Remarks by Brooke Christensen
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“I thought it was the smaller of the two. It is the smaller of the two. So the maximum it would be is 25% of your yard.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Totally. Okay. Yeah. Conversion. I'm hearing that's required of us.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would prefer our path to be that they move their existing structure or cut that part off. Because I don't think... Like, it doesn't make any sense in my head to say that you can have the same spot. You can keep your shed against the fence line, but you can't use the 10 feet of it. Like, I just don't think that's realistic.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's fine, but then they're not converting it.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's OK. Yeah. I don't want to, like if it's that close, I don't want them to be able to put an ADU that close to the wall. No, they could keep it there. They would just say this 10 feet is storage. And the rest of the building is for you to live in. It just doesn't seem realistic to me. So you know my thoughts. It doesn't mean much. I don't like balconies or decks at all. I don't think that if we're allowing people to build detached ADUs in their yards and I'm living next to them, it's the animal situation from being a nuisance. I don't want someone 15 feet up or whatever the rule is looking…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So you're making your own house a flat lot, basically.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You're making your own house a flat lot. Now your home is like, we have a couple in historic area, and they're awful. And I don't think they promote your neighborhood at all. And so I don't like that requirement. I don't want them to be able to be in front of the homes.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Totally understand. Don't like it. Sure. The lot coverage, you said something on a slide. Don't ask me which one. That a shed plus an ADU would equal your total amount of like the 750 square feet you could build. So if your shed was like 200 square feet, you could only have a 550 square foot ADU? Total, right? Okay, I just want to make sure I understand that. On a smaller lot. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's a quarter acre, right? Yeah, roughly. As for the planning, I'm just giving you my rundown here. As for the planning commission recommendations, I don't like number one or two. I don't like number three because I think that's just a detached ADU. I don't know. Yeah, like the breezeway just makes it a detached ADU, in my opinion, so I don't like that. Number four, I don't have any problems with. Number five, I don't like. Number eight, I don't like. Number nine, I don't like. And number seven, did you mean that you wanted to, like I know it's future, but like with an animal rights, like…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's to drop it to 10,000, right? I want to keep it at 11. Okay. And number six?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, it's just one person. I know. They're going to get seven at this information, I'm assuming. And nine was a no as well. Okay. Thank you. Thanks. Just taking notes. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's how close the two-story building will be.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Really quick. I loved your suggestion about limiting square footage. I think that actually solves At least most of my concerns. I don't know if other people, it kind of feels like other people in the council are feeling that way as well. The average size of an apartment is between 600 and 1,200 square feet. So why would we allow an ADU that's like 4,000 square feet? That's way bigger than my house. So I think that if we want to, if we could consider that, that would be really helpful. Mm-hmm. and solve a lot of the issues.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And then she would solely decide? Correct.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can they only take two, or can they combine them? Well, now they can only...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But, yeah, I agree with those things. And also, I don't want the for argument to be locking us into an option in the future that we may not be doing. And so... We don't know if we'll keep the whole thing or if we'll have to sell parts. But we don't know what the future holds. And so I don't want to lock us into something and then for voters to come back and be like, oh, you didn't say that. So do you want to ?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“A yes vote on the Crescent View bond ensures Sandy City directly controls the future of this property. If the city does not purchase it, then it will be sold to a?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I still think we need to put in the no portion of it, though, just because, like, it's a yes or a no. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I say we say, do you want to change it or leave it first to see if there's enough people that want to change it?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, purchase it and the filled gyms and the open space our community has used for decades, period.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I like the first version. I like Tracy's version. I think they're both fair. That's my opinion.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Correct. So that doesn't seem accurate. But just because your house needs a new roof doesn't mean it's not.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would never take that from this. CHRIS RODGERS- Madam Chair.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026