Remarks by Brett Holmstrom
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 18:29
“Would a developer have to apply for that deviation or is it granted?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 18:42
“And somebody else has to approve that then at that point.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 18:51
“I think wouldn't it be easier if that was just code? It could be good. We're hearing that the deviations are. Troublesome and I'm just in. This is kind of a new one and it seems like. Maybe we could consider just making that part of the code rather than a deviation. I think it just brings up a lot of question marks for somebody trying to develop something. That's just my thoughts on that.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:06:22
“One thing is we kind of went from a zero to five foot measurement in the beginning to two to eight. And that's a 20% increase because we went from five feet to six feet. And there were some examples that that's helpful in some cases. But it's also essentially for a newer building that's adding more windows, more window square footage. Now you need 40% or 45% of six feet compared to 40% to 45% of five feet. Is anybody following? Yeah. I'm just wondering if we want to talk about that, and that's...”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:07:10
“The whole wall? Can I? I think I'm following what you're about to say.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:08:12
“I follow what you're saying, yeah, thanks.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:08:38
“What do you mean? Wasn't a lot of windows at zero feet. No, no. I don't think.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:13:42
“Yeah, I see deviations as being a trouble spot. The biggest killer of projects for developers is time. And if you don't know exactly what you're going to get in the review process, that's just going to add time. I know personally there's been review stuff I thought was going to be real straightforward, and it gets shot down. And so I could see a developer thinking they're going to get a deviation. The city thinks otherwise. Now the developer has to redesign the whole building and resubmit. And the carrying costs, the cost of that redesign and the carrying costs of paying for the land and all…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:43:26
“I certainly understand what you're saying about the two spots. It may not apply as much as we think because I believe a parking spot space in Issaquah has to be 18 feet to be considered a parking space. So, the town home at a driveway that was 16 feet, that would just be considered a driveway. So you wouldn't use any parking spot requirements for that. Now you could still park a smaller car there, but I agree. First, many are getting built in the future. We should have some standards go along with this.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 2:06:37
“have the same thought process I just in that zone I don't see a ton of available street parking right now there's tons of private parking lots mm-hmm but we can't assume people are just gonna be allowed to park in those so if they have to park in the street it's just there's I mean you look at north of Gilman there are no streets that's a huge strip of land that could get redeveloped and if there's no minimums I don't know where people”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026