2003-11-10 Regular Meeting and Workshop Meeting

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:f. -'-',. . .' TO: La Porte Mayor Noonan Malone, City Manager Debra Fc:azclle, Ci~ Counc:iipersom ~ SUBJECT: Nuisances ofFairmont Part Baptist Church's (FPBC) stadium parking lot lights, etc. DATE: November 19, 2003 (for December 8, 2003 City Council Meeting) 1leqBcs1s; Add IigIIt onliDaDee for raideDtlal semoDl to reduce WBC's stadilUllliglla' ugIe .. 1I....e. (Require FPBC to turn oft"lights (public nuisance) untilligbt ordinance in effect.) Add addltioaal rmrictlo. to FPBC's SpedaI Coadldoaal Use Permit #lGl-003. (Revoke and re--issue pennit with stricter guidelines.) Require removal oU dirt IDOIUIds oa DOrtb side ofJ'PBC property am to Pam.... Require regular malnteaaaee of Ji'PBC's property. Again. Fairmont Park Baptist Church (FP8C) ~ders are unsympathetic, unconcerned, and uncooperative with their acfJOining neighbors. Since January 2001 FPBC leadersbip's choices arc still creating nuisances which dismrb the homeoWlletS' comfort and peacefulness in Fairmont Park S~tion IV. Please prct*t the homeowaeft. See atbdaed petitio. fiom holllCOWaers. ., " lllta41iam IJI8I'kiD2Iot hhts fl_.... DBIit!/at -11.008 wcrIIs tDttID - iastaIIcd Oct.. :z&.29. 2003 : NOT.I: 0.. Wed., Nov. 12,2003, ShaaDOB Gibbs, FPBC Wonhip Leader, told me (PeDDY GlIftia) ..: that I woOl have to make the neighbors' p_1eaI with the dIlIrch's DeW stadium IigIds ~ City issue siDee tIIeir ..... are legal ud the thun:h had reeeived a permit. Gibbs did aot show fi)r oar appo..tme.at at 8:45 , ...... oftbe AIDe DiPt. Also, Wayae Span (pastor) did!2t ntana either otPeaay Garda's Od.. 30 aad Oct..J1 p/IoDo..... _did DuCUppell~of_.....) - ~1Wv~t..:. . OR Det.lt I called CIlappeD. who suggested we put alWIIiIlllDl toil OD 0,111' wiDdows.(~ Problems (~ fIl4. QD&.QiJlg) with ~~ ~I(k ~ CJuIr~1l Lt~e lanwuy 2001: "1 1. Garcia 2003 appraisal lowered $9.800 (fi'om SI06.S00 to $96.700). NOTE: lid year in a row. I 2. Excessive IigbtinWwattage for size of parking lot (You mwt see to believe.) 11M-fT ~LLI)TI()";. 3. Stadbun1igJ1ting extends 400 ft.. more than. diRncc.e between the church and the Oaken Lane and BeI&st homes. 4. Stadium lights angled/positioned into neighbors' bedroom. kitchen, and living room windows. iDcJuding their sliding glass doors. (Ligh" sMuJd be downword toward their parlclng lot.J s. BlindiDg lights from Oak~ Lane backyards and Belfast front yards; c~mfortable evening use of personal property not possible. , 6, BUndinc lights when drivina jnto the Section IV neighborhood from Farrington and Belfast, 7. LiptiDg set on the timer past 9:00 P ,M, (9:00 bedtime Junus fOl' early morning rilfJl's) 8- Skateboarding "thumps" still beard inside homes; ramD insul4rton insuffictent. 9. Skateboard jumping airborne and slamming onto concrete let extremely noisy/offensive ("guushot sounds" all hours of clay and night). . 10. Skateboarding occurs in spite of the metal barricades across the ramps. DailY UJJSQpeMsed ~~ . . I 1. Fun Box noisiest ramp because of metal bars and metal base On all 4 sides. in addition to insufficient iDsuJation. 12. No.regulation homemade ramps too often brought by young people to church parking IOL 13. UlUupervised skareboarding on ramps and in parking 101 continuing on Wednesdays after the 8:oo.P,M, City of La Porte permit deadline. (Acute visibility from the Jiglds mak~ sJcatebouding easier and invitiq.) 14. Uosupervised skateboerdiq occurrina aU week'cIuriDg the eveniogs on ramps and in th,e parkiollot beeause of their new lighting creating a more conducive atmosphere for skateboarding and gathering. IS. Unsvpervised skateboarding ocaIrring on ramps in spite of the metal barricades aDd the 2 c1mrcb valIS parked in front of the giant ramp. 7("1..J ) 7, ) ('("1("17 (' "'~(f ("7("("I("I('CT07. VD.J ..... hl"'l C'\hIThl....U-.:n (''-I'' '"1f'lm