Remarks by Billie Jo Underwood
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It's not, and it's very, very complicated because of what was happening and how it's transitioned over the years, and it's not easy just to walk in and hear what's happening now with not really understanding how we got to where we are. And I'm gonna say it for the record. Zoning in Baldwin County is a citizen-driven process. This government did not put it on you. But we have to abide by what is law. Zoning is law. So that's all I gotta say.
I think what I was trying to process in my head was no matter what transpires today, an approval or a denial is going to create additional financial investment by the property owner. Either removal or which is a financial situation, or bringing the, because that's only a request that they can stay as they were grandfathered in, is that correct?
Okay, okay. It just adds to that heaping mound of complicated situation.
Okay, okay, okay. And correct me if I'm wrong, and if you want her to explain it, that's fine. But it was grandfathered in as an RV park because we changed our regulations on RV parks after 2019, okay? And what they're asking is not just to be approved for this zoning and this PRD, but contained within the PRD is to keep the grandfathered-in gravel. And what my point was is that I thought that I didn't realize that was part of the PRD So what the request is, is to continue the RV park under the old grandfathered in rules and add manufactured housing to it. And so there would be no…
Well, she can. If it's denied, she just can't keep the manufactured housing. That's the whole problem. That's the whole reason I think we're here. That's correct. Are we here for any other reason?
We're trying to fix something with a zoning situation. I just want to make sure I'm
I'll make a motion we deny this request.
Oh, they have to be voted on separate? I thought they were contingent on the other.
I think I'm not mistaken. Then that one was on the first item, which was ES2.
Okay, I make a motion that we deny case number PRD 26-02. Okay.
I would like to make some further discussion. I would like to clarify that I was a part of this body that approved the conditional approval for the RV in 2019. The commission has went through a lot of explosive growth over the years, including the last seven years since this happened. And for this PRD to request to do nothing that really a PRD is there for, which is to improve. All we're doing is being asked to change it up so that you can put some manufactured housing in there and not make any of the improvements that were so painstakingly brought forth. And anyone else that will be walking…
I just like to make a statement I mean I appreciate you showing us what your your desire is but I do not want the public to be confused that we're here to approve what you've presented and I think that that's why that we usually don't present sketch plans with rezoning cases because all we're doing right now is changing your zoning from rural agriculture to our or or what that's what your request is so I I do want people to understand that even though it's nice to see this it's It can be confusing to the public that we've approved a subdivision. We are not approving a subdivision. So I just…
I'll make a motion that we approve this request based on the consistency with our
I thought you were going to say you're going to miss me.
Thank you, and this is the last meeting in Fairhope for this commission. And I will miss the commission I'm working with now. That is true, although sometimes we have to move on. And I want to... I've been sick for two weeks, so I've been really tired. But everything that went down with the hurricane, I'm so thankful and grateful that we did not get a direct hit. And if we had to have a live exercise, so be it. But thank God we didn't get hit. And thank you to the staff and to the commissioners and everyone for everything that you guys did. Tom, EMA, Highway, everybody that stepped up. I…
Thank you. Dear Heavenly Father, we just thank you for all that you do, God, because you know, God, we know that you are good. And God, we know that the goodness of you is something that you don't have to prove because you are good. And we just thank you and praise you for all that you do for us here in Ballin County. And Lord, be with us today as we conduct the business of this county. Help us, Lord, to make the right and best decisions. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
I want to move back to, do we want to include any of the?
It was a lot. I had no one call me, but they sure did thank us for letting them off on Thursday.
I'll make a motion that we accept our attorney's recommendation to go into executive session.
Mr. Chairman, Commissioner Graber asked me if I would read this. and make the motion. I will make a motion to approve the October 6th, 2026 regular meeting minutes with the notation that there are some corrections and we need to correct for the record the project numbers that were listed in agenda item GA as follows. Capacity improvements on County Road 64 at State Route 161, project number HW27011.
Oh, you know what? I don't remember saying that, but if I did, I did. I was just sitting here going State Route 161. I'm sitting here thinking, is that wrong? But anyhow. All right, we'll start over. The capacity improvements on County Road 68 at State Route 161, project number HW27011, road extension on Hartung Road to Sherman Road and Pond, project number HW27077, intersection realignment on County Road 32 at County Road 55, Project number HW27081. So that is a motion to approve the correction to the.
Thank you. And I hope that everything that we do helps you in your efforts as well. Absolutely.
I'll make a motion that we approve our consent agenda as discussed in the work session with the noted items that Chairman just mentioned.
Thank you, Gina. I remember when we first got here, you guys were still in that old building, and we worked so hard to get y'all in a new building. And thank you for when you stepped up for leadership when you did. And last week, it's been on my calendar for a while, I was asked to go speak at a little Christian school, second and third graders. And I was like, they wanted to know about county government. And I'm like, well, how do you put that into a second and third grader's mindset and so when I got there fortunately their teacher helped me out and she said you know tell us a little bit…
I make a motion that we adopt resolution 2027-025 adopt in the minutes of the August 4th 2020 regular meeting of the Baldwin County Commission.