Remarks by Alex Szucs
70 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 46:38
“Wouldn't that need to be done in an open thing?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 50:32
“What I intended to say is you can't discuss the sale of the property unless it can be disclosed first.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 14:59
“Quick one to Tiffany, because we've mentioned this in the past. What about leveraging contacts we have at HOAs and stuff like that to see if they would be interested in circulating this information?”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 15:24
“Awesome. And one more quick question to the process. You mentioned stakeholders. What key stakeholders specifically are you referring to?”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 15:48
“Okay, the only thing I'll say on that, because we've talked about this before, is that doesn't need to take priority or a higher weight than what our community is saying, right? Because that's some of the feedback we've received is that folks believe that some of our codes have been more geared to an open development policy rather than accommodating the existing population here. So keep mindfulness of that.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 18:39
“That's a good point. Maybe one to add, too, just to keep in your mind, historic preservation, whether it's through the county and or any of the local chapters as well.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 38:18
“we released that I believe but they're talking about the buffer actually coming off the road like if you see that massive sidewalk that's like coming into Belmont that would have been a requirement and you have to watch out for being”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 40:29
“Well, Jim, that's where my headspace immediately went because we've had this conversation before, like over the four or five years I've been on, right? The reason why we want that two-prong approach, you want the rigid approach so that it can force conditional use so that we can be accountable to what we're bringing into the community, right? So, I mean, that's why, and I still believe it's the best option, particularly in a day and age where our zoning abilities continue to be stripped away from us. If you take something out of the code, You probably can't add it back in due to certain laws…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 44:45
“Well, it's also difficult too, Jim, because it's not one shoe fits all in our area. We're very unique that we're on a peninsula that's very choked right now as it pertains to traffic and infrastructure. I mean, additionally too, you know, I do believe we have the secret sauce in a lot of instances because if you look at our downtown and our main street, I mean, it's thriving. We've got people who want to come here who want to shop here who want to live here so there's something to be said that we're doing right right so it's not to say it's all doom and gloom and we're not attracting the best…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 54:09
“I mean, it's a good point too. I mean, if you think about it and look at Belmont at what city proper, I mean, there's not that many large tracts of land left to be developed. You're thinking Pittenger 2 and 3, maybe some infill, the Stowe property the city just acquired, and then the Karstarpin properties. And then, of course, anything in North Belmont, but there's only a select few. And that almost leverages me back to my example of being more specific in regards to what we can get into the city of Belmont because we're really becoming almost tapped as to what we would want or could get, I…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:08:05
“And I think that's what we were asking staff to help us understand where does that fall if it was a buy right? I think we had discussed high level maybe like in the light industrial or something of that scale, but I think I was... Okay, yeah.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:12:54
“Is that a gap? I think that's a good point. Because if you think about it, particularly in industrial or in a data warehousing, me if i'm wrong tiffany but we talked about this at the last council meeting is is there triggers of usage of our utilities right so if you're using x amount of gallons of water and you're going to put a strain on the system you shouldn't be charged probably the nominal fee in regards to usage because you're going to be responsible for a higher wear and tear on the assets right so that's a good point”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:16:29
“What do you mean by that? Is that a curiosity?”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:16:57
“But making it required in a by-right scenario is what you're saying?”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:17:29
“Parks, is that like the new term to circumvent the impact fees term that the state's outlawed, I guess, in North Carolina?”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:20:30
“Which is why buffers are important, because then it forces a conditional.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:21:28
“I mean, there's also a big component too that we can't discredit is people have to sell their land in order for something to be developed, right? You think about two parcels, the gas station, the sake, I mean, they finally came up, the broker decided to work with it and build something. Things are coming, but you can't go and force someone to go sell their land. So, I mean, that's a big requirement in order to start the redevelopment. But didn't we also say we were gonna master plan that specific area”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:25:57
“Where you can sleep good at night is this came up with Lakeview Farms. If it has to go through the county, there are certain requirements that would require large lots. They don't have the sewer infrastructure you're having to build. Potential septic tanks or wells if they're not within our existing water structure to the coal ash so there's offsets. To what. If they would have built that multimillion dollar sewer becomes unfeasible from an Roi you just got to be practical about that stuff yeah yeah.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:43:49
“I think maybe just one thing to add. I think a developer that did a really good job isn't a client. I think the connectivity that we have between our neighborhoods and eventually the commercial and retail that will potentially get out there in restaurants is really nice.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
- Play at 1:47:01
“Oh, we only stopped at seven. We've got a couple more here.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026