[13:30] you

[13:47] time is now 2:05. I'd like to call the

[13:50] Monday, August 31st, 2026 Boer City

[13:52] Parish Boer uh of adjust board

[13:55] adjustments meeting to order. Please

[13:57] stand.

[13:59] Please, bow your head. Thank you, dear

[14:03] Lord, for this great day.

[14:06] Thank you for this great technology that

[14:07] we have. Please help it to work today.

[14:09] Dear Lord, please uh give us the proper

[14:12] knowledge and wisdom to make some proper

[14:14] decisions. It's in your name that we

[14:15] pray. Amen.

[14:18] >> Please face the flag. I pledge

[14:20] allegiance to the flag of the United

[14:22] States of America and to the republic

[14:25] for which it stands. One nation under

[14:28] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[14:30] justice for all.

[14:32] >> Thank you. Please be seated.

[14:35] Welcome

[14:37] to the board of adjustments meeting

[14:38] which falls under the metropolitan

[14:40] planning commission of Bojer City and

[14:41] Bojer Parish. This board is appointed by

[14:44] the Boer city council and the Bojer

[14:46] Parish Police Jury. It serves

[14:47] voluntarily and without compensation.

[14:51] Roll call, please.

[14:55] » Charles Davis

[14:56] >> here.

[14:57] >> Megan Davis

[14:58] >> here.

[14:59] >> Susette Haden

[15:00] >> here.

[15:01] >> Carrie Landry

[15:02] >> here.

[15:03] >> Tim Willahan

[15:04] >> here.

[15:05] >> Michael Virture

[15:06] >> here.

[15:07] >> We have a quorum.

[15:08] >> Perfect.

[15:09] >> In accordance with Louisiana Open

[15:11] Meetings laws, the Bojer City Parish BA

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[15:50] >> Thank you.

[15:52] >> Uh, next section is to approve the

[15:54] agenda as written. Request a motion to

[15:56] approve the agenda as submitted.

[15:58] >> I move that we approve the agenda as

[16:00] written and submitted.

[16:02] >> Second. Second.

[16:04] >> All in favor?

[16:07] Do we vote? Yes. Thank you.

[16:20] Motion passes. Thank you.

[16:23] The first item on the agenda is uh PBOA

[16:28] 1652026.

[16:30] The application of Christina Ko uh

[16:33] requesting a special exception used to a

[16:35] 76x30 uh modular home on a track of land

[16:40] being 2.2 acres more or less located at

[16:42] 455 Pinerest Drive, Moer Paris,

[16:46] Louisiana. Police uh police jury

[16:48] district two. Um, is there someone an

[16:51] applicant here?

[16:53] Thank you so much. Come forward and just

[16:57] state your name and briefly describe

[16:59] what you're attemp trying to do.

[17:02] >> Thank you.

[17:04] >> Yes. My name is Christina Ko and I'm

[17:06] just requesting for a module home to be

[17:07] placed on our track and land.

[17:11] >> Okay.

[17:14] and the the module home. Do you have any

[17:17] updated pictures of that or is it just

[17:19] the ones from that drawing that you

[17:20] have?

[17:21] >> Um, I can give you like a general idea.

[17:24] It's not the same color. Um, let's

[17:29] I only have one piece of paper. Is that

[17:31] okay?

[17:32] >> Can we um Yeah, nice. Let's just pass

[17:35] We'll pass it down. Okay. Can you put it

[17:38] on that right here?

[17:40] >> Put it on that. Oh, great.

[17:51] There we go. And then don't forget you

[17:53] have the button on your your panel and

[17:56] you can click it to show on your

[17:57] computer.

[18:03] » I like it better there.

[18:06] >> So, Miss Ko, what type foundation is the

[18:09] home going to sit on? This is going to

[18:10] be

[18:10] >> it's going to be concrete slab.

[18:12] >> A concrete slab.

[18:13] >> Yeah. Uh well, concrete runners. I'm

[18:14] sorry about that, M. Landry. Concrete

[18:16] runners.

[18:17] >> Runners.

[18:17] >> Yes. The alternative to a slab.

[18:20] >> All right. So, is that help me out here?

[18:23] Pean beam. Is it going to sit on the

[18:25] runners or is it going to sit directly

[18:26] on?

[18:27] >> No, it's actually going to sit on the

[18:29] runners. It's going to be tied to the

[18:30] runners. It's just something that's a

[18:31] little cheaper than do a standard uh

[18:34] slab.

[18:35] >> Okay.

[18:35] >> Yes, sir.

[18:36] >> Thank you. So, is the actual house

[18:38] sitting off the ground though? According

[18:40] to the picture that you're showing

[18:41] there, it looks like there's there's a

[18:43] airspace underneath it instead.

[18:44] >> Yes, it will be a crawl space. Yes,

[18:46] ma'am. It will be a crawl space to

[18:48] access any utilities that's running

[18:49] underneath.

[18:52] [panting]

[18:58] » Miss Ko, is that the that's the front

[19:01] elevation that we looking at, I guess?

[19:03] >> Yes. This right here just example

[19:05] picture. Um my house will be just a

[19:06] little different. Um of course you know

[19:08] with the windows how and the doors. Um

[19:12] but the elevation is a 6x12 roof. So

[19:15] it's not the standard uh mobile home

[19:16] which is come off a 3x12 or 4x12 roof.

[19:20] So mine is a 6x12. So it's way higher

[19:23] and actually higher than actually the homes around the land. Um as well

[19:30] >> any porch on your

[19:31] >> any front porch or is it a flat face

[19:33] like you see there?

[19:34] >> So no it will not be well as it comes in

[19:37] it will be a flat face but in the future

[19:40] my husband will put a front porch on

[19:43] there. Um but first just before we move

[19:48] in it it we will put a a porch on a

[19:51] front it will not look that plain at

[19:52] all. Um I'm trying to think of what

[19:55] else. Oh, and that is vinyl siding. We

[19:58] will we do have the upgraded. We have

[20:00] the um it's not the harder board. It's

[20:02] called a smart board. The alternative to

[20:04] the concrete board, more price effective

[20:07] um that [snorts] we will have on our

[20:09] home. And it will be is I think this is

[20:11] vertical if I'm not mistaken. It will be

[20:14] vertical [laughter]

[20:16] >> and it will be a brick uh skirt or

[20:19] skirting that goes around the the bottom

[20:21] of the home.

[20:22] >> Not this one here. Like I say, just a

[20:23] generalized picture. Might as well match

[20:25] the um the siding on the house. So, it

[20:27] will be that uh smart board going all

[20:29] the way down.

[20:30] >> All the way down.

[20:30] >> Yes, ma'am.

[20:34] » And the garage there, you have a

[20:36] detached garage in your original

[20:37] rendering. Is that still going to be the

[20:38] case? Yes, we're still trying to get

[20:42] some quotes uh on the garage is is just

[20:46] expensive trying to add the garage from their facility

[20:52] » and your driveway coming into the

[20:54] property. How is that going to be laid?

[20:56] >> So, we're running into a problem

[20:58] actually because from the way if let me

[21:02] see if I find got a picture. Oh, I do.

[21:07] Let me see if you can see that. Yeah,

[21:10] it's a little blurry. So, from the main

[21:14] road

[21:15] on the if you're looking at the road and

[21:19] I'm we're looking towards north on that

[21:22] left hand side, the main sewer line is

[21:24] literally coming off of that side and

[21:27] oh, excuse me, it's going straight down

[21:28] through the property literally to the

[21:30] middle. So, I don't have that much room

[21:34] to come off without going into somebody

[21:37] else's lane, which I'm trying to avoid.

[21:40] And I know we supposed to either have

[21:41] concrete or asphalt. That's what I was

[21:45] told. Um, now I can come off, but I got

[21:48] to stay off at least 15 ft away from the

[21:51] main sewer line for any uh feature uh

[21:55] renderings there. So, I could either

[21:57] come in straight and then make that turn

[22:01] like the little yellow line, but like I

[22:03] said, I would be approaching my neighbor

[22:04] side and I don't want to cause a issue.

[22:06] Or I could be uniform like the the car

[22:10] and it would go straight going towards

[22:14] the west and then north, well, sorry,

[22:17] south into the house and I had to go

[22:19] around a humongous street and the gas

[22:22] lines are running through there, too. So

[22:25] that's the issue that we're coming up

[22:27] against right now.

[22:30] >> Okay. So on your drawing here, which one

[22:33] is your sewer line? [sighs]

[22:37] >> Can I put my hand? Oh, I can. Okay.

[22:39] >> Right

[22:42] there.

[22:43] And it's going straight down.

[22:48] >> And you'll be on city water then?

[22:51] >> Yes, ma'am. That's city water in sewer.

[22:52] Yes, ma'am.

[23:05] primary usage is for your single your

[23:08] family to to live to to live there.

[23:11] >> Yeah. Just family. Yes, ma'am. No. Yes,

[23:13] sir. I'm sorry.

[23:15] Just family.

[23:19] Any

[23:24] other questions from the board?

[23:28] » Okay. Thank you.

[23:29] >> Okay. Yes, sir.

[23:29] >> Anybody from the audience from have a

[23:32] Okay.

[23:36] Step forward. State your name and uh and

[23:41] write you write down your name.

[23:43] >> And write down your name. Oh, okay.

[23:44] >> Thank you.

[23:55] Okay. My name is uh David Matthysse and

[23:59] I am one of the affected property owners

[24:01] in Tall Timbers. Uh I'm here not only

[24:05] for myself but also 25 other affected

[24:08] property owners that opposed the special

[24:10] exception that asked me to speak on

[24:13] their behalf.

[24:15] since did the majority's people were

[24:17] unable to attend. So they sent a signed

[24:20] statement to represent their opposition

[24:25] to the special exemption here. And I

[24:29] have that signed statement

[24:33] right here.

[24:45] I canvased

[24:48] 11 affected properties in Tall Timbers

[24:51] and out of the 11 property owners only

[24:53] one property owner was not opposed. I

[24:57] canvas the entire neighborhood in

[24:59] Pinerest subdivision which is only 38

[25:03] homes. Out of the 16 property owners

[25:06] that were home at that time, only one

[25:09] property owner was not opposed.

[25:12] Statistically, that means 90 to 95%

[25:17] of the property owners

[25:20] living in the neighborhood do oppose

[25:23] this.

[25:24] We are not here to attack the property

[25:26] owner. We welcome him to our

[25:29] neighborhood. A new home built to the

[25:31] community standards does nothing but

[25:33] enhance the quality of our community and

[25:36] increases our property values. A home a

[25:39] home built to some substandards in our

[25:42] neighborhood does the opposite.

[25:45] What we are opposing is this property

[25:48] owner trying not to be held to the same

[25:50] high quality standards as other property

[25:53] owners that bought in this neighborhood.

[25:55] One family told me they pay a lot extra

[25:58] just to get into a quality neighborhood

[26:00] like Pinerest subdivision.

[26:04] There are no modular homes in Tall

[26:06] Timbers subdivision. There are no

[26:08] modular homes in Pinerest subdivision.

[26:10] And there are no modular homes in Wafer

[26:13] Forest subdivision, which is a very old

[26:14] subdivision there. We do not want one

[26:17] [clears throat] of these lower quality

[26:19] homes built in our backyard.

[26:21] Once you get one in the neighborhood,

[26:24] that's enough just justification

[26:26] to approve another one.

[26:29] In closing, I would ask each and every

[26:33] one of you, [snorts] if you would

[26:35] approve a home built next to you that

[26:38] does not meet your community standards,

[26:42] think about it, would you? Thank you

[26:45] very much. Do you need this?

[26:47] >> Yes, please.

[26:48] >> Get right over here.

[26:50] Thank you.

[26:57] » Excuse me, sir.

[26:59] >> Sir,

[26:59] >> Mr. Matthew,

[27:00] >> can you stay for just a couple of

[27:02] questions?

[27:02] >> Sure. Okay.

[27:03] >> Is Can you state your address?

[27:05] >> My address is 509 Pine Cone Drive.

[27:09] >> Thank you.

[27:10] >> Is that in

[27:11] >> That's in Tall Timbers.

[27:12] >> Tall. Where is Tall Timbers neighborhood

[27:14] com in association to the neighborhood

[27:17] we're talking about? Well, part of it uh

[27:19] shares a property line. My my property

[27:22] does. It shares about 180 ft of property

[27:24] line and I think I share the most and

[27:26] I'm actually right behind uh his

[27:29] property there in in Tall Timbers.

[27:31] >> Okay.

[27:31] >> Thank you.

[27:33] very much.

[27:34] >> Before you go, any other questions? No.

[27:36] >> Yes.

[27:38] >> Thank you.

[27:42] » Anybody else from the audience have any

[27:44] questions or comments?

[27:47] Please come forward, state your name and

[27:49] write it there. Thank you.

[27:53] [clears throat]

[28:01] Ladies, gentlemen, I am also a neighbor

[28:03] of u actually my backyard about I don't

[28:07] know whether it's as much as David's,

[28:08] but probably at least 150 ft or more. My

[28:12] backyard is right up against their this

[28:15] proposed property. Uh I don't know if

[28:18] you guys remember back that huge

[28:21] flooding period in I think it was 2016.

[28:24] We lost a lot of homes in the Tall

[28:26] Timbers area. Um

[28:29] that runoff is continual. They've done a

[28:32] lot to help mitigate that, but every

[28:34] time it rains there's streamlets coming

[28:38] down through property yards and all

[28:40] that. that area that was right behind my

[28:42] home that they proposed to build

[28:44] something on that is going to impact

[28:47] additional

[28:49] uh drainage runoff. It's going to come

[28:50] right into my yard and my neighbor's

[28:52] yard who is also very vently against

[28:55] this uh and you can see the actual

[28:58] runoff going right through the yard down

[29:01] in the drains over overloading the

[29:03] drains actually in the tall timbers

[29:05] area. So it does impact us directly and

[29:08] uh again I have no problems with uh the

[29:12] neighbors at all. I just don't think

[29:14] that that would be in our best not only

[29:17] our best interest could be detrimental

[29:18] to us. So I thank you for your time

[29:21] >> and and that drainage is already

[29:22] occurring. You said

[29:23] >> it's already occurring and this cannot

[29:25] do anything but make it worse.

[29:26] >> Okay.

[29:28] Any other questions? I got one.

[29:31] How far from the this property you

[29:34] referred to on it flooded? I know the

[29:36] parish bought up some

[29:38] >> Right.

[29:38] >> How far is this?

[29:40] >> This is we're at the eastern end of

[29:41] that. It's probably about Let's see. I

[29:44] walk it almost every day. Half a mile

[29:46] from the lowest part all to the nearest

[29:49] flooding. It was probably less than

[29:52] quarter mile.

[29:53] >> But but it's not adjacent to this lot.

[29:55] >> No, the flooding was not adjacent. what

[29:56] we're getting is a runoff coming through

[29:58] it and I myself have had to do

[30:00] additional drainage just to mitigate

[30:02] that and it's not something that we

[30:04] should have had to do but again as I

[30:07] said this is only going to make it worse

[30:10] >> so so the runoff is occurring before

[30:12] this structure is even

[30:14] >> yeah yes yes it is no but what this is

[30:17] going to yes it is to answer your

[30:18] question

[30:19] >> but it's a nice heavily forested area or

[30:22] it was until it was leveled Um, so we

[30:27] [clears throat] we have not had a big

[30:29] rainstorm yet as we all we've been

[30:33] pretty much in a drought for the last

[30:34] couple months or so. So I haven't seen

[30:36] any impact since they leveled it. But it

[30:38] is I mean just by looking at the slope

[30:40] of the land, it all slopes towards tall

[30:42] timbers. That whole lot comes down. It's

[30:44] going to come through my yard through

[30:45] David's yard through Todd uh Franc's

[30:48] yard all neighbors that are right next

[30:50] to that property. So if if no structure

[30:53] goes in that property right now today

[30:55] ever,

[30:56] >> uh

[30:57] >> how's that going to change property?

[30:59] >> If no structure goes in the current

[31:01] property,

[31:02] >> how's that going to change the effect

[31:04] that it's having on you now or is it

[31:06] going to change the effect?

[31:07] >> I'm thinking that depending on how they

[31:09] landscape it, what is Well, since it was

[31:15] clearcut or whatever, that has

[31:18] additionally added to the problem.

[31:20] Hopefully, it'll go back down, go back

[31:22] up and regrow, and that will absorb a

[31:25] lot of the rain. Um,

[31:29] >> are you located off of Pine Cone Drive

[31:31] as well in Tall Timbers?

[31:32] >> I am at the very end of uh Whispering

[31:35] Pine Circle and as I mentioned before,

[31:39] my backyard at least I would say 150 ft

[31:42] of it is right there where that property

[31:45] is. So, if you can I don't know. I don't

[31:47] have a map with me, but

[31:49] >> I see it. And you're saying that in your

[31:51] backyard due to high rains or if we

[31:53] should get the high rains since 2016

[31:55] that you have a flooding issue in that

[31:57] backyard area.

[31:58] >> We have water coming through it. Yes.

[32:01] >> Rolling down the back side of it or

[32:02] actually going into your backyard

[32:04] because of that.

[32:05] >> It's coming through our backyard

[32:07] and our neighbors backyard.

[32:10] >> Is it due to the fact that the land here

[32:11] is higher than your land then? Because

[32:13] the water

[32:14] >> Yes, I would say so. Yes. And so it's a

[32:17] natural runoff into our direction,

[32:18] >> right? So I would think clearing the

[32:20] land and leveling it out some would

[32:22] possibly help reduce that problem. Is

[32:24] that not correct?

[32:25] >> Um I don't know that it is. No. Um

[32:30] I can't say for a fact. I haven't had a

[32:32] professional come out and view it, but I

[32:34] would say that

[32:36] depending on how they landscape it, if

[32:38] they put in some sort of blockage,

[32:40] whatever, that may mitigate it.

[32:42] Otherwise, it's it's it's an issue. and

[32:44] I can't see how that's going to help it.

[32:47] >> Okay.

[32:49] >> Any other questions?

[32:52] Thank you, sir.

[32:53] >> Thank you.

[32:54] >> I would like to add to what he was

[32:57] talking about, the flooding.

[33:04] » Well, the last really big rain that we

[33:06] had was in July. We had four inches. I

[33:08] know because I have a rain gauge. Sir,

[33:11] can you please repeat your name for the

[33:12] >> Oh, my name is David Matthysse.

[33:14] >> Thank you.

[33:15] >> Okay. The um the last big rain we had

[33:18] was in July and then we had 4 in out in

[33:21] tall timbers because I have a rain gauge

[33:23] and I actually have pictures of just

[33:26] what 4 in of rain would do. All the

[33:28] runoff that comes through our property

[33:30] and everything also goes down between a ditch that runs between two houses.

[33:36] And I have pictures after 4 ines of rain

[33:38] that this ditch is overflowing and it's

[33:41] about ready to flood one of the

[33:42] properties right there. You can also see

[33:44] all the dirt and everything. You know,

[33:46] when they landscaped it, it's in the

[33:48] water because this was the first big

[33:50] rain that we had since that time. But um

[33:55] the ditch itself is very narrow and uh

[34:00] also when they cut down the the trees

[34:02] and they pulled all that stuff, they did

[34:04] level it had a lot of dips and

[34:05] everything back there. It wasn't level

[34:07] at all. Uh there's an old pump sewage

[34:10] pump lift station that's there as well.

[34:12] And um all that water will run right

[34:16] down through there. And since they took

[34:17] away the waterhed, we'd have even more

[34:19] rain now.

[34:20] >> Okay. because the roots and everything

[34:22] would actually soak up a lot of the

[34:23] water. A lot of it was caught in the

[34:24] dips and made a lot of little ponds back

[34:27] there, but since it's been leveled out

[34:28] and everything and I don't know if they

[34:30] can take it to wafer road or not, uh

[34:33] I've looked at that. I've got like to

[34:35] say pictures of the drainage all through

[34:37] Tile Timbers just with 4 in of rain and

[34:40] that's not a common thing. I just it's

[34:43] very common thing around four or more

[34:45] inches.

[34:46] >> Okay. So, if y'all like to see the

[34:48] pictures, the videos that I have, uh,

[34:51] I'd be more than happy to show them to

[34:52] you.

[34:52] >> No, I think we're good.

[34:53] >> Okay.

[34:54] >> Thank you so much.

[34:59] » Okay.

[35:00] Do you guys have any other questions or

[35:03] concerns, Miss Ko?

[35:05] I just have uh one other comment that

[35:07] was emailed to us uh Saturday, August

[35:10] 29th at 2:42 p.m. It states, "Dear

[35:13] members of the board, I am writing to

[35:15] submit my formal opposition regarding

[35:17] the proposed building and land use

[35:18] variance for the modular home trailer

[35:20] adjacent to my property. I am unable to

[35:23] attend the hearing and personally

[35:24] request that the statement be entered

[35:26] into the official record. My concerns

[35:28] regarding the proposed construction are

[35:30] as follows. Property values. The

[35:32] placement of a modular home or trailer

[35:34] directly adjacent to standard single

[35:35] family homes risk negatively impacting

[35:38] local market comparables and depressing

[35:40] surrounding property values.

[35:41] Neighborhood density and tenant vetting.

[35:44] If this structure is intended as a

[35:45] lowcost rental unit, the lower rate

[35:47] could lead to higher turnover, higher

[35:49] tenant turnover, and potential community

[35:52] management issues directly neighboring

[35:54] my home. Um, sincerely, Mr. Zach Kidd.

[36:01] Thank you.

[36:10] » It's my understanding that this piece of

[36:12] property, this 2.2 acres, is no part of

[36:15] any subdivision. Is that correct?

[36:18] >> That's correct.

[36:19] >> Okay.

[36:26] There's no additional comments.

[36:29] I'll call for a motion.

[36:38] I move to approve the uh special edition

[36:42] uh exception uh for this 76x30 modular

[36:46] home

[36:48] uh as it's written there. Okay. Second.

[36:53] >> All in favor? Let's call for a vote.

[37:05] Okay, we have four. It carries.

[37:10] It's 64. So, it carries. So, it approve

[37:12] it passes.

[37:16] Okay. Next thing is uh approve the

[37:19] minutes.

[37:21] Approval of July 20th, 26 uh minutes.

[37:24] request a motion to approve the July

[37:26] 20th, 2026 minutes as submitted. May I

[37:29] get a motion?

[37:30] >> I move to approve the July 20th minutes

[37:33] as written.

[37:34] >> Second. Okay. All in favor? Let your

[37:37] votes.

[37:44] Vote carries.

[37:46] >> Okay. Why won't

[37:48] >> there? Thank you. Okay. Motion approved.

[37:51] Um, approval of July 20th, 2026 workshop

[37:54] meetings. Request a motion to approve

[37:56] the July 20th, 2026 minutes as

[37:58] submitted.

[38:00] >> I move to approve the minutes from the

[38:03] meeting.

[38:05] >> Second.

[38:06] >> Okay. And second um, place your votes as

[38:10] we for the to approve the minutes.

[38:13] >> Miss Hadden, it looks like I lost you on

[38:16] the internet. So, can you verbally say

[38:18] your vote?

[38:19] >> Yes.

[38:20] Thank you. Thank you.

[38:21] >> Thank you. If it passes, I'll approve.

[38:24] Thank you.

[38:26] Any old or new business?

[38:27] >> Just uh new business. Uh our consultant

[38:30] half who is working on our comprehensive

[38:31] plan and UDC update will physically be

[38:34] in town uh the last week of September.

[38:37] That's when we'll start meeting with our

[38:39] committees, our advisory committees, our

[38:41] stakeholders, and our community to start

[38:43] getting some input on what they need or

[38:46] what they think we need as far as

[38:47] community growth goes. So, we're kicking

[38:49] off those meetings at the end of

[38:50] September. Of course, you all will be

[38:52] invited.

[38:53] >> Okay.

[38:54] >> Thank you.

[38:58] » Okay, we can adjourn the meeting 2:30.

Bossier City-Parish Board of Adjustments Regular Meeting Live Stream - August 31, 2026

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