Remarks by Amy Saunders
25 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 11:16
“Can we just do a profile picture next time?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 11:32
“Oh, because it's going to be confusing, isn't it? No. Because it's out of order. Okay. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 12:14
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 17:47
“Yay. Thank you, Chair. So I had a couple of comments for the minutes. For the record, last month on Tuesday, June 18, it was reported by Lyle London of the Times Call newspaper that I, Commissioner Saunders, was at and voted in support of the Longmont Greenway Northwest annexation Zoning and concept plan application that is incorrect. I was not at the June 17th 2026 Wednesday planning and zoning meeting and I did not vote for or against that application at that meeting So for the minutes of that June 17th meeting that we're talking about that I was not at however I did send a question via…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 19:59
“But it just goes with the record of it, right? There's no back and forth in talking about it, but it goes with the record that I had asked that question of staff, and there was a response. So I think as part of public record, it needs to be included with the minutes.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 20:32
“But to the rest of the commissioners, I'm uncomfortable being singled out and not having my question be to the rest of the commissioners.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 20:53
“Well, except for the meeting minutes. Those are not finished. And that's why we have the draft that we get to if something got missed or there's something that's incorrect.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 21:07
“But the meeting would have had that question and response from staff. They had seen it. Not necessarily. So you're saying that other commissioners have had questions to staff that perhaps I have not seen?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 21:38
“So where's the deciding mark then when we see commissioner questions brought up before a meeting and we see the question and response right before a meeting. I can think of several occasions when Councilmember Popkin has asked questions as a commissioner, I'm so sorry, or any of us, and I've seen the question and answer response as a commissioner who wasn't involved in the question and answer response. So what deems it worthy, I guess?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 22:53
“Can I hear what the other commissioners feel about this?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 23:32
“So in the email, It was going to be provided a response from staff for the question, but it got directed to counsel with a confidential email where there was no, it was kind of, in my opinion, sort of blown off because this is what I'm saying. I'm uncomfortable kind of having this back and forth just between me. I don't want to dredge up this issue because it's obviously passed, but I feel that this was part of that meeting. And it wasn't a simple, because here's my problem. I couldn't come last minute. I had planned to come. And this was pretty critical in my mind for, it was a legal issue…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 26:08
“Oh, well, I could have done that. That would have been fine, right? But that I had in my mind thought, okay, well, they'll at least see the question and the answer from staff, and then they can make their own opinions about it. So I don't see the difference from sending it to chair versus sending it just to the rest of the commission.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 28:43
“Sure, if you can, but we're human and stuff happens, right? And so that's what I'm saying. It felt very corralled, my comment, my question. It started being addressed by Senior Planner Cote and was going to bring in Rachel. And then I said, yeah, I would like to hear the reasoning on this. And then I got an email from council saying, with the confidentiality thing on it with just being directed at me, which wasn't really helpful for the question because I didn't get the answer from Planner Cote or from Rachel. But again, I understand it was last minute. And again, I think that my intent was…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 29:40
“But isn't that ex parte communication between us?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 29:54
“And so are these emails anyway, right? My emails anyway are still public record no matter what to the city. Yeah. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 30:29
“For the commission, you mean? Legal advice for the commission?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 30:37
“Okay. Well, I was really surprised to get that all of a sudden email from counsel. So I don't, I'm just not, I'm not comfortable with it just being directed at me and not having any of the other commissioners on it because you're not my lawyer, right? You're the commission lawyer, right?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 30:58
“Yes, I'm so sorry. No, no, I'm sorry. I want to make sure. Thank you for clarifying. Thank you for clarifying. Yes.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 31:04
“Yes. So because I would love to know their input on this, right? Because it's not it's not a personal issue. It's just it was a legal issue on irrigation dishes. So like that's what I'm having trouble with because it just it seems so benign. I mean, last minute, but I already said I get if it's last minute, you can't answer. But then it was corralled. So so that being said how do i walk this back i guess if i can't add these to the minutes a motion was never made to add it to the minute correct so you don't have to walk back okay so then i would like to move to approve the june 17 minutes as…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 39:31
“Oh, thank you, Chair. I have a question for you planner Ortiz. Would you agree that these amendments improve the usability of bicycle parking while still maintaining the city's long term goal of encouraging multimodal transportation?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 39:49
“Perfect. Follow up question. And these revisions don't reduce the city's commitment to active transportation. They simply make implementation more practical for different development types.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 40:03
“Excellent. Thank you. From my review and analysis of agenda item 8A, the amendment to the city's land development code for bicycle parking, I appreciate the staff's work incorporating the commission's comments from May. I believe these revisions strike an appropriate balance between encouraging active transportation and providing practical implement standards for development. As Envision Longmont specifically calls for providing bicycle parking as strategic locations to support bicycling as viable means of active transportation, and it emphasizes creating a transportation system that is safe,…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. So for 8A, before 8B, thank you for the correction, before the consideration of 8B, I'd like to disclose a potential perceived conflict of interest. I currently have an at-will contract with the Westminster campus of Front Range Community College. While I have no involvement with this project and any future professional benefit is speculative, I believe accrual is the most appropriate course to avoid even the appearance of conflict Accordingly, I will recuse myself from the commission's decision and vote on the agenda item AB. As a Longmont resident, however, I reserve my…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair, and thank you, commissioners and staff, for letting me try a new system of writing my comments first before. It's a little bit tricky. It seems a little bit more nerve-wracking to do it that way, actually. I just wanted to appreciate the conversation that we had earlier about emails, and I'm hoping that we can have that conversation before the end of the year. I would really love to hear Chair Polin's and with his experience. on the board for the many years?”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 1:34:53
“Yeah, so if we could do that before December, that would be great. I would really appreciate it. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026