call the Monday, June 9th, 2025 Bojer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting to order. Our invocation will be done by Chris Turner and our pledge of allegiance by Colonel Haden. Please bow your heads. Dear Lord, uh thank you for allowing us to be here today. Bless those who come in here wanting to develop and make our community a better place and give this commission the mental clarity to make the best decisions that are in the best interest of this commission. In your holy name I pray. Amen. Amen. And citizens, please join me in the pledge. 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.

All right, Katie, if we could have our roll call. James Fine here. Dave Haden here. Ma'am Donnie McDaniel here. Art Schult here. Jeff Thigpen is absent. Chris Turner here. Michelle Wallace here. We have a quorum. And Katie, if you don't mind reading our decorum statement. In accordance with Louisiana open meetings law. The Boer City Parish NPC 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 you come forward, identify yourself for the audio record, and sign in. Speakers must suggest the MPC board at all times. For those who'd like to make comments on an item, please limit your comments to three minutes on one particular item that's up for discussion. All other audience members are asked to observe the meeting quietly. If there is a need for an audience member to hold a conversation or to take a phone call, you're asked to please step out of the meeting. All right. Thank you, Katie. Um, and I need to get a motion to approve our agenda as submitted. Okay. Second. that passes. All right. So, we will go ahead and move into our public hearings. Katie, if you don't mind reading the first item on our agenda, it's going to be C Z50-2025. The application of Jeff Lawing requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 0.25 acres more or less from IIL Light Industrial to B3 General Business located at 4438 Viking Drive, Boer City, Louisiana for a

proposed salon city council district 5 police tree district 7. Any changes from last? All right. Jeff lost in today's real estate. Um you does anybody have any questions? There's not been any changes. No, no changes. Okay. No changes. Okay. Um I'll open it up to any public comment. I'll make a motion we approve CZ zone 50-2025. Second. We have to ask for public comment. Sure. Okay. I did receive one comment. Um um one person was against the zoning. If that means the zoning will change to allow for other similar businesses within the development. You have some people there. Oh, they wanted to speak. So, Oh, okay. Absolutely. If you'll come forward and you'll just state your name and address and sign in, you can you can ask any questions that you'd like. My name is Sonia Rose and I'm at Spa 400 and uh we um do not want this change to happen. It is really important that we keep the area professional so our clients feel safe. It is very important that it remains a very safe and professional and quiet and peaceful environment. That's why we move there and not another location.

Okay. You're in suite 400. You said okay. Yeah. I think the proposed use meets your requirements. I mean it's safe, professional, quiet. Um I mean that's still changed to B3 that we're doing. Um, so what exactly is the change that's happening? It's and it to a salon. A hair salon. A hair salon. Yeah. So it but by changing that it's going to change like anything to be able to come in there. And I don't want other things coming in like a dispensary or anything else that's not professional. I mean I It's just and I think too um then we also request to see a change or the covenants for this uh complex that uh there should be some covenants in place that would prohibit certain other uses that would be objectionable. Yeah. So that's my question is is like how much is it going to get open up to any business or you know it's just really important. You're part of you're part of that business association in that complex. Yes. Yeah. And there are covenants for that. And so if the covenants dictate what businesses can go in there and what cannot go in there, we would abide by that. So So anyway, and what can I comment? Yes. Yes. Okay. So my understanding is that nobody else can change anything. This is an exception just for that suite that that was written in the covenants. In order for someone else to come in, 80% of the people, the tenants in there would have to vote yes, which you've already gotten. So, nobody else change at this point. Is is that correct? That that is correct. We we have not received an executed copy of that document. I did reach out to Mr. Thaxton three times and I haven't received an executed copy of

that uh agreement. Do you have a copy of it? I don't. I don't. I can get one, but Okay. I I mean but that's the reason why we're comfortable with it is because you could still you still have a vote you know in that as that association look you there here's Luke here and I think that was the general concern because the other complaint or the other person that I received opposition for they were just concerned that this would open the door for other similar uses in this development and ma'am what is what's the business that you have in that I massage spa It's a therapeutic style. We have a lot of elderly coming in and people who have had strokes that I do therapy on. So like you know it's it's got to remain really quiet and the parking is al also an issue. If we just open up like you know businesses that have a lot of come and go that's going to inidate our parking and they have to be able to park you know they can't I can't expect them to come walking from far away because the parking clo has been taken up with many clients or many customers. So Carla this kind of a she's really non-compliant then isn't she? She's got a spa and a and a I1 and you said you're in 400. Yeah. I'd have to look if it's considered medical then she would be allowed under Yeah. Health and wellness. Yeah. Do therapeutic styles and Luke the concern was that um this wouldn't open the door for any other type of B3 business to occupy that space. And my response was that you have covenants in place that would limit what could go in that space. Correct. That's correct. Okay, come on up in Lou. Can you can you state your name for the record? Sure, please. Luke Thaxton.

Um, I represent the owners association for Kapi Court, which is the overall u name of the center. Um, so we currently have in place restrictions that preclude any retail business. Um we've circulated to all the owners um a an amendment to the covenants and restrictions that upon 75% of the approval of the owners that a retail business could go in. Um of course with the proper zoning. Now, the concern that I've received is that we don't want a vape shop coming into our office complex, you know, so they don't want, you know, the general retail of what some, you know, buying and selling goods, right? So, and I think that the concern is, you know, she would have to have that type of zoning because you may sell what, like lotions and oils or something with your you're just health you're just therapeutic health and wellness. Okay. Are you Chad? Yes. So, and I've spoken with with uh Mr. Law Singh several times and uh that's why we proposed the amendment to the restrictions, but it hasn't been executed because we haven't received a response from all the owners. Okay. So, okay. Okay. All right. So, whatever we approve here would be conditional on your HOA approving it afterwards. Correct. So, are we jumping the gun? Good question. I'm a little confused myself. Yeah, I kind of feel like we are. We should have that document. I have the proposed document with me, sir. I have the proposed document with me. It's not going to do any good for us unless it's been It hasn't been fully executed. Fully executed. So, we've only received one signature from Patrick Jackson.

And how many tenants do you have? Oh, goodness. There are a total of maybe approximately one, two, three, four. There's 24 units out there. 24 and you've only received one response. Okay. Are your businesses in there uh traditionally I industrial businesses? Are they really? So, we have one type businesses speak to. Um, we have behavior train is in there. I'm not quite sure what they do. Uh, we have Dr. Angelo in there. He's kind of a uh he's a physician, family medicine. We have a dentist in there, I believe. It's quite an assortment of different business. It almost sounds like industrial use would be what you don't want in there. Yeah, that's right. Okay. Yeah. Correct. Okay. And you have a lot of uh B one, two, three around you. I think other than next door, I think that whole corner is all B3. Yeah. On one side is just a vacant lot. Could we, Carla, could we vote in favor conditioned upon the association providing 75% approval? We could I would uh just to keep from having to come back may want to place a time frame on that and I and I want to go back is is the doctor and the healthc care and stuff in this dentist office is it really I it's just office uses and medical uses are allowed in the industrial the are allowed in it but it's really correct it's really most of those should be B3s really but I know what you're saying it's it is allowed in I1

So, Mr. Thson, how long have you been over Collabi Court? Two years now. Okay. So, some of these uses may have been in there before. Sure. No, I understand that. Yeah. It just seemed like that whole area is kind of conflicted. Yeah. In in 2007 when we when we did the plan unit development for it, it it was listed. Uh Mr. Cochran stated that it was just supposed to be for office use only. However, I just think over time it has just evolved into more. Yes. More of a Yeah. How long do they have to respond? Is there a time period that we have to wait or Carla, would you think that was just a suggestion? I mean, I just wouldn't I meant for the other owners or occupants if they haven't already. Yeah. Um, we Carla, we could give them a time frame, right? Yes, you could. That would help. Look, would 60 days be adequate to get approval? That's what I was saying. with 60 days. I mean, I'm I'm fine with 45 days. 45 because I know they've been working on this for a while. Okay. And at least we can get them a resolution. Let me amend my um approval. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Um uh I move that we approve CZ zone 50-2025 conditioned on the Caliop court business associations uh providing 75% approval of their covenants uh and the time frame would be 45 days and I want to just com I need to make sure do you have any more comments or any more comments from public okay you're okay with that just just making sure okay yeah I'm okay with That being said, I'll I'll second the motion. Can I ask? So, if they don't respond in 45, they have that long to say yes or no. And if they don't respond, we're okay still. Or no, just we still have to send this to the city council as well. So, it won't go to city council until we have So, it needs to be

45 days post the city council's agreement to the zoning change. Yeah. I I think his question is is no response from a an owner considered a yes or a no? It would be a denial if we don't have 75% in 45 days. That say yes correct to it. And is all 24 buildings occupied or units? All but one. So you are the representative for the one that's unoccupied. Yes. Okay. I actually own it. So we good then on it would need to be 45 days post to city councils. Okay. You got that? I'm working on it. 45 days post city council. 45 days. When will this go to the city council? Uh we will send it this week. Um let's see. It'll probably be July 1st. So he's got 45 days from July 1st to produce this document to the MPC. Correct. Correct. And that's I just have to double check their scheduling and timing. But middle of August, put the heat on. So, Miss Katie, are we voting now? Did we have a second? Yeah. Second. Okay. All right. Hey, that motion passes. All right. Thanks, guys. Thank you. Thank you. I apologize for my tardiness for the record. All right, Katie, if you don't mind reading the next item on the agenda. Okay, we have P Z 53-2025, the application of Tanner Hayes and Associates for Daniel Mobile Investment

LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 1.233 233 acres more or less from RA residential agriculture to B1 Limited business located at 2320 Swan Lake Road, Bojer Parish, Louisiana for a proposed financial investment office, Edward Jones. Police jury district number five. Ryan Estus Railen Associates 4913 Shed Road here on behalf of Mr. Nobles um to answer any questions you may have. The only comment I have um would be another requirement based for parking based on the square footage of the building I think is why showing like I don't know 14 spaces or something like that but in reality are that many spaces needed? No sir. Um we like like I said this site plan subject to change. Um in fact I put a box on there but as you can see Mr. uh Nobles uh wants to do a residential type feel. This is the application um that we're putting together or this is what he has in his application. So, it's kind of a mountain home type uh feel to it. So, no, we're going to have uh the minimum amount of parking required or just a smidge over. So, if it's um if it's 1500 square foot final buildout uh office, then we're going to have one per 150. So, it'll be what is that? 10 or whatever the the number is. So, we're going to keep the parking at a bare minimum. And if you need a variance, I think yeah, we would be okay with that. And there's only going to be two people as there's only going to be two people working there and then, you know, in and out um individuals. So, uh no, we're going to we can work with y'all on site plan uh at that time if this is to get approved um to if we need a variance on that. I mean, we'll work with you on

that, right? Because I think Carlotta I think Ryan do you have 15 spots in there now? I think 13 is required and there's 14 14 and if you have to move u on the north side Carlau what does he need up there? Uh he will need a compatibility buffer on the north side. So right at that compatibility buffer causes you to so if you need to shrink the number of parking spaces I mean sure and if you if you look I'm going to move the driveway pending whatever Boer Paris says. Um, so if the driveway is not there, um, I'll shift it. If they don't want it there, we'll shift it north or south or whatever they want to do, uh, on the property. I I I am into that compatibility buffer right there because that's I mean, from a safety standpoint as far away from the Timberon intersection seems most appropriate to me, but yeah, we'll defer to them. if we need to get a variance um a site plan variance moving that driveway or allowing us to get into that compatibility buffer and ensuring that we have uh the proper uh vegetative screening then we'll do such any other questions okay so open it up to the audience for any questions Hi. Um, my name is Boommy Vale and I live 2408 Swan Lake Road which is about couple house down. So in that space it has been that the neighborhood's kids been walking and getting in the bus get on the bus in that area. So now this business going in is that going to affair with the bus stop? That's my concern. That's our neighborhood. See, I represent a few houses there because some of them they're on vacations and so they want me to come here to be on their behalf as well. Okay. So, um the kids the bus stop could be adjusted if it

needs to be adjusted. If it needs to be adjusted a little to the north, we can do that because the kids getting in the bus early in the morning and dropping off, you know, that's our concern. And that neighborhood's I'm the director of transportation for I move to 14,000 kids every day. Good. Good. Good. I can work with you on that. All right. All right. Because in that neighborhood, you know, I've been there for years and years and now I understand all the cities booming and business moving in. So I remember when I lived there just gravel road and so that's just our concerns and you know business moving in and the safety, the traffic and so on and so forth. Work I can work that tomorrow morning. All right. Go ahead. Okay, that it in fact I have nothing against Edward Jones. In fact, that's my investment as well. You won't have to leave very far now. Well, mine was in Streetport, so that and I'm thinking my neighbor said, "You need to go over there." And I said, "Okay." But anyway, so that's that's all my concern just the kids. Thank you. Ma'am, did you sign in? Probably under that. Thank you. We have any other comment? All right. There's no other comments. I'll move for approval of Pzone 53-2025. Second. Motion carries. All right, Katie, you can read the next item. Right. We're going to have PLAT54-2025

the application of Tainer Haynes Railian Associ Hindian Associates for Daniel Mobile Investment LLC requesting a Meer Platt Noble subdivision unit 1 being 1.233 acres more or less located at 2320 Swan Lake Roader Parish Louisiana for proposed business office space district 5. Ryan Estus Railian Associates 4913 shed road here on behalf of Mr. Nobles. Um, answering questions you may have. Just so y'all know, we have been the been to the levy board and gotten their approval. We've sent the the permit documents back um allowing the encroachment into the levy board easement. So, I'll answer any questions y'all may have. Questions? No questions. All right. Any questions from the public? Make a motion. Motion we approve Pplat 54-2025. Second. Second. That motion carries. Katie, we can have the next item. P Z56-2025 the application of Ryan Estes Railian Associates for Wyatt Adam Boer Property Group LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain certain tract of land being 9.379 acres more or less from B1 Limited business to B3 general business located at 2240 Vansville Road Boer Parish Louisiana for commercial marketing purposes police jury district 6 uh Ryan Estus Railing Associates 49 913 Shed Road uh here on behalf of Mr. Adams to answer any questions you may have. Um since the last time we spoke, we've Mindy uh is in fact here uh she can

speak to it, but we've we've had some some interest in some um different facilities. Uh, one being a gun shop um where they uh would not only gun shop, gunsmith, so where they would work and and um work and sell firearms, I guess. So, um, no firing range on that, but that's one particular use. So, I'll I'll be more than happy to answer any questions y'all have. Um, I know this is preliminary or not preliminary, final, but then we have to go to the jury. Ryan, I I'll just my opinion is that, you know, we haven't from approved B3 zoning in the past um on a speculative basis without actually seeing an actual application for a specific use. Um, and that's more so to protect, you know, those within 300 feet of a zoning change because if we don't know what's going to go there, they're not going to know what's go there. If we approve it for B3 today, then we've basically taken all ability out from under them to weigh in on what's proposed. So, um, I would encourage to come in with an actual application application. I I would note and I would note that to the north of us, directly on the north side of Vansville, there is a church. Um, so that's going to preclude many uses. Uh, anything that would serve alcohol cannot be done within 300t of that. So, you know, convenience stores, sea stores, alcohol sales, um those sorts of things are going to be precluded from uh that hard corner. So, they would have to be further south away um from anything um if that made a difference. Well, and just as a matter of information, we did go through all of the potential uses that could go in B3,

and there's there's quite a few that are unsaid that u and so do you No, I was I was just going to note that the majority of it is not um a lot of it's kind of the office structure that we're looking at. something uh the other people who've looked at have been a karate studio, so they're going to have limited hours. Also, um a large corporation in town just wanted a business office there. So, there's going to be very little um things that would infringe upon the church. And if you look at the just north of it on the other side, there's a new uh convenience store going in on Safe Harbor Drive. So there are those zonings right around the specified area, right? Yeah. But again there without knowing this is I'm speaking for myself without knowing exactly because we've got another case in today as well similar asking for speculative you know reszoning and that's just hard to do like I said without having uh the folks that within 300 feet that have a right to to weigh in to to have a voice. Understood. It's kind of hard to sell it to when we don't have a certain zoning. And that's where it's always been the caveat that is well, you know, we we're trying to get what they would call a shovel ready site. And much of this, as you know, um in order to get through the parish u and the planning commission in the parish, it may take six months. Um so that's has always been a constraint that we've tried to work through. Um and and you know with this with this particular case um we would ask um well you know if if the the request is going to be denied then I mean if we

could restrict it to certain things within B3 but we're not allowed to you know we can't you know I can't I can't prove B3 conditioned on these uses. That's Can we do this? Can we get one more month? Can we um delay this for one more month? Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. And they say Neil and your attorney an option that you can do is suggest to them you can't require it that they put a restrictive covenant on that property that does restrict the range of uses so that it is less speculative. Again, you can't require it, but they can offer it. He was going where I was going. So that's why I can get with Mr. Adams and maybe we come up with some you want to provide that. Yeah. Come up with some basically some restrictive covenants that would go into effect upon the resoning saying you know u I'm not going to I'm not going to stop a sea store because but the sea store if they did go would have to be further south. Anything that would any sort of restaurants or whatever would have to be further south if they wanted to sell alcohol away from the church. So we could make uh those sorts of stipulations in a um that would be perfect. I've got eight I've got three people have been waiting eight months, you know, and I don't know how long we can keep people waiting each time in order to do something. Well, and if you wanted to expedite it and do a special call meeting, we could do that, too. And and I would say that if we did have and and I'm asking Carlotta on this, if we did have a use that we did scratch out that we thought would be appropriate after um after we were potentially approved for B3, could we come back to that to this board and and revise the covenants and say, "Hey, we want to add this back in." Absolutely. Okay. That may be the way to go. So that's why I wanted to delay it a month. Okay. Crook Carlotta and the B3. What did we see? A list of maybe 20 things or so. Yeah, there's several

B3. So, we're talking a U going through that list and lining out including a sexually oriented business. Exactly. Exactly. And and we're grateful to that. So, give us a give us a month and we'll come back to y'all with a list and we'll submit it to uh Carlaua's office um so y'all have it for y'all's next package. Will you sign? Do we need to please? We We need to go ahead and make a motion to vote on that, do we not? Table it. Yeah, just the table. Well, since I'll make the motion that we um with Pzone 56-2025 that we delay action on this application. Second. Yes, just a comment. Thank you for the delay rather than a tableabling because a tableabling requires a vote to take it off the table. Delay just happens. So you you made you made exactly the right motion, okay, to delay rather than table. It's just a nuance. It makes it easier on you. Okay, all of you. Thank you. Okay. Okay, that motion carries. Katie, if you don't mind reading the next agenda item. All right, we have CLC75-2025 the application of Jacob Malone and Associate for Greco Mado Properties LS requesting a conditional use approval for the sale of low content off alcohol for off- premise consumption at a sea store Innovation Drive convenience store located at 1843 Innovation Drive, Boer City, Louisiana, City Council District 5, Police Street District 6. Uh Ryan Estus Railing Associates, 4913 Shed

Road, uh here on behalf of the developer. Uh I will say I got all the young guys here. So this is this is going to be them shortly hopefully. Um but I'm here to answer any questions we may have. This one's been around a long time. I'm sure you may be familiar with it. Um and we worked very uh diligently and uh constructively with the planning commission. So, um I I think we got everything in line and if you have any questions, let us know. Do you remember all the stipulations on the uh the back roads going into Innovative Drive way back, Ryan? When we put the cross with the cross access, there would be a cross access agreement. Some there's some sort of cross access. I do not know where it comes out of actually. I think if you look at that site plan in your packet, I think it turns hard south um and then works its way to the north um out that direction, but it should be well within or well outside of the proximity to this 300 foot minimum distance. Yeah, because the the the common boulevard type entrance right there with cross keys bank. What we're our recollection was that we restricted the um the left turn out of that to out of the common boulevard. Yeah. until the point that there again I know we were looking for that and what we agreed to um there were some restrictions that we put on that traffic flow um until that boulevard is completed up to innovation and that's what we were trying to I

don't think there were any stipulations no sir um maybe I'm mis maybe I'm misremembering but that access um is full access now will will be full access in the future as a part of the permitting process or as a part of the the ride ofway dedication in um I don't remember let's say 2012 2013 whenever they were acquiring the ride ofway for Swan Lake Road um it was specifically as a part of the donation two driveways at the locations shown um were granted by the parish. Since then, the property was annexed into the city. Um, and those those locations were um agreed upon also since they were agreed upon by the parish. So, Ryan, our concern is if you come out of that common access and you turn left, then you're getting into the lefthand turn lane to go into Innovation Drive. Is that Are you following me? coming out of where the Cross Keys Bank is and you turn left. Going north. Going Going north. You see coming out of Cross Keys. Taking a left towards Tibberon. Going going toward Well, let me make sure. Leaving Cross Keys Bank. Yep. Taking a a left out of the existing boulevard. Yep. Going north. You're in You got to get into the the left hand the center lane. The left hand turn only. If traffic's bad, it's traffic bad. Yes. Yeah. And if and you know we most of some of us live up that way and you know at 4 and I understand that's a tough tough and then trying to merge over to the right lane with a light sitting right in front of you. Stone bridge down. Yeah. Yeah. It's we're just a little concerned about that. And so I

just want to make sure that we already put any stipulations when we approved Cross Keys Bank on a traffic flow that would affect what we're doing here. I know there was there were some milestones that needed to be achieved and we can go we can go and look at that the record and see. I think I mean that's been nearly a decade. Um, so but but I from today's standpoint, I mean from today's standpoint, we could approve this. Yeah, because I was about to say the access our office finds out that but we just I can't remember who ties in the boulevard to innovative up there who's responsible who try the who's responsible for doing that and I don't it's whenever do you remember? young. It's It's going to be whoever buys the tracks and and and constructs those at that time. Nice little track in there. Yeah. Whoever buys the the property going it would be on the west side. This side, the west side. Right. I got you. Yeah. And and the way the master plan works now, and I was not expecting to get into this, I'm recalling my recollection, but it it makes a hard left because they were planning on a building there. So, it makes leaving that boulevard. It makes a hard left, which would be a hard south turn, um, around the building, and then it works its works its way back to the right, which would be to the west to Innovation Drive. Mhm. Um and and on the next hopefully soon on the next sale that these property owners have um that we can redisco we can discuss at that time the the future um forcing them back to innovation figuring out how y'all can can maneuver. I just I just know that these two accesses as we shown here have been permitted. So that's kind of where we're approved cross Bank. We did not

anticipate you know, this use this high intensity use on that corner. But um but but but Ryan, let's from a sa from a citizen safety standpoint, a lot we want a lot of traffic coming out of Murphy, USA. But on the flip side, when you're going north and you're trying to turn left, that does present some safety concerns. At least in my mind. I understand that. And we can we can discuss with the city engineer to to work on that. Um uh I wanted to make sure did y'all have y'all seen the renderings for this building by the way? Oh it's going to be different than Oh, it's going to be fabulous. It's residential in nature. So y'all are going to be really uh it's it's having to model the same sort of aesthetics that the Cross Keys Bank is. So it's going to be white painted brick. You're going to have u shingled roof. You're going to have um masonry. You're going to have um cedar lentils above windows. So, it's going to be I mean you're going to have tall uh gabled roofs in different areas. So, it's going to be a very very very high-end um sea store. Super high-end sea store. Good. Just wanted to make sure everybody knew that. One last question for me. There's a question on the on the portion inside the floor plan that's designated for restaurant use. Um restaurant area. Can get a better description of that. Is that like they're they're looking at like a sandwich shop or something? Yes. Yes, sir. I I believe he what he said uh was um Mexican food, but I'm not sure to that. And it would be off premise, not on premise. So, um if there's not going they're not going to be selling beer or anything. So, sandwich shop, something like that. Off premise. Everything we're doing is offremise. Content, low content, off- premise. Yeah. Okay,

good. No further questions. All right. Well, then I will open it up to the public for any comment. All right. Yeah. I'll make uh Let's see here. 575, aren't we? Yeah. Uh, make a motion we accept CLC 075 2025. Second. It's kind of Ryan Estus meeting today. My application. Motion carries. Katie, if you don't mind reading number seven. Right. We have PMISC702025, [Music] the application of Bojer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to amend and update the subdivision regulations within the Unified Development Code. If you could go ahead and read the next one as well. C MISC71-2025, the application of Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to amend and update subdivision regulations within the Unified Development Code. Um board, again, this is the latest um rendition of the subdivision regulations as it relates to lot sizes, setbacks, rightaway widths, um and and drainage. questions. I did read over that. Ryan, I wanted Well, the parish is here and I wanted to

get y'all's fill out the room before y'all. Okay. I think All right. No question no comments from the board. Um well just a just a comment then you know so we have the 9100 square foot requirement single family subdivisions uh 80 foot right of way with utilities in the front do 60 foot right away with utilities in the rear and um then if the developer submits a plan unit development um there is the ability to reduce those lot sizes based on what addition additional amenities may be approved or provided for proposed. Um, but that's not that verbiage is not in here. Correct. No, but it's it's understood with PUDS going forward. It would have to be a substantial contribution that doesn't inhibit what the police tree or the parish has to do with regards to repairs. Um, so it will be heavily reviewed. As far as a putt is concerned, I almost think we should be approving a or modifying the putt at the same time that we do this just so that we know what have a chance to to comment on both. Has that been proposed? We have discussed it. It's just that we haven't gotten that far yet. Uh with the six months that we've had, this is as far as we've gotten. Um there's some other review that will take place uh that we will bring back before this body, but we just not there just quite yet. Okay. Any other comment from the board? Open it up to public discussion.

I just I actually wrote something down. So all I would say Ryan Estra and Associates um all I would say is is based on the United States Census Bureau the median household income in Boer Parish is 66,000 household income per year with a median home value of 215 fl,000. This reflects a monthly gross income of roughly $5,500 a month. A new mortgage of $250,000 at current interest rate 7 and a half% on a 30-year mortgage is $1,750 a month. Add in taxes and insurance and this pushes the average home payment up to 21 or $2,200. Fanny May's guidelines for debt to income ratios, total debt to income ratio should not proceed 36%. So, if you take 36% of 5,500, that equates to a debt to income value of roughly $1,980, roughly $2,000. All that being said, has has there been any uh studies performed um by this board or or the city council or the police jury as to the long-term impacts of uh nearly doubling the required size of u the lot size on affordable housing in the city of Bojer and Boer Parish. Not this board. Okay. Um, and I could see, you know, so really like like we were talking about earlier, 1500 square foot proposed home still would be a 9,100 square foot lot. Yes. Are there any other public hearings proposed? Um, not at this time. Um we we have several subdivision committee meetings uh with the BJ Parish Police Jury and each time we come back with different scenarios to review, but they haven't made a decision one way or another. But right now, this is what they have confirmed that they wanted in the parish due to the ongoing maintenance issues. If the density is

not um restricted in some way, they just don't know how they're going to maintain it. How are they going to continue to maintain it with the current tax revenue that they get right now for maintenance? Maintenance meaning roads, sew roads and streets, all of it. All utilities. Yes. Okay. Wouldn't I mean I'm just asking. And it seemed like if we're increasing the lot size, we're increasing the lot width that we're also increasing the road maintenance because you can have more street in front of a wider lot than what we're showing now. I would have to defer to our parish engineer. And also if your density goes up then your tax revenue is going to be higher because you got more houses in a less higher density would reduce cost but at the same time the higher density we're not getting the amenities that we'd like to see in the subdivision. So I don't know what the right balance would be. Good good afternoon. My name is Ken Ward Boer Parish Police Jury Administrator. I appreciate your time this morning or this afternoon. Uh this has been a hot topic. I don't know if you've paid attention what's going on with the jury, but it's been a pretty heavy topic. Uh Art, to answer your question, is that we're looking at less densification. When you have less cars, less less travel on those roads, then you have less damage being done to those roads, allowing those easels to to go further into years. Uh in conjunction with what we're asking you to look at today, we've also changed the subdivision design for roads in in the parish. So concrete road sections whereas right now our highway department receives $ 1.95 mills for advorum tax um that equates to about $2.3 million for almost 800 miles of road. That doesn't provide a lot of opportunity for us to do maintenance on that. And so when asphalt roads have 15-year life cycles, our concrete roads are now going to provide us uh 30 hopefully a little bit more than 30 year

life cycles. So we can actually pocket some more of those funds to to wait on doing money when waiting on the funds so they can acrue when we can do work at a at a later time. So that's the thought between changing of our section and doing less densification those areas where we're kind of banking on the fact that we're going to be able to start having a sustainable plan going forward because right now with 2.3 million is not not a sustainable plan for our roads. Um so that that is the plan that we have before you uh for today. be happy to answer any questions. Have you have you talked about um any uh I guess allowances if of if a developer to prevent present a planned unit development let's say with more density um being offset with more community benefits. Yeah, Car Carla mentioned that earlier that has been a conversation there. We believe in the current putt situation that that'll all play in during the design phase so that you could have developments with larger estate tracks in the back and smaller tracks in the front that have certain paths and ponds and playgrounds and whatever else that offers those amenities that will help offset some of that that idea. Yeah. Okay. Thank you, doctor. Have any other questions? I appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate y'all. Okay. We have any other public comment? Okay. One motion. Make a motion we approve P miscellaneous 70-2025. Second. The motion carries.

Since we've already read uh for the record number eight, can I go ahead and make a motion? Make a motion we approve C miscellaneous 71-2025. Second. Mr. McDaniel, did you do your last vote? It's not registering your your vote, Mr. McDaniel. Yeah, kind of thinking about a bit of a quandry if you don't know the truth. I don't know if there's been enough dollars and cents put on that. The second motion carries. Katie, if you don't mind reading number nine on the agenda. Next we have C USC 622025. The application of Chris Graham Boer City Farmer Market requesting temporary use approval for the Boer City Farmer Market and Night Market to be located at 2950 East Texas Street. Maker Fair to be located at 540 Boardwalk Boulevard and Barkstdale Market located at 3224 Barksdale Boulevard, Boer City, Louisiana. City Council District 2, three and five. the police jury district 7, 9, and 11. Welcome back. Welcome back. I was going to say I was going to say something now for something completely different. Uh Chris Graham. Uh like you're expanding. Yes. Yes. Slightly. Just a little. How many years is this for you now? Uh this will be our 10th year with the Boer City Farmers Market. Uh August uh well we'll

just say August 1 will be actual 10 years calendar date. So any changes this? No. No. Uh we we've added the uh the little location there on Barkstdale 322, excuse me, 3224 with their Bedlock Academy. And uh that's just kind of seasonal couple of weeks in the spring and fall. And uh uh as far as uh locations, you know, we're everything's still contained within the same locations. Um the only changes is we just seem to be getting uh you know you know bigger crowds but but still you know the same uh folks coming and uh we're seeing people I mean flying in and we're getting them from Germany from Asia for the night markets. It's it's it's pretty neat and uh we've gotten some u use of the barriers the metal barriers. So that's that's uh helping out a lot. And uh everything seems to be going you know going great. Obviously, we're just uh hoping we, you know, can continue to, you know, have our location there at the mall and uh that doesn't change. And uh uh so you can have like four going on simultaneously. Do what now? You have four different uh uh the night markets are four times a year on Saturdays. Uh and then there's one in February, so no other markets. Then we've got a makers fair at the boardwalk that's twice a year. And uh to answer your question, yes, those do go on uh simultaneously with with the Saturday morning uh farmers market, which is every Saturday, April through November. It's uh probably one of the longest running farmers markets in America as far as the the the length of time that we're open. And uh we we set up that morning as a farmers market and then if we have a night market that night, we we we hold in place and then we bring in more vendors. And uh it's it's a it's it's it's an engineering feat if I can toot my own horn there, but uh it's a lot of fun, you know, a lot of smiling faces and uh we keep them all free for the public. So it uh just a good, you know, it's a good good win for the

community. Does Bedrock Academy still own the property in the front? Uh it's that's actually owned uh by the their name escapes me at the moment that it should be on there. Yeah. Yeah. They uh they own that property in the front uh where we set up and then they own the the little building next to it. And so for the record, is it 3224 or I believe it's 3226. It's six. Yeah. So yeah, for the record it is 3226. Chris, where at the boardwalk would that fair be? The Makaker's Fair? Uh it takes over the entire boardwalk. The entire boardwalk. Uh we go from uh where where the bridge is uh where the bridge crosses uh probably about 200 feet towards um Bass Pro. What's then and reverse back to the bridge. We do do some activities and tents under the bridge, live entertainment, and then we go all the way down to the carousel with a continuous line of vendors. Uh then we have a few food trucks down there and then it goes all the way around to where um Simple Church is. Yeah. And then the parking garage. So regardless of whether whe where you come in, you're you're going to see them, you know, the market and and hopefully walk around and uh I can't I can't speak for the other retail businesses out there, but we we get we got a few thousand people out there. It's a lot of fun. So Okay, cool. Y'all should come out. I would say that he is generating traffic in other in places that are not generating traffic. So that is an awesome feat. I can see that. We're trying. Okay, no questions. Do you plan to just take over the whole boat boardwalk at some point? They they they would like that. They've asked me to do to do more out there, but uh you know, if you start doing something something weekly, it's not, you know, special and unique and it just kind of becomes the same old thing. So, we're um I'd say Boer is is pretty saturated right right now. So, we're

just kind of kind of hopingly continuing to just do what we're doing every year, every month, every every weekend and uh just keep keep it rolling. Is there any competition with the Red River Revel? No. Uh we still have uh the farmers market during that time and we still get we actually still get a good crowd. Um actually, when the when the Shreport Farmers Market opens, we get we get more people coming to our market that morning because they think we're open that day. Yeah. even though we've been open for two months. So, um actually a lot of the events it it get people are out they they'll go to one thing and they'll and they'll go to the go to another. You know, they're putting on clothes and shoes. They're going to they're going to go see everything. So, okay. I believe the Rebels changing their hours uh this fall. I think it's only going to be Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday or something. They're moving to a weekend only, I think. Yeah, be surprised about All right. No further questions from the board. No. Okay. Any other public uh comment? I'll move for approval of C use 062-2025 as presented. Second. Thank you. Thanks a lot, Chris. The motion carries. Okay. If you can read um number 10 CPL AT 63 2025 the application of Robert Rollins M associate for Edward I'm sorry Ginier TPBC LLC requesting a preliminary plat

um estates at the preserve being unit number eight being a planned unit development also being 10.456 456 acres more or less located in section 24 township 19 north range 13 wester city Louisiana located north at the northeast intersection of preserve boulevard and peace and ridge city council district 1 police jury district 12 good afternoon I'm throw you a little curve I'm Ricky with more associates not competitors over here I'm here on behalf of TBBC the developer representing this uh subdivision Mr. Rollins is at the beach chasing sunburn rug rats right now. So, uh he asked me to come here in his place, but this is just a 13 lot addition uh 700t of infrastructure to a plan unit development. Okay. If I have any questions, I'm here to answer. Is the street already in place or that's proposed that'll be built with this? Sorry. Is the street already in place? I do not believe so. Okay. So, this will connect the two sides. Yes. Okay. And it's also I notic it's not 10 acres. It's about four and a half. I don't know how that got on there. Any other questions from the board? Um I'll open it up to public comment if there is any. Okay. Ready for a motion. I'm ready for a motion. Make a motion we accept C plat 063-2025. Second. The motion carries. Just one question. Mr. Mr. You said it's how many acres? Said four and a half. Four and a half. Yeah. The application.

Okay. Thank you. All right. Looks like number 11 is next. Katie. Okay. We have CLC282025, the application of Wesley Miller, Ram Engineering LLC for Lano Boer LL Airline LLC, requesting a conditional use approval for the sale of low content alcohol or for off- premise consumption at a convenience store with fuel cells Murphy USA and for extended hours of operation located at 1819 Airline Drive, Boer City, Louisiana, City Council, District 3, Police District What are the proposed hours of operation? 5 to 12. Like 5 a.m. to 12. That's correct. Okay. For the record, you want to go ahead and state your name. Yes, sir. Wesley Miller Ram Engineering, 4207 Parliament Drive, Alexandria, Louisiana. I've come before you guys three or four times um for this project. We got our reszone. Um we got our replat. Uh got the conditional use for the pre-manufactured building. And I believe this is our last discretionary approval that we need. Um and it's for off-remise low content alcohol conditional use. Okay. Okay. I guess for the record too, we did receive some opposition. Yes. Mostly from the neighborhood behind it. Just five notices. No addresses were provided,

but basically it just says no to alcohol sales and 247 Murphy. This will be a disastrous This will be disastrous for our homes behind this development. It will increase crime and noise level and traffic and they're not asking for 24. Correct. They're asking for and we do have a screen wall. U yes, they're required to I think it was pretty substantial one that we approved. Yeah, we submitted a 8 foot composite fence as opposed to the the wood fence. And I guess for the record too, we have um hard liquor sales across the street at the grocery store there. Yes, I'm I'm okay with this. I'm okay. And so, for the record, they're asking for to be open one additional hour in the morning. Correct. Is that right? The hours of operation that we're proposing is 5 to 12. 5 to 12 versus 6 to 12. Okay. No further questions. All right. No other questions from the board. I'll open it up to public discussion. Okay. Hearing none, I'll make a motion we approve a CLC 28-2025. Second. The motion carries. Thank you. I do have one question. Do you know when this will go to the city council? Uh, we will send it this week. So, it may be July 1st. It won't be It won't be next week. No. No, sir. Okay. Thank you. All right. Okay. Looks like that uh ends all of our public hearings and we'll move into miscellaneous um miscellaneous items going to be CMC84-2025

the application of the Boer City Parish Metropolitan Planning Commission to contract with Eisenar Amper to study and create a tool to access property within its jurisdictions and utilize the execution of documents board uh the City Council is looking for a tool and has reached out to this company Eisner. Um, as we annex property, they're looking for a tool to better analyze the components of that annexation, what that means for life safety. Uh, what it means for infrastructure, economic impact, and tax incentives or or disincentives. Um, so by evaluating these components, this tool will help me assess whether or not it's a good deal, so to speak, to annex the property into the city. So, this will allow me to execute the documents for this tool. Um, it'll probably take 120 days to get the analysis and the tool complete and um the city's ready to move forward with this. And just for geographic area on the north side, it's bounded by Kingston and Dean Point Road on the west and 220 on the south. Yes. Yeah. Wow. And then after this is complete, I will also have a tool going forward to complete review of annexation requests. I think it's definitely needed. No other comment. Um, I'll make a motion we approve MISC 84-2025. Second. That motion carries. Right now we'll that's concludes the miscellaneous and we'll move into preliminary hearings.

Okay. If you don't mind reading number 13. Mr. Fond have your vote in. It won't won't let me vote for some reason. It's not on the screen. Just get a yay or nay vote. Okay. Yay or nay? Yay or nay? Huh? Yay or nay? Yay. Yay. Okay. I'll mark it for you. Okay. Thanks. Oh, there it is. Okay. So, um where we at? uh C zone Z67 20225 application of Michael Kelchian Associates for AJ Real Estate Estate Holdings LLC requesting a zoning amendment to change the zoning classification of a certain tract of land being 1.837 acres more or less from RLD residential low density to B3 general business located at 4208 Venton Road, Boer City, Louisiana for commercial marketing purposes. City Council District 5, Police Street District 6. Hey, good afternoon. Michael Kelch with Railen Associates, 4913 Shed Road. I don't if y'all looked at the zoning map, um, this property is just south of a, uh, existing power transmission line. And then everything south of it is B3. And so, uh, we think B3 fits the area. before the public hearing, I'll get with the owner and strike through the list kind of like relation to what we did for I got you. That could be the only way really that Yeah. And we'll go and we've done that in the past on some jobs. So, we'll we'll go through and and strike out uh any uses that uh we don't think will fit the area and we'll submit that to the NPC uh several weeks in advance of the public hearing so y'all have a chance to review it. That works.

Any other comment anybody? All right. I'll make a motion we move C zone 67-2025 forward for a public hearing. Second. Okay, that motion carries. Thank you. All right. So, let's see. The next thing on the agenda is to approve our minutes for the May the 12th, 2025 meeting. So, move. I have a motion in a second. Second. That motion carries as well. My bad. sit up there. Okay. So, then we will move into our old and new business. Looks Carla and new. Um, we have a new zoning inspector. His name is Albert. He's here in the audience today. If you could come up, tell us a little bit about yourself. Good afternoon, members of the board. Yeah, I'm Albert Obaya. I'm the new zoning inspector. I'll give you a brief background on myself. I'm from Miami, Florida, born and raised there. In the past, I've worked as a welder and I also served eight years in the United States Army. I've done a combat deployment I've done a combat deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. and I was also a part of a small team that managed Europe's largest training area which spanned 55,000 acres. Um I know what it's like to work hard and I know what it's like to serve and I'm thankful for the opportunity you guys have given me here today. Welcome to Glad to have you, sir.

That's it. Good. Thank you. Good. Thank you, Albert. All right. I think that concludes our meeting. Carla, was there anything else we discussed? All right. Okay. Meeting adjourned.