Remarks by Brian Scott
57 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“We're going to go ahead and get started. I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY JUST AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENT CARDS HERE FOR THE VAN BUEREN PROJECT. SO THAT PROJECT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS CLOSED AND THEN TABLED AND SO ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS THAT WE AREN'T HAVING ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT SO WE WON'T BE OPENING THAT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED YET, YOU CAN SUBMIT IT ON A CARD AND THAT WILL GET ADDED TO THE RECORD OR THE ACTUAL DECISION THAT WILL BE MADE ABOUT THIS IS MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. And so we encourage you to go and,…”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT IS THAT WE HAVE A NEW PLANNING, NOW THAT I GOT IT WRONG, I'M IN MY HEAD, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER JOINING US, BENJAMIN RASKIN FOR DISTRICT 7. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“No. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We will. Next we'll have our open forum. So this is a 10-minute section for commissioners to bring up any issues or thoughts they have that aren't directly tied to an item on the agenda. Is there anything that anyone has this week? All right. Then we will move on to the consent agenda. OUR CONSENT AGENDA HAS TWO ITEMS ON IT, THE APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FOR AUGUST 26, 2026, AND THE DESIGN REVIEW FOR SILO PARK AT APPROXIMATELY 522 SOUTH, 400 WEST. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW, IF ANYONE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT. SEEING…”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, we have a motion and a second. We'll go ahead and vote.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Great. Next, we will move on to our regular agenda. So item three, the zoning map amendment at approximately 1379 and 1395 West Van Buren and 1384 West Harris. And just again, like it's called out on the agenda and I mentioned at the beginning of the meeting, but I've gotten a couple more cards. There isn't a public hearing for this. Thanks.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, it's disconnected. Sorry for the technical difficulties, guys. Give us a sec.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“ANYONE ELSE HAVE CLARIFYING ANYONE ELSE HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT? APPLICANT?”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, then I will bring it back to the commission for discussion.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“OKAY. YEAH, THE TWO THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, ONE WAS THE In matching the purpose of the zoning district, it says that RMF 30 is to transition between a residential and a higher density. And so spot zoning in this does seem like that doesn't quite meet that, though it meets a lot of the other rest of it. The other thing... is that this does kind of feel halfway between a rezone and a planned development because some of the stuff that we're looking at and talking about like circulation and park strips around the outside and things like that. And I do worry sometimes about having a…”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Second. All right. We've got a motion and a second.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'LL VOTE YES. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Great. So we'll do some, if anyone has quick clarifying questions, Ben, do you want to go?”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, then I will go ahead and open up for public comment. So we've got a number of people. So in the spirit of trying to get through these, what I will do is I will read both the name of the person who is up to speak as well as the name of the person after them and the person after them. And if you're one of those two people who is soon to speak, please just come and stand right behind the podium. A, so we can get through them quickly, and then also because there are people in the overflow room, and that gives them a second to get over here. And then we went over the kind of decorum…”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Also, so you'll have two minutes. If you are the representative of a registered organization, then you will have five. If you are that, please just state so at the beginning when you step up to the mic. And yeah. All good? Sweet. Recognized? Registered? I think they're both. So first we will hear from Lynn Schwartz. And then we will hear from Ben Enger. And then we will hear from Jackson Murphy. So Lynn, if you would like to step up. And those next two, please just get in line behind her.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next we will hear from Ben Enger and then Jackson Murphy and then Thomas Christensen.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Next up we will have Jackson Murphy and then Thomas Christensen and then Brandon Dayton. One thing I forgot is when you step up, please just state your name for the record as you begin. It's Jackson Murphy. NO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THOMAS NEXT WE'LL HAVE THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN AND THEN BRANDON CHRISTIANSEN AND THEN BRANDON DAYTON AND THEN MATT SADAKUS. DAYTON AND THEN MATT SADAKUS.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, we'll hear from Thomas Christensen, and then Brandon Dayton, and then Matt. Oh, wait, sorry. That was Thomas Christensen. So next, Brandon Dayton, then Matt Sudeikis, then Zoe Newman.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SURE I GOT THAT WRONG. I'M SURE I GOT THAT WRONG. AND THEN ZOE NEWMAN AND THEN AND THEN ZOE NEWMAN AND THEN MELISSA KLEIN.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, Zoe Newman, then Melissa Klein, then Matthew Klufeldt.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM MELISSA NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM MELISSA KLEIN AND THEN MATTHEW KLEWITT KLEIN AND THEN MATTHEW KLEWITT AND THEN EMILY SLOAN PACE.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“CHAIR FOR A SECOND. I NEED TO BE EXCUSED He's just stepping out for a moment.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next we'll hear from Matthew Kluet and then Emily Sloan-Pace and then Jen Ungvichian.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next we'll hear from Emily Sloan-Pace, and then Jen Ingvichian, and then Willie Littig.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. Is that... Cool. Sorry, there's a list. I don't know. They know. I don't know.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Next, we'll hear from Jane Vichian, then Willie Littig, then David Gibson.”
Planning Commission · Sep 9, 2026